Finally an update, sorry guys its been over a month! How dare I right? The next update will be a christmas short story. Thanks for waiting patiently, enjoy.

Haruka felt faint, the growing dizziness had begun to become an irritation. Haru hated this feeling as he was sure everyone did. He wasn't new to the sensation of losing consciousness, having fainted several times when he was younger. Bad diet was the usual cause and this time it was no different. His diet consisted of the fish, Mackerel. Haruka had convinced himself once again that this time was different, there was no way that his health would deteriorate. Mackerel for breakfast, lunch and dinner. An occasional skip of a meal was rapidly taking its toll on his body. If Haruka was going to pass out, he was determined to make it home. He grabbed his bag, throwing it over his shoulder with a small amount of effort and headed to the door.

Swim practice hadn't gone exactly to plan but was glad no one had picked up on his wooziness. Makoto and Rin had asked in suspicion to his lack of swimming only to be shrugged off and ignored. Haruka had spent the rest of the session inside, sitting with his head in his hands in the school's toilet cubicle. Haru could hear Makoto calling for him after practice but stayed where he was. Makoto could walk home by himself, Haru was the one with the problem.

Haruka turned the corner of the gate and paused. If anything could make his day worse it would be Sousuke Yamazaki leaning against the wall, arms crossed, staring daggers into his soul. Sousuke Yamazaki the reason for his demise. After being pushed into a vending machine, with little personal space, Sousuke had threatened Haru. It wasn't a life threat but he had taken it to heart. The threatening stares, the heated glances and the aggressive intimidation had Haru watching his back, ensuring there were several feet between him and Rin. Haruka wasn't one speak out about problems, he ignored them, letting them fester inside until he's forced to confront them. He wasn't about to change now and he wasn't ready or willing to listen to what the teal eye man had to say. Haruka watched as Sousuke came away from the wall and stood before him. His mouth began to move but nothing made it to his brain. His legs felt weak, Sousuke's frame began to blur and Haruka grasped his bag strap firmly. Sousuke's mouth continued to move, not even noticing or caring about the deterioration of the teen before him. When his mouth stopped moving and Haruka was sure Sousuke wouldn't speak again he spun around, closing his eyes in pain. He began to walk, his fingers white from grasping his bag so tightly, he felt his head fuzz. Haruka felt his legs falter, a concerned shout from behind and the last thing Haru saw was the pavement rushing up to meet him.

Sousuke stood there in both shock and confusion. He knew he shouldn't have gawped at the unconscious boy for as long as he did, rushing up to the swimmer's side and gently shaking his shoulders.

"Nanase?"

Nothing. Sousuke felt like biting his nails in anxiety, he couldn't leave Haruka like this. He couldn't take him back to the dorm, it was too far and Rin would have a heart attack. He had no idea where Haruka lived. He didn't know much about the boy at all.

Sousuke had managed to lift the boy with ease without his shoulder acting up, taking all Haru's weight, Sousuke fished his phone from his pocket, dialling the only number that could help. He'd just have to avoid the most obvious question.

"Why do you need to know where Haru lives?"

"Because I just do, now give it to me!"

"Sou, I need a reason."

Sousuke groaned, heaving Haruka back up after he began to slip. "I found something of his and I'd like to give it back."

Sousuke knew he lied, a terrible lie at that, but he knew Rin would believe it, gullible idiot. He smirked as Rin sighed a 'fine' and proceeded to give him directions.

"Remind me to apologise to him," Sousuke spoke to the unconscious Haruka, head drooping low. "Let's get you home."

Sousuke stared in despair, before him was a staircase leading to Haru's house. Sousuke sighed heavily, how does he get himself into these situations? Sousuke glanced to the boy beside him and bit his lip. Why did Haru faint? Sousuke hadn't really thought about it. He quickly shook his head and focused on the task at hand. Stairs. He could do this. How hard could it be heaving a sixty-pound dead weight up some simple steps?

"How do I get myself into these situations?" Sousuke asked himself as he winced at the sight of Haruka laying awkwardly amongst the steps. They were almost there when Sousuke missed stepped and tripped, managing to steady himself but letting Haruka fall. By accident mind you. He wasn't that cruel. Sousuke heaved a great sigh before he pulled the boy up, tucking him tightly against his body. A small cut had appeared on Haru's forehead and Sousuke furrowed his brow. He wasn't going to hear the end of this.

