Chapter 10 – And Everything Else is Just There

I told Haru about my mother with a kiss, well more than one kiss, multiple all over his face and his neck.

He was still asleep when I returned, but my kisses woke him up in record time, he groaned…or maybe moaned…both? I'd combine those words to make it cooler, but as it turns out combining words that are only one letter different doesn't sound that cool so whatever, either way he made a sound against my lips that just made me want to kiss him more, which I did.

When I finally stopped he twisted one hand into my hair and cupped my face with his other hand, I was straddling him lip, our faces still mere inches apart, he smiled softly, "Why are you so happy this morning?"

I shook my head and rested my forehead against his, "I love you."

His smile spread wider, damn he was perfect, I snapped a mental photo of him like that, "I love you too, but why're you so happy?"

I reached up to play with his bangs which were getting just a little too long, "My mom knows."

His eyes went wide, the smile I loved so much faded, "What?"

"And she said she didn't understand…but she wants to and she's going to try." My voice was barely a whisper. I kissed him again, "She's gonna try Haru…she cares enough to try."

It took a minute, but his smile returned, "She'd be crazy to give you up."

There was a marching band inside my chest. I was so lucky. Lucky to know Haru, let alone have him to myself, we shared another million kisses when I laughed against him lips.

"What now?"

"We have to take Instagram away from Nagisa."

"Why—oh my god…that isn't how…?" I nodded, "Jesus, please don't kill him, he's a little thoughtless, but he's a good kid, Rin, don't hurt him too bad."

I shook my head, "I won't hurt him, but he might wanna start watching himself when he's in the pool with me."

"Jesus don't go all Jaws on him, Rin."

"Paybacks a bitch."

"You're an idiot."

"Oh yeah? Well at lea—" I didn't get to finish my sentence because the door to Nagisa and Rei's room swung opened and Nagisa came bursting into the living room sobbing full force, Rei was chasing after him of course shouting something about not forcing the subject, but I didn't hear it correctly because Nagisa had tackled me into the couch.

"I'm so sorry Rin! I didn't know people would explode like that! Gou texted me…she was really really mad and I am really really sorry…" he sniffed, "I you can f-forgive me."

"He's been like this for an hour." Rei told them looking slightly upset himself, probably because Nagisa was upset.

I looked from Rei to Haru to Nagisa and then patted his hair reassuringly, "There, there…" I was pretty shit at comforting people to be honest.

"Y-you're not mad?"

"I was fucking pissed to be honest…but I talked to my mom and no, I'm not mad."

"You what?" Rei and Nagisa said in perfect unison.

"Yeah…things are looking up. Probably thanks to you Nagisa."

There was an interval of heavy silence in which all that was done was Nagisa looking up at Rin with pleading eyes and then snuggling himself into Rin's shirt.

"I'm really sorry Rin-rin."

Rin shrugged and wiggled out of Nagisa's grip, "It's okay."

"But your still…?"

"Still at little pissy, but I'll get over it." It was true that Nagisa had helped more than he'd hurt, but I still sort of hated the fact Nagisa had thought posting it wouldn't have consequences, it was evident he was sorry now that he knew, but I sort of wanted him to understand what could have happened, not that I was going to tell him, but it was enough that I didn't really wanna be around him for the rest of the day.

Rei wrapped his arm around his boyfriend's shoulders, "We'll give you some time then." He dragged Nagisa towards the door.

Nagisa was muttering apologies, that were now muffled as Rei hand pulled Nagisa into his side and was kissing him on the top of the head, reassuring him with promises that I would forgive him and it was true I would forgive him, after a day or so, so the kid had nothing to worry about.

Haru sighed, "He's just a kid…he didn't mean to do anything. You know that right."

I flopped back down onto the couch, "Yeah," I snuggled into his side, "I know. I'm not mad…really…I mean a little…annoyed, but it'll pass."

"What do wanna do well we wait for it to pass, we have a later practice today after all since half the team have interviews right now."

"Doesn't Makoto have one?"

Haru nodded, "We should watch it."

