The prefecturals were several days away, and Jordan had everyone over, just to relax, including Rin. Gou had insisted that he come too. The whole way to the house, Avanna and Rin talked. They got along well together in such a short period of time. They all got inside and removed their shoes. Jordan put donuts and frozen yogurt in the kitchen. Everyone else went into the living room.
"What movie are you guys going to watch?" Avanna asked.
"This new sci-fi movie Jordan picked out. Aren't you going to watch too?" Makoto stated, putting the DVD in the player.
"Probably." Avanna answered, grabbing the box of donuts. She placed it on the coffee table in front of the couch and went back to the kitchen and began making some popcorn. "Though I just got a whole bunch of letters and old pictures from my family, so I was going to begin writing back." Avanna went and sat at the kitchen table, looking through the letters. Gou and Nagisa sat next to her, looking at the photos.
"What did Mama Robinson say?" Jordan asked, placing snacks on a tray and pouring drinks.
"She said Hello to everyone, and good luck at the prefecturals." Avanna smiled.
"She plans out letters so amazingly." Jordan said.
"She found it!" Avanna yelled out. "Hey Gou-chan and Rin-kun?" Avanna said.
"Yeah?" Rin called out.
"Did you two ever go to America?" Avanna asked.
"Actually we did. When we were really young. I couldn't have been older than 5 or 6. Why?" Gou asked.
"It's just... ever since I first saw you two. Well, I felt like it wasn't the first time." Avanna said.
"You seemed pretty familiar to me too." Rin stated, as he stood up walking over to them. "How did yo-" Avanna cut him off by holding up an envelope. In red ink was scrawled "Iowahtobee" in handwriting that clearly belonged to a little kid. Makoto and Haru walked over to them.
"It's all coming back to me now...When I was like 6, my mom took me, my sister May and Jordan's little sister Venice to the park while my brothers and Jordan were at a basketball game with my dad." Avanna started.
"I remember that. You cried the night before because you couldn't go." Jordan laughed.
"Anyway... While we were there this red haired girl asked me to play with her and her older brother. I could tell they weren't american, as her english wasn't all that great, but it didn't matter. So we played together and stuff, while our mother's talked. They told me they lived in Japan, in Iwatobi. But then they left, and I never saw them again." Avanna searched through the envelope and pulled out a stack of pictures. She jumped up, beaming. "It's us!" Avanna thrusted the picture towards Rin and Gou. "I knew you two were familiar. I didn't know it was Gou, because it was so long ago, and the girl told me her name was Kou! That's why I wanted to live here in Iwatobi!"
"Ahh! I remember! You were drawing a really pretty butterfly in the sandbox with a stick and I wanted to play with you." Gou exclaimed, looking at the photo. "Your mom even bought us some ice cream from a vendor!" The photo showed a young Gou, Avanna and Rin, smiling huge, sitting on a park bench, with ice creams in their hands and all over their clothes.
"I remember all of this. I remember this thing!" Rin stated, pointing to a play structure in the background. "That large tunnel thing. Me an-" Rin dropped his hand.
"Wait.. I remember. Thats whe-" Avanna stopped her sentence, looking at Rin slowly. Both of their faces flared up.
"That was you!" Rin yelled, in a sort of questioning manner.
"Oh my god." Avanna said, turning away.
"What happened?!" Everyone asked.
"He k-" Avanna started.
"I did not. It was you!" Rin yelled before she could finish.
"That is such a lie and you know it!" Avanna countered.
"I remember this too. You guys were fighting over a swing, so I went off and played with May." Gou stated. "But you guys disappeared for a while. We even looked in the woods for you."
"Just tell the truth Rin-kun!" Avanna stated. "Or I can."
"Tell us already!" Nagisa whined. He looked like he was about to explode from not knowing.
"He k-" Rin wrapped one arm around her waist, holding her against him and covered her mouth before she could say something else. Avanna bit and licked his hand but he just ignored it. Gou and Nagisa, using their combined efforts, eventually pried his hand away from her mouth, "He kissed me!" Rin blushed even harder. Rin put his hand back on her mouth.
"She's a liar." Rin stated. Avanna pulled his hand down.
"You told me that when we got older and you were a pro swimmer, we would get married!" Avanna laughed.
"Aww~ Rin-chan loves Ava-chan~" Nagisa sang.
"I was only 7!" Rin yelled.
"So you admit it!" Rei yelled seconds after. Rin sighed slumping over Avanna, resting his arms over her shoulders. His blush hadn't died down the slightest bit.
"I knew you were familiar." Avanna smirked, patting his cheek.
"You should kiss again. For old times sake." Jordan laughed. Nagisa and Gou slowly started to chant, "kiss".
"Come on you guys. Stop messing with them. Let's just watch the movie." Makoto huffed in a way that was very unusual for him and walked back to the couch. Haru and Rei followed him. Nagisa, Gou and Jordan looked at each other, seemingly communicating telepathically. They walked to the living room and Jordan patted Rin on the shoulder, still chuckling under his breath. Rin coughed and straightened out.
"I'm going to put all this in my room." Avanna sighed, picking up the papers and walked to her room. Rin picked up some pictures that fell and followed her. He set it down on her desk, next to where she put the other things.
"Umm.. Avanna-c-chan? Do you think I could k-keep this picture?" Rin asked, "I just don't have a lot of pictures of me and Gou when we were little." He quickly added.
"Sure. I'm pretty sure there is two. I'll go ahead and make another copy later on for Gou-chan." Avanna smiled. She picked up Minerva and a blanket, and headed back out to the living room.
"Right." Rin said, glancing around her room, before following her.
"Did you guys kiss?" Nagisa whispered.
"No, Nagisa-chan." Avanna whispered back in a mocking tone. Before she sat down, she shut off all the lights in the house, except for the hall light. She sat on the couch next to Makoto, and Minerva leapt out of her arms into Makoto's lap. "My own cat likes you more than me." Avanna muttered, smiling up at Makoto. He gave her a small smile back as she placed the blanket over herself. Rin sat down on the other side of Avanna. Gou was sitting in a recliner to the right, Haru was sitting on the opposite side of Makoto. Jordan, Nagisa and Rei were sat on the floor.
Makoto noticed that Avanna was nearly at the edge of the couch halfway through the movie. He would've been lying to himself if he even thought that it wouldn't have been cute if she started to nod off, and let her head rest on his shoulder. He noted to himself that Avanna was indeed into sci-fi films just as much as Jordan. When the film finished, The only people still awake,Makoto, Avanna, Rin and Haru, made it their job to wake Nagisa and Rei so they could all head home.
"Ava-chan..." Nagisa yawned as he walked outside. Rin had already begun carrying Gou home, and the rest were waiting for Nagisa, "If we win the relay, you should reward us with a kiss, since you've already kissed Rin-chan."
"Actually he kissed me..." Avanna started, "And you really want that as a reward?"
"You are really beautiful Ava-chan! Any guy would be lucky to get even a peck on the cheek from you." Nagisa smiled. Avanna blushed, her eyes getting slightly teary.
"Well then, You'll just have to do your best then!" Avanna smiled.
"Right." Nagisa nodded as he ran off to the rest of the group. "We're going to have to work really hard and do the best we can so we can all get a kiss!" Nagisa's voice trailed off as they walked farther away.