The sun embraced the water of the pool, the swimmers gradually taking their place as Gou and Miss Amakata looked on from the shade. Gou slightly signed and looked at the clipboard in her hands, she fiddled with the paper as she looked at the regimen over and over again; thinking about whether it was the best type for the boys. Pouting her lips she gave up on the thought and looked over to see what everyone else was doing; Haru was casually floating in the water, Nagisa was continuing to annoy Rei and Makoto was trying to keep the peace with his continuous smile.
"Now now Nagisa, stop pestering Rei like that. Its not very nice." his eyebrows frowned as he held his hands up in a gentle way, his smile still visible as Nagisa stared at him with his childish act.
"Ah, but its too much fuun Mako-chaaan." he pondered as Rei slightly adjusted his red framed glasses. With that they continued to squabble about Nagisa playing with Rei, of which Rei signed and quietly slipped away so that his ears could have a break from their bickering. He surrendered back into the changing room, combing his fingers through the wet strands of hair.
"What did I do to deserve this?" Rei questioned as he rummaged through his green highlighted bag to grab his prepared towel, once obtained he gently brushed it against his hair. Secondly, he brushed it against his abs as well as then drying his biceps; of which Gou loved to constantly stare at. Once done he folded it back into a neat square and slipped it back into his bag, by then he heard the door open and saw that It was Makoto. A smile laid on his fine lips as he walked over to Rei waving a hand.
"Sorry about that Rei." he spoke softly, of which it was easy to difference that the apology was real.
Rei smiled and pushed his glasses up once more. "Its perfectly fine Makoto, their was no need though for you to step in." his words had only just left his lips when Makoto swiftly intercepted.
"No no, I know what Nagisa is like and sometimes he takes it too far. So I thought you might need the help in order for him to see straight." his gently smiled quickly reappeared on his face " Plus I want you to be as comfortable as possible in the club." with his words Rei slightly blushed, he looked away, fondling with his glasses.
"Y-your a good captain Makoto, I can see why everyone is so comfortable around you…" his glasses slightly steamed up, he spotted this and took them off and got his glasses case out to get his wipe, he sharply cleaned the lenses of his glasses as he looked at Makoto. "Its what makes me feel comfortable enough to swim, even though it can be embarrassing for me." he commented as he slipped his glasses back on after wiping them clean. The talk of embarrassment caught Makotos attension, he smiled.
"But your swimming ability has greatly improved, how can that be embarrassing?" he questioned as Rei viewed him with a light crimson filling his cheeks as he looked away guiding his fingers through his hair to avoid Makoto's gaze; his heart gently fluttered.
"Well, i-its kinda embarrassing with only being the one that wears glasses; its hard for me to see without them, Nagisa always steals them and as well as that it makes me not able to fit in… ts a stupid reason, but its true." he softly spoke as he made eye contact with Makoto's emerald eyes. Cheeks becoming flushed as the flutter in his heart continued. A few blinks separated them from an awkward silence as Makoto smiled once more.
"You should of told me sooner Rei, its my job to make all the members feel comfortable." he stopped and thought for a moment, "I have an idea that won't make you feel embarrassed, You'll see tomorrow." with that they heard a shout from Gou saying that it was time to leave, which followed with a argument with Haru who refused to leave the pool. Makoto heard the struggle and quickly went out after giving a quick hand sign to Rei of apology. Rei blinked, which followed with a sheepish smile as he turned to start getting dressed back into his uniform.
It had taken Makoto and Gou a while to get Haru out the pool, of which by then Nagisa and Rei had left as well as Miss Amakata. Makoto looked at where Rei had been stationed, he smiled and started to get changed himself as he chatted with Haru. They swiftly left once Haru stopped complaining about wanting to go back into the pool; Makoto had convinced him to go him by offering to make him burgers with mackerel.
The following day Rei had arrived at the changing room early, he signed and listening to the silence that the room seeped in; it was normally rowdy but Nagisa had to finish something off first. He rested his bag down on the bench, his ear twitched as he turned and saw the door open.
"Hi Nagis- Oh, its you Makoto." he spoke as he shuffled his jacket off. Makoto was smiling as he entered with Haru. The question of where Nagisa was did arise, but was sorted quickly with Rei's answer.
"Oh is that so, okay then." Makoto stated as he started to undress himself, Rei glanced and quickly turned his attention elsewhere after feeling his cheeks burning, he gulped and finished changing where he then headed out with Haru following behind him. It was a mere 5 minutes later when Makoto headed out, Rei heard the footsteps and began to talk as he slowly turned to face Makoto.
"So what was the thing about not making me feel—" his words cut short as he stopped in his tracks as he starred at Makoto blushing, he couldn't believe that Makoto had gone this far to make him not feel embarrassed. He felt his heart flutter as he looked away from.