Story: Total Eclipse of the Heart

Chapter rating: T

Chapter Title: Like I Can

(a/n) hey this is up later than said sorry

they will kiss next chapter i promise

can u like understand this i wish you could multi space:(

They both awoke around the same time, Haru's mind a bit chaotic after the night of many drinks he had never had before. It was so obvious, his bagged eyes and tired expression gave it away. Rin was still sound asleep, his head on top of Haru's hand. After removing the numb limb, he looked at the time.

"Is something wrong?"

"It's 3pm."

"That's early!" His alarm clock gleamed, ドンタク, Haru immediately confused.

"You said you had work tonight, correct?" Rin nodded, shrugging right after. It seemed as if he was stuck with it. They continued just staring at each other, the shark-toothed boy giving a dorky smile. "Why are you looking at me?"

"You're cute as all hell, looks like you had a rough sleep."

The two got some type of nerve to get out of bed, Haru feeling refreshed on the inside, but horrible on the out. Maybe he had instant coffee or tea in the kitchen that could soothe his irritated nerves. Rin made the bed a bit before going to grab his thrown cell phone. It worried him how forceful he threw it before, hopefully it wasn't broken or anything.

Haru looked through the cabinets, finding mugs with small chips on the handles and brims. It was sort of rude to snoop in this guy's belongings, but it seemed it was up to him to make drinks, since Rin made the killer shots hours before.

Suddenly, there was a frustrated cry, and a punch against the wall.

"Fuck! This is the third one!" His suspicion was true, he had shattered the front of his phone like the idiot he always thought of himself as. All of times his phone broke were because of Sousuke, his anger boiling and steaming up like it did before. Still, his breakdown was not as bad as previous tantrums. Rin once managed to punch through his door, also breaking the bathroom sink faucet. "Goddammit! It's good to have insurance but," Haru heard him yelling as he poured coffee in mugs. He was completely unsure on how the man liked his morning beverage. Hell, he barely knew how to prepare coffee, he was more of a tea person.

Was it the right thing to do? Staying quiet?

"I'll go get another one…" Haru just stirred his tea after removing it from the microwave. To be polite, he left a thank you note.

Rin walked into the kitchen, thanking god or whoever for Haru making something. The other man looked puzzled as Rin rolled the shattered phone on the counter.

"After this, do you mind coming to the phone provider shop and getting me a new phone?" Haru nodded at the request, pointing to the note on the microwave. "You can take the box back to your place, I rarely drink that." His tone was still sharp and fierce, making Haru shiver a bit. "I have rebate if I break it, but I'm unsure now on when I can get it back." A thud echoed lightly when Rin put the cup on the counter. "If you want to get your car on the way back and return home, you can."

"I need to at least get your number first."

"That's sweet."

"I'll bring my car back home and I can return to the club again to see you?"

"Sounds like a deal."

Haru sat in his bath, questioning every move he had made. The man's smiles, the picture of that girl in his house who was oddly familiar, and his familiarity. Where had he seen him sometime in his life? Was this fate? What if they had crossed paths sometime in the past but the future stopped them from meeting at that time?

But the picture of the girl on his nightstand who was obviously closely related to him, she was someone he knew well in high school.

It couldn't be. Was that Gou? It had to be. The way her eyes sparkled just like Rin's was what got him off, their habits, it was too similar. She had always talked about her older brother who was this star at swimming and went to Samezuka Academy, his face was blurred into the back of Haru's head. Haru fell back into the water, shutting his eyes tight and trying his best to just fucking remember what this guy had to with himself in the past. At a joint practice he remembered something, yet he just tried and tried to bring it back to focus.

"I'm Yamazaki Sousuke. Welcome to the joint practice." Yamazaki introduced him to the captain, which he knew wasn't Rin, yet the leader was all over Gou. Then there were two guys, once short yet still somewhat toned, beauty mark under his right eye, and the other guy, Rin.

"It was Rin!"

He seemed so different. His happy face seemed not as vibrant and joyous in the past. More of that, he looked terribly depressed.

It was brought back to him the forceful tone he heard before, Rin yelling at the 2nd year and immediately apologizing.

Rin on the other hand took his daily lap around his apartment complex, his mind racing with thought. Did he seriously have to ask Gou if this guy seemed familiar to her? She was the person he talked to in doubt. Mom didn't know he was gay and Kou used that secret as an advantage to blackmail him. Damn that smart girl, but she obviously knew that dude from somewhere. Was it school? Did he see Haru often enough to have his face bonded in his mind? His hand went to grab his phone from his pocket, catching his breath while he texted.

