AU: What if there was never an Iwatobi Swim Club? Here is one story.

Warnings: Foul language. There might be some OOC-ness.

How dare he? How dare he even hurt her like that? And hurt their mother too? Who did he think he was? Well, he was going to pay. After all, this good girl had turned bad. Nobody pulls some shit like that and gets away with it.

The nerve that boy had. She had trusted him and loved him with all that she could. And he ripped it away all the good she had thought of him by his choice of actions and words.

She had never thought it would've come to this. Then again, no one could ever tell the future.

But this present seemed darker than she could've ever imagined in the past. And at the same time, she wonders:

When did it all come to this?

"Please join the club!" a burgundy-haired teenage girl yelled, "Please!"

"Gou, stop!" the brunette girl next to her scolded, "You sound desperate."

"Kou! And I can't help it, Hana-chan," Gou pouted. "No one's joining."

"I wonder why," Hana-chan, also known as Chigusa, muttered, furrowing her eyebrows.

Gou turn her head to look at her best friend. She narrowed her eyes. She asked in low tone, "What is that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing about this club is attractive! I don't expect it to draw in many people," Chigusa said. The girl sighed, "I can't believe I quit the calligraphy club for this."

"Hey! And I did too!" Gou retorted, "Besides, you didn't even like anybody else in that club."

Chigusa said, "It was less embarrassing than this."

"Well, jeez, Hana-chan, if you hate it so much," Gou said, "why don't you just leave? I bet I could do much better without you here."

"Because we're best friends," Chigusa said, "and this is the type of crap best friends have to go through. Plus...I'm really nosy and I wanted to be here in case anything gossip worthy happens."

"Ah, there's my Hana," Gou smiled, shaking her head.

"Gou, look!"

"Kou!"

"Whatever!"

Gou looked towards the direction Chigusa was talking about. Her eyes widened as she saw a pair of familiar boys walking towards her stand. One was a tall brunette with a pair of warm green eyes. The other was short with black hair and his blue didn't seem to hold any emotion.

Chigusa blushed a little, "Oh my gosh, it's Makoto Tachibana!"

"Makoto...Tachibana...where have I heard that name from?"

"Me...right now." Chigusa continued, "Anyway, you probably best know him as that sweet and kind third-year brunette. He doesn't know it, but he's kind of a heartthrob. Can you blame him though? He's so perfect and cute with those gorgeous eyes and adorable smile and-"

"Who's the boy with him?" asked Gou.

"Oh...him? Um, er, let me see if I can remember." Chigusa tapped a finger on her chin for a moment, "Oh! That's Haruka Nanase."

Gou raised an eyebrow, "Haruka?"

Chigusa giggled, "It's a bit ironic that you're judging him since your name is Gou."

"Kou! I prefer Kou," Gou said. " And I'm not making fun of him. I just wanted to see if I heard right."

"Well, at least, you two have that in common," Chigusa said.

"What do you mean?" asked a confused Gou.

The two teenage boys finally approached the stand. Makoto smiled at them, making Chigusa squirm and blush.

"Hello," Makoto greeted.

"Senpai!" Chigusa exclaimed.

"Hi, senpai!" Gou greeted back with a smile. "Are you interested in a joining our club?"

"It depends. You see, my best friend Haru and I tried absolutely no clubs last year and the year before that. Mostly cause it didn't go too well," Makoto said. "He's kind of reluctant to join any right now, but we have to."

Chigusa said, "But every student has to be involved in an extracurricular in order to graduate."

"That's why we're here," Haru snapped.

"Haru, please." Makoto scolded. He nervously laughed and apologized, "Sorry, Haru is just not that good at socializing. He doesn't like this sort of stuff."

"No problem," Gou said. "Maybe you guys can make it up by joining?"

"Haha, can we know more about the club first?" asked the brunette.

Gou sighed, "Okay, to be honest, this isn't a...real club..."

"What?" Chigusa asked, surprised.

"Hm?" Makoto asked, eyes raised.

"I knew coming here wasn't a good idea," Haru muttered.

"I can explain myself!" argued Gou, standing up.

"MAKOTO! HARU!"

Suddenly, the four turn as they heard a loud voice behind the Makoto and Haru. A perky and eccentric honey blond boy with pink eyes approaching them, flailing his arms with a lolipop in his mouth.

