(Nagisa's POV)
"EHHH?! What do you mean we need another member for the swim club?!" I ask in horror.
"Ah... y-yea... Just ask Amakata-sensei for the details," Mako-chan says in distress.
Meanwhile, Haru-chan abruptly stands up from his seat and rushes out of the classroom. Mako-chan and I follow him from behind. Haru-chan starts barging into other people's conversations asking if they want to join the swimming team. I act like I don't know him as Mako-chan rushes over to apologize in Haru-chan's stead.
I'm actually pretty happy that we need one more person on the swim team. I've kept my eye on someone that I think will fit the bill. Ryugazaki Rei, a member of the track club. I see him jogging to school in the morning while I took the train. In fact, I knew about Ryugazaki-san since middle school, well, he didn't know I existed though. But not to worry! I'll definitely recruit him!
I secretly watch Ryugazaki-san practicing by himself in the track club. Such a magnificent figure! I get all thrilled watching him practice that I decided to tell Mako-chan and Haru-chan the good news.
"Mako-chan! Where's Haru-chan?" I wave at him.
"He's right behind me, what's up?"
"I found the right guy for our swim team!" I pump my fist up in the air.
"Really, then let's go meet him, right Haru-" Mako-chan looks over at Haru-chan, "Geez, Haru your tie is all crooked." Mako-chan fixes up Haru-chan's tie.
"Darling," I say out loud.
"Pardon?" Mako-chan gives me a weird look.
"Darling! As in 'darling your tie is all crooked!' You guys look like a married old couple!" I laugh as Mako-chan starts to blush.
"H-Haru! Say something!" Mako-chan pleaded out.
"Darling?" Haru-chan says with no shame.
"Geez! L-Let's just go!" Mako-chan crossed his arms.
As I guided them to the field outside, we managed to meet up with Gou.
"Gou!-" I get cut off.
"It's Kou!" She corrects me.
"You wanna meet the new member of the team?" I ignore her last comment.
Gou nods and begins to follow us. We finally made it to where Ryugazaki-san was training. We all watch him intently as he went for his turn.
"See! What did I tell you?!" I brag.
"How are you friends with someone from the track team?" Mako-chan questioned me.
"I'm not," I say in the most simplest terms.
"Wh-What!?" Everyone stares at me, wide-eyed.
"S-Stalker?" Gou asks, looking a bit disgusted.
"I-I AM NO STALKER!" I say in perfectly spoken English, "W-Well, maybe I did follow him throughout middle school, but that's all!" I admitted.
"So, how are we supposed to recruit him?" Mako-chan asks with no more hope in his voice.
"Easy, with this charm," Haru-chan takes out the official Iwatobi swim club charm.
"We're supposed to recruit him, not scare him off," Gou puts her hands on her hips.
I ignore their arguing and go to the field close enough so Ryugazaki-san could hear me.
I cup my hands together on my mouth and shout, "Ryugazaki-san!"
He looks at me and I suddenly forget the words that I was supposed to say. I start to get all flustered. I look at my friends for help, obviously, they were no help.
I start to cheer for him,"Uh... ah... Go! Go! Rei-chan!"
"H-How did you possibly think that would work?" Gou asks, trying not to laugh.
We were walking back to class after we got kicked out of the field. I was still blushing from the embarrassment.
"Grr... I'll surely get him next time!" I declared.
Every time I tried to call out to him, Rei-chan would always ignore me. I soon realized that I addressed him by 'Rei-chan' without his consent. If all else fails today, I'll just have to jog with him tomorrow morning!
(Rei's POV)
I bend down to tie my loosened laces and from the distance, I heard my name being called out.
"Rei-chan! Reiiii!"
Geh, it's that idiot from yesterday! I'll never forget how he humiliated me from my fellow members. I figured out his name just for future reference, and a bit of information. Hazuki Nagisa, a year older than me, but he acts like a child. Hmm, I won't get rid of him if I keep on ignoring him. Guess I'll engage in discussion.
I turn around and wait for him to finally catch up to me, "Hazuki... senpai."
"Oh please! Just call me Nagisa, and drop the 'senpai' thingy!" He shakes his head.
"N-Nagisa-kun... what is it?"
"Join the swim team!"
And with that, I continued to jog.
"W-Wait up Rei-chan!" He hugs onto my leg.
"What?!" I said in an annoyed tone.
"Please!" Nagisa-kun begged in a more serious tone.
"State your reason, and get off my leg!"
He stands up and looks at me in the eyes, "If you don't join... "
I gulped.
"...THE ALIENS WILL TAKE OVER THE WORLD!"
Agitated, I pinch his cheeks at maximum strength.
"A-Ah! Rei-chan, g-go gentler!" Nagisa-kun tried to act all cutesy.
"This talk is officially over," I turn to leave.
"Then can you at least tell me why you won't join?" Nagisa rubs his cheeks.
"Because I'm in the track team, a-and I can't swim..." I confess, a bit humiliated.
"Then I'll teach you to swim!" Nagisa-kun points at himself.
"Before that, why did you ask me to join?" I ask with curiosity.
"This might be embarrassing to say, but when you were pole dancing-! I mean stripping-! I-I mean vaulting!" Nagisa-kun staggered.
His stuttering almost made me lose interest in this conversation, no- it wasn't the stuttering, it was the comments on the pole vault!
"I thought you looked really beautiful." Nagisa-kun smiled, "Y-Your jump I mean! You have such an elegant figure, and an insane body physique."
I start to turn red, there's really no way to turn down his offer, "If I learn how to swim in 2 weeks, then I'll join."
"Hooray!" Nagisa-kun jumped in joy.
"I said if!" I crossed my arms
(Nagisa's POV)
"Guys! I have great news!" I gathered the swimming club together, "Rei-chan agreed to join the swim team if I can teach him how to swim in 2 weeks time!"
They gave me an unsure smile.
Mako-chan was the first to speak up, "But Nagisa, your-"
"It's fine as long as my feet touch the ground," I assured him.
"But what happens when Ryugazaki-san finds out?" Amakata-sensei questioned.
"Then it'll be my responsibility," I faced her.
Gou sways around, it was a pretty awkward situation, "We just don't want you to force yourself-"
"I'm not," I stated.
Even Haru-chan spoke, "We can find someone other than Ryugazaki-"
I butted in, "No! It has to be Rei-chan, no matter what!"