Rei awoke to the sudden motion of the train grinding to a halt at its last stop for the day. At the sudden motion, Rei jerked his eyes open to survey his surroundings, looking out the window to find that they were at the last stop on the train circuit.
They had been riding the train back home from a particularly vigorous afternoon of swim practice that day, which left everyone exhausted. Nagisa had been teaching him how to tread water that day, and it seemed that, after about two hours of treading and nearly drowning, Rei was about ready to give up. By the end of it though, Nagisa had managed to get Rei to stay afloat for more than 30 second