I swear, the author's notes won't be as long this time! XD

okay, so some things in this chapter may make you a bit confused, but don't worry! All will be explained next chapter! :D for now, just enjoy! I own nothing, obviously!

Haruka's heart raced at the sight of the large pool, eyes sparkling. He heard Makoto chuckle beside him, but was too captivated by the sight of the sparkling blue water to care.

The pool was large and well kept. It was a special pool. On weekdays, it was used by Makoto to teach his class to swim, as well as other coaches. But on the weekends, aspiring professional swimmers could come and practice. There weren't many of those in the area, so it was also used by the swim teams of the local schools. Team members could come and practice so they wouldn't fall behind, or so they could get ready for a tournament. Today it seemed that some swimmers from Samezuka Academy, a local college with a strong swim team and an indoor pool, were training today, based off of the jackets hanging on the chain fence.

"Haru-chan! Mako-chan!" Haruka looked to his left, seeing two familiar figures approaching.

One was small, reaching to about the bottom of Haruka's rib age in height, with curly blonde hair and dark pink eyes. He wore a white t-shirt and white swim trunks with rockhopper penguins on them.

He was dragging behind him a taller male with dark blue hair and matching eyes covered by red-framed glasses, wearing a black t-shirt and long legged swim suit with blue lines on it.

"Nagisa," Makoto greeted, "Rei. Surprise to see you here."

Ryugazaki Rei composed himself and smiled at the other men. "Makoto-senpai, Haruka-senpai. It's been a while."

"Isn't this great?!" Hazuki Nagisa asked cheerily, "We're all together to swim again!"

The four had been a part of their school swim team in high school-in fact, they were the ones who started the swim team. It had been Makoto, Haruka and Nagisa, and eventually Rei had been dragged in as well.

Nagisa stripped himself of his shirt and flip-flops and ran to the edge of the pool before diving in. Rei followed with a sigh, though he didn't dive unlike Nagisa. Haruka removed his hoodie, t-shirt and pants, revealing the black swimsuit with purple stripes underneath. He was about to dive in when he heard a semi-familiar voice say "Nanase?"

He looked to his left blankly at the approaching figure, wearing a black t-shirt underneath his jacket and blue jeans. "Matsuoka."

Rin stopped a bit away from him. "I wasn't expecting to see you here."

"I could say the same," Haruka murmured.

"I'm helping Nitori train," Rin mumbled, looking towards the pool. He looked back at Haruka, only to glance over the black-haired male's shoulder with wide red eyes. "Tachibana?"

"Oh, Matsuoka," Haruka heard Makoto say, "I didn't think I'd ever see you again."

"Same." Rin sighed and looked back at Haruka. "I'll come to finish the tattoo on Monday, Nanase." He turned and left without another word, and Haruka turned to look at Makoto.

Makoto, though, just smiled, already knowing what Haruka wanted, and said "I'll tell you later, Haru. Let's just swim for today."

At the mention of swimming, Haruka decided to drop the subject for now and nodded before running to the edge and diving into the crystal clear water.

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