"Try these on!" The blonde said as he flung three different shirts at the bewildered man.

"Nagisa this really isn't necessary." Haru said throwing the colourful assortment of tops back.

The weekend had come around which meant it was time for Haru's date. He'd been quite hesitant to go through with it, but after making the mistake of telling Nagisa, there was no way out of it!

"Haru-Chan! You haven't been on a date in years; trust me I know what you need to wear!" Nagisa whined as he tossed the clothes over to Haru again.

"This would've been so much easier if Sousuke was here." Haru mumbled.

"How mean Haru-Chan!" Nagisa said with a wink. "Now hurry and try them on."

"This is pointless," Haru voiced as he stripped his shirt off to change it for a different blue one. "It's not like we're going anywhere extremely public anyway, we can't get caught out and about." Which did irritate Haru. He could understand the rule about no teachers dating teachers, but the parent and teacher rule? That was a bit extreme- even for an academic private school. He'd have to ask Rin about it.

"Doesn't mean you can't look nice." Nagisa whined, giving Haru a thumbs up on the outfit.

"Thank you though, for staying with Mako tonight." Haru said, sorting out his hair lightly in the mirror.

"It's nothing really. Rei was going to take me to that new aquarium tonight, but he said he had a friend he could give the tickets too instead, no biggie." Nagisa giggled.

"Rei is the guy you ditched me for the time we went out, right?" Haru watched as Nagisa's face acquired a light blush.

"I'm sorry about that, you know I am! But do you know how hard I had to work to get some of that booty?" Nagisa poked his tongue out.

After a pause Nagisa continued "So you like this guy then?"

Haru breathed heavily "I don't know Nagisa. I don't know why I like him. I don't even know why I'm going out on this date."

"Is… is it because of Hana?" Nagisa asked softly.

Haru visibly tensed "I love her Nagisa; you can't expect me to not hesitate when someone else comes along can you. What if… what if I fall for him and I forget her. Forget I loved her."

"Oh Haru-Chan!" Nagisa said, pulling his friend into a crushing hug. "You could never forget her! You love Makoto and that hasn't changed how much you loved Hana-Chan!"

"It's different Nagisa." Haru sighed, relaxing into the hug.

"I guess so. But hey- what's the harm in trying it out? Dating I mean. He must be a nice guy. What did you say his name was?" Nagisa said pulling his arms off of Haru and sitting back on the bed.

"Rin." Haru said. Unconsciously, a small smile tugged at his lips.

Nagisa giggled. "Cute." He responded.

Finally deciding on the blue shirt he had previously put on, he said goodbye to Nagisa and Makoto, leaving for Rin's apartment.

"You're going on a date?" the girlish voice said from down the phone.

"It's not that shocking Gou, seriously!" He argued back, looking in the mirror and flattening his fiery hair down again, it just wouldn't stay down!

"I know, I know. My Onii-chan's all grown up!" Gou cooed.

"Ha ha," he replied sarcastically, jumping when the doorbell went off. "I gotta go Gou, he's here. Good luck tonight."

"You too! Bye!" she called out before promptly ending the call.

Rin slid his phone into his pocket as he reached the door. He took a deep breath and opened the barrier, seeing Haru again. It didn't matter that he took a deep breath, because it got caught in his throat anyway when he saw the god standing in front of him. His date was dressed in a tight fitting blue shirt and jeans that hung off of his hips well. He was sure that is the raven haired male turned around, his ass would be framed beautifully in the denim.

"Haru, hi. Wow, you look…" he trailed off. There wasn't a word for how amazing the boy looked.

"Almost as good as you." Haru finished with a light pink blush, turning his head away and breaking eye contact.

Rin grinned at Haru's response. "I'll just grab my jacket and then we can go." He said, quickly rushing inside to pull out a black jacket from his wardrobe.

"Go where exactly?" He heard the shorter man ask in a bland tone.

"You'll see when we get there," Rin yelled back, returning to the door and shutting it before locking it behind them. "My cars just around the corner."

