"IDIOT! YOU GOT ME SO WORRIED THERE! B-BAKA!" Haru shouted at him while blushing and his eyes which looked like they were about to cry.

Haru's POV (yay fnlly!)

I felt my eyes getting wet. Damn. Not now!

Rin opened his eyes but immediately passed out. Idiot! He is such in a hurry he didn't even do his warm-ups!

I can't deny tha fact that I'm the most worried guy in the team! H-he is such a baka!

"Haru, he's not waking up." Makoto said sadly.

I guess I have no choice.

CPR.

Inhale. Exhale. I looked at my unconscious friend thinking about his stupidity. I don't want to see him suffering.

I opened his mouth. Please Rin, wake up.

I am so damn worried.

I placed my mouth which is open on top of his but suddenly..

"Ugh. I feel s-sick." Rin who was still closing his eyes said.

I immediately looked away and I saw him open his eyes and stand.

"What the heck happened?" Rin asked us. I-Idiot.

"You had muscle cramps." Makoto explained to him what happened.

"Hypothesis, you didn't do your warm ups." Rei said as he fixed his megane.

"Conclusion!~ You almost drowned!" Nagisa spoke in a very cute manner while imitating Rei.

"B-baka! Y-you got us so worried!" I scolded him. Such a baka.

"Us? Haha. SO worried? You're talking about yourself, aren't you Haru?" Gou told me and laughed.

I felt my cheeks heat up. N-NO!

Was I really that worried?

N-no..

J-just no..

"Well I still have a great friend here! Thank you, Haru!" Rin smiled at me I felt my face heat up more.

D-damn!

"Are you alright, Haru? If you feel an illness coming up, better take a day off of practice." Rin told me.

"Concerned~ Huehuehue." Makoto laughed at us. I-idiot!

"Nii-chan maybe it's an illness. An incurable one, an illness which he would rather prefer not to be treated." Gou told his brother.

"B-baka. I'm alright." I said.

"Eh? What illness would that be?" Rin asked me as he patted my back. I felt my face heat up again.

"S-shut up. D-don't ask me that.."

An illness? Is it because I know him for such a long time and he's the person whom I feel most comfortable with? Is it because of that illness why I blush so hard whenever he does something that would make my heart go dokidoki?

I'm thinking too much.

If it's infatuation I can remove it quickly from my system.

If it's love then I'm ready to fight for my feelings.

BUT NO NO NO!

HE'S MY CHILDHOOD FRIEND. He's a guy too..

"Ugh." I groaned. I seriously need to identify what these feelings of mine really are.

3rd person's POV

After the incident, Gou made a rule that anyone who forgets to do warm-up exercises will run 10 laps on the field.

"Seriously? I swim, not run! Gou-chan!" Nagisa complained.

"If I see some bunny girls on the field then it's fine. Huehuehue." Makoto said.

"I only swim free." Haru with a poker face, said.

"Happiness. I'm from a club that involves running. No problem for me." Rei said as he was fixing his megane.

"Oi Rei, you talk like Yuzuru Yamai from Date a live. Stop it, you don't even look alike!" Rin said trying to change the subject, obviously he doesn't want to get all the blame for having the incident even though it was totally his fault.

"Nuisance. Shut up Shark." Rei said while his megane didn't show his eyes and was shining.

"Oh come on everyone! It's for your own good! And crap. The competition is a few days from now isn't it? OKAY GUYS! WARM UPS THEN PRACTICE. GO GO GO!" Gou ordered them and the boys followed her.

"Hai!" the boy said in unison and did the warm-ups before going into the pool.

[ Please enjoy Rin's character song while the guys practice. ]

They were all practicing. Gou kept on drooling and her nose won't stop bleeding. And a guy who looked like a pizza delivery man who previously was the team's coach when they were young (except for Rei) stared at their sensei, Akamata-san.

"Hey miss. You look familiar." He asked the teacher.

"Huh? R-Really?" She surprisingly responded.

"Oh wait. I remember now! You're one of those girls wearing swimsuits and appears on magazines!" He told her which made Akamata-sensei blush.

"S-SHUT UP! THAT WAS JUST MY PAST. Kehehehe." She smiled like a devil.

"Yandere sensei" The pizza guy teased her.

Apparently, the competition drew nearer and they practiced to improve each of their skills. There was no time for them to be goofing around. They want the Iwatobi High School swimming club to rule and become #1.

