"Ok! Time to eat!"
Nagisa and Rei came out of the kitchen with plates of food for everyone.
"Akiko, you should pick which serving you want first."
"Ok? I'll take the smallest portion."
"No you won't! I always get the smallest portion! Besides, you don't need to eat anything... Fatty..."
I heard Kou say 'fatty' and it made something go off inside of me.
"I-I..."
"Hmhm. What's wrong? Cat got your-"
"I'M NOT FAT! UGGH! DAMN IT!"
I got up and ran out the front door. I heard Makoto, Rei, and Nagisa yell after me.
"Akiko!"
Akiko wait!"
"Stop!!!"
They all were standing in the doorway.
"Just forget about her. I don't really like her."
"Shut up Kou."
Rin said, stirring his drink with a bored expression.
"We need to go find her!"
Makoto yelled.
"How can I help?"
Haru asked. While everyone was worried about me, he went and got dressed.
"Uh! No! You are not going to go out there and find her! None of you are! If she wants to come back, she'll come back. She's like a pet."
"God... I haven't told you guys this yet but... She's my younger sister. I NEED to find her. She's all I have and I'm all she has."
Makoto said. He looked like he would break into tear at any moment.
"Then let's go."
Rin got up and grabbed his jacket and shoes and put them on.
"Right."
They all ran out of the house, leaving Kou behind.
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[Haru's POV]
"We should split up. Makoto and Rin, you guys check at the park near here. Rei and Nagisa, you go and search around the small store around here. Ask around."
"And where are you gonna go?"
"I have a hunch of a certain place... Ok. Let's go."
They all ran off in their directions.
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[Akiko's POV]
I ran as fast as I could. My mind didn't know where I was going but my heart and body knew. I ran all the way to the community pool. I didn't even know there was one but my heart could feel that it was around. I opened the door and climbed up the tallest diving board. I sat at the edge of the diving board and let my tears fall.
"*s-sob* W-why did she call me fat? She's a girl too. S-she should know how self conscious girls are about their weight!"
I stood up and wiped the rest of my tears away.
"*sigh* I j-just need to swim."
I got undressed. I usually wore my bathing suit under my clothes just in case someting like this happened or if I was invited to swim somewhere. I left my clothes on the diving board and checked my phone.
"10:39... Huh..."
I set my phone on my clothes and stared at the water below. I stood up full height and walked twords the back of the diving board. I turned so I was facing the water. I took a deep breath and started to run. I jumped. I felt my stomach knot up as I fell. I didn't like heights but I will deal with it if I am falling into water or something that'll NOT kill me. I hit the water with a big splash.
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[Haru's POV]
I saw her on the diving board. She started to undress so I hid behind the door. I took another peek and saw she had a bathing suit on. I watched as she jumped into the pool. I ran as fast as I could to the diving boards while simultaneously undressing since I had my bathing suit on still under my clothes. I climbed up quickly and tried to hide up there for a little bit while she got out. She climbed up the ladder. I decided to surprise her. I got up and ran as fast as I could off of the diving board.
"CANNONBALL!!!"
I yell as I fall into the water.
"Ahhhhh!"
I hear her scream in surprise. I come up out of the water to see she was turned away and was frantically looking around.
"What's wrong?"
"I-I... *Sigh*. I'm looking for a towel. I don't like it when people can see me in my bathing suit..."
"Hmhm... C'mon! Jump back in!"
I splashed water up twords her. I could see a small smile form on her lips.
"Fine!"
She yelled as she turned and jumped in right next to me.
She came up from under the water and was laughing. I swam behind her.
"Huh? Where'd you go?"
I quickly picked her up from behind and held her tight.
"Wuahhh!"
She was so scared that she started to flail about.
"Hey! Calm down!"
"Don't you dare dunk me under the water!"
She screamed at the top of her lungs.
"I'm not going to!"
I held onto her until she calmed down. I let go of her and she turned around.
"C'mon. We need to go back to my house."
"I'm, fine. Thanks for allowing me to hang out for a while but, I think I'll be fine for the rest of the night. I'll just go-"
[Haru's and Akiko's POV]
I/He pulled her/me into a tight hug.
I/He whispered in her/my ear.
"I know you are not fine... We would all want you there. Just ignore Kou. Please! I think you'd be fun to hang around. So please come back to my place with everyone else."
I/He quietly let go of her/me.
I/He then realized that she/I was crying.
[Haru's POV]
I held onto her and made her look at me. She had sadness filling her beautiful blue eyes. I almost didn't catch myself as I started to lean towards her to kiss her.
"Guys!"
We hear Makoto yell at us from the entrance.
I quickly move away from her and loose my footing. All I hear is a big splash and feel myself sink in the water.
Was I... drowning?
