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"Thanks so much for letting me come over to get help on my schoolwork, Amakata-sensei." Matsuoka Gou said entering the apartment of her literature teacher. "It's no problem Gou-chan," Ms. Amakata said as Gou took off her shoes. "Were you able to find the house easily enough?" she asked.

"Yes, the weather almost prevented me from coming though!" Gou answered.

"Oh, I know! Hopefully the sky will clear up soon," Ms. Amakata said, leading Gou towards the living room where study materials were gathered. "Thanks again sensei."

"It's no problem Gou, besides, we are the only women on the Iwatobi Swim Club, so we have to stick together!" she smiled and Gou laughed. They started studying, well, Gou was studying and Ms. Amakata was teaching. Suddenly, there was a huge gust of wind that rocked the apartment. Then the lights went out.

"Ah, I'll go see if we just blew a fuse out," Ms. Amakata said as she left the living room and headed for the kitchen. Gou sat in the darkness of the living room and waited for her teacher to come back. "It wasn't a fuse, so all of the power in the building must be out," Ms. Amakata said, walking into the living room with two flashlights in hand. "Here you go," and she tossed a flashlight to Gou.

"I'm going to try and find the hand-radio, do you want to come with me?" "Sure!" Gou answered. They walked down hallways and finally found the radio in a linen closet. Ms. Amakata twisted the handle on the radio until they got a signal. They turned the wheel until they found the emergency channel. "…huge storm passing close to the area…be fine. Everyone may stay in their homes…everything is under control…" the announcer reported with bursts of static in between his words.

"How can a storm be under control?" Gou asked, exasperated.

Ever a teacher, Ms. Amakata said, "'He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present also controls the past.'"

"Um, Amakata-sensei, what does that mean?" Gou asked, very confused.

"It means that the government will try to control everything, even the weather, to control anything."

"Uh, okay," Gou said, still not really understanding.

"Well, with just a few flashlights, we won't be able to continue studying, and I'm sure that you don't want to talk about politics, so what would you like to talk about?"

"Well, I don't know really. My brother and his team are going to participate in a tournament tomorrow, that's why I came over here to study. He needs to get a good night's sleep before he races."

"Your brother, Rin-kun right? He's on the Samezuka Team isn't he?" Ms. Amakata asked.

"Yes, he's one of their best swimmers." Gou smiled.

"Speaking of Samezuka, what do you think about that Seijuro Mikoshiba, hm? He's pretty cute!" Ms. Amakata teased.

"Wh-what are you saying? Do you think I like him or something?" Gou asked, flustered.

"Well I don't know, maybe he has a little crush on you, perhaps?"

"Sensei! Don't be ridiculous!" Gou was blushing. Good thing it's dark in here, she thought. "What? I'm only pointing out the obvious. You can tell he likes you! He blushes whenever you're around him!" Ms. Amakata giggled.

"Oh come on! That's enough! I couldn't like Mikoshiba-san, he's on my brother's swim team! It'd be too weird." Gou said, crossing her arms.

"Ah, I see. So liking the boys on our own swim team is completely different?" Ms. Amakata countered.

Gou squirmed. "Yes! It's completely different!" Ms. Amakata laughed while Gou pouted. I hope the storm ends soon, or this is going to be a long night…