Swimming in High Speed
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Disclaimer (c) Kyoto Animation
The original plot with some modifications
Friendship, Hurt/Comfort, hint of Romance, Family
The pic doesn't belong to me
Chapter 2 : New Class, New People
Parents accompanied their children for the entrance ceremony, Haru's, Makoto's, [Name]'s parents included. The ceremony itself past like a breeze, with welcoming speech from the principal himself. The three soon found themselves on the back far away from list of classes on the window. Haru and [Name] tried their best to stand on their toes so they could look at the list but it's still futile.
Haru grunted before stepping on the ground while [Name] sighed in disappointment. Makoto himself didn't have any difficulties on looking at the list because he's tall.
"Oh, There I'am!" he said. "I'm in Class 2."
"Can you not see, Haru, [Nickname]-chan?" the brunette asked. [Name] found herself pouting at the question.
"We know you're tall, Mako-chan." She snorted and puffed out her cheeks. Makoto only chuckled and he began to look for his friends' name.
"Haru and [Nickname]-chan's class is... ah, Class 1..." Makoto's voice faltered when he noticed the two's name not far from each other on Class 1's list. Haru lifted his head at the news while [Name] looked at the ground with a face full of disappointment.
"We're in different classes." Makoto also look disappointed with it as he turned to look at Haru and [Name]. Haru looked at Makoto and [Name] before turning his head and stated,
"They're neighboring classes, so we'll probably still be together for combined lessons and PE."
"That's true, but..."
"Tachibana!" a boy with reddish brown hair exclaimed as his arm slung over Makoto's shoulder.
"Ah, Mochizuki-kun?" Makoto called while Haru and [Name] looked at the scene.
"Hey, I'm in Class 2, too!" Mochizuki said and look straight at [Name]. "Hey, [Last Name]!"
"Long time no see, Mochizuki-kun." The [hair/color] haired female greeted.
"Really?" Makoto asked.
"Yep!" Mochizuki replied in excitement. "We haven't been in the same class since third grade, have we? How about you, [Last Name]? Are you in the same class as we are?"
"N-no, I'm in Class 1." [Name] answered and smiled nervously.
"What? What a shame."
Haru, who decided he had enough of it, took [Name]'s hand and walked away – pulling her with him towards their class. Makoto, who noticed he's being left behind by his two friends, called out.
"Ah! Wait, Haru, [Nickname]-chan...!"
When they arrived at their class, Haru occupied the last seat of the first row near the window and bookshelves while [Name] took a seat in front of Haru's desk. Each of the desk already had a name of student, so it's not like their free to choose their seat. [Name] was more than grateful, her seat wasn't far from Haru's.
"I'm glad I got the same class as you, Haru." The young girl said as she rested her head on Haru's desk. [Name] turned her seat so she could look at her childhood friend before it. She knew if the teacher come she had to turned her seat to its respective place.
"I couldn't imagine what will I do if you and Mako-chan don't have the same class as me."
Haru looked at his companion before averting his gaze towards the window, where they could see the sports field.
"...Me too." He mumbled.
[Name] immediately straightened herself when she heard Haru mumbling. Haru, who's clearly surprised by the girl's sudden movement, looked at her shocked. When blue orbs clashed with [eye/color] sparkling ones, he knew it wasn't good.
"What did you say, Haru?"
The said boy could feel his ears burning. "Nothing."
"I clearly hear you mumbling. Spit it!"
"I said nothing." Haru stated as he averted his sight so [Name] couldn't see his reddening face.
The [hair/color] haired girl laughed at the sight while Haru clearly displeased with it.
"Hey, hey, do you want to join the swimming club?"
The loud question made Haru and [Name] turned their head to search for the source. Their eyes found a red-haired boy with fuchsia colored eyes who's in the middle of persuading a boy with chocolate hair to join the swimming club.
"No, I'm..."
"Eh, it'll be fine. Let's swim together! Or did you already decide to join another club?"
"Not yet..."
Losing interest with the conversation, Haru looked away and found a dark sea green-haired boy with a pair of orange colored eyes glared at the red-haired boy who didn't notice it.
"Then it's fine. Let's swim!"
"Well, I haven't officially decided yet, but I was thinking about joining the culture club."
Realizing a pair of eyes focusing on him, the dark sea green-haired boy looked back at Haru while on Haru still hold his gaze on him. Noticing Haru's eyes were on somewhere else, she decided to ask.
"What's wrong, Haru?" [Name] followed his gaze to look at the boy with dark sea green-haired who looked at Haru first but then staring directly at her before looking away and returned to his original position.
"Are you Nanase Haruka-kun and [Last Name] [First Name]-chan?"
The two then looked towards the source of the voice, only to be startled by a pink haired boy with purple eyes looking at them in short distance. [Name] almost jump out from her seat because of it.
"I'm Shigino Kisumi!" he introduced himself with a large smile. "I went to Sano Elementary School, you know? I heard about you two from Matsuoka Rin!"
"From Rin?" asked Haru and [Name] simultaneously in surprise.
"He said there was an amazingly fast guy and a girl who balanced all strokes at Iwatobi Swimming Club!"
"Swimming club?" somebody's exclaim made the three turned their heads towards the previous red-haired boy who seemed to search for someone to enter the swimming club.
"You two go to a SC!?" he asked in excitement.
"SC?" Kisumi questioned.
"That's short for swimming club!" he answered. "I'm Shiina Asahi!"
"Umm... Nanase and [Last Name]," he said after he read the name tag on Haru and [Name]'s uniform. "You two are definitely going to join the school's swimming club, right?"
"I haven't decided yet." Haru answered with his usual monotone.
"Me too." [Name] said while playing with the strands of her ponytail and smiling nervously.
"Eh? You two haven't...? Then, would you like to join the basketball club with me?" Kisumi offered with excitement.
"Eh!? But, I'm a girl..." [Name]'s voice faltered.
"You can be the manager!" the pink haired boy suggested.
"M-manager!?"
"Yeah! If we have a pretty manager, everyone will surely be pumped up!"
"W-Wha..?!"
"Hey! Don't just butt in!" Asahi interrupted, clearly annoyed with Kisumi's antic. "Join the swimming club! Okay?"
Haru furrowed his eyebrows, completely annoyed with the two who kept persuading him and [Name] to join the club. When Haru looked at the front, he noticed the dark sea green-haired boy was back to sending glare daggers on Asahi's back. Haru's annoyed expression turned into a confuse one.
"If you're already a member of Swimming Club then you don't need to swim even more, do you? So, join the basketball club!" Kisumi said.
"Shut up!" Asahi exclaimed.
