Author's note: Oh my god, how long has it been? I apologize for my hiatus! Life got in the way and for awhile I couldn't think of where to go with the story. You'll be getting a bit of a hint of what pairing I'm going for n_n Oh, I have also introduced another OC - Kyouhei, Miharu's cousin. I was also thinking of making a side story for him but it would separate from this story. Not so sure, let me know what you guys think. Hope you guys like this chapter. I'll be adding more stuff in the next chapter.

Miharu ended up buying the key-chain Rin showed her when he walked out of the store. She was going to keep it as a memory for her first time at the mall, it was her first non-clothing item she bought for the day. Miharu was started to get tired when she walked out of the store. She nodded in Rin's direction and he walked up to her.

"Okay, so we're done here right?", he asked her. She nodded, "Yup, i'm done." They started walking in the direction of the exit. Miharu covered her mouth and let out a yawn. Rin heard the yawn and looked in her direction. He didn't say anything then looked back in front of them. She didn't know why she was so sleepy, but it didn't matter, she was going to go home and relax for the rest of the day anyways.

Miharu didn't know which direction Rin took the train, so she looked up at him. "Hey, which direction do you take the train?" Rin didn't look at her as he spoke, "I go in the opposite direction from here, I'm assuming you live by Iwatobi?" Miharu nodded then put her hands into her hoodie's pockets. "Yup, live right by the beach by there." Rin nodded and kept quiet.

If I wasn't tired right now, this silence would annoy me a bit right now...

Miharu and Rin walked to the train station together and she sat down while waiting for her train. Well, this kind of sucks, I have to ride the train by myself. Miharu looked up at Rin who was still standing. "I guess I'll just see you around whenever we run into each other...", she said quietly. Rin turned to look at her, he tilted his head and arched an eyebrow. "Eh? What you mean?" he said in a confused tone. Miharu scowled a bit, "Well, it's not like i'm in the swim club so running into you will be rare, that's what I mean." Miharu didn't even know exactly what she was trying to say in the first place, but she was trying to just say goodbye. Rin ran his fingers through his hair when he looked away and then back to her. Miharu shook her head. "I was just trying to say see you later!", she looked away. Rin laughed, "Then I'll just see you later then, pretty sure we'll run into each other again if you're hanging out with those three often."

Miharu nodded, she was still unsure what history Rin and the others had with each other but she could tell it was something a tad bit too dramatic for her to handle. She heard a train coming by, she wasn't sure which one so she looked. She frowned a bit when she seen it was the train Rin was going to get on. Rin looked at her and noticed her frowned. He took out a piece of paper from his pocket and grabbed her hand to place the paper in her hand. Miharu blinked and looked back up to him. "Just hit me up if those three annoy you", he said with a smirk and ruffled her hair a bit before walking up to the edge of the platform as the train came to a stop. She looked at him with a blank stare and waved slowly at him. He turned back and waved before entering the train. She just watched as the train doors closed and departed from the station. She shook her head a bit before looking down at her other hand with the paper in it.

W-What the hell could this be?

Miharu didn't really thing about what could be on the paper he gave her and she slowly unfolded the paper. A number? She stared at it a bit longer before realizing what it was. Rin's phone number?! Miharu didn't even get the other guy's numbers so this came to a bit of a shock to her. She wasn't sure how she felt about this, but she started putting his number into her phone - not like she actually planned to text or call him anytime soon. It's not like he can call me or text me if I don't contact him... Miharu sighed and stood up as she heard her train coming. She got on the train and headed back home.

Another weekend day and Miharu had nothing to do. She paced through her room looking at her conact list, she sighed heavily as she realized after the few weeks of school she would atleast have the boy's numbers by now. Out of all numbers I'd get first it would have to be Rin's. Miharu stuffed the phone into her cardigan pocket and looked around a bit before deciding what she would do for the day. I guess I'll go give Makoto a visit.. he's nearby anyways so why not. Miharu hated being home alone - there was nothing ever to do, plus she grew a bit anxious being home by herself. She didn't want to recall any of her countless breakdowns she had before, she was sure it would ruin her mood.