Gou felt her phone vibrate in her purse, as it was practically glued to her side. When she checked it, her eyes rolled seeing the contact name.

'1 Image Attached'
'DO YOU KNOW THIS DUDE'

'is he sedated or sleeping next to you'
'yeah ik who he is'

'what do you think the answer is'

'you knocked the poor guy out rip nanase'

'HOW DO YOU KNOW HARU'

'he was on my swim team dummy'
'aww is he your fuckbuddy now'

'what'
'no'
'not yet, anyways…'

'1 Image Attached'
'isn't this his number'

'why is he labeled as water boy then a dolphin emoji'

Rin shook it off, his questions turned out as true. He would only say something if Haru brought it up. It wasn't any of his business of knowing Haru's past yet, anyways. If it was disturbing or upsetting to him, he would bring it up under choice… there was no need to say a thing.

Haru shook it off, his questions remained unanswered from a primary source. He would only say something if Rin brought it up. It wasn't any of his business of knowing Rin's past yet, anyways. If it was disturbing or upsetting to him, he would bring it up under choice… there was no need to say a single thing.

"There was something I needed to ask you." Rin closed the door to his car, beads of sweat going down his face.

"Thanks for driving me here tonight and paying for my drinks." Haru had lightliquors, his mind not strong enough for another night unknown. Glancing over to Rin, the red-haired boy dug in his wallet. With a questioning look, Rin exracted a photograph of his sister.

"Do you know this girl?"

"Matsuoka Gou?" He well knew that this was coming, even on the second day of knowing him. There was no deny that they were siblings now. "She was the secretary of the swim team I was on in high school."

"Water boy?" His mysterious expression turned into a goofy one. Haru smacked his arm with a smile, the other's eyes looking over to notice the smirk. "You're smiling!"

A week later, on Thursday to be exact, the remained apart for a day or two to catch up with the moment. Rin had gone off of his workout schedule for a bit and Haru was without mackerel for almost four days. On more of his adventures in town, his eyes caught onto a flower shop. He thought it would be a nice deed for all the drinks Rin had paid for.

There was an extra set of keys in the plant beside his door, luckily. He didn't want to the flowers to die in the sun or in the mailbox by chance. His eyes did not see a car in the garage nor in the driveway, so he snuck in with the bouquet of flowers. There was an empty spot on the counter, so he put them there with a note.

'Thanks for paying my bar tab. We need to see each other more. Should I come with you Friday? –Water Boy'

He closed the Google Translate app off of his phone, smiling as he knew the grammar was way off and a few letters were sloppy but he could probably read it. Rin seemed fluent if he liked an English singer as much as he did.

It seemed he said more on paper then aloud, there was just nothing to say. Another note sat upon the counter by the flowers.

'If you didn't get the right flavor protein bars, Gou, I will hunt you down.' It made him smile on how nice they seemed to be with each other after these few years. 'Haru if you sneak in and grab that pair of earbuds just wait until I'm home. They looked cool so I used them. Apologies.'

Since when did he forget something here? Not like he was aware, he could keep them.

Was there anything else left to do? It seemed as if it was no, so he locked up and put the keys in the plant.

Rin later came back, rushing into the AC where he was relaxed. Practically wheezing from his run, he smelt something fresh.

"Ai? I thought you weren't supposed to come back from Nigerian Falls or whatever for another week?" No response. "Ai?"

Rin kept his head up as he walked into the kitchen, his hand lacing the counter. The beautiful scent was getting stronger. His finger went over a wet stem of some sort and he looked down in shock.

"Oh, flowers." Maybe Gou left them so he wasn't really surprised. June was two months away, so there was no need. There was a note accompanying the dozen of roses. It was in full English somehow so it was most likely not Haru, he said he knew barely any of it. The stanza at the direct bottom at the card.

'Water Boy' was written somewhat sloppily, yet it made him smile.

"That doof," A few characters were misplaced or backwards but he didn't care. It was from Haru. His hand reached for his scratchless phone that was wrapped in a Lifeproof case, he couldn't pay for another phone if he broke this one. His country club membership kept going up. Living in this apartment complex was such a waste.

'thank you. the flowers are beautiful xo'

Rin sent off the text with a smile before realizing who he had sent it to.

'I don't know who's sending you flowers but…'

'he'll never love you like I can.'

ye ai went to canada cause he fucking can