It Had To Be You (Kirishima Ikuya X Reader)

Chapter 2

"Ikuya?" Haruka's eyes widen and lets out a small gasp.

You immediately look in the direction where Haruka was looking.

Asahi turns around to look what Haruka was trying to say.

It was indeed Kirishima Ikuya.

"I-Ikuya..." You whisper as he disappears from your vision.

"Huh, Ikuya? No way! Hey, Ikuya!" Asahi says loudly as he starts to run in Ikuya's direction.

You couldn't function. You had just seen Ikuya. Your eyes trembled.

'Don't cry anymore, (Name).'

Haruka gripped your wrist and pulled you along as he ran.

You snapped out of your thoughts as you focused on running after Ikuya.

"Sorry, excuse me!" Asahi said frantically as he bumped into some university students.

'Why do you have to quit swimming, Haru?' Ikuya spoke in the boy's ear as he approached him while walking in his direction.

Haruka's eyes widened but he ignored Ikuya's question, walking away.

The three of you ran and stopped only to find Ikuya nowhere in sight.

"W-Where did he go?" You gulped nervously, panting for air.

"Damn it. We lost him." Asahi cursed.

"I..." Haruka started as began to recall some memories.

You look down to the ground as you place a hand on your heart.

Ba-dump Ba-dump Ba-dump.

'I only saw Ikuya for half a second and my heart is beating rapidly. I long to hear your voice, Ikuya.' You think to yourself as you let out a sad laugh.

"(Name)? Are you alright? You're acting kind of weird.." Asahi questions.

"I...I don't know."

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It was the day of a practice tournament. You all had come in third place in the relay.

"Crap! We were so close!" Asahi groans.

"This sucks.." You say in annoyance.

"And we tried so hard, too.." Makoto sighs sadly.

"It wasn't enough. We have to practice more and more." Ikuya says in seriousness.

"Yeah. In the next summer's tournament, we'll win for sure. The five of us." Haruka nods.

"Yeah. Let's start already by holding a training camp!" Asahi tells the group.

"Isn't it too soon for that?" Makoto questions.

"What are you talking about? I'm so angry that I want to bust my butt right this minute!"

"We'll get better only if we practice more." (Name) agrees.

Ikuya was staring at Haruka. When Haruka looked in Ikuya's direction he looked away immediately.

'What?' Haruka thought.

Later...

Haruka slept peacefully at his household, until the gang decided to show up.

"I only swim free..." Haruka mutters in his sleep.

"He even says that in his dreams." Ikuya notes.