"Makoto-senpai and Haruka-senpai are late."
Hikaru, Rei and Nagisa were at the station. They were waiting for Haru and Makoto so they could go to Samezuka academy for 10:30. They were going to see the 3rd year send off race and they were already running late. Hikaru was all bundled up in a warm jacket, mittens and scarf. She was sitting down next to Nagisa and sipping on a hot chocolate.
Rei glanced at his watch and then looked over at Nagisa. "And aren't you overeating, Nagisa-kun?"
Nagisa met his gaze and smiled. "Want some Rei-chan?" He held up his pastry in the air, offering some to Rei.
"I'm fine, thank you."
"Do you want some, Hikaru-chan?" Nagisa offered to his cousin.
Hikaru looked over at him. "No thank you!" She replied.
"If you eat all that, you won't have room for lunch you know." Rei commented.
"He's right." Hikaru agreed.
"I'll be fine!" Nagisa assured them.
Hikaru stood up and went to put her empty hot chocolate cup in the garbage. Ah, it really hit the spot.
"Nagisa! Hikaru! Rei!" Makoto called. "Sorry we kept you waiting!" He said, running to them with Haru trailing behind.
Xxx
They finally got to Samezuka academy.
"Guys! Over here!" Gou called to them. She was already there.
"This is the third year send off race?" Makoto asked.
"Yep." Gou answered.
"What kind of harrowing race is it?" Nagisa asked.
"A 100m race, 100 times." A voice answered. "It's a Samezuka tradition to continue until someone beats the captain."
"Rin!"
"Hey. Thanks for coming."
"Rin!" Hikaru ran over to her boyfriend and gave him a hug. She had a big smile on her face.
Rin matched her smile. "Hey." He was looking forward to her coming and it made him happy that she was finally here.
"Have you raced him yet, Rin-chan?" Nagisa asked.
"No, not yet." Rin replied. He then shifted Hikaru so she was on his side and he had an arm around her waist.
"But logically speaking, racing 100 meters 100 times can't be possible." Rei pointed out.
"Captain Mikoshiba defies logic." Rin told him.
"I see…"
Captain Mikoshiba was getting out of the pool. "Hey! You guys came to watch too?" He grinned. "How about a race to mark the occasion?"
"Who, us?" Makoto asked.
"But, we're not even on your team!" Rei said.
"Hey, don't be shy!" Captain Mikoshiba exclaimed. "Let's go, Samezuka versus Iwatobi, 400m freestyle medley relay!" He turned to Rin. "Matsuoka, you're swimming in this one!"
Rin nodded. "Sure."
"Who else wants in?!"
"M-Me!" Nitori responded.
"Alright! Come on over, Nitori!" Mikoshiba said. "Okay, who else is on board? Nakagawa how about you?"
"W-Wait a second…"
"We already told you, we don't…"
"Yes! Absolutely!" Came Nakagawa's response, cutting off Rei.
Haru was striping down to his swimsuit.
"He was wearing his swim suit again…" Rei noticed.
"Guess there is no helping it."
"You said it."
"Huh?"
Nagisa and Makoto went over to their bags and pulled out their swim suits.
"Why do you have those?!"
"I had a feeling Haru would want to swim, so…"
"Traitors!" Rei yelled.
"Okay!" Hikaru was undressing. She had also worn her swimsuit under her clothes. "Captain Mikoshiba, can I take part in this relay?!"
"Of course you can!" His response was instant.
Hikaru gasped. "Really?!" She clasped her hands together.
He grinned. "Of course."
"Yes! Did you hear that R-" Hikaru paused. "Oh...that means you won't be swimming Rei."
Rei looked over at her then waved his hand. "Ah, don't worry. I don't mind." He gave her a smile. "You should experience swimming in a relay."
Hikaru's face lit up. "Thank you!"
"How did Matsuoka land a babe like her?"
"I don't know. Maybe she's…"
Rin sent a glare over to the two guys he overheard.
They immediately shut up.
"Rin! Did you hear? I'm swimming in the relay!" She smirked playfully. "I won't go easy on you."
Rin matched her smirk. "Well, bring it on."
Xxx
Nagisa shook his arms in frustration. "We were so close!"
"S-Sorry Nagisa, I think I was late on the exchange and Captain Mikoshiba is waaaay faster than me." Hikaru apologized.
Makoto looked over at her. "You were great. Don't beat yourself up over this."
"Ya, Hikaru-chan! For your first relay, you were great!"
"I agree, Hikaru-senpai!"
"Yeah."
Hikaru smiled. "Thank you guys."
The sound of clapping directed their attention over to where all the members were standing.
"Rin-chan's the new captain?" Nagisa asked.
"He doesn't seem like the captain type to me…"
"What are you talking about?!" Gou hissed.
Hikaru was clapping along with them. She was happy that Rin became captain! But his facial expression told her that he didn't want to be.
Xxx
"Next, the swim club will introduce itself."
The stage light was on Gou, who was standing at the podium. "Our swim club began last spring, when we repaired the pool and started up the club ourselves." She said. "I am the swim club's manager, Matsuoka." She introduced. "And this is…" She looked at the stage. "Our treasurer!"
Nagisa came on stage by doing a handstand into a somersault and when he was standing back up, he opened up his hoodie which made the audience gasp.
He threw his hoodie in the air. "Second year, Hazuki Nagisa. My specialty is the breastroke." He started doing the motion of the breastroke. "My charm point is my calf muscles, for sure!"
