THE SLEEPOVER

Chapter 2 "Sharks"

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"Mackerel."

"I told you there's no mackerel pizza topping!" said Rin through gritted teeth.

It's not that Haru didn't know that, he just thought it was worth the try. Honestly, he didn't really mind not having mackerel for one night, and he didn't actually hate pizza either.

"Fine, anchovies then," replied the dark haired swimmer, pointedly looking away from Rin.

They were sitting on the floor around the table in Haruka's living room. Gou was writing down everyone's order so there wouldn't be any mistakes when she called the pizza place, Nagisa and Rei were fighting over the remote directly in front of the TV while the rest were going through a pizza menu on the table.

"One medium anchovies pizza for Haruka-sempai," mumbled Gou as she wrote it down. "Makoto-sempai, have you decided yet?"

Makoto looked up at Gou and back down at the pizza menu. Then back up again and sighed. "I guess I'll have a large Hawaiian, I'm not that fond of anchovies myself," replied the teen. "What about you, Nagisa? Rei?"

"As long as it doesn't have pineapple or any sort of fish, I'm fine with anything- wait, Nagisa-kun! Stop changing the channels so fast!" yelled the bespectacled teen while trying to snatch the remote back from his shorter friend.

Nagisa laughed loudly, easily avoiding Rei who had launched himself at him. "Rei-chan, you need to learn how to share!" he giggled, "Extra-large cheese for us it is then, Gou-chan!"

"Extra-large cheese," repeated the young Matsuoka. "That leaves you, onii-chan, what would you like?" asked Gou to his older brother.

Rin sat leaning his back on the wall, crossed legs outstretched and hands in his pockets. Haru turned to look at him and his eyes stopped at his adam's apple, "Just get an extra-large anchovies, Haru and I will share," Rin replied nonchalantly as he turned his head sideways to look at Haru, "You don't mind, do you?" he asked.

It took a few seconds for Haruka to register he was being asked a question, "hn," he replied as he realised his mouth and been hanging open however slightly and turned away as fast as humanly possible.

"Onii-chan and Haruka-sempai, extra large anchovies, got it," the youngest Matsuoka picked up her cellphone and stood up, dialling the familiar number as she walked out of the room.

"Ne, ne, Haru-chan?" Nagisa had crawled towards the dark haired youth, malice glinting in his eyes. "What are we watching first? We're watching the one I chose first, aren't we?" the young boy asked, pulling at his friend's sleeve.

Not really knowing what to say, Haru did the only thing he could think of and nodded.

"Yay! Did you hear that, Mako-chan?" the young teen started crawling back towards the TV when a long fingered hand grabbed him by the hoodie and pulled him up like a kitten.

"And just who gave Haru the authority to decide what we're watching first?" Rin asked while holding a squirming Nagisa and keeping him from scurrying away.

As everyone turned to look at Haruka, the dark haired swimmer shrugged and stood up, heading towards the kitchen, "You decide then, I'm getting some water."

Rin put Nagisa down and followed Haru with his eyes.

"I know!" said Makoto, suddenly getting everyone's attention, "Let's draw straws!"

Rin raised an eyebrow and it took him everything he had not to roll his eyes at his childhood friend, "That's for children, we arm wrestle!" he said while pulling up his sleeves and taking a seat in front of the table. Everyone stared at him transfixed for a few seconds until Rei suddenly stood up and headed towards the redhead, taking a seat directly in front of him.

"Might as well get this over with," the bespectacled teen said, pushing up his glasses.

Rin smirked and positioned his elbow on the table, wiggling his fingers at his rival. "Bring it, Nancy."

Meanwhile in the kitchen, Haruka was splashing cold water on his face. He felt flushed, he felt uncomfortable, and he wasn't quite sure why. All he knew for sure is that he wanted to reach out and touch him. Touch Rin. His childhood friend had left a charming smiling kid and returned a fully grown muscle clad man with an attitude, and it was all Haru could do not to reach out to him every time he was within touching distance. Why, though?

"Water," he thought. "Rin is like water." Which wasn't entirely false, every time they met Rin was either dripping wet or fresh out of the water. It was all too much to handle for a water-loving person.

"I swim with the others all the time, though," he imagined reaching out and touching his team members, shaking his head and reaching out for a hand towel.

"Ugh, no way," he said out loud, walking out the door and heading back to the living room where a peculiar sight awaited him.

Red in the face and muscles pumped up, Rin and Rei were in the middle of a fierce arm wrestling match. Haru's eyesight traveled from their hands down to the redhead's forearm, up to his throat and finally teaching his pointy teeth, biting down on his lower lip, eyes closed in concentration.

"Go! Go! Go!" yelled Nagisa from the side, dangerously close to Rei's ear.

"Nagisa-kun, could you please stop that?" mumbled the blue haired boy through gritted teeth, a thin layer of sweat coating his forehead.

