Um okay before I say anything about this chapter...SEASON 2 OF FREE HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN ANNOUNCED AND IF YOU AREN'T EXCITED YOU'RE LYING!...uh anyway...
Okay anyway, this chapter doesn't have much RinHaru in it again, but you just have to be patient. It is also kinda short, again, but...well whatever. I hope you enjoy the chapter anyways!
Disclaimer: Free! and it's characters do not belong to me and belong the respected owners. I only own/made this story.
"N-Nanase...Haruka?" said teen turned around to see a small, dark haired girl. He recognised her as a girl in his class and raised an eyebrow. It was a Wednesday, and it was still morning, school hadn't even started, what did she want? Haruka never was one for social interaction.
He noticed the girl looked shy, nervous even, and could clearly see her cheeks heating up. He frowned as she stood there and said nothing, waiting for her to do something.
"U-um...I have something for you..."
...
Rin walked down the halls with, once again, tired eyes. He hadn't gotten a decent sleep for three nights in a row, and he doubted getting any more sleep through the week.
The situation with Makoto and Haru wouldn't leave his mind. He had truly been good friends with Makoto as children, so to have the brunette say it was all a lie had really hurt him.
"God, I should have never become Haru's tutor, I'm just in this ridiculous situation that I can't get out of now..."
His thoughts trailed off as he turned a corner to be at the top of a pair stairs, and saw Haruka and a girl standing at the bottom of them, a girl he recognised from his class. He quickly hid back behind the corner and strained his ears to hear what they were saying, but frowned as he couldn't hear a thing.
The girl took something out from her bag and held it out to Haruka, Rin recognised it as a small envelope. It was a light shade of pink, which meant it must have been a love letter.
Rin's eyes widened as he stared at it, and noticed Haruka hesitated before taking it from the girl. The girl quickly bowed and scuttled away, leaving Haru behind with the envelope still in hand. The redhead frowned as he continued to look at the envelope in his friend's hand.
"Makoto is not going to be happy about this..." he thought, but felt his own chest tightening for reasons he didn't know. He decided it must have been because Haruka got a love declaration before him and sighed before stepping out from the corner and walking down the stairs.
"What was that about?" he asked, smiling at Haru's shocked expression
"R-Rin?! Did you hear that?"
The taller teen shook his head "No, but I think I could see what was going on"
Haruka's eyes widened once more "Y-you could?"
"Yep" Rin nodded "that girl just confessed her love to you, didn't she?"
Haruka looked at Rin, then back down at the envelope, then back up at Rin, and quickly hid the envelope behind his back.
"Y-yeah, she did..."
Rin pouted "Why do you always get the good things? She's cute too, if you say no I'll happily go out with her"
"You would?" Haruka asked, seeming to be genuinely interested
"Yeah...why?"
"No reason, I have to go, I told Makoto I'd meet up with him"
Rin's eyes widened "Wait!" he quickly said, grabbing the teen.
Haruka stumbled and raised a questioning eyebrow "What?"
Rin opened his mouth, but what was he going to say? He wanted to say don't go, but why did he want to say that?
With slight hesitance, he removed his hand from Haru's shoulder and said "Nothing" before smiling and walking off.
Haru watched Rin walk off with a frown, feeling his shoulder burn from where the teen touched. He ignored the feeling and looked at the envelope that had been given to him, then turned it over to see Matsuoka Rin written on the front.
Haruka glared at the envelope as he remembered what Rin had said
"I would go out with her"
The raven haired teen clenched his hands as he felt something bubble up in his stomach. The girl that gave him this letter had done nothing to him, she hadn't abused or teased him, she hadn't even talked to him before. But, for some reason, Haru hated her, and he roughly shoved the envelope in his bag.
"I told her I would but...I can't give this to Rin..."
...
"What's wrong, Haru?" Makoto asked, staring at the teen with concern.
Class had ended and everyone had gone, so the two teens were the only ones left in the room.
"Nothing's wrong" Haruka answered, packing his books away.
Makoto frowned slightly "Haru, please tell me, I just want to help"
The smaller teen looked up at the brunette, then back down at the table as he hesitated to answer. How did Makoto always see through him?
"...something weird is going on with Rin..."
Makoto's eye twitched as he heard the name "Really? What do you mean by weird?"
Haruka hesitated once more "Well...not with Rin exactly, but...it's more me and...Rin is a part of it and I don't know what's going on..."
Makoto balled his hand into a fist, he wanted to punch something. Why was Haru even concerned about Rin? Why did he care so much about him?
Haruka flinched slightly as Makoto suddenly wrapped his arms around him from the back, so the brunette's mouth was right next to Haru's ear.
"You don't need to worry about him, I'm sure he's fine" Makoto whispered, blowing into Haru's ear.
Haru squirmed slightly "Makoto, that tickles"
Said man ignored the complaint, and he slowly moved his hand up to reach the teen's neck, then started to move his fingers over Haru's neck and down to his collar bone.
