'When you're ten, they call you a prodigy. When you're fifteen, you're a genius. Once you hit twenty, you're just an ordinary person.' Haru touched the pool wall and his best friend was there to pull him out like always. Haru grabbed a hold of his friends hand and was pulled out of the water. His deep blue eyes looked into emerald green. Haru couldn't deny it, he was in love with Makoto. 'Maybe I'm not ready to be ordinary…'

In the changing rooms before joint practice, he was confronted by Rin. He'd be lying if he said he wasn't expecting this. But what his rival was going talk about with him, was much unexpected.

"What do you want Rin?"

"Oh...nothing really, but I do know what you want." He said almost teasingly.

"Yeah and what's that?" Rin took a step closer to Haru and whispered in his ear,

"Makoto." Haru eyes widened a little after he heard the redhead say that.

"Is...is it that obvi-"

"Obvious? Very. I'm surprised Mr. Nice hasn't found out yet." Rin said in a quieter tone because they both knew that Makoto was just on the other side of the wall of lockers. "But…" Rin slowly started to walk away. "I won't let you win him." He said as he brushed by Haru's ear. 'Win him? He likes Makoto too?'

Haru walked out of te locker room too meet Rin once again.

"Hey Haru, wanna race?" Haru walked over to him. "Ai, can you time us?" Rin handed Aiichirou a stopwatch. Haru and Rin took their positions on the starting block.

"Go!" Nitori yelled and they dove into the water. As they did, the Iwatobi boys watched with a few others from Samezuka.

Click! The race between them was over and the raven-haired male won. That's when the gentle giant came and pulled him out of the water.

"Good job Haru-chan…" Rin got out of the pool and stood between him and Makoto. The brunet thought that Rin wanted to talk too Haru so he left.

"What was that for?" Haru was upset that Rin made Makoto leave.

"What? It's not like he left you for good." Haru couldn't imagine his life without Makoto. He wouldn't be on the swim team and he probably would barely go to school.

"So about Makoto…" Rin continued in a quieter voice. "Even though you two act like you're married, you aren't, so he's still up for grabs."

"Yeah and…?" Haruka knew where this was going.

"Well...anyone could ask him out. Me, you, hell even Ai could if he wanted."

"Doesn't mean he'll say yes." Haru knew Makoto better than anyone. But they never talked about sexuality, so he didn't know if Makoto even liked guys.

"But I was thinking…"Rin looked Haru dead in the eyes. "Maybe we could share him?"

"No." He said a bit too loud.

"Alright, alright. It was just a thought." Rin stood there, watching over when he was suddenly attacked by an energetic blond boy.

"Rin-chan!" Nagisa yelled when he hugged.

"Ahh! What is it Nagisa?!" Rin luckily pushed the shota off and catch his breath. Despite how little muscle that kid has, he has a strong.

"We're having a sleepover at Haru-chan's and you should come!" Nagisa smiled at the pair.

"We are?" Haru asked, at the same time Rin said "You are?"

"Yep!" Nagisa perked up. "Rei-chan and Mako-chan will be there too!"

"Then you can count on me being there." The redhead smiled, showing his shark like teeth.

"Yay!" Nagisa hugged him again. "Bring Ai-chan if he can come to!" With that, the blond boy left Rin alone.

"The sleepover?" in looked at Haru with an eyebrow raised.

"What about it?"

"Makoto's gonna be there…"

"And?"

"Anyone one of us could date him right then and there." Rin said in a teasing way.

"Even Nitori?" Haru said jokingly.

"Like hell Ai is coming with me! That kid has the most obvious crush on me."

"So date him." Haru looked away to watch Makoto. "It would be better to ask him out since you know he would say yes."

"You're just saying that so you can have Makoto!" Rin said louder than he wanted. "But I won't let that happen…" The redhead also ended up watching the orca.