It was Monday afternoon, just around 5. Haruka was sitting outside the house by the door to the garden. He was drawing their cherry blossom tree. Although it had stopped blooming months ago Haruka drew it anyway.

Makoto was sitting in the living room, watching Haruka's back. He had come home around half an hour ago to a house where Rei was helping Nagisa with his homework and Rin and Haruka had just parted ways after an argument about what food was better. Rin demanded that pizza was better while Haruka had stuck with mackerel.

Rei had told that Rin had gone for a run while Haruka had gone to do something else, which Makoto soon learned was drawing the cherry blossom tree.

Rin had returned about 15 minutes ago and had gone to take a bath, now Makoto heard his footsteps on the stairs as he went downstairs and walked into the living room. He made his way past Makoto without noticing him and went to sit next to Haruka.

The twins sat there in silence for a while with Makoto as a silent watcher on the sideline. Rin was of course the first to break the silence.

"You're drawing the sakura," he said. "It's really good,"

Haruka made a small nod with his head. It was so small that Makoto could barely see it from his position.

Rin sat in silence then again, just looking from the cherry blossom tree to the drawing and back at the tree. He was most likely comparing the two. After a while Makoto decided to walk up and sit next to Haruka as well, make the twins aware of his presence.

"I'm glad to see the two of you know to make up on your own," Makoto said, smiling at Rin and Haruka who both looked at him in surprise. None of them had noticed him. Both got over it quickly though.

"Yeah, we've gotten better at it," Rin said. He turned back to look at the cherry blossom.

Makoto looked down at Haruka's drawing. "It really is good, Haru," he said as he studied it. It almost really did look like a real cherry blossom tree.

Haruka nodded, letting that being enough to show his gratitude.

They sat in silence for a while. A cool breeze came from the ocean making the warm day just a bit more comfortable. Makoto closed his eyes. He forgot the worries that had kept him down ever since he left the hospital earlier that afternoon. But now they made their way back into his mind. He would have to tell the boys sometime soon, but it couldn't be now. Not yet.

"What's wrong?" Haruka had turned his gaze from the nearly finished drawing, to Makoto's face. He had noticed the expression of slight worry and thoughtfulness that had appeared.

"It's nothing to worry about," Makoto opened his eyes to meet Haruka's. "I'll tell it at dinner tonight," he continued. Then it was set. He'd have to tell them about what was going to happen.

Thinking about dinner, that was something he'd have to get started on about now. It was already getting pretty late. Makoto stood up and went to the kitchen to start preparing their dinner for the night. Fried rice and mackerel. He knew he would earn some popularity in Haruka's eyes from this. Mackerel was Haruka's favorite food after all. However, he wasn't sure of how the others would feel about the dish planned for tonight.

About half an hour later they were all ready to eat and Makoto called on his family as they could have their dinner together and he could break the news to them.

Nagisa was in a good mood. He was talking about all his friends and a funny thing one of his classmates had done today. It was something about a frog. Nobody really paid attention, but Rei pretended to be interested in the story though.

"There was something you wanted to talk about," Haruka said. His quiet voice brought everyone to silence and they looked at Makoto.

"Well…" Makoto started hesitantly. "You all know I'm keeping a full time job as a doctor in the local hospital, right?" he asked. To this all four nodded. "For a while we have had some financial trouble and now it has turned into a crisis where the hospital has to be closed,"

"What's that going to mean?" Rei asked, looking shocked. He'd thought the economy in a hospital was stable and nothing could go wrong there.

"It means that some will be fired, others will be transferred to different hospitals," Makoto said.

"Which one are you?" Rin asked.

Makoto looked down at his plate. "I'm the latter," he said. "I'll be moved to a job where I have to work a lot more for a lot less than my current job,"

"Where?" Rei asked.

"Somewhere nearby?" Nagisa continued with his mouth full of rice.

"Don't speak with your mouth full, Nagisa," Rei informed. "I've told you before,"

"I've got a job in Tokyo," Makoto said. "I'll be working from 7 in the morning to 7 at night,"

"So… We have to move?" Rin asked worriedly.

Makoto just nodded. "I've already found an apartment there," he said.

"When?" Haruka asked.

Makoto thought for a bit. "On Friday next week I think," he said before checking his phone to see. "Yeah on Friday next week, just before your summer break starts,"

Everyone nodded. None of them really liked the idea of moving. They all enjoyed their lives here at Iwatobi but there was no other option it seemed. Makoto would have to move if he wanted to keep a job so far away. It would take them a while to get to Tokyo anyway. An entire day if they remembered correctly.

With those disturbing news in mind everyone left the table to think for themselves for a while. To believe that such a small thing as a financial crisis at a hospital could mean so much to someone's private family life was almost unbelievable, yet here they were in the middle of it all, facing the fact of having to move away from the place where they'd all been living together for the past six years.

Again the chapter is just the same as the one from Free Parenting. I really hope you don't mind that too much.

It is the last chapter where it'll be an entire copy and the second to last chapter of the story, so I hope you've all enjoyed it. I'll make a longer A/N tomorrow (Whether that's a threat or a promise that's for you to decide)

Thanks for reading

Jackie