25 steps to win the water boy [haru x reader]

Step 8

"Haru?" You nudged him as his gaze travelled down to meet yours.

You and Haru were on the school roof, waiting for the others to come up for lunch.

You held a simple rice dumpling with seaweed in your hands. You weren't really hungry at that moment.

You eyed Haru's lunch. As usual, it was mackerel and rice.

Like every other day, you'd wonder how Haru doesn't get sick of mackerel since it's the only thing you've ever seen him eat.

Today you hoped that this question of yours would be answered.

"What is it?"

"How can you even eat mackerel every day and not puke or something?" You raised an eyebrow as your gaze went from his lunch box to his calming blue eyes of his.

Haru looked at his lunch box and shrugged, that normal expression of his never leaving his face.

"It just tastes nice," He said blankly as he tore a piece of the fish with his chopsticks and popping it into his mouth.

You can't help but smile at Haru calmly eating his lunch. You guessed that you'll never get a proper answer out of him no matter how many times you asked.

Your mind travelled to other things that Haru does and you find yourself growing more curious of how his mind actually works.

His water obsession?

His multiple pairs of identical swimmimg trunks?

It might seem pretty weird, but knowing Haru for quite some time, you can't help but get used to it.

"Haru?"

He looked at you again.

"How much do you actually love water-chan?"

He shot you a confused look as a smile tugged on your lips.

"A lot.." Haru said as he averted your gaze. Though it was barely audible, you heard his response.

You let out a chuckle. This side of Haru was definitely so adorable.

You decided to make him unleash this cute side of him for a little while more.

"Hm, then what do you actually feel when you swim?" You asked him as you could see the interest growing in his eyes.

"I feel the surroundings. The cool sensation when the water flows along your body as you swim. It feels peaceful." Haru went on as you listened, his blue eyes glowing with admiration.

"Wow, that is the most I've heard you say all week," You giggled. Seeing Haru so passionate about something was quite entertaining.

Haru fell silent as he continued with his lunch and you taking a bite of your rice dumpling.

"Also, Haru? Why do you keep so many identical swimming trunks?" You continued asking.

"They're not identical."

"They look the same."

"But they feel different."

You started laughing fondly at the conversation that was happening.

Haru turned his attention towards you. "What?"

"N-Nothing, you're so cute, Haru."

He immediately looked away as you swore you saw pink dusting his cheeks. "Not really."

At that moment, the others had arrived at the rooftop to see Haru pink in the face and a laughing (Name).

"Did we miss anything?" Nagisa spoke, curious to why Haru, who was quite an emotionless person, was blushing.

Your laughter died down as you greeted Makoto, Nagisa, Rei and Gou. "Not much."

You smiled at Haru. You kinda liked this cute side of him.

Though his habits and perks were definitely weird, you couldn't help but love every single one of them.

Step 8: appreciate his weird perks, check!