[closed] all around you the buildings sway

[flightpen]

They wanted to beat the weather home, but Ren took too long choosing vegetables, and then Akechi got really excited about a weird-looking mix from the bakery section and deliberated about which to try until Ren, holding the increasingly heavy basket, pointed out they were free and Akechi could just take them all. So in the end, the threatened rain started to fall just as they're bagging their groceries. Oops.

Ren grimaces as they head for the door, watching the rain through the windows.

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[pheasantboy]

"Listen," Akechi prattles gently as they stare at the rain, "just because you can take all of something, that doesn't mean you should. What if it doesn't... grow back, or whatever it is it does?"

Too late, as ever, it occurs to him that might be the sort of thing Ren doesn't like to hear him say. The rain trails lavishly down the window, leaving slow trails. It reminds him of something, he thinks; he squints, trying to recall it.