About three months later, Kohaku and Rin were still staying with the Kani's. They would have left before, but they were told to stay as long as needed, and after a while, they had all gotten attached to each other.
It had become a daily routine for Rin to wake up, go downstairs and help Mrs. Kani make breakfast. After that, she'd round up the kids, who were already running around, with the help of Mika, and Kohaku, for sometimes, it needed to be done with all three of them. They had learned fast how to get past Rin alone.
After breakfast, Rin and Kohaku would help out with daily chores, like helping in the garden, watching the kids, cleaning house, laundry, and cooking. Rin wasn't much of a cook before, but after about a month, she had learned much more along the way of cooking then she ever knew before.
After dinner, Kohaku, Mika, Sakura, Rin, and Kira would go outside, and the five of them would talk around the fire pit they had made, in a spot a ways off from their houses. They shared stories, told scary stories, played games, and watched the stars. All five of them had become very close in the past three months.
Mika, Rin, and Sakura were a trio. Never saw one with out the other two, unless they were working of course. Always whispering, always giggling. Between the three of them, it had become a well-known fact that Mika liked Kira. Sakura liked a boy from the bakery she went to every day, named Kiyoshi. Rin's feelings towards boys were never expressed. Especially not about the boys they were ever with.
As well as the new friendships developed with Mika and Sakura, Rin had also become much closer then she already was with Kohaku. Often they'd hang out, just the two of them, instead of with the rest of the group. They'd sit under a tree, watching the stars at night, talking about things.
Their rooms were next to each other, and on the upper floor, so they'd meet on the roof from time to time, when they couldn't sleep, after crawling to the other's window and knocking.