Haru arrived at his house, quickly running inside and closing the door behind him. He quickly rubbed the tears from his eyes and leaned against the door. For the first time in a long time, Haru turned on the lock of his door, locking it tight, he then did it to his back door and windows.

Haru quickly walked into his room, throwing off his wet swim suit for a dry pair of boxers, looking on his dresser he saw a hat.

"This is...Rin's hat..." Haru said looking at the old baseball cap. He remembered the last time Rin wore this, they went to the beach and Rin got a horrible sunburn, his body matched his hair perfectly, Haru would constantly poke his side and Rin would yell at him, he just kissed him and Rin would stop. Haru giggled at the memory, it felt like just yesterday...

"I can't believe how childish I was." Haru said.

"Maybe I should call and apologize..." Haru thought but then he heard a knocking.

"Haru!"

Haru peaked out the curtain of his room and saw Makoto, Nagisa and Rei standing there.

"Haru, are you there?!" Makoto called but Haru shut the curtains and sat on his bed.

"Are you sure he's home Mako-chan?" Nagisa asked.

"Where else could have Haruka-senpai gone to?" Rei asked.

"I thought he'd come here first...maybe he went to the beach or the old swimming school." Makoto wondered, rubbing his chin.

"Well let's go! We have to find Haru-chan!" Nagisa yelled, grabbing Rei's arm and ran off with him, Makoto stood firm then turned to Haru's house.

"Please know we're here for you Haru! You don't have to be alone! I'm worried about you!" Makoto yelled to the house, seeing no one was coming out, he let out a sigh and ran after Nagisa.

Haru had his face shoved in Rin's pillow, hearing Makoto's words made him feel happy yet depressed at the same time.

"Always worrying the people I care about most." Haru mumbled to himself, he hugged the pillow close, took a deep inhale of his ex-loves scent and drifted off into a gentle sleep.

(The Next Morning)

Rin had finished his morning training for the day and was drinking water as he dried his hair.

"Hey good work out there today Matsuoka!" His coach said smiling as he pat him on the back.

"Thanks coach Oliver." Rin mumbled, trying to smile but failed.

"Whats wrong mate? You've been down since you got here." Oliver asked.

"Ah, I'm sorry." Rin said.

"Heard from the team it seems to be relationship troubles?" Oliver asked.

"Ah, well..." Rin began.

"Ohh I see, it is true. Who's the lucky sheila? Did y'all have a fight?" Oliver asked.

"Sort of..." Rin said rubbing the back of his neck.

"But no worries mate, no matter what caused it, she'll be there for you. Considering how much you talk about her, you two will be lovey dovey in a matter of days!" Oliver said smiling.

"Right..." Rin said awkwardly.

"Give your sheila a call, it'll do the both of you good." Oliver said patting Rin's shoulder and left the pool area. Rin stared at his back as he left and sighed.

"Yeah, but I'm pretty sure my sheila wouldn't answer my call anyway." Rin said slapping the towel on his shoulder and went to the showers.

Haru stared down at his phone, staring at Rin's cellphone number for he didn't know how long. He debated if he should just shut down his phone and soak in the bath or man up and call him. Haru took a deep breath and hit the call button, he slowly brought the phone to his ear, listening to the phone ring, after a few rings it went to voicemail. He listened to Rin's voice as he said leave a message and he'd return the call, then he heard the beep.

Haru's words got caught in his throat.

"I..." Haru spoke but he could hardly hear himself.

"I'm sorry..." He whispered then hung up the phone. He stared at his phone once again.

"He must be training..." Haru thought, he set his phone down. At least he managed to get out that he was sorry...

Rin had left the showers with a smile.

"Man that hot water feels good on my muscles." He said, he walked to the locker and opened it. First thing he noticed was his phone blinking.

"Huh? I have a message?" Rin questioned himself, unlocking it he noticed his miscall.

"Must be Gou again." Rin said ignoring the number and bringing the phone to his ear, holding it with his shoulder as he grabbed his shirt. At first he heard nothing.

"Tsk, what the hell?" He questioned then he heard a quiet "I".

"I? The hell?" Rin began but was cut short when a familiar voice speak the words, "I'm sorry." Then the message ended. Rin dropped his shirt, quickly checking the number responsible for the message.

"Haru..." Rin whispered, seeing his name on the screen under missed calls. Haru called and said he was sorry? Rin sat on the bench.

"So he's sorry for acting like a jerk and a baby?" Rin questioned then shut his phone down. He quickly got dressed and left the stadium and to his apartment.

Haru left his bathroom and went straight to his phone, no messages. Sigh, I guess he didn't get it yet. Haru pulled on some fresh clothes, boxers, a shirt and pj bottoms, he walked down his stairs to the kitchen, where he started making Mackerel. Haru's phone went off in his pocket, he opened it and saw it was a message from Makoto.

