Chapter 21

"Come on you scaredy cats, let's go in or we won't get one at all!" Kazuki said.

"But…."

"Just focus on me Rin" Haru said, "Focus on me and my eyes"

"Oh….I will. Good idea" Rin nodded.

They went in and they put their bags at the door because there was anything to put them on, and started taking their swim suits off. And at first Rin wanted to distract himself by getting the shampoo and tend to Kazuki's hair.

"Here, I'll do yours Kazuki" Rin said.

"Then I'll do yours Rin" Haru said, starting to get a little jealous.

"Then let's get into a circle and I'll do yours Haru!" Kazuki said, cheerful.

They all squat down so they can all get some water showered on their heads and go in a circle to wash each other's hair.

"Your hair really is thick…..isn't it a pain to wash?" Rin asked.

"Sometimes, in the past when it was when it was longer was sometimes a chore but now it doesn't bother me since its short now"

"Your hair is silky Rin" Haru commented.

"Aw thanks Haru"

"And you're not bad at washing mine Kazuki" Haru said, "Your fingers are warm and gentle…."

"They always are"

Then they all wash their hair out with the water and then Kazuki gets some soap, but when he turns around he finds Rin and Haru staring at him.

"What now?"

"….Do you ever shave..?" Haru said.

"EH? Like heck I don't! If I did you'd see me easily, it's not like I can do anything about it!"

Then Rin starts to crack up, "Mm….eheheheeee….sorry! Hahahaaaa! Pfft" Rin buried his face into Haru's shoulder and laughed, "I don't know why I'm laughing! It's just so….pfft…curly!"

"EHHHH"

"I will help you with that Kazuki" Haru said clamly.

"Eh?! YOU SURE?"

"A small trim won't hurt"

Later…..

"Well, that was…. Well, interesting…" Rin said after they got out of the shower dressed up and dry.

"You guys will better get used to me, especially you Rin. We're cousins" Kazuki said.

"I know…. It's just that I have never had a transgender guy in my family. It's new to me" Rin sighed.

"I know, and I understand Rin" Kazuki gives him a soft punch to the shoulder, "I'm just as tall as you"

"Yeah yeah…thanks"

"Well then, why don't we get some lunch?!"

"Do you know any good places?" Rin asked.

"Yeah! There is a really good shop in Footscray on the way to the airport back home!"

They took another train to the Footscray station and walked down to a small restaurant called Sekai Ramen.

"Oooh..! There are some ramen places around Melbourne! This is great to have another taste of home! And look, they have mackerel too Haru!" Rin said excitedly, pointing at the menu.

Haru agreed to go with it and they went inside.

"Ah, they serve Japanese drinks too! It's been such a long time since I've had these!"

"Whoa Rin, don't get too excited" Haru said.

"Hehe~"

They then looked at the menu on their tables and ordered their meals, they got green tea for a drink.

"The prices are really good, are the meals big?" Rin asked Kazuki, "Well, yes, they are. When I first came here my family couldn't finish their meals!"

"Then they must be big, especially when Australian money is so cheap" Haru said.

"Actually, 1 dollar is roughly 100 yen, you just add two zeros to everything" Kazuki explained.

"Ah, that makes sense….so our meals were ten dollars, which means that there were 1,000 yen each" Haru said.

"Yeah, that's really good. I can use that method in the future"

"Ah, here come our meals" Haru noticed and a lady gives them their big bowls of ramen and rice meals.

"Whoa! Huge….and so quick and cheap too!"

"Itakimasu!" They all cheered and dug into their meals.

"Wow….this…is…good…"

"Rin, don't speak with your mouth full…..oh the mackerel is good…."

"Hehe….now you're doing it!"

"I can't help it…..it tastes good"

"Ah, reminds me….what did you sing to me the other night?" Rin asked Haru with a clearly curious face.

"That…? Oh that…."

"How did it go..? It was like… tsunaida saki de mitsuketa mono…"

"Kono nakama to mireta mita koto no nai keshiki" Haru joined in and then they started singing together.

"Kachimake yori mo daiji na koto, oshietekureta ne saikou no EVER BLUE"

They both smiled.

"I know that song, you guys sang it with the others" Kazuki said.

"Yeah, in the anime" Rin grinned and they pressed their foreheads against each other lovingly before continuing on dinner. "Why did you sing that to me Haru?" Rin asked.

"I felt like it, the way I said it had its own meaning even though the song itself already had a message in itself"

"Awe you…." Rin kisses him on the cheek.

"Shall we sing some karaoke back at the dorm after this?" Kazuki wondered.

"Great idea!"

