Swimmer's Spirit (Free! Various X F! Reader)

Part 8: Festival

[Name]'s POV

"Despite being a brand new club our swimmers placed in the top 8 at the prefecturals and qualified for regionals. Makoto Tachibana, Nagisa Hazuki, Rei Ryūgazaki, and Haruka Nanase will race in the 4x100 medley relay," the principal announces and the rest of the students in the school give a round of applause. "And [Name] [L/Name] qualified for these events: the 100 and 200-meter freestyle, 100 and 200-meter backstroke, 100 and 200-meter breaststroke, 100 and 200-meter butterfly, and the 400-meter individual medley!" he announces and the students roar in excitement while I sweatdrop. "They seem to love you [Name]," Gou giggles while the guys chant my name. "Though I don't think those four are enjoying it as much," she points at Haru, Makoto, Nagisa, and Rei who have a dark aura surrounding them and their bangs covering their eyes. "Alright quiet down you guys! Let's all send them our best wishes and hope they advance to nationals," the principal concludes and dismisses everyone.

"They were really ready for this," Nagisa smiles while looking at a banner that congratulates our swim club. "It's obvious they just reused an old banner," Rei sweatdrops and him and Nagisa walk off. Gou soon leaves and walks over to her friend group, leaving me with Makoto and Haru. "I'm glad you guys made it to regionals," I smile when a group of guys wave me over to them. Haru glares at them and they freeze up before quickly walking away. "Aw Haru why'd you do that?" I pout and he looks down at me. The stoic swimmer ignores my question and I deadpan while Makoto sweatdrops "Well I'm still going to go you guys. See you later at practice," I smile before spinning on my heel and running off.

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"For now we will mainly be running drills. Rei, I want you to work on your kicks so grab a kick-board," I tell him and he nods his head. "Nagisa, work on strengthening your crawl strokes," Gou tells him and he salutes. "Mako! You're acceleration is all over the place so work on getting it more steady and even," I smile and he nods his head sheepishly. "And Haru," I turn around surprising the others that I knew he was here. "Keep on improving your front crawl," I tell him as he climbs out of the pool. "You knew he was here!" Nagisa exclaims and I nod my head. "Yep, and from someone who has done exactly what he's doing right now, I'll tell you it's not because he's motivated," I giggle while Haru stares at me.

"Then what is it?" Gou asks and I glance at the stoic male. "It's to clear your head. I always swim or jog when I need to clear my brain and I can almost bet it's the same for Haru," I say and his eyes widen a small fraction. "Anyways how about we all start our warm-up?" I give them a close-eyed smile before spinning on my heel and diving into the pool.

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"I DON'T WANNA!" I cry while keeping my grip tight on the doorway. "We're going to this festival [Name], now put on this yakuta," Gou sighs while trying to yank me off the doorframe. "Is there a problem here?" my mother appears with an innocent smile but I can hear the sadistic tone of her voice. "Nope no problems at all! I was just going to get changed!" I smile and grab the yakuta, taking off to my room to get changed. I hear my mother and Gou giggling and I pout 'They're so mean to me' I anime cry while putting on the [F/C] yakuta with a florally pattern on it. I tie the matching obi around it before styling my hair to make myself look somewhat decent.

"Okay let's get this over with," I sigh while opening my door. "You look so pretty!" my mother and Gou squeal while my eye twitches. "You girls have fun now!" mom smiles and pushes me out of the house with Gou following behind. We walk together to the festival when Gou sees something and runs off. "Hey wait Gou-...and she's gone," I sweatdrop and then start to panic. "I'm all alone at a festival," I anime cry when I hear four familiar voices. "Hey you guys!" I exclaim and Makoto is the first person to turn around. "Wow..." he breathes out and I approach him. "Gou ditched me and now I'm all alone," I pout and the four guys stare at me with a dazed look.