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RIP IN PIECES 08.13.15 - END GAME

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[gnasher]

he's not faster than me! we tie and i beat him all the time!

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[rhincodontidae]

and we both know how to annoy you right back

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[rhincodontidae]

do you ever think about that?

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[gnasher]

how annoying you both are?

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[rhincodontidae]

[very long break]

i'm sure you think about that all the time

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[gnasher]

[what's with that break? did he miss something?]

it's hard to avoid the facts. what'd you mean?

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[rhincodontidae]

you and nanase race all the time so you know he's not faster than you

you're never going to prove that i'm not

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[gnasher]

[ah.]

why would i think something stupid like that? i just have to keep beating your best times. your old ones and the ones you haven't swum yet.

[even if Sousuke's competitive swimming is over, his swimming with Rin isn't. with time, with therapy -- Rin'll wait, and he'll (maybe selfishly) refuse to let Sousuke bow out of his life in that way]

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[rhincodontidae]

[that unrelenting optimism. he knows better than to go against it directly but he couldn't resist, when rin brought up racing nanase.]

let's see if you can beat the old ones before planning anything else

good luck with that

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[gnasher]

who needs luck? for a little while longer, i've got my ultimate team.

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[gnasher]

hey, let's swim today.

[it doesn't have to be racing, and it doesn't have to be strenuous; it'd be nice, to be in a pool with Sousuke again. that's all]

momo's been hogging all your time after practice. i could use your help.

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[gnasher]

i got a big fish to fry!

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[rhincodontidae]

he needs it more than you do, but since you're asking and all

i'm not giving you my best tricks though

i might need those some day

[Maybe...

Dammit Rin.]

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[gnasher]

[it's a thrill, when Sousuke looks forward. it never used to be something Rin worried so much about, and he doesn't quite even realise he feels better until after it's happened]

4 o'clock? we can grab some dinner after.

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[rhincodontidae]

[He's not exactly resisting it but he can't trust in his future the way he used to. Still, Rin's the only one who can even convince him to turn his eyes forward, even for just a second.

Then, well.]

you buying?

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[gnasher]

we'll swim for it.

[and for other things, too; a sense of belonging, a sense of brotherhood, a sense of the future. it's ironic, that Sousuke thinks it's only Rin whose life is so very connected to what swimming means, and who he swims with]