Sousuke managed to enter the boy's house with ease. He wasn't sure why Haruka hadn't locked his front door, he probably just forgot and Sousuke silently thanked him.

"Not another lot of stairs." Sousuke gaped at a loss. He furrowed his brow in frustration but headed upstairs anyway. He didn't know why he was doing this all for the freestyle swimmer but something inside him switched to protection, to be concerned about the wellbeing of Haruka Nanase. He'd never done anything like this for Rin, but, then again, Rin had never fainted before.

Gently laying Haru on his bed, Sousuke slumped beside his bed, legs spread out, head landing on the mattress.

"I'm never doing that again." Sousuke spoke out, "My good deed for the day, no, year, is done."

Sousuke let out an exhausted sigh, his hand accidently brushing against Haru's. Sousuke couldn't help but think that those hands were soft, smooth, slender, small. A perfect fit. Sousuke shook his head, what was he thinking now? Sousuke quickly removed his hand and found himself analysing the freestyle swimmers face. The boy's hair shadowed his brow, his eyes closed, almost peacefully asleep. Haru's nose was long but slim, curving slightly at the end. His plump lips almost pursed as if irritated. Sousuke smirked, he had always found Haru's facial expressions mesmerising, there weren't many but Sousuke enjoyed watching the boys face twist and contort into similar expressions. Sousuke caught himself smiling and mentally scolded himself, he was supposed to hate the boy, not daydream about him. He picked himself up, accidently knocking the boy's leg, freezing when a pained groan entered the quiet atmosphere.

Haruka groggily opened his eyes, his head pounded. Lifting his hand to his head, rubbing it lightly to sooth the pain, his eyes caught something frozen in its spot. Sousuke Yamazaki was standing in his room, shocked and panicked. Wait when did he come home? Haruka rose a brow in confusion and glanced up to Sousuke. The teen was unmoving, afraid to move in case Haruka got scared. Sousuke hadn't expected him to wake so early or easily. The two teens just stared at one another, both unable to produce words to explain their situation. Sousuke had to get out, the stifling silence had him pulling at his collar.

"I'm gonna go."

Sousuke began to leave, he headed down the stairs, reaching the door before he heard a protest of 'wait' and found Haruka rushing down the flight of stairs. Sousuke could see the dizziness floating in Haru's eyes and the caught the boy before he crashed to the floor. The butterfly swimmer hoisted the boy up, letting Haru hold his arms to steady himself.

"Are you okay?" Sousuke couldn't help but ask.

"Fine." Haruka grasped the teen's arms firmly. "What happened?"

"You passed out and I brought you home."

"You did?" Haruka whispered in surprise, unsure on how to process that the man that threatened his very existence had carried him from Itaowbi High to his home.

"Well yeah, I couldn't leave you like that." Sousuke felt a little offended.

"Thank you," Haruka spoke the words, foreign to think they'd ever be used on Sousuke Yamazaki. The said recipient seemed just as astonished. His eyes had widened and his mouth was unsure on how to respond. The grip on Sousuke's arm tightened and he could feel Haruka's nails dig in. The boy's eyes were slowly losing focus and Haruka slumped into the large body before him. Haruka was still conscious but too weak to move. He barely managed to lift his head to find Sousuke glancing down at him. Haruka never noticed how well structured Sousuke's face was. His strong jaw line and perfect shaped nose gave his eyes a certain unique desirability. His natural curved frown gave Sousuke an intimidation aspect that Haruka was starting to appreciate.

"We should probably get you back to bed." Sousuke breathed out, trying his best not to take pleasure in Haru's glazed over eyes and lush lashes that covered them. Sousuke felt Haruka shuffle, loosening his grip, he watched Haru steady himself on his own two feet, swaying once, his hand finding its way to land on Sousuke's chest.

The only thought running through Sousuke's mind was that Haru's had was warm. The warmth seemed to spread over his body and he automatically grasped the invading hand. Haruka's had wanted to snatch his hand back but couldn't. The ripped body benenth his hand had him flexing his fingers, lightly grazing the muscles underneath the butterfly swimmers shirt. When he felt Sousuke's hand engulf his own he glanced up and found Sousuke already gazing at him.

When their lips connected, Haruka clutched at the teal eyed teens shirt, savouring every sensation Sousuke could give. The kiss wasn't a passionate, nor was it fervid. It was gentle, soft and held pleas of guilt and forgiveness. Sousuke pulled away, he tenderly ran his thumb across the boys jaw and felt Haruka lean into his touch.

