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Makoto x Haru (Free!)

"Sky Without A Sun"
Tachibana Makoto x Nanase Haruka

Free!
Genre: Romance, Fluff, Death, Tragedy

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It is raining again.

When rain pours from the sky like this, I am wondering, are raindrops actually tearfalls? Are they Makoto's? Or are they the sky's? I would like to think that way. That the sky are also mourning from the loss of their sun. I would like to think that Makoto is not up there with the stars. He stays here with me on the earth. Even though both of them are not where he belongs to.

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"Haru-chan, wanna go to the pool today?" his cheerful voice tells me who is coming even before I open my eyes.

Makoto.

He is standing there as always, with his hand reached to me. Now that he is not there, I begin to think why he had never question this weird habit of mine. Right from the very beginning, Makoto never laugh at me when he saw me in the bathtub with my swim suit on. While I'm sure anybody else would say I am a weirdo. Well, it is not like a care about them. It just crosses my mind one day.

"What are you saying?" I accept his reached hand and pull myself out of the tub. "Today is the swimming club's outing to the sea, right?"

"Oh! You remember!" Makoto replies brightly. I can't understand this behaviour of him until now. What is he so excited about? It kinds of irks me sometimes. "Here," he hands me a towel to dry myself. Isn't him being a little bit too casual now? I'm surprised this guy hasn't claim this house as his home too.

"What's so shocking about that?" I take the towel from his hand and wrap it around my body. The water is dripping on the floor but I couldn't care less.

Makoto steps out of the bathroom to make way for me. He has already carry his backpack on his shoulder, ready for the trip. I took a glance at the clock in the kitchen. 8 A.M. We still got an hour to meet Nagisa and Rei. There are plenty of time. I had also prepared my backpack so I won't need much time to get ready.

"Haru, have you had breakfast already?" Makoto says as he walks into the kitchen and sit on one of the chair.

I don't answer him. Instead, my eyes are fixed on his bandaged ankle. "What happened to your leg?" I can't hide a little worry slipping in my voice.

"Hm?" Makoto raise his leg which ankle is hurt, "Oh, you mean this? Listen, Haru, isn't it such a shame I sprained my ankle last night? I don't think that I can swim today," he sulks.

"Shall we cancel today's trip?" I suggest as I pick my shirt and pull my head under the shirt. Where is the fun if one of the members can't enjoy it like the others?

"Ah, no, no!" Makoto quickly waves his hand, "Nagisa and Rei was so eager about it. I would feel bad to cancel it at the very last moment," he replies like a saint.

"Hm..." I know he would say that. If he is okay with the trip cancelled, he would have told us last night that he can't swim. But knowing how Makoto is, he doesn't want to dissapoint our other members.

"Okay. I'm ready," I announce while throwing my bag on my shoulder. "Makoto? Come on. Let's go to the sea."

Makoto stands up from his seat. He giggles happily even though he cannot swim. What a weirdo. "What are you smiling about?" I snap at him.

"Eh~?" he continues to giggle. "It is cute to see Haru so eager to go to the sea."

"..." I can't think of any comeback to fluster him. Any insult will be responded by laughter so it is no use. Thus, all I can say is, "Shut up."