She was doing it on purpose. He could swear it. And damn his traitorous eyes, but he just couldn't stop watching her.
It had started subtle enough. She'd started wearing lip-gloss and eyeliner (the eyeliner made her carmine eyes all the more striking and the glossy pink gloss just made her lips look all the more kissable and what he wouldn't give to just have a taste-) her skirts got just a tad shorter (they made her long legs look endless) and she'd started wearing shoes with a slight heel (even to school, she wore high heeled maryjane's, the kind that made ladies innately feel like they had to walk with a bit more of a sway of the hips).
That was around a month and a half ago and while most everyone had noticed
"Gou-chan! You're using your sex appeal!"
"It's Kou, damn it!"
And her brother had made it a point to come around much more than usual
"Onii-chan… you're breathing down my neck, you know."
"Change your clothes then!"
"Yada."
It wasn't hard to notice the amount of guys that now seemed to plaster themselves to the vicinity of the Iwatobi High School's pool after class, just to get a glimpse (or for the more confident, a conversation) with the swim teams manager.
"Gou-chan! You're too popular." Nagisa pouted as he walked out of the changing rooms. "You know it's a workout just getting passed all your admirers?"
Gou, for her part, looked up from her place on the bleachers. She'd been studying the regime she'd prepared for the day and making notes. She bit her lip and looked just a tad bit guilty. "I'm sorry. I've tried to ask them to leave for a bit during practice but some of them just can't take a hint."
"That's because they all want to date you Gou-chan!" He exclaimed as the rest of the swim team filed out behind him.
"It's Kou, Nagisa." She muttered as she stood up, smoothing down her school skirt as she did. "And they just aren't used to the makeup, that's all. It'll pass. In fact, I think there are less today then yesterday." She pointed out happily. "They all went back to admiring Onikari-san at the cheerleading club."
Ah, Onikari-chan. The blonde sophomore that liked to hang around his locker. Makoto had seen her around himself – spoken to her too - and while he could admit she was pretty, she wasn't anything like the beautiful redhead before them.
"I do believe Onikari-san's skirt may have gotten 2 inches shorter in the past week." Rei announced as he adjusted his glasses.
"Eh Rei? Does that mean you've been watching Onikari-chan's skirt? Do you like her?" Nagisa asked as he suddenly appeared in front of his face, pink eyes beaming with interest.
"What? No, I mean, I just noticed-" Rei fumbled as his hands spasmed, looking for an answer. "The boys in class, they've been talking and I just overheard-"
"Nani? You've been eavesdropping Rei? I can't believe you had it in you!" Nagisa sounded like a proud papa.
Rei looked as though he'd hyperventilate.
Makoto chuckled at the sight and turned to watch as Gou whined at Haru in the water. "Ne, Haru-senpai! I haven't given the regime yet!"
"I only swim free." He muttered before he ducked back into the clear blue.
"Swimming free is not going to get us to Nationals!" She called out and growled as she saw that she'd lost his attention.
"Don't worry Gou-chan." Makoto told her as he came up next to her. "We'll get to National's this year." We'll try at least, he mused.
Gou turned to him, eyes thoughtful. He wasn't sure what to make of it, until she bowed at her waist.
"Gomen Makoto-senpai, about the boys that keep… interrupting practice. I'll do my best to ask them to leave tomorrow." She sounded so sincere and he couldn't help but smile.
"It's alright Gou-chan." He rubbed the back of his head. "I just hope they aren't inconveniencing you. If they are, please tell me - uh, I mean, please tell us – right away." He finished with a slight flush on his cheeks, but his tone determined.
She straightened from her bow and stared at him with eyes that felt like they were searching his soul. "Thank you senpai." She finally said before turning away and walking back to the bleachers to pick up her clipboard. "Let's get ready for training, hai?"
His mind blanked as he watched her walk away, her hips swaying hypnotically and the cool breeze lifting her skirt just that much more.
He never figured himself to be a pervert but damn it, he turned his head away and clenched his eyes shut, he was still a teenage boy.
God help him, he prayed as he glanced a look back at her and promptly regretted it, watching as she bent at the waist to pick up her pen, long legs trailing up up up-
He jumped in the pool.
Gou looked back at the splash that resounded and almost pouted. There went her seduction tactics for ground operations.
She watched as he resurfaced, running a hand through his hair as the water dripped down his chest. He looked almost relieved.
She hid a smirk as she sauntered back over, crouching down in front of him, making sure her legs were positioned just so, and hoping her underwear wasn't showing regardless.
He wasn't ready for that part yet.
"Senpai, come closer." She called out. "I'll discuss the regimes one on one instead."
Now was the time to try some of her seduction tactics for water operations.
