I ran down the sidewalk and saw that it was pretty dark. Looking at my phone, it was only 8:01 pm. I was running with Nitori just for some muscle build-up for myself. He just seemed to tag along. After 2 minutes, he came panting and on his knees looking exhausted. "Sen-Senpai! I-Is your house close?" He asked me. I bent down and squatted looking at Nitori. "Are you running for your life or something? Just run slow or even jog if you want. Don't try to hard." I gave him my hand and he got up. "One day, I want to be as good as you in swimming! I mean, you're already an Olympic winner! And you're the fastest swimmer in the world!" Nitori's eyes glistened from the stars. He was smiling and I patted his hair. "Don't worry, anyways, reporters are coming tonight. I gotta be at the top." I said. Nitori sighed. "But I am worried. Senpai, your drinking habits are going to kill you one day!" I looked at him in a bit of anger but still was friendly. "Look, Nitori I'm going to be fine. I just drink for a pump up. That's all." I turned around and started jogging since Nitori needed to catch up with me.

I was at my house and there were reporters everywhere around my house. I was so tired of these flashing lights in my face. I slipped my hand into my pocket and took out a mini bottle of liquor. Opening it, I drank from it. Nitori was looking sad and I smiled. "Just stay next to me. Don't worry, nothing bad will happen." I opened the door to my house and let the camera-men come in.

"So, how did you become so big and famous for your swimming? How'd it begin?" One female reporter asked. I looked at the floor and smirked. "Well, when I was smaller I had a group of friends who were all in a small swimming club. We won a race but I had to go to Australia. Over the time, I had some emotional hatred towards them when I met them in high school. But then that was all over. And when we swam in high school, well we became the best of friends again. And now, I'm 22, not going to college and I got scouted for the Olympics. So here I am." I said looking back up at the woman. After a series of questions, I heard one question pop up. "But are you afraid your fame will come to an end?" Asked one man. I looked at him in a confused way. "What do you mean?" I asked him. "Because of your drinking, aren't you going to mess up?" He asked me nervously. I got up and sighed. Nitori grabbed my shoulder and I looked at him. "Don't get angry, please Senpai." He begged me. And how could I not listen to him. So I rolled my eyes. "Since your one of my best friends, I'm going to cool myself down." I said. I went to the kitchen and got myself a bottle of vodka. Taking Nitori's jacket and hat, I wore it and took my glasses out of my chest pocket. I was heading towards my door to leave. The cameramen all panned and zoomed at me and Nitori. "What are you doing?!" He asked me. "I want to walk away from all this commotion. It's frustrating." I said. Going to my car, I started the engine and took a sip of the vodka. "You're going to die!" I pulled the window down and smiled at him. "I am just trying to cool down and not get angry like you said. Anyways, you know that I don't drink to die. I die to drink." I reversed the car and drove off.

Now, I know what you must be thinking, what's happened? Well, a lot happened eve since I graduated from Samezuka. I got scouted and went for the Olympics and am the fastest swimmer in the world. Makoto is a counselor for students in Iwatobi University, Haru is a coach in swimming at Iwatobi, Nagisa is a comedian, and Rei is in his last year of college. We still keep in touch and swim, but since we are all busy, we only meet once a month. Then, I saw a figure in front of the car. Before crashing into it, I turned the steering wheel and jammed my car into a tree. After some seconds, I opened the door and ran towards the person.

"Are you alright!?" I yelled with my glasses on. It was a girl. She had the same type of hair color and eye color as me. Her body was slim and tall but not as tall as me. "I swear, I'd report you right now, but I got a meetup to go to!" She was wearing a long red skirt and a white t-shirt with a pink scarf covering her chest and neck. She was furious at me. "I broke my goggles because your dumbass likes drinking!" She picked up her clear goggles that were broken. It seemed that she could swim. "I-I can pay for it." Putting my hands in my pockets, I had no money. "I-I don't really have anything right now." I said scratching my head. She rolled her eyes. "Whatever, it seems that you'd have nothing anyways." She looked at me angrily and walked away murmuring stuff about me. After some minutes, I looked at my car and sighed. "Great job, Rin." I called Nitori to get a tow truck for it. "Rin, are you alright?!" He asked me on the phone. "If I wasn't I don't think I'd call you. I gotta go somewhere so just pick the car up and pay for it. I'll owe you later." I said disconnecting the phone. I decided to run after this mysterious girl.

