Chapter 1

You should come see him!

He always asks about you…

He really misses you…even if he won't admit it…

Please come…

I know you miss him too.

As I stuffed my phone into my bag a sigh escaped my lips. I refused to go see him at all. Even after hearing about all of his success last year during the prefecturals and his stupid decision during regionals.

I smiled to myself.

He finally let his friends in again. That barrier that he had put up had finally come tumbling down and it was definitely worth being disqualified for. Even so, I still refused to see him.

"Sora!" I turned around at the sound of my name to see my best friend, Shin, running towards me. I stopped in my tracks and waited for her to catch up to me. As she bent in front of me and placed her hands on her knees she began to catch her breath.

"I think you need to work on your cardio." I pointed out the blatantly obvious fact about Shin. She stood up straight and stuck her tongue out at me.

"Haha very funny. Not all of us can be in great shape like you." I shrugged my shoulders and turned on my heel.

"It wouldn't kill you to go for a run every once in a while."

"Do you remember the last time I went for a run with you? I nearly died and you were going to leave me!" She over exaggerated the first time she stepped out of her house for a light jog around the neighbourhood.

"One, you didn't 'almost' die because you were fine and two, I wasn't going to leave you. You needed water, so I was going to grab you some."

"Excuses, excuses." She was cut off by my phone making its usual bing sound whenever I received a text. I fished my phone out of my bag and immediately regretted it afterwards.

Will you stop ignoring me?!

With a groan I placed my phone back in my bag. I felt Shin's soft green eyes staring at me, so I looked at her through the corner of mine and sighed.

"What?"

"Is it Gou again?"

"Who else would it be?"

"Maybe you should go and see him." I waved my hand at the idea.

"No. He's not worth my time." Shin immediately dropped the touchy subject as we continued walking home. Instead, she just discussed the latest gossip she had heard around school.

It had been so long since I last stepped near a swimming competition, so watching a friendly competition that was open to the public was a good start. As I walked into the large room I saw Gou talking to her swim team. A part of me wanted to go over and see her, but I knew that wouldn't be wise.

I walked along the aisles until I found a suitable spot for myself. I sat in the front because I wanted to see, but off to the side because I didn't want to be noticed. I watched as swimmers of all ages swam against one another in the pool.

I started to lose interest until I saw a familiar scarlet haired boy man walk out. He peeled off his Samezuka Academy jacket and placed it in the bin beside him as he stretched out his legs. Beside him was the infamous Haruka that continued to push Rin. The man that I silently thanked because he helped Rin through his troubles and to push him to be a better swimmer.

"Ready." They stepped onto the starting block and positioned themselves accordingly. When the whistle blew the two jumped into the pool and left the other swimmers behind.

I watched in amazement as Rin pulled in front of Haru with such ease. When he made the turn I almost believed that he had this race in the bag, but Haru surprised me when he made a remarkable recovery and managed to catch up to Rin. As my grip on the railing tightened out of nerves the two hit the wall at the exact same time.

When they both took off their caps and goggles I saw as Rin raise a hand for Haru. As the two exchanged a high five and smiles I shook my head and kissed my teeth. I had had enough of him and his smiles, so I stood up form my seat and left the building, but I couldn't help but feel someone's eyes bearing into my back.

My eyes lingered on the ceiling as I laid in bed. His smile haunted me ever since I got back from that competition and I cursed myself for ever going. I rolled over and looked at the picture that was in its light brown frame on my bedside table.

My arms were wrapped around his neck as my legs wrapped around his torso. He placed his hands on the back of my thighs, so I wouldn't slip off. My chin rested on his shoulder and you could see that the camera had caught us laughing together. His sharp teeth were visibly seen as he faced me and I faced him.

"I could care less about him, Shin."

"Why're you lying to yourself?"

"I'm not."

"Then how come you still have that photo of the two of you on your bedside table?"

"Damn it." I cursed under my breath as I turned around and managed to get comfortable, so I could fall asleep at last.

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