Rin's POV

I didn't chase after her. I just stood there staring at an empty space with her words echoing in my head.

'She still loves me.'

Those words repeated again and again, and with every repetition, my heart felt like it was being squeezed like some cut up lemon squeezed for its juice.

I took out my phone and dialed Sousuke's number. He picked up after the fourth ring.

"Rin?" Sousuke asks.

"Uh. You and the team go back to Samezuka. I'll be staying here for a while. Bye." I replied seemingly monotone before ending the call.

I slip my phone back into my pocket as I started walking towards the opposite exit.

It wasn't easy forgetting her either.

After she suddenly disappeared, everything around me felt lifeless. I sunk into depression and tried to drown myself, but failed when my coach noticed my nearly lifeless body floating around in the pool. I got psychiatric help and let myself undergo hypnosis to seal my memories of her somewhere in my subconsciousness, making myself believe that I just simply hit a wall.

'I love her. I still love her.' I confessed silently as I continued to walk aimlessly.

'She's getting married. She's leaving me again.'

'I should run after her. I have to stop the wedding!' I stopped and stared at the now dark sky. Time has passed without me realizing it.

I shook my head and started walking again.

'I can't do that! I can't crash someone's wedding. This is not some sort of drama!'

I stopped.

'She won't come back anymore if you don't.'

'She doesn't need me anymore.' I tried not to cry as I gripped my heart as I felt it being ripped to pieces.

When the pain subsided enough, I started walking back to the dorms, amazed I didn't get into an accident.

The moment I touched the door handle of my room, I recalled the earlier event.

'My first and last love, that's you, Matsuoka Rin' her voice echoed once more in my head before opening and entering my room where Sousuke was patiently waiting.

"What?" I asked a little too harshly but Sousuke doesn't seem fazed by this.

"What happened?" He asked as he start to get comfortable on the chair he was sitting on.

"She left as soon as she returned. What's to tell?" I replied sarcastically, acting like it wasn't a big deal, as I made my way to my bed.

"You never told me you had a girlfriend." He casually said, knowing him, he's probably sulking that I skipped telling him something "important".

"What can I say? I'm a good friend. I can't just rub the fact that I was dating a rich pretty girl to my single friend." I smirked while he just rolled his eyes.

"Even if you did, I wouldn't believe you." He replied half-jokingly.

"So tell me what happened that you had to bawl your eyes out."

"I hate you, you know that? And I did not bawl my eyes out." I said as I looked at him funny which he replied by raising one of his eyebrows.

He sighed.

"Well, it's not like you'll admit to anyone you cried like a little sissy." He started and I was about to throw a pillow at him.

"You're not going to chase after her?" His tone changed as well as the atmosphere. I hesitantly put down the pillow I intended to throw.

'Goodbye'

My eyes suddenly stung so much, as if I just opened them under the sea without goggles, from the memory. I tried my best to soothe the pain as I felt my lower lip bleed from trying not to make any noise. When the pain subsided, I lifted my head up to look at Sousuke with his usual poker face.

"I'm going to take a guess. You're not going to chase after her." He declared as he grab a container on the table next to him and opened it.

I looked away and didn't say anything. Sousuke knows me too well.

"Here." He said, catching my attention, as he threw me a towel.

The moment I caught it, I dropped it on my lap. It was cold and damp.

"That should make your eyes feel better." He pointed at the cloth.

I nodded. I lay down and put the towel on my face, particularly the eye area.

"She's better off with her fiancé." I said softly but loud enough for him to here.

My eyes were getting heavy. I just realized how tired I was from an eventful day.

"Who knows." was the last words I heard before letting myself fall asleep.

==Timeskip-- One week later==

It was the time of the year wherein the seniors retire and I passed the captain position to Ai.

"Matsuoka senpai, are you really sure about this?" Ai asked me nervously while I just smiled and nodded.

It was a beautiful day.

'I'd never thought there'd come a day where I'd hate a beautiful day like this.' I thought bitterly while looking outside.

"She should be at her reception or something about now." Sousuke suddenly appeared by my side.

"Yeah. She's someone else's wife now." I said trying not to sound too depressed as I bit my tongue to suppress the tears trying to escape.

'I guess... this is really goodbye.'

Just as I thought those parting words, the door to the pool suddenly opened harshly.

Everyone looked at the direction of the door to see what kind of scumbag opens a door that way, only to see a girl caked in makeup, wearing a wedding dress while holding a bouquet of flowers who looked extremely pissed.

"MATSUOKA RIN!" She started stomping towards me.

"YOU STUPID, ANNOYING, PATHETIC, AIRHEAD!!" She continued as she threw the flowers on my face.

I am absolutely confused and shocked. I can't even get my thoughts in line. It wasn't long that we were now facing each other.

"___--" I tried to call her name but was cut when she slapped me hard.

I grabbed my sore cheek and looked at her in shock. I am still unable to get a hold of my thoughts and her tears aren't making things better.

I opened my mouth to try to say something but she stopped me with a kiss. The entire team started howling and cheering at the scene while I just stood there shocked as my face heat up.

She ended the kiss after a few seconds and starts wiping her own tears.

"You're just so stupid! Do you have any idea how frustrating it is when I wanted you to stop my wedding only to find out that you never even thought about it?!" She said as she started hitting me on the chest.

