Something that I forgot to tell you last chappie: Momotarou's name means "Peach Boy". The kanji in his name literally says "peach boy". (Again, this was "borrowed" from his wiki page. I'm such a bad person...) AND I LOVED WRITING THIS CHAPTER! Writing it literally made me like Sousuke even more! X3 (PS: tell meh if I spelled his name wrong...there are a lot of different spellings... T^T ...)
"Darn you Sousuke!" Rin shouted from the lane next to Sousuke's. He pulled himself out of the pool and pulled off his swimming cap. "Hey, a deal's a deal Rin." Sousuke said calmly. "I won the race, so hand it over." Sousuke held out his hand. Rin huffed, but threw the can towards Sousuke. "I don't like you sometimes."
"Well that's what happens when you wake your roommate in the middle of the night to go get a drink and there's only one left." Sousuke explained. "Sometimes you act like a girl you know?" he said absentmindedly. "What?!" Rin's jaw dropped. "You won't go anywhere without someone else. Like girls always have to go to the bathroom together." Rin blinked. Then he crossed his arms and looked away.
Sousuke chuckled and walked up to Rin. "Here," he said, offering Rin the can. "What? You're sharing?" Rin asked, exasperated and confused at Sousuke's bipolar-ness. "After all that, you're just going to give it to me?!"
"Well, my original intention was to share it, but you were so intent on having a race so…" Sousuke shrugged. "Besides I already drank half of it." Rin rolled his eyes, but laughed at his friend. He finished the sports drink and threw the can in a nearby garbage bin. The two boys walked to the locker rooms to shower and towel off. As Rin opened his locker to get his clothes back on, he saw the picture of him, Haru, Makoto, Nagisa, and Rei at regionals last year. He smiled.
"So Sousuke," Rin asked, drying his hair. "how do you like Samezuka so far?"
"Mm," Sousuke mumbled. "it's not my favorite but I can't complain. I'm already set to swim professionally, so I'm kind of just hanging out with you for a year."
"Well that's good I guess. My mom and Gou were happy to hear that you were back." Rin said. "How is she? Your sister?" Rin closed his locker and threw his towel in the overflowing laundry basket.
"Well you can ask her yourself next week." Sousuke frowned. "What's next week?" They walked out of the locker room and headed towards their dorm. "Oh I forgot to tell you. Next week is Samezuka's annual Swim Team party. It's like a going-away party for the graduating seniors, and a celebration of the new first-year members." Rin explained.
"I'm not really one for parties, but I kind of have to go because I'm the captain now." Rin yawned into his hand. Sousuke looked at him then yawned as well. Then Rin yawned. "Could you stop yawning?" Sousuke asked. "You're making me sleepy."
"Heh, sorry. I have a weird sleeping pattern." Rin shrugged and unlocked the door to their dorm. "Well, I'll guess I'll go then." Sousuke said.
"Hm? Go where?" Rin asked, trying to stay awake until he got to his bunk. "The party. I'll keep you company, and then I can talk to your sister too."
"Good, just don't go and fall in love with her, or else we'll have a problem." That reminds me… Rin thought as he reached for his phone. He checked the time before he pressed 'call'. 12:04…yeah. She'll still be up. He called his sister and after the sixth ring, her voicemail greeting came on.
"Hi! This is Kou Matsuoka! I'm not on my phone right now…um, obviously…Uh, just leave me a message! Bye-bye!" Rin scoffed at his sister's greeting but said into the phone, "Hey Gou. It's me. The swim party is next week, are you still planning on coming? If you are call me back…Oh yeah, you can bring as many of your friends as you want. We rented a bigger room this year. Talk to you later." And he hung up. There was rustling from the top bunk. "So you forget things a lot?" Sousuke said.
"Hm?" Rin replied, shutting his phone closed and getting into bed. "You forgot to tell me about the party, then you forgot your own sister? I'd say you're a little forgetful." Sousuke waited for Rin's reply, but when there was none, he craned his head over the bars of his bed to look at Rin.
He was face down on his bed, hair completely covering his pillow. He had even forgotten to change out of his track suit.
"Yup, that's what I call forgetful." Sousuke laughed to himself.