THE SLEEPOVER

Chapter 5 "Plots"

Disclaimer: I own nothing. Nothing. Nothing… *fade out*

Warning: Fluff and chaos ahead! Beware! Seriously now… I had a fucking BLAST writing this chapter.

"I'd forgotten how nice your mom was," Haru casually said as they both walked back to his house, having successfully dropped off Gou at the station where her mom had been waiting in the car.

Rin shrugged dismissively. "She's okay, I guess," he replied, not really thinking about what he was saying.

The comfortable silence between them continued for a few minutes, the only sound was the crashing of the waves as they walked down the stretch of the road by the beach. Haru looked longingly at the water, unable to stifle a sigh. Rin turned at the sound and their eyes met.

"Don't you get any ideas," said Rin while motioning towards the sea. "Cause I won't come save your ass when you freeze."

It was Haruka's turn to shrug. "Wasn't really thinking about swimming," he responded. Silence prevailed for a few seconds after that.

"Well?" asked the temperamental redhead.

"Well what?"

"What were you thinking about?"

They had reached a small park and started walking through it, a shortcut to Haru's house. The raven haired teen didn't respond immediately, but for some reason, this time around Rin wasn't all eager to hear the answer. Honesty he was kind of dreading he would say something completely mood-killing like 'mackerel'. As they reached the small playground, signalling they had almost arrived to their destination, Rin felt his former rival's eyes on him.

"I was thinking I like your body," Haru replied after a few minutes, almost making Rin trip and land on his face. The redhead blushed furiously and stopped on his tracks, if he had been a cat he would have hissed with his tail standing up straight.

"Don't fucking say that with a straight face!" he yelped, thanking all deities for the almost absolute darkness they were walking in. "Geez!"

"Sorry," Haruka mumbled back, not sounding sorry at all. "I was just wondering what changed since you came back, because I'm pretty sure I liked you a lot before, just… maybe not the same way I like you now, I think…"

Rin smacked himself in the face and grunted, really wishing Haru would just shut up for once.

"And I really like your face too," he continued before Rin effectively managed to cover his mouth with his hand.

"Just… shut up, ok?" said Rin, had there been a little bit more light Haru would have most definitely noticed how ridiculously red Rin's face was.

After making sure Haru wouldn't start talking again, Rin removed his hand from the other teen's mouth, motioning to keep moving forwards. The silence between them seemed to stretch for hours and it was most definitely straining Rin's ears.

They had reached the narrow winding road that led up the stairs towards Haru's house when Rin finally decided to speak.

"I've kind of… always liked you this way, just so you know," he said, looking elsewhere except directly at Haru. That definitely got the dark haired teen's attention, as he stopped in his tracks.

"Really?" he asked back, the most unnecessary question ever asked in the history of mankind. Rin snorted, casually zipping up his own jacket out of self-awareness. That was when he felt Haru softly tugging at his sleeve, silently beckoning him to look him in the face. Most unwillingly, Rin turned deciding to face Haru and come clean once and for all, but the slightly shorter boy's gaze was elsewhere.

"I'll ask them to go back home tonight," Haru whispered, still avoiding Rin's eyes. "I wanna be alone with you, I think…" he finished, mumbling the last few words.

Rin's hand stretched out towards Haru and pulled his face up by the chin.

"Hey," he said, finally able to stare into those deep blue orbs he liked so much. A soft peck on the lips followed. "You're playing with fire here," Rin all but whispered.

"More like water, I'd say."

The climb up the stairs was fairly uneventful, both of them walking at a respectful distance from each other. When they finally reached the font door and walked inside, kicking off their shoes one at a time, the two swimmers exchanged a look and smiled knowingly, looking forwards to their promised time alone. Little did they know their friends had other plans in mind. As they walked into the house, a yellow cannon ball aimed directly at Haru smashed against the raven haired teen almost making him trip backwards.

"Haru-chan!" Nagisa yelped, tugging at his friend's jacket and pulling him violently into the living room. "I'm so relieved, I was about to run out looking for you!" there was a note of panic in his voice and Haru's stomach churned. On the living room floor, lying on his back was the lifeless form of Rei who Makoto was apparently trying to revive by pressing down on his chest.

