hydrophiliac| completed.

S3 - Finale

The first day of the All-Japan has begun. Breakfast at Makoto's was quite fun. We enjoyed having our 'younger day' memories brought up. We talked mostly about Haru - how proud we are of him and for him being part of our lives - being a part of his journey and his future. We wish nothing but success for our friends and rivals.

"Hey, Y/n!" Gō shouted from a distance, waving her hands high to grab our attention. She stood with Ayumu and Isuzu as I, Makoto, Rei, Nagisa, Romio, Sousuke, and Shizuru were conversing.

"Good morning, ladies," Makoto said as we all walked toward each other.

"Same to you guys," the girls said.

"How'd you like Suzu's place?" Nagisa asked.

"Suzu?" Isuzu questioned.

"Nagi likes nicknames," I smiled.

"It wasn't really restful. These two wouldn't let me sleep until they converted me into the muscle fandom," Ayumu said, grabbing her cheeks.

"Oooo, sounds fun," I laughed.

"Y/NNNNNNN!!!! GŌŌŌŌ!" We heard shouting from a distance. You guessed it, Momo, as he waved us down for our attention. I waved back, greeting him from afar as the rest of the Samezuka swimmers were next to one another.

"Hey, everyone!" Momo said as they grouped up with us, "If I'd known you were staying there, I would've stayed, too!" Momo said.

"Yeah, like I'd let you!" Isuzu said.

Ah, everyone from my past, present, and hopefully future are all in one place, together. My heart is so full of this wonderful feeling. I don't know what it is, but I'd like to say it's the power of love for the water that brings every single one of us closer together.

I need to go meet with Azuma though, I walked around and found Coach Azuma, "How has Haru been doing the past couple of days? I didn't get a chance to go by your practices," I asked Azuma.

"Better," Azuma said, "still stubborn as hell though."

I giggled, "Yeah, I know," I smiled as we walked.

"Don't talk about me as if I'm not standing next to you," Haru said.

"Sorry. If I would've asked you, you wouldn't have said anything," I rolled my eyes.

"So, your arm isn't healed enough to work today's tournament?" Azuma asked.

"No, if it was next week, I totally could've," I pouted.

"Good thing for you, I got you a chance to race that Albert machine," Azuma said.

"NO FREAKING WAY! YOU DID?!" I said excitedly.

"Yeah, he leaves Japan the day after so your arm will be all healed up when you race him," Azuma confirmed.

"You see, I knew paying you to coach Haru would come in handy," I smiled.

"You haven't even seen me race, y/n," Haru added.

"Yes, I have. Many times, more than I can count," I laughed.

"You're late, Haru," Rin said as we approached closer to him.

"You just got here, too," Haru answered Rin.

"Haha. Touche," They smiled at one another.

"Ummm... Are you guys going to kiss or what?" I joked.

"What?!"

"RYUJI!" A blonde man with an accent shouted, walking toward Azuma with his arm wide open - attempting to get a hug in, "HELLO! AGH!" Azuma lifted his hand toward the blonde's face - rejecting the hug.