School had went by without me falling asleep, luckily. But, by the time I made it to my shoe locker, I set my head down inside my locker. Within moments I had fallen asleep while standing.

*Third Person P.O.V.*

"We both know you can't wait to swim, so you can go ahead of me. I still have to pack up," Makoto smiled at his best friend. Normally, Haru would wait for his friend, like Makoto did for him, but they both knew that he couldn't wait to get in the pool, so Haru nodded with thanks and hurried off to the outdoor pool.

Makoto finally finished packing up his stuff and walked out of the classroom. He quietly hummed to himself as he rounded the corner and walked down the stairs, trying to quickly reach the shoe lockers. The moment he reached his destination, the sun had blinded him for a few seconds. He blinked a few times to see again, he noticed Chizuru with her head in her locker, her shoes hanging from her hand. Makoto, being the kind person he is, quietly walked up to her, as to not bother her. "Chizuru-san?" he whispered gently. No response. "Chizuru-san?" he tried again, louder this time. Still nothing. "Are you asleep, Chizuru-san?" he questioned. It was directed towards her even though he realized he would get no response. Makoto ran his hand through his hair, wondering what he should do.

He tried nudging her slightly, to see if the sudden contact would wake her up. Nope. Makoto sighed in defeat. "I'm sorry, Chizuru-san," he muttered, before shaking her. "Chizuru-san!" Wake up!," he cried out loudly, enough to get a response from Chizuru.

"I'm up. I'm up. You don't have to shout at me," she murmured. Her head had lifted out of the locker, and her eyes were halfway open. Suddenly, as if she hadn't noticed that she was still at school, she raised her head up quickly, banging it into the lockers top accidentally. "Ah crap," she hissed in pain. "Well. I'm awake now. Sorry Makoto, I didn't know I fell asleep," Chizuru laughed half-heartedly.

*Chizuru's P.O.V.*

I was ashamed of myself, bothering Makoto so much. He was a friend and I shouldn't bother my friends so much. I ignored the ache on my head, and brushed the hair out of my face.

"Ah don't worry, it's no problem at all. Anyways, I have swim practice, and if I remember correctly, you were going to come to those as well?" he smiled. Well, I had to admit he was really really cute. Like really cute. Nagisa was adorable while Rei was adorkable, and I considered Haru smol, but Makoto was cute. Like hot damn. And I wasn't going to get mad at myself for thinking that, because, why would I? My new friend cute. No biggy.

Snapping out of my daze, I nodded and followed Makoto out of the school. I didn't know the exact route to pool anyways, so I walked next to him, once again going on about my crazy fandoms. I told him before, If he didn't like he could tell me to stop. But not once did he. I felt bad if it was bothering him, but I would have no idea until he told him. And extroverted me isn't psychic.

We arrived at the pool, faster than expected, and Makoto went off to change. Haru was just drifting in the water while Rei and Nagisa were practicing their specialties. Suddenly, Gou pooped out of nowhere.

"Chizu! You came today! I'm glad," she told me with a smile. "All what you have to do is watch the boys swim really. Just watch them interact and compromise with the water."

"Simple as that?" I said and tilted my head.

"Simple as that."

Makoto walked out, and Gou got to work. I took a seat in one of the chairs nearby and tuned out Gou's words. I focused in on the swimming. Each member swam differently, contacting the water in separate ways as well. It seemed to help, honestly, but this was interaction with water, not how the water is on its own.

Two hours passed, maybe more, before the swim team got out of the pool and left to go change into their normal clothes. I had I was so tired that I wasn't tired. I had barely gotten any sleep in the past week, and not getting any sleep for one night was absolutely killing me. I silently watched the water ripple as the wind lightly blew. The water shone with reds, oranges, pinks, and purples, as it caught the mesmerizing glow of the sunset. The cherry trees were no longer in bloom, for it was closer to summer, and spring was at it's end. I closed my eyes to feel the wind blow by and let my hair fly up and down. I opened my eyes again and brushed a strand of hair behind my ear. I was still staring at the water, I realized.

Gou, who had walked away to grab her things, suddenly shouted from behind me. "Chizuru! Time to go!" I turned around to find the rest of the team standing with her.

For the first time in awhile, I felt relaxed and at ease. "Ok," I replied. I gave the water one last look, before grabbing my things and walking over to the group.

