コンペ - Konpe

4

"And the winner of the relay race is... Kaiyo Hamano!" the annoucer yelled.

I jumped up and down in the air excitedly throwing my hands in the air. Haru nodded and smiled at me as I ran over to my team.

"Nice job Kaiyo! Another win taken home!" Seijuro con-graduated me kindly.

He hugged my shoulder and I saw Rin leaning against the window glaring at the other team. I rolled my eyes and ran over to Makoto while taking off my swim cap. I flicked my half-dried hair everywhere as Makoto's eyes looked me up and down.

"Hey guys, nice job!" I said excitedly.

"Well congrats to you too! You really put in your all out there huh?" Nagisa said smiling wrapping his arm around my shoulder.

I blushed and shrugged.

"We'll get you next time though!" Rei teased.

I smiled and looked over at Rin who was glaring at all of us this time.

"Hey um- Kaiyo- do you maybe wanna go for a walk?" Makoto asked rubbing the back of his head.

"Oooo!" Everyone gawked at us.

I blushed again wiping the water from underneath my eyes.

"Sure" I replied sweetly.

"Don't you have a meeting tonight with us Kaiyo?" I heard Rin say making his way towards us.

"No I don't think so" I said through clenched teeth.

He flicked his hand at me throwing his towel behind his shoulder and heading out the door leaving us all standing there with our mouths slightly dropped.

"Man, how do you stand him?" Nagisa scoffed.

"I don't, I'm forced too" I said raising my chin in the air trying to fight back my rudeness that made me wanna walk over to Rin and 'ask what the hell is his problem?'

Not really worth my time.

"so how bout that date?" Makoto asked breaking my train of thought.

I smirked and nodded running over to grab my stuff, taking his hand, and smiled at the group of boys.

We walked along the park path which seemed like it went on forever. I still had my swim suit on underneath and I was kind of uncomfortable, but I wanted to stay with Makoto so I fought through it. We talked about everything because I never wanted to stop hearing his voice. I would make really dumb jokes and he would laugh at every single one of them. I looked down at my phone and saw I had a text from my mom saying I had to come home. I sighed and shoved it back into my purse.

"I have to go home, my mom needs me" I said feeling kind of angry that I had to leave so early.

"Oh that's okay! I'll see you later though right?" He said grabbing my hand and kissing the top of it looking at me with those big green eyes that always sparkled making me melt in my shoes.

I smiled and nodded giving him a small hug and running back towards my house. I finally reached it and was panting heavily.

"Hi honey! I need your help with this cooking, the Matsuoka's are coming over for dinner!" My mother greeted me with a kind smile.

"You're father will be home in an hour so go clean up before he does"

I sighed and rolled my eyes stomping towards the bathroom. It felt nice taking off my bathing suit and letting the warm water run down my back. I finished up and put a small dress on to be presentable. I heard my phone go off and quickly ran over to it to see that Makoto texted me. I smiled and blushed a bit texting him back.

"Who was that?" My mom asked.

"Makoto" I swooned.

"Ooh, so are you two like boyfriend-girlfriend?!" She asked grabbing my hands.

"I mean not really, we go out on small dates but he really hasn't asked me to be his girlfriend" I said kind of realizing that maybe Makoto is just being a friend to me more than a boyfriend.

I mean he kissed my cheek and my hand but what does that mean? We've been on a lot of dates but I don't know how to push our relationship foreword because I've never had a boyfriend before. I sighed and sweat dropped.

"Maybe he doesn't like me as much as I like him after all!" I said resting my head on the counter.

"Oh that can't be true, he's always swooning over you Kaiyo!" She giggled patting the top do my head.

"I guess-" I was interrupted by the doorbell and quickly ran over to see the Matsuoka's. They all had grins, except for Rin of course, on their faces and stepped inside.

"Hello and welcome! Come on in! I'm sorry my husband is stuck at the hospital again hopefully he'll be joining us later!" My mom said excitedly grabbing Rin's moms' hand.

They all sat acquainted at the table and Rin stared me down the whole time. I would clear my throat to make him stop but he never would. I continued to eat as everyone seemed have something to say.

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My dad never did come home till after dinner and I got a text from Rin that night asking if I did something different with my hair. What a weird question, is that why he kept staring at me? I simply told him no and continued to clean the dishes for my mom.

"I think someone has a little crush on you Kaiyo!" My mom giggled as she dried the dishes as I handed them to here.

"W-What?" I asked confused.

"Oh yeah Rin couldn't take his eyes off of you" my dad teased nudging me a bit as he lit a cigarette.

"Would you date someone like Rin, Kaiyo?" My mom continued.

"Rin? Rin is dating a swimming pool. He doesn't have time for girls. No I wouldn't" I scoffed drying off my hands and snatching my phone from the table.

"Well you don't really have time for boys either missy, you have cram-school, and swimming and-" my dad rambled.

"Dad I know I'll be fine, my grades are fantastic and I win every relay race I'm put into" I said waving my hand at them.

They both looked at each other confused and I walked back into my room jumping on the bed texting Gou and Makoto.

Gou: why was my brother staring at you.

Me: I don't know it was weird right?

Gou: yeah, anyways goodnight love you

Me: love you too

I got my last text from Makoto that made me skip a beat.

Makoto: meet me by the park we walked by the other day I need to tell you something important

I squealed a little bit and held my phone close to my chest. Was he gonna tell me that he loves me?