"What happened?" Haru asked, his voice at least a whole octave higher, as he ran by his friend's side and kneeled beside him. Rin stood by the frame of the door completely flabbergasted.

"He just suddenly… collapsed!" yelled back Nagisa, "I'll go get some water to sprinkle on his face!" he said as he ran out of the living room. Making sure their attention was completely taken by the sight before them, he sneaked behind the redhead who stood motionless by the door and inserted a piece of paper in his back pocket, pretending to bump into him on his way back into the room.

"Nagisa, the water!" yelled Makoto, reaching out to grab the small plastic container the blonde had been carrying.

After a few seconds of absolute panic during which they sprinkled water on Rei's face and fanned him with a magazine, the bespectacled teen's eyes started fluttering. Taking a deep breath, Haruka relaxed momentarily until Makoto's voice broke the tension.

"His breathing is weak," he said, bending forwards to place an ear above his friend's face. "He might need help," he continued, trying his hardest not to make eye contact with the blonde teen in front of him.

"Haru-chan! What do we do?" Nagisa began whimpering.

Not losing a second, Haruka straightened to take off his jacket and placed it under Rei's head, positioning himself right above his face. He then pinched Rei's nose and opened his mouth with his other hand.

"Whoah! Just what the fuck do you think you're doing?" Rin interrupted as he approached the teens crouching around the blue haired boy's body.

"He needs CPR," Haru responded lowly right before taking a deep breath.

"Just wait a goddamn second," Rin spoke up, taking a sprint forwards that would have made Rei himself proud, effectively stopping Haru from lurching forwards with one hand on his forehead.

"He needs CPR, Rin!" Haruka yelled back, smacking Rin's hand away as he took another deep breath. But before he could try a second time, in a moment of absolute panic, Rin lurched forwards and blew air into Rei's opened mouth.

Not a second later, Rei straightened up, legs kicking violently gasping for air and furiously rubbing at his mouth. The four teens around him flinched back in surprise landing on their butts.

"R-Rei-chan," Nagisa spoke through gritted teeth, "you're ok!" If the others hadn't been recovering from the shock of having Rei come back into consciousness in such a manner they would have heard Nagisa's slightly accusatory tone.

Haruka glanced from Rin to Rei, looking as if somebody had smacked him with a large fish across the face.

Rin was the first to fully recover from the shock and hoisted himself up enough to land a hard punch on Rei's shoulder.

"Just what the fuck was that?!" he yelled, chest heaving like he had just ran a mile.

"Ouch!" Rei yelled back, massaging his shoulder.

Makoto suddenly lurched forwards and tried to push Rei back down on the floor. "Hey, Rei, you okay? Man… we were worried sick…" he chuckled.

"M-Makoto-sempai…" Rei spoke while glancing up at the green-eyed teen, sounding breathless and desperate.

"Shh, it's okay, Rei-chan," Nagisa crawled closer to his friend, joining Makoto in pushing the blue haired boy back down, caressing his head maybe a little too forcibly. "You fainted, shh… we're all here now, it's all ok… it's all going to be ok," the petite swimmer spoke through gritted teeth, red eyes opened like saucers. "Shh… shhdon'tyouruinthis" he whispered so only Rei could hear.

"Rin… you okay?" Haru tentatively asked while glancing at the redhead before him.

"Ugh, shut up Haru," he replied, rubbing at his mouth with the sleeve of his jacket and standing up like a spring. "I think I'm going to barf," he said making a bee-line for the toilet.

The tiniest of smiles creeped up Haruka's face when he suddenly remembered what had happened, turning to his teammates, "Just what exactly happened, Rei?" he asked, evidently worried.

"Haruka-sempai…" Rei began talking normally but a glance from Nagisa's burning crimson orbs silenced him momentarily. He coughed once, twice, thrice, hoisting himself up with a pained expression on his face. "My apologies, I didn't mean to worry you," he moaned, taking a glass of water offered by Makoto. "I wasn't feeling all that well today, everything just started spinning and I'm afraid I don't remember what happened next."