"Hey Haru, can we talk about what's wrong? I'm worried about you, you know I care about you and would do anything for you. Please tell me what's wrong." Makoto wrote, Haru stared at the message. He swiftly wrote his three word text and put his phone away.

"Come on over."

Haru had just finished his mackerel when he heard the door open.

"Haru?" Makato asked.

"Kitchen." Haru replied, he turned to see a slightly pale Makoto in his doorway, his eyes widened slightly.

"Makoto." Haru spoke but he stopped when Makoto hugged him.

"Oh Haru I've been so worried about you! I'm glad you look better than you did." Makoto said smiling happily, Haru watched relief spread on his face.

"You wanted to talk?" Haru asked, taking a seat at his table.

"Oh yes." Makoto said blushing, sitting across from Haru, he looked up at him.

"What is this about?" Haru asked, taking a bite of his food.

"Well, ever since Rin left, you've been distant. You're pale and thinner than usual, and you hardly swim anymore. This isn't like you so I was concerned." Makoto said, Haru blinked at him.

"I don't feel well is all." Haru said.

"But about Rin, are you acting like this because he left?" Makoto asked, Haru paused, he didn't meet his friends gaze.

"Why do you care about what happened between Rin and I?" Haru asked.

"Because you guys are so happy together! But how your acting now is-"

"Were."

Makoto blinked at Haru, he couldn't see his eyes, the beautiful sapphires were hidden behind a black sea of hair.

"Were?" Makoto repeated back.

"Yes. Were. We were happy. We were together. Not any more." Haru said. Makoto paused, processing fully what Haru was telling him, then it clicked.

"Wait, did you and Rin really break up?" Makoto asked, Haru gulped the large piece of mackerel he taken.

"Yes. He was leaving so we broke up. End of story." Haru said, grabbing his plate and walked to the sink.

"That's why you've been so sad. Rin broke up with you, and you guys were-." Makoto said but Haru cut him off yet again.

"No. It was me, I broke up with Rin." Haru said, his back facing Makoto.

"You did!? But Haru! Why? I thought you loved him?" Makoto asked, Haru dropped his plate in the sink, the plate shattered, making a loud bang, causing Makoto to jump to his feet.

"I do love him." Haru said.

"But I guess he didn't, he left me, he left all of us like he did back then. He abandoned us! He abandoned me! And it's just too painful!" Haru yelled, his hands balling into fists on the counter, his knuckles turning white.

"Haru..." Makoto said, now standing just behind his dear friend that he loved, oh so much.

"Its so painful." Haru spoke quietly, suddenly arms were gently wrapped around his waist from behind, a hand gently set on his own.

"Makoto?" Haru asked.

"I would never leave you like that Haru." Makoto said low, whispering the words into Haru's ear, he shivered.

"Makoto..."

"I would always love, give you so much love and happiness, you'd forget everything about Rin." Makoto said, he grabbed Haru around the waist and spun him around, now facing him.

"So choose me, Haru." Makoto said, setting his hand on Haru's cheek.

"Ill replace your sorrow for Rin with love from me. I know you better than he does, I love you more than he ever could, I could give you so much Haru. I've loved you since we were children, so please..." Makoto begged, Haru's eyes widened.

'Forget Rin?' Haru thought, he could never, he loved him too much just to forget him but he did love Makoto too, not as much as Rin but...

"I don't know." Haru said, turning away from his friends gaze. Makoto stared at his cheek, noticing that they were flushed, he leaned forward and placed a kiss on his cheek.

"Makoto!" Haru cried, covering his cheek. Makoto smiled his heart-warming smile and giggled.

"I'm sorry, you were so cute. I couldn't help myself." Makoto said smiling happily, Haru stared at him. How he was jealous of his smile, he always doing that, for no reason, he was just naturally smiling. It warmed Haru's heart at the sight of it, Haru slipped his arms around his neck and pulled him into a hug.

"Haru?" Makoto asked shocked, Haru said nothing, so Makoto simply smiled and hugged his friend tightly.

"I love you Haru." Makoto whispered, pressing a kiss to his temple, Haru stared at Makoto's collarbones.

'I still love Rin, with all my heart but maybe I could make a little room for Makoto...I know he'd never hurt me. Never has. Never will.'

"I still love Rin, I can't escape that fact." Haru said, Makoto smiled.

"I know you do." Makoto said.

"But..." Makoto pulled away, Haru looked into his emerald eyes, another good feature of Makoto was his eyes, the way they shine when he's happy, they way they sparkle when he's excited, it made Haru smile.

"Maybe I can make room for you in my heart as well." Haru said, he watched Makoto's smile grow bigger as his eyes shined with happiness.

"I hope to take all that room." Makoto said, he leaned forward and pressed a kiss to Haru's nose, which caused Haru to cover it.

"Not my nose." Haru spoke, when he did that he sounded funny and it made Makoto laugh, Haru smiled again. He liked the feeling of smiling, he hasn't smiled since Rin but maybe it was time for a change.

(Please tell me what you think so far!)