Title: 5 Times a Team Member Shared Ice Cream with Another
Chapter: Chapter Four -Rei and Rei's first crush
Author: Rasei
Disclaimer: I do not own Free! Iwatobi Swim Club
Summary: From siblings, to cats, to crying little girls, each member of Iwatobi Swim Club have shared ice cream in the past with someone else. Slight Rei/Nagisa; slight Ama/Goro
A/N: This here is Rei's story. This happens to my favorite of the bunch. In the short stories, Nagisa's sisters use to dress him up like a girl back when he was in elementary school.
The eight year old boy was watching the crowds while waiting for his mother to come back from a sale. Through he can see it's logical to shop during a sale, did his mother have to choose to come at the busiest time of the sale. He sighed, feeling super bored.
The sound of crying reached his ears. When he turned his head, he could see a little blond girl in a pink and blue dress sobbing her heart out. He sighed, noticing no one was caring that the little girl was crying. He sighed again, then stood up. His mother might be angry, but surely she would understand it was for the greater good of his ears.
"Hey, why are you crying?" Rei asked, as he reached the girl. The girl hiccup then turned her red eyes to look up at him.
"M... My sisters left me," whispered the girl. She then burst into tears. Rei looked around, and spotted a store that had ice cream. After taking out his meager stash of coins, he counted out enough for just one ice cream cone.
"If you stop crying, I'll buy you ice cream."
At Rei's words, the girl stopped crying. He reached out and took her hand. Her tiny hand fitted into his like it was meant to.
"Th... thank you! My name is Nagisa, what's yours?"
"My name is Rei," Rei responded, as they arrived at the store. He stood on his tip toes, to get the ice cream seller to notice.
"Can I help you?" said the seller, an aging woman.
"One chocolate ice cream cone," said Rei, putting his hard-earned yen on the counter. Nagisa tugged on his hand as the seller started to fill out his order.
"You only order one ice cream," Nagisa whispered into his ear.
"I know... I never said that I would order one for myself."
"Then Rei-chan, we will share the ice cream!" Nagisa pulled her hand away from his to clap in excitement. Her eyes shined making Rei blush. Rei turned his head away, whispering what he was thinking.
"Beautiful."
"l agree, ice cream is beautiful!" Nagisa exclaimed, not realizing that Rei was talking about her. Rei turned his head away, as he was given the ice cream . Rei took one tiny lick, then handed it to Nagisa. Nagisa took a lick then handed it back as they walked back to the bench that Rei's mother deposted him on.
"Nagisa, umm... how old are you?" Rei asked, trying not to blush more.
"I'm eight! What about you, Rei?"
"I'm eight as well."
The two continue sharing the ice cream until it was gone. Nagisa started kicking her feet, humming slightly. Rei peeked at her, then blushed more. Was this like how a date felt like?
"Nagisa! There you are?" yelled a voice.
"Ane-san! This is my new friend, Rei!"
"Hazuki Nagisa! I thought you were kidnap but here you are making friends!" Ane-san grabbed Nagisa's hand, pulling her away. Not even saying thank you to Rei for protecting her sister.
_Omake_
Eight years after the above events, Rei was at the same shopping area. He was sitting on a bench, almost at the same spot. Again he was waiting for his mother to finished shopping.
But unlike before, no girl started crying. Instead there was a blond girl in a blue and pink dress looking at her watch frowning slightly. She looked up then back down, and tapped one foot. Rei felt his heart stop for a second, as he study the girl. She looked like what his first love, making Rei blush at the thought of her.
Rei pulled out his money, then counted. He had enough money for just one ice cream cone. He looked over at the girl, who yawn. Nibbling his lip, he stood up. He force himself to walked over to the girl. As he reached her, she turned her head to look straight into his. Those blue eyes widen as Rei froze.
"Rei-chan, how are you today?" whispered Nagisa, blushing redder then a lobster. Rei's mouth open and closed.
"Nagisa-chan, what... what are you wearing?"