Chapter 2

You led Nagisa and Makoto to the main door.

"Where is nanase?" You asked.

"Oh, he is in the bathtub thinking. Not to worry, he will go home some time!" Nagisa smiled. You nodded back and stopped when Nagisa held your hand.

"Thankyou [name] chan! You are our saviour!" He smiled and walked off, waving. You closed the door and turned.

"… Well… there is one happy fellow…"

Walking back to your room, you kicked open the door, only to find Nanase standing in your room, looking confused.

"… WOAH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE…"

"… I got lost… and I found myself back here… Where am I again?"

"… You're in my room…"

"Oh… right… Bye then…" and you led him out this time.

Walking to school, you heard girls shouting.

"GOU! COME ON!" One girl shouted back. You heard panting beside you.

"I told you! It's KOU!" She screamed. You blocked your ears and cringed.

"… No need to scream… who cares if they say your name wrong…"

"What?" She huffed staring at you.

"… Your voice annoys me…" and you walked off.

Sitting in your classroom, you stared out the window until…

"[name] CHAN!" Nagisa yelled glomping on to you.

"… Hergh… WHAT…"

"Mako chan and I have a request for you!"

"And what is this request?"

"… You do know that Haru chan lives by himself right?"

" So?"

"… WE NEED YOU TO TAKE CARE OF HIM!" Makoto whispered. You jumped and smashed your desk.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!"

"… I brought my stuff like you asked…." Nanase interrupted.

"Thankyou for accepting the request… I heard Nagisa and Makoto asked you and you said yes." He mumbled.

"… I never said anything like tha- MMM! Mph! Hmmmph!" You shouted as Makoto shut you up by covering your mouth with his hand.

"Ahaha! What she meant was… No problem!" Nagisa smiled. Nanase bowed slightly and sat in his seat.

"… You don't seem too happy…"

"… Oh, I am SOOO HAPPY RIGHT NOW… So don't worry!" You fake smiled. He nodded and turned back to looking back at the blackboard in the front of the classroom.

During lunch, you were being dragged by Nagisa to the swimming pool.

"Come on! We don't have all day!"

"Please tell me again because I have short term memory loss… WHY AM I HERE…."

"We have another request!"

"And what is that…"

"… We are making a female swim team in our swim club! And for free style! We have chosen you!"

"… You are… KIDDING ME…"

"Oh don't worry! We at least found someone for back stroke!" Nagisa smiled. You rolled your eyes and saw a girl a few centimetres taller than you stretching by the edge of the pool.

"… Her? "

"Yea… She is very good! Won the back stroke 100 Metres…" Makoto mumbled staring at her.

"… Fine… As long as there are other swimmers, I am fine."

"Good! Now, do you have swimmers?" Nagisa asked. You ignored and walked over to the girl.

"So you must be the new swimmer…" You mumbled. The girl turned to you and smiled.

"Hey, you must be [name]!" She smiled.

"And you are?"

"Keita Rakimi… Back stroke swimmer…" and she jumped in.

"… Maybe you should go change!" Nagisa shouted from across the pool. You started to unbutton your shirt.

"NO! DON'T STRIP!" Makoto yelled, but you had your one piece underneath anyway. You immediately dived in the water and surfaced.

"Do we start practicing now?" You mumbled. A shadow under the water came up… and it flicked his hair…

"… You can do what you want… Just make sure you practice at least 30 minutes." And he floated off.

"Well… I should start." And you put your goggles on.

"WAIT!" Rakimi yelled.

"What?"

"….." and she started to squeeze your cheeks.

"YOU ARE SO SQUISHY! YOUR CHEEKS ARE SO SQUISHY!" She cheered. You pulled your face from her grip.

"…. Well you are… random…?"

"Haha! I'm going to call you squishy from now on!"

"… no…" and you started to swim.

~TIME SKIP~

You followed Nanase to his home.

"… How long are you going to stay at my place?"

"… You said I could stay until the term ends…"

"… OH YEAH! HAHA! Ok! How much more stuff do you need to pack?"

"A few more things…"

"Ok…" and he slid open the door. You walked in and found boxes labelled, 'mackerel'.

"… Mackerel?"

"… Yeah…"

"… Ok… I'll just call someone to pick us up…"

"… Ok…." And you called for a driver. A few minutes after, a black limo pulled up. The driver got out of his seat, and started to help you and Nanase put the boxes in the trunk.

AFTER THE DRIVE

"Well… here we are… you haven't seen the front since you snuck in last time."

"…. I'm sorry about that…"

"No it's fine… Come in…"

"… Thankyou for inviting me…" Nanase mumbled as he walked through the doors.

"… No one to greet us… don't worry, you'll get used to it."

"… Where are your parents?"

"… Don't worry… They are always at work…"

"… Hm… Which room am I in?" He mumbled looking at you. You lead him up to a room in front of yours.

"… Well… uh… it needs cleaning…" You sighed. Opening the door, the room was bare. There was dirt everywhere and it just looked plain.

"… Thanks…" and he walked inside.

"Maybe we should… clean this place up and change… the walls…" You mumbled, opening the blinds. Nanase walked around the room, leaving his bag at the door.

"… Then why don't we get started?" He mumbled turning to look at you. Nodding, you walked past him.

"I… will bring the mops and stuff…" and you zoomed off.

Coming back upstairs, you found Nanase staring out the window into the swimming pool.

"After this you can go and swim… Mind some help?" You asked holding up the mop and bucket. He took the mop and smiled ever so slightly.

"But don't you have maids to help?"

"… I try to do a few things by myself…"

"Oh… Ok…" and he started to mop the floor. You followed and the both of you started to mop the floor together.

TIME SKIP

It had been hours since you have started to clean the room. After finishing cleaning the wall, you turned only to turn back again.

"… Can you please put your shirt back on? It ain't a strip show here…" You growled. After hearing fabric rustling, you turned back around, only to be met by Nanase again, closer to you than before.

"… Yes? What would you like?" You coughed.

"… The room is done right?"

"Yeah! I'll get the butlers to put your stuff back in here and arrange things… also arrange your mackerels…"

"Can I go and swim?"

"Yeah sure… I was thinking about going myself…"

"Ok…" and he zoomed down the stairs. From the window, you found him taking his shirt off and started to unbuckle his belt. IMMEDIATELY you opened the window.

"HEY! DON'T STRIP!"

"….." and he took his pants off. You closed your eyes and heard a splash. Opening them, you realised he already had his swimmers on.

You also changed into your swimmers, grabbed a towel and goggles and ran back down and jumped in the pool.

"… Do you know any others who are going to be in the female swim club?" You asked, putting the goggles on. Nanase floated up to you on his back, as he usually does, until his head hit your side. He stood up.

"…. What did you say?"

"The other girls in the swim club. Who else is there?"

"… Nagisa was searching about a girl called Boo Suji."

"… Boo? That's cute…"

"… Mm… Maybe you could make new friends…" and he flicked his hair.

"…. TIE YOUR HAIR WHEN YOU SWIM NEXT TIME…"

"No…"

"… Goddammit…" and you got the spare hair tie around your wrist and turned him around.

"Stay still."

"Wha-"

"…. Wait… Done…" and you turned him back around.

"Oh! One more thing!" And you got one bobby pin from your hair and clipped up his hair.

"Good! No more hair flicking from you!"

"…" Nanase blushed slightly. You patted his back, only to realise that you patted his bare back.

"Erm… Yeah… You may go swim now…" and he swam off to the other side of the pool.