[This is a time when being a head taller than most of your friends comes in handy.]

[...like a head and a half in Naoto's case, honestly. That said, they were both still getting a little wet with the rain really coming down like that.]

[Souji looks around. There's a better way to cover both of them than simply walking next to her, but he'd probably get punched in the chest if he pulled it out of nowhere when people were watching.]

[Fortunately, by this time, they're at the flood plain already, and no one was out playing in the rain aside from one very focused fisherman. With no witnesses around, he casually loops an arm around Naoto's shoulders to center the umbrella better.]