Hiya! Halloween was coming up so I thought I would do something Halloween-y for you guys. And then this great idea hit me for this so I typed it all in one go...
This is all completely, utterly, crack so idk if you should continue reading beyond this point.
You turned your head to the right, and sucked in a deep breath as you swam laps around the pool. The water was cool to your touch, and flowed past you perfectly. As you reached the end of your fourth lap, you closed your eyes and turned on your back, floating in the pool. It was silent and peaceful, until your head bumped into something hard. Surprised, you gasped as your head went under, the water going up your nose. You rose out of the water to see Haru floating around. And you thought being early to practice would buy you some alone-time.
"Haru-chan!" you spluttered at him, water rushing up your nose, then down your throat. You coughed, spittle flying into his face just as he came up from the pool. He furrowed his brows, and wiped it off. With more water. "What are you doing here?"
"I could ask you the same thing."
"Where is everyone else?"
"How would I know?"
"What time is it?"
"I thought you were the one with the watch." You glared daggers at him as you backed up to the pool wall, checking your watch. It was already half past three! (1) Usually, everyone would be here by three twenty. "Hey, something might be wrong…." you trailed, thinking of all the worst possible ways a group of people could get murdered.
"Then why don't you go look for them?" he said, blue hair shining in the warm sun. You shook your head, water droplets flying everywhere.
"Nuh uh you're coming with me, Ariel."(2) You dragged him to the edge of the pool, him reluctantly following. Just as you were climbing the bars to get out of the pool, an overly cheerful voice cried your name. You jumped, the sudden noise startling you, causing you to release your grip on the bars. You fell into Haru, who just barely managed to catch you.
"[name], please contain yourself." He said, his voice void of emotion.
"Ha! I knew it!" Gou yelled, pointing an accusing finger at you both. You raised an eyebrow and pushed yourself away from Haru, who was trying to distance himself from you too. Gou was constantly thinking there was something between you two when there so obviously wasn't.
"Gou, give up on that." You sighed, climbing out of the pool.
"Kou!" she yelled in your ear. You rolled your eyes at your red-headed friend, and reached for a towel.
"Where's everyone else?" you asked, drying your [h/c] hair. As if on cue, Nagisa, Rei, and Makoto walked in.
"[Name]!" Nagisa hollered loud enough for the entire school to hear. Behind him, you could see everyone sweat-dropping. He skipped up to you, blond hair bouncing (and you had to admit he probably had more fabulous hair than you) and shoved a piece of paper in your face. "[Name] we have to go to this!" he pointed a finger at the dripping black text on the sheet of paper. Halloween Scarefest. Discount with a student ID. Ghouls and zombies were in the background, with more than enough blood everywhere.
"Uh, I don't think I want t-"you started to say, but flashed his best puppy dog eyes at you, his fuchia orbs shining. The rest of your sentence trailed off into an inaudible whisper as you turned to look at everyone else. They all gave you this look that read as no. Your eyes turned back to the blonde and you met his intent gaze again. You turned your head to the side with a muffled fine.
He cocked his head to the side. "I don't think I heard you, [name]".
"I said fine!" you yelled. A devilish smile started to form on his lips, but he turned around before you could be sure.
"Yes!" he fist pumped the air and ran over to Haru to ask the same. Haru glanced at the paper and looked like he couldn't give any less shits. You stealthily sneaked over to see what Nagisa would bribe him with, but he noticed and bent down to Haru's ear. Before you could bend down too, he jumped up and ran away. Looking back at Haru, his eyes were shining and you were pretty sure it had to be a damn good bribe.
Nagisa clapped his hands loudly, and got everyone's attention on him. "Tomorrow's Halloween so we should all meet at six at the front entrance?" he said with a bit too much exuberance. Sure and why not could be heard escaping everyone's mouths, though it sounded really forced. You felt a hand on your arm and looked to see Gou leaning toward you.
"I don't think Makoto is going to like this" she whispered in your ear. You raised your gaze to see him looking like he was about to die. With his fear of this kind of stuff, you could understand why. Besides, that's what you looked like inside right now.
"I don't think I will either" you told her.
"Really? I think it's going to be fun." You looked at her. Her eyes were shining almost as bright as Nagisa's. Of course. She would love this. She tapped her chin and wondered aloud "Should I wear my costume….why not?" When she turned her head to look at you, you looked almost as bad as Makoto.
She leaned into you again and quietly said "Maybe I'll ask my brother to come with us. I know you got a thing for him as well as Har-"
"NO I DON'T" you yelled in her ear, causing everyone to raise an eyebrow at you both. You always had a tiny little huge crush on him in elementary school. When he left, you were depressed and no one knew why. The only person you ever told about this was Gou. She promised to not tell him, but you were sure she had slipped up somewhere and told him. "Uh, I don't like spiders which is probably why I shouldn't go."
"Eh?! But you just said you would!" Nagisa ran up to you furrowed his eyebrows. "Maybe we can't trust you anymore." he said jokingly.
"Don't worry, she'd definitely coming, right [name]?" She hooked her arms around your neck so tight you thought that today might have been your last day on Earth. But then at least you didn't have to go.
You decided life was the better choice and gave him a thumbs up.
"That's great! Make sure you wear your costumes…." Nagisa backed up slowly, wiggling his fingers in a futile attempt to look spooky. He just ended up falling into the pool backwards.
"He he, I'm definitely asking him to come with us now" Gou whispered, still having you in a headlock. "Who knows, you might even enjoy it." Your cheeks heated up as you escaped her death grip and dived headfirst into the pool, hoping the water will cool you down. You gulped, knowing that you're going to regret this for a while.