A/N: I'm so sorry this chapter is so short! (it's a little over 1000 words; probably my shortest) My laptop recently broke, and when I went to back it up, I put this chapter and the second chapter of my Eremin skype fic onto a flashdrive. When I went to put it back onto my laptop, it was corrupted and I had to delete it. So this chapter is much different than I had intended. Thanks!

After the tournament ended, the Samezuka team exited the pool's building. They didn't win the tournament over all, but they were proud of where they stood, second place. Iwatobi, their rival school, placed behind them. Nitori was proud of her taking first place in medley and making Rin proud of her. She was walking out with Rin when she heard a familiar voice. "Big brother!" Kou ran behind Rin and hugged him tightly, her long red hair brushing against her waist. "Both of you did very well!" She cheered, congratulating the couple.

"So I didn't?" Captain Mikoshiba crossed his arms, staring at Kou.

Rin laughed and pulled his sister around him. "You did okay…" He teased.

The large red head glared at Rin. "I came in first place! Tell him, Kou!" He whined. Kou's eyes went wide, noticing he called her by her preferred name.

"You called me Kou!" She gasped, shocked. She rarely had anyone call her by her preferred name.

Rin rubbed the back of his neck. "The captain and I have been meaning to apologize for that. We're sorry for not calling you Kou." Rin apologized, looking around her to see Iwatobi's team. "You four did great, by the way." It was still awkward at their last tournament and how Rin swam with Iwatobi instead of Samezuka.

Haruka, their freestyler, nodded. "Your team was very good, too." He noticed Nitori standing there silently. "Why were you wearing a tank top?" He asked.

Nitori hated that people were asking her that, but she should have seen it coming. "I have a few scars on my chest and stomach from having surgery." She lied. She didn't want to tell them the truth. Kou eyed her carefully and winked. Had Kou told her secret?

"Anyway, you did great, Nitori!" Kou came up next to her and started playing with her soft hair. Nitori loved it when people played with her hair.

Nitori watched Nagisa, Iwatobi's breaststroker, run up to her. He grabbed her hand, staring at her slightly longer hair. "Your hair is getting longer." Nagisa ran his fingers through her hair. "If you let it get any longer you'll look like a girl!" Nitori became pale. Rin and Mikoshiba's eyes went wide. "You need to cut it, Nitori."

Said girl slowly pushed Nagisa's hand away. She had to make sure she didn't slip up and accidently tell Iwatobi her secret. "It's okay. Thanks for your concern, Nagisa. I'm just going to cut it myself." She told him. Nitori didn't want her hair to be too long; the boys at her school might become suspicious, so she was just going to grow it into a short bob.

The blond smiled and went back to Rei's side. "Your bangs are uneven." Iwatobi's butterflier grumbled, adjusting his glasses.

Makoto, their backstroker, looked over at the Samezuka trio. "Ignore the two of them. They don't know what they're talking about." He walked up to Mikoshiba. "But remember, we'll crush you next time." He smiled. Nitori didn't know the two captains had such a rivalry.

The captain rolled his gold eyes. "Whatever." He waved his hand, but couldn't help but smirk slightly. "Remember, Iwatobi," He wrapped his arms around Nitori's neck. "We have Nitori, who's the best in medley!" Cue a blush from the shorter girl.

"I'm not that good." Nitori looked down, face red. She wasn't too confident about her swimming, especially when people would brag about her.

Rin scoffed. "Are you kidding me, Ai? You're the best I know." Nitori's cheeks turned the color of Rin's hair. She loved being complemented by her boyfriend.

Nitori stared at the ground, shuffling her feet. Kou spoke up in a cheerful voice. "Nitori, do you want to go shopping with me tomorrow?" She was smiling. Nitori could help but also smiled. She loved spending time with other girls, since it was rare for their academy's students.

"Sure." Nitori nodded, being released of Mikoshiba's grip. "Are we going to the mall?"

"Yup! And Rin said he'd pay for everything, isn't that right, big brother?" She looked at her brother with a slightly intimidating smile.

Rin glared at her, hands on hip. "Excuse me?"

Kou repeated herself. "You're going to pay for Nitori's new clothes that Nitori needs, right?" She tried to be as vague as possible.

The older red head's eyes widened as he realized what Kou meant. "Oh! Yes, I'll pay for some of it." The last time he went shopping with Kou, she emptied his wallet buying dresses. They were cute, but extremely and ridiculously expensive. He silently prayed Nitori wouldn't do the same, because in his mind, all girls loved to shop. "Don't make me broke again, Kou." Rin scolded her. "You know what happened last time."

Kou walked past him, giggling. "No promises!" She patted his shoulder playfully. Nitori laughed quietly and covered her mouth.

"Not you too…" Rin sighed and rubbed his forehead, nudging Nitori with his elbow. "Please don't get the expensive stuff."

Nitori looked up and rocked side to side. "I don't know if I will." She turned around and started walking back to the bus. Rin turned his head, mouth gaping at Nitori's attitude. "You'd better hurry or I'll leave you!" Nitori said in a singsong tone.

Rin grumbled, "Bye guys." He grabbed Mikoshiba's arm and the two walked to the bus.

On the bus, Nitori pulled her laptop out from her bag. Her diary entries were up. Her long and pale fingers lay on the keyboard. She noticed there were a lot of food crumbs in her keyboard. Rin scolded her a lot, teasing that the crumbs in there could feed the entire school for a week. Finally an inspiration hit her to write and she looked at her screen.

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Today's tournament went well. We didn't win, but I won in medley. So that's good! We saw Rin's sister after the tournament, along with all of Iwatobi. Nagisa said I looked like a girl. I was so scared he'd figure it out, but nobody said anything. Kou told me we're going shopping tomorrow for dresses. I'm so excited.

Nitori didn't know what else to do, so she decided to look up pictures. She looked at pictures of bunnies for almost an hour. She couldn't get the thought of the friend-date, as Rin called it, out of her head. She finally has a girl that can accept her and be friends with her; something Nitori had always longed for.