Beginnings
Information about you in this fic:
You signed up for the school's swim team, all boys and girls alike will share the same pool at the same time. As expected, Miss Kurosawa is the coach for the swim team, for both genders. You consider yourself a decent swimmer, but in reality, your more than a decent swimmer. Your relatives admire you for your fantastic swimming abilities. Fun fact, is that most of your family members including your dad and his side of his family all play baseball. However, you're not that into baseball, so you take matters for yourself and play other sports. Even when trying every other sport like basketball, soccer, football, tennis and even ping ping, you're still not satisfied. So there was one sport left, and that very sport, is swimming.
To be honest, I never would of thought I would ever have study partner over at my house. Especially when she's one of the most athletic and one of the prettiest girls of my class. I admire her for her athletic abilities, but mostly because of her facial features. The way her brown eyes glitter in the light, how smooth her hair looks and the way she looks. That girl that I am talking about, is the one and only Kagura. I still remember the day I met her, it was just a few weeks ago. You thought.
Flashback...
Finally, the day you've been waiting for, the day for the swim team sign ups. You were filled with excitement, but this was your first time joining a sports team, so you weren't used to competing with random strangers. None of the people in the room are known by you, not even a single one of your classmates decided to join along with you, or was that what you thought? But then your homeroom teacher got inside.
"Good afternoon everyone, if you may, can you all sit down in an empty desk?" Kurosawa said.
Huh, why is my homeroom teacher in here? Don't tell that she's the head coach? You thought.
Before you knew it, everyone already sat down in a seat.
"(Y/n), can you please take a seat?" Kurosawa said.
"Oh yeah, sorry." You said.
Every seat were now being used by students, all except for one. The only empty seat was next to a girl, a girl with short and brown hair, she is wearing her school uniform, obviously. She wasn't looking at your direction, so you looked at her more. She seemed so gentle when she looks at her right side with her left hand holding her head by her cheek, her eyes were glistened from the faint light of the sun, immediately, you stared at her face. The way she looked made your heart pound furiously. You then feel different, it was a feeling you had never felt before, for the first time, you were experiencing the one emotion you never felt in your life, love. This wasn't the same as the love you receive from your relatives, this love felt better. You slowly walk towards the empty desk beside her left. The moment you got close enough she turns around and looks at you face to face. You try ignoring her while you settle down to your seat, but it was hard not to. It soon ended when the teacher spoke again.
"Time to start, I am going to be the head coach for the swim team. For those of you who are freshman, I bet you're surprised. Especially my two students here."
Two students? You thought.
"Before any of us sign up, let us introduce ourselves by our first names. Starting with you." She points at the girl next to you.
She stands up from her desk and introduces herself.
"My name is Kagura, it's a pleasure to meet you all." She said bowing down.
"Kagura huh?" You muttered causing her to hear you.
"Hmm?" She said.
"Uh nothing!" You said with a blush.
It was now your turn to introduce yourself, you stand up from your desk and introduce yourself.
"My name is (y/n), nice to meet you all." You said when bowing down and then sit down after.
"Wait, you're from my class aren't you?" Kagura asked.
"I am?" You said with a confused face.
"Yeah, you sit on the far back of the class. I sit in the middle, so it isn't easy to spot me." She said.
She takes out her hand to shake hands with you.
"As you already know, my name is Kagura. Nice to meet you."
"The name is (y/n), pleasure to meet you too."
Flashback ends...
From that day forward, we decided to become friends. During the following weeks of school, we always walk with each other to school, surprisingly, she lives close to me. If she needed any help from any subject except health, she asks me. But on the day when she showed me her grade from the recent Mathematics test, things went on a different turn.
"(Y/n)! What did you get for your test?" Kagura asked to you.
"I got 87, what about you?"
"Wish it could be better."
She hands you her test upside down, preventing you from seeing what was her result. The moment you turned it over, you stood in utter shock, she had a 22 on her test!
"You got a 22!?" You said out loud.
"Keep it down, there's no need for anyone to know!" She whispered to your ear.
You sigh in disappointment.
"Did you even study?" You asked.
"Yeah." She said.
"Did you practice some of the problems."
"Not exactly." She looked down to the ground with her hands behind herself.
"That's not how you study Kagura." You said as you face palm yourself.
"Sorry, I just have a hard time studying, that's all."
You sigh in frustration.
"Do you even ask for help?"
She went silent the moment you asked her.
"I would if I had the chance."
"What do you mean by that?" You said in curiosity.
"Both of my parents work the whole day. So I'm always alone at the house, if I'm lucky, they would sometimes take a day off of work. That's one of the reasons why I'm always having trouble with studying."
"What of the other?" You asked.
"The other is because I get bored so I run off playing video games." She said with a grin as she rubs the back of her head.
"No wonder!" You groaned.
Then, you release your final sigh.
"Hey, if you want, maybe I can help you out?" You offered her.
"Really? That would be a life saver. Thank you so much, how does after school sound like?"
"Today? Um, I don't know."
"Oh come on, my parents won't be there."
"Well, that's the reason why."
She sighs in frustration too.
"You left me no choice."
She breathes in before she attempts her next action. She presses both of her hands together to beg him and shows him her puppy eyes.
"Pretty please?" She said in a childish voice.
"Won't work with me." You said immediately.
She then became annoyed by your comment.
"But since you're failing, I guess I have no choice. I'll gladly accept."
"Thank you, thank you so much!" She hugs you without hesitation.
This was the first time a girl has ever hugged you. You blush as you look down at the cute smile she had on her face when hugging you. She presses her face to your chest, you wanted this to gon in forever, but she soon notices what she was doing in front of her classmates.
"Gah!" She said.
She pats on her skirt and continues.
"So, we walk to my house as soon as school ends?" She asked.
"Yeah, let me call my mom first, she gets worried whenever I stay at school for a long time."
"Then it's set, one class left and we leave!"
"Remember to bring your math book this time." You commanded her.
"All right, no need to boss me around."
"You trying to talk back to me missy?" You said playfully.
"Fine, fine I get it." She laughed.