Into the Blue
Summary: What if you loved swimming, it was something you enjoyed doing to the fullest, for absolutely no reason what so ever. What if you couldn't swim anymore...This is something Haruka Nanase had never considered, until Nagisa's cousin came to visit. All x OC,
A/N: Okay so I know i have a lot of unfinished stories but in my defence my town flooded last summer in 2014 and i lost everything, and i mean EVERYTHING. I didn't even save clothes and along with everything that went my laptop was with it. So all the stories i had finished are gone, when i get inspiration to finish them I shall. However I've gotten some inspiration for a Free! fic and I hope you enjoy it, there's no particular pairing at the moment but through character interactions and feedback i may decide to pair them up.
Please enjoy Into the Blue.
Disclaimer: I do not own, though i sincerely wish I did Free!Iwatobi swim club, all characters belong to their rightful owners, but I do own my OC.
Chapter 1 :
Water, it was mysterious, deep, and unending. Haru Nanase loved this feeling; just floating through the water, not a care in the world. Nothing to bother him.
"MINNA!"
Except maybe that, He slowly righted himself in the pool and swam close to the edge, but not close enough that his long time friend Makoto could pull him out again. He wasn't ready to get out yet...
He saw Nagisa, running full tilt towards the edge of the pool in his bathing suit, "I have great news." "What is it Nagisa, spit it out already some of us actually try to practice" spoke Rei the newest member to their circle of friends, "Rei..." Nagisa pouted before pulling back his original train of thought. "My cousin is coming to visit" he said earning a few quizzical looks.
"And?" questioned Rei.
"I've invited her to join us for a good swim she used to be a world class champion when she went to school, she's about a year older than us, but last year she quit competing, I was hoping she'd come and give us pointers for the next tournament." Nagisa said proudly.
"Wah!~ Nagisa that's a good idea!" Rei said thumping a closed fist into his palm in understanding. "If she' a champion then that means she'd know exactly what we're doing wrong, and tell us what we need to do right, and with her giving us visual lessons we'll improve in no time!" the blunette said in a calculative way, "the odds would be in our favour!"
"Exactly Rei-chan! That means we could finally beat samezuka at the rival swim tournament." Nagisa said, the recent event something designed by the two schools for friendly competition, and held just before Tournament prelims.
"Good idea Nagisa but don't make her show us okay, if she doesn't want to don't be rude and force it" Makoto said managing to catch Haru by the bicep, "ah! Cold" he said as he tried to yank his friend out of the pool, he'd been trying to catch him the entire time the conversation had occurred, "Haru! Its cold we should get out before you get sick." he pouted the sun setting and the pool cooling off rapidly.
"..."
It was good enough answer as any Makoto would get as Haru allowed his childhood friend to drag him from the pool by his arms, Makoto was certainly strong enough to accomplish such a thing anyways.
"When is she coming?" asked the blue eyed individual.
"Tomorrow!"
A moment of silence sunk in before Makoto blinked," so soon"
"Fast traveller" Nagisa supplied softly and Makoto sighed, "well hopefully she doesn't mind a last minute welcome." he muttered rubbing his temples. "Nah...she's good".
"I want to eat mackerel..." "Haru~..."
"So Nagisa" began Makoto the group walking towards the train station since it was how Rei and the Blonde got home. "What is your cousin like?"
"Oh! She's really nice, and considerate, like you Mako-chan but she doesn't get scared easily." he explained arms folded behind his head and he laughed at the look of exasperation upon Makoto's face at the revelation to getting scared easily. "She's smart to like Rei-chan and likes water like Haru-chan" "don't use ' chan ' on the end of my name"
"Like Haru?"
"Ah she doesn't randomly strip and try to dive into everything though" he quickly added and heard the sighs of relief from both Makoto and Rei. "But she could float in water for hours" he smiled nearing the station now.
"But she is friendly not mean like Rin? Right?" Rei questioned wondering how he was truly going to feel about a new face. "No not like Rin" "Is she like you?" referred to the blonde's over enthusiasm. "Maybe" and Nagisa took off with a run and a laugh leaving his three friends behind, two looked horrified at the idea of a second Nagisa running around and one looked indifferent.
"Ne Haru"
"mm?"
"What do you think about Nagisa's cousin coming?"
"Doesn't matter"
"Really? Not even slightly curious"
Haru sighed lightly and shifted on the patio of his home Makoto next to him, they'd been feeding the stray cats that wandered around his place, living so close to the shrine it wasn't uncommon to see then but suddenly Makoto had brought up Nagisa's cousin again. "You seem distressed at the idea" he said instead of replying to the question posed by his good friend.
"Well it's just, I mean...we've recently repaired our friendship with Rin and I'm just wondering if Nagisa and his cousin have a good standing. I hate to see my friends hurt and what if she gets angry I know Nagisa wants her to show us swimming tips and tricks but she also quit swimming right?" he rambled and shifted nervously until he caught Haru staring at him. "It's fine Makoto" Haru gazed at Makoto reassuringly, well what Makoto knew as assuring, considering Haru almost always wore the same expression.
"Its non of our business as to why she quit swimming" though the idea of quitting swimming all together seemed like a completely horrifying idea to Haru he couldn't ever do that he didn't think. "If she wants to show us then fine if not, well we're fine on our own anyways." Haru muttered stretching out backwards on the patio.
Makoto glanced down at his friend before smiling and flopping back himself, "I guess your right..." he chuckled and sighed contently.
A few moments of silence passed before Makoto heard Haru's stomach growl, "Dinner time I suppose" he laughed lightly as Haru began to move, "I'll make Mackerel..." "wah!" Makoto scrambled up, "Haru! Wait I'll cook instead!" though he wasn't as good a cook as Haru was he could still make a good Omurice.
He also really didn't want mackerel again.
Yukirin sighed as she sank into the seat of her uncle's car and offered a soft smile," thank-you for coming to get me Oji-chan[1]" "Non-sense Yuki-chan, Its better for me to get you then have you spend hours on a train." "Ah I guess your right." "Besides Nagisa and the girls are excited to see you." "Did you..." "No. me and your aunt thought it best to let you tell them." The car began to move and she slid down further into her seat the night sky growing darker by the second. "Thank-you"
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A/N: not alot of description in the first chapter but i wanted to just establish a plot and start the ball rolling next chapter will definetly have more, please read and review!