Meanwhile when Rin, Haru and Nagisa were back in Australia, they had a day of fun because of Nagisa bugging them around but when he decided to go and take a look at the closest convenience store, Haru and Rin snuck into the bathtub.
"Ah…..this is much better than fooling around…."Rin sighed happily in the cold water with Haru.
"This would be called "us" time wouldn't it?" Haru said.
"Yeah~ and with our swimmers on, it feels like I'm in a pool. No wonder why you like getting in here"
"I'm glad you understand me Rin" Haru hugs Rin on the side of the tub.
"I wonder how Kazuki is going on with Makoto and Rei…I hope that they get along well. Did you know that Rei was in love with Makoto?"
"Yes, we used to meet up sometimes so we could talk about what is going on with our feelings, and at some times, we'd cry together. We knew that we weren't the only ones"
"That was nice of you to take care of him"
"We took care of each other, but Rei was the one that cried most of the time"
Then Rin sneezed which made Haru laugh, "Rei must be talking about you~"
"Some coincidence" Rin sniffled and rubbed his nose.
"Riiiiiin!" Nagisa suddenly popped out of nowhere, "Are you guys in the tub?! No way, I want in too!"
"No way. N.O" Rin stops him.
"Whyyyyyy?" Nagisa whined.
"This is our little nest, so stay out!" Rin ordered.
"Okaaaaay….." Nagisa stays outside the tub and Rin sighed, going back to cuddling Haru.
Haru looks at Rin, "Rin, there is a competition coming up in Sydney, would you like to join me? I was thinking of going and I have also mentioned it to my coach as well"
"Really?! I would love to go and swim with you Haru, though we can't do a relay. We could do one with Kazuki if we had a shot but we need one more person"
"Hmm….hold on!"
"Sousuke!" They both said together and they laughed, "This would be wonderful for him!"
"Yeah, and we can create our perfect team!"
"So you can do freestyle…"
"You can do butterfly…."
"Sousuke is great at backstroke.."
"And Kazuki for breastroke!"
"Hey! What about meee?" Nagisa whined.
"You will have to train hard with us though, and you're on holidays, do you really have that much time?"
"Oh no, not that. I can help your coaches! I'll be the manager like Gou chan!"
"Wonderful! Isn't that brilliant Haru?! And we can do 200 meter freestyle by ourselves as well and see who's fastest!"
"Yeah! Let's get the phone right now! Call up Sousuke!"
Nagisa runs to get the dorm phone and gives it to the excited Haru and Rin, "Don't drop it into the water now!"
"Yeah we know" Rin presses buttons and calls up Sousuke.
"Hello?"
"Sousuke! How are you?"
"I am wonderful, I just got out of the pool Rin. You seem excited in that tone, what's going on?"
"Please, come join Haru and I for a relay! There is a competition coming up soon, and we want you to come along for the ride!"
"ME?! Really Rin?! I can't say no to that!"
"We will pay for the flight, just please come and join us!" Haru spoke into the phone.
"Whoa, Haru! Well if you insist, I'll contact my coach and get to you"
"Yaaaay! It's gonna be a blast Sousuke! You won't forget this!"
"I'll call you back as soon as I have talked to him"
Then they hung up, "He said yes!"
Then Nagisa started to get excited too, "Now let's call Kazuki and get his butt back up here!"
Rin then calls up Kazuki.
"Rin?"
"Kazuki!"
"Rin? What's going on? I have just got back to give Rei and Makoto a good scolding"
"Come back to Australia Kazuki, we need you!"
"For what?"
"We want you to join us for a medley relay!"
"EH? ME?"
"There is a competition coming up in Sydney"
"It's at the MSAC" Haru added.
"That…..that's the same place where I won my nationals, but in Melbourne!"
"So?"
"…..I'll go with you guys! I can't possibly miss a relay! They're my favourite!"
"Then it's settled, how are things on your end?"
"Rei and Makoto made up very well"
"That's great! I sneezed earlier, were you guys talking about me?"
"Not that I know, but Rei and Makoto may do. Rei sneezed earlier right after I scolded them for making out while I was out. It was kind of funny"
"Also, before I forget, Sousuke is joining us as well!"
"Really? Well, what can I do for the team?"
"Can you do breastroke or backstroke?"
"Because of my deafness, I can't balance well if I can't see so I can't stay straight when I do backstroke. Breastroke is great, I can do that"
"Ah, that explains why you kept on bumping into the edges of your lane during backstroke practice…."
"Yeah, so if I were to walk in the dark, my walking would be very wobbly and all over the place"
"All right, so that leaves Sousuke to backstroke. When can you get back?"
"First thing in the morning? If I can?"
"Brilliant, as soon as you come back we can start training!"
"Great! Then have a good night Rin, Haru, I'll see you tomorrow!'
"Goodbye!"
"Bye!"
Then they hang up. "They both said yes! I'm so excited!" Rin cheered along with Haru.
"That's great Rin chan" Nagisa said as Rin gives him back the phone and puts it away.
