A/n: And I ish back with Chapter 3 :D
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Chapter 3
'Ahh…. So warm….'
"Haru! Haru wake up you'll drown!"
Makoto rushed into the bathroom and paled when he saw Haruka's submerged form in the bathtub. His face was red and there was steam rising out of his head (according to Makoto anyway). Makoto dunked his arms into the steaming water and picked Haruka up bridal style.
"HARU! STAY WITH ME!"
Makoto rushed into the bedroom, gently laid Haruka on the bed and began to cool down his burning body. He frowned worriedly when he noticed that the raven-haired teen was finding it hard to breathe. Realizing he probably had a blocked nose, Makoto sat him up and placed a hand on his forehead. Haruka was burning up and Makoto knew he had do something quickly. Not finding any medicines around the house, the green-eyed teen tucked a naked Haruka safely under several blankets and rushed out of the house. Grabbing his phone, he frantically dialed the first number on his call log. Kou answered on the second ring.
"Makoto san? What's wrong?"
"Thank goodness you answered! I'm sorry for calling you so late in the night, but Haru's come down with a fever so I'm running to the medical store. Could you come and watch over him till I get back?"
"Eh?! He's caught a cold?! Was he sitting in the bathtub for God knows how long again?!" When Makoto didn't answer, Kou reassured the older boy that she would go over right away.
Kou then dialed another number and held the phone to her ear.
'Pick up pick up pick up….'
"What is it Kou-"
"Onii chan! Something horrible has happened to Haruka san! He might be in a life or death situation right now! Makoto san had to go get an ambulance because none were coming so can you go and watch over him?! Thanks bye!"
"Wha-"
Rin stared at his phone as the line went dead. Cussing, he flung his jacket on and ran out of the dorm.
"Matsuoka senpai?! What's wrong!"
"Sorry Nitori I'm going out for a while!" Rin called, as he shut the door behind him and ran outside.
Rin hailed the first taxi he spotted and told the driver to step on it. The second he reached Haruka's house; Rin threw some notes to the driver and flew out of the car.
"Keep the change!"
He slammed open the always-unlocked front door and rushed to the bedroom. By the time he stood at the doorway, gasping and panting, sweat running down his forehead, his face red from worry and lack of breath; Makoto was already there, feeding Haruka spoonfuls of porridge, while the latter sat tucked in between several dozen pillows. The two looked up when they heard Rin's noisy entry. Makoto's facial expression changed several times before it settled on confused and surprised. Haruka just stared blankly at Rin. His brain took several minutes to accept the fact that the redhead was actually standing there, in his room, looking like he just jumped out of bed and rushed there. Makoto opened his mouth to address Rin but Haruka beat him to it.
"What are you doing here?" Rin took a deep breath an assumed a nonchalant posture. He smirked.
"What the hell… So you're just down with a cold…" Rin sunk to the floor and buried his head between his knees. Haruka and Makoto barely heard Rin's muffled words.
"What the hell…. And here I thought you really were on your deathbed.."
Silence.
"Huh?" Rin suddenly stood up, strode up to the bed and placed one hand on Haruka's forehead and the other on his own. The redhead frowned when Haruka flinched at the sudden contact.
"What the- your fever isn't even that high! Damn that Kou!" Makoto and Haruka continued to stare at him. Then Makoto gave Rin his typical closed-eyes-smile.
"What exactly did you come here to do Rin?"
"Haaaaah nothing I suppose. I just ran here because I got a random call from Kou saying Haru was dying."
Makoto frowned. Haruka licked the bowl of porridge clean. Rin sighed.
"Well since I'm obviously not needed, guess I'll head back the-"
"Wait!"
Rin and Makoto stared wide-eyed at Haruka's hand clutching Rin's wrist.
"….What?" Makoto stood up and took the bowl from Haruka. Placing a hand on the other's head, Makoto smiled and walked out of the room. Rin scratched his head awkwardly and sat down beside Haruka.
