A Sight you've Never Seen Before ~ Free! Fanfiction

Part 4

A/N: This last part is just for you amazing fangirls who are dying in a puddle of feels *points at you* This part is just to enhance that! Now enjoy~ LISTEN TO THE SONG WHILE YOU READ IT REALLY ADDS THE EFFECT (if you can read and listen to music at the same time. I can, but let's not talk about me)!!!

Your P.O.V

Its been two weeks since Rin passed away. Everyone was having a hard time dealing with this. Having someone so close to you just go like this and so unexpectedly is really hard to deal with. Gou was really lonely now, Naigsa hasn't been smiling like always. Or at least, a real smile hasn't been seen on his face. Makoto tries hard to support everyone, but its hard to support someone when your not even confident of yourself. Nitori tries to live life like always, but when your roommate isn't under your bed like always the room feels bigger and colder. Rin had a funeral and he was properly buried. Haru didn't go. He locked himself up in his room, he didn't go to school, swimming practice, nothing. Everyone was worried about him and they tried calling him endlessly. But he never answered. he didn't even bother with anything else but the memories of Rin.

It was then very late at night when Haru left the house dressed in all black.

Haru's P.O.V

I tried not to make too much noise as I was leaving the house. I shut the door then locked it and stayed low to the ground as I was sneaking past the neighbors. The neighborhood cat came up to me and I pet it and showed some affection. It felt good to be even slightly relaxed. I left the purring cat and made it out of the neighborhood and into the streets.

I never realized how pretty it is at night. All the cars and lights from buildings illuminated the sky in a pinkish hue. With the ocean right next to you crashing against the shore and its salty smell completed it for me. I enjoyed the stroll along the streets until I made it to the subway. I bought a ticket going straight to the area Samezuka Academy is in. I kept my hood over my face in case anyone I knew also happened to be on the train.

After half an hour of looking out the window and waiting I finally arrived at the stop. I got off in a hurry, wanting to get to Samezuka as soon as possible. After sneaking around the subway and the streets I ended up at the gates of the Academy. I looked around just to make sure there weren't any security guards or anything of the sort. I put on foot on the rails on the fence and pulled myself up. The bars shook as I was trying to go over, which gave me an unsteady feeling. I was able to make it over with a satisfying jump off of the fence.

I walked towards the main entrance of the school and picked the lock. I slipped inside and went into the main office. Since it is now summer break no one is here. There was a framed map of the school hanging on the wall and I quickly memorized the way to the roof. I slipped out of the office and went into a full speed run, not wanting to waste anytime. 'To the art room then make a left... Go up the stairs to the right... Past the auditorium..' I was checking off every part of the school I passed by on my way to the roof. After more turns and stairs I made it to a metal door. I pushed it open and a fierce breeze blew around the roof of Samezuka Academy. I walked over to the edge of the roof where Rin once stood. I sat down with my feet dangling off the side of the building. I put my hands behind me to support my weight and I tilted my head back and looked up at the stars.

Endless bright lights filled the dark blue heavens above me. The colors were so spread out. To a bright white, light purple, dark blue and turquoise all swirling around in the mixture of cosmos. I closed my eyes and pictures of Rin played in my head. Tears started to form at the creases of my eyelids and I couldn't contain it. I didn't cry when he died. I was too shocked to know what to feel. I wanted to laugh and think this was all a joke, to go into pure rage, curl up into a ball and hide in the corner, to go with Rin and join him, but I wanted to cry because I was so confused. In the end all I did was break down. I opened my eyes again and said something out loud.

"Hi Rin. I'm sorry for not talking to you sooner, but I'm sure you could see me from up there. I was a mess. I didn't even cry, nothing. I'm sorry, but that's enough about me. How is it up there? Is it as white and fluffy as they say? Did you meet your dad? Is he handling this okay?" I stopped asking questions and I just sat there. I think I was expecting for Rin's voice to just appear out of nothing and he would answer all my questions like he would every other day. I can almost hear him say-

"Tch, what's with all the questions Haru? Did you go soft?"

Someone said something behind me. It was... That voice. That voice belongs to the hot headed boy I've known since elementary school. That voice belongs to the boy who is the fastest freestyle swimmer I know, to the boy with amazing reddish magenta hair, teeth like a sharks and the most amazing laugh I have ever heard. That voice belonged to Rin. I moved my feet from the edge of the building and stood up. My eyes were still closed and when I got up. When I opened them I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

What stood before me was Rin with his Samezuka swim jacket, swim shorts and a smirk plastered on his face. He was emitting this golden glow from the top of his all the way down to his feet. Then he started walking towards me. With each step he took he left behind a golden footprint that was slowly disappearing into sparkles. 'Its just like how it was from my dream..' My eyes widened at the sight of the footprints. (A/N: Try to connect these two and the dream and see why I put this detail in there. Put your question in the comments section and I'll tell you if your right or wrong.)

"Something the matter?" Rin asked me with an even bigger smirk. The tears that were just gently streaming down my face were now coming out in rivers. I ran towards him and hugged him. I realized that I wasn't acting like how I usually would. But I don't care anymore. The only thing that matters is the fact that Rin is right here in front of me and I am with him.

"Rin... I missed you," I buried my head into the crook of his neck and the tears were now touching his skin. 'He's so warm..' I held him tighter.

"Haru," he grabbed my hands and removed them from his waist. I looked up at him then he gently put his index under my chin and tilted my head up. He leaned over and the next thing I new, we were kissing. My eyes widened and my face turned a deep red color, but he didn't even flinch. 'What's with this guy?' He then wrapped his arms around my waist and I wrapped my arms around his neck. He released from the kiss and looked into my eyes.

"I've always wanted to do that," He told me with a smile. I looked into his deep red eyes and noticed that he was also starting to cry.

"R-Rin.." I hugged him again and small whimpers escaped my lips. "Is Heaven really what they say it is? Is your dad okay with this? Can you stay longer? All the places we could see together. Not just Australia... The whole world! Swim in every pool, win all the medals, being with Gou, Nagisa, Makoto, Rei... But most of all, just us together. Please!" I could no longer support my legs and I just fell on Rin. I was breaking down again.

"Haru, I wish I could stay longer, but I can't. Promise me something." He then grabbed my face and said sweetly, "Promise me that's till your time comes, continue on with a happy life. Don't let the memory of me take over what you have. Get a wife, kids, swim in all the pools just like what you wanted." I could tell he was lying to himself. He was trying to keep a happy face on as he was saying words that also pained him to hear.

I looked him in the eyes dead on and said, "Rin, I will never ever move on from you. I will never forget you, I will visit your grave everyday if I need to! I will buy your favorite flowers, I will have picnics there with just you and me. I don't care how old I get! Rin, there is a whole within me that only you can fill. This may just seem like words that are being spoken and have no meaning to anyone else, but I need you to understand that you mean everything to me. And I need you beside me everyday. I want to see your face when I wake up, kiss you goodnight... Plans that will never happen... Those are all I think about, you are all I think about. I love you Rin Matsuoka." The tears just kept coming and I held Rin tighter, savoring the feeling of him in my arms.

"Haru, when your time comes, come to Heaven with me. I want to spend the rest of eternity with you. I love you so much Haruka Nanase. But my time is up now. Goodbye." He stepped back and I grabbed his hand.

"Goodbye Rin," I told him. His eyes were now full of tears and they were making their way down his cheeks. His golden form was now getting transparent as he was leaving for good now. The feeling of his fingertips on mine was the last bit of Rin still physically existing. I looked up into the sky and saw Rin's sparkles joining the cosmos.

"A sight I've never seen before..." I whispered as I looked at the sky.