I grabbed the remote, "Let's." I said clicking on the TV and changing it to the proper station, our beautiful blond and his kind smile were plastered to the screen.

The announcers voice was smooth and milky, "Yesterday SwimmersWorld tweeted," the tweet flashed around them on larger screens, it read: Interviewed the Japanese team, quite a few romances it would seem, and maybe even a family rivalry? Backstroke star Makoto Tachibana dating the sister of The Shark, Rin Matsuoka? The shark? Fucking awesome nickname if you ask me. Not that anyone did, but still. Approved. "Is this true?"

Makoto smiled, "Ha, it is true, not the rivalry part, but I'm dating Gou yeah."

The women giving the interview smiled, "So you and Rin get along?"

"Yeah, we share a dorm and a best friend so I think it's for the best."

Haru chuckled and the women nodded, "Haruka Nanase yes? A bit more than a friend on Rin's end of the spectrum if I'm not mistaken," the picture flashed across the screen.

Mako looked a little nervous, but kept smiling, "They're cute, perfect together too, but Rin and Haru were best friends first. I mean before they were anything else. They loved each other before they were in love with each other."

I liked how he put that. I liked it a lot. "And what about his sister? Is it the same as it is for them?"

"I only meant Gou when I meant Rin, so we haven't had the time we would have needed to become best friend, but she's…" he smiled, "she's definitely one of the people I identify with most in the world. She's so kind and genuine, she doesn't lie or hide anything ever…I mean I guess she's an awful lot like Rin in that respect, they're both pretty blunt. They tell it like it is, but they're kind at the heart of it all. On Gou it's easy to see, she's the personification of positivity and it's so hard not to fall for her when you meet her, I mean…I like to think I did."

Makoto had the cutest peachy blush washed over his cheeks I'd ever seen. I knew he meant every word, every sappy, pukeish, goddamn word. Gou was a lucky girl.

"What a cute story!" the women beamed, "Does she look anything like her brother?"

Makoto scoffed. He actually properly fucking scoffed. "They're like twins."

No no no no no. I was way more attractive than my little sister. I mean she was beautiful, duh, but it was handed down of course. From me. Obviously. Second hand beauty that she got from me. I nearly laughed at myself for the thoughts, I needed to stop with the ironic cockiness, but it was too fun, "Really? Shark teeth and all?"

Rin's teeth were his trademark, Mako laughed, "No, no, but same hair, same facial structure, same eyes, wow their eyes are so similar it's almost crazy, Gou's are darker though, but it doesn't matter they look very much alike."

"Is that good or bad?"

"Good, I mean they're both attractive obviously."

"We should really get your girl on the show, she works with the team?"

"Yep, she has an internship."

"Does she like working so closely with her brother and the rest of you?"

"I think so, she works very hard, but she seems to enjoy it."

"Do the rest of the team like her?" I could tell Mako was thinking about the party incident when he nodded slowly and said:

"Yes."

"Any jealousy that you go the girl over them?"

Mako shrugged, "Not sure to be honest."

"So tell us about Haru, you said you two were close?"

"Since middle school."

"Really wow? That long huh?"

"Yeah he's my closest friend."

"And is there competition between you because of the games?"

"To be honest I don't think Haru is like that…he swims because he loves swimming, not because he wants to win and I admire that about him." Makoto was right Haru wasn't like that. He wasn't competitive, he didn't try to win…he just did. He was a natural talent no one could deny and his love for water was completely genuine. I smiled at him.

"That's true." I said softly.

"Hm?"

"That you don't care about winning, you care about water."

He shrugged, "I love what I love and everything else is just there."

It was weird to realize I was considered part of what he loved.

We were quiet for a long time, before he added, "I love you." We said it a lot. I don't know why I guess it just makes you feel good to say it out loud, and even though it wasn't new information I still smiled bigger than I liked to admit, "And everything else is just there." His voice was barely a whisper as he pulled me against his chest and up into a kiss. The kiss was like fire. It burned across my skin covering every inch in its presence. I worked myself up onto his lap, straddling his waist as the taste of Haru's tongue on mine left me breathless. I worked my hands into his hair, and his lingered on my waist dropping lower to cup my ass. I laughed at him under my breath, he barely caught it, but I was laughing at his obvious reluctance. Like as if I could actually tell his hot piece as ass no?

