So, as I promised, here is something from Rin's POV. I'm sorry for the long update, but hopefully that won't be the case for everything. Enjoy! As always, I don't own Free! or UtaPri.
"So, Nagisa, you were timing. Who won?"
"Haru-chan did! But only by a second, though."
"Naturally." Rin turned, and found a smug little smile on Haru's face. Bastard.
"Whatever. It's really a tie, since I totally won the first race."
"You believe that." Rin could sense the smirk in Haru's voice. Haru was didn't often show it, but could be snarky when he wanted to. For some reason, it was usually directed at Rin.
"Oh my God! You guys were amazing! I've never seen anyone swim so fast!" exclaimed Ittoki excitedly.
"Well, we're actually faster during the relay," Rin replied. It was true. Even if neither of them cared to admit it, they both swam their best when they swam as a team. Of course, no team could ever replace the one they had back then, but it was better than nothing.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that we swim faster as individuals when we swim as team in the relay."
"I'm faster. I don't know about Rin."
"You little shi-"
"Onii-chan! Watch your language!" said Gou. Rin was surprised. She wasn't supposed to be here; as there was a bodybuilding contest on TV that she wanted to watch. After Nagisa was reunited with the rest of them, she had gone home in order to catch it.
"Gou! What are you doing here?"
"Gou-chan!" Nagisa ran up and hugged her. Normally, if any guy tried to do that, they would find themselves in a very painful position. But all the Iwatobi guys were okay. It took a little persuasion, but after Gou pointed out the fact that she basically spent all of her time with them in high school, Rin gave in. They were his close friends, after all, even Rei. He could trust them with anything, including Gou. Not that he would ever admit that, of course. Anyway, after a moment of struggling, she broke free from the death grip, and walked over to Rin.
"I came to pick up some stuff that I left last time. Anyway, why are there so many people here? I thought you were in charge of stopping Nagisa from—"
"Why, you must be the little lady I've been hearing so much about," interrupted Ren. He took Gou's hand in his own and kissed it. Gou, however, just looked confused. Rin was fuming. How dare he touch Gou that way! Not his darling little sister!
"Hey! Don't you touch her!" he yelled, snarling nastily. He pushed Ren off, and stood between him and Gou.
"Onii-chan, back off. He didn't mean any harm. Anyway, I have to go soon. I promised Okaa-san that I would be back on the next train, and it leaves in 10 minutes. Try to stay out of trouble, all right? I know that you're back from training and all. Plus, you don't need to worry so much." With that, she turned around, and headed for the main building, flicking her ponytail on the way out. STARISH stared at her leave.
"That's…Matsuoka-san's…sister?"
"Yeah, that's Gou-chan! She's the best! But Rin has a HUGE sister complex—" Nagisa started.
"I don't."
"—so you can't touch her. I told you, Rin-chan has shark teeth. He can bite," finished Nagisa. Rin chose to ignore that comment.
"But you hugged her."
"Yeah, and Rin-chan didn't like us doing that for a really long time, but then Gou-chan said that there wasn't any point to being mad at us because we spend all afternoon with her in high school, and we didn't do anything, so he backed down."
"She seems…different…than I expected," remarked Ren, uncertainly.
"Aww, Ren's just not used to having girls turn him down "
"Like you have experience, Ittocchi."
"Hey!"
"Guys, c'mon—" Tokiya and Rin started to say, but stopped midway. Rin turned to Tokiya in shock. They had the same voice!
"Hey, why do you sound like me?" Rin asked angrily.
"No, you sound like me." Tokiya was just as mad.
"I don't know why this is happening, but it's AWESOME!" Nagisa shouted excitedly. He ran all over the edge of the pool, despite Rei's scoldings.
"Nagisa, this is the exact opposite from awesome. I'm one of a kind. I'm Rin Matsuoka. Only I can have Rin Matsuoka's voice."
"Maybe you don't have Rin Matsuoka's voice," said Haru quietly.
"What did you say, Haru? You wanna repeat that?" Rin fumed. Why was it that Haru's snark was always aimed at him?
"Maybe instead of Ichinose having your voice, you have Ichinose's voice."
"Yes, that must be it," Tokiya agreed. "You have my voice. Although that's not much better. My fan number will drop if it gets out that someone else has my voice. I'm a singer! All I have is my voice! My looks are nothing to sneeze at, but I'm not a model!"
"WAIT! I never thought of that! Because Rin-chan and Toki-chan have the same voice, I can just get Rin-chan to sing STARISH songs or something, and it'll be just like Toki-chan singing them!
"That is a terrible idea!" Rin and Tokiya said together. Commence death glares.
"Yeah, for one, who says Matsuoka can sing?" Tokiya exclaimed angrily.
"Um, I can sing, for your information," Rin retaliated.
"Sure, Rin. Sure."
"Shut up, Haru! I can sing better than you any day."
"Now, now, lets all just calm down. Rin, you're a fine singer, but maybe this isn't the best place to be arguing about this. You all do remember where we are, right?" Makoto said in an attempt to diffuse the situation. Rin mentally smacked himself. He had forgotten where they were. Even though he didn't attend Iwatobi anymore, he still could get in trouble for being too loud. Plus, the pool was right next to the dorms, and he didn't want to think about what would happen if any of the swimmers found out that their former captain and his friends were in the pool. Rin's head hurt thinking about it.
"Whatever. For the record, I can sing just fine, but right now we should all go home. I know that you all are leaving tomorrow," he pointed to STARISH, "and Haru and I are leaving tomorrow as well for training. C'mon, Haru. Let's go." They walked out the door together, only stopping to pick up their close off the floor.
Hey, guys! So, I really hope that you've been noticing the subtle hints I've been doing on Reigisa and Rinharu...because they're there:) I'm so sorry for the long update, but here are some directions I'm hoping this story will go:
1) I really want them to have a singing contest or something. I included a little bit about the voices, so I think that making them sing would be really funny
2) I love the idea of a snarky Haru! I just think that Haru's personality is perfect for deadpan insults. So prepare for more.
3) I think that I will add more Gou and Ren situations because unless Ren has some serious muscles, Gou won't give him a second glance. Ren's ego getting knocked is something I think everybody needs.
I forgot to say this before, but critiques and reviews are welcome! I appreciate everyone who reads this story, and I will be more frequent with updates, I promise!