Miharu looked around, maybe I should bring my sketch books to show Makoto... Miharu gathered some sketchbooks that she had and tossed them into a bag. She grabbed her pencil case in case she or Makoto wanted to draw. She got all her things ready and changed into a different outfit then left the house. She shielded her eyes as she stepped outside. I knew I should have bought a pair of sunglasses at the mall yesterday! Luckily, Makoto's house is so close. She walked along the road for a couple minutes then reached Makoto's house. She never been inside his house before so she started to feel a bit nervous.

Miharu walked up to the door and rang the doorbell. Please let it be Makoto who opens the door, please let it be Makoto! Miharu bit down on her lip as she waited at the door. Oh my god! I should just run away right now... it would be the perfect chance now. Miharu started to inch away from the door step as she heard the door lock unlatch and the door opened. Miharu looked up to see a familiar face - Makoto. Yay! Makoto! Miharu's face lit up and she waved to him. "Funny thing I'm here... actually no.. I just got bored..", she nervously rambled. "A-ah.. I meant hi! I didn't have your number so I just came by to see if you were busy." Makoto chuckled at the girl's rambling. "It's fine, hello to you too, Mi-chan." Miharu sighed, I feel like such an idiot. Makoto stepped to the side of the door way to let her in. "Wanna come in?", he said giving her a gentle smile. Miharu nodded sheepishly then stepped into the house.

Uwah~ His house is nice!, Miharu thought to herself as she looked around. She turned back to him as he closed the door. Makoto stood by her and tilted his head. "So, what did you have in mind for today?" Miharu shrugged, she just spontanously showed up and had nothing in mind. "Hmm, I don't know... I kinda hoped you had something going on so I could tag along", she grinned at him. Makoto laughed and patted her head a bit before walking further into the house. "Hmm, well I don't know what would interest you but I have video games and movies." Miharu followed after him, she tilted her head. "... mn, video games sound okay, depends what you got."

Miharu looked around and admired the homey feeling the house gave. She envied his house, it felt so lived in unliked her house. Makoto smiled, the house was rather quiet so she was a bit shocked. I wonder if Makoto has any siblings... where is everyone? Is everybody out? Miharu looked back over to Makoto and gave him a grin. "Your house is really nice, it's a bit quiet though. Everyone's out?" Makoto lead her over to the living room and he sat down on the couch. "Yup, they went out." Miharu sat down on the couch next to her and placed her shoulder bag onto her lap. She took out a few sketch books and handed one over to Makoto. "Here, I remember you wanted to see some." Makoto blinked and smiled before taking the sketch book out of her hands. Miharu watched him as he flipped through her sketch book.

I wonder what I should talk about...

"Oh, Makoto, I ran into Rin at the mall yesterday... It was.. interesting I guess you could say." She said as she brought her feet up onto the couch and crossing her legs. She didn't know if it was a good or bad idea to mention her hanging out with Rin at the mall or not. She didn't care too much really. Makoto looked over to her, "Oh? That's nice, how'd that go?" he said as he stopped at a page of the sketch book. It was surprisingly nice to be honest, hah like I could fucking say that. "It was okay", she said with a smile. Makoto nodded and didn't proceed with anymore questions. Miharu sighed in relief, i'm so glad he didn't ask me anything... She realized she never put Rin's number into her phone. Should I bug him later? She shook her head and turned to watch Makoto's expression as he looked through her sketch book still. After a few moments, he closed the sketch book and handed it over to her. He gave a big smile, "You're really good Mi-chan! You have a lot of talent." Miharu smiled and felt proud of herself. "Thank you!" She placed the sketch book back in her bad and stood up. She stretched her arms behind her back and then turned around facing Makoto. "Okay, show me these video games you mentioned", she said feeling confident. Makoto chuckled, then stood up. 'Okay, this way." He headed in a different direction then went up some stairs. Miharu followed right after him, I guess they're in his room. Makoto opened the door to his room and she walked in first. So this is what a guy's room is like huh?