We had all walked to the school's main gates together, before everyone had to part ways. Rei and Nagisa went to the left, Gou went straight, while Haru, Makoto, and I turned to the right.

Makoto and Haru were talking about a video game. It was one that I had actually played with my younger brothers before, but I was busy thinking about the water. I had a different feel towards the water at that moment. I could see something about it. It was a mix of different colors, which gave it mixed feelings. I realized at that moment, that water was not just one thing. It was everything. It was how you perceived it, it was how the area around the water looked, it was the time of day and the weather. This brought a smile to my lips. I came back to my senses when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I stopped walking and looked to my right, where Makoto was walking.

We had made it to Haru's house. "Oh." I let out.

"Bye, Haru-chan," Makoto called out as Haru walked to the door.

"Ah! Bye Haru-chan!" I said as well and waved to him, before following behind Makoto. The weather was nice. I was usually so busy that I didn't stop to notice other things. Like how Makoto walked closer to the street and let me be at the edge, further away from cars that could drive by. I used to notice things like this, until I decided to give myself a busy schedule.

I noticed in the corner of my eye that Makoto opened his mouth to say something, so I made sure not to tune out. "So you're in the art club, is there any other clubs you're in?" he asked.

"Ummm," I mumbled. It was a simple question with a long answer. I had actually joined every club that the school could offer at the beginning of the year, and now, halfway through it I only had a handful left. "I joined all the clubs that I could in order to find out what I want to do with my life. I'm only down to a handful. Art and writing are my two favorite clubs at the moment," I said. I had this problem. The problem being that I have no idea what to do.

"That much?" He turned his head to me, and I looked up at him. I began to draw him in my mind. It was a habit that I had made a few years ago. I would just trace the outline of people and maybe the background as well. It was good to do that, so that your mind could get used to using the right side of the brain a little bit more.

I snapped out of my daze. "Yeah. Too much work. Don't try it. Bad idea," I laughed. Makoto shook his head with a small smile. "What can I say? Imma weird person," I shrugged my shoulders at him. "Oh, wait. I haven't joined the swim club yet, have I?" I mumbled.

"Do you want to join?" Makoto asked me. We were almost to our destinations. I took this time to look around at the clumped houses and nicely cleaned cobblestone road.

"Well, sure. But I'm not a big fan of swimming - like I personally don't like swimming. I think it's cool though. Watching you guys swim is really interesting. The way you guys easily slide in and out of the water and the way you all compromise with it so that it satisfies you both-" I paused. "I'm getting off topic, sorry. But I don't like to swim and I don't know what help I can be to the club. I want to do something useful, ya know?" I said. I had to look up again. But geez. This guy was friggin tall. Shorty here is gonna be sitting in a corner crying.

"You could help Gou with managing," Makoto suggested. The sun had begun to set even lower now,and it would soon be dark. But I only noticed it when he caught some of the orange glows on his hair. I personally really liked his hair. It looked really soft.

I mentally slapped my cheeks with both hands. "Yeah, but isn't that Gou's job? I feel like I would be intruding. I don't want to take something from Gou. I would stealing something from a friend," I said. I stuffed my hands into the pockets of my light sweater. It still got a little cool in the evenings.

"You already stole something from a friend," Makoto said quietly. I was sure I had got that wrong, but I felt guilty. He said it so quietly that I had barely heard it.

"Huh?" I didn't know what I had stolen. I began to panic, although I didn't show it. I didn't like to show a distressed version of me. I was known for being happy all the time. Wasn't I?

Makoto suddenly shot his head up. He had hung it a little and looked away from me before. He had a literal bright red face. Dude. The flap r u blushing about? He shook his head and hands. "No no no no, never mind. I was just talking to myself. Don't worry about it at all," he cried out. I noticed he stuttered. He was flustered, nervous even.

To be honest, he was the cutest thing I had ever seen. I wanted to tease him, but I thought twice about it. I wouldn't feel good about it, knowing his kind and caring personality. I still felt bad though. "If I do something wrong or something you don't like. You gotta tell me, Makoto. I can't read minds," I said and smiled up to my giant friend. The guy was friggin 6'. I was 5'1". I call somebody not being fair.

Makoto scratched the top of his head with a sigh of relief. Too easy for me to read - or so I thought. "Ok."

"Promise? I know that I am a very oblivious person sometimes. So I'm telling you ahead of time," I warned him.

"I promise," he replied. I nodded with a smile and continued walking home.