"Okay," Haru replied. Rin's car was simple, but very him. It was a smooth black colour with black tires but had red and white rims. It looked fairly old. "Nice." Haru commented.

"Thanks, it was my dad's." He responded as they climbed in.

As Rin started up the engine, an English pop song burst through the radio.

"You listen to English music?" Haru asked.

"Well, I am fluent in it… we can change the CD if you don't like it." Rin offered, reaching up a hand to eject the disk. His hand was grabbed by another warm one.

"No you don't have to… I like it." The blue eyed beauty said, pulling his hand away quickly with a blush.

They drove the rest of the way in a comfortable silence, Rin singing along to the songs under his breath as they went.

They finally stopped outside a large building, primarily made of glass. The new aquarium that had recently opened up. Haru's eyes went wide; he'd always been a bit of a water baby and had loved visiting the aquarium as a child with his parents.

"The aquarium…" Haru whispered.

"Yeah, my friend had a couple of tickets, but his date was busy so he gave them to me… and I remembered that you said your favourite animals are dolphins so I just though…" He stuttered, rubbing the back of his neck with his hand.

"It's perfect" Haru said, excited to be there. Excited to be with Rin.

"Well, let's go!" Rin said with a grin, hopping out the car.

The blue reflection on Rin's face only made him more attractive. The burgundy haired man was currently watching the shark tank, clearly intrigued by the species. His face was wide eyed with lips slightly parted in amazement, watching the majestic creatures swimming. Haru smiled softly at the sight, he looked like a child in a candy shop.

He wanted to reach out and hold his hand, he wanted to hug him and kiss him and he wanted to let himself go so he could fall for this person. But he couldn't let go of the past, so he stood there and watched instead.

They'd already walked around most of the aquarium and had saved their favourite animals for last, they were going to see the dolphins next which made Haru extremely happy.

"Take me to see the otters!" Haru heard a familiar voice say.

"I thought you said you wanted to see the whales?" Another one replied.

"No! You wanted to see the boring old whales! They're so slow and boring!" Haru turned around and saw something that shocked him even more than the time Makoto came home from nursery school covered in glitter.

There, in the middle of what looked to be a date, was Momo and Sousuke.

Momo and Sousuke.

The shorter boy was poking out his tongue at the taller one. Haru saw Sousuke shake his head teasingly and lean in, gripping the man by his cheeks lightly, bringing their mouths together.

"Holy Crap." Haru said a bit too loudly. Luckily for him, the two didn't notice. But Rin did.

"Haru? What's up? Is something-" Rin cut himself off at the sight of the men kissing romantically in public. "Huh? Strange, I never would've thought he was gay."

"Who? Momo?" Haru asked.

"No, I could guess that from day one. I was talking about Sousuke, the guy he's with." Rin replied with a chuckle.

Haru looked at him, confused. "How do you know Sousuke?"

"He works with me at the school, how do you know Sousuke?" Rin said, mimicking the confused look Haru had been sporting.

"He's my best friend." Haru said with a matter of fact tone. Rin's eyes went wide.

"You and him are friends? God, from my point of view it looks like you guys would be rivals or something." He said raising an eyebrow.

"Well, I guess he's always been there when things were hard. He's a big help. He's a good guy." The shorter male said with a shrug.

Rin smiled, looking back up to the other couple. Who were now staring straight at them.

…Shit.

"Uh Haru, I think we've been spotted." Haru looked up when Rin said that to see his best friend wearing a small blush and the ginger boy waving enthusiastically.

"Senpai!" Momo called out rushing over to Rin and Haru, leaving his date with no choice but to follow. "What're you doing here?"

Haru looked at Sousuke, tilting his head to the side. He couldn't figure out why the teal eyed man wouldn't tell him about this. Then again, he had tried to hide his first encounter with Rin, but he had a good reason for doing so because he was totally confused by the situation!

Seeing that Haru wasn't going to answer, Rin jumped in "Uh, Haru and I are actually here for the same reason you guys are, if you catch my drift." He tried to explain, subtly implying they were on a date.

