[free] Sharks and Dolphins

Under the luxuriant cherry tree, four little ones gathered, chirping and discussing the major events in their lives.

With his hands resting on the back of his head, his chin was raised, revealing a mouthful of shark teeth. The little boy's voice was firm and proud: "If you are willing to swim together, I will let you see the scenery you have never seen before."

The two blondes looked at each other, only the blue-haired boy stretched out his hand, and said in a clear and indifferent voice, "Okay."

The wind blows, the cherry blossoms fall, and the hair dances.

All that remained in Rin's mind was the boy's blue hair and eyes as deep as the sea.The boy standing in front of him said in his young but cold voice: OK, we have made an agreement.

Like an echo in the empty valley, the boy's voice echoed in Rin's ears over and over again.

"remote!!"

Rin Matsuoka stood up suddenly, panting heavily, and almost hit the bed above his head because of his too much movement.

My time!It's this dream again!

Waking up in the middle of the night, it was pitch black outside the window, and the sound of "tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-to-ears, Rin put his hands on his forehead tiredly, and dreamed again.

He smiled helplessly. After he decided to go back to Japan, he kept dreaming about elementary school. When he came back, it got worse. Iwakite Elementary School, swimming club, relay race, promises, trophies... the past was squeezed in over and over again. In his dream, it seemed as if he had made an agreement, and he was repeatedly condemned for his current indifference.

Rin got up and drank a glass of water, stood in front of the window and thought quietly, he was studying in the Shagaru Academy, and there was a silver-haired kid living on the upper bunk, he is now a sophomore in high school, and he is no longer the one who was in elementary school Little ghost, he has nothing to do with Yanyuan Elementary School.

But he... wants to go back.

I want to go back and have a look, I want to go back and have a look.

This thought had already taken root in his heart, and he postponed it again and again, but it was still difficult to erase.That's right, it's better to hit the sun than to choose a day, let's do it tomorrow!

The dead dad often said: Swimming is the same as life, all you want is to have fun.

Although Dad said so, Rin knows that swimming is not just about being happy, just like life, besides being happy, there are more sad and helpless.Dad has a dream big enough to hold a piece of sky in his heart. He wants to become a good swimmer and participate in the Olympic Games.

The closer he was to the swimming pool, the more uneasy he felt.In those few years in Australia, no matter how hard the training was, he gritted his teeth and endured it. His mind was full of his friends in Japan.

Yao, I'm back, to fulfill our original promise, where are you now?Thinking like this, Rin pressed his peaked cap, walked through the dilapidated swimming pool, and came under the cherry blossom tree.

This tree carries too many memories. When I decided to swim the relay race, when I decided to bury the trophy, when I said that I wanted to show Yao a different scenery.

It was still cold in early spring, and Rin wrapped herself tightly in the black hoodie, digging on the ground with a shovel.

Before, he deliberately buried the trophy here.He thought badly, if he went abroad by himself, everyone might have forgotten him, so why should he be alone?Even if you leave, you must occupy a place in the hearts of your friends!

That's why they agreed to bury the trophy won by the four under the cherry blossom tree and dig it out when they grow up, so as to create a reason for the reunion when they grow up.

But now, he suddenly didn't have the thick skin to look for them. He hadn't seen them for so many years. