"Haru, are you ready to go?" Makoto asks his partner. It is already pass noon and the two of them had been swimming in the community center pool since 6am.
"Yeah..." Haruka is getting hungry.
"Let's go get lunch at the new bistro down the street." Makoto smiles.
Haruka had wanted to try that bistro since it opened. The brunet always pays attention to what Haruka wants. As the two swimmers walk down the street, Haruka sees a beach poster hanging outside the window of a traveling agency.
"Do you want to take a vacation before the summer is over?" Makoto asks, "I took a summer job online and saved up some money. Let's go to a beach before autumn comes."
"You work hard for that money, keep it for important stuff." Haruka answers.
"To me, you're the most important." The green-eyes man smiles. The raven hair guy mutters, "you spoil me so much...I won't be able to do anything without you."
Makoto smiles, "I will always be with you."
Haruka blinks; he then rests his head on Makoto's shoulder. "You better, or I will come after you."
The brunet plants a light kiss on his lover's raven hair and says, "'let's go eat, then we'll pick a beach for our vacation."
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"Mako, wake up. We're almost there." Haruka says. The two lovers are on the train, heading toward their vacation. Makoto had fallen asleep during the ride.
"I am sorry. Did I sleep long?" The 6ft swimmer opens his eyes.
"You were tired. You helped me pack my bags." Haruka shrugs, "we're getting off at the next station. Let's get ready."
The two swimmers have pick a quiet small family run inn by a secluded beach so there will not be a big crowd. They set the luggage down at their room and Makato asks his lover, "Ready to go swimming?"
"Maybe later." Haruka answers, "I looked up on the beach and sees an aquarium here."
Makato sees a brochure in the freestyle swimmer's hand; on the paper it says the aquarium is a 'romantic place that is great for a date'.
"this is our vacation together. You spend a lot of time booking the inn and getting our tickets here. I don't want you to swim in the ocean with me the whole trip." Haruka says. The brunet smiles, "thank you."
The inn's carriage take the couple down to a small wooden aquarium not too far away. A girl in lab coat at the door sees Makoto and smiles, "Good morning! Welcome to the Aquarium."
"Good morning." The brunet smiles back, "we can't wait to go in and check out everything inside."
"My name is Yumi. Let me give you a tour." The girl offers, "I don't have anything to do at the moment. We rarely have visitors here. It will be nice to show someone around."
"Thank you." The backstroke swimmer says, "I am Makoto, and this is Haruka."
Yumi takes the couple inside the aquarium. She shows them the tanks with all types of colorful fishes and exotic sea creatures. "The water around this coast is very clean and clear. There are a few sea creatures here that other places in the world don't have." The girl says.
"There are so many amazing looking species. The water must be great." Makoto says.
"You have to go swim and try the water out. I can show you some great spots only the locals know." Yumi offers, "you are so tall and so muscular, you must swim a lot. I bet you love the ocean."
"I am actually just here to be with Haruka. He is the one who loves water." The blonde says as he nods toward his partner, "I come here with him."
"Oh?" Yumi looks at the emotionless guy, who just stares back at her blankly.
"Thanks for the tour, Yumi. It had been fun. It's almost lunchtime. I think we're going to get something to eat and check out the rest of the Aquarium ourselves afterward." the brunet says to the girl. He then turns to Haruka, "Haru, you want to try the Date Combo for two at the cafe? The one with the heart-shaped tuna sandwiches? You like tuna, right?"
"Hmm...sure..." Haru says.
"It is nice meeting you two. I should return to my work. Enjoy your lunch and the rest of your tour." Yumi heads off.
"She likes you and just wants to talk to you. You don't have to be so rude to her." Haruka says to his partner.
"I just want to make it clear that I am with you." Makoto says, "you are not happy that she keeps trying to talk to me. I don't want you to be not happy."
The two swimmers sit down at the cafeteria. "You really got us the heart-shaped sandwiches..." Haruka looks at his plates. The green eyes guy says as he takes a bite of the sandwiches, "the tuna is very fresh."
Haruka eats his lunch and says, "it is nice in here."
The cafeteria is a small glasshouse. The customers can see fishes swimming around them outside that glasses while they eat. It is like eating under the sea.
"Mako, behind you." Haruka says to his lover.
Makoto turns around and sees a shark charges toward him. "Arr!" The nervous guy jumps and spills water on himself.
The usual emotionless guy chuckles and says to his lover, "relax, it is just a baby. She wants to play with you. If you act scared she will want to mess with you more."
"I am going to the washroom and dry myself up." Makoto heads to the hallway. He makes a wrong turns and loses track of his directions.
"Where am I?" The sport ed major wonders. Why is there such a long hallway in such a small Aquarium? He hears sound coming from behind one of the doors. He knocks on the door and says, "hello? Is anyone there? I am lost. Can someone help me?"
No one answers. Makato pushes on the door. It opens and show a big lab fill with glass windows. Outside the windows is the sea, with different sharks swimming in the ocean bed. "So many sharks." Makoto says.
"What are you doing here?" Yumi is there working on the computer. She has her headphone on and didn't hear Makoto knocking on the door and coming in.
"I was looking for the washroom, but I got lost. Can you tell me how to get back to the cafeteria?" The brunet says.
"I will take you back." The girl says as she heads out the lab.
"Thanks." Makoto follows her, "I didn't know there is such a big lab behind the small Aquarium."
"We are doing some shark researches here. My supervisor shipped in sharks from around the world." Yumi answers as she heads out to the hallway.
"One of them scared me..." Makoto says.
"It did?" the girl scientist asks. The brunet nods, "yes, the baby one. Made me jump..."
Makoto sees the door to the cafeteria and says, "thanks! I will get back to Haruka now. He must be worried."
Yumi turns around and walks to door at the end of the hallway. She opens the door and shouts to the people working inside, "The baby shark escaped!"
"The worker says, "but that's impossible!"
"Where is the MEG?" The girl asks.
"It's not here!" The worker says after checking the monitors.
"'Find it! Now!" Yumi orders.
TBC...