Realising what he was doing Sousuke backed away, Haruka wasn't in the right head space, he was delirious, he wasn't thinking rationally. If he was seeing and able to complement clearly there was no way Haru would even gander a look his way. Sousuke watched as Haru's face contorted to one of confusion, curious as to why the teal eyed man withdrew himself. Sousuke chose to ignore the rather endearing tilt of the boys head and pointed to the stairs.

"Bed. Now."

Not wanting to make Sousuke angry Haru twisted around, making it up two steps before his fell forward, kneeling on all fours, head spinning. He felt Sousuke's sturdy hands lift him up, taking almost his whole weight as he adjusted to his surroundings. Haruka let the butterfly swimmer guide him up the stairs, waiting patiently as he would suddenly stop, suffering from a small dizzy spell. They managed to enter Haru's bedroom, stumbling towards his bed, Sousuke let Haruka's arm slide from his shoulder and let a small smirk surface as the dizzy boy slumped forward and laid, groaning slightly in annoyance.

"Well I better get going." Sousuke announced, not sure on what to do next, he wasn't particularly great at small talk, nor did he know how to even approach Haruka in any sense that wasn't hostile.

"Stay."

Sousuke rose a brow, did Haruka just speak? It was a whisper with a slight groan to it.

"What?"

"Can you stay?"

"Nanase, I don't think-" Sousuke was cut off mid sentence when Haruka's hand found its way into Sousuke's own, gripping it lightly.

"Please stay."

"Okay, but where am I-?" Sousuke was cut off once again as Haruka seemed to read his mind. Haru patted the spot next to him and lightly pulled on the boys hand as if encouraging him to move closer. Sousuke could feel the tug, see the patting hand and the body they were connected to and he froze. Never in his dreams let alone anyone else's did he expect a scenario like this. He could see the slight plea floating in the boys eyes and the slight pout on his lips that had Sousuke sighing in defeat climbing over Haru's weak body and laying down beside him. Haruka twisted around so he was face to face with the reluctant butterfly swimmer and gazed into the intense teal. Sousuke's eyes seemed to calm his spinning head only to make his head groggy, sleepiness raking his body. He gave the bigger teen a quick glance over before his shut his eyes and drifted off to sleep.

Sousuke hadn't dared to move. There was no way he was going to wake the freestyle swimmer. The boy was snoozing soundly, his features finally at peace. His brows were no long furrowed but in their natural position. Looking at Haru now Sousuke's mind finally began to question the situation. Haruka had fainted, but why? Dehydration perhaps, no Sousuke clearly remembered Haru chugging down his water at practice. From what Sousuke knew Haruka didn't suffer from a heart condition. Fatigue? Maybe, but he hadn't seemed tired. Low blood sugar? He didn't have diabetes, that Sousuke was sure of. But that didn't mean his diet didn't come into question.

When Haruka woke the next morning, alone in an empty bed, he assumed he had dreamt everything that occurred the day before and he felt clearer, like he got lost inside a pool of teal and came out almost transparent. Haru headed to bath ready to start yet another average day. After his daily soak and the interruption of Makoto, commenting on the small cut on his forehead, Haruka opened his fridge and his mouth went slack. In his fridge were container upon container of prepared food. He noticed a small written note peeking on the top of the closet container. He lightly unfolded the paper and scanned the page.

Nanase,

As much as I enjoy watching you stumble into walls and falling flat on your face, I'd prefer you to do that conscious. I know why you passed out and I want you to know that you're an idiot. I went down to the store and cooked you some food and don't worry, they all have Mackerel in them.

Yamazki

P.S I don't know if you remember yesterday at all, but there's something I need to apologize for, that and I demand a thank you.

P.S.S The store lady was super weird, she kept trying to sell me her pet turtle.

Haruka let out a small snort and a smile etched his mouth as he reread the message. So yesterday did happen. He wandered into the hall where Makoto was calling him hurriedly.

"Why are you smiling?" Makoto's head tilted to the side noticing he piece of paper in between the freestyle swimmers fingers. "What's that?"

"Nothing." Haruka placed it safely into his shirt pocket. "Lets go."

As the two boys walked their usual route to school, Makoto chatting enough for the two of them, Haruka was ignoring the talkative brunette, staring out into the ocean as usual, expect there was a small change. The ocean seemed more teal and Haru was smiling.