After that scene, Makoto left Australia to go back to Japan. Of course, Rin and Haru took their chance to say goodbye to him before he left and then the two went back to their harsh training in the pool with Haru and Rin's coach. They all got together pretty well and fast while Rin and Haru trained together as best buddies, it was better to train together rather than swimming by yourself because with Rin and Haru together they had some competition and trained harder.
Meanwhile Kazuki had graduated from his animation course and got bored easily so he happens to come to watch Rin and Haru train.
It seems so tough to actually watch but when you're the person swimming you feel amazing...To be honest why don't I like swimming in the first place? I wanted to be a lifeguard when I was little...Don't I take in swimming like I should be?Maybe...am I missing something...?
Maybe...it's the excitement of having to swim, being one with the water and having to feel it.
That could be why I feel a lot more confident in swimming when can't hear, I'm more focused and I can feel it more therefore it makes me feel a lot more excited. And I feel a lot more calmer cause I can't hear the others and I don't worry about who is in front or behind me...I just...
"I'll show you a sight that you've never seen before!"
I want to see that...and if I'm going to see it, I will have to swim.
Kazuki ran to his dorm and got into his swimsuit, grabbed his cap and new goggles and ran back into the pool.
"Huh?" Rin noticed Kazuki as Rin and Haru were taking a short break. "Kazuki? What are you doin?"
"Rin..." Kazuki put on his cap and put on his new goggles, "I'm gonna train with you and when we do, please show me that sight"
Rin blinked, "Sight?"
"Yes" Kazuki pulled back one of his goggle strings and let it go, with a smirk, "The sight that I have never seen before!" He smiled at him.
"That...what?"
"He's reading your lips Rin" Haru said, "Come on, let's swim!"
"But what the hell is he talking about?! What sight?"
"The sight that I showed you myself" Haru smiled.
"Ah...that one, and the one that I showed to Sousuke, of course!"
Kazuki then jumped into the pool and Rin and Haru took their start, already ahead of Kazuki.
Gh! They're fast! But Rin is a shark, I won't let... him...win...!
Kazuki is getting faster, I can see the determination in his face...Rin thought.
No way he is going to beat us like that, he'll get sloppy at swimming...feel the water more Kazuki.. Haru thought.
No, slow down, I'm not doing anything with this...feel the water, move along your heart...you have beaten your teachers and your Dad with your heart...you can do it this way too.
Wait...he's catching up! Rin thought.
"Oh?" Their coaches came back to the pool, "Someone is challenging our boys, he looks a bit like Rin"
"Oh yeah he does, oh! Isn't that guy Kazuki that comes to the pool every night after our lessons?"
"Oh yeah, so it is"
"What's his last name?"
"Was it...Matsuoka?"
"Hold on, what?"
But Kazuki was still half way behind Rin and Haru but that didn't bother Kazuki, he kept going even if he ran out of breath.
"AH!" Kazuki finally started catching up to them and reached their pace but then he had to take a break, he stopped at the end to take a break.
"Kazuki! Wow that was great!" Rin gave him a high five, "Not bad at all, soon you'll be able to swim with us together!" He gives his cousin a hug.
"I'm a fast learner..." Kazuki gave him a "It was nothing" look.
"You still have a long way to go but you will get there!"
He's really good at lip reading...
"I'll get there Rin!"
The next morning...
"Okay! Keep going at it guys! And Kazuki, try keeping up okay?" The coaches called out while having a morning run.
"Ugh...I'll get there...eventually..." Kazuki panted.
"What's wrong with him?" Haru asked Rin. "Oh that, he hates ground training"
"Oh"