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Sighing in resignation, Rei began to slip himself out of his clothes before pulling the bottoms up his toned legs. The embarrassment seemed to heighten significantly as he rearranged himself within the flimsy material, attempting to cover up as much of his crotch as he possibly could. This was truly mortifying. Next came the arduous task of fumbling with the ties on either side of the bottoms, his fingers fumbling as he attempted to tie them tight enough so that they would at least stay in place. The last thing that Rei wanted was for it to end up falling down because he hadn’t tied it tight enough, that would only serve to further the embarrassment that he was already feeling.

Rei cursed underneath his breath as he finally finished dressing, the snug white swimsuit clinging to his body more than he would have liked. He didn’t want to end up making a fool of himself, especially in front of the person that he secretly had feelings for. Glancing down at himself, he attempted to pull at the material so it would at least cover him a little more but to no avail.

Rei was suddenly snapped out of his thoughts at the sound of the knock on the door, the blush seeming to rise even further upon his flushed cheeks. Taking a deep breath in an attempt to compose himself and appear confident, Rei opened up the door. Violet hues widened as he took in Rin wearing nothing but the speedo. He honestly hadn’t expected him to look good in it; how could anyone look good wearing a speedo embellished with a penguin?

"Well…that certainly looks different." Rei chuckled. "Yellow is your colour." he continued, trying his hardest not to laugh and tease the redhead, after all his own attire was horribly embarrassing no matter which way you looked at it. Covering his crotch with his hands over the too small swimsuit, a pout surfaced upon Rei’s pursed lips as he spoke.

However, Rin didn't voice that obvious difference and instead narrowed his eyebrows while taking a few steps further into the room. "Ehhhh, Rei, that's cheatin'. You can't cover your...." Rin boasted at first before his vision landed on a really cute backside that Rei did not have enough hands to cover. He could see the dip in Rei's lower back that led to the top of the small bikini. Hell, even the start of Rei's crack was barely peaking out in the cutest way. So cute... that it wasn't cute, it was actually sexy. If Rin could even wrap his head around how that made sense, but he knew he was attracted to the sight. "...self..." He quickly remembered to add in before Rei could notice what exactly made Rin stop in his tracks.

Of course, Rei did notice anyway because now one hand was trying cover his backside while the other stayed glued to the front.

"Che, it ain't like I'm makin' you do jumping jacks. We're just here to observe... for science," he quickly reassured in a nonchalant tone although he wanted to snort at his own mockery. How did any of what he said make sense? Well, to him, he knew Rei liked science, so maybe if he just uttered the word the megane would magically change his mind and reveal his body in its entirety-- bikini and all.

 splashrin

            ‘Come here’

       ’Swim with us’

                       ’Listen to our song’

      The thin and subtle sun rays seemed to dance around him. Glistening over the pale skin of his body as he let himself relax at the bottom of the lake. Dark obsidian hair floating around in a soft movement, moving with every turn of his head as he fixed his eyes on the figure comming closer to him. It was easier to see them underwater, underwater he was able to see their body as more than just a translucent human-like shape.

     Under the gleaming crystal surface of the water, they were full and complete. He was able to see their beautiful clothes. The flowy long hair and those deep, beautiful eyes. He could hear their voices perfectly, a sweet and soft whisper in his ear. A melodious lullaby, flowing inside his head, and all over his body. Calling him, pleading for him to come home.

      'Your eyes are water'

    The thin hand on his cheek was just as soft as it was cold. She floated right on top of him, and their eyes meet. Two pairs of blue, clear as water eyes. Meeting and pouring into the other. Liquid gazes colliding into one another. Her mouth moved, but the words she spoke weren’t in human language. 

        He still understood them, he always had.

   'It's always nice to see you, Haruka.'

 Soon there were many more or them, all around him, hands touching his skin. He had grown used to their light touch over the years. Sweet as the sound of their voices, all of them singing for him. He moved and ran his hand through silver and gold hair. So soft it felt like running water between his fingers. 

    Then there was a voice calling for him. One of the naiads turned over her shoulder and then back at him, caressing his cheek softly. 

       'He's looking for you, Makoto is here.'

  Haru shifted, and using his feet to push himself up, he swam towards the surface and broke out of the water with a long intake of air. The sun and the sky were bright and the subtle sound of the falling water from the waterfall behind him, allowed Haru to hear his water nymph friends’ goodbyes for the day.

  Makoto was waiting for him on the lakeside, holding his clothes and cloak with a soft smile on his face.

     ”I’m sorry for comming so soon, but you know what day it is.” The brunet offered a hand to help him out of the water.

                   ”It’s fine.”