"So you are dating!" Momo shouted too loudly. "I had my hunches! For how long? Sousuke and I actually-"

"Momo," The tall man cut him off. "I'd rather explain this to them another time. We're kind of busy." Sousuke said with a slight glare and blush.

"Huh? What's the issue? You're not… embarrassed of me are you?" The orange haired ball of energy said, his lips turning downwards. "I… I thought you didn't have a problem with dating me?"

"It's not that!" He defended quickly, obviously not wanting to offend the younger. "I just… the reservations have been made for the restaurant and I don't want to be late." He lied skilfully.

"Oh you're right! I guess we should be off! Senpai, we'll have to talk about this some other time, I want to hear all the details!" He winked.

"Nice to see you again Momo, tell your brother I said hi." Rin said, sensing tension between the two dark haired men.

"Haru," Sousuke said deeply. "We need to talk. And you Rin, we need to talk too." He said, before taking the shorter man's hand and walking off, the ginger boy chattering on about some new bug he caught.

"He didn't tell me." Haru said bluntly, his eyes showing a form of sadness.

"Didn't tell you? What do you mean?" Rin said, still worried at Sousuke's dark glare being focused on him. What on earth could he want to talk about?

"Them. Him and Momo. He tells me, he always tells me." Haru couldn't wrap his head around it. Why he wouldn't tell him something that important?

"Ah… I'm sure it was just a mistake. Maybe he thought you'd judge?" Rin asked, hoping to offer some closure for the man.

"Judge him? I've known he was Bi since forever. This is something different. I just can't think what." Haru said, turning back to one of the tanks, looking at a breed of shark he had never heard of.

Rin gulped and reached out, taking Haru's hand in his own. He noticed the blue eyes glance over to him and back quickly, accepting that the taller male had taken his hand.

"Everything will be alright Haru okay?" he whispered. Haru nodded at the shark, but Rin knew the nod was for him.

Haru wondered how this man he still barely knew could make him feel better just like that. But he guessed that was falling in love-

Love?

Was this love?

For some reason, the thought didn't scare him as much as it usually did. Looking back at the beautiful man he realised he could fall for him. He could fall harder than he ever had before.

"Haru… I know it cost you a bit of money, but you honestly don't have to wear it right now do you?" Rin said to the raven haired male who was currently sitting opposite him in a quaint café with a giant, well sculpted dolphin hat on his head. When he'd seen it in the shop, he had insisted on buying it and, unfortunately for Rin, wearing it out.

After they had visited the dolphin exhibit, Rin had suggested they left for food. They found a nice place to eat called 'Salty's Place' and had a nice meal together, and were currently just chatting, enjoying each other's company.

"If I take it off, how will the dolphins know who their king is?" He said with a totally serious facial expression. "Besides, you should put yours on and then you won't be so embarrassed."

That's right. Not only did Haru buy himself a dolphin hat, he brought Rin a shark one too. A great big one that made him feel like a child. At least Haru had brought Makoto one as well, a whale one, otherwise he was sure the child would be jealous of the extravagant head piece.

"Your reasoning sucks Haru." He said, taking a sip from his cola.

"Suit yourself." Haru said, opening his mouth and making a perfect dolphin noise.

"What the fuck?" Rin said with a laugh.

"Just telling my subjects that you're no fun and to make all other sea creatures turn against you." Haru said with a small smile.

"Whatever, you win." He said reaching into a bag and pulling out the shark hat, and placing it on his head. "Happy?" He grinned, feeling like a buffoon, but not as bad because it made his date smile.

"Very."

"Right well, at least I know you're great at dolphin impressions now. I'm sure that's really helpful in life." He said sarcastically.

"Oh it is, it's become a great method of parenting. Makoto doesn't do what he's told? Dolphin noise until he does." Rin burst out laughing at this, imagining the scenario.

"Thank you for this Rin, it's been really fun." He said as he sipped his coffee. He hadn't wanted to enjoy it as much as he did. But he liked Rin. He liked him and it both terrified and excited him at the same time.

