"[name]-chan! Have you met your soulmate yet?" Mika asked as she latched herself onto [name]'s arm as she came out from the house after slipping on her pair of school shoes. [name] sighed. It had been a few weeks ever since the girls and her have started schooling at Iwatobi High School; and apparently Hana, Mika and Nana had found their soulmates; but they decided to keep it a little secret.
Mika was at it again. She had been asking [name] ever since they started High School; whether has [name] found her soulmate. Whether has [name] felt anything that wasn't her own feelings. And she even somehow stripped [name] just to see her collarbone; to see whether the mark of her soulmate has appeared or not. But [name] was thankful that Hana and Nana stopped Mika from harassing her in such a way.
"No." [name] replied in a dull tone, and Mika giggled.
"[name]-chan is always like this!" Mika sung out in a way that caused [name] to smile.
"So, when are you going to tell Nagisa that you're his soulmate?" [name] teased; and Mika immediately stopped giggling as she looked at [name] with a flustered look. [name] then looked up and realised that Hana and Nana were staring at her with wide opened eyes.
"What?"
"[name] just teased Mika."
"Is [name]-chan having a fever?"
"Shut it."
"Nene, do you think [name]-chan is your soulmate, Mako-chan?" Nagisa asked as he skipped along with the rest of the boys from the swim team and along with their manager; Gou. Haruka was busy looking at a photo of his soulmate mark that Makoto had helped him to take when he had gone to fetch Haruka from his house. It was the shape of a dolphin and in the dolphin's mouth was half a heart.
"Eh? I doubt so. [name] doesn't seem like the kind who is into this kind of stuff though." Makoto spoke as his face turned beet red as he remembered how beautiful [name] had looked in her white maid outfit that day during the school festival.
"Eh? I hope she's your soulmate! The both of you look cute together!" Gou chimed out as she looked up from her handphone with a blush on her cheeks. Apparently Gou had found out who her soulmate was; and currently they were the happiest couple ever.
"So, how's Mikoshiba-san doing?" Makoto asked, and Gou's face turned beet red.
"W-Well… He has been ranting on about why didn't I appear at the maid café back then. Because he kept feeling my excitement; and he thought it was [name]-senpai at first and that he kept harassing her to let him see her collarbone." Gou spoke with a pout, and Makoto laughed as he remembered the scene back then.
"My soulmate is here! [name], let me see your collarbone!" Seijuro called out and made a grab for [name], who quickly took a step to the side and avoided his hand.
"No way!" [name] called out and started to run away from Seijuro. It was break time for [name], Makoto, Haruka and Hana then; and they decided to join their guests and tour around the festival.
"[name]! You're my soulmate aren't you?!" Seijuro called out again, and [name] picked up her pace as she ran up the staircase. Almost immediately she made a u-turn and started to descend down the steps quickly, hoping that Seijuro hadn't caught on to her.
"[name]~" Seijuro called out, and [name] cringed at the way her name rolled off his tongue. [name] then turned a corner, and was grabbed by the arms. She immediately felt warmth engulf her body and she sighed as she realised she had been caught.
"Caught you~"
"Mikoshiba-san, can you please let go of me?" [name] managed to speak through her gritted teeth.
"Call me Seijuro, and no. I will not let you go."
"Mikoshiba-senpai!" Nitori called out, and Seijuro clicked his tongue in annoyance as he spotted the Samezuka swim team and Iwatobi swim team catching up to them.
"Eh?! [name] is Seijuro's soulmate?!" Makoto exclaimed, disappointment shown on his face which [name] didn't notice at all.
"I'm not!" [name] snapped back as she tried to get Seijuro's arms off her waist.
"She is! Just that she doesn't let me see her collarbone!" Seijuro whined out.
"Nii-chan!" and everybody's head turned to spot Gou running towards the huge ass group of swimmers. She then hugged Rin tightly as Rin chuckled at his sister's cuteness.
"Did you manage to find your soulmate, Gou?" Rin asked.
"Mou, no! But I'm sure he's near! I can sense his happiness!" Gou exclaimed, and [name]'s eyes immediately widened as she looked at Gou, and then at Seijuro.
"Gou!" [name] called out, and Gou looked at her with a pout.
"Kou!"
