Hello everyone! This is my first fanfiction, and I am super excited to share it with everyone! Why did I decide to start writing now, despite constantly reading fanfics for the past couple years? Well, I started to get frustrated by the fact that not many people were writing stories about my new favorite couple, Kou X Seijuurou from Free! Maybe it's because they've had little interaction so far in the anime, or because this anime is new in general. Well anyways, I hope to make a couple chapters for this story of mine~ Actually, I honestly don't know how long I will make it but….. Whatever floats my boat I guess haha. Anyways, enjoy!

"Fuah!" Seijuurou gasped for air after effortlessly achieving a new swimming record.

The underclassmen admired his speed and strength from afar, too intimidated by their captain's charisma and not to mention, his sharp and frightening facial features. Despite knowing that their captain's personality neither matched his appearance nor the aura he gave off, they couldn't help but set themselves distant from him. Seijuurou didn't mind their behavior though; he assumed they were always trying to be on their best behavior around him since he was, in fact, the top dog of Samezuka Academy's swim team.

"Oiii, Seijuurou! There's some chick out in the hall that's looking for her brother. Deal with her quickly before she commits a crime or something."

Before going out to greet the visitor, he slipped on his jacket and some pants. 'Wouldn't want to get her drool all over me,' he laughed to himself. He was quite used to dealing with fangirls on a daily basis. After being nearly raped by the first guest—or rather, guests, since they had come in a rather large group—he learned his lesson to never again confront them half-naked. Never. He stepped into the hall and was greeted by a few of his teammates who were on break. However, he was shocked to see some of his underclassmen completely ignore his presence—normally they'd be immediately bowing down at 90-degree angles, if not more, and making way for him to pass through. Instead, they were admiring the red-haired beauty that stood in front of them.

"Ahem!" His underclassmen broke out of their trance, bowed, and left immediately while covering their blushing faces. 'Tch, they've seen plenty of girls loitering around here since they've joined. What's gotten into them?' Shaking his annoyance away, he turned back to the red-haired guest and greeted her.

"Hey, so it's you? The one who's looking for her big brother?" Startled, she turned to meet his golden eyes with her eyes that matched her hair. "Ah, yes!" She greeted him back with a smile. Just that. A smile. There was no fumbling over words, no stuttering, no uncontrollable blushing, none of that. It was his turn to be caught off guard.

"Hold on….You know…You're pretty cute…" Seijuurou couldn't believe what had just escaped from his mouth. Cute? First of all, the fact that he complimented a "fangirl" was surprising enough. Second of all, if "cute" was the best he could do then he was ashamed at himself for not being such a smooth talker. He caught the glances from his teammates who were eavesdropping on their conversation—apparently they were surprised by their captain's clumsiness too. He snapped out of his embarrassment and tried to cool his blushing down a bit when the girl spoke.

"Thank you. I'm looking for Matsuoka Rin, my brother," she replied calmly. Despite being once again surprised by her composure, Seijuurou was too concerned with the unfamiliar name that he heard her say. "Matsuoka? There's nobody named Matsuoka on the swim team." When she had finally lost her composure and replied with a "Huh?", Seijuurou felt as if he'd won. 'Ahh~ ah, so she was just faking that she had a sibling just to get inside? Heh, I guess it wouldn't hurt if I played along.' He took the girl's hand while wearing a dazzling smile on his face—one that would make any girl faint.

"By the way, I'm Seijuurou. Mikoshiba Seijuurou, but you can just call me Seijuurou." She looked up from their hands to his face. 'Ah—when she looks up at me like that, she looks like a puppy. A really.. cute..' –bathump- 'Wait, what was that?'

"Nice to meet you Seijuurou-san, my name is Matsuoka... Gou, but everyone calls me Kou so please do the same!" He responded with a 'pleased to meet you' before abruptly releasing her hand. He felt his hands begin to get clammy and he wouldn't want her to notice that. 'Weird, she didn't even give any signs of being interested in me… even with my killer smile. Maybe she isn't a fangirl after all...?' He looked back at Kou, noticing the change in her mood. "…But you know," Seijuurou broke the silence,"if he ever does join… I'll contact you!" It was a hasty move. He knew that in order to contact her, he would need her number. That, or she could ask her brother herself whether or not he had decided to join the swim team. But considering the fact that Kou wasn't even aware that Rin wasn't apart of the team, Seijuurou assumed that they weren't very close siblings. "Ah…" Kou hesitated. She knew that there'd be no other way for her to be notified of Rin's new membership. However, she felt awkward exchanging numbers with a stranger. Feeling that Seijuurou wasn't going to do anything sketchy with her contact, she gave in.

'Score…' Seijuurou inwardly patted himself on the back. Before Kou left, he wanted to make sure he was going to see her again—he couldn't depend on this Rin… if he didn't join in the end, Seijuurou would never have a good chance at meeting Kou any time soon in the future. He felt it would be fun exploring his new interest in her. Sure, he had multiple relationships before, more or less without love, but he felt that Kou was different. Maybe since she wasn't so easily swayed, he felt that he'd be able to play with her longer than he did with his previous girls... and that she wouldn't start loving him in the end and cause their casual relationship to end.

"Hey!" Kou whisked around at the sudden call. "Do you want to meet up sometime? In fact would you like to meet up tomorrow since it's a weekend? I'm planning on taking out a few of my teammates out to the club; you can bring a few friends if you'd like." He observed her reaction. No blush again, despite him mentioning that the location would be at a club. He was attempting to make his intentions obvious. Maybe she was too thick-skinned to notice—either that or she too, was also experienced. On the other hand, Kou was secretly flustered by his sudden request. Her first impression of him being a decent guy was immediately flushed down the drain, and now she viewed him as a typical guy who wanted to get in her pants. 'The club, huh?' It had been awhile since she had gone out with other people. In fact, maybe ever since Rin left…"Sure," she replied calmly after much consideration. 'It would be nice to relieve my stress through some dancing and alcohol.' Seijuurou chuckled. He was surprised numerable times within this one encounter. He felt his heart thump faster from what he believed to be his excitement. 'She's different.' He thought to himself. 'She's different…'

ANDDDDD that's the end of the first chapter! Hope you guys liked it. I wasn't really sure where I was going with this, and I'm still not quite sure, but please continue to read and support this story! Sorry if it's not to your liking, I'll try harder to improve my writing skills! Until next time~ HitoriOkami