I deepened the kiss grinding my hips up against his, I could feel his boner press against mine and the sensation was incredible, I heard him gasp into my mouth which had curved into a smirk against his, "This okay?"

He pulled back to look at me for second before nodding and finding my lips again, I reached my hand between us and palmed him through his sweatpants he moaned softly, and moved his hand to do the same to me, the feeling was exonerating, like years of waiting were coming to a close. A moan lingered on my lips, "W-we should probably…go to your room…" I murmured against his ear.

"Probably…" training hot kisses along my jaw.

"Before someone…walks in…" I was gasping with pleasure as he hoisted me up, my legs locking around his waist as he carried me into his bed room, he pushed me onto the bed beneath him, there was fire in his blue eyes, fire I'd never quite seen before, but that I would love to see again. I pulled at the end of his shirt and he got the message, raising his arms over his head so that I could slide the grey fabric over his head, my shirt soon followed his, both tossed on the floor in a way that would usually piss me off, but not today, not now, right now all that mattered was how Haru was kissing down my stomach, and how I could feel the heat in my cheeks as he tugged at the waist band of my pants, sliding them and my boxers down and discarding them off the edge of the mattress, he brought himself up to kiss me quickly, before lowering himself between my legs, I don't really know what happened next because I was too busy writhing in pleasure to pay attention, but I know it involved my dick and Haru's lips, and damn was he talented with his mouth, but his lips were missing too soon, my brain finally formed the words I wanted to say, damn did it take long enough it seemed like two full minutes passed before I was able to murmur, "Fuck me…p-please…" It was strangled and broken, but I managed to fucking say it so I deserved a gold star because god knows in that moment being able to say anything would be a damn accomplishment.

He brought his lips up to mine and kissed me a few time, "Are you sure?"

I pulled him closer to me, my hands working at getting his pants off, "Fucking positive." I said kissing him.

"Have you ever…?" Damn he was asking me if I'd ever been fucked before? The answer was no obviously. I'd never had any sex before now and god was I more of a blushing virgin than I ever wanted to admit, I shook my head, and shied away from his gaze, he placed his elbows on the mattress on either side of my face, his hands reached up and brushed the long maroon strands out of my face, "Do you trust me?" he asked quietly.

I nodded. Unable to use words at this point. In my current situation having a conversation with Groot would have been easier than attempting a conversation with me.

His thumb traced circles on my cheek, "I love you."

"I love you." I said very much like a certain tree-man might say 'I. Am. Groot.'

He laughed a little, "You're beautiful."

Me? I was beautiful? No. No. He had it upside down and backwards, he was beautiful. Him. He was stunning and flawless. And god, he was just so fucking…perfect.

Haru reached under the bed and retrieved a bottle of lube and a condom which he slipped on his newly exposed length in record time, then he dripped some lube onto his fingers and told me to spread my legs which made me blush even harder than I had been previously…seriously how much could I fucking blush before my head exploded? I threw my arms up to cover my heated face and heard Haru chuckle a little as he pushed one finger against my hole, a few seconds later my beautiful boyfriend was finger fucking me, pushing it in and pulling it out, by the time he added the third he'd hit that special spot quite a few time and I decided I enjoyed this though I was pretty sure I enjoyed everything Haru did. Always.

The finger fucking had been going on for a full twenty minutes when I managed to choke out, "Haru…no more fingers…please. I need you."

His face was sort of blank as he settled himself between my legs probing my hole with the head of his dick, I felt myself stretch around him, there was a sharp pain for a while, but it dulled quickly as he began to move, slowly at first and then faster until he was at an good pace for the both of us.