They were evenly matched and apparently unmoving for a few seconds until a low growl was heard coming from Rin and rumbling through his throat, which Haru had a hard time looking away from. In what seemed to be a fraction of a second, Rin's arm veins pumped violently and with a loud scream, pushed Rei's arm completely down, smacking it hard against the surface of the table.

"Yeah!" he roared standing up like a spring.

Rei sighed loudly and began massaging his right arm.

"Rin-chan is really strong!" said Nagisa, visibly awestruck at the other teen's display of strength. "I- I think we can watch Rin-chan's film first…" he continued, taking a step back and hiding his arms from sight.

At that moment, Gou walked back into the living room. "Pizza will be here in 30 minutes!" she beamed at her friends, "What are we watching first, then?" she asked curiously, taking a seat at the table next to Makoto.

"Jaws," Haru suddenly spoke up.

Rin turned to face the teen and smirked, "Damn straight," he said, going back to his original spot and sitting back down leaning his back on the wall. "Be a lamb and start the movie, won't you Haru?"

Haruka reacted in slow motion and headed towards the TV set. Everyone took it as a signal to sit down and get comfortable. As the movie started to play and the lights were turned off, Haru hesitated for a moment before deciding to take a seat as far away from Rin as possible, who barely paid him any attention, completely enthralled by the images on the screen. The raven haired swimmer ventured to steal a glance at his former rival and his eyes landed on the redhead's lips.

His very moist lips.

Rin must have felt watched because he turned at Haru and caught him staring, the other teen turned away instantly hoping to hide his blush. No words were spoken until half an hour later when the pizzas were delivered and they all crammed around the table to eat.

The pointy-toothed teen headed for the table and grabbed the largest pizza box, taking it back with him to his spot by the wall. Haru followed with his eyes unable to speak up.

"Rin? You're not eating at the table?" Makoto asked, reaching out for his own box and snatching up a slice of hawaiian.

Rin shook his head, "too crowded."

Gou began handing out bottles of water and cans of soda to the team members, who mumbled thanks in reply. As she reached Haruka, her brother suddenly spoke.

"Well?" pointedly staring at his former rival, "Get your ass over here or I'll eat the whole thing myself" he said. Haru's eyes opened in surprise, Gou giggled and tossed him two bottles of water instead. The raven-haired teen stood up clumsily and headed towards Rin, suddenly very aware of the size of his head.

- Later that night…

"Is it over yet?" asked the blonde teen from behind his friend's back.

"Now, now, Nagisa-kun," replied Rei, "is this really necessary?"

One hour into the movie the violent scenes were at their most gruesome and Nagisa was having a really hard time keeping his eyes open. "Even Gou-san isn't making such a fuss about it!" Rei spoke up, instinctively turning to look at the one girl in the room. Gou was curled into a little ball, half-hiding behind Makoto's broad back and covering her eyes with her hands, occasionally peeking through her fingers.

"Eep!" she whined as a particularly large shark opened its giant jaws at the screen.

"Nevermind…" Rei said, turning back to the movie.

Meanwhile Rin was grinning madly, his own pointy teeth in display. This was a great movie in his opinion and the reactions from the others only made it all the more enjoyable. As he reached out to snatch the last remaining slice of pizza, his hand made contact with something warm and he looked down to find his hand on top of Haru's.

The water-loving boy gasped and turned to stare down at the pizza box where he had also been aiming for the last slice. Haru's hand flinched away from under Rin's fingers and their eyes met.

"S-sorry…" he mumbled, "you can have the last one," Haru said as he looked away, uncapping his bottle of water and taking a giant gulp.

A general scream was heard and they both turned to look at the screen, where a massive white shark was nibbling on what appeared to be an arm.

Out of nowhere, Haru felt a warm hand cupping his cheek and pulling him sideways where a pair of red eyes met his own. The eyes got closer, then inched even closer. Before he knew it, Haru felt something wet slide over his chin towards his lower lip, capturing a drop of water that had escaped the teen's mouth. His heart was beating madly and he was sure everyone could hear it.

Rin was… licking him?

"Wait… that can't be right," he thought.

It was over as soon as it started and Rin suddenly pulled away, leaving a frozen Haruka behind.

"Water," Rin said, pointing at his chin as he snatched the bottle away from Haru.

Finally registering what had just happened and after carefully making sure nobody had witnessed what Rin had just done, Haru stood up almost tumbling over and headed for the kitchen.

"Haru? Where are you going?" Makoto suddenly asked, sensing his friend had stood up.

"Water…" Haru replied. "Just… getting some more water," he finally said as he walked out of the room.

Uuhhhhhh, we're getting there, we're getting there! Thanks everyone who subscribed to this story and reviewed, it felt nice and warm right around my happy little heart. And like I said, don't worry, smut is coming!