Here's the sixth chapter! Enjoy!

NewSlove: Both...

Eternal Happiness: Um...can you take an awkward situation and fluff instead...?

krito1389: What?! I'm not making anyone gay! Unless you people would like me to put some ReiGisa in this story, since that's the only yaoi pairing I can stand. Oooooh, he will make Haru's decision difficult! Trust me. ;)

M0n0chr0meHue: Oopsies. Thanks for reminding me!

*Warning: May have an awkward situation... and fluff...'cause I'm a fan of them. XD May have some OOC-ness.*

A Confession

At Iwatobi High that day, the 4 swim club members were in their swimsuits. Gou held up a piece of paper. "Okay! We officially have four members now!" she announced. "And it's warming up outside, so we will finally begin training in the pool today-" Like a ninja, Haru swiftly went past Gou and splashed into the pool. She began to swim in it. "Hold on!" Gou yelled. "Could you listen to what I have to say first, Haru-senpai?!" Haru ignored her. "PLEASE, Haru-senpai?!"

Rei grabbed the paper and looked at it. "Is this some kind of formula?" he asked. Makoto explained to him what the paper means. Nagisa got the paper and said, "A few swimmers can do the butterfly, though."

"The butterfly stroke?"

"Yep." Nagisa looked at the paper. "Anyway, this will be a solid training regimen. Did you come up with all this yourself, Gou-chan?"

"Will you stop calling me Gou?!" she asked angrily. She sighed. "Forget it. I found it when I was cleaning my house. It was my brother's old regimen." Haru popped out of the water. She heard Rin's name once again. She wished everyone would stop mentioning him. Because, when she hears his name, her chest begins to pound.

...

Rei was performing many kinds of stretches. Haru was out of the water and saw the training regimen. Gou went to her. "So, are you that interested in my brother's old regimen?" she asked.

"Not really," she answered. "You can write down a regimen and not follow it." She gave the paper back to the magenta-haired manager, put on her swimming cap, and goggles, and jumped into the water. Gou can see through her lie though.

Nagisa shivered in the water. "S-so cold..." he muttered.

Makoto got out of the water. "The water's still pretty cold." They both saw that Rei was still stretching.

"You're still stretching, Rei-chan?" questioned the yellow-haired swimmer.

"I want to be as safe as possible," the blue-haired "swimmer" answered.

"You gonna be okay?" asked Makoto. "I mean, you can take it slow-"

"There's no need to worry." Rei stopped stretching and put on his swimming goggles. "I've mastered the theory behind swimming in the past few days. I won't embarrass myself again!" Rei positioned himself on the diving board. He jumped...and belly-flopped into the water once again. Haru popped out of the water again and shook her head in disappointment. Rei popped up and gasped for air.

"I think you need to start by learning how to swim," Nagisa suggested, sweat-dropping.

...

Makoto and Nagisa was teaching Rei how to do a turtle float. Nagisa demonstrated for him, then it was his turn. With Nagisa's help, he hugged his knees to his chest and began to relax. Makoto told him to spread out his arms and legs and try to swim. He did...only to sink to the bottom again. Makoto and Nagisa sweat-dropped again. Rei popped out of the water and gasped for air again. "No good..." muttered Makoto.

Haru popped out of the water after swimming. Gou went to her and asked, "Haru-senpai, why do you swim?"

The dark-haired swimmer looked up at her and replied, "I don't think I have a reason."

"My brother's dream is to become an Olympic Swimmer. That's why he went all the way to Australia to study."

Haru sighed. "And what does that have to do with me? It's just a dream."

Gou smiled. "Perhaps. But he'll be closer to his dream when he's with you guys...or more specifically...you." Haru blushed, but made it go away.

"Why me? Why me out of all people?" she asked.

"I may be right or wrong...but, I think he's attracted to you," Gou replied quietly. Haru blushed and made it go away again.

"Evidence?"

"Like I said, I may be right or wrong. I mean, I heard Rin calls you gorgeous and he looks at you a lot." Haru can't deny that. But is what Gou's saying true?

At Samezuka Academy, Rin hit the diving board side of the pool. Nitori was keeping his time. "Finished! Good job," he said. "That last spurt was incredible, Matsuoka-senpai!"

Rin mumbled to himself, "One more run..." He put on his goggles and began to swim again.

"Huh?! O-okay!" Nitori kept Rin's time again.

...

The two were in their dorm. Rin was drying his hair with a towel. "You're amazing, Matsuoka-senpai!"

"You should stop talking about how amazing I am and focus on finding your own style," Rin advised, being annoyed.

