Rin woke up to the sound of a loud thump. He groaned and peeked to the bottom bunk and found Akira had fallen down to the floor. Things like this are still happening?
Akira groaned and felt her head hurts a lot. She looked around and found out she had fell down to the floor.
"Good morning.", greeted Rin.
Akira looked up to find Rin's face. After a moment, Akira looked surprised and finally examined her surroundings.
"Where am I?", Akira asked.
"Our dorm room."
Akira threw her sight around the room once again, a very clean, masculine room.
"How long are you going to stay down there?", asked Rin.
Akira realized she has been talking to Rin with her fallen-down-from-bed position, her torso on the floor, the rest still on the bed. She turned to stand up.
"Careful, you don't want to wake him up.", said Rin.
Akira looked to her back and was surprised to find Sousuke sleeping on the floor. She had fallen mere inches away from him. Rin climbed down from the top bunk.
"I thought only children fall from their beds.", teased Rin.
"I'm used to sleep in bigger beds."
Akira sat on the bottom bunk and gently run her hands on her hair to tidy it up. Rin watching her silently.
"Wait, why am I here?", asked Akira with sudden realization.
"Well, who cried herself to sleep?"
"Oh goodness."
Rin folded his arms in front of his chest.
"You are pretty calm for a girl who just spent the night on an all-male school dorm."
"Samezuka is an all-male school?"
Rin sighed at Akira's reply.
"That is the only thing you're worried about?"
"What? Oh... Oh. Oh. I am sorry, I grew up with my brother and I am dull in this."
Rin made a small laugh at the girl in front of him.
"When can I go home?", asked Akira.
"Well, we have to wait for this one to wake up, and we'll take you back. Probably later when the others are gone, this is a holiday after all."
Akira nodded and looked at Sousuke who was still quietly sleeping. She then stood up and explored the room. She found a particular book that caught her eye on the desk.
"This book...", she mumbled.
"Oh, I don't know where he got it."
"No."
Akira flipped through the book to the section and pointed to Rin a photo of the mermaid, her. Rin gasped as a reply.
"Oh! That's why he bought that book. I am not surprised now.", said Rin.
Akira closed the book back and let out a small breath.
"I never thought that someone like him can be this sentimental. He really is very serious about you."
"I don't know.", Akira replied softly.
Rin tilted his head to Akira's reply.
Suddenly, Sousuke started to stretch around. Rin's warm morning greeting was a hard kick to his side.
"Ouch!"
"Wake up, sleepyhead. We are waiting for you!"
In mere seconds, the door burst open to Momo's loud voice.
"Senpai!", greeted Momo.
Ai followed worryingly behind him.
The four male in the room was shocked. Ai and Momo were shocked to find a girl in their senpai's room, and Rin and Sousuke were shocked that Akira's presence were found.
"I am sorry to disturb you..."
Momo closed the door slowly, but not before Rin and Sousuke's arm caught Ai and Momo and the door was closed again.
"Ai! Momo!", yelled Rin.
Akira froze on her place while watching the drama in front of her.
"Yes, senpai!", replied the two simultaneously.
"Nothing happened okay, and do not breath a word about what you just see, okay?", threatened Rin.
"Ye...Yes...'
Rin and Sousuke managed to 'smuggle' Akira out of the dorm. She was covered in Sousuke's oversized jacket and her hair tied back. Smuggling her out was easier than smuggling her in when she had fallen asleep that Sousuke had to carry her on his back.
The three stopped at the school gate.
"I'll stop here, I'm planning to go visit Gou.", said Rin.
"Oh, okay. Say hi for me.", said Sousuke.
"Send my regards to her.", continued Akira.
Rin raised an eyebrow at the two before waving goodbye and left. Akira and Sousuke walked away.
"Here is far enough, I can go back on my own.", said Akira.
Sousuke was taken aback by Akira's attitude.
"No, I'll take you back. I at least have to explain to your brother."
"For your information, my brother has left Iwatobi and I live alone now.", answered Akira with a negative tone.
Sousuke stopped and tried to digest the situation.
"Hey what's wrong?"
Akira gave no reply and continued walking, even faster than before. Sousuke jogged to follow her.
"Is it about yesterday?", asked Sousuke again.
"You think?"
"What about it? Oh so you're like this. You rebuffs people that cares about you."
Akira stopped abruptly and stared at Sousuke.
"Well, I am sorry. The last time I trusted people and call them my friends, they almost killed me."
Sousuke stopped and knew he had hit Akira's nerve.
"But I am not like that.", he lightens his tone.
"You are the opposite of what you think you are. You investigated about me, and thinks you know everything, what's best for me."
"That part was wrong but it was because I cared about you."
Akira gritted her teeth in frustration and anger. She swung her hand to Sousuke's direction, but with his fast reflex, he was able to stop it mid-air.
The action caused Sousuke's shoulder to hurt like crazy, he yelped and quickly grabbed his shoulder. His face filled with pain. Akira was surprised at the turn of events.
"Hey what's wrong? Are you okay?"
Sousuke quickly stopped in fear of Akira finding out about his condition.
"I'm fine. Just teasing you.", said Sousuke, the quickest excuse he can find.
Akira just stood there, staggered and distressed with a pale face.
"Hey, hey I'm just kidding.", Sousuke said quickly.
Sousuke was shocked to find Akira teary eyed.
"You idiot! I was really worried!", she yelled in annoyance.
Gou hurried to the door to greet her guest.
"Hey."
"Onii-chan!"
Gou was surprised at her brother for visiting.
"You rarely visits!"
Rin wasn't planning to visit today actually. But he had a change of mind after looking at Akira.
"What brings you here?", asked Gou.
"Well... just wanted to know how you are doing."
Gou observed her brother. He wasn't being himself today, he rarely visits and now he's being weird.
Rin never really thought about Gou or how she was doing in school. He thought everything was okay, well he was doing okay after all. But seeing Akira and what she had gone through, made Rin worry as well. What if such things was to happen to Gou?
"How is the Iwatobi's preparation for regionals?", asked Rin.
But Gou can take care of herself right?
to be continued
I just realized after re-reading this, the story isn't progressing in this chapter. Apologies . The story is actually ending in another 3 or more chapters maybe. Maybe. Tell me what you think :)