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Makoto stared at the rails in front of him, letting the music of his headphones wash over him. Only as he felt a light tug on his sleeve he looked up to see Haru motioning towards the up-coming train.
“Ah yeah, sorry Haru,” he said sheepishly as he took the headphones off, stopping the music. He had to admit that he’d gotten a bit lost in the song, but he wouldn’t admit that he’d been totally singing along in his head.
Haru just raised a quizzical eyebrow at him, and Makoto gave him another small smile. Well, Haru probably knew, but there was actually little to nothing Haru didn’t know about him.
“Oi Haru, Makoto!”
Rin gave them a salute as they got on the train and walked over to the redhead, who was giving them one of his shark-like grins. Sousuke was sitting next to him, his eyes closed and his head resting on Rin’s shoulder. Makoto was surprised that Rin’s friend was coming along to their little swimming session and even more so that the guy was sleeping on Rin’s shoulder. He actually had to suppress a smile at the picture. Haru raised an eyebrow again in a very Haru-like manner.
“Nah, we’ve been up all night,” Rin said yawning, waving one hand dismissively.
Now Haru’s second eyebrow shot up, and Makoto felt his own eyes widen a bit.
“God, not like that you idiots!” Rin exclaimed. “Practicing! You know you can do that even at night when you’ve got an indoor pool...”
Makoto shot Haru a quick glance, and yep, his best friend’s eyes started glittering at the word ‘pool’. He huffed out a laugh and turned to Rin again.
“We see,” he said, totally not buying it. To him (and probably the rest of the world) it was pretty obvious that Rin and Sousuke were head over heels for each other.
Then Sousuke started to blink his eyes open due to his friend’s heated response and stared blankly at Makoto and Haru in front of him like he hadn’t expected to see them right then and there. He awkwardly lifted his head off of Rin’s shoulder and started scratching at the back of his head.
“God, Rin. Just wake a man, would ya?” he muttered, shooting the redhead a short glare before stealing a glance at Makoto and Haru. Then he quickly gained his usual cool composure.
“Makoto, Nanase,” he nodded in greeting, his eyes lingering only a short moment on Makoto.
“Well, I just thought I’d get him out of the dorm for only once,” Rin said, waggling his eyebrows at Sousuke. It earned the redhead a sharp elbow to the ribs.
‘Acting all lovey-dovey,’ Makoto thought to himself, shaking his head slightly.
“Great that you joined us, Yamazaki-kun!” he said and gave Sousuke a bright smile.
Sousuke’s eyes instantly snapped to Makoto’s face, and he just stared at him for a moment. Makoto was starting to feel uncomfortable under the intense stare from those teal eyes before Sousuke finally spoke up.
“Uhm, yeah sure,” he said curtly, looking away once more.
Next to him Rin was smacking his forehead, which only earned him another elbow. Makoto huffed out a small laugh and looked over to his best friend. But Haru only looked at Rin, then at Sousuke, at Makoto and back at Sousuke. Then he gave Makoto a look.
Makoto’s brow furrowed, not understanding what his friend was trying to tell him. Haru, on the other hand, rolled his eyes and stared out of the window.
“You know they do that, having a conversation without words,” Rin said, looking at Sousuke. The guy just dragged his hand through his hair and said “Whatever”, glancing once more at Makoto, which went unnoticed because he was still trying to figure out what Haru had meant.
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Makoto gave a happy sigh as he looked at the blue surface of the pool, in which Haru and Rin had dived only moments before. He’d gotten a text from Nagisa earlier that he and Rei would be running late since Rei was still helping him with some homework. So for the moment it was just the four of them. Makoto looked over his shoulder to one of the benches by the pool. Sousuke stood there and was ruffling through his bag.
“Yamazaki-kun, you’re coming?”
“Yeah, just a moment,” Sousuke mumbled, finally retrieving a bottle of water from his bag. “And please, just Sousuke is fine…” He took a sip of water and shot Makoto a quick glance.
“Alright,” he said brightly and turned towards the water again. Before he dove in he stretched his arms and back, feeling his spine pop pleasantly, and Sousuke suddenly started to cough violently behind him. Makoto nearly jumped out of his skin and whipped around to stare at Sousuke.
“Yama- Ah, Sousuke are you alright?” he asked, his eyes wide with concern. Sousuke in response swallowed hard and waved his hand dismissively at Makoto.
“Yeah, just…choked on my water,” he said between coughs.
Makoto got to his side and started padding at his back, but the dark haired guy just said, “It’s fine, really…”
Then there was a loud snort from the pool, and Makoto saw Rin pressing a hand to his mouth, barely containing his laughter.
“Fuck you Rin,” Sousuke snarled and threw the water bottle back into his bag. If Makoto wasn’t mistaken he could swear that he’d seen a slight blush on Sousuke’s cheeks. But Rin just cracked up at that and started laughing hard. Haru came to his side and stared at Makoto and Sousuke for a moment before rolling his eyes and sliding back into the water.
Makoto watched the whole scene with his brow furrowed. Rin was just mean, and he didn’t understand what Haru wanted to say with that roll of his eyes. Geez.
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Rin watched Sousuke, who was swimming lazily in the lane at the poolside. He was constantly looking at Makoto, who was standing by his bag. The guy was probably texting with Nagisa or something. Rin gave a heavy sigh as he slid his hand through his wet hair and shook his head slightly.
“If Yamazaki acts any more obvious, I think even Makoto will notice.”
Rin shot Haru a look, who’d came to stand beside him in the pool.
“You’re probably right,” he said, tapping at his lower lip. “What should we do?”
Haru looked at him, his brow slightly furrowed. “What do you mean by ‘what should we do’?”
“Now, come on! I mean we should totally get those two hooked up!”
Now Haru was actually frowning, looking back and forth between Makoto and Sousuke.
“Makoto with Yamazaki?” he asked in a highly skeptical way.
“God, Haru, despite average thinking, Sousuke really is a great guy.”
“I’m not so sure…” Haru said still frowning, letting his hand slip through the water.
Rin just splashed some water into Haru’s face, but the guy seemed to actually enjoy it.
“Whatever, I think it’s a great idea,” he mumbled, a devilish grin already forming on his face, as he watched his best friend in the water.
“Oh Rin, I bet you’re a horrible matchmaker…” Haru said as he let his body slip back into his beloved water.
“Shut up Haru,” was his grumbled response. That was just a great idea, really.