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S1 - Episode 8

"Is something wrong?" Makoto asked Rei who kept looking at his watch.

"I thought surely that Haru would've joined us by now," Rei responded.

"Yeah, me too," Makoto said.

"He's probably still in the shower," Nagisa suggested.

"Perhaps," Rei looked down at his watch again, "but something seems wrong and I don't like it," Rei stood up, "I'm gonna go check on him."

"What?!" I shouted, running after him.

"Hold on!" Makoto ran after me.

"Don't leave me here! I wanna come too!" Nagisa ran after Makoto.

We ran into the building and I finally caught up to Rei. I grabbed his wrist, "Could you wait a minute?!" I said.

"Why are you stopping me?" Rei asked, turning his head.

"Because! Maybe he wants to be left alone!" I shouted, my voice echoed through the halls.

"You both need to calm down!" Nagisa said.

"Aren't you the least bit worried that Haru might need our help?" Rei said.

"Of course, we're worried!" Makoto interrupted.

Footsteps were coming closer to us, "Rin!" Nagisa called his name out.

"You're here?" Rin's eyebrow rose, "Oh, right. You guys are competing in the tournament too."

"Well, have you seen Haru around?" Nagisa asked.

"No, why?" Rin responded.

"It's just that Haru hasn't come back yet," Nagisa answered.

Rin smirked and chuckled, "Maybe he's sulking after I kicked his ass in freestyle. Hey, he's the one who said he didn't care about winning. This is all on him."

"Mhmm," Rei hummed, "Well if losing the race isn't the issue, there must be some other answer."

Rin's face furrowed, "What! What else is there to care about? It's all about winning!"

"Plenty," Makoto spoke up, "At least Haru always thought there was more to it."

"But Rin," I walked a few steps closer to him, "What did you say to him after?" I looked up at him, furrowed my brows, and clenched my jaw.

I know he said something.

"I didn't say much, y/n," Rin grinned.

Liar.

Rin hunched over to the point of our noses almost touching, "Just be ready for our date later," he chuckled.

I skimmed his face from top to bottom, "Looking forward to it," I sneered into a smirk.

"You better!" Rin said as he walked away, "Make sure you get all dolled up for me!" Rin waved, giving us his back.

I ran toward him to try to give his ass a good beating, Makoto grabbed me and picked me up before I could lay a finger on him, "I'm gonna whoop his ass! Let me go!" I struggled as Makoto continued to hold me back, "Hey! Don't you ever forget who made him love swimming! Don't ever forget about the relay!" I shouted before Rin turned the corner.

"Calm down, sis. We're here for Haru, not him. Okay?" Makoto smiled.

"Yeah..." I muttered under my breath.

"Relay? You guys swam with him in the past or something?" Rei asked.

"We didn't mention that?" Nagisa asked.