[Name] groaned. "What the heck happened?" She rubbed her forehead and felt a lump. 'Geez, when did this happen? I'm not that much of a clutz...' she thought.

She heard the door open. "You're awake? That's good. Here. I brought you some juice." [Name] watched as Rin approached her with a bottle of peach juice.

"Thanks." [Name] sat up in her bed and grabbed the bottle. She looked at the cute peach character on the wrapping. "How did we get here?"

Rin chuckled. "You sorta blacked-out on the train, so Sousuke carried you back to your dorm. He had to go finish some work, so I watched after you."

"Thanks," muttered [Name]. She stared blankly at Rin, trying to remember what the heck happened on the train. She only remembered panicking like hell. That probably explained a lot of things, though...

Rin got up and stretched. [Name] watched as his muscles flexed at the slightest movement. She turned away quickly when she realized that she was admiring him like that. He was just an annoying friend. She shouldn't see him like that, even if he was a little attractive.

"Guess I'll be going. Sousuke's probably back in the dorm by now." He waved good-bye.

Steadily making his way to the door, Rin tripped over a leftover box [Name] had forgotten to put away and knocked himself into another box, emptying out its contents. "Holy shit! I'm so sorry. I'll help you clean up." Rin began to pick up the contents.

In seconds, [Name] jumped up and immediately began to pick up the items. "No, actually! I don't need help. It's my fault!" She began to shove them in the box, trying to keep Rin from seeing them.

"No, seriously. I'll help." He grabbed some more and analyzed what he was holding. "Huh? Why the heck are tampons here? You have a secret girlfriend in the dorms?"

[Name] blushed and embarrassingly grabbed the tampons back. "They're...very good for NOSEBLEEDS. I get those...a lot..."

Rin stared back at her, confused. "Nosebleeds? You don't use tampons for nosebleeds. It's for you per..."

He stopped and realized what he was about to say. [Name] turned away and placed the box on an empty shelf.

"[Name]-chan, you're..."

"What?"

"You're on your period?!"

[Name] slapped Rin. "Don't say it out loud! And, no. I'm NOT."

He rubbed the reddened mark on his face. "If you're not, then why do you need these?" He held up a couple that had been left behind.

[Name] grabbed for them and threw them into the box. "Rin! How slow can you be?! Don't you get it?"

"Get what? Guys can't have their period?"

[Name] groaned. "For God's sake! I'm not a guy!"

There was a long silence as Rin slowly put the puzzle pieces together. After about nearly minutes of calculations, Rin gasped. "[Name]! You're a girl!"

[Name] nodded. "Yes, and shut up about it. God..."

"How'd you get transferred here? Samezuka's an all-boys academy."

She began to push Rin out of her dorm. "I'll tell you tomorrow. Just don't tell anyone, please? We're friends, remember?"

"What about Sousuke? He's your friend, too."

[Name] groaned. "You and he will be the only ones that know. I'll explain everything tomorrow. Now go! Before I seriously give you a nosebleed, even a tampon can't hold."

Rin was kicked out in the hallways. He was so confused. Everything had happened so fast that it took him such a long time to process everything. But, everything made sense.

Why she hadn't accepted him at first? Why she didn't want to swim? Why she fainted on the train being so close to so many guys? She was afraid that her secret would get out.

Rin smiled to himself. He felt special that he was the first one to know.


[Name] had ordered both of the swimmers to have lunch with her on the roof. It seemed a little cliche, calling them onto the roof, but she knew it was important. And, nobody could hear them or her secret up there.

She was already up there and was leaning over the railing when she heard the door to the roof open. "Yeah, he said he would be here..." She could hear Rin talking to Sousuke.

Deciding to be mean, she slipped off her shoes and left them near the railing with her half-eaten food. She quietly ran away from the spot and hid behind a pole.

"[Name]-chan, where are you?" called Rin. He looked around. Sousuke pointed over at the strange items by the railings.

"Is that his stuff?"

"Huh?"

Rin ran over to [Name]'s shoes and picked them up. "Oh my God! Sousuke! I should have been a better friend! Now he'll haunt us!"

Sousuke kept his cool while Rin was examining the shoes for evidence. He peered over the railing. "If he committed suicide, there'd be blood. Look, there's nothing." Rin dropped the shoes and leaned over.

"Yeah... I guess there's nothing, but where would he be-!"

[Name] ran up to him and gently shoved him, so he leaned over the slightest. "Holy! [Name]! You scared the living crap out of me."

"That's what you get for last night, idiot. Give me my shoes, or I'll seriously reconsider this."

Sousuke tossed her her shoes. "So, what brings me here? Rin said you had something special to talk to us about."

[Name] grabbed her sandwich and juice from the floor before Rin stepped on it. "Oh yeah... I'm a girl."


During practice, Sousuke couldn't focus. The news still surprised him, but he knew he had to focus. There was no time to fool around and stress over small things like that. He had a competition against Iwatobi, and with his shoulder, he couldn't afford any distractions.

Still, it had come as a shock. He didn't even believe it when Rin explained how he found out. It seemed to fictional, unreal. Yet, it was the truth.

It was ugly, but still. [Name] had come out clean. He wasn't going to put her down just because she was girl dressing as a guy. She had an education to finish.

Pulling himself up, he grabbed the towel Nitori was holding for him. "Retiring early, Yamazaki-senpai? Don't work too hard."

"Yeah. I'm gonna leave early. Tell Rin I'll be in the dorm."

After showering, Sousuke plopped down in Rin's bunk. He didn't care if it would be messy. All he wanted to know was why [Name] had decided to hide her gender from everyone.

He wanted to know that part of the truth whether it be ugly or not.

~End: Dramatic, Confusing, Ugly Truth~

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