Damn you episode 7, causing me to write depressing and angsty things.
This is short, but there might be a part two. I'm not sure yet.
Warning: character suicide. Haruka... ;;_;;
Rin won. "Good for him. I should find him tomorrow and congratulate him. Do something nice." Haruka mumbled to himself as he stepped into his small but comfortable home. He dropped his bag with a thud, kicked off his sneakers, and shrugged off his jacket, heading toward the bathroom.
His shirt and sweatpants came off in the hallway, his swimsuit still on from his race earlier that day. Haruka entered the bathroom and stared at the tub he had spent countless hours in. All he wanted was to be immersed in water, to be calmed by it, yet… at the same time, the thought made him sick.
Today, he had lost. Today, water had betrayed him. No. That wasn't right. He was betrayed, but not by water. Glancing at his reflection in the bathroom mirror, he saw nothing, and kept walking toward the tub.
Haruka leaned over and turned the water on, ice cold droplets splashing onto his skin. He stepped in, and the freezing water sent a harsh shock through his body. It felt good. He leaned back until his head was resting against the edge of the tub. His body was already responding to the cold water, and he began to shiver.
Haruka sunk lower into the water, ignoring his body's tremors, his nose and eyes the only things above the surface. He felt abandoned. He felt lost. He felt alone. Knowing that Rin would never swim with him again, even if they were rivals… That he had lost to him. It made him feel… broken. He felt broken. More than he had ever felt before.
This is something that even water can't fix. Haruka slid down further, his nose now submerged. I don't want to be remembered as ordinary… His whole body was now underwater. He let the last bit of oxygen escape his lungs, and let the water take its place.
He choked against the feel of it forcing its way down his throat and into his lungs, but he didn't fight it. Soon he began to feel a pleasant numbness spread throughout his body. He felt like he was floating. It was lovely. As the water slowly washed away his consciousness, he had one last, fleeting thought.
Rin… Why?