Haru thought hard for a few seconds before breaking the silence. "Maybe you should go to the hospital," he suggested, unwilling to meet his eyes as he spoke.

"Haru-chan!" Nagisa interrupted, outraged. "Rei-chan obviously needs to lay down and rest! Right Rei-chan?" the petite blonde turned towards his friend, exchanging a glance.

"If you don't mind… I think I'd like to lay down for a while," responded Rei.

Haru sighed loudly and stood up. "Got it," he replied. "I'll go get you a futon."

Nagisa sprinted upwards and clapped his hands excitedly. "That's a great idea, Haru-chan! I'll help you bring out futons for everyone! Then we can all settle down and watch the next movie! This is a sleepover after all, isn't it?"

Haruka mumbled in response and headed out the door, Nagisa two steps behind him. In the corridor they ran into Rin who was wiping his mouth with a wet towel. They exchanged a glance and Haru shook his head almost imperceptibly.

Rin stopped by the kitchen to grab a bottle of water from the fridge before heading back to the living room, sitting down by the table and taking a giant gulp of water, all of this without taking his eyes off of Rei.

"Yo," Rin spoke up getting the two swimmers' attention. "I don't know what shit you're trying to pull here," he said while running a hand through his tangled mess of hair. "But you'd be wise to cut it out, now."

"R-Rin…" mumbled Makoto, sweat dropping. "What are you talking about?" he chuckled.

The redhead's eyes narrowed dangerously and held their gaze for a few seconds before 'tsk'ing and looking away towards the door.

"A little help!" Nagisa's cry could be heard coming from the stairs leading to the bedrooms. "Mako-chan! Rin-chan!"

The two latter grudgingly stood up and headed out the corridor where Haruka and Nagisa were stuck between the rail handle and the wall trying balance five large futons down the stairs, Haru bending forwards Atlas style trying to stop the futons from rolling him over like an avalanche while Nagisa pulled at them from behind.

"Haru!" yelled Makoto immediately running over to help his friends while Rin crossed his arms and leaned against the living room doorframe, rolling his eyes. "Is it weird that I'm getting hungry again?" asked Rin to nobody in particular and headed for the kitchen, barely paying attention to what sounded like three grown teens rolling down half a flight of stairs.

Nagisa's head popped up from under a particularly heavy futon and beamed "I'm okay!" he almost chirped, while Makoto was slowly untangling himself from what appeared to be a rolled up blanket, a half deflated inflatable futon and Haru's legs. "Speak for yourself," he mumbled, finally managing to stand up and offering Haru a hand out of the mess.

"I told you we should have brought them down one by one, Nagisa," said Haru as he rubbed his head where Makoto had accidentally landed a hard kick as they rolled down the stairs.

"Not to worry, not to worry," the young blonde swimmer said, "let's just get them to the living room already, I really wanna watch another movie!"

A few minutes later they had efficiently pushed the table aside, five individual futons laid out haphazardly across the living room, pillows and blankets everywhere. Rei was lying down on the futon nearest to the TV and moaning loudly, Makoto and Nagisa sitting up on the adjacent ones making small talk while Rin made toast and Haru neatly folded blankets, his inner neat-freak wailing in despair at the mess that resulted by having Nagisa organise their sleeping quarters for the night.

"It's been getting pretty chilly lately," said Haru conversationally, getting his fellow teammates' attention. "I'm going to get the winter covers from the closet," he said walking out of the room.

The second Haruka's footsteps disappeared into the second floor, three heads belonging to three teens who had been pretending to have nothing much to say to each other suddenly scrummed together rugby style almost crashing their skulls.

"Nagisa-kun!" whispered the blue haired swimmer, "Am I the only one who thinks this is a horrible idea?! Rin-san is onto us!"

"He most definitely is!" added in Makoto throwing nervous glances at the door, "I swear nothing gets past him!"

"I swear if Rin-san doesn't kill me tonight, I'll pay a visit to the temple and rethink my entire life!" Rei replied melodramatically.

"Guys, guys," interrupted the blonde, "all we have to do is stay in character, Rei-chan remember, you're injured! That way we'll be able to keep tabs on both of them by always keeping an eye on you," whispered the blonde holding a hand to his mouth.

