"Ah~ Melbourne!" Rin sighed as they all got off the plane. "It's good to be seeing something new rather than the capital city"
"Actually, Rin. Sydney isn't the capital city" Kazuki said.
"Huh?! It isn't...?"
"No, it's a very common foreign mistake. You see, before there was any capital city, the first one was Melbourne but then when people started to vote it was Melbourne and Sydney back and forth so... they put it in the middle"
"The middle? Where?"
"Canberra"
"Ah I see...I will remember that"
"Now...here are your bus and train tickets" Kazuki gives Rin and Haru some green cards.
"Eh? They're plastic...? What are these? They don't look like tickets to me..."
"They're called miki, you can use them on any form of transport. Just show it to the machine by putting it on it's display screen until it confirms your ticket and then you can go. Once you're done on a train, do it again so you sign off"
"Wow...this is a really good piece of technology, so you just sign in and out every time?"
"Yup. There are money on them, so when you run out, you just put some more on"
"That's really awesome!"
"Yup, come on, let's go!"
They took a bus to the city's Flinders Street Station and took a train to Werribee, then another bus to old Geelong st.
"Okay, were almost there, we just have to walk to our destination" Kazuki said.
"Finally! I was beginning to think that we were going someplace strange...this town is really spaced out, look at this main road!"
"Rin, there are many things that we haven't seen" Haru said.
"I know"
They start walking until they reached their destination.
"Were here..."
Rin and Haru took their first glance at the place, it's smaller than the Iwatobi Swim Club that they swam in their childhood. It looked like it was half the size.
"Whoa..."
They went inside and along the wall was glass so they could see the entire 25m second class pool, along the other side was another smaller pool for kids that were learning.
"So you swam in this pool...this place is quite small"
"Yeah, a long time ago, this pool didn't even exist, there was only the kids pool until they expanded" Kazuki said. "This is all they have, and there are other clubs too that have bigger pools and because of that fact they're faster than us here"
"I see, the Werribee Sharks am I correct?" Rin asked.
"Yes, that's where we are going next"
They took another bus to the Werribee outdoor pool, and Rin and Haru were instantly at awe.
"Whoaaa... this is so good! It's so niiice...and spaced ouuut..." Rin sighed, feeling the pleasure and the breeze that has the smell of the pool.
"I wanna go in now" Haru looked at the pool through the bars.
"Well, since it is a good day, let's go in!"
They grabbed their things and went to the change rooms, but then Rin halted when he felt Kazuki behind him, knowing the fact that he is a girl.
"...What?" Kazuki asked.
"Errrr...are you really changing with us? Um...how do you exactly hide it?" Rin asked.
"HUH? I put a towel on when I change BAKA" Kazuki blushed and stormed into the change rooms. "And don't feel shy Rin I've seen plenty"
Rin sighed, and he gathers the courage to go in.
"Good luck Rin, I already have mine on underneath"
Noooooo... don't leave me in thereeeee...!
Rin gathers all of his courage and goes inside.
"Ah! There's no one here, thank goodness..." Kazuki said and proceeded to change. Rin went beside him and went ahead as well.
Just. Stay. CALM. He's just a guy without a dick, that's all...
"So...you've dated guys before?" Rin blathered and Kazuki gave him a glare. "No..."
"So only girls?" Rin takes his shirt and pants off.
"Yeah... it's a long story of my life. If I were to tell you all about it, it'll take ages"
"I could say that's the same for everyone I guess"
"Yeah, I can see that" Kazuki puts a towel around his waist and changes into his swimsuit, Rin does the same as clam as he can.
"All done, now let's go!" Kazuki puts his clothes away in his bag and goes out with Rin, they put their bags next to Haru's and proceed to jump into the water.
"This pool is the same as Iwatobi's" Haru said, "It has that same feel...but brighter"
"It is nice...and cool...I like it..." Rin gives it a feel. "Why don't we have a lap in it first so we can get to know the pool?"
"Good idea" Haru can go front and I'll follow along with Kazuki.
"Alright, just give me a second" Kazuki takes off his implant and puts it away.
"Let's go" They put on their goggles and take a lap.
Ah...this is calming...I can see everything so clearly...and the water feels so nice...
This is obviously an Olympic pool, it said so on it's sign outside...
So this is what Kazuki sees...
Well...I don't see anything bad about it...
When they all reached the end, they stopped and got up for a moment.
"Well I think that relaxing..." Rin said.
"But Rin, I did feel something" Haru said, "Can you read me Kazuki?"
Kazuki nodded.
"I imagined this myself, if I were deaf, you'd be self-conscious about your surroundings, he can feel the water more than I can. He cannot hear anything but he can hear the water a little bit because it hits him with physical contact like my hand the other day"
"Oh I see..."
"When he can hear, that uneasiness goes away because he isn't as sensitive to his surroundings. Seeing that how small a pool that he trained in, he is used to that environment without hearing but not with a bigger pool so I bet that he needs more practice to get used to it"
"Wow Haru...you can work out that much..."
"Ahhhhhh…..I understand it now!" Kazuki understood what Haru was saying. "It makes sense! Thank you Haru!"
"It's my pleasure Kazuki"
"Then hold on a second" Kazuki gets his implant and takes the coil off, and puts it in a case and puts on a different coil and turns it on before putting it on.
"It's waterproof now!"
"How handy"
"Yup! Now let's get practicing"
After a while, because of the weather the pool started to crowd up with lots of people. They figured that the pool is a hot spot for families that like to come to the pool when the weather is either warm or hot. Then came lunch so they decided to get out.
"Come on, we'd better take a shower before leaving" Rin said, picking his stuff up along with the others.
They went inside the change rooms when they found it to be pretty crowded and only one family shower left to use…
"Oh crap….." Rin groaned.