"—and that's the kind of dream I had," Nagisa finished, bright pink eyes glittering with excitement and wonder. "Isn't that sad?"

Rin and Sousuke stared blankly at the blond, Rin with his mug halfway to his mouth and Sousuke sipping his coffee.

"—Waaaaait, wait wait wait," Rin said, placing his mug on the table. He leaned forward a little, one hand coming up to pinch the bridge of his nose. "Let me get this straight. So Haru and I," he pointed at himself and then at Haru, "died."

"That's what he said," Haru said as he carried over the tray of food to the table at which Makoto, Nagisa, Rin, and Sousuke were all sitting at. He had been in the kitchen preparing their lunches, but Nagisa's voice had been loud enough for all of Iwatobi to hear. Well, maybe that was an over exaggeration. Half of Iwatobi.

"So basically the whole thing looped," Sousuke finally said, placing his mug down as well. "Interesting."

"It sounds like a good plot for a sad drama," Makoto said, eyes shining with what Rin suspected were tears.

"Yeah, but why us?" Rin muttered. "Do you secretly have a grudge against us or something?"

Nagisa hummed and leaned back in his chair, his orange astronaut suit letting out a soft poof. "Nah, I don't think so," he finally said, face breaking out into a huge grin. "I think it's just because you two have an unnatural connection to the water. You know, what with Haru-chan's obsession with water and Rin-chan's uncanny resemblance to a shark."

Rin shot Nagisa a glare before viciously biting into his hamburger, punching Sousuke's arm lightly when the teal-eyed male let out a snort at the comparison.

"What do you suppose happened to them, though?" Makoto asked, scooping a forkful of salad into his mouth. He almost choked when Nagisa leapt up right at the last word, as if he had been waiting for the question. The blond took on a dramatic expression, brows scrunched up in an almost-humorous manner as his hands made wild gestures as Nagisa talked.

"They were probably one of those," he said, getting all into Makoto's face. "Immortal. They probably became that thing Rin became in Haru's dream, and lived underwater for the longest time before they decided they missed the above-water world and morphed into humans somehow and live among the human race." His face became dark—malicious, even—and a smirk stretched across the blond's baby-like face. "But to maintain their human bodies, they need to devour human flesh, and so every midnight, they lurk in the shadows of the town, waiting for that one victim to come across their paths… and when they find their prey, they latch on and tear them apart with their shark-like teeth and animalistic claws and—"

"NAGISA!" Makoto wailed, face pale as he stared at Nagisa in horror.

"Trying to enjoy a meal here," Rin said, indicating to his hamburger.

The blond sat down, shrugging nonchalantly while his pink eyes twinkled with mischief. "Or you know. They just stayed dead."

"Remind me not to get on your bad side," Sousuke muttered. "I want to die naturally and peacefully."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Nagisa whined, pouting and feigning hurt, although the mischief didn't disappear from his orbs.

"It means that you're letting your imagination run too wild again, Nagisa-kun," an exasperated voice came from beside them. Rin barely caught sight of the red-framed glasses before the little blond monster's lover was tackled to the ground. "Nice to see you too, Nagisa-kun."

Rei exchanged brief greetings with the gang before he and Nagisa left to take care of some things at work. Something about rocket malfunction, but Rin tuned them out as soon as they began talking science.

A comfortable silence came over the group after the couple left. Makoto, Rin, Sousuke, and Haru chatted quietly, enjoying their food.

"I was thinking about Nagisa's dream," Makoto had said. "And I thought that it would be nice if we could reincarnate and become best friends again."

When Makoto finished off his Caesar salad and stood to go back to his work, Rin kicked Sousuke's thigh, attempting to shove Sousuke off his chair.

With a groan and a roll of his eyes, he grabbed his police hat and stood up as well, ignoring Rin's whoops and shouts of "good luck" as he abandoned his turkey sandwich and went after the green-eyed fireman. Rin could've sworn that Sousuke's ears were pink. He felt strangely proud of his best friend.

Rin and Haru sat at the table for a while longer, finishing off their food in comfortable silence.

"You know," Rin started, sipping his cooled coffee and grinning. "I was shocked that Nagisa would have such a dream."

"You're not the only one," Haru replied.

"Both Makoto and Nagisa were so close to the truth," he chuckled. "Though that midnight part was pretty cool—"

"We're not doing it."

"I know, I'm a cop, I have a reputation to keep up," Rin muttered, looking slightly disappointed. "I wonder why Nagisa of all people would have such a dream, though, and with such accuracy. I've always thought that his head was filled with nothing but plans to torture Rei." He looked at his wristwatch and tsked when he saw that lunch break was long over.

Haru let out a laugh-turned-to-scoff, and stood up to collect the empty plates as Rin placed his hat on his head.

"Wait," Rin said, grasping Haru's arm lightly. Haru rolled his eyes a bit before closing them as the redhead leaned forward.

Scales surfaced on their cheeks for a split second when their lips met, surging up from beneath the skin and disappearing again like a wave. Their flesh seemed to glisten like water until they broke contact. Cat-like eyes stared at each other before returning to normal.

"See you later," Rin said with a grin, and when he was out the door, Haru let out a long sigh.

"Five centuries and still a dork."

Five centuries since Rin and Haru became a hero to tens of families

And four centuries since they have been forgotten.

Three centuries since they began walking on soil again

Two centuries since Rin decided to become a little hero for humans.

And not a single century passed in which Haru didn't hate Rin

Because Rin never ceased to give him heart attacks when he got injured in order to save someone.

Haru hated heroes.

They're bad for his health.

An Extra Cheesy Epilogue

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YE Some people wanted bonus chapter so here is an extra cheesy one for y'all ovo)b

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