Authors note: Really, with stories, I just go with the flow and see what comes next but I never thought that it would come to this...Rin and Haru are still friends and I'll keep it that way to keep the rating stable like I wrote the first chapter. I love BL but I'll do my very best to keep things appropriate. In the end I just deepened their relationship...this story was supposed to be about Rins cousin! Waaah...

"Coach! Good morning!" Rin waved to his coach as they got to the pool. Rin was happy but his coach was not impressed. "Rin! You missed class this morning!" The coach said, unhappy.

"Eh...coach...I sang too much last night and I got a headache and a sore throat..."

"Oh?! Your voice does sound hoarse...did you go out with some friends?"

"Yeah, let me introduce you. This is Haruka Nanase, he swims for Japan and we have been friends since grade school"

"Oh?! THE Haruka Nanase?!"

"Nice to meet you..." Haruka said. "Rin had to kindly pick me up yesterday to see me...and I insisted to go to the karaoke... I take responsibility"

"Oh... Nice to meet you, you don't have to. Rin, you missed classes to rest didn't you?"

"Yeah, otherwise I wouldn't be able to come to class today"

"Good Rin, next time, let me know if you get sick okay?"

"Yes sir" Rin nodded.

"Well nice to meet you Haruka, welcome!"

"It's my pleasure"

"We are going to do some rounds of butterfly today, it's gonna be a strict lesson so keep up okay?"

"..." Haruka went quiet.

Pleaaase don't say "I only swim free"...the coach will go mad!

"I only swim free..."

Rin slapped his forehead, "Haru! You're still onto that?! Are you serious!?"

The coach was a little weirded out, "You only master the freestyle? That's a little odd... For today at least, do some butterfly okay?"

"...Okay" Haruka agreed to do it anyway. Rin sniggered, "This is interesting...I have never seen you do a different stroke before...I wonder what it'll be like..."

"He never has done a different stroke before?!" The coach exclaimed.

"It's fine, I have done it before, my own coach got me to do it"

"Oh okay, let's see how good you are Haru!"

They went ahead and got on top of the starting stands and they jumped in once the coach blew the whistle, Rin felt oddly strange as he swam because Haru was doing a completely different style than usual but he was fast so he ought to catch up. After a couple of rounds, Haruka and Rin were a bit tired so they were given some rest.

"You're fast as always Haru" He said, grinning at Haru as Haru took a sip of water from his bottle.

"You too Rin, you're powerful and strong as ever"

"Hey- thanks..." Rin blushed a bit before taking some water but Haru just kept on smiling at him.

"Wh- what?"

"It's nothing, let's take another round. The coach is waiting for us"

"O-okay!" Rin said as Haru got up.

At the end of the day Haru and Rin were pretty exhausted, after getting out of the pool they were dismissed for the day so they hit the showers.

"Ah...what a day" Rin sighed.

"I'm disappointed that lunch didn't have mackerel in it..." Haru said.

"Get used to it..."

Oh...Kazuki comes to the pool at this hour...

They got dressed and went out, as expected, Kazuki was swimming in the pool. Haru was a bit surprised. "Oh? Kazuki swims at this hour?"

"Yeah he does, to practice. Not for anything special like competitions or anything"

"I see... Well, he does have some of your blood in him"

"Hehe~ He does!"

Kazuki noticed them so he waved and they waved back before leaving to go back to their dorm, "Haru, you might want to grab your stuff"

"Oh yeah" They turned to Kazuki's dorm instead so they knocked and Deni replyed. "Oh! What brings you here?" She asked.

"Haru had left his things in here, he would like to take them out" Rin said.

"No problem! Come in..."

Haru saw his suitcase nicely placed in a corner so he grabbed it and took it out, "Thank you very much Deni"

"It's alright! Anytime..."

Rin and Haru left and went inside their own dorm and Haru out his suitcase down. "There" Rin said, "Now let's prepare you a bed!"

He went ahead and grabbed his couch, "Come on Haru, help me lift it up!"

"Okay!" Haru helps Rin lift it up, "Where shall we put it?" He asked, "In front of my bed on the side"

"Eh? Is that okay?"

"Of course it is! It's facing the TV!"

"Oh- right, good idea"

They carried the couch all the way up to Rins bed and out it down next to it. The beds side was up to the wall so the other side was facing the TV, they out the couch in front of his bed so he can get the same view. They unfolded the couch and opened it up to a bed, Rin got out some spare pillows, sheets and a futon from his cupboard and they made the bed. It was the same size as Rins bed but connecting them was a great idea. It looked fun in Rins mind.

"We should make a tent over this...that will be fun" Rin suggested, feeling childish.

"Yeah...we should" Haru smiled.

Eh...I'm feeling a little burn in my chest...wait... My heart is beating fast!

"Rin, Thank you so much for doing this for me. I'm really happy..."

Why do I have this strange feeling...? I feel like I want to hug Haru...or grab his hand and hold it... I want to treasure him... And show him my care as his best friend...

Rin looks at Haru and then looks at his hand before gently grabbing it. He sighed, as Haru reacted to the touch of his hand, he lightly gripped it back.

"Rin...are you alright?" He asked.

"Haru, I should be asking you that! I'm really worried about you!" Rin said at the verge of crying.

"Oh Rin...please don't cry..." Haru gives Rin a warm hug, "I'm really happy...I really am..."

"But I rejected you! I feel bad..."

"Don't, you didn't reject me. You accepted me Rin...you cared and that's enough for me"

"Haru..." Rin met go of his tears and cried on Haru's shoulder. Haru went ahead and stroked Rin on the head gently. "Thank you for worrying about me"

Rin sobbed, "Haru..." He held Haru even tighter. "I'm so glad..." Then he let go and wiped away his tears.

"You're so cute Rin, here" He gets a tissue from his pocket and wipes Rin's eyes. "Thank you..."

"You're such a crybaby Rin"

"IM NOT" Rin beamed at him and Haru just laughed, "There you go, you're Rin again"

"Ah- thanks Haru~"

Rin smiled at him "Haru, come up close" He said and Haru goes closer to him. "This right?"

"Yup!" Rin then kisses Haru with his eyes closed with a smile and then breaks off, "This feels kinda funny right? We're more than friends but not lovers, even if I let you kiss me like this..." He chuckled.

"We're close friends that care about each other and love each other"

"Yeah, that's pretty much what I feel too. Weird but right in our sense of being friends isn't it?"

"Yeah, now let's get a tent up Rin"

"Okay!"