"I can't believe I did that, dammit..." Rin muttered for the third time since they returned, as Gou rolled her eyes.
"Onii-chan, why does it matter? It would have happened at some point anyway," Gou stated, making Rin sigh.
"I guess..."
"Rin I swear, you make it sound like he'll hate you," Sosuke commented bluntly.
"Yeah, you just gotta chillllll~," Momo hummed.
"Momo, you sound high," Rin noted suspiciously, before Ai spoke.
"He's not," Ai sighed. "But he's right, and so is Sosuke. Haru won't hate you, and you just need to relax."
Rin reluctantly nodded, yawning. "Yeah, yeah... anyway, I'm goin' to bed. Bye," he waved them off before going up to his room.
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"Woah, so he just kissed you!?" Nagisa shouted.
"Nagisa! Shut up or we'll get caught!" Rei scolded.
"Yeah, he did..." Haru murmured, a tinge of red still visible on his face.
"Oooh, Haru-chan's blushing~," Nagisa smirked and poked at Haru's shoulder, while Rei yelled at him and all Makoto could do was sigh.
"W-Whatever!" Haru snapped weakly. "I'm going to bed.."
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The next morning, Haru had purchased some sea flowers [idk what to call them] so he could go to the cemetery in part of the unclaimed land, wanting to go and pay respect to fallen guards. He wasn't aware that, along with the Dolphin Tribe's fallen guards and royalty, that the Shark Clan also held their fallen guards and royalty next to theirs.
.
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As Haru approached the graves of Dolphin guards and royalty, he noticed a certain redhead slightly crouching in front of a headstone.
'Rin... that must be his father's... I never realized that there was Shark royalty here, too...'
He gently placed the flowers down on the sea floor, quietly making movement toward Rin. Once Haru was right behind the Shark, he managed to read what the stone said.
'Here lies the late Shark king, Toraichi Matsuoka.'
It was only then that Haru noticed Rin's silent crying, before he crouched down next to Rin, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Rin.. it's okay. Let it out.. we're the only ones here.."
Alarmed, Rin turned to look at Haru, letting him see his [more than usual] reddened eyes. Immediately relaxing knowing it was Haru, Rin pressed his forehead to Haru's shoulder, his breath broken and shaky. Haru slowly wrapped his arms around Rin, bringing a hand up to run it through his maroon hair, as he let Rin let out his emotions.
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A/N: Well damn
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RomanceThe Shark Clan and Dolphin Tribe. They are both tyrants of the sea, but they hate each other. In the Clan and Tribe, and among outsiders, it is known that on everyone's 18th birthday, their soulmate's name will appear on their wrist. However, it is...
