A.N- I do not own Free! or any of the characters. That's all!

Makoto sighed as he stepped into the studio. Just another day at work. Of course, your sense of "just another day" changes when you are an actor in a 1,000,000+ viewers TV series. But Makoto felt strange about going into work today.

It wasn't the show, Free! was one of his best acting jobs ever.

It wasn't the cast. He got along really well with Nagisa, the mischievous blonde, Nagisa's polite boyfriend Rei who was obsessed with beautiful things, and Haruka. Since the show started, he and Haru had not only been best friends on the screen, but in real life too. Haru, with his blunt remarks and monotone voice, didn't sound like the sort of person you could become close with, but Makoto saw the person inside, and he liked what he saw. No, it definitely wasn't the cast.

It wasn't the managing team. The director and producers were easy going , and not strict like directors Makoto had had in the past.

It was that he had heard some rumours, and desperately wanted them to be false.

"Ah, Mako-chan, here you are!" cried Nagisa, with Rei behind him. Since they first got together, the viewing audience demanded that they get together in the series as well. They didn't mind coming out, as more people ship yaoi than you would think. "The director was wondering where you were, he wanted to start on time today, as he has a pretty big announcement!"

"Hello, Makoto-senpai." said the bespectacled boy, smiling. Even though Makoto had told him countless times not to, Rei still called him senpai even when not on screen insisting that "not saying it felt wrong." "Where's Haru, Rei?"

"Here" said the boy himself, walking up to stand next to Makoto.

"Me and Rei-" ("Rei and I," corrected the blue-haired boy,) "Rei and I - happy now?- are going to get some coffee. Back in a sec!" said Nagisa, dragging Rei away by the hand.

"What's up with that?" asked Makoto. Haruka just shrugged.

"Anyway, apparently the director's got a big announcement, do you have any ideas about what it might be?"

"No clue" said Haru, as sparing with his words as ever.

Just then Nagisa and Rei came back with four mugs of coffee, and the director walked into the room.

"For you, Haru-chan and Mako-chan." whispered Nagisa, handing them a mug each.

"So, as you all know, the ship ReiGisa became canon recently." started the director.

This couldn't be anything to do with those rumours I heard, could it? Makoto thought, taking a sip.

"The viewers decided that they wanted another canon relationship."

God, no, please.

"And, as you also know, our viewers bring in the money you eat with."

Let it be SouRin. Or RinTori. Or SeiGou. Or MomoTori. Just, please...

"So the writers and producers have decided to make the MakoHaru ship canon, with a confession scene that we will be filming today."

Damnit.

The only thing to break the silence that had reigned in the past minute was Nagisa's whispered, "This is going to be awkward."

I know, I know, it's short, but what do you think? Do the characters sound believable?

Feel free (geddit?) to correct me on any errors made!