Summary: Takes place before the first one-shot. A new student enters Nagisa's and Rei's class. Nagisa has zero self-control.
[ A Free! Friend?! ]
Nagisa and Rei's freshmen class was noisier and more lax than usual this particular morning. There were many students chatting with their friends like no tomorrow and even some who were bold enough to sit on top of the desks to socialize. However, the moment that the door slid open and their middle-aged teacher stepped into the room, a quick burst of chaos that consisted of curses and the legs of chairs scraping across the tile floor resounded. Their teacher was never late after all. Who could blame them for being overly excited and eager to take advantage of the extra fifteen minutes of chatting with their friends? The teacher's brown eyes lit up with silent amusement as he watched the panicked students scramble into their seats and struggle to compose themselves. He cleared his throat before he began to speak,
"Before we start class today, I'd like to introduce a new student."
"Ehhhhhhh?!" Many teenage voices chorused in unison. Most people were surprised to get a new student in the middle of the academic year. Before they could whisper to themselves to theorize what the new student would be like, the teacher looked to hallway that opened door exposed to his view and added,
"Come in and tell us about yourself."
"Yes, sir!" A feminine voice responded politely, letting the class know that the person outside the door was a new girl. Not even a moment later, the new student stepped into the room in their black-themed uniform, clutching a brown, leather messenger bag with both hands. The teen girl did not seem phased by the collective gasps of her classmates, including Nagisa and Rei themselves. Almost all of the eyes in the room lit up at the sight of the new student, who was the spitting image of a goddess in human form. Time seemed to slow down for a moment so that they could openly gawk and awe at her form. Her long, waist-length raven hair flowed behind her elegantly; the black uniform jacket did nothing to hide her ample bosum, and the skirt only seemed to accentuate her long, fit legs.
Most striking of all as when she turned to face the class. Her eyes were an uncanny, deep shade of blue that resembled that depths of the ocean. Nagisa was never one to hold himself back so he immediately jumped to his feet and slammed his hands on his desk as he observed aloud, "Rei-chan, she looks just like Haru-chan!"
Nagisa's outburst caused Rei to snap from his trance from intaking the new girl's beauty and he immediately flushed as he openly chastised him, "Nagisa-kun, you can't just have an outburst in the middle of cl-!" His voice hitched in his throat when he realized that everyone's attention was focused on him now. He was a pot calling the kettle "black". He then looked back at the new girl, whose introduction he and Nagisa so rudely interrupted. At first she looked deadpanned that the two ruined her moment but when she noticed his purple eyes on her.
Her expression rapidly changed to a confused blink, followed by a smile and a wink that she merely meant as 'Good job, buddy. But I'm taking the stage back, okay~?' but ended up sending a Cupid's arrow straight through his chest, causing Rei to visibly stiffen and place a hand over where his heart was suddenly pounding. Not knowing what the sudden affliction that came over was, Rei quickly turned his face away and tried to make himself as small as possible, unaware of how red his cheeks were.
"Hazuki-kun," the teacher sent a warning but not too serious glare at the blond, who had yet to retake his seat. "Would you like to make the introduction with her?" He asked in a sarcastic yet teasing way.
However, the question that was intended to embarrass Nagisa only backfired as the spontaneous teen quickly nodded with an excited response "Oh, sure!" as he quickly skipped from his desk over to the girl at the front of the classroom.
"Eh?" The girl sweatdropped and clutched her bag closer to her person as Nagisa grinned while wrapping one arm around her shoulder in a chummy manner and the other shot into the air.
"Everyone, we have a new student today!" He proclaimed as if no one else knew that information. "Remember to be kind to her and help her out if she needs anything!" He then looked down at the girl who was not too much shorter than he was whispered, "Hey, hey, Haru-chan twinnie, what's your name?"
The girl, who either probably felt like she had no choice but to go along with the show or was the type of person who just went with the flow, then cupped hand over her mouth as she whispered directly into Nagisa's ear, sending a surprisingly pleasurable shiver through his body, "I have no clue who Haru-chan is but my name is Higurashi Kagome."
Nagisa smiled and nodded before yelling back at the class, "This is the lovely Higurashi Kagome!" Rei face planted and the girl chuckled nervously at the use of the familiar honorific on her name. "Now, Kago-chan, tell us a bit about yourself!" He added while making a grandoise gesture at her, telling her to speak up and take the stage with his body language.
Despite the odd situation, Kagome actually smiled at Nagisa before taking a step forward. "My name is Higurashi Kagome. I just moved to Iwatobi from my family's shrine in Tokyo." She informed the class before bending at the waist to bow formally, unable to get rid of the habits of her traditional upbringing. "I hope that we all get along. Please take good care of me." She then stood back up at her full height and smiled at the rest of the class, which earned her a small round of applause from her new classmates.
"Higurashi-san, welcome to Iwatobi! I hope you like it here!" One friendly girl in the first row replied.
"Yeah, if you need help with anything, just ask us~!" A guy from the third row added.
"Thank you ve-" Kagome began to respond but suddenly let out a surprised, "Waaah!" At the feeling of a sudden weight on her back, she soon realized that Nagisa did not know the meaning of personal space because he was standing close behind her with his hands on her shoulder.
"Don't worry, everyone! Rei-chan and I will be taking care of Kago-chan from now on! She's in good hands!" The blond stated matter-of-factly. Kagome blushed a bit but inwardly sighed. She had dealt with a lot of weirdos in the Feudal Era so she was used to crazy antics like the one from this extremely touchy blond. But she did not expect that anyone in the modern era could be so strange...
'Oh well...' She mused before smiling. 'At least my modern life won't be boring...'
Authoress' Notes: Whoops. This was longer than intended, but it's not very long anyway so I guess it's okay. As I said before, this takes place before the first chapter. I think that I'll do a few chapters that take place before the first one, and then end with a couple that take place after the first chapter. It'll be an odd order buuuuut... Bear with me.