p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" "Are you okay?" Rin asked Kazuki all puffed out./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""I'm...okay...I think..." He said, sitting down in Rin's dorm. Haru gets him a drink of water./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Thanks Haru" He takes the water and has a sip. "Ah...it's nice and cold...that's better"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""That's good. The more you do it, the better you'll get and the less painful it will get" Rin said./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Yeah I know, I heard that at least a thousand times from my Dad" Kazuki rolled his eyes./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Haha...you can use our shower if you want"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Ahem..." Haru cleared his voice. "We haven't...cleaned..." He whispered to Rin./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Oh? That will be good to spend some time, shall I help?" Kazuki asked./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""OH, NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO" Rin stuttered out of surprise./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""It's okay, I have a girlfriend and I know what it's like and I'm your cousin Rin I'd be happy to help"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""I see...are you sure?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Positive!"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Okay, let's get going" Haru got up and rolled up his sleeves, picking up a bucket of water and went to the bathroom./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""OY, HARU"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Then they all ended up cleaning up the bathroom, Rin furiously scrubbed the shower walls that were a lot more dirty than the bathtub that Haru and Kazuki are cleaning./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""So you do it more in the shower?" Kazuki asked in giggles./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Yeah...but I sit in the tub every morning so Rin doesn't like getting it dirty. It makes him feel uncomfortable for me to sit in a place that's dirty"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Haruuuu...don't tell him that sort of stuff..."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Hahahaaa...it's okay Rin"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"But then a couple of questions popped up about Kazuki, "Kazuki, what about you? What was your name when you were a girl?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""EH? Well...my name was Kurea... I had long hair back then and I'd put it into a ponytail, and my hair would sit on my shoulders and I'd think that I look like Aoba from Dramatical Murder...wear boys uniform and all, I was such a tomboy!"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Oh really? You didn't wear any girls clothes?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""No, I'd pick the most boyish looking clothes out of any clothes shop I'd go to. If I dress as a girl, I get stared at by a heap of boys, and not just boys...the adults, and seniors!"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Haha, if you were girlish I bet you'd be popular!"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""But that's annoying...and my boobs we're big too so it felt embarrassing..."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""What size were you?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Rin!" Haru exclaimed./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""It's okay, I was a double D"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Rin gasped and chuckled./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""No, that's not what I meant, Rin, shouldn't you be focusing on me instead of girls?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Eh? Oh...It was just a question..."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Haru's jealous" Kazuki said to Rin. "Ahhh... pretend that I didn't just say that okay Haru?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""...Hmph..." Haru's eyes squinted and he pouted./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Then Rin happens to go over to Kazuki and touch his hair, "Whoa! Your hair is so thick!"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""I know.."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Then Rin bumped into Kazuki's little hearing device on his ear, "What the- ...oh... I forgot to ask. What's this thing?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""That? It's called a cochlear implant"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Oh? I have heard of it, how does it work?" Haru asked./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""It's a implant for the deaf, what it does is that it has a inside part, the cochlear implant which has a string that goes inside your cochlear. When you can't hear it means that all your hairs inside your cochlear are broken so the implant is to replace it, and then a magnet is attached. Then the outside part which is the speech professor, it carries batteries and programs to send signals and power to the other magnet to power it up and tell it how loud the user wants it to be and that tells the brain what you're hearing, it's a new form of sending hearing information to the brain so you can hear. But not only that, with the professor you can turn the volume down, up, make it focus on only voice, music or voice when there is a noisy background, connect yourself to devices so you don't need headphones. It's a handy device"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""That sounds more of a gift...but you take it off when you're in the water"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Yeah, it isn't waterproof. But there are plastic pockets to use if you want to swim with it underwater and seriously, is the water so amazing to hear!"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""You have worn one of those? Was it good for you?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Yeah, when I first wore it in high school, I was in a swimming carnival and I could hear the water, people calling out my name...and I won first prize that time, it felt so amazing...it was another bright amazing world that I have never seen before"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Yeah, I love that feeling too!"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Yeah, when the pool is bright and light...it feels better that way. But atlas, I am not faster in the water when I can hear"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Why so?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Because I am so used to being in the water and not being able to hear it. I have swam for as long as I remember since I was a child, my implant was huge and I had to carry it on my chest so when I swam that weight was off and I felt so much better"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""I see..."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""So the bright world of hearing when I swim, and the deaf world when in the pool...I don't know what feels better...it's confusing... so quit swimming when I hit my last grade and graduated, I didn't go into squad"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Oh..."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""But when I saw you guys and that sight...it excited me and I wanted to swim again. So I did with confidence...but something was missing, my hearing and even if I could hear the water, I couldn't be as fast as I wanted. It's so strange...so I never saw that sight"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""So that's why you got into the pool and tried to match up with us to see weather if you can see it"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Yeah...and I can still feel that there is something missing. But I did learn today to be with the water, to swim with it"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""That's one step ahead for you, how far can you hold your breath?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""More than 25 meters, I was always the winner when it came to my club lessons! Right to the end of the pool!"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Whoa that's long, you do have some potential there, so your pool was a 25 meter one when it came to your club?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Yeah, I'm not fully adapted to a 50 meter one"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""I can understand that..."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""So in your situation...I really don't know how to show you that sight..."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Rin, we could determine it if we go to Kazuki's club and the pool that he swims in for carnivals. We can help him like that" Haru said./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Wha- you don't really need to! It's in Melbourne!"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""That's okay, we can just take a short trip and swim there on the weekend, no problem" Rin started to get into the idea./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Well...we can do that actually..."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""That won't be a problem, we can do that! I'm actually quite interested to see the pool that you have swam in"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""That's my line Rin"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Well...okay"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Then let's do it!"