"Skin...so soft..." Makoto thought, moving his hand lower and under Haru's shirt.
"Makoto, you're being weird" Haru stated, sounding bored.
The brunette blinked, realising what he was doing and jumping away. He had almost lost himself, which had been happening more frequently. He knew one day he would go too far, but he also knew Haru didn't even notice or care when Makoto caressed him.
Haruka and Makoto had been friends for almost all their lives, so Haru never saw the touches Makoto did as more than a friendly gesture. But Makoto saw it as much more than that, and it annoyed him to know that Haru would never see him as more than a friend.
Whenever he touched Haru, he never got the same reaction as when Rin touched Haru. Makoto noticed that whenever Rin did a simple gesture, like put his arm around the raven haired teen, Haru's cheeks would heat up slightly and he would tell Rin to get off him.
Makoto never got that reaction, it was always you're being weird. But he wanted that reaction, he wanted Haru to blush and tell him to stop touching him. Then he knew Haru would be feeling more than just friendship between them.
Rin was getting too close, he was getting too close to Haru and Makoto knew he needed to separate them. If he didn't then Haru would realise his feelings for Rin, which Makoto saw long ago, and now that Rin is back, Makoto decided he's finally going to claim Haru. But he needs to split them first, even if it's just a little, then he can claim Haru and have the boy all to himself...
"You coming, Makoto?" Haru asked, already in the doorway
"Ah, yeah" Makoto smiled, lightly jogging up to Haru and walking with him to the roof.
Once they got to the roof, the two saw Nagisa, Rei and Rin sitting together and laughing. Makoto's eyes narrowed at Rin and he sat down with Haru, making sure to put on his happy act.
Haruka was sitting next to Rin and kept glancing at him, whenever he sat down the redhead would always smile at him and greet him. This time he wasn't doing that, and it annoyed Haru, was Rin ignoring him?
"Rin" said teen turned to Haru "are you tutoring me tonight?"
The redhead stiffened at the question and looked up to see a dark glare coming from Makoto, making him shiver.
"Uh, not tonight, my mum wants to have a family dinner"
"What about after dinner?"
"Uh..." he could still feel Makoto's glare on him "...sorry but my mum really wants me to stay home tonight"
Haruka frowned and instead of saying something he grabbed his bag, stood up, and walked off. Everyone watched him walk off with confusion.
"Haru, where are you going?" Makoto asked
"To the pool" the teen responded, continuing to walk towards the door.
"W-wait, Haru!" Makoto panicked, standing up and chasing after him "We still have a lesson after this, you can't!"
Once Makoto and Haru were out of sight, Nagisa leaned up to Rin and whispered "Why are you lying to Haru chan?"
Rin scowled "I'm not lying, I really do have a family dinner on tonight"
"Well then how come Gou told us about the sleepover she's having at her friend's tonight?"
Rin's eyes widened and he turned to the blonde teen "Does Haru know that too?" Nagisa nodded and Rin sighed "Shit"
Rei looked at Rin with concern "Rin senpai, I don't think you should be lying to Haru chan san like that"
"Why are you adding chan and san?" Rin asked
Rei ignored the question and continued with what he was saying "I think Haruka senpai can clearly see whenever you're lying, and I'm sure it's hurting him"
Nagisa nodded in agreement "Haru chan will think you're avoiding him, and you'll really hurt his feelings doing that. Haru is actually really sensitive and can be hurt easily"
"What is he, a kitten?" Rin questioned sarcastically
"Rin chan!" Nagisa pouted "I'm serious! You should think about what you're saying to him, otherwise you'll really damage him emotionally!"
Rin looked at Nagisa with wide eyes, he had never seen the blonde look so serious before. He knew he was avoiding Haruka, but what could he do? He had seen Makoto's scary side and he never wanted to see it again, it was terrifying.
"Rin" Rei said in a concerned tone "is there something that's making you lie to Haruka senpai?"
Rin raised a questioning eyebrow "Like what?"
"Is there someone..." Rei went quiet "...threatening you?"
Rin stiffened, Rei had hit the nail right on the head. Did that mean Rei could see what Makoto was doing, or was it just a guess? Or maybe Rei was just really good at reading people's expressions?
"Don't be silly Rei chan" Nagisa frowned "Who would threaten Rin chan about being near Haru chan?"
The blue haired teen sighed and readjusted his glasses "Yes, I guess you're right. It was a stupid question"
Rin wanted to say that Rei was right, that he was being threatened. But instead he just smiled and said "Yeah, it was a damn stupid question" and continued eating his lunch.
"What the hell am I going to do?"
Heheheh evil horny Makoto gotta love it. Also I really like Rei and Rin's relationship and I kinda ship it, but just the tiniest bit. I think they make great friends though.
I don't know if I will be able to get the next chapter out tomorrow, but I will try. If I can't then it will just come out the next day.
Thanks for reading!