"It's no problem Haru. I really like you. And I want this to work. But I'm not pushing anything, I mean, I don't know any details but Seijuro let somethings slip the other night and I just… I know you're worried about this." He said, trying to comfort the man, but doing the exact opposite.

"W-What did he say?" Haru stuttered, hoping that he hadn't let anything slip about his past. He didn't want to hide it from Rin, but he wanted to be able to tell him in his own time.

"Nothing bad or anything I swear! Just that you hadn't been out much since… Hana? I think that's what he said her name was. Ex-girlfriend?" He asked, not realising the road he was driving down.

Haru looked down at his cup. "Kind of." He mumbled. Not wan ting to go into details and hoping Rin wouldn't press.

Of course, Rin knew Haru well, and decided that the break up was probably bad, and he didn't want to speak about it.

"Should we get going?" Rin said, changing the subject quickly.

"Sure." Haru said, wiping all negative thought out of his head and focusing on the man in front of him.

Once they were in Rin's car he slowly tugged on Haru's chin and pulled the blue eyes man's soft lips up to meet his own.

The kiss was short, but sweet. The perfect thing to put Haru's mind back where it needed to be. He leant his head against Rin's when they pulled back and heard the deep voice whisper "Did you want to come back to mine?"

Haru wanted to. Oh god how he wanted too. But he had told Nagisa that he would be back before Makoto got up in the morning, and he wouldn't break his promise to his son.

"You know I want too," He started. "But I have to get home for Makoto…"

Rin smiled softly. "He's such a great kid, you know that right."

Haru grinned, as they drove back to his place, Haru giving him instructions as they went.

Outside of where he lived, in a dark parking space, Rin leant over and kissed Haru again. And again. And again and again and again, harder each time until Haru was moaning into his mouth.

"Rin… I should… I should go…" He panted as Rin kissed down his neck.

"Just let me do this for you." Rin growled into Haru's ear as he moved his hand up to massage Haru's hardening cock.

"Ngh!" He moaned as he was touched through the fabric of his jeans, his hips grinding upward into Rin's hand, he didn't have the strength to tell Rin they shouldn't do this here- that someone could spot them!

Rin knew Haru didn't have time for this, but he wanted to feel him once before he had to go. He popped open the button on Haru's jeans and pulled the raven haired man's erection out of his boxers in record time. He stroked the man to complete hardness as fast as he could.

Haru was writhing and moaning constantly as the other man worked him hard and fast. He was going to come so quickly and he couldn't stop it. Rin was just too damn good.

"Rin…" He groaned, he was close, he'd never been stroked that fast that soon before, and he was sure he'd come momentarily. "I… I don't want to mess up your car." Haru whispered.

"Its fine," The taller man panted. "Just come Haruka." And just like that, from hearing Rin's soft voice caress his name, he was coming. Thick and hard. His back arching and his own voice cracking out a garbled version of Rin's name.

"Rin…" Haru said, whipped out and knackered after his impromptu hard orgasm. "I can't believe… I can't believe I…" He trailed off.

"What? Haru what is it?" Rin said, concerned and intrigued about what he could have to say.

"I can't believe I just came in my dolphin hat." He said, giggling softly.

Rin joined in the laughter, staring in awe at Haru's soft giggle. "You're such an idiot." He teased.

Haru looked over at Rin, still smiling. "Did you need… help?" He asked with a soft blush.

Rin shook his head softly. "No no, I'm okay. Seriously- it's late and you should get some rest so you can spend time with Makoto tomorrow." He said with a smile.

"Thank you." The artist said, moving in close to kiss the teacher. As they pulled back he whispered "I think I really like you Rin." And with that he made sure no evidence showed what he had just been doing and exited the car, taking all his things with him. He turned back to Rin and smiled, with a small wave of goodbye before entering his home.

Rin sat in his car and watched him go. He smiled and shook his head; adjusting his shark hat he whispered "You've got it real bad Matsuoka." Before he turned and drove away.