[Free! ] why are you biting me

This is actually a game that does not require Hitomi Otoha to time it.

Because whether it is Matsuoka Rin or Nanase Haruka, what they care about is not how fast they swim, but whether they can swim faster than the other party, and whether they can swim faster than the other party.

When the body is immersed in the water, all the sounds outside are close to nothing, only the sound of the split water waves flowing in the ear, and all the eyes can see is the same forward figure beside him.As soon as she thinks that Haruka Nanase is in the swimming lane half a meter away from her, and she is about to reach the same destination, Rin Matsuoka feels that all the blood in her body seems to become excited.

Can't lose, must win!

With this in mind, he stretched his arms to the extreme every time he rowed forward, and when he turned back, he used the strength of his feet to leave the pool wall and exhausted his strength. His body was pressed down to the maximum like a spring, and then he It bounced back with double the strength and shot the body far out of the water.

It's just that when feeling the sense of presence coming from the side, the figure that seems to be impossible to get rid of is still closely following, Matsuoka Rin can't help but think, it must be faster, it must be faster!

All thoughts were eliminated, only this voice filled all his thoughts, and then he felt that the palm piercing through the water seemed to be able to touch the wall of the pool in the next second, and finally reached the finish line before that person .

Won!

He looked at the palm of his hand leaning against the pool wall in disbelief, but the sudden joy seemed so unreal at this moment.Especially when he heard Nanase Haruka saying congratulations in such a relaxed and flat tone without taking a breath, he suddenly felt that he was just a joke when he swam so desperately just now!

——What kind of mood did you use to compete with me, Haruka?

Uncontrollably grabbing the strap of Nanase Haruka's goggles, Matsuoka Rin couldn't restrain the disappointment and anger in his heart:

"Is that the only level you have? Or are you pitying me? Thinking that I can only win if you let me go? Do you think so?!"

Haruka Nanase looked at him with a hysterical expression on her face, and took the initiative to look away in the next second, but her tone was still calm, which was completely opposite to Rin Matsuoka:

"If you think too much, the result is that I lost and you won..."

"I won?!"

"..."

"Did I really win? Can you say you really did your best in the end?"

"..."

Nanase Haruka's silence seemed to Matsuoka Rin to be a great irony.

"what--!!!"

He suddenly slapped the water with his palm hard as if venting, and the high splash of water made the heads of the three people standing by the swimming pool wet, but no one said anything.

Tachibana Makoto and Ye Yuezhu stared blankly at the boy who had suddenly erupted, and their hearts were filled with bewilderment and surprise at his transformation, while Hitomi Yiyu just stared at him fixedly, and there was a touch of anger in his deep purple eyes. The fleeting inquiry soon merged into the undetectable emotions, and no one knew what she was thinking.

Because the commotion just now was too loud, the teacher on duty was quickly attracted by the noise, and caught them all upright. As a result, they were invited to talk as a matter of course... Of course, the target is only limited to those who are sharks. Two of them from Garage Academy, and the disposal of Nanase Haruka and the others is left to Iwatobi's teacher to handle by himself.

However, in the face of the routine inquiry of the academic affairs teacher, both of them chose to remain silent. Rin Matsuoka tilted his head from beginning to end, and was still taught by the teacher from the first patient persuasion to the final severe lesson He just didn't say a word, and Hitomi Otoyu blinked his eyes and looked at him with an innocent look that I couldn't understand what you were talking about, teacher.

In the end, Miko Shiba Kiyojuro, who came over after receiving the news, sincerely admitted his mistake on behalf of the two who refused to cooperate, and promised in the name of the minister that there would be no next time, so the teacher decided to let them go.

However, punishment is inevitable.

It was late at night, and when everyone was asleep, the men's swimming club of Samegara Academy was brightly lit.

In the huge indoor swimming pool, the sound of the water has long been calmed down. The calm water surface reflects the white light and remains motionless, like a huge mirror embedded in the ground, with two figures bending over to clean at the corners.

These two people are Hitomi Otoha and Rin Matsuoka.

"If you don't clean the pool, you two won't be able to sleep tonight!"

These are the original words of the teacher.Originally, Miko Chai also wanted to help, but the teacher on duty gave him an unhappy look and stared back.So at this moment, Hitomi Otoha and Rin Matsuoka each hold a rag, and divide the swimming pool into two areas, and each person is responsible for one area.

Soon Yiyu Tong felt a backache in his body, threw the rag in his hand on the ground, turned his head to look not far away at the young man who hadn't spoken a word since the hysterical moment just now, and couldn't stand it. Sit on the ground.