"I'm a lost cause. I haven't made any progress. I guess it comes down to practice. I was really impressed by Nanase-san at our joint practice-"

Just hearing her name made Rin uneasy. He said, "Nitori, is that really what you think?" He stared daggers at the kid. Nitori shot back a little. "They just started their swim club and haven't had a real practice yet. You can tell by looking at their bodies. They haven't been working out."

"But Nanase-san-" Nitori said, but got cut off by Rin throwing his towel at him and leaving the dorm. "Looks like she's in shape..."

...

Rin was jogging around the campus, thinking about Haru. So, given the condition she's in, victory means nothing. It doesn't count as a win. Damn it though. She almost drowned at that race. I should find some way to apologize to her...

The next day at Iwatobi High in class 2-1, Nagisa popped into the room with Rei with a magazine in his hand. "Look at this!" he said as he placed it on Haru's desk. it showed swimming uniforms.

"Uniforms?" said Makoto.

Nagisa nodded. "Yep! We have a swim club now, so we should get matching uniforms."

"That's not a bad idea. It would give our club an official feel."

"I know, right? I think we should go with this design and this color!" Nagisa pointed at a uniform. "And we could use even an image in addition to the school emblem."

"Wait, are you thinking about putting Iwatobi-chan in there?" Rei asked.

"That's the plan," Nagisa answered.

Rei face-palmed. "But it's not beautiful!"

"I think Samezuka's design incorporates a shark and a katana," Makoto noted.

"Theirs is so cool!" Nagisa agreed. "We could put a real rockhopper penguin on ours too! What do you think, Haru-chan?"

Haru took out a notebook and began to sketch something. Everyone waited and waited until she showed...a sketch of Iwatobi-chan.

"B-beautiful..." Rei mumbled quietly so no one could hear.

...

At the swim club building, Gou took the magazine away from Nagisa. "Forget about buying matching uniforms for now," Gou said as she threw the magazine on the floor. She got out a piece of paper again.

"Is that a new training regimen?" Makoto asked.

"Yes. I revamped the regimen to account for the fact that Rei-kun can't swim. Rei-kun!"

"Uh, wh-what is it?" he said.

"Given how much time we have until the regional tournament, you have to learn how to swim in one week!"

"Uh, I don't think that's conceptually possible," Rei said, laughing.

Gou stormed to him. "This is no laughing matter!" Rei stopped laughing. "If you fail, you won't be able to complete this training regimen!" Rei couldn't believe this.

...

That day, Nagisa was teaching Rei how do swim the breaststroke. He was doing well...until Nagisa let go of his hands and he sunk into the water. The next day, it was Makoto's turn. He was teaching Rei the breaststroke. Like Nagisa, he was doing well...until Makoto let go of his arms and he sunk into the bottom once again. Another failure.

"Ah, this is hopeless," whined Nagisa. "Haru-chan! Can't you teach Rei-chan how to swim?"

Haru was dipping her feet into the water and replied, "No."

"Aw come on! Haru-chan!"

Gou asked Miho if she had some advice. She was thinking...and thinking...and thinking so much, everyone waited for her answer. She was thinking...

...

Unfortunately, no one got it. It was raining the next day. Everyone was in Haru's home for a meeting. "Okay! Let's start the 'Why Rei-chan can't swim' meeting!" Nagisa announced. "Anyone have any thoughts?"

"Simple, the water doesn't like him," said Haru.

"Poor Rei-chan..."

Makoto sweat-dropped. "I don't think that's the reason."

"Maybe he's athletically challenged!" guessed Gou.

"Rei-chan's pretty fast and he does well on tests."

"So you must be smart."

"Do you like mackerel?" Haru asked randomly.

"DHA..." Gou muttered.

"I know! Maybe his head is too heavy!"

"So all his studying has enlarged his brain!"

This meeting... the dark-haired beauty thought.

Rei slammed his hands on the table and yelled, "That's enough!" Everyone was silent. "The problem is the way YOU guys teach! If I had a proper coach, I would do just fine!" An idea popped into Makoto's head.

...

A tall, tan, blonde-haired man named Coach Sasabe gave everyone pizza and listen to what they had to say. "What? You want me to teach a kid that sinks like a rock? Because I used to be a coach?"

"I object," Rei said. "I can float, so I don't sink like a rock. A more accurate analogy would be to call me a submarine."

"Goroh-chang," Nagisa said with pizza full in his mouth. "Weh jusmp wan youm to teachf him howm to swim."

"Don't talk and eat at the same time!" Goro said as he stood up. "Sorry, I'm a busy man. Why won't you guys just teach him?" He left Haru's home. At least they brought them pizza.

The next day at the pool, Rei thinks there's a reason why he can't swim. "I finally found a reason why I can't swim!" He announced.

Nagisa popped out of the water and said, "What? Really?!"

