Gentle Giant's Love (Makoto Tachibana Fanfiction)

Overstatement or Understatement?

     "Iain, that's an overstatement." Diane replied for the 22nd time today.

     Yes, fellow Iwatobi swim captain Makoto Tachibana has been counting. It wasn't exactly weird to do that-well for him at least. Sure, some people found it weird, but he didn't mind. He just had to find out more about his crush.

     "How is it an overstatement? I don't get it." Iain questioned.

     "If I explained it to you, you wouldn't understand." Diane answered, causing Iain to pout.

     "Well, you're right about that." Iain joked, making the both of them chuckle, while Makoto glared daggers at Iain.

Iain, sensing the jealousy, turned to look at the olive-haired swimmer, who looked as if he were in agony. Smirking a bit, the fiery red-haired male wrapped an arm around the raven-haired female, who slapped his arm in return.

     A few minutes into the tense atmosphere, Iain's phone rang. Picking it up, he talked for a few minutes, before hanging up and standing up.

     "Gotta go Diane-y, big Al needs my help. See ya!" was all Iain said before he ran out the door, straight home, leaving Diane with the nervous wreck of a swimmer.

     "He never closes the fudging door." Diane sighed, closing the door and locking it before she was pulled into a well built chest.

Looking up, she saw Makoto, whose face and ears were a deep cherry red.

     "Are you okay, Makoto-kun?" Diane asked, concerned as she placed a hand to the gentle giant's forehead.

     "Uh, y-yes, I'm f-fine! I, uh, just wanted to ask you something…" Makoto pulled away, fiddling with his hands as he looked to the ground.

     "Sure, um, what's up?" Diane questioned, placing a hand on Makoto's arm.

     'Here goes nothing. Please accept my confession…!' Makoto thought quickly.

     "…w-would you say that h-having feelings for me is a-an overstatement, or an u-understatement? B-because my feelings for you are more than an understatement!" Makoto stuttered out, catching Diane off-guard.

     Thinking long and hard for a few torturously slow moments, Diane, with cherry blossom pink cheeks, giggled and pecked Makoto on the cheek. Seeing a stunned Makoto staring, the raven-haired female embraced Makoto, with Makoto returning the hug tightly.

     "I would say that my feelings for you are an understatement, because…I love you so much…!" Diane shyly replied, before she was swung around by Makoto.

     "I'm so glad! I love you, I really do!" Makoto replied as he placed the raven-haired female down, before holding her dearly in his arms.

     The whole afternoon was spent snuggling with each other under blankets as they watched TV and ate junk food.