'Will I ever be able to swim anything but butterfly?' He questioned himself.
"Ryugazaki…" A voice that rang a familiar tone to Rei. He turned around and saw the olive eyed boy. "It's been a while."
"Sera-senpai?" But he was more than an upperclassman to Rei. When Rei was in track, he dated the track captain.
"Your running looked fantastic the other day in the Club-Versus-Club Relay." Sera comlimented him.
"No matter how fast I can run, It doesn't help the swim team."
"Hey, Ryugazaki…" Sera was still upset about Rei leaving the track team, and him. "Don't you feel any desire to come back to the track team?...Or me?" Rei was surprised that he asked that. "To me, at least, you seem to shine more when you're on the track. How is it when you're in the water?"
"Th-That's…" Rei looked at the book in his hand, embarrassed. He hid the book behind him.
"If you're ever interested in coming back to the track team, you're always welcome." Sera stopped next to Rei and grabbed his shoulder, pulling Rei closer to himself. He gave a quick peck to his cheek and whispered in his ear. "I'll be waiting for you." He walked away from the statue-like boy. "See you later."
The purple-eyed boy was then left alone, thinking about what just happened.
' "I swim because I want to. That's all" ' Rei remembered the scene that left him questioning himself. 'Haruka-senpai swims because he wants to..So what about me?' Nagisa splashed water on him and brought Rei away from his thoughts.
"Rei-chan looks worried." Nagisa pointed out. Makoto and Haru left to change, Nagisa and Rei were left at the showers.
"I'm fine." He lied in front of the blonds face. After Rei joined the swim team, Rei started to grow feelings for the shortest of the group.
"Rei…" With no '-chan' and the end of his name, Rei knew that Nagisa saw through his lie and was worried for him. "Was it when you ran the other day? Did it remind you of when you were track?"
"No, Nagisa-kun, I can assure you I'm fine."
Rei and Nagisa left the showers a while ago and he left Nagisa to walk on his own sadly. Rei wanted to walk with him but he had other things he needed to attend to. Rei took out his phone.
"Hey, Rin-san...Do you think you could help me with my swimming?" As Rei talked to Rin he noticed that there was a slight change in the redheads voice. He didn't know what it was but he took it as the possible static over the phone call.
He laid on his bed after he finished his homework.
"Sera…" Rei remembered Sera and the relationship they once had. 'Should I go back? But to what? Sera...Or track...Or both?' He thought about what could possibly to the swim team but more importantly, Nagisa. Rei eventually drifted himself off to sleep