Makoto also popped out of the water. "You figured it out?" Haru was busy swimming a lot.

"Yes, the answer was right under my nose. The answer is..."

"The answer is...?"

Rei pointed at his swimming briefs. "My swimsuit! This speedo is to blame!"

The two sweat-dropped. "I let you borrow that, right?" Nagisa asked. "That's kinda mean."

"It's not mean!" Rei shouted. "The problem is that this speedo is not streamlined for my body, I think! I haven't crunched the numbers yet!" He began to laugh.

"He's really big on sticking in form..." Nagisa whispered to Makoto.

"Well, I don't see why he can't buy a new swimsuit," Makoto whispered back.

The following day, everyone rode the train so they can go to a sportswear store. "So, why hasn't Ama-chan come with us to buy his swimsuit?" Makoto asked.

"She did work for a swimsuit maker in Tokyo, right?" Gou said.

"Well, I did ask her, but..." Nagisa trailed off as he remembered what Miho said.

Flashback:

"Oh, I have something else to do on Sunday!"

"Plus, there are other brands!"

"I have my reasons!"

"I won't be able to provide an objective perspective!"

End of Flashback

Rei sweat-dropped. "What's with the flurry of random excuses?"

...

Later, everyone arrived at the sportswear store. Everyone, including Rei, was looking for a swimsuit for him. However, Haru wanted a new swimsuit. She was choosing between a black and purple swimsuit and a black and purple swimsuit. "I'll try these on," she said as she headed to the dressing room.

"Hey, Haru-senpai is also looking for a swimsuit..." Gou noted. Makoto blushed, thinking about what TYPES of swimsuits she's going to wear. No wait, this is sportswear store, not a swimsuit shop.

Rei was in a changing room, changing into a swimsuit he thought was going to be perfect. "Are you done yet, Rei-chan?" Nagisa asked.

"It's clear that it fits me better than a speedo," Rei noted. He came out...in a rainbow swimsuit.

"A rainbow for Rei-chan?"

"I'm accounting for the fact that each color has a different psychological impact," Rei explained.

"So, you don't care how it looks?" Makoto asked, sweat-dropping.

"You know that a rainbow has another meaning to it, right?" Haru stated, still in the dressing room. She came out in her black and purple swimsuit. She had a top that made her have cleavage and a bottom that looked like...pretty skimpy swim-shorts. Makoto covered his nosebleed while the others sweat-dropped.

"Uh...are you sure you can swim in that?" Nagisa asked.

"The tag said 'swimwear'," Haru stated. Rei went back into his dressing room while Makoto tried to wipe off his nosebleed.

"Hey, is that 'nosebleeding' I see?" Nagisa questioned, flashing his mischievous face of his.

"Sh-shut up!" Makoto exclaimed.

An idea popped into Nagisa's head. "Hey! How about we change too?" Makoto was going to reject, but Nagisa already lead him into a dressing room. Nagisa wore a pink and red pair of swimming briefs, which looked nice on him. Makoto came out and wore a black bodysuit swimwear, which rocked on him. Rei wore a butterfly-patterned swimsuit...which everyone has no idea where he found it. Haru came out and wore the same colored swimsuit, but it covered 20% of her chest and bottom. Makoto had a box of tissues and yelled, "WHERE DO YOU FIND THESE SWIMSUITS, HARU-CHAN?!" He was covering his nostrils with tissue paper so he wouldn't nosebleed again. However, the tissues were getting red. Nagisa was snickering.

Meanwhile, Gou was fangirling over the guys' swimsuits. They changed and changed and changed. Gou got a little sick of it and went to a drink machine. She inserted a coin and got a can of green tea. She got it and thought she felt like how boys feel when they're shopping for girls. Suddenly, she heard a familiar voice. "Hey!" She turned and saw the Samezuka coach. "Fancy meeting you here!"

"Captain Mikoshiba?" Gou said.

"Are you doing some shopping, Gou-kun?"

Gou pouted. "Don't use Gou and -kun together."

"We're here to buy new swimsuits." Gou's attention was caught. She thought, Does that mean...Rin...

...

Rin got out of his dressing room and called out Nitori's name. He was wearing an orange and black swimsuit. Haru, who was in the dressing room next to him, froze. She didn't have her swimsuit on yet...she hurriedly put on her bottom until...Rin...RIN...opened the curtain to her dressing room. "Ni-" He got cut off as he saw Haru, who's chest is exposed and wore a sports bikini bottom. Rin slowly nosebleed. Both of their faces were ALL red.

"R-Rin..." Haru murmured. "What are you..."

"I-I-I'm so sorry!" Rin exclaimed. "I-I-I-"

"J-JUST GET OUT OF HERE AND CLOSE THE CURTAIN!"

