Shark Bites (Rin X Reader)

Secrets

I'm so sorry I have put this chapter off! It's always hard writing a new story and with everything that's happened it's been hard but I'm determined to continue this! Sorry for the set back.

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I was officially the manager for Rin's team, and Sousuke was there! I hadn't seen Sousuke in awhile so I was kind of surprised how much he grew. But I was more surprised that he was swimming, last time his I saw him, his should was horrible, I guess it must have gotten better.

I envied him though. I would do anything to be able to swim in meets again. That rush I would get when I dove in after the starting beep, and the feeling of depending on my team and being depended on, was something I missed.

But swimming over worked my knee. I had injured it so badly before that I had to get my knee replaced. I was on crutches for months and had to go through physical therapy. And that's how I met Sousuke, I went in for my appointment and they had accidentally booked too many appointments so people had to share rooms for the therapy and I happened to be in the same room as him.

He wouldn't speak to me at all at first so I just talked to him with no replay. Till I tried to stand and fell down, he checked if I was ok then started laughing.

After that day I always asked to have my appointments with him. I learned that he was in the same situation as me and we became great friends.

Sousuke had lied to Rin though about us swimming together because we were never on the same swim team, we had physical therapy together. But I wasn't gonna question it till I talked to him privately.

Practice had just ended and I was waiting for everyone to get dressed and come out so I could say goodbye. Soon Sousuke and Rin walked out together and they approached me.

"Yo (L/N), do you want me to walk you home?" Rin asked me but Sousuke stopped me before I could answer.

"Sorry Rin, I'm gonna walk her home. I have to talk to her, It's been years since I've seen her." Sousuke started walking out the door to walk me home and Rin made an annoyed face for a second but then waved and went back to his room. I shrugged and walked out the door with Sousuke.

When we got outside I started yelling at him, "Sousuke! Why didn't you tell me your shoulder was better!?!? And why haven't you called me in the last couple years!? You have some explaining to do mister!"

He laughed a little, "I was expecting you'd yell at me. It's a long story and you have to promise not to tell anyone about." His face turned serious and I nodded my head.

"I promise I won't tell." I held out my pinky and smiled, "Pinky promise!"

He returned with a pinky promised and smirked a little, "You're still the same girl I knew years ago." His smirk fell, " Well first off I need to tell you that my shoulder isn't better."

I looked at him confused, "Then why the hell are you swimming?!"

"Because. I wanna swim with Rin one last time before I'm not able to swim ever again. I want to feel that feeling of swimming with the people you care about one more time!" The more he spoke the more upset he sounded.

"But Sousuke, you could be causing some permanent damage! You remember what the doctors said!" Tears welled up in my eyes and he stopped walking then looked at me coldly.

"You should understand me more than anyone. No matter how good your knee might feel, the moment you jump in that pool and swim freely the pain pulls you back and throbs through you as you feel your dreams being crushed over and over again." That hit me hard. He knew that I had always wanted to be an Olympic swimmer. Tears freely ran down my face and I looked up at him.

"You're right. I do understand you and that's why you saw me try for months to walk without crutches in physical therapy. But I know that if I swam without a care in the world and ignored the pain that I would some day end up in the same crutches trying to walk again. And that thought right there is enough to knock me into my senses." I was yelling at him with sorrow and anger in my voice and his expression softened for a second but then he hardened his face into a normal expression.

He backed up a little, "I don't care what you say. We're in the same situation but the one difference is I'm fighting while you run away from it."

That comment really pissed me off, "You think I'm running away? You think I'm running away even though I do physical therapy every night right before I run so I could have that slim chance at following my dreams? Do you know how many countless nights I've collapsed thinking I could go longer but I was already at my limit? You call that running away? If so, you need to check yourself Sousuke because I've never fought so hard in my life for anything before." I didn't care about holding back tears anymore. I couldn't deal with this much longer, so I turned away from him and started running.

"(Y/N) wait!" I heard him call after me but I kept running. I even dropped my backpack so I could get away faster.

The tears fell with no sign of stopping. All I could think of though is getting home. I ran and ran, my knee throbbed with a surging pain with each step. soon I approached my house and pulled my keys out of my pocket and let myself in. As soon as I closed the door I fell onto the floor. I looked at my knee to see it turning a bit red and I took deep breaths to calm myself. I crawled over to the couch and let my tears run dry. After about 30 minutes, I got up and was able to limb to the bathroom. I looked into the mirror to see my red puffy face and I laughed at myself.

I'm falling apart.

I washed my face then I heard the doorbell ring. I quickly wiped my face and wobbled as fast as I could to the door and opened it. My eyes widened when I saw Rin standing there holding my backpack. When he saw my his face immediately dropped into a concerned look.

"(L/N)... what's wrong?" He tilted his head and I took the bag from him.

"H-how did you find my house?" I was able to speak somehow.

"I texted your Iwatobi friends. Can I come in?" Before I could answer, he pushed the door and walked in.

I tried to lead him to the living room and walk as normal as I could but I failed and my leg gave out.

I braced to feel the ground but instead I felt a pair of warm arms catch me.

"For gods sake (L/N), what happened?" He picked me up bridal style and gently set me on the couch. He sat by my feet then my knee caught his eyes.

"Sousuke and I had a fight." I said quietly.

"That explains why Sousuke was upset when he came back. Even though he hides his emotions well, I can tell when he's really upset. When I saw your bag I told him I would deliver it to you and he just nodded and fell on his bed face down." Rin told me and I felt a little bad about running away from him.

I sat up and flinched at my knee bending and Rin stopped me.

"Did you fall on your knee?" He asked my as he examined it.

"I guess you could say that." I muttered and he looked confused. "Don't worry it will be fine tomorrow morning.

Rin nodded and stood up. "I'll take you to your room." He picked me up again and carried me to my room. He opened the door and put my down on the bed then looked around my room. His eyes locked onto my swim trophies and medals.

I had tons of them covering my dresser, I used to worship them but now they're just kind of there.

"Why don't you swim anymore?" Rin asked out of no where.

I looked down, "I'll tell you another night. For now I should sleep, thank you so much for coming."

He walked toward the door and nodded, "Anytime (L/N)."

And with that he left.