Miharu walked further into his room and sat down on the floor, with her back against the side of Makoto's bed. She hoped it was okay to let herself get comfortable like this. Makoto smiled as he closed the door behind him and walked over to the TV turning it on then turning on the game system. She happily crossed her legs and waited for him to finish getting the games ready. The game system loaded then Makoto grabbed two controlled then handed one to Miharu before sitting down next to her on the floor. He looked over to Miharu which caused her to also turn to look at him. She tilted her head a bit in curiosity. "So what game do you wanna play?", he said with his usual smile on his face. Miharu twisted her mouth and shrugged, "I don't know... something we can both play I guess." Makoto nodded and went through his selection of games that were downloaded onto the system. He clicked on one and the opening cinematics started to play on the TV.

Miharu only played a demo of this particular game so she wasn't an expert but hopefully her button-mashing skills would work for her this time. A good couple minutes into the game, Miharu was pouting out of frustration and once in awhile Makoto would glance over at her and laugh at her expression. "Godammit!", Miharu whined when she lost again. She hung her head low for a second in defeat before she pumped her fist and nudged Makoto with elbow. She wasn't going to give up just yet, she was horrible at fighting-style arcade games but she wanted to keep trying. Makoto went back to the character selection screen and Miharu picked a different character hoping that specific character would be the key to beating Makoto. Thus began the next match, a couple minutes passed and Miharu lost again. "Damn you!", she whined and tilted her head back to where it laid back on Makoto's bed. She sighed a bit, "I give up!" Makoto chuckled, and turned towards her. "Okay, how about a different game?" Miharu sat up straight and placed the controller on the floor in front of her. She shook her head, she was burnt out on video games for awhile. Makoto tilted his head a bit with a question in his eyes. She smiled at him, "How about watching a movie?"

Miharu stood up and walked over to the stack of movies on the shelf by his TV, she then turned back over to him. She pointed to them, "Do you mind if I pick?" He waved his hand and smiled, "Go ahead." Miharu turned back around and looked through the selection of movies he had. Makoto has good taste in movies... but there's no horror. Miharu hummed "hmm..", She picked up a comedy and she turned around waving the movie in her hands. "I choose this one~", she said. Makoto stood up and took the movie from Miharu then opened the dvd case. He put the movie into the game system and the two proceeded to sit back on their spots on the floor. Moments later the movie started playing and Miharu brought her knees up to her chest then wrapped her arms around her legs. She rested her chin on her knees as she watched the movie. They watched the movie and half way through it Miharu's phone started ringing. She jolted out of her comfortable position and fumbled through her pockets trying to find her phone. She looked at the number on the screen and she furrowed her eyebrows. She didn't know who it was so she stood up and walked over to leave the room. "I'll be right back!", she said in a nervous tone. She closed the door behind her and she answered the phone.

"Hello...?", she answered the phone a bit nervously. "Hey, where are you? I just stopped by auntie's house where you're staying but you're not here? No one is answering the door...", Miharu knew that voice, it was her cousin Kyouhei. What was he going in town? He lived back in Tokyo with his parents at their shrine. She sighed, "What are you doing in town!? How did you even find the house...? You're constantly getting lost so I'm surprised you found it." She smirked hearing a sigh on the other end of the phone. "... I called for a taxi when I got to the station... I don't know these streets and I didn't want to ask you for directions." Miharu rubbed the top of her tumble and groaned, "You wasted money on a taxi!? She was a bit aggravated but she knew she was going to have to leave now to go meet up with the boy. The two had a habit of always getting lost, and the wasn't a good combination for the two especially since they happened to get loss together all the time in Tokyo when she lived there. "... so are you coming back or what? I'm bored out here..." Miharu wanted to smack him, her temper was kicking in but she decided to just let it go. "... give me a few minutes, I'm nearby. I'll be there soon, bye!" She hung up and put the phone back in her pocket.

