Chapter 3

"Kei!" My head shot up from its resting position in the palm of my hand. My eyes quickly scanned my surroundings and I noticed that I was in my classroom sitting at my desk. The bell must have rung – signalling lunch to begin. Makoto and Haru stood in front of me with confused faces.

"Sorry boys. I was miles away." I laughed off my daydreaming as I stood up from my seat.

"Are you okay? You never blank out like that." Makoto pointed out the obvious to me. I smiled and waved my hand at him.

"I'm perfectly fine. Should we go meet Nagisa and Rei?" I grabbed my bag and turned back to look at the two towers in front of me. "Well come on then."

With my hands dug into my pocket my eyes wandered off to the sky. My brain was going overtime like it always did when I began to overthink. I didn't notice where I was until I came in front of Haru's house. I looked around confused as to where Makoto must have gone, but I realized that he must've gone home already and I didn't even realize it.

"You've been quiet all day." Haru blatantly said to me as he stood in front of me.

"Who? Me? No I haven't." I tried to smile at him and laugh it off, but I knew by his facial expressions that he wasn't going to fall for that simple trick.

"Is it me?" He asked me. I shook my head out of surprise before raising an eyebrow at him.

"Why would it be you?" I placed my hands on my hips and bent forward slightly. "Have you done something that I should know about?" I teased him.

"You're so troublesome." He sighed as he looked away from me. I laughed and stood up straight again.

"Everything's okay, Haru." His sea blue eyes stared at me as he tried to figure out what to say next. As his brain played the pro and con game I smiled up at him before going on my tippy toes and placing a soft kiss on his cheek. "I'll see you tomorrow, okay?" Before he could reply I turned around and began to walk towards my home, so I could think some more.

My hips swayed slightly as I walked around my room. I was singing the song that was playing off my laptop. This was always my favourite part of the day – to just playfully sing the songs that I loved and to have fun with them. There was no need to be perfect; there was only a need to be happy.

As I continued to lose myself in the music I turned around and saw Haru leaning up against my doorframe. I slightly jumped at his form.

"When did you get there?" I asked him.

"Dinner is ready." He said simply.

"You're having dinner with us tonight?" I was surprised that he was having dinner with my family without me having to ask him to join us.

"You're having mackerel tonight." I sighed as I realized the real reason why he was here.

"It figures as much."

"Haruka Nanase! You better not be defiling my precious flower up there!" I heard my dad's yell from all the way in the kitchen.

"Let's get down there before my dad runs up here and throws you out the nearest window." I sighed as I turned off my music and walked past my other half. The two of us walked down the stairs and walked into the kitchen happily to have my dad stand in front of Haru, with a intimidating look on his face.

"I've always liked you, Haru, but now you're dating my daughter."

"Dad."

"So now you're on my bad list!" I grabbed onto my dad's arm and began to pull him away from Haru.

"Mom needs you in the kitchen." I groaned.

"You guys are going to help out with the Iwatobi SC Returns reopening?" I repeated what my friends had just told me.

"Yup! We're going to do a relay!" Nagisa threw his arms up in the air.

"And a muscle contest." Gou added.

"We're not doing a muscle contest!" Rei looked frustrated with the idea of a muscle contest going on.

"Well if you don't participate in it then it doesn't really matter if they do one or not, right?" I asked.

"But a muscle contest isn't beautiful!"

"But if Coach Sasabe says it's okay…"

"He hasn't said anything yet." Makoto piped in.

"Then you guys are just going to have to wait then." I said.

"A muscle contest will do very well." Gou stated.

"But this is for children!" Rei yelled again. I sighed and lied down on the familiar ground of Haru's family room.

"I'm just going to let you guys fight this one out." I mumbled to myself.

"Or you could sing for us in a bathing suit, Kei-chan!" I shot up form my spot on the floor and stared at Nagisa with wide eyes.

"Excuse me?" I yelled.

"I think that would attract a lot of people." He pushed the idea.

"Haru, aren't you going to say anything?" I looked at the boy who agreed to be my other half to see him sitting silently with a bottle of water in his hands.

