"Now we have to wait till next summer!" Gou complained loudly as soon as Free episode 12 had stopped.

"It's a good thing, right? We have, what, nine months to relax?" Rei said.

Makoto nudged Haru. "Nine months. Where could we be by then?"

Haru sighed and rolled his eyes. Free had been a huge breakthrough for him; the rush of races, tournaments and the joy of being Rin's friend again. To be honest, he couldn't really wait until they could start Season 2.

"Yeah, but I could actually DO my job as a manager of the Iwatobi swim team when Free was on! Now I'm just...Kou!"

Nagisa caught a butterfly and showed Rei. "Look! The butterfly says that we shouldn't worry. Just relax, get on with our schoolwork and make new friends. Then, before we know it, Season 2 will be back and better then ever."

"Bet that's how all the fangirls are dealing with it..NOT," Rin said, surprising everybody because he hadn't actually been invited to talk. "They want more action. They want Haru to kiss me, Haru to kiss Makoto. Basically, the next episode will be a kiss festival. For Haru."

"Yeah, finally gettin' some action in here!" Makoto punched the air.

Rin smirked, and Haru sighed again. "Can we just be like we used to be," Haru said. "Before Nagisa came, took us to the old swim club, re-acquainted us with Rin, then demanded we started a swim team. Before we actually, you know, became the Iwatobi swim team."

"Chicks dig swimmers now," Makoto said.

"I thought you were gay," Rin said, confused.

"Ummmm, it's on and off," Makoto insisted.

The gang went back to Haru's house. Gou flicked through magazines while the TV boomed, Makoto and Haru ate mackerel sandwiches at the table (Makoto made the sandwich, Haru grilled the mackerel. It was a couple's activity) and Nagisa, Rei and Rin painted their nails.

"Uhhh, that's what girls do at slumber parties!" Gou cried.

"This is a slumber party?" Nagisa shrieked.

"Duh, you brought your sleeping bag, right?" Haru asked from the kitchen, raising an eyebrow.

"Ohhh snap."

"You can always share mine, Nagisa," Rei grinned.

Nagisa smiled. This slumber party would be one to remember.

"You know, seeing as we're all together now, how about we play some party games?" Makoto asked.

"Like what?" Gou inquired. "Piggy in the Middle? Nah, that gives me and Nagisa an unfair advantage!"

"How about Murder in the Dark?" Nagisa piped up, ignoring Gou's rude comment. "I'll tap someone's head in the dark, it could be mine, and they'll be the murderer. When I say go, we walk around in the dark and the murderer will pretend to kill people, and they'll pretend to die. You must use your detective skills to uncover the murderer!"

"Why don't we just put all the different roles in a box, and we take a slip of paper from the box and read it ourselves, then put it back in and remember what our role is? There could be Detective or Murderer. Then we have five minutes to walk around, sort of find our hiding places, and when it's dark, the murderer wears night vision goggles and comes to get us."

"That's good!"

"Let's play!"

Soon, they were all ready. "We all have our roles, right?" Nagisa asked. Everyone nodded, nobody daring to make their eyes flicker. They all stayed still as statues, not wanting to either expose their position as the murderer or receive accusations.

"Five minutes before the lights go out. Go!"

Haru and Makoto rushed off together. The last thing Haru saw was Rin darting out the back door before Makoto led him into a cupboard. "It's my storage cupboard," Haru whispered. "I know what we can do. Through here!" Haru opened a secret compartment and they crawled through.

"Your secret room, eh?" Makoto said creepily.

"Buzz off, or I'll push you out of this thing."

"Where are we even going?"

"By the basement door. Nobody will find us here."

"It's pitch black, Haru."

"You want to win this game, right?"

"Eww, there's some sort of fungus dripping on my head."

"I don't care!"

In Haru's bedroom, Rei and Nagisa dropped to their stomachs and wriggled under the bed, wrapping themselves in old bedsheets so they looked like part of the massive pile of rubbish down there. The lights went out and Nagisa let out a little squeal, immediately covered up by Rei. "Wonder how everyone else is doing," Rei muttered.

"They'll be fine," Nagisa whispered. "It's just us we have to be worried about."

"Mmm," Rei said, pushing up his glasses.

"Ow, Rei! Don't touch me!"

"Sorry."

Meanwhile, Rin was in the back garden, when his hand met someone else's. "Gou?" he whispered.

"It's Kou!"

"I'm taking that as a yes, brother, it's me. Let's stick together."

"Alright. This better not be a trap."

Note: Thank you for reading my story. I hope to make more Free stories, both crack and serious, on this account. Also, ooh murder in the dark! Who do you think the 'murderer is'? Remember, they may all be in teams of two, but one of these people is the fake murderer, so somebody is being betrayed! Prepare for more!