Note: This fic is inspired by a fic titled 'A Mermaid's Tale' by DaffodilChains (My request is to read that fic) . Of course the basic is same (SeiGou) but I'm not sure I could make a good SeiGou till the end of this fic :'x... But I will do my best. Ayyye! Actually English isn't my native language, therefore I'm so sorry if there are many mistakes *bowed* But I hope you all enjoy my fic... Oh, this is an AU Fic. And may be there will be an OOC-ness too. And this is—you can say— a remake version. I've tried my best to fix the grammar. Hope this one will be better~!
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This Red
This Red © Kamikura39
Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club © Kyoto Animation and Ouji Kouji
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Chapter 1
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I sat on a big rock around the dock down there. The wave danced gracefully around the rock, and sometimes it was high enough to make the tip of my dress wet. I tried to enjoy this moment, while looked up to the sky; thinking about things I shouldn't had done. Without any words, I sighed. A long sigh.
'How can it be?' I thought. 'I should have known that Makoto-senpai likes Haruka-senpai, and not me. Why did I still confess to him? Why should I be that stupid to ruin this training camp? The situation just now was bad enough because Rei-kun suddenly got cough, and now I make it worse.'
I took out my phone, wished I could tell such this thing to onii-chan, but well— I knew it was almost impossible. Onii-chan would never picked up my call, would never replied to my messages, and would never ever care about his little sister anymore. He's already in his world now, and I couldn't disturb him. And somehow, for some reason, it disturbed me. I put back my phone into the dress' pocket.
'Ugh, I'm their manager! You're the manager, Gou! I can't let this things to ruin our training camp, I should be able to handle my own self!' I shouted in my mind, tried to cheer myself up.
"Hey." Suddenly a voice broke out my loneliness. I looked around, but no one there. My heart throbbed a little bit faster. That was a masculine voice.
"Are you okay?" That voice asked again. It sounded more close than before, as if it was right in front of me. I started to feel scared, confused, and enthusiast at the same time.
"I'd be glad if you show yourself." I finally spoke, though with a doubt.
"Look down, please," said that voice again.
I did what he said, and what I found did really surprise me. A red haired man with yellow eyes was laid down on the lower rock, where I sat on. His lower body was under the water, but he seemed to enjoy it. He smiled at me, and then grinned; showing his line of teeth.
"Why are you so gloomy, Princess?" He asked.
I raised one of my eyebrow. Wait a minute, I didn't recognize this guy at all. His face was new, and so was his voice. But he just called me—princess? He was a flamboyant? A flamboyant swimmer? Though he was like that, I didn't know why I still smiled in the end.
"You're new here?" I dared myself to ask, without bending down more than I had done. I didn't want him to drag me into the sea suddenly.
That guy put a thinking face. "Well, not as new as you are, actually," he answered me with a joking tone. I couldn't decide whether it was a joke or not. "But, if you think I'm a swimmer— you can think of me on such a way."
I tried not to laugh for that light joke, if it was a joke. "Well, I have never seen you before. I used to live in this small town, so if you're not a new comer just like what you said—"
"Because I live here," that guy cut off my words, with a big cheerful smile on his face. Now I gave him my confused look. He laughed at it, and shook his head right off. "Not there, but here." He added, while he pointed the shore, and then here, the sea.
I blinked several times. What—was he kidding me? "Living in the sea? What do you mean?"
"I'm a merman." He said as he raised his green tail, moving it on the surface until it made some splash and got me wet a little bit. "I know this is so sudden, and strange, and—"
"Beautiful." Now it's my turn to cut his words off. I smiled to him softly. It was purely from my heart, I mean— looked at his muscles, those were such a beautiful things! No, Gou— controlled yourself! I shook my head fast, tried to put off those thoughts away.
"Well, I'm Matsuoka Gou." I introduced myself. "But I would be glad if you call me 'Kou'. You know it, right? Gou is too boyish to me, I think Kou is more cute and suit me, well— I don't say I'm cute, but— well, that's it!" Without realizing, I spoke very fast as my cheeks got warmer.
That guy laughed and splashed the water to my feet. "You know, you're pretty cute, Gou-chan. My name's Seijuurou, you can call me that."
"First, it's Kou." I corrected him. 'But I'm not cute enough to take Makoto-senpai's heart. Well, love is not only based on cuteness, but— uh, still, I'm not that cute.' I added it in my heart.
"I like Gou more than Kou," said Seijuuruou suddenly. He swam a little bit around me, and then stopped to give me a warm look. "It's unique, and I like it. I hope you won't force me to call you 'Kou'."
My cheeks became warmer and warmer, and I couldn't imagine how red my face was at this state. I took a glance to my wrist, which rounded sweetly around my left wrist. It was almost the lunch time.
"I think I have to go back now." I said, as I looked back to Seijuurou. "My friends will search for me."
And then, I climbed the dock carefully—so my skirt wouldn't flipped by the wind and gave Seijuurou a fan service. I peeked him from my shoulder. Well— he backed me. He made sure not to peek my underwear? To be honest, it touched me.
"Are you done?" He asked.
I giggled, and said, "You can turn around now. Thanks for your gentle attitude, Seijuurou."
Seijuurou turned around and grinned. He looked very happy, while I was the opposite. Well, it was no one's fault, and I wouldn't blame anyone—even anything, except my own foolishness.
"Well, see you, Seijuurou." I waved my hand and was about to go, right before he shouted.
"Will I meet you again, Gou-kun?"
Actually, if it was anyone else— Nagisa-kun, for example— I had to be mad right off. But, this was Seijuurou. For some reason, I minded, but didn't mind it too at the same time. I gave him my best smile, and then waved my hand cheerfully before I went away.
"I don't promise, but I hope to!" I exclaimed. After that, I ran away towards the beach, headed into the hotel as fast as I could do.
No, Gou, you can't let Seijuurou becomes your love-bound, I reminded myself. I'm interested in him, because he's unique. And he's my new friend. Yes, that's it. A friend. Only it.
However, I couldn't think about my feeling towards Makoto-senpai right now; whether I should fight for him, or gave up.
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"Kou-chan, did you see Haru?" Makoto-senpai asked me when we lined up to the dining room.
"Haruka-senpai?" I repeated his question in a silly way. "No, why?"
Makoto-senpai looked worried this time, it was shown clearly as he frowned and looked away. "He's gone for last few hours. I bet he's in the sea, but it's been too long. At least, he should eat something first."
My eyes widened right after I heard those words. "You mean—Haruka-senpai hasn't eaten anything, and now he's nowhere to be found in that vast sea?"
Reluctantly, Makoto-senpai nodded. Not so long, Nagisa-kun showed up. I told the problem to him, and we decided to search Haruka-senpai before we get the lunch. Sea was beautiful, but it was dangerous at the same time.
Now, the weather was sunny bright with a bit windy. But, no one knew what would happen for the next minute. As far as I knew, nature could change drastically at certain conditions; exceptional, pressure difference, or your bad luck.
Suddenly, I recalled about someone whom I could ask help to. Seijuurou, he could help us!
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To Be Continued
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A/N : Ayye ayye ayyee! Chapter 1 remake version is done! XD #kicked. OMG I feel so refreshed for some reason xD #kid. May be because my grammar isn't that bad anymore? Well, I can't guarantee though! XD #lololololol #kid #slapped
But I guarantee a fluff of SeiGou here (✧﹏✧) #slapped #kicked
It's been a loooonggg time since the last time I actived in ffn, and please blame someone for it T^T #no. Anyway, that's not the problem anymore. Problem is I need your review, critics, thoughts, anything! XD
I'm open to it uwu
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