Bonding By the Poolside - Free! Iwatobi Swim Club [Makoto Tachibana]

(C11) How Do You Like Your Eggs In the Morning?

Nagisa, Rei and I sat in my living room in front of the TV, eating pizza and talking about what we enjoy. Rei, going by what he tells me, has a thing for beauty. Nagisa seems awfully clingy towards Rei, but it's freaking adorable. But hey, that's just me. Conversation soon turned towards each other:

"So, Mizuki, do you mind if I ask you your age?" Rei asked, looking dismally at the now freezing, sloppy pizza slice in front if him, "I'm seventeen. What about you?"

"I'm seventeen as well."

"Aw~ what about me? I'm still here, ya know." Nagisa yelled, stuffing pizza into his face, "How old are you?" He scoffed down more pizza and smiled, "I'mpf sithfteenth!" Rei looked at me and rolled his eyes, "We should have waited. Nagisa, you're such a pig!" He raised his voice and pushed up his glasses, "And I don't want to have a pig as a friend - they aren't beautiful." I looked at Rei and giggled. He looked at me and went rosy in the cheeks, "Hm? What's wrong?" I asked, smiling at him. "Y-you just, have a nice laugh, Mizuki." We said nothing after that.

For the whole of the night, we just sat and watched horror movies. Well we tried to, but Nagisa kept clinging to me and Rei whenever there was a jumpscare. Whenever there was a blood splatter, Rei would comment on how not beautiful it was, then he'd push up his glasses and kiss his teeth.

We stuffed our faces with popcorn, sweets, cake, soda, chips, takeout, you name it. It was something we would probably regret tomorrow, but screw it, we're having fun. After we finished our food and ten films, we all nodded off. After a good few hour's sleep, I was the first to wake, greeted by Rei sprawled out on the floor and Nagisa's snoring head leaning against my shoulder. I stretched out and scratched my scruffy head and clutched my throbbing stomach. I looked around, seeing empty takeout cartons littered on and around the coffee table. The static on the TV burned my eyes as I slowly crept over to it to switch it off. I don't really know the reason why Nagisa and Rei invited themselves over, but it's not like I hated having the company. The only thing I regret is waking up to a burning stomach and horrid taste in my mouth.

Let's just say we won't be going swimming today.

I turned and looked at the body on the floor. I felt a sudden urge to kick it.

"Tch! Ow..." He grunted, shuffling in the floor.

"Come on, get up." I nudged him again.

"Ehhh... Five more minutes, Mom..."

I held back a laugh by snorting and shook him, "Come on now, Rei-Rei! You know, that position is very un-beautiful." He shot up at miraculous speed and cleared his throat. "Sorry, Mo--! Uh, M-Mizuki! I am so very sorry for falling asleep on your floor! And- huh? Why is my face sticky...?" He brought his fingers to his face and pulled a disgusted face. "What on earth... Mizuki, may I please use your bathroom? I appear to have slept on a Chinese takeout tray..." He whispered, almost like he was ashamed to say it. He doesn't really need to wash it off, it's just a little speck. I told him to hold still as I rubbed his cheek with my thumb, removing the unidentifiable sauce. He flinched when I touched him and started to blush. Damn, he mustn't be used to this, I guess. I chuckled and pinched his cheek playfully, "H-hey! What are you doing?" He looked away and blushed even more. "Rei, you need to calm down... You're acting like a girl!"

"Ha! She got you good, Rei-chan!" Nagisa sat up on the sofa and giggled.

"I swear, I'm going to drown you... When I learn to swim in other ways..." Rei added, glaring at Nagisa. I laughed and let go of Rei. I walked into the kitchen and started to make breakfast. Nothing fancy really, just a normal bacon and egg fry up. The boys sat at the table and sniffed the air, "Ah~ Mizu-chan, that smells awesome~"

"Well, just wait till you taste it!" I answered, smiling happily. As I cooked, I felt a gaze on me, so I looked to the table. The boys were playing some sort of game with their hands on the table, but they weren't looking at me. Huh, I guess I'm just insane. I served up the perfectly (that's debatable) cooked everything to the drooling boys. They dug in and moaned in pleasure. "Whoa, it's just bacon and eggs." They looked at me in disbelief, "What? They are." Rei shook his head, pushing his glasses up with his slender fingers, "No, Mizuki-senpai,"

"Mizuki."

"Ah, right, sorry. Anyway, Mizuki, this is just too good to be plain old bacon and eggs."

Nagisa lent on the table and pushed his face in front of Rei's, "I guess you could say it's beautiful!"

Bu dum, tsk.

I stopped eating and laughed as Nagisa and Rei joined in. Rei's laugh was more annoyed then mine and Nagisa's, but I could tell he took it as a joke. Our laughs and jokes were cut off by my mobile ringing. I looked at the screen and saw Makoto's picture and name pop up. "Who is is, Mizu-chan?" Nagisa asked, walking over to me. I stood up and asked them to hold on as I answered the call.