Makoto sighed. A look of slight irritation crossed Haru's face. The two second-year girls were confused as ever.

"Wait, isn't that-"

"Nagisa Hazuki?" Chigusa said, "I didn't know he knew you two boys. After all, he's just another second-year like us."

"Nagisa's...special." Makoto said, laughing nervously again. "But um, yeah, Nagisa, Haru, and I go way back."

"Uh! Nagisa Hazuki, Haruka Nanase, Makoto Tachibana..." Gou murmured to herself, fustrated. "Why are those names way too familiar?"

"Oh hey, Gou, Chigusa!" Nagisa greeted, waving at them as he took out his red lollipop. He turned back to the boys, "I didn't think I'd see you guys at this festival. You guys skipped two years in a row."

"No, we didn't! The auditions..." Makoto sighed, "...just didn't go well."

"Did you show muscle? That could've helped," Gou suggested.

"Whoa, that's actually a good idea, Gou!" Nagisa said, smiling.

"Thanks, and it's Kou."

Makoto blushed, "N-No! I don't think I can-"

"I bet you'd look great, Tachibana-senpai," Chigusa complimented.

"Ahem," Haruka said, making the others go silent, "about the club..."

"Right, sorry!" Gou explained, "Okay, so this club is called the Wallflower Club. Now there are some people who just love being in clubs, but there's some people like you and me that don't and-"

"Wait, weren't you and Chigusa in the calligraphy club not too long ago?" asked Nagisa.

"Please save your questions for the end," Gou said. She continued, "Anyways, the point of this club is to pretend as if we're doing something when we're literally doing nothing. So this is an easy way to check joining a club of your list so you can graduate."

Nagisa questioned, "So it's literally like there's no club at all? Like we don't even have to show up but we can just sign up?"

"Uh, not exactly," Gou said. "You have to still show up and be in it. B-but you can still do whatever you want! It's kind of like a free period except you have stay in a certain room."

"How'd you get funding for this by the way?" asked Chigusa.

"They loved the idea of a club they didn't have to pay for," Gou said. "Of course, I told them a whole different story. If you guys join, you're gonna have to fake that you're really introverted and Chigusa and I are helping you get out there."

"W-what?" Chigusa said, "How come you never mention this part?"

Gou said, "I didn't think you'd go along with it."

"I mean," Chigusa said, "if Tachibana-senpai's gonna join, I'll be more than happy to go along with this."

Nagisa said, "I'll definitely go along with this. As you said, it's an easy way!"

Makoto said, worried, "Wait! What if we get caught? Surely no one on the staff would let this pass if they-"

"Live a little, Tachibana-senpai!" Gou encouraged, "If we play our cards right, we can't possibly slip up and be found out. How about you, Nanase-senpai? You in?"

"...Is there water?" Haru asked. His blue eyes showed interest for the first time they had laid eyes on him.

Gou looked at Chigusa. Chigusa shrugged. Gou looked back at Haru and replied, "I, um, I guess can bring some water bottles."

"I'm in," Haru said.

"Really?" Gou asked with a huge smile.

"Really?!" Makoto said. Then the brunette sighed, "Just like Haru. Alright. If Haru's in, I'm in."

"Yay!" Gou and Chigusa cheered.

"We pretty much reached our goal, Hana-chan," Gou said. "A club needs at least four members. We're done here."

"Huh?" Nagisa asked, "Don't you wanna try and get more members?"

Gou said, "Nah. For what I've got prepared, it's better if there's less people."

"What exactly do you have prepared?" asked Makoto, a bit scared.

"That's a secret for now," Gou replied. You could see a twinkle in her eye as she smirked.

Gou walked home with Chigusa, talking and laughing. Gou suddenly stops in her steps. Chigusa stops as well after she takes a few steps forward. She looks back at the red-eyed girl. She sees Gou intensely staring up at a school before them.

Chigusa raises an eyebrow, "Gou? What's wrong?"

Gou turns her head to look at her best friend. She clears her throat, "Um, nothing. Sorry. Let's go on."

Gou catches up with Chigusa. Both girls continue to chat happily. Well, at least Chigusa does. Gou is too busy taking random glances at the school that's now behind her.