"So? Why did you suddenly grab my arm?" Haruka let go of Rin's wrist and looked away, blushing slightly. Rin raised an eyebrow.
"What don't tell me you're going to act all shy now after stopping m-" Haruka grabbed Rin's hands with both of his and looked at the latter with a determined expression.
"Wh-What?"
"Rin. Sleep with me."
All hell broke lose inside Matsuoka Rin's brain.
CRASH
All hell broke lose in Tachibana Makoto's brain.
Makoto stared, trembling, at Haruka from the doorway. Haruka stared at the tray of food Makoto had just dropped. Makoto hurriedly began cleaning the mess he made and disappeared. Haruka turned to look at Rin.
Rin's face was the same colour as his hair. Haruka's eyes sparkled and his mouth formed an 'o'
"Tomato!" Rin nearly choked. He reached up and patted Haruka's head.
"L-Looks like you really are feeling light headed huh gyaa?!"
Rin stiffened as Haruka suddenly grabbed him and nuzzled his head into the former's chest.
"H-Haru?! What are you doing?!" (Spoiler: That's the name of my next Free! Fic x)) Haruka continued to nuzzle a stupefied Rin. Thankfully the redhead simply resigned to the fact that the water-loving teen probably had no idea what he was doing thanks to him being drunk from his fever. Haruka raised two wide-innocent eyes and asked Rin again,
"Will you sleep with me?" Rin twitched.
"What exactly do you mean by that Haru?" Haruka shifted, raised the covers and patted the bed beside him. Then he smiled a rare smile and said again,
"Rin sleep with me." Rin stared at the bed and then at Haruka. He got into the covers and lay down, the two lying on their sides and facing each other. Haruka looked like a child who had been given a mountain of candies. Meanwhile both Rin and Makoto were trying to calm their racing hearts. Neither able to identify the weird fuzzy feeling in their stomachs as they stared at Haruka's happy sleeping face. (Makoto was peeping from the doorway. Such an overprotective mother.)
Rin watched as the blankets over Haruka rose and fell with his breathing. He slowly reached a hand towards the sleeping teen and tucked a stray strand of his midnight blue hair behind his ear.
"…..What am I doing?" Rin's hand lingered and then he brushed the tips of his fingers against Haruka's cheek, grazing the corner of his mouth. Rin's eyes fell on the raven-haired teen's parted lips and the redhead felt his face grow hot. Coughing, he slowly sat up and slipped out of the bed, afraid to wake the sleeping teen. Rin was about to leave when he noticed that Haruka had a firm hold on the sleeve of his jacket. Rin slowly pulled away, Haruka's hand falling lightly on the bed. As Rin walked towards the door, the sick teen mumbled.
"mmm… Makoto…"
"Yes I'm right here…" Makoto said and slipping past Rin, sat down on the ground beside Haruka. Rin slid the door shut behind him. As he walked through the dimly lit neighborhood, Rin swallowed the lump that had formed in his throat. He rubbed his cold nose and wondered why his emotions had been all over the place since Kou's abrupt phone call. He looked at the ink blue sky littered with stars and saw Haruka's peaceful sleeping face. He found himself smiling involuntarily, Haruka's childish behavior amusing him now that the initial shock had worn off.
Meanwhile Makoto was having conflicting feelings of his own. He knew that Haruka wouldn't remember anything he said or did when he woke up, maybe not even the fact that Rin had come over, so why did he feel so bothered about it? The olive-green of his hair shone in the dimly lit room as he shifted and stood up slowly. Grabbing a spare futon and blanket, Makoto made himself comfortable on the floor beside Haruka's bed. Tonight was going to be long.
Haruka felt the cold pad on his forehead and wondered what time it was. His memories of the previous day were all muddled. He knew he had caught a cold waiting outside his house for Rin and Makoto to leave and then he had taken a nice hot dip in his bathtub. And then his mind drew a blank. Every now and then fuzzy memories of what seemed to be the previous night popped into his head. He vaguely remembered someone who looked like Rin come in to see him. Haruka shook his head and stared at the ceiling. There was no way Rin would actually come see him. It must have been Kou. Sitting up, he swung his legs off the bed and his feet landed on something soft and warm.