"Wait-- Of course I never thought about it! There's no way I'll crash someone's wedding! You watch way too many dramas!!!" I scolded her.

I sighed and tried to massage my temples, trying to calm myself and finally gather my thoughts.

"What are you doing here? Wearing a wedding dress and all." I ask as I pointed her entire outfit. I clearly saw her vein popped.

"I came here to slap you in the face and drown you, you stupid jerk." She replied, oozing a dangerous aura.

"Just before I left my room to meet my fate of getting married to some guy, your good friend Sousuke sent me a message. At least he realized what I wanted you to do." She added. I quickly turned to look at Sousuke who just casually looked away.

"I have sources." He stated before walking towards the pool.

"You came all the way here because of a message he sent you?" I asked while pointing at Sousuke.

"Don't be stupid, of course not. I went on with the wedding. When I was finally beside my fiancé, the first thing he did was apologized to me. I didn't really think much about it since the engagement plan started from a disagreement within his family so I thought he apologized for getting me and my family involved." She explained as she takes off her high heels while using me as support.

"That feels good." She sighed delighted as she threw her shoes carelessly behind her.

"Don't go throwing your shoes anywhere!!" I scolded her.

"But it was annoying! Anyway! The part where the priest asks the audience if there were objections came, then another girl wearing a wedding dress entered and claimed an objection. I already knew it was my ex fiancé's girlfriend. Chaos entered the room--"

"Wait! Your ex fiancé's girlfriend crashed your wedding while wearing a wedding dress herself?" I asked in disbelief.

"Yes, and by the way, she's got more balls than you. So I apologized to the priest and asks him to wed my ex fiancé and his girlfriend instead. I went to my parents and told them that she can replace me in the reception as well. I started walking towards the exit when his parents started to demand I stay and for the other girl to leave." She said casually as if it was a normal event.

I continued to stare at her in disbelief and realized that everyone in the room was listening to her story.

"I'm going to take a guess. You blew a fuse."

"You really do know me too well, darling~" She said as she threw herself to me and started to snuggle me in front of everyone.

I could hear the younger years snicker at the pet name. I released a demonic aura and glared at them, unfortunately, it doesn't work on Sousuke, who kept looking at me with a smirk plastered on his face.

"But this is really weird. Ever since you visited Rin senpai, I thought you were one of those serious sophisticated studious girls." Momo commented which earned a lot of nod of approval from the rest.

"___? Serious? Sophisticated? Studious? No way." I told them with a straight face.

I then felt a weird sensation on my arm only to see ____ biting me. I pulled her head away as she continued glaring.

I sighed.

"So what happened after?" I asked.

"They got scared then I asked my parents for permission to borrow the jet to come here. By the way, I can be serious, sophisticated and studious if I want to!" She pouted.

"The thing is that you don't want to. What did Sousuke say in the message anyway?" It's been bothering me since she told me about it.

"He said you were crying like a little girl and continued sulking after I left." She said, but I knew that Sousuke's message was probably much more descriptive.

I turned to look at my supposedly best friend who suddenly had the motivation to go underwater.

A slap on the arm caused me to turn my attention back to her.

"If you still loved me, you should've told me! Do you have any idea how devastated I was thinking that I was the only one clinging on the love we once shared?!" She said as she tears started to fall from me eyes.

I wiped each tear gently from her face before sliding my hand to her arm before resting on her hand.

"I'm sorry." I apologized.

"No." She said almost immediately.

I looked at her with fear.

"A simple 'I'm sorry' is not going to cut the humiliation I have to deal with walking around the airport and your school wearing a wedding dress. If you're really sorry, then... confess to me again." She said, her last words were soft whispers enough for me to hear.

I felt all the weight I've been carrying vanish as I looked at the woman I love looking down trying to hide her embarrassment. A warm feeling spread throughout my body. I know that I'm most probably smiling like an idiot right now and possibly blushing, but who cares? I'm overjoyed.

I turned to look at my teammates and wore a serious expression.

"This is my last order. I want you all to watch and listen to what I'm about to say." I ordered them to which everyone complied.

I returned to face ____. I took one of her hand and got down on one knee while I continued to lock my gaze on her. She seemed stunned by my sudden movement and was starting to turn red.

"I'm not going to propose. Not now at least. I want you all to know that this woman right here is my first and most possibly, last love. She's weird, crazy, oblivious, and I always end up in weird situations with her. But despite all of that, I couldn't help but fall even deeper. With the entire Samezuka swim club as my witness, ____, I love you. Will you be mine again?"

I spoke all of those while feeling extremely embarrassed but looking at her eyes made me care less about my embarrassment. Everyone was silently anticipating her reply.

"Cheesy." She said as she grinned widely.

"Said the girl who's enjoying every word of it. So?" I replied, chuckling a little. She rolled her eyes before pulling her hand away.

"Stand up and kiss me already." She ordered causing everyone who was listening to cheer. Her face was getting redder as the cheering got louder.

I stood up and pulled her by the waist. I looked deep into her eyes and slowly neared my face until our lips finally touched. My heart is now beating erratically as I realized how much I missed doing couple acts with her and with her arms wrapping itself on my neck to deepen the kiss, I know that she feels the same.