A.N: Thank you rukiriluki88 for reviewing. I'm glad you enjoy the story so far!
Here is chapter 2!
Luckily, they were able to find another member!
After talking with Nagisa, Rei Ryugazaki, a boy originally from the track team, decided to come to the joint practice with Samezuka but just to observe.
Scratch that. He was a trial member.
Rei just wanted to observe the swim practice and not do any swimming. Everyone agreed on his proposed idea. It would be wrong to persuade him to join or even force him. So with Rei joining them on going to Samezuka, he'd see for himself if he wanted to join and he'd make his final decision.
The boys, Hikaru and Gou were currently at Samezuka academy where the pool was for the joint practice. Everyone was ready in their swimming trunks. Hikaru had her one piece swimsuit that she bought. It was navy blue with a white strip coming down both of the sides. She was also ready with her goggles around her neck and navy swim cap in her hands. She was talking with Gou when suddenly the swim captain went up to them.
"Hey, thanks for coming." Seijirou greeted, raising his hand.
"Thank you very much!" The swim team and Gou said in unison, bowing a little.
"Sure." Seijirou gave them a smile. Then, his attention drifted over to Haru. "You're Nanase-kun right? You won a bunch of regional tournaments in grade school."
"Yeah…" Haru replied.
"I heard a lot about you." He smiled.
At that moment, Rin walked through the door and went over to Nitori.
"Senpai? What's wrong?" Nitori asked.
"Nothing." Rin replied. He looked over at Haru, but he was avoiding Seijirou's gaze. He then looked over at the girl he didn't recognize and he locked eyes with her. When she smiled at him, he quickly looked away, embarrassed.
"Onii-chan!" Gou exclaimed and went over to him.
"Gou, what are you doing?" He asked her.
Seijirou finished what he had to say to Haru and looked over at Hikaru. "Ah, an unfamiliar face, are you new to the swim club?" He asked.
"Yes sir." Hikaru replied.
Seijirou smiled. "It's always nice to meet new people! Welcome to Samezuka academy, my name is Seijirou Mikoshiba and I'm the captain of the swim team."
"Nice to meet you, my name is Hikaru Hazuki!"
"Rin-chan! We get to swim together again!" Nagisa said to Rin, going up to him. "Let's have fun."
"Together?" Rin scoffed. "You guys are a waste of my time." He began walking to the exit.
"Onii-chan…"
"What's his problem?" Rei asked when Rin was out of earshot.
"We have some history." Makoto replied.
"I was thinking you guys could practice with our first years today." Seijirou said. "Okay!" He clasped his hands together. "Let's start with individual time trials!" He then looked over at Rei. "You there. Get into your swim suit."
"But I'm not-"
"Sorry!" Nagisa interrupted. "He forgot his swimsuit!"
"What?" Seijirou sighed. "You can use one of our spare swimsuits, so go and get changed." He looked over at Nitori. "Nitori!"
Nitori came over. "Yes." He looked over at Rei. "Follow me."
"But I'm not-"
Nitori took his arm and lead him to the locker room.
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After Rei changed, they started the individual time trials. It was Makoto's turn and they were watching from the sidelines.
"I told you guys I was not going to swim."
"Don't worry. The time trials are just for practice, so it doesn't matter if you're slow."
"That's not the issue!"
Nagisa went to take his turn.
Gou looked up and saw that Rin was watching them on the second floor. She noticed that his gaze was on Haru. So he is curious…She smiled to herself.
"Oi, next swimmer, line up." Seijirou said to Rei.
"I told you, I'm not…"
"Move to the starting block!"
Rei hesitated, but he went anyways. He positioned himself and began doing calculations in his head. He then went to jump…but just fell right in.
"Eh?!"
…
…
"He's not coming back up…"
"Rei!"
Haru jumped in the water and with Nagisa, helped Rei out of the water.
"So…you also can't swim." Nagisa said.
"It's not my fault! I told you guys I wasn't going to swim."
"You should have told us earlier."
"I wasn't going to admit that I'm not able to swim. It goes against my sense of beauty." He clenched his fist.
"Rei-chan…"
"I'll go and clear things up with Samezuka. Sorry we had to force you into this situation." Makoto said and stood up.
Hikaru got down to Rei's eye level. "Rei, there's nothing to be ashamed about with not being able to swim." She said. "I can't swim either. So we're on the same page." She gave him a smile. "Let's learn how to swim together!"
That cheered him up. Rei smiled at her. "Okay."
"Next! Hikaru, why don't you go ahead?" Seijirou asked.
Hikaru turned to Seijirou and blushed of embarrassment. "…I don't know how to swim either…sir."
"What?" He sighed. "Nitori, would you work on teaching her to swim until the end of practice?"
"Of course!" Nitori went over to her. "Hi there, I'm Nitori Aiichirou."
"Hi, I'm Hikaru Hazuki!"
"Nice to meet you. Now come with me." He gestured for her to follow him. "First things first, are you afraid of the water?"
"No."
"Alrighty then. I want you to grab onto the edge of the pool and kick your legs."
Hikaru did just that.
"No no, make sure your legs are straight!"
Hikaru corrected herself.
Meanwhile, it was Haru's turn to swim. Rei watched in amazement.
Nagisa grinned. "Everyone is amazed by Haru's swimming."
Right then and there, Rei made his decision about joining the swim club.