I practically ran back to my apartment, I wanted to get as far away from Makoto and Haru as I could. I knew that however far I went, it wouldn't be nearly enough. But somehow I thought if I could just get back to my apartment, I could forget about everything. I was very wrong.

I was walking up to my apartment, head down, when a flash of red caught my eye as it passed me. I turned around to see Rin walking down the stairs from my apartment. "Rin?"

He stopped and turned around. He seemed surprised to see me, "Sousuke?" He smiled and walked up to me, "I was just at your place looking for you."

I smiled, "Come on up." I headed back up the stairs with Rin in tow. As I opened my door, I asked, "What did you wanna see me about?"

"I wanted to talk to you since you left so early last night," Rin paused. He looked me up and down before waltzing into my apartment ahead of me. "But if you're just getting home now, I guess you had a good reason to leave."

Fuck. I was wearing the same clothes from last night. It took me a minute to move from the door, but I had to move otherwise it would be worse. Even so, I couldn't actually respond to Rin. I knew that he had spent the night with Haru, but there was no way I could say that I had spent the night with Makoto. I just walked in and dropped my stuff by the door. "Want something? I'm sure I've got soda or something."

Rin smiled and sat down, "You always drank too much soda. But nah, I'm good."

I smiled and sat down across from him. He was right. "I wanted to ask you more about Australia last night, but Nanase seemed to be always asking you something."

Rin blushed a little and looked a little flustered. He stuttered, "Well he..."

"Rin. Tell me. I know you want to," I tried to smile. His reaction gave away his real reason for coming to see me. I didn't really want to know about it, but if Rin wanted to talk to someone, I was always there for him.

Rin hesitated for a moment before leaning forward in his chair, "So he was being flirty all night right? But after you left, I don't know what happened, he just got really forward. I mean, I was reading his signals all night but I wasn't thinking I was gonna do anything because I'd just gotten back but then one thing led to another and, you know, we ended up hooking up last night." He paused his story. He meant it as an interjection but he was right. I did actually know that they had hooked up. I tried to act normal, I had to. Rin looked at me a little more seriously, "Do you know if he's seeing anyone right now."

"Me and Nanase, we're really not that close." Why did I say it like that, I should've just said that he is.

Rin asked it in a different way, "Like him and Makoto, is there still something between them?"

I couldn't help laughing. Makoto and Haru claimed to be dating but what was actually going on between them mystified me. "I do not know what's going on between them." I had to pick my words carefully, "What ever it is, it's just weird."

Rin just laughed. "You're no help."

"When I have I ever been of help when it comes to Nanase? If you wanna know, why don't you just talk to Ma-Tachibana?" I couldn't say his name in front of Rin, Rin would suspect something between me and him and despite things having happened, there wasn't anything. But I shouldn't have said that last part at all. If Rin actually talked to Makoto, he'd get mad at me for lying to him or at least not telling the whole truth.

"Fine, I will." Shit. Rin leaned back on the couch and narrowed his eyes at me, "So tell me about this person you left the party for?"

I spluttered, "N-no, it's nothing really. You don't wanna hear about it."

Rin smiled with that gleam in his eye, "Come on Sousuke. It can't be nothing, you spent the night. I can recognize the walk of shame."

"Nah, it's nothing, I mean," I had to say something else, he'd already disregarded my excuse, "I don't usually stay the night."

"Come on Sousuke!" Rin kept pressing.

"Nah, it's not like it happens that often. He just... needed somebody..." I trailed off. That's all it was. Makoto didn't really care, he just needed somebody and I had made the mistake of telling him that I could be that somebody.