It turns out my precious, quiet little Haru, was quite the monster in bed. I made a soft sound between moans that was reminiscent of a laugh, it was always the quiet ones that were the kinkiest after all…not that I'd seen that yet, but damn I hoped it was true. Correction: The quiet ones and Rin are the kinkiest. Always add me to the equation for more a hundred more kinks.

My thoughts were interrupted by the increasing speed of Haru's thrusts, I locked my legs were locked at the small of his back and he pounded into me, the slapping sound of skin on skin filling the room, accompanied by the creak of the beds frame, I couldn't count the number of time I said his name, hundreds probably, at least twice in between every moan and there were a lot of fucking moans, but it was okay because he moaned just as much and said my name just as often. We shared a few sloppy kisses, ones that didn't last very long, but meant the world.

Ones I would never forget.

He continued to pump into, and when I came I convulsed around him, fireworks lit up behind my eyes, no wait…not fireworks…they were stars, the same ones that had filled Haru's on the golf course that night now filled mine. A few pumps later Haru came too, I could feel his body seize up, before he turned to jelly, falling against my chest like he had no bones, I reached up and slipped my fingers into his soft ebony hair, kissing his head softly as we recovered. We were silent, the only sound was our jagged breaths, but it was comfortable. It was a beautiful comfortable silence and I was sure I would trade every word for the rest of my life to have more beautiful silences like this with Haru.

He didn't actually pull out of me until he was somewhat recovered, a soft moan escaped my lips followed by an odd feeling of emptiness, and not long after that a sore feeling between my legs that I couldn't shake even if I'd actually wanted to. I didn't by the way. I never wanted to. Because it was proof, I'd been with the person I'd loved, and he loved me too. And yeah sure I wasn't naïve enough to believe sex was in anyway the same as love, but hell if his words didn't prove it I felt like this somehow could.

I don't know when Haru'd pushed the dirtied sheets to the floor, but I knew that his comforter, which thanks to Haru's terrible cleaning skills had escaped the dirtiness out sex had brought by having been pushed way down to the foot of his bed, was now draped across our bodies and Haru was snuggled into my side, his nose pressed against my neck, I'd managed to pull my boxers on and so had he so we weren't completely naked, much to my dismay, but we were still wrapped up in a little impenetrable ball of intimacy.

I traced little circles across the small of his back, "I love you."

A tiny smile pulled at his lips, "And everything else is just there."

AN - SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IT'S SUNDAY! duh. And I put the notes at the end bc I wanted to talk about things I feel you might question after reading the chapter :)

1. MY REASON FOR SMUT IS I WANTED TO WRITE SMUT AND BIG THINGS JUST HAPPENED SO RIN IS HAPPY AND HARU IS HAPPY AND THEY WANNA CELEBRATE AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE THAN SEX?
2. Rin is sub here, lemme explain why, first Rin was a virgin (he probably wouldn't be, but he spent 11 years stuck on the same guy soooo yeah no sex for Rin) also Rin strikes me as a very dominate person around people who don't matter or in public, but when he's on the receiving end of affection I think he'd get very flustered.
3. First time writing smut, but were working on it.
4. Haru is not a virgin obviously, but we'll get into that later it doesn't matter all that much, but obviously he's had other boyfriends.
5. I DONT KNOW HOW HARU WOULD BE DURING SEX BC HE'S SO STOIC AND TBH VERY HARD TO WRITE.

(like seriously Haru is pretty ooc most of this fic, but we do realize he's only every actually had like 9 lines in the whole show that weren't internal commentary and most of them are "i only swim free" which is great, but ummmm, not so great when he needs to say things.)

Okayyyyyy those things being said there will be more between Nagisa and Rin asap because they need to talk obviously, but it won't be hella drama since the next problem is coming up fast and it'll be the actually turning point of this fic. The turning point starts at their interview with The Paper Sun which will be next chapter (sorry for all the interviews, but they're fun that'll be the last one).

More questions? Ask me on Tumblr at oswwinoswald and my anime blog has changed to: senpaimatsuoka

Thanks so much for all the support you've been giving me and this story it literally means everything to me I love you all so much! Please keep on telling me what you think :)