Following her, I saw that she went to Iwatobi University, the same place Makoto worked at. She took her skirt off and had shorts on that were yellow. She undid her ponytail and let her hair open. Putting her skirt in a bag, she walked to the swimming pool. I was glad she didn't notice me and there was a big clock on the wall. It was for timing the swimmers. She put her phone on the floor and took her shirt off having a swimming suit on. It was black and had no designs on it. Taking her shorts off, She put her red swimming cap on. "Dammit! I don't have my goggles! It's broken anyways. Looks like I gotta do this the hard way." I took my phone out and set it on a timer to see how long it'd take her to finish a lap." She closed her eyes and dived into the water.

After 39 seconds, she jumped onto the dry floor and looked at her phone. Then she looked at the wall in front of her which had a picture of all the best swimmers in the world including me. All I could see was her face looking determined and yet sad. I knew that she was as fast as me in swimming. And I needed to get her to become the world's best swimmer. She picked her things and went to the locker room so I decided to confront her. Obviously I didn't go in the locker room but I waited outside for her to come out. After some minutes, she had a towel in her hand and wore black pants and a blue shirt. She didn't seem to notice me though. "That was some nice swimming you were doing." I said. She looked at me in anger and I took my hat and jacket off and then slipped my glasses into my pockets. The girl looked at me in a shocking way and was surprised. "You-Your'e, I yelled at you too and I-!" She was red in embarrassment and I smiled. "It's fine. Even if I am famous, you still had the right to yell at me." I said. She stood still with water dripping from her hair quietly. "I came here because I wanted to make you big." I said. She laughed. "Big? What do you mean?" She asked me. "I want you to become the world's best swimmer there is." I said walking up to her. "No! I'm not the best swimmer and besides, how'd you know that I'd want to become a good swimmer? I only swim because it's a hobby of mine." I pointed to the pictures of swimmers like Micheal Phelps, Sun Yang, and more on the wall. "Did you know that the best of the best in the world only become the best by looking at the moon?" I said. She looked at me confused. "I saw how you looked at those pictures. You want to be like them, right?" I said staring at the girl in her eyes. She nodded her head yes and I smiled. Taking my hand out for a handshake, I held the hat and jacket in my other hand. "I'm Rin, Rin Matsuoka." I said. She startled and took her hand out too. "I'm Gou, Gou Matsuoka. But call me Kou instead." She said. I looked at her and laughed.

"That's hilarious. Because we both share the same last names and look so much alike although we aren't related in any way." I said. Kou laughed nervously. "So how old are you?" I asked her. "18. I just began college actually this year." She said. "You don't need to tell me anything about yourself. I'm quite familiar with you. Your'e 22 and are the most elite swimmer in the world. Who'd not know about you?" Kou said. "Many. Like you. You think you know things about me but you don't. And I'm not saying this in anger or anything. I'm just telling you." Kou walked out of the swimming area with me and we chatted for a while. "Here's my address. Come here tomorrow at 12 in the afternoon. I'll take you to a pretty neat place where I swim and start training you there." I wrote my address and she took out her phone and wrote it down. "And here's my phone number." I gave her a piece of paper and she placed my number in her contacts. "I can drop you home if you'd like." I said. Kou declined my offer of dropping her home though. "I'll be fine. I can go home by myself. Anyways, you got a car to take care of." She said walking to her dorm. I waved by to her and she walked to her room. Then I called Nitori. "Can you book a flight to Switzerland for me, Nitori?" I asked him. He sounded surprised. "Switzerland?! Why?" He asked. "I'm going to go the IOC (International Olympic Committee). I found this girl who's got this talent that I don't even have. I want her to become the best swimmer there is." I said. Nitori sighed. "Are you drunk?" He asked me. "Nope. Just do what I say. And do this fast. Book it for Friday. And two tickets." I said. "Also, Senpai the towing company brought your car back to your house. I paid them the money." I told Nitori that I'd come in some minutes back home.

I found an amazing swimmer, and I was sure to make her big. She'd become the best swimmer there was. And I'd help her to reach that goal.