Free! & Hope

HOPE 6

Free! & Hope

Akane receives a text from Haruka early in the morning at 6am, she rubs her eyes and looks at the text.

Haru: "Morning, the relays are today, be ready by 10am, I'll give you a ride there"

Akane's eyes widen, she forgot the relay was today, she rushed out of her room and fell clumsily stepping on the sheet. She rushed to the bathroom grabbing her towel. Edmichiro slowly opened her eyes and sat up watching her sister running to the bathroom, she blinked confusedly and simply went back to bed. Akane wore a white tank top with flower designs on it, a flowy blue skirt with tiny white polka dots, and dark brown sandals with metal chains at the toe and middle strap. She entered the room again brushing her hair and placed a flower crown she made herself made out of fake white roses. Edmichiro stood up watching her sister even wearing perfume and lipstick, the younger sister was surprised that her sister was wearing these since she usually never wears much of both.

Edmi: "Uh, you okay Akane?" the brunette looks back and grinned cheekily.

Aka: "Of course I am! Now get ready, they're picking us up to the relay today, remember?"

Edmi: "Uh, yeah, but, Akane, its only 8 in the morning!"

Aka: "Then go get ready!" Edmichiro stuck out her tongue at her and walked to the bathroom to shower. Akane looks at herself in the mirror again, feeling prepared. She raised her shirt revealing her stomach and she pokes it, she tilts her head right and sighed, her stomach haves little fluffs and she looked disappointed, wanting to do more exercise.

Aka: "I swear as much as I jog and do sit ups and all, it just doesn't leave, ugh" Edmichiro called for her sister saying she left her towel, Akane snickered, she gets forgetful whenever she's lost in her own little world, oh Akane knows why she's lost in her own little world, she became suspicious she was texting the one person that helps her on many things, her love interest of course. She silently tip toes through the hallway and tries to open at least a little so Edmichiro wouldn't know, but then she hears voices. She took a peek, only to find her making a phone call.

Edmi: "Oh, me? I'm just getting prepared~ and yes, I'm not exactly ready yet"

Nagi: "O-okay... I'll just try not to imagine that" Edmichiro giggles, Akane's mouth widened.

Edmi: "Yeah, you do that, I'm off to get dressed soon and my sis is taking a while to give me that towel" she opens her door to find out Akane crossing her arms and was not happy.

Edmi: "Call you back, hubster" she ends the call there and grabbed her towel.

Edmi: "Jeez, what took you so long?!"

Aka: "Hubster? Telling exactly what you're doing? What kind of sick game are you playing?"

Edmi: "Oh, would you relax? I was only talking like any normal person would"

Aka: "Oh no, that's just wrong to another level, what's up?"

Edmi: "What's up? I'll tell you what's up? We are so close for it to be official, THAT'S what's up. And you wanna know what? We have known each other since we both started high school, so yeah, it's been months already, and I haven't done anything wrong, God knows what you and Haruka talk about" Akane stood quiet, she hasn't really called or texted him, except for today. She was worrying more about the band that she was too caught up. She also didn't want to seem needy, but she's been taking alone days lately, but wanting to hang with someone, I mean all her friends have their own time with their interests, why can't she do the same? Hell, even her sister has done it more than her. Akane was beginning to think he might have texted her not only to remind her, but because he wanted to spend some time with her. All of those thoughts ran in her head, she began to feel guilty. Edmichiro calls her out as she was gone in her own thoughts.