RIIIIING

RIIIIING

RIIIIING

"What is that ringing?" Makoto took off his glasses and came out of his room. He was doing some homework when the ringing started. It was annoying him, to be honest. But then when he realized what it was, he smiled. "Guys!" He called out to his two roommates. "Rin is skyping us!"

"I can't leave the kitchen, the mackerel might burn." Haru told him.

"Rin?!" Hikaru rushed out of the bathroom after having taken a shower. Her hair was still wet and she had been getting changed.

"You don't have pants on." Makoto told her.

"Oops!" Hikaru ran back into the bathroom.

"Haru, come on!"

"But the mackerel."

"Turn off the burner and come here. The mackerel is fine." Makoto started to position chairs so that Rin could see the three of them. He also moved Hikaru's laptop in front of the chairs. He accepted the call and he was able to see Rin's face. "Hey Rin." He greeted. He was sitting on the chair on the left.

"Hey Makoto, where are the others?" Rin asked.

"I'm here! I have pants on!" When she saw her boyfriend was on the screen, she grinned. "Hi Rin!" Hikaru sat on the middle chair.

"Hey." Rin smiled back. "Where's Haru?"

"Here." Haru took the chair on Hikaru's right. "The mackerel is ready, by the way." After turning off the burner, he put the mackerel into a plate.

"I told you."

Hikaru laughed.

Rin smiled. "Everything is going good? Hikaru, are they being good roommates?"

"Of course!" Hikaru smiled and put her arms around both boys.

Makoto grinned and Haru gave Rin a thumbs up.

Instead of staying in the dorms, Haru, Makoto and Hikaru decided to find an apartment and live together during school until Hikaru moved to Australia with Rin.

"Rin, we miss you!"

Only a couple of months had passed since they all left high school. Rin promised to Skype whenever he could and vice versa and they all promised to keep in touch.

"I miss you guys too!" Rin told them. "I just finished practice so I wanted to call you guys."

"It's…" Hikaru glanced at the clock on the wall. "…5:30 here, so it must be…6:30 over there?"

"Yes."

"You make it seem like we'll never see each other." Haru chimed in. "You're coming here for Christmas and to see Nagisa and Rei graduate."

"What? Why does Rin have to travel here all the time? We should go there once in a while."

"Isn't it more convenient that he travels here? His friends are here, his sister, mother, girlfriend…"

Hikaru smiled. She can tell the boys missed Rin. They talked to her non-stop about visiting him in Australia but school always interfered.

"We are going there! To surprise Rin for his-"

Hikaru clasped her hand over Makoto's mouth.

Rin stared at them, eyebrow raised.

"Shush!" She hissed.

Hikaru looked at Rin on the screen and laughed nervously, releasing her hand on Makoto's mouth.

"Sorry." Makoto apologized.

"Wait what?" Haru stared at the other two.

Hikaru waved her hand. "Nevermind!"

Rin just chuckled.

"Okay, that's it!" Hikaru teared up. "I can't take this anymore." She stood up.

Makoto frowned when he saw she was tearing up. "Hikaru, what's wrong?"

Rin frowned. He would give anything to be next to her and comfort her.

"Haru, Makoto, pack your bags. We're going to Australia."