"Alright, alright; Kou. Let me see your mark, please?" and [name] smacked Seijuro's arms hard and he flinched; letting her go in the process. [name] then stood up and Gou pulled down her collar slightly; exposing a swordfish that had half a heart just beside it. [name] then turned to look at Seijuro who had on a pout as he rubbed his arms. [name] then walked over to him, and he immediately smiled like a kid. [name] rolled her eyes as she roughly yanked down his shirt and saw his mark; another swordfish with half a heart too.
"DUMBASS! YOUR SOULMATE IS KOU!" [name] yelled.
"Rei's butterfly mark is kind of pretty." Haruka commented as he looked at Rei's mark via his phone.
"P-pretty? Haruka-senpai! It's beautiful!"
"My penguin mark is way much cuter than that!" Nagisa chipped in.
Makoto could only smile at the scene before him as Nagisa and Rei argued over their soulmate mark; whereas Haruka was in the middle of them just letting their conversation enter and exit through his ears. He then sighed as he realised he was the only one without the soulmate mark.
"Don't sigh, Makoto-senpai! I'm sure you'll find yours soon!" Gou called out and giggled when Makoto's face turned beet red as he had been caught.
"[name]! Someone is waiting for you at the school's entrance!" one of [name]'s classmate called out and she stared with a confused look on her face. She then looked at Hana who also gave her a confused look on her face and shrugged her shoulders. [name] shrugged her shoulders as well and stood up from her seat; leaving the classroom after thanking her classmate.
"Who could it be?" [name] thought to herself as she walked out of the school's building. She then stopped in her tracks as she spotted a man, who was definitely way much taller than her.
The man had slightly curled brown hair, and dark ocean blue eyes. His eyes then locked contact with [name]'s own pair of dark ocean blue eyes; and her breath hitched.
"Not going to give your nii-chan a hug?"
"Why are you here?" [name] spat out, anger clearly sounded in her voice. Her brother stared at her with confusion, and his eyes blinked a couple of times.
"Eh? To see you of course." He replied.
"After 10 years? Don't make me laugh." [name] spoke with venom, and her brother flinched slightly. It wasn't really his choice to leave [name] and study abroad and work for the past 10 years, for his aunt had insisted she bring him up overseas. He had learnt of his parents' death and wanted to come home so badly to be with [name]. But he was selfish.
"[name]… You know how I feel about yo-." And almost immediately he was cut off.
"You left me alone. You told me you'll come back for me when I turned 8. And when I was 8? I was brought to the orphanage. Without you. Without a single letter from you." [name] spoke as her hands shook with anger.
"Makoto, are you alright?" Haruka asked as he noticed Makoto's hand were shaking uncontrollably. Makoto nodded slightly as he felt his heartache slightly. He felt anger and hatred; but most of it he felt was disappointment and loneliness.
"You look kind of pale, Mako-chan. Are you sure you're alright?" Hana asked.
"I-I'm feeling something…" Makoto whispered out.
"Soulmate."
"If you've got nothing else to tell me, I'll head back to class then." [name] muttered out. Her brother stood before her with a guilty look; how her words had stung his heart. He now then realised how his selfish decision had caused his angelic sister to turn into someone full of anger and hatred. He tried to find the right words to speak; but soon he closed his mouth shut and [name] turned and walked away from him.
"[name], nii-chan still loves you." And [name] stopped in the middle of her tracks. She clenched her fists once more as tears built up in her eyes. How she hated how her brother knew what to say just to get her to let her guards down.
"Stop it…" [name] mumbled out as she heard her brother's footsteps getting closer to her. And her brother wrapped her in a tight hug and [name] immediately broke into a crying mess.
"Mako-chan, why are you crying?!" Mika asked as she saw Makoto wiping away the tears that fell from his eyes. He was feeling a total sense of relief and a roller coaster of emotions.
"I-I don't know!" Makoto cried out as he tried to stop the tears.
"Your soulmate is crying, isn't she?" Haruka asked, and Makoto nodded.
"Crying?" Rei wondered.
"HANA-CHAN! COME QUICK!" one of Hana's classmate yelled from within their classroom. Hana then immediately left and entered their classroom; where everybody was gathered at the windows that was looking out towards the entrance of the school.
"[name]-chan! It's [name]-chan!" one of their classmates yelled, and Hana immediately looked down. Her eyes narrowed as she spotted [name] getting a back hug by someone who look strikingly like her. A frown was soon seen on her face as she realised [name] was crying…
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"Crying?" Hana thought to herself and immediately she turned to look outside of the classroom where Makoto was crying as well.