"R-right-right!" Rin closed the curtain. He wiped his nosebleed away. God, what the hell was I thinking?! he thought. But wait...why was she changing in a man's dressing room? Too bad I don't see a sign that says that. He suddenly heard footsteps, so he hid inside his dressing room again.

Haru put on her top, shaking. Rin saw her exposed chest...at least she put on her bottom just in time. "Haru-chan? Are you okay?" Nagisa asked outside the dressing room. She took a few deep breathes and opened the curtain. "What do you mean?" she asked, acting normal. Makoto covered his nostrils with tissue paper once again.

"We...we heard you screaming..." he said. "We wanted to see if you're alright."

"I'm pretty sure that was some other girl," she replied.

"Well, okay." Nagisa was still suspicious though.

"Don't you guys have to find a swimsuit for Rei?"

"Oh right." Everyone but Haru left. She sighed in relief. She saw Rin come out of his dressing room. He looked around to see if nobody else is around.

"G-Gorgeous..." he stuttered. "W-we need to talk." Haru bit her lip. What does he want to talk to me about? Maybe apologize to me about that...run-in a minute ago?

...

Rin and Haru were in their regular clothes and were outside of the store. Rin was leaning against the fence. Haru was waiting for Rin to say something. "What do you want to talk about?" she asked.

"I...I wanted to say that I'm sorry," Rin stated. "About that run-in earlier...and that race."

"That race? You mean, when you challenged me?"

"Yeah. I had no clue you were going to drown. I feel like an asshole."

"You saved me though."

"Still...I'm sorry. Why did you almost drown though?"

Haru was thinking about why she did that. She was exhausted, but there was another reason. "I was exhausted." Rin cursed under his breath. "But also, there was this feeling I had that made me get into water in the first place. I get it whenever I'm around you." Rin blushed and looked at Haru. Her heart pounded. "Like right now. I don't get it."

Author's note: This is optional, but maybe play "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt? 'Cause here it comes...

Rin began to think that Haru might be in love with him. But could it be something else? "I have a reason why I call you Gorgeous," he stated. Haru blushed again. "Because I think you're beautiful." Haru's heart fluttered like a butterfly. Her face was all red again. "Ever since we've first met, I always thought you're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen. When I was in Australia, I've always missed your pretty face. When I was leaving, my goals were to make you fall in love with me and try to impress you. I never thought I could reach the goal of you falling for me, since you're around Makoto a lot. But after what you said about your feeling you get when I'm around, I thought I did it. So, Haru..." He walked toward her and placed his hands on her shoulders. "I love you. Do you feel the same way?"

Haru has never felt so moved in her life. Rin...loves her. She didn't know how to react. So that was the feeling...love. She was in love with Rin Matsuoka. After all these years, she realized that. She looked up at him and muttered, "Yes." Rin's eyes sparkled. "I am in love with you, Rin Matsuoka." She smiled. He did as well. He pulled her into a hug. She hugged him back.

"I'm glad," he whispered to her. He un-hugged her and kissed her forehead. She blushed a ton. "I need to go. The captain and Nitori would get suspicious." Haru nodded. Before he left, he kissed Haru on the lips. Her heart pounded like crazy. After a minute, Rin broke the kiss and left. Haru touched her lips. That was her first kiss. She shouldn't tell anyone about this at all! She yelled, "Rin!" Rin turned and looked at her. She ran to him and asked, "Can we keep this a secret?" Rin smiled and nodded. "I won't tell anyone. No worries. I'll see you later...Haru." He left and went into the building. She smiled. It isn't like her to become a girly-girl in the situation, but her questions were answered today. She was very happy about that.

...

No one knew this...but Gou. Gou was behind the building and heard everything! I was right... she thought. Big brother's attracted to her...and she's attracted to him. I...I don't want to be a jerk if I told everyone about this...maybe I shouldn't. That will cause a lot of drama.

"Ah! There she is!" Nagisa said. Gou shot back and saw the crew with shopping bags.

"Is something wrong?" Makoto asked.

"Uh, nope! Nothing at all!" Gou lied. Don't worry Haru and big brother. Your secret is safe with me.

I'm gonna have to end it here. Here's me when I proofread this chapter: "KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~~~!" How was this chapter?

Haha! RinHaru is canon in this fanfic! I'm also going to make Makoto make a move. This IS a Fem!Haruka x Rin x Makoto fanfic after all.

I thought the song "You're Beautiful" would be perfect of how Rin thought about Haru before his confession.

Read, review, follow, and favorite if you haven't done so~! I have a bipolar writer's block now, so expect late or quick updates. I'll see you guys in the next chapter! :D