He Keeps Me Warm (Sousuke Yamazaki x Reader)

Chapter 2 - Rivals

It was lunch time at Iwatobi High School. You were eating lunch with Gou, Makoto, Nagisa, and Rei and you were telling Gou about what happened this morning.

"EH??? Sousuke-kun is back???" Kou asked. Kou (or Gou) is Rin's sister and your best friend since elementary school. Nobody knew you better than Kou.

"Yeah," You muffled stuffing onigiris in your mouth. "I ran into him this morning on my way to school. I thought I saw a ghost. Trust me, I was just as surprised as you are."

"I wonder if Onii-chan knows Sousuke-kun is here!"

"Well, he was wearing a Samezuka uniform so I'm sure they're bound to run into each other sooner or later." You said stuffing the last onigiri in your mouth.

"Yamazaki goes to Samezuka now?" Haru asked emotionless as he overheard your conversation.

"You know Sousuke-kun, Haru?" You asked Haru.

"Mm." He nodded looking away from you. "We raced once in middle school." You never thought that Sousuke and Haru would have ever met each other. Small world, you thought.

"Ah! That reminds me!" Kou exclaimed. She rummaged through her bag looking for her phone. "I need to tell Rin about Splash Fest!" Kou dialed Rin's number and placed the phone on her ear. 

~switches to Samezuka Academy ~

"Splash Fest?" Rin said. "Yeah....I guess I'll do it. Yeah. Mhm. Really? Okay. Fine. Bye." Rin hang up the phone.

"What was that all about?" Sousuke asked.

"Huh? Oh, that was just Gou asking me and the swim team to participate in a relay race for some event they have happening." Rin stuffed his lunch in his mouth.

"Let me join the relay." 

Rin looked up with surprised eyes. "You want to do the relay??"

"Mm. Only if I get to swim freestyle." Sousuke inquired.

Rin was confused. "Since when did you swim freestyle?"

Sousuke grinned. "Since I raced against a certain someone."

Rin shrugged. "Ah, speaking of a certain someone...I heard from Gou you ran into (F/N) already." Rin elbowed Sousuke's chest lightly.

"Huh? Oh yeah. I ran into her this morning." Sousuke gazed up replaying the scene in his mind. Ever since he bumped into you he hasn't stopped thinking about you, well, truthfully, he hasn't stopped thinking about you ever.

Rin playfully punched Sousuke in the shoulder. "Oi, oi, you still have a crush on (F/N), huh?"

"Possibly." He smiled thinking of you. "I came back to swim with you once more but I was really looking forward to seeing (F/N)."

"I guess you have some competition since Haru likes (F/N) too." Sousuke snapped back into reality.

He stood up from his chair. "Nanase likes (F/N)?" He asked with a stern look on his face different from his completely smittened face he had on five seconds ago. Sousuke's not the kind of guy to get irritated by anyone but if there's one person who got on Sousuke's nerves, it would be Haru. Ever since that swim meet at Sano, Sousuke looked at Haru as competition since Haru was the reason Rin transferred out of his elementary and now if Haru potentially likes you as well...

"Ehe.. Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned that last one." Rin said to himself scratching the back of his head in embarassment. 

~ Splash Fest Day ~

It was the day of Splash Fest (or as Sasabe-senpai called it, "Splashu Fes") and the whole gang was there in hope of recruiting more members for Iwatobi Swim Club. Kou forced you to show up to help her with the muscle contest, which you had no problem agreeing to.

"Sousuke-kun!" Kou exclaimed. She ran towards Sousuke as he and Rin, Aichiro and Momotarou entered the building.

"Hey Gou. Long time no see." Sousuke smiled. Then he looked up at you. You waved at him and he waved back. He smiled at how you were laughing at Momotarou embarassingly was trying to make conversation with Gou. Then he saw standing next to you was Haru. They both emotionlessly glared at each other before Kou ushered them to get ready for the relay race.

~ Near the changing rooms ~

Haru went to the vending machine to get himself a drink before the race. Then he felt the presence of someone he didn't want to see. "What do you want, Yamazaki?"

"It's been a while, Nanase." Sousuke laughed leaning on the wall next to Haru. 

Haru scowled his eyebrows. "Do you have something to say?" Sousuke stopped laughing and put on a serious look.

"She would never like someone like you."

"What do you mean?" Sousuke walked towards Haru causing him to slam his back against the vending machine.

"You may have gotten close to (F/N) since I've been gone but now that I'm back don't get in my way, Nanase." Then Sousuke walked back leaving Haru furious.

~ Relay Race is about to start ~

"Rin-senpai is swimming butterfly?!" You heard Rei yell. You looked towards the pool from the muscle contest. 

"Hai. So the freestyle will be Yamazaki-kun." Said Nagisa. You were surprised. 

Why in the world would Sousuke-kun be swimming freestyle? You stood up from the judging table. "Koharu-san, take over for me." You walked next to Gou planning to watch the relay. 

"Ah, (F/N)! So you're going to watch the relay after all!" 

"Ready, set, -whistle-" The race started and cheers started to roar. It started off with Makoto and Momotarou swimming back stroke. Makoto finished first and Nagisa entered the pool for breast stroke. Aiichiro joined not long after but it was obvious he was struggling behind since breast stroke wasn't his strongest style. Then it was Rei and Rin and it was pretty intense against them. Rin was catching up to Rei very quickly. You looked over at the other side and saw Sousuke and Haru about to get ready to enter the race. The environment around them seemed pretty...tense.

Rei finished first but Rin was right behind him and Haru and Sousuke were swimming freestyle against each other. Sousuke caught up with Haru fast.

"Go Sousuke!" You heard Rin yell.

"Haru-chan!" 

"Haru!"

"Haruka-senpai!" 

Gou looked over at you. "Who are you cheering for, (F/N)?" You didn't answer. You were too into the race to hear what she asked you. The race was extremely close but in the end, Haru ended up the victor.

Cheers roared. The two took off their swimming caps and goggles. They both were heaving out of breath from putting their all in the race.

Haru looked over at Sousuke and what looked like a grin on his face.

"If you can't win a race against me, what makes you think you can win (F/N)?"

To be continued....

Hehe, well were you expecting a love triangle between Sousuke and Haru and you?? It was a last minute decision since I needed some juicy drama to happen and since there's obviously some tension between Sousuke and Haru I thought it would be a perfect plot to have a love triangle. Hope you enjoyed!