**

3 days before the competition

"Good morning students of Iwatobi High School." The principal greeted everyone with a warm smile on his face.

"Today, let us welcome the swimmers of the school's swimming club." The students clapped.

"Makoto Tachibana." The Makoto fanclub screamed with their nose -- bleeding.

"MAKOTO-SENPAI PLEASE NOTICE ME!"

"KYAAAA. LUCKY UNIFORM OF MAKO-SAN! THOSE ABS BEHIND IT! KYAAAA"

"MAKO MAKO MAKOOOO! WE LOVE YOU!"

The fangirls screamed while Makoto sighed.

"I only have an interest on Gou." Makoto murmured.

"Next, Rin Matsuoka." The marine animals club and RinHaru fanclub screamed. Raging hormones, I guess.

"SHARK-SENPAI! WE LOVE YOU!"

"RINHARU FOREVER!" Rin and Haru both blushed.

"RIN-SENPAI, PLEASE LET ME BE YOUR WAIFU!"

The fangirls screamed and Rin smiled at them with his white shiny shark teeth.

"Haruka Nanase." RinHaru fangirls were still screaming and the water preservation club cheered for him.

"YOU CAN DO IT, HARU-SAN! YOUR WATER PRESERVATION CLUB SENPAIS ARE CHEERING FOR YOU!"

"I heard he got nice abs!"

"HE IS SO RAEPABLE. HAHAHAKYAAA"

His fans screamed and Haru who doesn't smile a lot just waved at them.

"Nagisa Hazuki."The ReiNagisa & kawaii fanclub cheered for him.

"It's our favorite kouhai! Go go Nagisa!"

"NAGISA PLEASE MARRY ME!"

"YOU ARE SO SEXY FOR A FRESHMAN, NAGISA!"

Even the seniors are falling for him. He just smiled at them like a kid.

"Rei Ryugazaki." The megane, track and field & Theories club cheered for him.

"MEGANE SENPAI, WE LOVE YOUUU!"

"GO GO GO REI RYUGAZAKI!"

"WE CONCLUDE, REI IS HEART HEART!"

It was a bit of relief though, since the girls didn't only do the screaming. There were guys in the Track and Field club and Theories club too.

Rei fixed his megane and smiled at them.

"Okay everyone let us wish them the very best in the upcoming interschool swimming competition. That is all, you may head back to your classes."

The students went back to their classes but the RinHaru, ReiNagisa & Free! fanclubs were still there.

"For the team! We wish you the best of luck Makoto-san, Rin-san, Haru-san, Nagisa-san and Rei-san!" The girls said while smiling.

"Thank you, girls!" Gou told them and pushed the team for them to go back to class before the fangirls chase them again.

"Hey who's that?"

"Isn't that Rin-san's sister?"

"I think she's the manager."

"I think Mako-san likes her."

"Oh no she didn't!"

"Oh yes she did!"

The fangirls kept arguing until the team got away from them.

"That was close!" Gou said.

Makoto was blushing, Rin and Haru were blushing too and Rei and Nagisa were blushing. EVERYONE BLUSH!

"Is this a competition of who blushes the most?" Gou asked.

"Maybe?" Makoto answered her.

Gou blushed a little when she saw Makoto smiling at her.

'Oh damn those muscles and his smile!" Gou screamed inside her mind.

"I don't feel so good." Haru said looking pale.

"H-Haru! What's happening?!" Rin asked.

"I feel s-sick. B-ba.. k-ka.." Haru said before losing consciousness.

"H-Haru!" Rin perfectly caught his body before falling. Now, Rin carried Haru like a bride.

"You make now kiss the bride! Hahaha!" Nagisa teased them.

"What a great couple." Rei complimented them.

Rin brought Haru to his house. It was a traditional japanese house, off course Haru's grandmother lived there too.

Rin got the stuff like medicine and that thing you put on your forehead when you're sick.

[ gomene idk what that thing is called lol ]

"R-Rin. It's so hot." Haru said and Rin unbuttoned the first 4 buttons on the upper part of his uniform.

"Rest for a bit okay? I'll make some dinner." Rin stood up heading to the kitchen but before that..

"Don't go." Haru held Rin's hand while his eyes closed.

"I want to be with you. Only you." Haru said before losing consciousness.