"Ah."
"What's this?" Hazuki asked as he pulled down [name]'s collar slightly. [name] then gave him a confused look and he snapped a photo of her collarbone; and then showed her. An orca with half a heart was on her collarbone.
"Shit…" [name] muttered out.
"Looks like your soulmate is around, [name]." Hazuki chuckled out as he ruffled his sister's hair.
"[NAME]!" and [name] immediately turned to look. She paled slightly as she saw the Iwatobi swim team and her own girls running towards her. [name] quickly shifted her collar up so that her friends couldn't see her soulmate mark.
"Who are you?! Why did you make [name] cry?!" Hana asked in an angry tone, and Hazuki stared at her with a confused look on his face.
"H-Hana!" [name] call out as she frantically pushed Hana back a little.
"He made you cry!"
"He's my nii-chan!"
"That doesn't give him the rights to ma- Nii-chan?!"
[name] then pout as she went to stand beside Hazuki. That's when her friends realised how strikingly similar they looked like. With their brown coloured hair and dark blue ocean eyes, and the very same dimple which appears on the right side of their faces when they smiled.
"Guys, I'll like you all to meet my nii-chan; [L/N] Hazuki."
"SOSUKE!" Sosuke flinched the moment he heard Hana's voice calling out to him. The Iwatobi swimming club were having a joint practice with Samezuka's swimming club; and the boys had insisted that Hana and the others come and join them. Sosuke's raised an eyebrow when his eyes locked contact with [name] who had her arm linked with her brother's.
"And who is this…?" Sosuke muttered out.
"Don't be rude, So-nii! That's [name]-chan's nii-chan! Hazuki-nii!"
"Hazuki?" Sosuke repeated, and looked at Hazuki.
"Oi, who is thi- HAZUKI?!" Rin stared at Hazuki with his mouth opened wide.
"Rin?!"
"Hazuki and I met back when I was in Australia. The both of us were in the same swimming team." Rin explained as he smacked Hazuki hard on the back; causing him to wince slightly.
"But we both met a wall." Hazuki chuckled out.
"Alright, enough with the trip down memory lane. It's time for practice!" Sosuke called out.
"Hai hai, Mr. Impatient Whale Shark." Rin teased, and Sosuke blushed. That's when the rest of them noticed that Sosuke had his soulmate's mark already; which was a whale shark with half a heart beside it.
"Says the one who has a shark mark!" Gou called out and Rin's face turned beet red.
"Want to swim, Hazuki?" Rin asked as he stretched.
"Nah. I don't have a swimsuit." Hazuki politely declined.
"Nitori." Rin called out and Nitori immediately started to push Hazuki towards the changing room where they had extra swimsuits.
"H-Hey!"
"Sosuke…" Hana whispered out, and Sosuke made his way towards where Hana was sitting. He then bent down to her level, and Hana pulled him closer; whispering into his ear.
"[name] has a soulmate already."
"Really? Who is it?"
And Hana turned to look at Makoto; which Sosuke then smirked at.
"Knew it."
"Nice soulmate mark, nii-chan." [name] called out as Hazuki stretched in front of her. Her brother had his soulmate mark, and it was a stingray with half a heart shape. He then winked at her, and [name] rolled her eyes.
"I'll let you meet her one day, [name]."
"Oh." Was all [name] said as she realised her brother was already taken.
"What's with that reaction? You already know your soul-." And Hazuki was cut off.
"Alright, enough. To the pool." [name] spoke as she pushed Hazuki into the pull.
"BWAH. [NAME]!"
"That's your soulmate mark?" [name] turned and realised that Hana was looking at Makoto's soulmate mark. [name] then made her way towards where the Iwatobi Swimming Club was along with the other girls; a little jealousy was felt rising inside of her. Makoto then looked around as he felt the same jealousy as [name]; but he rubbed the back of his neck and flinched slightly as Hana touched the mark. [name] then stood beside Hana and looked at Makoto's mark. Her eyes widened as she soon realised who her soulmate was.
"[name]?" [name] then looked up to Makoto who had called her. Apparently she had given off a sense of relief, and Makoto sensed it too; since he was her soulmate.
