Makoto looked around the market worriedly. He had come with Haru to do some shopping but the dolphin-like teen had just run off! He was seriously worried!

After several more minutes of hunting for his best friend proved futile, Makoto slumped down on a nearby bench. Hopefully Haru would turn up soon. He didn't want him to get in trouble for trying to swim in the display cases again.

"You there! Stop what you're doing!" A voice yelled from the next street over. "Stop! You can't swim there! Don't take off your pants!"

Immediately Makoto was on his feet with the shopping bags in his arms, running to where the voice had come from. And when he got there, no doubt about it, lo and behold Haruka in all his swimsuit glory trying to get into the mackerel tank in front of a of a seafood shop.

"Haru-chan, no!" The black-haired teen looked over to Makoto, who was by now panting next to him. "You can't swim in there!"

Haru gave him a look as if to say, "So?"

Makoto looked exasperated as he begged, "Please, Haru-chan. Put your clothes back on. I'll buy you mackerel to make up for it?" It seemed that was enough to do the job as Haruka began to put his clothes back.

"You! Young man! Are you with him?" The shop owner demanded.

"Ah…" Makoto started. "Yes, I am. I'll buy some fish to make up for the trouble!"

The owner didn't look completely pleased, but took up the offer anyways.

And as the two swimmers were walking back home with the groceries, Makoto was thinking about the days earlier events and why this always happened. Maybe I should try harder to make sure Haru-chan doesn't leave my sight…


Next: Sneeze - KnB

A/N: I wrote, deleted and rewrote this, but I'm still not completely satisfied with how it turned out. Well, I didn't really have any strikes of inspiration for this one though, so it's not like it's that bad. I'm still okay with how it turned out, just not completely in love with it, like Complete.