The next day, which is Friday, Rin came over to Iwatobi High School. Apparently, Makoto had said a few things during their 'adult talk' and made Rin came to coach Rei's butterfly stroke. Rin came in late, when he came, he hurriedly pulled Makoto out of the pool and towards the field.

"What's up with that guy? Why is he here?" Rei waddled in the pool before getting back up to the platform to practice on his dive.

Nagisa did a little bit of backstroke to his starting point. "Gou, time me! I want to see how I do without the dive."

"It's Kou. Call me Kou! I won't time you if you do that again."

"Why should I? Your parents named you that. Who am I to go against their plan on growing a daughter with the name Gou?" Nagisa adjusted his goggles, making it secure before he sped off. "You should embrace your name, like I did with Nagisa. Like how we all embrace our names. Maybe not Haru-chan, though. That's why we're calling him Haru-chan."

"Go!"

"Yeah, Gou! That's right."

"No, I mean, go! I already started the stopwatch!"

"Oh! Reset! Reset!"

"Gou." Rin called to his sister, gesturing her to come over to him and Makoto not far from where Gou is standing.

Nagisa glared at Rin, which made Rin startled. He never got that kind of look from Nagisa before, even when he ignored or made Nagisa mad back in the days, he would just either sulk or pout. Nagisa sped away in an instant after the glare.

"Alright, Boomerang Megane! Show me what you got. You must've improved a bit after the tournament," Rin stepped into the pool after changing to his swimsuit.

"Boomerang Megane? The name is Ryugazaki Rei, thank you very much," Rei dived from the platform and starting to flap his "wing" underwater as Rin watched.

"Not bad, but as analytical as you may seem, you're still far away from the actual form. I might be wrong, but you did try to imitate a real butterfly."

Rei blushed. He did admire the butterfly he watched with Haruka that day. "Real butterflies are beautiful."

"Yeah, that's true. But when competing, you can't just rely on form. You must also know the concept of it and the modification to meet the situation," Suddenly Rin went into teacher mode. It was funny considering how Rin actually is.

"180." Exclaimed Gou as she watched from afar. She was referring to her brother's personality, which turned 180 degrees. Makoto was right beside her and Nagisa was in front of them, in the pool.

"Yeah, 180 indeed," Makoto agreed. "But, when he's like that, we could actually see his passion when it comes to swimming. Maybe he wasn't chasing your father's dreams after all. At least, not entirely."

Haru gave Rin an analytical observation. This guy is really passionate about swimming after all. All this time, he thought Rin was only a competitive person and always wanted to be the best. That's why he despised Rin at first. He thought Rin does not appreciate water yet the water just let him move freely and fast, which does not obey Haruka's theory when they were little.

"Makoto, what're you doing up there. I'm dying to see some Makoto's rough backstroke," Rin called out Makoto who was still on the bench beside the pool.

Makoto and Rin were kind of close, ever since elementary school. It is undeniable that Makoto has the ability to break someone's wall. Maybe Rin's protective wall had been broken by him, making him and Rin the same as before. Unlike Nagisa, who only climbed the wall, Rin wasn't very welcome with Nagisa's forced socials. Rei, being a newbie that he was and Haru, whose social skills almost non-existent, Rin wasn't familiar with them as he was with Makoto.

"As hot as you are with a goatee, I don't think it'll work with swimming. Water resistant."

"Speak for yourself. Do something about the hair, it's getting longer."

"Ooh, Makoto's got groove. He actually made a comeback. Yeah, I'll do something about this. In the meantime, this cap ought to do the trick." Rin pulled the back of his cap and make it snap like he always do.

Makoto smirked and pulled some strand of hair that escaped Rin's cap causing the other male gritted his teeth in pain and anger.

As Rin tutored Rei, he watches the members of Iwatobi High School swim team doing their routine. Haruka did his best and beat Rin's time record at Samezuka by 2 milliseconds. Rin's competitive instinct rose in an instant and challenged Haruka again.

"Nee, Rinrin! How about me? Let's race, I can do butterfly," Nagisa made his way into the tension Rin made between him and Haruka.

"You mean the grasshopper?"

"My what?"

"Your butterfly stroke. It looks more like a grasshopper stroke. I wouldn't say that when we were kids, because I know you would cry if I say so."

"That's just mean, Rinrin-chan. I wouldn't cry like you did when you lost to Haru-chan"

"What? How did you kno- wait! What did you just call me, pipsqueak? "

"Rinrin-chan. The crybaby!"

Rin growled, he was desperate to see blood. Nagisa's blood, the devil living in a body of a shota. He then look at Makoto who made a no-you-won't look. "Fine, we'll race. Your breast stroke with my butterfly."

"Is that fair?" Gou asked Haruka who was on the platform, ready to dive. Haruka looked back at her "It's Rin and Nagisa. They appeared like cats and dogs, but they were natural when it comes to doing ridiculous stuff."

As Haruka dived, Gou shrugged, brushing off the nonsensical statement that her senpai gave.

"Megane, watch and learn!"

Makoto extended his hand towards Haruka as he finished his lap. "It's pretty lively when those two are around."

"Lively as in noisy," Haruka reached out for Makoto's hand. He always admired Makoto's strength when he pulled him up out of the water.

"Who knew, Rin could be so cute. I missed him."

Haruka was a bit surprised by Makoto's statement. He looked at Makoto, who was watching Rin from afar, who was arguing with Nagisa on who touched the side of the pool first.

"Did it sound weird?"

Haruka looked away. When the usual Makoto did the upturned eyebrow and smile, he was Makoto. But, this Makoto is attractive. How can a goatee made someone looks different than he is? Haruka felt his heart skipped a few beats and wished that the time stopped when he was looking at Makoto, who glimmered in the shades of the sunset.

"Nee, Haru." Makoto called out.

"What?"

"Do you know how to reject love confessions?"