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Shark Tales of Bites and Kisses

"It's your turn Gome-chan~~" Nagisa sang after Haru's rather strange confession of his first encounter with love, which only proved to further strengthen his weird affinity for water.

"Wait, why does Kagome-chan and Haruka-sempai share a side on a cube. She could have taken one of my spots!" Rei protested as he noted the crammed letters on the face of the cardboard box.

"Now now Rei-chan, can't you see they're like starcrossed twins! Therefore they share a cube!"

"That doesn't...make any sense Nagisa-kun," Kagome replied as she watched the enthusiastic remain unmoved by her comment.

Sitting around the makeshift fire lantern were the swimmers of the Iwatobi High School Swim Club, all of which aside from the be-speckled first year, were drying off in their sleeping attire. Prior to their residence in one of the three abandoned islands, Rei had taken a midnight practice in the waters which quickly turned disastrous calling for an emergency rescue from the swimmers. However the gods were not in their favor for they were carried away from the main shores where they took refuge in the center most island which faced their camp. Thankfully, all swimmers were accounted for and unharmed.

Now after a rather haunting tour of the resting house and a strange midnight meal of canned mackerel and pineapples, they settled around to play a game to pass the time. A box was found and names were placed on all sides of the box. The rules were simple, whose ever name was facing up, they were to answer the question asked of them or required to entertain the group otherwise.

"So, what's my question?"

"Hmmmmm, we can't make it the same as Haru-chan's. How about...who was your first kiss?!"

"Nagisa! That's not something you ask!" Makoto trailed off as his cheeks flushed at his teammates forwardness. Had it been another teammate, he was sure he wouldn't be as defensive but to ask Kagome such a forward question seemed more intrusive. And yet it peaked his curiosity.

"Have you even had your first kiss yet, Kagome-chan?" Rei asked as he moved closer to their makeshift fire.

"Eto..." Kagome immediately looked towards the roof.

"EH she's turning red! She has!" Nagisa pointed blatantly at the crawling redness that went down her neck, "tell us tell us! Do we know who it is?!"

"...yes."

"Who?" Rei and Nagisa synched unknowingly as they leaned forward, straining to hear her response. Following them, Haruka and Makoto leaned slightly forward as well, rather eager to hear her response. A sense of disappointment filled all the boys, the feeling surprising some in their response to the news.

"Rin," Kagome murmured, refusing to make eye contact with anyone.

"RIN?!"

"Carrots...carrots..." Kagome listed from under her breath as she looked for the elusive vegetable in the small market. She had run in to the store for another purpose but decided it was a great time to gather more supplies.

As she walked down the aisles, her eyes followed all the displayed products forgoing the act of looking before walking. That is until she crashed into a wall.

"Oof!" Thankfully Kagome bounced off, taking one step back to balance herself out. Noticing that the wall she had walked into wasn't actually a wall, evidenced by the sandal'd feet in front her. She looked up to meet magenta irises just as they turned towards her.

"I'm..." Words failed her as the two shoppers recognized each other, and unfortunately for them their first meeting wasn't exactly a positive memory. Kagome wasn't sure how to approach him, she had seen his rather hostile and flippant attitude towards her teammates.

"Sorry," She blurted as he continued to stare at her, his eyes narrowing the longer they stared at her.

"...What are you doing here," He demanded as he spotted the swim suit strap peeking from her white sundress. If she was here, there was a high chance that his former swim team and Haru were here as well. Though he had to admit from their group, if he had to run into them, he would have picked her. She wasn't as loud or overbearing as the others and was pleasing to look at. The white sundress almost seemed to glow in contrast to her lightly tanned skin, he could also see the slight tan lines from her swim suit, he withheld the smirk that threatened to appear.

"We're here for swimming camp," Kagome replied easily with a smile, finding no reason to lie, "I'm just picking up some things for dinner."

She watched as the Australian swimmer quirked an eyebrow in inquiry, "Where? We have the pool and facilities rented out all day."

A giggle escaped her, seeing Rin confused was actually a quite adorable expression on his usually disgruntled face.

"We're on a Swimming Camp From Hell," She emphasized, wiggling her fingers, "We're swimming between the islands off shore in the ocean."

"Ocean?" An old memory flashed through his mind, "Is...Makoto okay with that?"

"Mako-kun?" She tiled her head in confusion.

"Ahh...nothing."

By then the two were face to face with her back to the island display of vegetables.

"Matsuoka-sempai!" A voice rang from behind the boy.

"Well-" Rin was cut off as, what felt like a body, slammed into his back propelling him forward. Immediately he braced himself on either side of the startled girl on the railing of the island. Had the figure that slammed into him been taller, that alone would have spared the two from an embarrassing moment. Unfortunately the smaller figure tumbled down at Rin's feet, trapping them just as Rin tried to step forward to brace himself with his legs as well. The lack of support caused him to fall forward, a small distance before his arm saved him but enough to cross the entire space between himself and Kagome.

How the stars seemed to align that his face just happened to descend upon hers at the perfect angle.

"You mean to tell me this happened today?!"

A visible twitch disturbed Haruka's normally calm expression whereas the others weren't as controlled in sharing their disbelief and...annoyance.

"E-yeah, it was when I ran to get the spices for dinner."

A single thought ran through all of their heads.

Kagome would never run chores on her own for the rest of the trip. And she would no longer have anymore 'accidental kisses' with Rin. Or anyone else in that matter.

And as usual, the tense environment was dispersed by one starry-eyed individual.

"It's okay Kagome! It was an accident! Shark bites don't count as a kiss!" Nagisa proclaimed as he jumped to hug their only confused and flustered female swimmer, "I bet the next one will be even better!"

"NAGISA!"