"Our vice-captain!"
Haru came on stage by doing a cart wheel. He lifted his hoodie to show his abs, earning a gasp from the audience, and then fully took it off and threw it in the air. "Third year, Nanase Haruka. My specialty is freestyle." He showed the audience by doing the freestyle stroke. "My charm point is my triceps."
"Our secretary!"
Rei came onto the stage by doing a spin. When he landed on his feet, he opened up his jacket which earned no reaction from the audience. Then he threw off his hoodie. "Second year, Ryugazaki Rei! My specialty is the butterfly stroke!" He showed them by doing his stroke. "My charm points are my deltoids and biceps!"
"Our captain!"
Makoto walked on stage, head down, embarrassed to be there. He had his back turned and he also took off his hoodie and threw it up in the air. That earned him no reaction from the audience. He was blushing of embarrassment. "Third year, Tachibana Makoto. My speciality is the backstroke!" He started moving his arms backwards. He then turned his head toward the audience. "My charm point is my back muscles!"
"And finally, our only female member!"
Hikaru did a front flip on stage. "H-Hi there!" She flushed. "W-Wait…I-" She stammered. I'm totally messing up! She unzipped her hoodie and threw it in the air. The male audience cheered. "Third year, Hazuki Hikaru. My specialty is the freestyle too!" She mimicked Haru. "And my charm point is…" She paused for affect. "…my smile!"
"We look forward to welcoming new members with fabulous muscles!"
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Lucky for them, there were new members. But all of them were male. There were about 10 males lined up in front of Makoto, eager to introduce themselves to the swim team and especially Hikaru.
They aren't here to swim are they? Makoto thought after seeing all 10 guys surrounding Hikaru.
And Makoto was right. After finding out Hikaru had a boyfriend, all 10 guys immediately lost interest in the swim club and all retreated into the school.
All members were stunned in silence.
"What."
"Just."
"HAPPENED?!"
Hikaru bowed really low. "I'm so sorry!"
Makoto put a hand on her shoulder. "It's not your fault."
Rei faced Gou with his hands out. "I told you we shouldn't have done the 'charm point' thing." He air quoted.
"Don't pretend you weren't enjoying it!" Gou retorted.
"Does anyone have any other ideas for recruiting members?" Nagisa asked.
"Offer a year's worth of Iwatobi-chans."
"No one wants that."
"Draw a comic strip on our recruitment posters."
"We tried that last year."
"We could parade through the school halls in our swimsuits." Nagisa suggested.
"That could work!" Gou clasped her hands to her cheeks.
"No way!"
"Don't be stingy, Rei-kun."
"That's not the issue!" Rei shot back.
Xxx
It was Rin's first day as a captain. He was embarrassed when all eyes were on him and he was uncomfortable with this new role. After speaking with potential members of the swim club, he was carried away by his thoughts. Was he really the right person for this? Will he be a good captain? Why had Captain Mikoshiba trusted him of all people with this role?
A buzzing noise snapped him out of his thoughts. Rin dug into his pockets and pulled out his phone. It was a text from Hikaru.
*I hope swim practice is going well. You'll be a great captain, I know it!*
Rin smiled while reading the text. He quickly responded.
*Thank you, I feel less nervous now. I'll let you know how it went.*
Her reply was almost instant. *Okay!*
Xxx
After practice, they had gone to see Miss Amakata about opening up the school's pool. She pointed out that it was too cold to swim but suggested if they could use Coach Sasabe's pool at his swim club. So after school, they headed over there and they asked him if they could use it.
Luckily, he agreed! He said that they would use it to practice for the upcoming tournaments.
Xxx
Rin was invited to the school pool but when he opened the door, he couldn't see anything. Then suddenly something was put over his head and arms were wrapping around him.
"Bring him!"
"What the…Hey! Let me go!" What in the hell were they doing?
"Come along quietly."
"What? Hey!"
"Haru-chan, the sentence ending!"
"Come along quietly, moge." Haru corrected.
"Don't 'moge' me! Let go!"
"Oh no, don't take my brother away!"
"Gou? You're here too?!"
"Guys, this maybe isn't a good idea. I mean, be careful!"
"Hikaru! You're here too!"
"Rin, stop kicking!"
"Will you guys give it a-" The helmet was taken off of Rin's head so quickly, allowing him to look at the pool and pause.
The school pool was covered in cherry blossoms.
Rin stared in awe. It was so beautiful.
"When we were in grade school, you once said that you wanted to swim in a pool of cherry blossoms." Haru said.
"When we saw our pool filled with cherry blossoms, we wanted to show you too." Makoto smiled.
"You guys…" Rin was taken aback. He turned away and wiped away some tears that welled up in his eyes.
Hikaru smiled at him.
"Rin-san, go for it."
"Huh?" He looked up at them.
"Go for it!" Each member repeated.
"Well I do want to swim in it, but it's kind of cold." Rin pointed out.
"I want to swim in it also! It looks so pretty!" Hikaru turned to her boyfriend. "Can I join you, Rin?" She had grin on her face.
Rin matched her gaze and smiled. "Yeah, of course." He wrapped his arms around her and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
Unfortunately, it started to rain.
A.N: Hi everyone!
Sorry it took so long to start this sequel, school has been getting hectic.
Anyways, here is chapter 1. I hope you guys enjoy it!