"I still don't get the point of all of this…" Makoto whispered back.

"Because," mumbled Nagisa, "if they are indeed fooling around, this is a great, great way to let them know that we're fully behind them and supporting their decision!" he continued as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

"By messing with them…" interrupted Makoto, shivering from head to foot.

"And if they're not?" asked Rei, concern pouring out his mouth.

"Eh… well, if they're not…" Nagisa took a few seconds to rethink his plan. They turned to look at the kitchen door at the same time dreading that one of their friends would catch them suddenly conspiring behind their backs.

"If they're not then Haru is going to stop talking to us and Rin is going to use us to mop the swimming pool floor," Makoto thought out loud.

"Shh! I hear something," Rei almost cried and the three of them froze like marble statues, straining their eats to their limit. They remained in that position for about 30 seconds before the tallest teen sighed in relief.

"I think we're clear," whispered Makoto, wiping a drop of sweat from his brow.

"Nagisa-kun," said the bespectacled teen, "I haven't hung around you guys long enough but I'm pretty sure that if Haruka-senpai figures out we're messing with them and they are indeed fooling around, I have a feeling he is going to do a lot more than just stop talking to us," he whimpered picturing the worst case scenario in which Haru knocks them over with a frying pan and grills them for breakfast, mackerel on the side. "And then feed us to Rin-san…" he spoke almost to himself.

Nagisa raised his palms directly over his friends' faces, turning back to steal glances at the living room entrance just as nervously as the other two. "Calm down, calm down!" he began, trying to control his rapid breathing, there were so many things he had to say to them and barely a few precious seconds before one of the two walked back into the room. "Focus! What's the point of a sleepover if we aren't allowed to mess with each other?" he breathed out almost making no pauses between words. Makoto looked slightly guilty at his friend's statement, he wasn't thrilled about messing with his friends as much as the other two initially were. "Mako-chan, Rei-chan, remember your parts! I swear this is going to be so much fun!"

"For you! That was my first ki-" Rin began before covering his mouth with both hands and turning a deep shade of red.

Nagisa would have burst out laughing if he hadn't heard the distinct sound of the kitchen door sliding shut and they immediately resumed their positions. Rin walked into the living room holding a plateful of toast while happily, or almost happily, munching on a piece. He eyed them suspiciously as he walked in, slowing down his steps and Makoto turned to look at Nagisa, his eyes screaming I told you so!

"R-Rin-chan!" Nagisa spoke up hoping to release the tension in the room. "What do you wanna watch next? The documentary or The Big Blue?"

Rin shrugged and took a seat on the futon furthest from the TV, crossing his legs indian style. "Whatever," he replied. "Just start it already, I'm getting sleepy."

"Sleepy? It's only 9 pm…" interrupted Rei before a hateful glance from Rin silenced him.

Haruka walked back into the living room carrying a neatly folded stack of thick blankets, looking strangely flushed and almost out of breath. Rin avoided his glance like the pest and not one of the remaining swimmers missed a beat.

"Well, if it's alright with everyone," spoke up Makoto, "I'd like to watch the documentary now, I've been kind of looking forward to it, actually."

Nodding in agreement, Haru placed the blankets on the futon in the middle of the room and headed towards the TV when Nagisa suddenly spoke.

"Ne, ne, Haru-chan," the petite blonde tugged at his friend's sleeve as he walked past him. "Where are you going to sit?" he asked excitedly.

All eyes suddenly on him, some of them a bit too wide, Haru took a few seconds to reply, clearing his throat while reaching for the DVD box on the floor by the TV set. "Next to Rin, of course," he said as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

"AHA!" yelled Nagisa and Makoto felt like smacking himself in the face. Haru turned to face his friend momentarily, his expression unreadable but definitely serene.

"He's got toast," he added as he turned back towards the TV and fumbled with the settings.

The shortest swimmer giggled momentarily while scratching the back of his head, "Eh, heh heh, of course…" he mumbled.

After a few seconds they all took their seats between a sea of pillows, cushions and blankets.

Rei mumbled in serene agony while lying back down. "Why do I feel this won't end here?"

