Anime: Free! - Iwatobi Swimming Club
Characters: Matsuoka Rin x Nitori Aiichirou
Description: As Rin waits for Nitori to come back to their room, Mikoshiba knocks on the door and tells Rin his roommate got in an accident. When Rin arrives, Nitori appears to have amnesia and doesn't know who he is. Rin already had a slight crush on Nitori, and decides to make use of the situation; especially when doctors tell him his memories will most probably not return. What happens if they actually do return?
Rate: M-rated for later chapters. Will contain smut and angst.

Chapter 1

The bright light of the moon was shining onto the face of Matsuoka Rin, as he was still fully awake while laying on his bed. He was waiting, waiting for his roommate Nitori Aiichirou to come back, as he was still out. It worried Rin, since Nitori promised – he freaking promised! – him to be in their room around 10 PM.

Rin checked his phone every 30 seconds, or at least it seemed like that. He had been sending the shota so many messages asking when he'd be coming back. If he was even planning on going back the same day. However, he didn't got any messages back. Not even a phone call.

Rin didn't know whether to be angry at Nitori for breaking his promise and not contacting him, to be disappointed in him or to be incredibly relieved when he came back. If he came back, that was. Rin wasn't so sure anymore. This had never happened before…

Maybe Nitori was starting to seriously dislike his senpai. Maybe Nitori found out that Rin secretly wanted to be more than just friends, more than roommates and definitely to be more than just senpai and kouhai.

Now this became really frustrating for the short-tempered swimmer. All he wanted was his kouhai to be back as soon as possible. He didn't want to wait anymore. He didn't –

A knock on the door. A loud 'fuck!' echoed through the room as Rin stood up but bumped his head against Nitori's bunk. He didn't have time to be whining, perhaps it was Nitori. Or not – He had the key of their room as well, so why knock?

He shook his head quickly, and raced to the door. He swung it open quite roughly and saw his captain, Mikoshiba Seijuro, standing in the door opening. A soft 'oh, it's just you,' escaped from his mouth. Usually Mikoshiba would have given him a soft – or hard, it depended on his captain's mood – slap against the back of his head. This time… He didn't.

Mikoshiba looked worried, very worried. ''Rin, this is serious,'' He said with a deep tone in his voice, making sure to Rin that he really was serious about… About what, exactly? Rin tilted his head a bit to the right, giving Mikoshiba a questioning look.

''It's Nitori.''

''What about Nitori?''

Silence. An awkward one for Rin, and for Mikoshiba one to get himself together again. Mikoshiba let out a sigh so he was able to talk again without panicking. Rin now knew that whatever the other guy was about to say, wasn't something nice or funny.

''Captain, what about Nitori?'' He repeated his question, trying to sound as formal as he could, yet he wasn't able to avoid the bit of the harsh tone that came with the question.

''The hospital called our headmaster. And the headmaster called me. Rin, Nitori had an accident. According to the friend he was with today, they were about to go down the stairs towards a park for some ice-cream. Some guy was being hasty and bumped against Nitori. The poor guy lost his balance and fell down the stairs, being unconscious after the fall.'' Mikoshiba explained, succeeding in remaining calm as he spoke.

Rin's eyes widened up; this was a nightmare, right? Yes, he was probably in his bed and sleeping – that was reality. ''I—Wh—H-How did… No. No this isn't real. You're not real. Go away and bother someone else!'' He snarled, as he finally managed to breathe again.

Mikoshiba glared, just a tiny little bit, and slapped Rin in his face. ''You should come back to reality, NOW. Matsuoka Rin, you're friend is in the hospital, okay?! You better go to him right now. I have no idea whether he is already awake or not, since the call was already three hours ago. I needed to calm down myself since one of my teammates got in a freaking accident.'' Mikoshiba explained.

To the captain's big surprise, Rin didn't become angry. All he did was sighing once with his eyes closed, and opened them again when he was a bit calm himself as well.