"Don't push yourself too much during practice." Was all [name] had said as she quickly turned and walked towards the bench to have a seat; a blush was on her face.
"Ready, Hazuki?" Rin asked as he stood on the diving blocks.
"Anytime, Rin." Hazuki called out and smirked.
Apparently, Rin wanted to have a race with Hazuki before they officially start on their medley relay practices. Rin then got ready, by pulling the strap back of his goggles and letting it snap back onto the back of his swim cap.
"Still the same huh?" Hazuki spoke as he pulled his goggles over his eyes.
"Ready…."
"Go!" and both Hazuki and Rin started their race.
"Ne, [name]-chan! What is Hazuki-nii specialised in?" Nana asked as she looked at the race before her.
"Nii-chan? He's specialised in butterfly and freestyle." [name] spoke, and almost immediately she saw Haruka's eyes lit up at the word 'freestyle'.
"They both made the turn at the same time!" Momo called out as he continued to watch the race.
"Kyah, they came in at the same time!" Gou called out as she stopped the timer.
"Damn, you're still on par with me?!" Rin asked and playfully splashed water at Hazuki, who in return splashed water back at Rin. The duo then chuckled as they got out of the pool and shook off the water from their bodies.
"YOU'RE MY SOULMATE?!" a shout was heard, and everybody turned to look at who had shouted; Hazuki Nagisa. And in front of him sat a rather flustered looking Mika who had on an extremely red face. All of a sudden Mika felt herself getting lifted up and twirled around.
"I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE MY SOULMATE!"
"N-Nagisa-chan!"
"[name], wanna race me?" and [name] turned to look at her brother with an irritated look on her face.
"I don't swim." [name] spat out, and Hazuki smirked.
"Or really? Or is my sister being a coward, or are you afraid of water? Or are you just afraid of los-."
*SPLASH*"
[name] had pushed her brother back down into the pool.
"BWAH, [NAME]!"
"Makoto!" the team called out as Makoto was racing against Momo in the practice for medley race. [name] was surprisingly nervous as she stood on the bench looking at the race before her.
"Makoto made the first turn!"
"But Momo's kick made him become the lead!"
"Makoto's strokes are faster!"
"NAGISA!" Makoto called out and Nagisa did his starting dive and started to swim.
"NITORI-SENPAI!"
"[name], this is the first time I've seen you so excited during a practice." Hana commented, and [name] immediately blushed ten times.
"T-That's because…"
"He's your soulmate, isn't he?" Hana teased, and [name] immediately smacked Hana's mouth.
"Shut it!"
"Haru, you did a great job out there!" Hana commented as she held her hand out for Haruka to pull him out of the pool. Haru then smiled a small smile and he pulled Hana into the water.
*SPLASH*
"HARU!" Hana cried out and she was drenched from head to toe.
"That mark." Haruka spoke in a monotone, and looked at Hana's collarbone; which was now visible as her uniform was white; and it was wet right now, sticking to her skin.
"What about it?" Hana spoke with a pout as Haruka came closer to her.
"You're my soulmate."
"Glad you know." Hana then giggled as Haruka's face turned red.
"OI SOULMATES, STOP WITH THE PDA!" [name] yelled out, and almost instantly did both Haruka and Hana's face turned 20 times redder.
"B-Beautiful." Rei called out as he saw what Nana was wearing. A simple off shoulder white crop top with black skinny jeans.
"Really? I think our soulmate marks are even more beautiful." Nana spoke and giggled when Rei understood what she had meant.
"I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SOULMATE!"
"Oh god…" [name] muttered to herself as she found herself surrounded by soulmates.
"Don't worry, [name]. I too have not met my soulmate yet." Makoto spoke with a gentle smile and [name] blushed at it as her heart sped up. Makoto then sensed his heart speeding up as well, and he looked at [name] with a confused look. [name] then quickly looked away from him and started to walk down the street towards a ramen street stall that Nagisa had recommended.
"Do you think nii-chan will be alright at Samezuka Academy?" [name] asked all of a sudden, to no one in particular. Makoto then patted her on the head and ruffled her hair slightly.
"He will be."
"I wonder why didn't he want to come to Iwatobi High though."
"Is Haru holding Hana's hand?" and [name]'s eyes immediately shifted to the couple who was behind them.
"Aww." [name] called out, and instantly Hana's face turned bright red.
"[NAME]!"
