Cherry Blossoms (Free! Iwatobi Swim Club- Haru x Makoto)

Chapter Two: The Snowball Effect

The final days of school finished up rather quickly, but today would be the long anticipating day. It was the last day, summer was only hours away, and some just couldn't contain their excitement.. Others could. But they didn't show much emotion anyways.

Makoto walked outside of his home, his two younger sibblings attempting go practically rip through the door to get to him. It was cute how they admired him so much, but the fact that it seemed as if they would tear the door down to see him.. not so much. He headed up the stone steps towards Haruka's home, getting side tracked a few times by the cutest of kittens. However, he didn't have time to mess around today. He was going to have to pry Haru out of the bathtub and to school, so he had do hurry on along. As soon as he reached the front door, his hand gripped around the knob. It twisted and pushed open, the sound of practically nothing echoing slightly.

"H-Haru. I'm here." He yelled through the house, dropping his backpack near the door. His glance shifted around to see if he was out in the open, surprising not. Makoto walked into the kitchen, finding the stove top to still be hot, but not a mackerel in sight. "H-Haru!!" He yelled once more, looking around the house. He finally stopped at the last door, the bathroom. What else was to be expected of Haruka, really?

Makoto calmly sighed before pressing his warm hand to the cold knob, opening the door to see no one. "Haruka!?" He yelped, looking around the small room before almost throwing himself into the bathtub. He scuffled back, wiping his face in relief of seeing the black haired boy fully submerged in the water. It only took Haruka but a few seconds to come up to the surface. "Haru! You had me worried there for a second.." He murmured, trying to laugh it off.

"I worried you?" Haruka asked calmly, his face dropping a bit. By no means would he have wanted to hurt him, or worry him. He slowly scooted back down into the water, his eyes the only thing above the water line. He starred out, looking at the blank wall in front of him. Did he really worry Makoto? At least he didn't end up falling in the tub.. That would have been, bad. Yes, bad. His clothes would have gotten all wet and then he'd have to go and change. All these thoughts raced through the male's head, before looking up at him. "Sorry."

"No no! I-it's fine! I'm okay, I mean, you're okay. That's all that really matters." Makoto started to stutter, walking towards the tub. "Come on, Haru-Chan. Or we'll be late for our last day." The same little smile he always did came onto his face as he reached his hand out. Haruka gladly took it, standing up in the water as he did so. He caught glance with Makoto, the two starring into each other's eyes. Haruka blinked once and looked down at their hands, still connected. Makoto sensed him and looked down as well, a blush darkening his soft cheeks. He let go rather frantically, shaking his head. "Let's go, before we're late."

And then, the two went. After Haruka was fully clothed, his black and purple jammers underneath his school pants. Makoto would never let him out of the house without clothes. If he didn't, it was always possible for Haruka to accidentally take off his jammers forgetting his pants weren't on... It was a little silly, but anything could happen. They walked in silence, before Makoto spoke up, "Hey Haru, we should go on a run later."

Haru nodded, keeping his glance forward. "Maybe after we visit the pool." He turned to Makoto, the eyes of a begging puppy in his eyes. Oh how he was just called to the water. His eyes flattened as they boarded the tram, seeing Makoto nod behind him. He shoved his hands deep into his pockets, leaning against the wall.

"Of course. I mean, we do have swim practice today. Do you think we'll get any new swimmers?" He asked excitedly. Being the Swim Team Captain, he really wanted to know. Maybe there was a chance they could get some other talented people to swim for them. Though no one had signed up.. And he really didn't feel comfortable doing Nagisa's idea of 'advertising the club'.