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" /p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""I'm...okay...I think..." He said, sitting down in Rin's dorm. Haru gets him a drink of water./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Thanks Haru" He takes the water and has a sip. "Ah...it's nice and cold...that's better"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""That's good. The more you do it, the better you'll get and the less painful it will get" Rin said./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Yeah I know, I heard that at least a thousand times from my Dad" Kazuki rolled his eyes./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Haha...you can use our shower if you want"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Ahem..." Haru cleared his voice. "We haven't...cleaned..." He whispered to Rin./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Oh? That will be good to spend some time, shall I help?" Kazuki asked./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""OH, NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO" Rin stuttered out of surprise./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""It's okay, I have a girlfriend and I know what it's like and I'm your cousin Rin I'd be happy to help"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""I see...are you sure?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Positive!"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Okay, let's get going" Haru got up and rolled up his sleeves, picking up a bucket of water and went to the bathroom./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""OY, HARU"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Then they all ended up cleaning up the bathroom, Rin furiously scrubbed the shower walls that were a lot more dirty than the bathtub that Haru and Kazuki are cleaning./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""So you do it more in the shower?" Kazuki asked in giggles./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Yeah...but I sit in the tub every morning so Rin doesn't like getting it dirty. It makes him feel uncomfortable for me to sit in a place that's dirty"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Haruuuu...don't tell him that sort of stuff..."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Hahahaaa...it's okay Rin"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"But then a couple of questions popped up about Kazuki, "Kazuki, what about you? What was your name when you were a girl?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""EH? Well...my name was Kurea... I had long hair back then and I'd put it into a ponytail, and my hair would sit on my shoulders and I'd think that I look like Aoba from Dramatical Murder...wear boys uniform and all, I was such a tomboy!"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Oh really? You didn't wear any girls clothes?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""No, I'd pick the most boyish looking clothes out of any clothes shop I'd go to. If I dress as a girl, I get stared at by a heap of boys, and not just boys...the adults, and seniors!"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Haha, if you were girlish I bet you'd be popular!"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""But that's annoying...and my boobs we're big too so it felt embarrassing..."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""What size were you?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Rin!" Haru exclaimed./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""It's okay, I was a double D"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Rin gasped and chuckled./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""No, that's not what I meant, Rin, shouldn't you be focusing on me instead of girls?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Eh? Oh...It was just a question..."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Haru's jealous" Kazuki said to Rin. "Ahhh... pretend that I didn't just say that okay Haru?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""...Hmph..." Haru's eyes squinted and he pouted./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Then Rin happens to go over to Kazuki and touch his hair, "Whoa! Your hair is so thick!"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""I know.."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Then Rin bumped into Kazuki's little hearing device on his ear, "What the- ...oh... I forgot to ask. What's this thing?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""That? It's called a cochlear implant"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Oh? I have heard of it, how does it work?" Haru asked./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""It's a implant for the deaf, what it does is that it has a inside part, the cochlear implant which has a string that goes inside your cochlear. When you can't hear it means that all your hairs inside your cochlear are broken so the implant is to replace it, and then a magnet is attached. Then the outside part which is the speech professor, it carries batteries and programs to send signals and power to the other magnet to power it up and tell it how loud the user wants it to be and that tells the brain what you're hearing, it's a new form of sending hearing information to the brain so you can hear. But not only that, with the professor you can turn the volume down, up, make it focus on only voice, music or voice when there is a noisy background, connect yourself to devices so you don't need headphones. It's a handy device"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""That sounds more of a gift...but you take it off when you're in the water"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Yeah, it isn't waterproof. But there are plastic pockets to use if you want to swim with it underwater and seriously, is the water so amazing to hear!"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""You have worn one of those? Was it good for you?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Yeah, when I first wore it in high school, I was in a swimming carnival and I could hear the water, people calling out my name...and I won first prize that time, it felt so amazing...it was another bright amazing world that I have never seen before"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Yeah, I love that feeling too!"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Yeah, when the pool is bright and light...it feels better that way. But atlas, I am not faster in the water when I can hear"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Why so?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Because I am so used to being in the water and not being able to hear it. I have swam for as long as I remember since I was a child, my implant was huge and I had to carry it on my chest so when I swam that weight was off and I felt so much better"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""I see..."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""So the bright world of hearing when I swim, and the deaf world when in the pool...I don't know what feels better...it's confusing... so quit swimming when I hit my last grade and graduated, I didn't go into squad"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Oh..."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""But when I saw you guys and that sight...it excited me and I wanted to swim again. So I did with confidence...but something was missing, my hearing and even if I could hear the water, I couldn't be as fast as I wanted. It's so strange...so I never saw that sight"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""So that's why you got into the pool and tried to match up with us to see weather if you can see it"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Yeah...and I can still feel that there is something missing. But I did learn today to be with the water, to swim with it"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""That's one step ahead for you, how far can you hold your breath?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""More than 25 meters, I was always the winner when it came to my club lessons! Right to the end of the pool!"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Whoa that's long, you do have some potential there, so your pool was a 25 meter one when it came to your club?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Yeah, I'm not fully adapted to a 50 meter one"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""I can understand that..."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""So in your situation...I really don't know how to show you that sight..."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Rin, we could determine it if we go to Kazuki's club and the pool that he swims in for carnivals. We can help him like that" Haru said./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Wha- you don't really need to! It's in Melbourne!"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""That's okay, we can just take a short trip and swim there on the weekend, no problem" Rin started to get into the idea./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Well...we can do that actually..."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""That won't be a problem, we can do that! I'm actually quite interested to see the pool that you have swam in"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""That's my line Rin"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Well...okay"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Then let's do it!"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" /p