  Haruka took the hand his friend was offering him and was soon pulled out of the lake. Water drops rolling down his naked body, reflecting the light and making him glow. Makoto handed him his clothes and Haruka’s eyebrows came a bit closer. “Haha, it’s not that bad to wear clothes, Haru.” The green eyed summoner chuckled a little at his companion’s reaction. Sometimes Haru wondered if he could actually read his mind, but then again, he wouldn’t really mind as long as it was Makoto.

    And he was right, today was important. He could go visit his naiads tomorrow. Today they had some place to be at. He put his clothes on, which consisted in very little, and placed the dark mantle over his shoulders, allowing Makoto to fasten it. Today was a special day, because they had to go up the small hill and visit the old lady’s grave.

    The woman who had protected them and teached them. She had took them under her wing when they needed it most. She saw two kids, where everyone in their old home saw two workhorses. 

          While they walked through the enchanted forest, towards the small hill, the number of flowers began to increase. They had started to sprout ever since they buried her there. As if they knew. Some of the other creatures in the forest began to walk along with them. Throughout their life growing up in this place, they both had come to know them all. From Aki the faun girl, to the small flower fairies like Chigusa. They all were his friends. More than that. They were all the family he had left. Specially Makoto.

     As they stood there, in front of the shrine they had created with rocks and served as the old witch’s grave. Haruka looked up at the sky, the movement of the clouds. It was early, but they had to stay there until night came, to watch the light dance on top of the grave. Dance with the fairies.

    He took a seat on the ground between the flowers and Makoto did the same. It was peaceful, life in the enchanted forest. Though he didn’t call it that anymore, not in years. He now called it simply 'home'. Where his family lived, where Makoto had meals with him, slept with him and spent the years by his side. It all began when they were kids, back when they used to live among the humans, in the kingdom he had started to think was just the remains of a bad dream.

      But it wasn’t, it had been part of his life. When he was five and discovered that the things he saw underwater weren’t the things other people saw. That he was special. Makoto was already part of his life then. Honestly, Haruka couldn’t imagine nor remember a moment in his life when Makoto wasn’t present. And he didn’t want to.

    When the soft afternoon breeze grazed his cheeks, he closed his eyes and could see himself young again. Holding Makoto’s hand as he confessed his secret to him in whispers. To which Makoto, with the usual childish joy of a five year old, replied with a secret of his own. He could hear what animals were thinking, and he could call them closer to him with just thinking about it. It felt relieving to know he wasn’t the only one. That he wasn’t alone. But when they turned 10, all magic users and magic creatures were declared objects, inferior to non-magic humans in every aspect. And forced to work for them. It was then that they had been forced to scape the kingdom. Their parents had betrayed them. (Or so Haru thought)

       In reality, only Haruka’s parents had gone to the authorities and reported their son as a magic user, as well as Makoto. Makoto’s parents had convinced him to run away when the guards came. But it was just too painful for Haru to think that the fear of being arrested or executed as well was enough to make his parents forget their love for him. While Makoto’s parents didn’t. It was easier to think they were alone together. That all non-magic humans were the same. Because he was just as scared as his parents were.

So he took Makoto’s hand in his and ran, away from them all. And to never go back. That was when they arrived to the forest, and the witch took them in.

     When Haru opened his eyes again, it was already sunset and the lights dance was beginning. Makoto stood up and offered him a hand. “Let’s start then.” Haruka took it, and didn’t let go even after he got up on his feet again. Just intertwining his fingers with the green eyed male’s.

      The chant was the same as it had been for years, the same that they had engraved on the stone. It made the lights rise from the ground and towards the sky, as the fairies danced around them. It pleaded for her peaceful rest, and for the bubble protecting he forest to last another year. It was an old spell the witch had taught them long ago, it mantained peace within the forest’s borderlines and made it nearly impossible for a normal human to find this place. But most importantly, nothing inside the forest could die by the hands of another, and they all had long lives thanks to it.

       When the ritual was over, it was sunrise. They walked slowly to the small cabin in which they lived, and went to sleep. 

        Days passed without anything out of place, until one afternoon. Haruka was swimming, moving swiftly with the nymphs underwater. Enjoying their songs of beauty and love, when one of the small ones came to tell him.

            'Makoto is comming.'

       That wasn’t strange, but the following words were.

              ‘And there’s a human with him.’

Those last words made Haruka’s blue eyes grow wide and the bubbles of air left his mouth. Crap, he covered his mouth and swam up, towards the waterfall. He surfaced behind it to take some air and when he heard the steps he turned over his shoulder to see Makoto’s silhouette through the falling water, and soon another one beside him. Haru stared at it intently.

"You understand how important this is, ne?" Kisumi drawled with an added cutesy quirk of his head, eyes closed and smile wide. How gross.

"Yeah, you don't have to repeat yourself," Rin griped as he took a step back in hopes of signaling his departure although he knew Kisumi was in charge and would only allow him to go when a dismissal was spoken.

