I do not own Free! Iwatobi Swim Club or Inuyasha.
Makoto Tachibana had been acting strange lately.
Well, his team mates thought so anyway.
"Makooootooo! You weren't even watching me! How am I supposed to get my time?" Nagisa Hazuki whined to his captain. Said captain was so startled he dropped the stop watch.
"I'm sorry Nagisa, take a break and we'll try again in a little bit, okay?" Makoto said as he smiled apologetically at the blonde boy.
"You won't be able to see her from here anyway, you might as well focus." Haruka Nanase droned. Makoto didn't even have time to gape at his best friend before the flood gate of questions opened.
"Her?!" Three voices shouted. Well, the cat was out of the bag now.
"Thanks Haru." Makoto deadpanned.
"You brought it on yourself." Before Makoto could reply Haruka dived under the water.
"Who exactly is her?" asked Rei Ryugazaki, their resident butterfly swimmer.
"Makoto, do you… like someone?" inquired their manager, Gou Matsuoka.
"Yeah, yeah! Do you? Is she pretty?" chimed in Nagisa.
Before Makoto could be badgered with even more questions by his overzealous friends, a voice called out to him.
"Tachibana-san!" All heads snapped to the left, and there in all her glory stood Kagome Higurashi, captain of the archery team. Makoto jogged to the fence, fighting a blush the whole way. She was here, why was she here? It's great that she's here, but so is his team! This could not be good.
"Higurashi-san, can I help you?" Makoto asked as he reached the fence.
"I wanted to ask how Ran-chan was doing, is she any better?" Kagome's concern for the young girl, Makoto's sister was clear.
"She's doing much better, that tea you brought over seems to be helping a lot. She should be back up and asking for archery lessons again in no time." He assured her with a gentle smile.
"Great! I'll bring some more over later. Sorry for interrupting your practice." She bowed in apology.
"It's alright! Thank you for looking after Ran." Makoto bowed back.
"Well, I better get going now; I'll stop by later this evening with the tea. Bye!" Kagome said with a wave. Makoto and the rest of the team watched her go.
"You've got good taste, Mako-chan." Nagisa said once the girl was out of sight. Makoto blushed when the rest of the team nodded.
Yes, Makoto Tachibana was in love with kind, sweet Kagome Higurashi, but did he have the courage to tell her?