"Oomph!" Haruka stared at a sleepy Makoto, as the latter rubbed his eyes and yawned. (A/n: Kyaaaaa) He then looked around and after getting his bearings straight looked up and smiled at Haruka.
"Good morning Haru chan! How are you feeling?" Haruka stepped on Makoto's stomach again.
"Why are you sleeping on the floor?"
"Well you came down with a fever and I couldn't just leave you alone now could I?" Haruka scratched his head and walked out of the room.
"You're such a worry wart."
"And you don't worry enough! So someone has to worry about you!" Haruka snorted as he began to fry Mackerel. Makoto blanched.
"You just wake up from bed and come and start frying fish?"
No answer.
Makoto sighed. "Alright then I'll go home, get dressed and be back. Make sure not to sit in the bath for too long. Alright Haru chan?"
"Don't add 'chan' after my name."
"Hai hai.."
Rin stared at the seagulls fly through the clouds, their perfect V formation never faltering. He sighed and squinted as the sun came out from behind the clouds.
"Matsuoka senpai? Are you alright?"
"Perfectly fine Nitori." Rin took the water bottle Nitori offered and gulped down half its contents.
"I think I'll go another round."
"Eh again?! It's already you're thirteenth time!"
"Has it?" Nitori eyed Rin's blank expression with worry. The younger teen watched as the redhead jogged past him and disappeared around a corner.
'I wonder where he went last night…'
Rin kept running. He felt his lungs straining from his short breaths. He felt his muscles screaming from the strain of continuously running. Yet, Rin kept running. For some reason he liked the pain. It reminded him that he was still alive. It reminded him that he would still be alive tomorrow. And the day after. And the week after. And he would be alive for a long time after he had stopped swimming. If he ever did. But suddenly the whole joy of swimming seemed to diminish in contrast. And though he refused to admit it, his selfish words after his win in the Prefectural Tournament kept him from enjoying it. He knew his pride wouldn't let him swim with Haruka again. Not after he'd so boldly proclaimed what he did. Rin rapidly blinked the sweat out of his eyes and sped up. He turned a corner and shook his head, unsuccessfully trying to get the sweat from blurring his vision. Turning again, he rammed into someone and the two fell back, with yells, from the impact.
"Ow ow ow ow ow ow…" Rin looked up to scream at the jackass who had rammed into him, but froze when he saw the person rubbing his silky ink blue hair and raising cerulean orbs to glare at him.
Haruka's expression mirrored Rin's, as the two teens gaped at each other, both not believing that coincidences could occur this fast. Haruka was the first to recover. He stood up and dusting his clothes, said in a flat voice;
"Convey my thanks to your sister."
"Eh?"
"She came over last night when I was sick."
"Huh?! Wait that wasn't-"
"Actually never mind. I'll tell her myself since I'll see her in school anyway."
Haruka brushed past Rin, not sparing him a second glance. Rin grit his teeth and spun around.
"Wait Haru!" Haruka paused mid-stride.
"Th-That wasn't Kou! I mean it was Kou, but she wasn't the one who visited you! It was-" Haruka looked over his shoulder and interrupted Rin coldly.
"Are you done? I had to come back home to get something I'd forgotten and I'm going to be late thanks to you."
Not waiting for a reply, Haruka strode off, his pace not breaking once.
'It wasn't her! It was me!' Rin's mind screamed.
A/n: End of Chapter 3! :D
Alright, so I edited the description a bit and added Makoto in the Characters list with Rin and Haruka. Mostly because even though this is a RinxHaruka fic, there will be a lot of chapters containing Makoto's feelings towards Haruka and Rin. (Not necessarily romantic fyi) and I love both the pairings, MakHaru more so. So I hope you're enjoying the story and keep reading!
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