"But before that, I'd like to check out the anime shop down the road"

"Oh that from before? Sure"

"And it has the same rules applied to Japanese anime shops too"

"Rules….?"

"Yeah, like the most important one. Never ever go into the back or the bottom of the shop!"
"Why so?"

"Because all of the doujinshi and porn lurk there…." He whispered.

"Oh.."

After dinner they walked down to the anime shop across the road, once they went inside the lady at the register immediately recognized Haru and Rin.

"Oh! Cosplay~ Wow, it's really good it's almost similar…..to…the real…thing…." Then after a good look, she realized. "Oh….take your time inside~"

They proceeded on, Haru and Rin laughed a bit to themselves and left the lady red and embarrassed, but also really surprised. When Kazuki proceeded to browse, Rin took his attention to Haru.

"Hey" he whispered.

"What is it Rin?"

"I wanna check the back"

Haru turned to him with a shocked face, "Are you serious…?"

"I'm just curious with what they have, it's not for me, it's for us…."

"Hmmm…..ok"

They snuck around to the back, but since it's a small shop, Kazuki didn't take long to notice.

"They're just Korean stuff, nothing Japanese….." They said at first glance at the DVD's.

"We could make one ourselves to jack back at" Haru said.

"BAKA" Rin elbowed Haru and proceeded onto the doujinshi and flipped through books.

"Hey….." Rin noticed something.

"There are Makoto x Haru…a lot of em…. Rin x Sousuke….like that will ever happen…. Nagisa x Rei…lol…. Ah, Rin x Haru and Haru x Rin….what's the difference?"

"Like I am the top on Haru x Rin and I'm the bottom in Rin x Haru"

"I see that difference…"

"There's one that is Makoto x Rei….not bad….ok, what do you want?" When Rin turned around there was Kazuki, having a giggle.

"Well aren't you guys curious? You can ask any time for my books if you want"

"Oh yeah, now I remember. You have a heap load of em"

"You can borrow mine anytime"

"You have any DVD's?"

"Noo….I don't like live porn, only anime"

"Err….that's okay. Books will do fine"

"Alright, with that solved. Let's get back" Haru said and they all turn around to leave but…..

"Whoa, you have a lot of fans you guys"

There are a crowd of girls centering the shop looking at Rin and Haru.

"They all must be anime fans…" Rin was surprised. "Hello all!" He waved to them and they all cheered and squealed. "Let me handle this guys" He whispered.

"…" Kazuki wasn't surprised. They all came over to them and the girls were so happy to see them, they all took selfies and photos of them and a few hugs before they were able to leave the shop and go.

"Well…..that was wow…." Kazuki said. "You are popular"

"Some of the girls appreciated my swimming talent, they even gave me some mackerel as a gift…" Haru said, actually surprised.

"But thank goodness that they didn't see our rings. They would have asked but they were a lot more focused on us" Rin sighed.

"Good for you guys"

"But other than that, dinner was delicious! Thanks Kazuki!" Rin said.

"Thanks, it was my pleasure" Kazuki bowed his head a bit.

They went and caught their night plane back to Sydney so they can arrive not too late at night. They all took a short nap on the way there, it only felt like 5 minutes for them before they arrived, when they did they went straight back to their dorms.

"Kazuki….can we borrow some of your books?" Rin asked and Kazuki let them into his dorm so he can get them.

"Okay….." He went inside his little room and grabbed a heap lot of books and stacked them into Rin's arms and Haru took half the amount and carried those to help.

"That should be all of them" Kazuki wipes his hands. "Enjoy"

"Well, then. Thank you for the wonderful day cousin, goodnight"

"Goodnight future step cousin" Haru said which made Rin giggle.

"Goodnight" Kazuki smiled before they left for the night. They went back to their dorm and put down their small suitcases along with the books.

"Ahhhh….what a day….and a good one at that" Rin sighed and stretched his body a bit.

Haru turns a light on and they both change to get ready for bed.

"Um….Haru?"

"Yes?"

"Errr…from before….you said that Kazuki will be your future step cousin….did you mean that?" He asked in a wonder.

"Yes, yes I did Rin. Is it a bit fast?"

"No, it's been five months since we started dating and I love you very much Haru. I just thought of the future of us"

"Rin, I think that we will know when it is time. We knew whenever we do it together, we are in sync with one another. I know it's early but when we know, we know and we can do anything"

"I feel the same Haru" He happily sighed and they give each other a hug.

"It's late, we should get some sleep" Haru suggested.

"Yeah, I'm tired too" Rin said, not breaking the hug and Haru takes them both down to bed and tucks themselves in. "Goodnight Rin"

"Goodnight Haruka"