A low sigh could be heard near the entrance of the vast meeting room. It came from Sousuke who sounded exhausted by merely watching the exchange of wits. He had not once tried to participate in the conversation since they first entered, so his woes seemed vastly smaller compared to the redhead's staggering mountain. That sigh should have fallen from Rin's lips, not his lucky friend who did not have to deal with the candy-colored fiend. With that thought, Rin shot his right-hand man a quick glare over his shoulder before he turned back to Kisumi, giving him a fake, strained grin. Of all people, Sousuke should be well aware of Rin's displeasure toward the king's chancellor and should not be surprised or, of all things, depleted. Sometimes Sousuke would call Rin's hatred unaccounted for, but Rin didn't care. If someone gave him the creeps, then they gave him the creeps. End of story.

And Kisumi just made his creep radar sound off all the alarms.

"Here, take this," Kisumi continued as he slid a pocket-sized drawing across the table, "you will meet with him before sundown. Ah, I know that look, cute isn't he?" If Rin's eyes could shoot daggers, Kisumi would be a dead man. The drawing pictured a detailed portrait of a male with brown hair and green eyes. He looked fairly young on the canvas, but Rin was already informed that they actually neared each other in age now. Apparently the drawing was created before the male had made a mad dash to the forest during a time when people of magic were hunted and sold as servants and farmhands, or worse yet, killed. "Unfortunately, we do not have any depictions of his friend, but Makoto will introduce you to the water-manipulator." That was one of the many degrading names people of magic were given-- manipulators.

"He will help restore our kingdom and if not... Makoto will convince him."

As ominous as Kisumi's voice sounded, Rin could only shrug as he took the drawing off the desk and slid it underneath his shirt. It would not budge thanks to the weight of his chain-mail.

"So do we understand?" Kisumi finished. "The king has placed all of his fate in your hands. Do not disappoint."

"We're crystal clear."

"Great! Then you and Sousuke are dismissed," Kisumi granted with a happy clap of his hands. "Oh! And Rin," he called to them just as they were about to cross over the threshold into the corridor, "Prince Nagisa will be accompanying you, King's orders."

Fuck.

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"Don't worry, Rei-chan, I will replace it. My family owns all of the mines across this land, not only will it be replaced, but it will be an upgrade!" The worried blonde kept on trying to relieve the elf over and over again ever since he had broken said elf's bow.

Rin told him it was a bad idea. Nagisa had never held a bow in his life, what made the bubbly prince think he could actually shoot with one?

It all happened near the start of their trip into the forest. Rei was not originally apart of their trio, but after meeting him a few miles in, Nagisa could not help his temptation to have a try at his bow and arrow. It snapped within the first thirty seconds, which granted Rei access into their party for the rest of the journey. Not because he wanted to be with them, but because Nagisa insisted he would repay the elf with a new one.

Rei continued to reiterate that you could not simply replace a family heirloom and Rin had to side with the elf on that one even though he was at the very bottom of the status food chain. Even mages were more valuable than elves.

After more bickering back and forth, the four men trekked on deeper into the forest. Sousuke would leisurely point out a fairy or two, usually throwing in a joke about how Rin would fit in with them quite easily if he wanted to quit his day job. At comments like that, Rin would shift his horse in front of Sousuke's to stunt his horse's stride before quickly pulling back into his lane not wanting either of their horses to topple over.

Not long after, the four men eased up on their horses and came upon a quaint little cabin in what Rei called the dead center of the forest. Rin pulled on the reigns of his horse, gently tapping her side with his foot to get her to move closer, but she stood still. More fiddling with her, being unsuccessful each time, made Rin grumble as he leaped off her and neared the cabin himself. He told the three men to stay back while he checked to see if their guy was here.

"Don't take too long, some of us have sweethearts to get home to," Sousuke teased, jumping off his horse too. However, the horse neighed and pushed at the bigger male's shoulder to stop him from advancing.

"Sweethearts, you have a sweetheart, Sou-chan?" Nagisa inquired, joining Sousuke on the forest floor too.

Ignoring the clowns he called friends back there, he ventured closer to the cabin, landing a foot on the first step. To Rin's surprise, he did not have to knock on the door because as he approached it, the thing opened to reveal the very brunette whose image remained strapped to his chest. Of course, he looked older, taller, broader-- puberty did him well. The male greeted him and led him inside of the cabin. "They shall stay behind, the horses will make sure," Makoto chuckled softly and gestured to the window, Rin catching Nagisa trying to dance around his horse that blocked his path toward the house every time. "For now, it should just be you, Rin-san. Our life out here is much different from your own."