"Exhausted... OTZ"

Matsuoka Rin continued to wipe the floor with his hands without raising his head when he heard the words, the lines of his side face were sharp and indifferent, it is not difficult to imagine that his expression at the moment must also be a slight frown of impatience.

"You can go back first."

"Eh? What about the floors? They haven't been cleaned yet!"

"........."

Rin Matsuoka paused, and glanced at her like an idiot—can you be any more stupid?I told you to go back first, which must mean that the rest of him will clean it up alone. Does it need to be so obvious?It was the same in the teaching office just now, obviously she could say that she was implicated by him, but she just kept silent like a mute, so she deserved to be punished!

Thinking this way, the young man sped up his movements, and quickly cleaned up the side he was in charge of, but he didn't stop his movements, but continued to clean the floor assigned to the girl's side without making a sound. .

Otoyu Hitomi looked at him suspiciously, and then looked at the polished floor. Two seconds later, her eyes widened and she finally realized that he was helping her.So I was embarrassed to sit still, and grabbed the rag that was thrown aside to join in.The whole process was very quiet. Yiyu Tong wanted to find something to say a few times, but when she saw the other party's wine-red pupils that seemed to be hiding complex emotions, she swallowed silently, bowed her head and worked obediently.

When it was finally cleaned up, the clock hanging on the wall pointed to one o'clock in the middle of the night, and the whole academy was shrouded in the clear light of the moon, which looked a bit cold and gloomy from afar.

Hitomi Otoha rubbed his arms and sneezed loudly.Her hair was still wet, tied into a ponytail and slanted on her shoulders, soaking a large part of the black sports coat. When the night wind blew, the cold air penetrated into the skin like money.

Rin Matsuoka, who was walking in front, glanced at her calmly, and when she saw her trembling with her arms folded, she pursed the corners of her mouth, and suddenly bent down to tie the tie. The shoelaces, after getting up, put their hands in their pockets and walked to the outside of Hitomi Otoha seemingly inadvertently, and this direction happened to be the side where the wind was blowing.

When we were parting at the door of the dormitory, Hitomi Otoha yawned and opened the door, and then just before entering the door, he suddenly remembered something and turned his head to stop the white figure who continued to move forward.

"Hey, Rin, uh... can I call you that?"

"……What's up?"

"I just want to say that the game just now..."

She glanced at the young man, and found that the other party only frowned slightly but did not express anything else, and continued talking.

"Although I don't know why that Yao Jun suddenly slowed down in the middle of the last half lap, but before that, you have been ahead of him. Of course, I'm not sure if he won't give up until the end. It won't be you, but I still think you are amazing!"

"As powerful as Brother Qing!"

His belief in wanting to win is interdependent with the supremacy of strength that Miko Shiba Kiyojuro has always emphasized.Because if you don't have the strength, you will definitely not win the game, but if you don't have the determination to win, then even if you have the strength, you may not be able to have the last laugh.

——As for Matsuoka Rin, he not only has strength, but also has the persistence and desire for victory.

……

Neither she nor Rin Matsuoka mentioned the episode that happened that night, but Hitomi Otoha sometimes couldn't help but think of the boy's angry face mixed with disappointment that night, as well as the mellow look hidden in his eyes. Sadness is like being drawn in her heart with an indelible fountain pen, leaving an indelible impression.

But no matter what changes happen, life still has to be lived day by day.Hitomi Otoha was still waiting for the end of the department work, and was flopping around in the swimming pool with a lifebuoy on.The only improvement is probably that now she finally doesn't have to be watched to see if she will sink to the bottom.

The girl who can play by herself is very happy, said that with the life buoy as a swimming aid, floating on the water is not a dream.

Thanks to Miko Chai's good superficial skills, he used an official explanation to cover up the news about the horror rumors about the men's swimming club that was spread by no one. Otherwise, every curious student would come to the swimming pool to take a look , will find that the person who is splashing happily in the water is obviously a girl!But it was precisely because of this that Hitomi Otoha's first month at Samegara Boys' Academy passed so peacefully.

May is a highly anticipated time for the students of Samezuru, because the annual cultural festival of Samezuru Academy is held continuously on the [-]th, [-]th and [-]th of this month.And as an all-boys school, what kind of activities are most popular with this group of teenagers who are in the turmoil period of youth?

In response to this, the young men in the swimming department all silently covered their faces and turned their heads.