Hey everybody! Havarti2 here! Sorry for being a lazy authoress (and the fact I had one arm for six weeks because of a broken wrist) and not updating anything, but here's the next (short) chapter! Enjoy! :D

After class and a scolding from Amakata-sensei, Makoto and Noriko joined up with Haru and Shiro.

"You're an idiot," Haru said, looking at Makoto. His friend laughed.

"Yeah, I guess I was being an idiot," he replied, smiling at Haru.

"OW! WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR!?"

The two swimmers looked over at Noriko, who was holding his head, and Shiro, who was holding a hardbound book. "THAT HURTS, YOU KNOW!" Noriko yelled, glaring daggers at Shiro.

"You weren't paying attention. That's why. And yes, I know. That's why I did it," she replied, putting her book back in her bag. Makoto and Haru looked at each other and Makoto started laughing.

"Hey! It's not funny!" Noriko exclaimed, lightly hitting Makoto in the arm. He hated it when people laughed at him when he got scolded by Shiro. It was downright embarrassing.

"Okay, okay. Sorry. But it is funny," Makoto replied, wiping his eyes, as he had started to cry from laughing too much.

"You better be…" Noriko mumbled, glaring at his classmate.

At that moment, the bell for second period rang. The two boys looked up, as Haru didn't really care and was thinking about swimming and Shiro just stood there, waiting for Noriko to stop being an idiot.

"See you after class, Makoto," Noriko said, taking Shiro's hand.

"Why are you doing that? Are you two dating?" Makoto asked, confused by Noriko's action.

"Uh…" Noriko replied.

"Noriko is taking me to class. That's all," Shiro finished, while Noriko breathed a sigh of relief for who-knows-what reason.

"Well, see ya!" Noriko said, walking down the hallway with Shiro beside him, smacking him with her free hand.

"I wonder what that was about…" Makoto thought aloud. Haru looked at him then at Shiro and Noriko, who were already at the end of the hallway.

"Hm," he grunted. Makoto turned to his friend.

"Oh, Haru-chan, Noriko said he wanted to join the swim club!" he exclaimed.

Haru stared him again. Someone wanted to join the swim club? That meant they would have to open the pool early, which meant he got to swim. Thinking of swimming, his eyes sparkled.

"Thinking about the pool, hey, Haru-chan? We can open it early if Noriko joins. Isn't that great?" Makoto asked excitedly. He looked at his friend only to see Haru take off his shoes and start to unbutton his shirt.

"AH! Haru-chan, we can't go swimming now! We have class!" Makoto yelped, causing Haru to look at him as if he had interrupted something important, aka him undressing to go swimming. "We can go swimming after school with Nagisa and Rei, alright? Just wait till then, okay, Haru-chan?"

"I want to swim," he replied, putting his shoes back on and re-buttoning his shirt in hidden disappointment.