Haru then gets a small bucket, gathers some water and puts it over Rin's hair. "Ah…..that's refreshing…." Then Haru strokes his hair a bit. And Rin gets a bucketful of water to put on Haru from the head to his body, making him entirely wet. "Thank you Rin"
"My pleasure Haruka" Rin gives him a kiss and they cuddle. "It's getting late, we should get out of the bath"
"Okay Rin, since that you're getting tired" Haru lifts up the sleepy Rin and dries and dresses them up before putting Rin to bed with him on the couch.
"Nagisa….don't sleep on the couch, its marked territory…" Rin mumbled in his sleep which made Nagisa giggle.
Then they all went to sleep….
"Ah…huh?" Rin wondered to himself as he opened his eyes within a dream. He looked around and all he saw was that he was in a hallway with locker rooms "Where is this place….?" He looked around and then suddenly he sees a small girl with a navy and white sports jacket, big enough to cover most of her body, and she has long brown thick hair with blue eyes.
"Huh?" The person that appeared upon him was new but he then recognised her face along with her blue goggles around her neck that he first saw when they first met..
"Hold on…..Kazuki?!"
The girl looked at him and then walked past him after hearing someone call out for her, "Kurea chan!" It called.
Kurea chan….? So that is his first name….?
He ran after her until he saw a light from an exit, It lead to the main pool. Then he noticed the huge crowd behind him, seats packed with people. Then he looked back at her, she gathered up her hair and put her cap on along with her goggles and then took her jacket off to give to her teacher, revealing massive breasts.
They're huge!…..He wasn't joking…..
Then she joined a line of people going onto the next race, he looked at the lane board and saw "disabled team".
So he was put into the disabled area….
Then he watched her line up and race against the others, he could feel her confidence as she won gold and was proud of it.
Wow…..we have such great blood don't we?
Then the scene in front of him changed, and he saw the outdoor pool that he saw the other day with him. He saw Kazuki again winning second.
"Drat….I lost to a shark once again….. well, I'll be coming back and I'll be able to beat one… one day!" Kazuki said to himself.
Rin watched him along as the scene changed again.
"Graduation….? Yeah, I would like to quit the club since swimming its boring now, if I just go ahead into the higher grades, it'll only put more pressure on me" He heard Kazuki say to his teacher.
Kazuki…..you don't…mean that…
Then the scene changed again to see Kazuki winning fourth place.
Kazuki…..
"I don't understand it anymore…..I can't swim the way I want to…"
Then another scene came up, Kazuki is then swimming in a relay.
A freestyle relay...he's shouting and cheering on for his team...
He won second place...
"That was better than swimming independently! Well….now I know that I can't swim by myself….just with a team….the only problem is that I can't make friends so easily….it's lonely…." Kazuki said.
Ah…..he's lonely….he can feel the water differently than others and he has a different relationship with it than Haru has…..it's a different world than mine and Haru's…..
Then he suddenly awoke at someone's touch.
"Oh, I'm sorry for waking you all of a sudden Rin" Kazuki said.
"Kazuki…." Then Rin grabs him by the shoulders. "You. You're coming with me right now!"
"Eh?!" Rin gets out of bed, realising that he still has his swimmers on but get's some ear plugs and grabs Kazuki's implant. He takes it off and grabs his hand.
"Rin?! What are you doing?! It isn't priceless!" Kazuki exclaimed. But Rin dragged him on all the way to the pool, he took his shoes and shirt off, then he pushed him into the water.
"Gah!" Kazuki got up to the surface and he sputtered a bit but then he froze when he sees Rin pushing earplugs right into his ears deep enough so he can't hear anything at all.
"Rin….you don't need to…"
"You're not alone Kazuki, your cousin is here"
"Eh?"
Rin could hear his own voice but heard nothing from Kazuki's lips. He jumped in and approached Kazuki, he grabbed his hand and spoke to it "Kazuki, you are a shark. Even if you weren't part of the pack, you're a lone one and you're a brave, confident little one. Don't leave yourself alone in the water, you have us" He said.
"Rin, I knew that since we started swimming together" Kazuki said, speaking into Rin's hand. "I was really happy…."
Rin then gives him a hug, "Thank goodness for that…..I had a strange dream about your memories and about how lonely you were…."
"Thank you for worrying about me Rin, I couldn't be happier without you" Kazuki hugs him back happily.
"Kazuki…"
"Rin!" Haruka called out to them but Rin couldn't hear him, but Kazuki noticed him and tapped Rin on the back to tell him.
"Oh" Rin takes out his earplugs, "Sorry, I didn't hear you Haru"
"I noticed that you were out of bed…..you scared me…"
"I'm sorry, there were things that I had to discuss with Kazuki"
"I understand" Haru smiled.
"Now Rin….help me out of this pool! It wasn't a pretty idea to-"
Then suddenly Rin notices red liquid emerging from Kazuki's lower area, "OH SHIT!" He freaked and got out of the pool.
"IS THAT….."
"Um…I ate too many tomatoes?" Kazuki nervously said.
"ITS YOUR FREAKIN TIME OF THE MONTH, GET OUT OF THE FREAKIN POOL!"