"I wouldn't mind." He stated as he took another swig from his water bottle."

"What? No! What kind of idea is that? How about we just stick with the relay?"

"Aw! That's no fun, Kei-chan!"

"Rin is going to get a team together to do the relay with us." Makoto told me.

"That's good then. You guys can all swim together and see who wins then." I said.

"It's going to be great! We're definitely going to win!" Nagisa cheered.

"Kaiya! Kaito! Do you two want to get going or not?" I yelled up the stairs.

"We're coming!" The twins bounded down the stairs with their bags over their shoulders and their jackets already on.

"You two are always making me late for things." I sighed

"Well we're ready now." Kaito pointed out as he stood in front of me.

"I think you just want to go see your boyfriend." Kaiya teased.

"I do not." I began to feel my cheeks warm up at my younger siblings teasing me about my relationship with Haru.

"Yes you do." The two said in unison.

"Let's just go." I stated as I pushed the two of them out of our front door. When I stepped outside Haru, Makoto, Ran and Ren were all waiting patiently outside our front door. "I'm sorry for the wait everyone." I announced.

"Haru-chan! Out dad is angry with you." Kaito said. I raised an eyebrow at the little boy in front of me.

"Why?" He asked.

"Because he keeps saying you're going to ruin Onee-san." Kaiya finished.

"Okay that's enough! You've been spending way too much time with dad." I sighed at the twins before dragging them with me, so they wouldn't say anything else compromising to everyone else in the group.

"Hey! Haru-chan! Mako-chan! Kei-chan!" Nagisa yelled as our little group walked over to Rei and Nagisa.

"Good morning." Rei greeted.

"Morning." The three of us said in unison.

"Big brother butterfly!" The four children yelled in unison as they ran over to Rei and stuck their arms out towards him.

"You can tell they spend too much time together in class." I said to Makoto.

"Well I'm happy they get along." He smiled.

"Oh! Rei-chan! You're so popular!" Nagisa stated.

"I'm honoured." He said happily as he smiled at the children.

"How about we get inside, huh? Then you guys can start swimming." I suggested to the four kids in front of us. They all grinned at me before yelling in delight and running for the front door. The rest of us walked behind them and into the foyer of the new swimming club to meet Gou and Miss Amakata.

"Good morning!" The two greeted our group.

"Good morning!"

"How about you for go get changed into your swimsuits, okay?" I suggested to the four kickboard competitors. They nodded their heads before running towards the change rooms to get ready.

"Here's the program." Gou handed the pamphlet to Makoto. He thanked her as he received it.

"Looks like lots of events are planned." Miss Amakata said to us.

"That means this'll be a pretty fun day then." I smiled.

"I can't wait." Nagisa stated.

"You lied!" All of our heads turned towards the front door to see the familiar red-haired Rin drag a boy with orange hair into the foyer. "You said you were taking me someplace with lots of cute girls!"

"Quit complaining! There are plenty of cute girls! See? Cute girls!" Rin yelled as he pointed out the little girls getting ready for the days events. I sighed as I looked at the exchange.

"I've been tricked, Nii-chan!" The orange-haired boy cried.

"And he's supposed to be the captain?" I mumbled to myself as I crossed my arms over my chest.

"You're late! Onii-chan!" Gou yelled as she ran over to her big brother. I watched as the orange-haired boy stopped his flailing around as he stared at Gou.

"Wait a second. You're…cute!" The mysterious boy announced.

"Oh God. Will you guys come over here already?" I waved over the little group, so they knew that we all wanted to talk to them. They silently made their way over to us, the newcomer not taking his eyes off of Gou.

"Rin, and all of you, thank you for coming." Makoto thanked our friend.

"Sure."

"I've been looking forward to it." The silver haired boy known as Ai-chan said.

"I didn't even notice you were there! Hey, Ai-chan." I smiled at him.

"H-Hello, but you don't have to call me –chan."

"Oh? That's what Nagisa calls you, but then again…he calls everyone –chan." I mumbled to myself.

"We have programs for all of you." Gou said as she handed the pamphlets to her older brother.

