[bright and clear comes Rin's laugh, light over water, or some similar poetic bullshit; it's probably accurate that nobody makes him laugh as much as Sousuke. Makishima certainly cracks him up in the same ribbing, rough kind of way, but Sousuke's always going to be the one who can make him lose whatever cool he tries to pretend to have. parallel swimming career or not, Sousuke's on the same wave beside him, right down to what tickles his funnybone]

It's really weird when people take the housing assignments so seriously, right?

[a scoffing kind of huff, something like relief as usual making Rin -- too honest]

It's kind of missing the point, too, I think. Your friends are your family, here.