#tadaelsa

Just my luck, Elsa told herself, bunching the birthday present wrapped in green under her jacket. Now how do I get home?

She looked around for a while and the streets were flooded by people under umbrellas, and she regrets not bringing her own. Checking her watch for each passing minute while impatiently tapping her foot on the concrete floor, waiting for the rain to pass, she felt a tap on her shoulder.

“Um, Ms.?” A kind man inquired, looking at her with brown warm eyes. She blinked up at him. “I can’t help but ask… but are you in a hurry?”

“Oh,” Elsa fumbled, realizing she’s been staring. She tried to mirror his smile, not very used to talking to random people on the streets. “Actually, yes.”

“Is it important?”

“Sort of,” she still had to bake Anna her favorite cake, ice cream and chocolate. She knew her baby sister would be psyched for that. Was her impatience really that obvious? “I really have to jet soon, with or without rain.”

“Then use this,” he offered, and then before she knew it, he was easing his black baseball cap down on her small head. It was a little big on her, but it fit in one way or another. He gave her head a little pat and shrugged, suppressing a chuckle. Elsa had to look up at him by tilting her head upward and when she saw him look down at her with a dorky smile, she blushed.

“Uh, thank you,” she said, gift bunched under her jacket.

“I know it’s not much,” he shrugged, still smiling. “But it’ll protect your face and I hope it’ll help you see through the rain, too. Saw how hard it was to maneuver through the rain with long lashes.”

She laughed, and with another nod, she picked off running into the rain as quickly as she could in hopes to start her sister’s surprise party on time. But before she disappeared into the crowd, she turned back to him one last time.

“What’s your name?” she called out, his cap warm in her head now tilted to the side. He looked at her like he was trying to memorize her face, and he smiled.

“Tadashi,” he yelled, hands in his pockets. She likes his name, she tells herself.