Chapter 7

"So the world is going to end!" Shin yelled dramatically as she sat down beside me. The passing students all gave us curious looks as they heard her yell about the end of the world.

"Did you lose your phone in your room again?" I sighed as I took another bite of my apple.

"No! But I do know that you went somewhere and I don't know who with or why or where you went and this is the first time this has happened and I think I'm about to pass out!" Her words came flying out of her mouth so fast that I thought they were going to give me whiplash.

"Calm down. How did you even know I wasn't home last night?" I questioned my best friends creepy knowledge of everyone's whereabouts.

"I called your cell last night and you didn't answer, so I called your house and your mom said you went out to go meet up with a friend."

"Why were you calling me?"

"Because I wanted to know what you got for question five on the math homework last night because I'm pretty sure I got it wrong." She explained. "But don't try to change the subject! So where did you go?"

"No where." I avoided her gaze as I turned my head. I knew that she was squinting her eyes towards me as the gears in her brain began to complete her equation about where I was last night.

"You were with Rin." As my head snapped towards her direction I felt my eyes turn into the size of dinner plates.

"Why would you say that?"

"Because you don't hide anything from me and the only thing that makes you awkward is Rin, so it has to be him." My brain didn't work fast enough to make up an excuse, so she continued to say, "So what happened? Did you guys sort everything out?"

"Well he explained himself."

"And?" I sighed as I looked down at my lunch. I was up half the night trying to figure out how I felt about his explanation. There were no words to describe my feelings, but I had to string a sentence together.

"And I felt like he doesn't trust me anymore." I placed my lunch to the side and brought my knees to my chest. "He wanted to change before he saw me and, yea others would be over the moon to have someone do that for them, but I'm not. I thought we were so close that he would let me help him."

"But he did it for you." Shin whispered.

"I know." I did know that he did it for me. He was ashamed of what he had done and what had happened and he wanted to change for me. I was his reason. "But I want to help him through everything. I don't want to be someone he only has when the good times come. I want to help him through the bad too." As my legs dropped back onto the grass and my head rested on the tree I groaned. "Who told him it was okay for him to cut me out when he feels like it?"

"Love is a funny thing." Shin giggled beside me. As my head snapped in her direction she laughed.

"What?"

"Oh nothing!"

"Love has nothing to do with this!"

"Of course it doesn't, Sora!" She laughed.


"You won't believe who just called!" My mom excitedly yelled as she ran into my room. I looked up at her with a confused face as she sat down on my bed. "It was Rin! Why don't you look excited?" I stared at her with a blank expression as my insides began to turn themselves inside out.

"What did he say?"

"He wanted to see how everyone was and he apologized for losing contact with us. I thought you'd be pleased that he called! This shows initiative." I had no words at that moment. The only thing I could think about was the fact that Rin disobeyed what I had asked him and to not contact me. He knew that my family was also off limits.

"I'm going to Shin's tonight to do some homework." I stated as I stood up from my chair.

"Oh? You didn't tell me." My mom said.

"She only just texted me before you barged into my room, so I guess I'll see you when I get back." I walked over to my mom and placed a soft peck on her cheek as I grabbed the jacket that was on the back of my chair and left.


I stuffed my hands into my jacket pocket as I walked past the gate and towards the pool. As I chewed on my bottom lip I tried to calm myself down. It was a dream to think that Rin would actually listen to me for once in his life, but he never has and he never will. He was always so spontaneous and carefree and it could be so annoying at times!

As I pushed open the door to the pool I was about to call over the familiar red head, but I stopped in my tracks as I noticed that it was only him and another guy in the pool. Rin instructed the learner on how to do a front stroke.

"Sora?" I shook my head to remember why I was there and saw Rin and the other boy looking at me. The other individual looked oddly familiar, but I couldn't remember where I had seen him before.

"I have a bone to pick with you." I spat at Rin.

"Rei, why don't you take a five minute break or something?" Rin sighed. As the boy named Rei made his way out of the pool Rin followed after him. He picked up the towel and began to dry himself off as he walked towards me. "What did I do now?"

"Why did you call my house?"

"Because I wanted to apologize to your family."

"I told you to not call me."

"But I wasn't calling you, I was calling your family." His cocky smile crossed his lips as he looked at me. I knew he was right and he knew he was right and he wasn't going to back down.

"What're you doing anyways? Teaching him how to swim?" I scoffed as I avoided eye contact with the red head.

"What's it to you?" He crossed his arms over his broad chest and continued to smirk in my direction. I rolled my eyes and allowed my shoulders to relax slightly.

"I was just curious. I'd be surprised if you did something so nice."

"Well since you're so interested…I am teaching him how to swim. He can only swim butterfly though, so I'm helping him learn backstroke right now."

"He can only do butterfly?" I had never heard of someone who could only do one stroke before.

"Yup, he wants to surprise his Haru, Makoto, and Nagisa with it."

"That's where I've seen him before." I mumbled to myself as I had finally learned where I had seen him. He must have competed in the relay at Iwatobi Swimming Club.

"Um…Rin-senpai, is it safe for me to come out?" The voice belonging to Rei entered the room as he awkwardly stood a few feet from us.

"Sure, hey Sora?"

"Hm?"

"We'll talk later, okay?" Before I said anything Rin went off to the pool and dove right into the liquid it held. I stayed a few more minutes and watched as Rin tried to teach Rei how to do a backstroke and I sighed out of frustration. I began to take off my shirt and pants before I heard someone start yelling at me. "What do you think you're doing? This isn't a strip club!"

"Calm down, Rin. I was going to help you teach this kid how to swim."

"In your underwear?" His voice practically cracked at the awkward topic.

"Well I did bring my bathing suit because I knew that I was coming here."

"So you were planning on swimming with me?" His cocky smile returned as he looked at me.

"Just continue your lame lesson while I change and I'll teach him how to properly swim." I huffed as I turned on my heel and began to follow the signs towards the change rooms.


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