Makoto laid on his side with a pillow under his arm. "Haru's going to be so mad at us when this is over…"

Nagisa laid on his stomach, resting his chin on his hands. "Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun…"

Rin and Haru sat up at the back of the room, one whole meter separating them. One smirking, one almost smiling.

The lights were turned off and the movie began.

FLASHBACK

Five minutes ago.

"It's been getting pretty chilly lately," said Haru conversationally, getting his fellow teammates' attention. "I'm going to get the winter covers from the closet," he said walking out of the room.

Trying to step as loudly and collectedly as possible, Haruka made his way upstairs and the second he reached the second floor he sprinted/tiptoed towards the abandoned cellphone in his room. Flipping the lid open his fingers tapped furiously over the keys.

Rin felt his phone buzzing in his back pocket as he put in yet another couple of slices of toast into the toaster. He thought of Nitori for a second and just before deciding to ignore it, a second buzz changed his mind. He pulled it out to scan the unknown number before opening the message.

Walk out the back door. Read the first message.

Now. Read the second.

Amused and intrigued, now certain that it was Haru who had messaged him, Rin placed a slice of toast between his teeth and did as he was told, silently opening the back door and stepping outside. Just as he turned to scan the immediate area he heard the rustling of plants and what sounded like someone saying 'ouch' somewhere to his right when he spotted Haruka lifting himself off the ground.

Stifling a chuckle while munching on toast, Rin closed in on him carefully eyeing the kitchen door through the window.

"What's up, monkey-boy," he said, guessing Haru must have jumped out the second floor window, a feat that would have surprised him a lot more if Haru hadn't been acting very off-character all night.

Haru bent over and placed his palms over his knees supporting his weight as he took deep breaths to calm his racing heart. "Never doing that again, that's for sure" he thought to himself.

"S-sorry…" he spoke through sharp intakes of breath. "Couldn't… bring it up… shit, I definitely hate heights."

Rin snorted and stepped closer, rubbing his hands together getting rid of toast crumbs. "Couldn't wait to be alone again, huh?" he asked teasingly, pulling Haru's chin up and pecking him on the lips.

"Sneak out with me tonight," Haru whispered before leaning in for another kiss. "Are you making toast?" he asked incredulously.

The redhead shrugged and took a step back, hands in his pockets. "They're onto us," he said.

Haruka nodded, "thought so too."

Rin sighed loudly and a second later cracked a wicked smile.

"You better get back up there, come on, I'll give you a boost," Rin spoke, motioning to the window upstairs and bending his right knee forwards, intertwining his fingers in the shape of a nest right in front of his leg, signalling with his eyes.

Haru's look of disbelief lasted only a second before resigning himself and placing his right foot over Rin's hands, holding on to his shoulders for support.

"Next time throw down a rose and I'll climb up your window," teased the sharp-toothed teen, earning himself a loud smack on the head before effectively pushing Haru up, the latter hanging on to the railing of his bedroom balcony and pushing himself upwards with evident difficulty.

"Shit, shit, shit shit shit," he mumbled loud enough for Rin to hear him and chuckle as he walked back into the kitchen, sliding the door shut behind him.

As he pocketed his phone back into his jeans, Rin felt the rustle of paper between his fingers.

"Oh, really?" he said to himself as he read the contents of the folded paper before his eyes.

Mwahaha! And the plot THICKENS…

Like I said, I seriously think this is one of the funniest things I've ever written. I was laughing like a maniac as I typed earning a few glances from my roommate who KNOWS I should be studying because I'm having the hardest time at school these days. But I couldn't help myself, I mean really, seriously now, these characters are BEGGING for it. I have them right around my little finger and I love playing god of my own universe. Where everything goes the way I plan it!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REVIEWS AND YOUR SUPPORT! I thought the plot was a bit blehh when I started writing this thing even though all I wanted to do was make some people laugh, if you indeed laughed at this chapter, I'm thrilled.

Leave a comment on your way out! I wanna start replying to you guys so very badly!

I have a few questions as well, i'd like to hear your answers.

-Do you think they're too off character? Am I being too greedy by moulding them into what I want them to be?

-Who do you thinks should top?

-What's in that piece of paper?

See y'all REAL SOON!