Am I Free? (Free! Starting Days x Reader)

My Decision

3rd POV

The next morning, Makoto is the first person to leave the house and the first thing he does is go and get Haru and (Y/N) so that they can head to school.

He bids his family goodbye and goes to (Y/N)'s house first.

At her, (Y/N) is seen getting ready to leave. Her dad had already left so it was just her in the house, which gave her some relief.

But also, getting ready was not that simple for her today. She had to hide her injuries her dad gave her from the night before. A bruise had formed on her  cheek from when he had slapped her, as well as on her wrist when he grabbed her, and on the side of her waist from when he threw her.

The bruise on her waist was easy to hide because of her clothes, but the bruises on her face and her wrist were a different story. The blue and purple colors contrasted from her (S/C) skin so they were easily seen. 

She had to put makeup on her cheek and a bandage wrap on her wrist just to conceal them. 

But she also knew that Haru and Makoto were going to wonder what happened to her.

Before she could question that, her door bell had rung.

"(N/N), it's me!", she can hear Makoto say from her front door.

She takes a deep breath and walks to her front door to open.

"Morning, Mako? Are you ready to go?", she asks.

"Yeah! We just need to get Haru", Makoto answers.

His smile diminishes when he looks down to see the bandage wrap on her wrist. This causes (Y/N) to tense as she had already figured that this was going to happen anyway.

"I'm fine. I-I just burned my hand while cooking dinner. It'll heal in a few days", (Y/N) stutters over her words.

But Makoto knew that she was lying. Over the years, Makoto and Haru had picked up on certain habits (Y/N) would exhibit. One of them was what she would do when she's being caught in a lie. She would look down and play with her fingers, which was what she's doing right now.

But Makoto knew better than to push her into saying something that she wasn't comfortable in saying.

"Well, okay. I hope it gets better", Makoto says with a slight smile.

"Yeah... me too", (Y/N) says, "Welp. Let's go and get Haru. And hope that he actually buttoned his collar."

This makes Makoto chuckle and they walk from (Y/N)'s house up to Haru's.

They ring the bell on the door and Haru's mom answers to find the two standing outside.

"Good morning, Mrs. Nanase", (Y/N) greets.

"Good morning, Makoto. (Y/N)", Haru's mom greets back, "Haruka! Makoto and (Y/N) are here!"

From upstairs, Haru finishes getting ready. Well... except for his top collar being buttoned.

He walks downstairs to find his friends at his front door.

"Good morning, Haru!", Makoto greets and then he looks down at his friend's collar.