[Rin's knee connects to Rei's at his smarmy comment, a light-hearted warning; if anything, he's fairly sure his boyfriend shouldn't be acting so self righteous over anyone talking in class, if Nagisa's reports are to be taken seriously. And as far as Rin is concerned, nodding off in the middle of class and jumping in his desk like he'd do in a pool is a lot more embarrassing, anyway.]

Hah, as if. Haru gave me a run for my money, all right-- he was the last one to agree to join the relay team. A real pain...

[It's always a coin toss, whether Rin's annoyance at Haru's particular brand of weird is genuine or not; judging from his scoff with a just a hint of fondness, though, Rei should be able to tell he doesn't really mean it. Not today.]

Anyway, I had to save face somehow, and I was lucky we were all gathered up discussing ideas for graduation, at the time. [He giggles at the memory like someone who can't finish his own joke, fingers playing with the rat nest that is Rei's hair as a means to shift his focus back to present.] We were planting a flowerbed around the big cherry tree near the pool, so I told everyone that what I meant by free was that we should write messages on the bricks around the garden and create memories our own way. Y'know, freely.

[Yes, that sounds like a recipe for failure, he realizes. But he had the charm to pull it off.]