Miharu slowly opened the door and waved her hand over to Makoto for him to come to where she was. He arched an eyebrow and stood up then walked over to her. She gave an apologetic smile to him, "Hey... I've gotta go.. I got a surprise visit from a family member and..." she shrugged, "I kinda gotta go meet up with them right now." She bowed her head. "I'm so sorry! Give me your number and I'll arrange something for us next time?" she said as she pulled her phone out of her pocket. A crumpled piece of paper fell out of her pocket when she did that. Crap-! Makoto noticed the paper fall from her pocket and he picked it up. The paper unraveled when it hit the floor and he noticed that it was Rin's phone number. Fuck fuck fuck! Miharu didn't know how to explain how she got his number. Makoto's face slightly changed a bit when he noticed the name on it and handed her the piece of paper. She gave a nervous smile and took the piece of paper from him. "Uh... I.. I gotta go...", Miharu rushed down the stairs from the room and slipped on her shoes. She dashed out the door and tried to walk as fast as she could from the house.

"Godammit!", her face was bright red and she was becoming flustered. This is all Kyouhei's fault! If he didn't call me, Makoto wouldn't have found that paper! Miharu was trying to blame it on her cousin, but she really should have emptied out her pockets from the day before. She sighed heavily upon reaching her house. She gave a glare towards her cousin who was sitting on the front step of the house. Her cousin was a pretty handsome guy, a little awkward but he was indeed attractive. He had shoulder-length layered dark brown hair and he had these sulky eyes that made him look sad all the time. He stood up and gave a shy smile towards her. She couldn't get mad at him, he was family. "Yo!", she said as she approached him and gave him a hug. She inched away and looked up. He got taller! She gave a cheeky smile and let go of him. "Hey.. your hair got longer!", he said as he took a strand of her hair and extended his arm to show how long it was. She laughed, "So did yours!", she ruffled his hair, she had to reach up to do so thing time. He's about Makoto's height now... She let go of Kyouhei and lead him inside the house. They slipped off their shoes and Miharu walked into the living room then sat down on the couch. She looked over to Kyouhei as he looked around the house. "So, why the sudden visit?", she knew it wasn't just to visit her, there was obviously something more to it. Kyouhei gave a sheepish smile and scratched the side of his head. Miharu smirked, she knew something was up. "About that...", he laughed a bit. "I'm transferring to Samezuka tomorrow." Miharu's jaw dropped at the news he gave her, "W-what?! Since when!?" Miharu stood up and walked over to him, then grabbed onto his arm pulling him along to the living room. "Sit! Explain yourself!", she demanded and he gave her a nervous smile as he sat down on the couch.

Miharu sat down on the couch, and twisted her body so she was able to face Kyouhei. She had an intense expression on her face and it would probably be very hard to distinguish if she was mad or thinking very hard. "I can't stand that damn shrine work...", he huffed and sat up straight then looked over to her returning his cousins glare. "I get good grades, you know that... so I convinced my parents to let me go. It took me a long time but I managed it, I was originally going to get them to agree to let me go to Iwatobi, but they didn't like that. They said auntie wouldn't like it. That's for sure! Miharu sighed and rubbed the back of her head trying to process all the information Kyouhei gave out. "Samezuka huh...", she said softly as she looked away. So he's going to be going to school with Rin? This is awkward. She looked back over to him, "That's pretty cool, they're famous for their swimming team." Miharu smirked at him and nudged him lightly with her elbow. "Are you gunna join it?" She was half teasing him now, mainly because Kyouhei wasn't that good at swimming. He furrowed his eyebrows and gave her a serious look. She laughed, "I'm joking!" She patted him on the shoulder.

