Rin was surprised when he returned from his conversation with Rei and Nitori told him that Mikoshiba had been looking for him. When he headed out to answer to the captain, Matsuoka was surprised when he wasn't gestured inside Sei's room to talk about whatever it was. Seijuurou stepped into the hallway to discuss whatever it was. Wordlessly, he handed Rin a packet of paper that was obviously the lineup for the next day's events.

Rin's eyes widened when he saw the names listed for Samezuka's swim team. "What is this?"

"Tomorrow's roster for the relay. What else would it be?"

"I see that. Why am I not on it?"

Sei straightened from his previous positon from leaning against the wall. "Because I have responsibilities. As captain, it's my job to make sure our best swimmers get to compete, and right now you're not one of them. You've barely paid any attention to the other members of our relay team. You've obviously been too focused on something else."

"Sei, please—"

"No, Rin. Until you get out of your head or whatever else is going on, I can't do anything about this." Mikoshiba's voice dropped to prevent anyone outside of them hearing. "Boyfriend or not, I can't do anything about this. I'm sorry. Believe me when I say I didn't want to."

The captain's heart broke for his boyfriend when he saw the look on Rin's face. This time the one that caused Rin this much pain was himself, and he felt incredibly guilty about it. However, Rin had been so unfocused on his own team during practice that the overall time was suffering and would have rendered them all but useless in the actual competition.

Rin's longer hair fell in front of his face as he stared at the floor. "Whatever," was his only response before storming away.

Seijuurou sighed and ran his hand through his own, slightly-damp hair. "Fuck," he muttered.