Rin and Haruka had just finished one of the longest school days of their lives. Both of them were too exhausted to look anywhere other than their feet. They were both grateful that all swimming practice had been called off until next week because of the international tournament. This was at least the case for the two of them.

They were so exhausted they didn't notice the little girl across the street until she was about to cross it on her own while calling for their attention.

"Nanase-sama!" Nanami yelled out.

Haruka's head snapped up and he looked at her.

"Isn't that Nanami?" Rin asked. He too was looking up at the girl now. Then he noticed what she was about to do and turned to face her fully. "Stop, Nanami!" he called.

The girl stopped, and just in time. She had had her attention too focused on Rin and Haruka to notice the car approaching. It drove by, right in front of her.

"Okay," Rin said after looking to both sides and confirmed there were no cars approaching now. "You can go now, but look to both sides."

Nanami crossed the street with a happy smile. "This is the first time I crossed the street alone," she said proudly as she stood in front of Rin and Haruka.

"Won't your mother let you?" Rin asked.

Nanami shook her head. "She won't," they were silent for a bit before Nanami spoke again. "Matsuoka-sama, Nanase-sama, okaa-san told me to ask you to look after me tonight since Nagisa-san didn't show up yesterday, she figured something was wrong," the little girl spoke in a saddened tone. She clearly was upset that Nagisa hadn't been there.

"Did you wait for him?" Rin asked.

Nanami nodded. "But then Yamasaki-san came with two others and one of them said he hadn't been at school today. Yamasaki-san took me home and called okaa-san about it. His mother then looked after me until okaa-san came home, but I don't like being with the Yamasaki family. The men are scary and the woman is strict!" she said.

Rin laughed. "Well, Sousuke can come off as a scary person sometimes," he said. "Sure we can look after you, but one of us need to go home and tell our father something first," he said.

"Okaa-san says it's no good for anyone to walk alone," Nanami said.

"I'll be careful," Rin assured while walking a bit in the direction of their home. "Haru, you walk Nanami home and stay with her. I won't take long,"

Haruka frowned. Rin was hiding it well, but he knew this was another attempt from him to act like an older brother and try to protect both Haruka and Nanami. There was no reason for him not to go along with it though. He let out a slightly irritated sound.

"Don't get in trouble," he said.

Rin smiled brightly. "Not on my life," he promised before walking away from the two as fast as he could. He planned to make it another running practice. That way he would train his muscles and get home quickly. This was another reason why Rin had decided to go home. If he had walked with Nanami, he would have to walk and won't get anything out of it.

When Rin entered the house, Kisumi was already there and he could hear both him and Makoto chatting in the kitchen. He took off his shoes and headed there. He saw Kisumi and Makoto sitting on either side of the table, each with a cup of tea in front of them and both with serious expressions on their faces.

"Hey," Rin said. He walked in, grabbed a chair and sat down beside Kisumi.

"Hey Rin," Makoto said. "Where's Haru?" he asked.

"We have been asked to take over Nagisa's babysitting job, so Haru is with Nanami at the moment," Rin said.

"Did you go home on your own?" Makoto asked worriedly.

"I ran," Rin answered.

Kisumi leaned back. "Not good," he said. "They are warning about people up to the age of 20 walking alone around town. You have to be at least two people walking together,"

"Nanami came with that warning too, from her mother," Rin said. "That's why I decided to go here. I have important information to give," Rin said.

"What is it?" Makoto asked. "About Nagisa?" his eyes were shining with a need to know exactly what Rin had to tell them. Rin understood. This was how any parent would feel if their child had gone missing.

Rin let off all the information he had gotten from Nagisa's history teacher and explained everything Haruka had told him as well, after his conversation with Rei. Makoto listened to every word Rin said and nodded occasionally. An understanding look was about to show on his face.

"Did Nagisa then go to Iwatobi?" Kisumi asked.

Makoto nodded. "He went there," he said. "But I'm almost certain he has left that place again…" He looked down at his teacup. "The question is where they went afterwards," he said.

Kisumi attempted a smile. "Well," he said. "No matter where they are, let's hope they're safe,"

Makoto nodded. "Let's hope so," Then he looked to Rin. "Are you going to Nanami's place too?" he asked.

"Yeah," Rin said. "I'm not allowing Haru to walk home on his own. I'm not going to-" he stopped himself to rethink his sentence. He had been about to say that he wasn't going to lose Haruka again, but he couldn't say that. Makoto didn't know that he and Haruka had been in Shinjuku when the serial killer from two years ago had died. "I'm not going to let Haru risk getting into a dangerous situation," he said.

Makoto nodded and stood. "I'll drive you there," he said. "I want to go just a little out today," He looked at Kisumi as if waiting for an approval of this decision. Kisumi nodded once with a smile and Makoto let the way out of the apartment. Rin followed him down to the car.

Miyano-san won't be home until late that night. She had told Haruka on the phone while he had been there alone with Nanami. Rin had arrived shortly after the phone call had ended and had informed Makoto of this by text.

Their dinner for the night was some warmed up undo noodles and some vegetables Haruka found and fried, causing Rin to declare that Haruka was showing off.

"I'm supplying," Haruka just said to defeat Rin's stupid argument. He had his focus on the frying pan while doing this and Rin thought it was almost like when they used to live at this place. Haruka had always been the one preparing their meals there, unless Kisumi brought take-away or Makoto decided to make it.

They ate shortly after this and after playing some card-games with Nanami – Rin taught both her and Haruka a game which Nanami became very fond of, Nanami was send to bed. Rin and Haruka could soon sit back and do their homework by the dining table in the kitchen, with the TV on in the living room.

The news went on in the living room and both Rin's and Haruka's attention was claimed by the first words the host spoke.

"A report from the police states that we might be seeing a repeat of the serial killings from almost three years ago," he said.

Rin and Haruka both got out of their chairs. They had forgotten everything about homework as they sat down in front of the TV. Haruka had no expression on his face, but Rin had a serious and worried look on his face as both their eyes locked on the TV screen.

"Two more teenage boys have been discovered within the past 24 hours," the host said. "One was killed last night while the other body had only just been murdered when he was found. So far, all the three boys have in common is the fact that they are all male, teenagers in the age between 17 and 19, and the way their throats were slid and their bodies were posed," The host looked serious. "According to Officer Aoyama Taichi, the setup of the murder is similar to the murders seen about two and half a year ago,"

The mentioned officer appeared on the TV screen and confirmed the words. He explained it all into further detail with a serious expression and tone.

"I'm gonna have to talk to Sousuke," Rin said and got up. He didn't even manage to take a step before he felt a tight grip around his wrist. He looked down to see Haruka staring at him. The unspoken 'no' was written all over his face.

Rin sighed and sat back down, deciding that he could always talk to Sousuke about this tomorrow if he absolutely had to.

At 11, Miyano-san returned to the apartment. She was exhausted, but decided that she still had energy enough to drive Rin and Haruka home. She said she didn't want them to walk around at night at a time like this. Both Rin and Haruka were surprised at exactly how grateful they were for this action.