The rain began again while they were walking back from the café. Leila laughed, twirling Amina under the umbrella. Amina laughed too, forgetting her usual shyness.
"You make me forget everything else," Amina admitted, voice soft. Leila leaned close, letting their foreheads touch. "Then I'll keep making you forget," she teased.
The rain masked their whispers, and their closeness felt like the safest place in the world.