"Kei, can you congratulate the Swim Club?"

"You're so lucky to be dating someone who's going to Nationals."

"Was their relay cool to watch?"

"Tell them congratulations for me!"

"Why are they congratulating me because of you guys?" I complained as I sat down on the bench by the pool. Gou came and sat down beside me as she placed her clipboard in her lap.

"Looks like you really are our honorary member." She smiled and laughed at me.

"Well I'm still happy about it. They made it to Nationals after all." I said as I crossed my arms behind my head and looked up at the light blue sky with its white cotton candy clouds.

"Hey, Kei." I looked over to Gou to see her looking at her teammates that were swimming their laps in the pool in front of us.

"What's up?"

"Haruka-senpai has been acting really odd recently and everyone has noticed that his swimming has changed again." I turned my head to look back at the sky.

"And what do you want me to do about it?"

"Maybe you can talk to him? The last time you did it helped, so maybe if you try again-"

"Nope."

"Huh?"

"I know what's bothering him and talking about it won't fix the problem. Just let him work it out by himself. Haru's a smart guy, he'll figure it out."

"Kei! It's time for dinner!" As soon as my mother yelled for me down the stairs I shot out of my chair and bolted down the stairs towards the table.

"You've been here for dinner all this week so far!" Kaiya was shocked at the fact that I was at home instead of at Haru's house.

"Did you and Haru-chan break up?" Kaito asked.

"No we didn't. He just needs to figure a few things out, so I decided to let him figure it out by himself." As my mom set the food down on the table she looked at me and asked,

"Are you sure that's wise?" I nodded my head as I smiled.

"I know it is. This is something he needs to figure out – no one else can figure it out for him."

"I am ready for dinner and to spend time with my lovely family!" My father yelled as he walked into the room.

"You didn't have to yell…" Kaiya said.

"And maybe we don't want to spend time with you." Kaito made a snide remark.

"How can you two be so mean to your loving father? I've done so much for you!" He complained as he sat down in his seat beside mom.

"Please don't cry at the dinner table. If you want to then I suggest you go outside." My mom added.

"Even my own wife as turned against me?" He looked at my mom with a shocked expression. "What about you, my precious flower? Have you turned against me too?" My father directed his question to me. I sighed as I picked up the octopus on my plate.

"You threatened to throw Haru threw a window the last time he was here." I reminded him of the threat he gave to my other half.

"That's because he is a boy and you two are too serious at such a young age!" He yelled from across the table.

"What about you and mom? You two started dating when you were my age, remember?" I retorted.

"That's different."

"How?"

"Because it is!"

"That's not a real answer…"

"Just eat your food." We all watched as my dad started to shove food down his throat to avoid the conversation.

"Now you've made him mad." My mom sighed.

"I'm not mad!" My dad yelled through a mouth full of rice.

"Looks like I'm going to have to hide the ice-cream tonight." My mom added since she didn't want her husband to eat his sorrows away again.

"No! Don't hide the ice-cream!"

"Dad, let me go."

"But Kei!"

"I said, let me go!" I yelled as I continued to try and push my dad off of me. My whole family decided to go to the Odon Festival together, but since Haru, Makoto, Nagisa, Rei and Gou had come as well I wanted to spend some time with them also.

"Stop! That hurts!" My dad complained as my mom grabbed onto his ear and peeled him off of me and dragged him away with my two other siblings.

"We'll see you back at the house, Kei! Don't stay too long!" She yelled over her shoulder to me.

"I won't!" I yelled back before turning around and walking towards the place where I was going to meet everyone. I saw the familiar heads of Nagisa and Rei and ran towards them. "Nagisa! Rei!" They turned around and smiled at me as I approached them.

"Kei-chan!"

"How're you guys?" I asked them.

"We're good." Nagisa answered.

"But Haruka-senpai…" Rei's head lowered slightly as his sentence trailed off.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"We told Haru-chan how we really felt and…" Nagisa avoided my gaze as he couldn't finish his sentence.

"He left." Rei finished.

"What?"

"Mako-chan went after him." Nagisa said.

"Where did they go?" Rei pointed to the stone stairs that were behind the pair and I excused myself to walk up them. I continued to go higher and higher up the stairs since I knew exactly where Haru would go. He would go somewhere where he could see the ocean. He liked going to high heights because he could see everything. It was quiet and he could think in peace without anyone disturbing him, but he was going to be disturved tonight. When I got closer to my destination I stopped because I heard familiar voices talking.

"If you truly want to stay as you are, I won't say anything. But…if it's just that you can't find a dream for yourself, I…would want you to find one." The sound of Makoto's voice floated through the air to me.

"You want me to find one? Is that really something you can find just by looking for it?" Haru asked.

"Well…"

"Forget it. I'm done talking about this."

"Wait."

"Let go!" Haru yelled. I took a few more steps up the stairs slightly until I heard Makoto speak,

"Listen to me!"

"However many time I listen, it's the same! You can't find a dream just by looking for one! I'm fine with the way things are!"

"You're lying! The truth is, you want to find a dream, too! You should find that dream, and go flying into the outside world to follow it! You have the ability to do that!"

"Even you're talking like this? Where I swim and who I swim for…I'm free to decide that for myself! And I'm fine with the way things are!"

"But you're not fine! You're not fine! That's why we're telling you all this! Nagisa and Rei and Rin and Kei and me…it's because we all love you. Because we care about you. Why can't you understand that? We want you to find your dream…to look to the future…"

"Makoto…" My whisper cracked as I listened to Makoto and Haru.

"All you ever do is meddle with everyone! Stop sticking your nose in everyone else's business! A dream? A future? Well, what about yours? Stop going on about other people's futures when you haven't even decided your own! Well, say something." I took a few more steps up the stairs until I saw Makoto and Haru facing each other. Makoto had a firm grip on Haru's wrist as Haru's shoulders rose and fell as he breathed. Makoto let go of Haru's wrist as he began to talk,

"I have decided. I'm…going to a university in Tokyo." The first firework of the night shot up into the sky and light it up, but instead of enjoying it our whole group was flipped upside down in that very moment. "I meant to tell you sooner, but I just couldn't find a way to say it. I…"

"Do whatever you want!" Haru yelled before he turned on his heel and ran away from Makoto.

"Haru!" As Makoto reached out for him he was too late because he had already bolted down the stairs.

"M-Makoto…" He turned his head to look at me and saw me standing there with my hands clenched to my chest.

"Kei…" But before he could say anything to me I had turned around and began walking down the stairs I had walked up.

I wonder where Kei is going...hmmm...any thoughts? Leave me a review! :D

-xoxo