Chapter Five
Where Did It All Go?
Four Years Later
Mizushima Kasumi: Age 20
Nanase Haruka: Age 20
Mizushima Kasumi’s Point of View
“On your marks,” the loudspeakers boomed. “Get set . . . Go!”
Right on cue, I dived into the cerulean waters. I was currently on Japan’s national swimming team, representing the entire country along with my fellow peers. We made sure that it was prominent that we won first in the swimming course this year at the Olympics.
For my team, I swim freestyle, the simplest (or so I say) of all strokes. My teammates swam whatever . . . I didn’t really care . . . as long as I would be able to swim . . . I was fine.
“Kasumi!” Matsumoto Arisu called for me. “We’re having a race against the Yukimura team later! They’re all really hot boys . . . so . . . let’s beat them and they might go out with us!”
“No,” was my simple reply as she anime fell. “I have no interest in boys.”
“C’mon!” she pouted, lips puckered. “At least . . . try!”
“Again,” I snapped at her. “No interest.”
Her green eyes began to sparkle . . . puppy eyes . . . evident.
“Please?” she begged. “Be my partner in crime?”
“No, you sound like you’re begging someone to marry you. No,” I sighed, monotonous, as I left her in the breezy wind.
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Sometimes, I wondered what it would be like . . . to swim so . . . unrestrictedly. Every single time I swam, I was ordered to “swim faster.” Yeah, of course I’m swimming “faster,” we’re all swimming to the best of our abilities, better than our previous times.
I sighed, wading my legs in the empty pool. The boys from the Yukimura team would be coming later, and maybe even earlier . . . or later.
Deciding that thinking about things too much was a waste of time, I dived into the crystal cerulean waters.
Slowly increasing my speed by the second, I performed an underwater backflip, and continued to swim.
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Translucent Waters (Nanase Haruka Love Story) (Free! Iwatobi Swimming Club)
Fanfiction~1st Place Winner of the AnimeWattyAwards Free! Category~ Mizushima Kasumi is a girl who used to swim competitively. However, now, she focuses only on her studies with a solemn face and a monotonous voice. She rarely expresses her feelings publicly...
