Free –HighSpeed! Reunion
Chapter 3: Memories in the Distance
Two days….Two days in a row! Those three have been called to the Faculty Office for trespassing! What's next they get called in for robbing a bank?! I tapped my foot impatiently until the door finally slid open revealing the three of them and suddenly Makoto got a nervous expression on his face clearly catching on to the fact that I was annoyed however Nagisa just let out a sigh "Miss Ama-chan wasn't much help." I let out a sigh and decided not to yell at them today and instead we all just walked down the hall to the shoe lockers
"I wonder how that fish saying goes…." Makoto muttered I looked up at him confused as to why he was thinking about it and then he turned "Haru do you know?" and then Makoto was surprised and I turned around too only to see Haruka-san had disappeared
"Haru-chan's over there," Nagisa noted and we turned to the shoe lockers to see Haruka leaving school early! Geez he's already in trouble with the teachers for all the trespassing business now he'll get in even more trouble for cutting class then again Makoto will probably just tell Miss Amakata that he went home sick.
"When did that happen?" Makoto asked lowering his head in disappointment and then we heard someone coming from behind
"Ah, Gou-chan!" Nagisa shouted
"I told you to call me Kou!" Gou-chan replied
"Does it really matter?" Nagisa asked and to be fair I actually agreed I think Gou is a cute name
"It matters! I'm Kou!" She argued
"Gou." He replied
"Kou!"
"Gou"
"Kou!"
"Kou." Nagisa said
"Gou! Damn you!" Gou exclaimed realizing her mistake and listening to those to argue was like listening to five-years olds argue however, I had to admit I didn't think Nagisa could come up with a trick like that.
We all then walked to the stairway leading to the roof "So you were able to see my brother?" Gou asked
"Yeah about that…Rin-chan's so mean!" Nagisa replied "We haven't seen each other in four years! And the first thing he does is challenge Haru-chan to a race. He completely ignored me and Makoto. We didn't get a chance to talk about anything." Nagisa exclaimed
"Have you heard anything from Rin, Kou-chan?" Makoto asked however, she shook her head
"I've sent him e-mails and called his cell without any luck. I even called his dorm number and nobody picked up" She replied
"How come Rin-san's changed so much?" I asked
"Yeah, did something happen in Australia?" Nagisa followed up yet Gou's eyes and face lowered to the floor and I could understand why I'd be worried too if it were my brother
"I don't know. I was hoping that he'd open up after meeting you guys." she finally answered
"Kou-chan…" I muttered in concern then Makoto looked up in surprise to her answer
"Are you responsible for Rin showing up at the swimming club?" he asked and then her reaction clearly showed she was guilty
"I wouldn't say that I was responsible…I was just trying to help. I happened to overhear your conversation, so I sent him a message. But he never replied" she answered
"Well at least you know he reads your messages if he ended up going to the swim club" I said trying to cheer G-Kou up a little, I'm still struggling to call her "Kou" after all that time I spent calling her "Gou".
"That's why you went to Haru's place yesterday?" Makoto deduced
"Yes, I was hoping he might have some answers." Gou replied
"Hey, I have a great idea!" Nagisa shouted
"Nagisa! There's no need to shout!" I scolded him besides we don't want anyone to eavesdrop on our conversation that's probably how Gou-chan overheard them going to the swimming club
"Let's start a swimming club!" Clearly ignoring what I just said to him but I couldn't help but interested in the idea even Gou came closer to hear what Nagisa had to say and Makoto looked a little confused by the prospect
"Then we can see Rin-chan at tournaments." He continued
"Uh, I'm not sure Haru will be on board with that." Makoto replied
After school
Whilst Gou-chan and I sat in the living room waiting for Makoto and Nagisa to get Haruka out of the bath we could hear shouting and Nagisa shouting "Yay" clearly Haruka said yes but even so Nagisa really needs to learn to be quiet!
Then we could hear them coming back to the living room and Haruka…was in a swimsuit I could feel my cheeks turn red and I quickly averted my eyes whilst Gou-chan turned away covering her eyes whilst Haruka dried himself off with a towel oblivious to the fact that Gou and I might feel a little bit uncomfortable.
"Are you sure about this? We don't want to be doing this by ourselves; you're expected to the club." Makoto asked breaking the silence
"I know" he replied
I looked over in the corner of my eye and I could see Gou exercising self-control of trying not to look and to be fair I think I'm trying to do the same. That's when she gave in to temptation and peeked through her fingers and began to ogle at them and to be fair it's something that Gou does with most men since Gou began to look I guess it wouldn't hurt to turn around…
"Oh yeah. Haru wasn't with us the other day. This is Rin-chan's sister and you remember Zaki-chan from the swimming club?" Nagisa explained
"H-hello. It's been a long time." Gou greeted
"Long time no see, Haruka-san. We're in the same class" I greeted him
"…Kou Matsuoka and Aki Yazaki, right?" He asked, the moment he said Kou and huge smile had crept on to Gou-chan's face in fact I was kind of relieved he remembered my name…then again we are in same class. Wait! Why do I feel so happy it's just a coincidence he happened to remember!
"Yes! I'm sorry about what my brother did yesterday" she replied
"Don't sweat it." He answered whilst he put a jacket on and an apron and walked towards the kitchen
"Oh, if you're making tea, I have some squid to go with it" Makoto shouted
"What? Wouldn't chocolate be better?" Nagisa asked
"We'll compromise and have mackerel." Haruka answered and I couldn't help but think he sounded like a parent
"That's not a compromise! I'll give you a hand. Is this okay?" Nagisa kept chatting away to Haruka then I noticed a small crystal like trophy sat next to the corner of the door
"This is…" I muttered
"That's the trophy the four of us won as kids. Rin told us he no longer needed it" Makoto explained whilst Gou-chan picked up the photo lying next to it. I was a picture of Haruka, Makoto, Nagisa and Rin as kids wearing medals and Rin proudly holding the trophy with a huge smile on his face…What happened to that smile? I wondered
"Actually, Haru's the sole exception in this photo" Makoto muttered, came, and sat closer to us I could see Nagisa standing behind and he kneeled down holding a tray with tea cups
"Haru-chan's always smiling on the inside." Nagisa said proudly whilst Gou giggled
"You make him sound like a bad person!" Her laughter was contagious and before we knew it we all began smiling
"Oh so this is the first time Rin's come back to Japan since he's left?" Makoto asked
"Huh? He's came back every year for New Year's." Gou replied
"Really?!" Nagisa and I said in unison
"That's mean." Nagisa muttered
I might keep doing this and splitting episodes into two parts sorry if this is terrible I just haven't had time to do anything because of school but I'm on half term so I may do a chapter or two.