"Thank you very much." Aichiro thanked Gou. Before anyone could say another word Gou slightly gasped as she ran through the group.

"Sosuke-kun!" I looked up and saw the familiar teal-eyed boy standing in front of the doors with his hands in his pockets.

"Hey! How've you been, Gou?" I could see how tall Sosuke really was from this distance since he made Gou look like a child from here.

"Great! It's really been a long time. I haven't heard from you once since we ended up in separate high schools. In that respect, you're just like Onii-chan." She scolded her childhood friend.

"I'm sorry about that." He apologized.

"Well you've never been good at keeping up with people, huh?" I commented from my spot in-between Makoto and Haru. Sosuke looked over Gou to see me standing there with a playful smile on my lips.

"Well at least I was always everyone's favourite." He retorted.

"It's the eyes. I swear it was the eyes." I said.

"Huh? You two know each other?" Gou asked us as she looked in-between us.

"Sadly. We practically grew-up together." I sighed.

"Yup. We saw each other just as much as I saw you, Gou." Sosuke nodded his head.

"But…how?" She asked.

"Our mom's are pretty much best friends, so we were forced to get to know each other." I explained.

"I never knew that!" She complained.

"How would you? Did you stalk Sosuke when we were kids?" I laughed.

"And on that note, we'll catch you guys later, okay?" Rin announced to us.

"Yeah." Makoto nodded his head.

"Let's go." And just like that the Samezuka group began to follow Rin expect for the newcomer.

"I'm Mikoshiba Momotarou! My hobby is hunting for stag beetles! My favourite proverb is 'Even Homer sometimes nods'! My best dish is fried eggs! When I shower the first place I wash is-"

"Get a move on!" Rin yelled as he dragged away Momotarou. I let out a sigh of relief as the boy was dragged away.

"I really didn't want to know where he washed first in the shower." I mumbled.

"Go Kaito! Go Kaiya!" I yelled out the twins names as they used their kickboards to swim down the lane. At the end of it they jumped out of the pool and ran towards me.

"Onee-chan! Did you see us?" Kaito and Kaiya yelled as they ran over to me. I knelt onto my knees and allowed them to give me two soaking wet hugs.

"I did and you guys did great!" I congratulated the two.

"What did you think, Haru-chan?" Kaito asked Haru. Haru looked confused for a second before nodding his head.

"You did well."

"Ya! Did you hear that, Onee-chan? We did well!" Kaito yelled. I laughed as I patted his head.

"I know you did."

"And now it's time for today's main event, the 200m medley relay between Team Dolphin and Team Shark."

"Onii-chan, good luck!"

"You got this boys!" Makoto got into the lane and got himself ready to start the relay. As soon as the whistle was blown Makoto and Momotarou both dove into the water and began to swim all the way to the other end. "Go Makoto!" I cheered for the brunette. When Nagisa jumped into the water he gave the team an even bigger lead than before. However, when Rei and Rin began to swim together the gap began to get smaller and smaller due to Rin's speed. When Sosuke and Haru began to swim together the gap became even smaller between the two. You could truly see how fast Sosuke was in the water at that moment.

"Haru!"

"Haur-chan!"

"Haruka-senpai!"

"Come on Haru!" We all yelled as Haru slammed his hand on the side of the pool – signalling the win to go to Team Dolphin. I walked over to them and clapped my hands together. "Great job boys!"

"Thanks, Kei-chan!" Nagisa yelled.

"That was so cool!" I looked down to see that Kaito, Kaiya, Ren and Ran pushed past me to stand in front of the four swimmers.

"I want to swim like that one day!" Kaito said.

"Me too!"

"Can you teach us?"

"Please?" I laughed as the four of them continued to ask the four boys for lessons in swimming. I shook my head as I smiled at the kids. I would call this day a success.

"Alright Haru, it looks like this is our stop." I said as Kaito, Kaiya and myself stood in front of our house.

"Good night Haru-chan!" The twins said as they waved goodbye to him and run into the house to tell out parents what had happened today.

"Kei."

"Yes?"

"Can I ask you something?"

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