And we're back with more "Maybe I Love Him?" I hope you guys enjoy! I loved writing the upcoming texting bit, I got to look at all the cool emoticons. But without a further ado here's the story you came to read! (/^▽^)/
Later that day Haru heard his phone go off in the other room. When he picked it up he saw one text from Makoto.
From [Makoto]
Hey Haru! Would you be able to do breakfast tomorrow? My treat! Text me back o(≧∇≦o)
With a sigh Haru typed a reply back to his friend.
From [Haru]
Sure
From [Makoto]
Great! Does the small cafe in town sound good? (/^▽^)/
From [Haru]
That's fine
From [Makoto]
I'll see you tomorrow Haru! ~ヾ()
And with that Haru placed his phone back on the table it originally was on and went to take a bath. Even though he had been in the ocean most of the day it still wasn't enough, if he could just live in water that would be even better.
Not even waiting for the bath to fill up, Haru got in as soon as he turned on the water. He let the water surround him. As the water reached his feet they slowly turned a shiny blue and it slowly began to happen all the way up his legs to his hips. They became scaly and iridescence as the water rose. After a couple minutes Haru no longer had legs but a shiny blue tail. This only started happening a little less than a year ago, and no one knows why.
With a slight sigh Haru let himself sink deeper in the water so that most of his face was in the water. With this he sat the bottom part of his tail on the edge of the bathtub to give himself some more room.
Early the next morning Makoto left his apartment to meet Haru. On his way he decided to just go and pick Haru up like he used to when they were in school. He probably was just in the bath, like always. Makoto chuckled to himself at the thought.
"He won't ever change will he?" He quietly muttered as he changed his course for Haru's house.
Upon waking up Haru decided that he could still follow his routine of taking a bath. Makoto never specified a time so he should be okay. As he got in the bath the thought struck that he never told Makoto to not come in and pick him up. But Makoto hasn't done that since they were kids so there shouldn't be anything to worry about. And with that Haru let himself sink in the water, all his cares gone as he sat in the bathtub.
"Haru! I'm here!" The sound of Makoto's voice was accompanied by the sound of the, always unlocked, front door opening. Haru of course barely hears a muffled sound since his ears are under the growing cold water.
"Haru I knew you'd be in here. Let's get goi-" As Makoto opened the bathroom door he was greeted with the sight of Haru without legs but instead a tail. This tail was hanging over the edge of bathtub. Once Haru realized his friend was standing in the doorway stunned and speechless he lifted his head out of the water. Followed by his tail slapping once against the side of the tub jolting Makoto out of his stunned state.
"What…" Once he snapped out of his trance Makoto grabbed his phone quickly and rushed out into the hallway. He quickly opened it up and dialed the first person he thought of.
"RIN! GET OVER HERE AS SOON AS YOU CAN" Makoto pretty much yelled into the phone after it was picked up on the third ring.
"Oi Makoto, you don't need to yell. Where are you anywhere? And what is going on?" Rin tried to calmly reply.
"I'm at Haru's house." At the mention of Haru's name Rin's attitude changed quickly.
"Shit." Rin muttered under his breath. "I'll be right over." And with that Rin hung up the phone.
When Makoto turned his attention back to the doorway of the bathroom he saw Haru come out, now with legs and in a swimsuit. His mouth hit the floor as he was completely confused.
Once Rin arrived Makoto forced them all to sit around the table in the room downstairs. Haru was sitting there as stoic as ever, occasionally glancing at Makoto. Rin was sitting with his chin in his hand as he had his elbow on the table. He would let out a loud sigh every couple minutes, annoyed with the silence. And lastly there was Makoto who was sitting there still dumbfounded but clearly wanting to say something.
What was probably 15 minutes passed before anyone dared to speak.
"So wha-"
"So you found out about Haru. Figured someone would sooner or later." Rin cut Makoto off.
"What do you mean 'found out about Haru'?" Makoto was even more confused. "WAIT SO YOU KNEW ABOUT THIS RIN?" And once he reached the realization he was practically yelling again. "THIS WASN'T LIKE A NEW THING?"
"Makoto calm down."
"RIN DO NOT TELL ME TO CALM DOWN."
"Makoto please calm down." Haru quietly spoke up hoping that he would be able to calm Makoto down.
"HARU"
"Makoto please." And with one final statement from Haru, Makoto finally settled down. He took a couple deep breathes and let Rin explain everything.
"Here's the thing Makoto, this has been happening for about a year," Makoto opened his mouth to interject but Rin held up a hand to keep him quiet. "Neither of us know why. I found out the same way you did, walked in while Haru was in the bath. And we both figured that it would be better if we just kept it between us. We didn't want to tangle others up in this mess, and a lot of people in this town would probably freak."
"So that's why there's rumors about a mermaid in the ocean.."
"Yep," Rin replied with a nod "I tell him to be careful when he goes swimming in the ocean, but does he ever listen to me? No not really."
At some point during Rin's explanation Haru wandered into the kitchen to start making some mackerel for breakfast.
"But why didn't either of you tell me? You know I can keep a secret."
"Makoto we know that. We just felt it was better just the two of us knowing."
"So you don't know why it's happening?"
"Makoto were you listening to my explanation or not?" Rin moved to put his hair back in a ponytail as he continued. "But no we don't know."
Makoto, Rin, and Haru were all eating their mackerel in silence.
"There's something I want to say." Haru quietly said breaking the ever growing silence.
"Well spit it out." Rin replied which earned him a stern glare from Makoto.
"There was this older lady in the market that picked up conversation with me one day. She asked me what I like, so I told her swimming and water. Next she asked me if I would like to live in the water if I could, I thought she was joking so I just nodded back in response. After that she was gone."
"Haru…. When was this?" Makoto inquired.
"Hmmmm." Haru took a moment to recall the time. "Probably about a year ago."
"HARU THAT IS ABOUT HOW LONG AGO THIS MERMAID BULLSHIT STARTED HAPPENING. WHY THE HELL DIDN'T YOU THINK 'OH HEY THIS LADY ASKED IF I WOULD LIVE IN WATER IF GIVEN THE CHANCE AND NOW I'M A MERMAN WHENEVER I TOUCH WATER.' LIKE NO THERE'S TOTALLY NO CONNECTION." Rin was yelling now, thinking how could his friend be this stupid. Makoto was desperately trying to calm him down while Haru continued on eating his mackerel.
"Sorry, I forgot."
"OH YOU JUST FORGOT. IS THAT IT? WELL OKAY THEN I MIGHT AS WELL JUST FORGET THAT I LOVE YOU. BECAUSE HOW CAN I LOVE SOMEONE SO STUPID." With his angry words Makoto and Haru's mouths both hit the floor at the same time. They both knew that Rin said some weird things when he was angry but this didn't seem like it was untrue.
Ooooooo Rin said the thing! Sorry if this was sort of a cliffhanger, but honestly I love where I left this off on :) Please review letting me know what you guys think. I'd also appreciate follows and favorites (/^▽^)/ (I love these emoticons)