Disclaimer: I do not own Free! or any of its characters.

"I can hold my breath
I can bite my tongue
I can stay awake for days
If that's what you want
Be your number one..."

Haru looked over at the tub still filled with water. The faces of his friends passed through his mind and ended with the sight of his grandmother's disappointed face. Mother, if I'm such a burden, why'd you bother keeping me around? You should've aborted me. You would've saved everyone the trouble of being with me. I'm sorry for being here. I'll be gone soon. He looked down at his phone and started to text. All of his friends got the same message.

"I can fake a smile
I can force a laugh
I can dance and play the part
If that's what you ask
Give you all I am..."

He stepped into the bathtub. Haru sat down slowly and slid further under the surface than before. His entire body was submerged under water...

"But I'm only human
And I bleed when I fall down
I'm only human
And I crash and I break down
Your words in my head, knives in my heart
You build me up and then I fall apart
'Cause I'm only human"

Meanwhile...

Everyone opened their phone to the same text:

"Sender: Nanase Haruka
Received: 2:58 am
Subject: [Untitled]

I'm sorry."

While Nagisa and Rei were at a complete lost at what he was talking about, Rin and Makoto understood it right away. They both rushed out of bed with one thought, "Please don't let me be too late." Makoto rushed out of his house as quietly as he could. He couldn't stop himself from sweating and breathing heavily. Neither could Rin. He ran faster than he ever had before.

Makoto was running out of his house with tears in his eyes. Haru, please. Please be okay. Please don't do this. Haru.

Rin was full on bawling his eyes out while running down every street he had to get to Haru's place.

Makoto got to the house first, considering where he came from was much closer. The front door was locked so he started banging on it until he finally gave up and kicked it open. The door almost fell off the hinges for how hard it was kicked. It flung open to a dark house. He ran into Haru's bedroom, in hopes that the boy would be lying in bed asleep. But there was none. Makoto quickly turned around and ran into the bathroom. There was Haruka, laying in the bottom of the tub. No air bubbles were coming from his nose or mouth. The water was completely still. Makoto reached down and yanked the boy out of the water and laid him down on the cold tile floor. He put his ear against Haru's chest. He heard nothing. No beating nor breathing. His eyes widen as he pumped Haru's chest. "Haru! Haru! Please! Wake up! Please!"

Rin finally reached the house. He could hear Makoto's screaming from the front door. His whole face was red. One percent from running, 99 percent from crying. With heavy breaths, he made his final dash into the bathroom where he found Haru unconscious on the floor and Makoto trying to give him CPR. The situation was almost exactly like the first time except now, he did this on purpose.

Makoto was pumping as fast as he could and trying to force air into Haru's lungs but nothing was working. Unlike last time, Rin called an ambulance before he got there. He didn't need to know the details to know what "I'm sorry" meant at this point from the dolphin. Rin bent down beside the other two and watched Makoto efforts. By that time, Rin couldn't speak. His throat hurt so much, he couldn't make a sound, only low cracks of his voice. Makoto was still calling out Haru's name.

Haru's body was getting paler by the second. Makoto was beginning to break. Please Haru, please. I'm not letting you go. Please, just open your eyes. Take a breath. Something! Let me know that you're still here! Please Haru!

Rin couldn't stand the scene that was playing out in front of him. He gathered all the strength he had and screamed, "HARUKA!"

His voice traveled through Haru's body and to the last of his consciousness. Rin? He couldn't hear anything up until then. He had been slowly fading. There was a stabbing feeling in his chest. It burned so much, it felt like the flames of the sun were in his lungs. His body jerked and he began to cough violently.

Makoto stopped pumped and blinked. Haru subconsciously turned his head to the side. Water poured out of his lungs and onto the floor. Tears in both Rin and Makoto's eyes came to a sudden halt for a minute with the knowledge that their friend was still alive. When Haru stopped coughing, both boys came closer to his face.

"Haru?"

"Haru-chan?"

Haru turned his head back to face the two. His eyes were glazed and barely open. His whispered, "D-drop...the...'-chan'." With that, his eyes closed and his head fell off to the side. Haru had used his last bit of strength to say those words. His body went limp. There was only so much that a body can take before it totally falls apart. Rin and Makoto let out bloodcurdling scream of Haru's name as the siren of the ambulance echoed in the background.

To be continued...

A/N: Okay so I might be bit of a sadist but so what? Anyway, I know both this chapter and the last are short. I know what I'm doing with this story so don't worry. Also, I'm trying to make sure I update in between me doing homework and going to work lol. I hope you all enjoyed.

See you in the next chapter! xx

Another Disclaimer: I do not own the song "Human" by Christina Perri. All rights belong to its owner.