''Alright. I'll be going to the hospital, then. I have no idea whether I'll come back, but I will definitely be at the training tomorrow,'' Was all Rin said after he got his jacket. He turned off the lights and walked outside the room, closing the door behind him silently.

''Oh, Matsuoka.''

''Hm?''

''When he wakes up, be nice to him, okay? Otherwise I'll be there to kick your ass for being the jerk you are,'' Mikoshiba chuckled as he tried to cheer both himself and Rin up.

Rin grinned, a sign that he was joining the joke – even though Mikoshiba was secretly serious about it. ''Forget dating my sister, then. Forget even talking to her.''

''Oh now you are just being mean!'' Mikoshiba laughed and patted Rin's back softly. ''It'll be fine. I will see you tomorrow.'' He winked, and walked back inside his own room.

Once the door of the captain was closed, a very big and worried sigh escaped the redheaded swimmer's lips as he began to walk outside, towards the hospital his roommate currently was.

Rin didn't know what to expect. Maybe he was dead? Maybe he was in a coma? Maybe something even worse… He quickly shook his head, and tried to think of something good. Maybe everything is fine… Yes, that was what he needed. That was the thought he needed to go for.

When he walked inside the hospital, he suddenly hurried to the woman behind the desk where he had to declare himself. The woman smiled, and wanted to say the words she usually did, but the student didn't even give her even once chance for that.

''Matsuoka Rin. I'm the roommate and friend of Nitori Aiichirou whom got into this hospital a couple of hours ago. I don't care if there is no visiting-hour, I just need to see him right now!'' He demanded.

The woman nodded once. ''It's no visiting-hour indeed. However, no one has come for him yet. His family didn't and not even one of his friends after we gave the school a call. You are allowed to go to him, unless the doctor doesn't want you to.'' She warned him, and he nodded once as an agreement.

Once the woman had given him Nitori's room-number, the swimmer hurried to the stairs; the elevator would be way too slow for him.

As he arrived on the right floor, he had to slow himself down when nurses came in sight. He walked towards the room with the number the woman had given to him on a piece of paper – like he was so stupid that he couldn't keep three simple numbers in mind or something.

He stood in front of the door, with a sign hanging next to it – and under the number of the room – that said: ''Aiichirou Nitori''

Rin swallowed once, and knocked on the door. Once the voice of a man(Rin guessed around the man was somewhere in the forties) allowed him to come in, he did so.

''You must be either family of Nitori-kun, or a close friend.'' The man smiled.

''I am his roommate and friend, yes. Is Nitori okay? He isn't going to die now, right?'' Rin quickly asked; all he needed was some answers.

''He will be fine. You may talk to him as he woke up just two minutes ago. I have to check him right now, but he is situation is okay. So that can wait for a couple of minutes,'' The doctor said.

The doctor stood up and walked to the door, Rin taking a step to the left to get out of the doctor's way.

''Don't force him with anything. Stay nice, and most important; stay calm.'' And with those words the doctor left as he close the door.

Rin walked towards Nitori and sat down on the chair next to his bed. Nitori was looking around a little bit, trying to realize where he was. His senpai gave him all the time he needed.

Four minutes went by when Rin noticed that Nitori was staring at him. Rin blushed very slightly, and smiled. ''Hey there, Nitori. How are your wounds? Are you feeling okay?''

Nitori kept staring at him. ''I…am fine… Thanks for asking…'' He replied softly as he wasn't able to talk a lot yet.

''I'm glad to hear that, you know. You worried me sick when you didn't text or called me back. You even scared the hell out of the captain,'' he laughed.

''I worried you?'' The kouhai asked.

''Yes, you did. Of course you did, Nitori. What are you talking about? I told you a couple of times before that I worry easily about you, you know. You can be… so clumsy sometimes.'' Rin finally managed to let out a soft laugh.

''I am… clumsy? Oh… Ehm, can I ask you something?'' Nitori asked as he stared deeply into Rin's eyes.

''Sure. Anything.'' Rin said, feeling his heart beating a little bit faster than before.

''Who are you?''

[A/N] Thanks for reading! Please review! ^^