The redhead's jaw nearly hit the ground when Makoto uttered his name, Rin had not even given it and how the hell did he make the horses do that without-- None of it added up, but Rin knew he was standing among mages now. So he complied and followed Makoto out the back of the cabin.

The two made their way to a bustling stream and followed it further up, passing through dense bush and trees to get to the round pool that housed a roaring waterfall. Ruby hues widened at the sight, ears going in and out of the conversation that Makoto was trying to make as Rin became mesmerized with the nature. The knight did not see sights like this everyday and could only read about them back home. It was really something to see. "--and they have lived there peacefully for some time. I am thankful for that. The city can provide them with a good education."

Rin turned back to Makoto and studied his soft gaze. Oh, that was right, he was talking about his younger twin siblings. How they were free of the magic or, at least, no signs of magic had been seen in the two. How they were able to hopefully live with their parents still and create a name for their family. "I am sure if this mission ends successfully, the king will see to it to give them the best education," Rin agreed as he followed the brunette closer to the waterline.

"So is this where we meet the Haru you speak of?" Rin wondered as his eyes scanned the greens and blues around them. From his periphery, the water gave an illusion of blue, but if his eyes were targeted on the surface it was as clear as a mirror.

Makoto smiled and held his open palm out to direct Rin's vision back to the waterfall. Squinting his ruby eyes, Rin could make out a soft silhouette looming behind the crystal-like water. "Haru!" Makoto voiced, but Rin didn't think it would be loud enough to be heard over the water, especially if one was standing behind it.

The silhouette went out of focus, diving into the depths of the water and Rin gave Makoto a questioning look. "Ehhh... I almost forgot. Maybe you should turn around, Rin-san." The expression on Makoto's face was sweet enough, but Rin didn't understand why he had to turn away from the water until he did so and caught sight of clothes strewn about on a boulder not too far from them.

Haru was naked. The thought alone made Rin flush and he had not even properly laid eyes on the male. However, to potentially meet someone for the first time while they only had on their birthday suit was not something Rin had ever done or could fathom (he also flustered easy but would never admit that). Makoto made a good call to only bring Rin here. The knight would not put it pass Nagisa to want to strip naked to and run into the water.

Won the Free! Sugar Cake SouRin Voice CD, so I wanted to share it with you guys because it’s hilarious~ —-

*hip hop music playing, Rin turns off the music*

Rin: Hey why are you still awake? Don’t you have practice tomorrow morning? What? You can’t sleep? I guess it can’t be helped, I’ll be here till you sleep. 

Rin (to himself): Err…but then if I just stay here without saying anything, it’ll be kind of awkward uh…

Rin: Ah, how about we count sheep? All right, 1 sheep, 2 sheep, 3 sheep, 4 sheep, 5 sheep, hmm, kinda boring just counting sheep. I got it, let’s count sharks! 6 sharks, 7 sharks, 8 sharks, 9 sharks, 10 sharks, 11 sharks, 12 sharks, 13 sharks, 14 sharks, 15 sharks

Sousuke: That doesn’t help at all! Do you really think you can fall asleep with that?

Rin: Sousuke!

Sousuke: I was watching you. Your’e so awkward it wouldn’t make for a good sleeping atmosphere. If I wanted to help someone sleep, I wouldn’t do that. Your method would just make it harder to fall asleep.

*snort*

Rin: Okay fine. Since you said that, I definitely won’t step down now. Let’s have a showdown with who can make the other fall asleep first! I’ll let you listen to a sleep method you’ve never heard before! Let me hear what you got!

Sousuke: *snickers*

*dubstep music plays*

Sousuke (in a beautiful sparkling voice): 16 sharks, 17 sharks, 18 sharks, 19 sharks, 20 sharks, 21 sharks, 22 sharks, 23 sharks, 24 sharks, 25 sharks, 26 sharks

Rin: His power is too great…and it’s such a nice voice…and this delicate breathing that would resonate even into my dreams…

Sousuke (in the background): 27 sharks, 28 sharks, 29 sharks, 30 sharks…

Rin: YEAH that’s how you gotta do it, Sousuke! All right it’s my turn now!

Sousuke: *snickers* So you’re gonna give it your all, eh? But I won’t lose!

Rin & Sousuke: Huuuaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!

Rin: 1 shark

Sousuke: 2 sharks

Rin: 3 sharks

Sousuke: 4 sharks

Rin: 5 sharks

Sousuke: 6 sharks

Rin: 7 sharks

Sousuke: 8 sharks

Rin: 9 sharks

Sousuke: 10 sharks

Rin: HOW WAS THAT?!!!!! I’m doing my best to make YOU fall asleep, so you better fall asleep NOW!

Sousuke: AND TOMORROW MORNING, we’re gonna come and ask you who did a better job at making you fall asleep! Okay, close your eyes now!

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