Kyouhei leaned his back on the couch and stared up at the ceiling. He closed his eyes, and he sighed lightly. "... It's so nice here, Mi-chan... It's so annoying back in Tokyo..." Miharu smiled sweetly hearing him talk. It been awhile since she gotten to hang out with her cousin and she understood neither of them had an easy time socializing in Tokyo or dealing. Miharu nodded, "Well, it's nice and quiet in this town, just the way you like it... Oh! The scenery is amazing too around here, you can take really good pictures!" She said with a slight sparkle in her eye. Kyouhei was a photographer and she admired his work, he was able to capture things just the right way that it made you feel like you're staring into a piece of a dream. Kyouhei chuckled, "That's good! I been needing a break from Tokyo's cityscapes anyways... I think I might have some good pictures you'd maybe want to turn into paintings~", he looked back over to her and he pat her on the head. She smiled childishly, she was happy that she got to see Kyouhei, a bit disappointed he wasn't going to the same school but at least he would be in town. She rarely got to visit the shrine after her parents started working late shifts and were hardly home. Miharu lived on the other side of Tokyo from the shrine so it was hard to visit.

Miharu turned to look up at the time, the next day was a holiday and she really wanted Kyouhei to stay over. "Kyou-chan~", she said when she leaned her head onto his shoulder. Kyouhei arched an eyebrow at her, he knew something was up when she acted affectionate towards him. "What now?" She grinned, "You should sleep over!" She looked at him with hopeful eyes, You're here now so you better stay! Miharu's inner thoughts were more aggressive then her passive gentle exterior. She knew he always caved in when she was being sweet so she always did just that when she wanted her way. Kyouhei sighed, he knew she was doing this on purposed. He ruffled her hair, "Okay, Okay. But I don't have a change of clothes with me..." Miharu shrugged and sat back up. "I have some baggy clothes you can use here... I'm sure they'll fit", she gave him a thumbs up and smiled. He smiled shyly and nodded. "Fine fine..." Miharu's eyes lit up and she pulled Kyouhei into a hug. "Yay!"

Miharu grabbed onto Kyouhei's hand and she stood up from the couch, she gently tugged on it as she walked off in the direction of her room. Kyouhei naively followed after her and moments later they were in the girl's room. Kyouhei looked around at some of the familiar things in Miharu's room, same things she had when she was in Tokyo. Miharu let go of the boy's hand and rushed over to her bookshelf pulling a book off the shelf then returning to Kyouhei who happened to already have sat down at the small table she had in her room. "Kyou-Chan~ Look!", she said in a joyous tone as she held out a photography book out to him as she sat down at the table across from him. Kyouhei's eyes had a bit of interest in them and he gently took the book out of her hands. He turned it around so it was facing in his direction and his eyes widened upon seeing the title of it. "...", he looked back up at Miharu with a blank expression. "... How'd you get this? I couldn't find this anywhere.." Miharu stuck her tongue out, "If I told you that, that'd be no fun! ... Oh who am I kidding, I found it at a used book store. I remembered you said how hard it was find that specific photographers book of pictures so I saw it and bought it immediately for you~" Kyouhei gave a look of surprise and stayed silent, he was very appreciative of the book. "...Thank you, Mi-chan.." Miharu nodded and smiled.

The two spent the past few hours of the day chatting and just catching up on things, sharing stories about what happened in the time they haven't seen each other. It was already getting dark and Miharu looked over at the clock on her desk. She didn't go grocery shopping and she didn't have anything to cook for dinner. "Shit!", Miharu cursed under ber breath at the realization of having no groceries in the house. Kyouhei looked over at Miharu as he held his face in the palm of his hand as he sat across from her still. He was a bit confused then looked over at the clock too. "... I'm going to assume we'll be ordering out take-out?" Kyouhei said as he seen her starting to stress out a bit. He pulled out his wallet out his back pocket and slide it over to Miharu. "Order something, I'll pay." Miharu held the wallet in her hands and looked over to the boy with a blank expression. After a few seconds of taking in what he said she nodded happily and took out the phone from her pocket so that she could call one of her favorite take-out places.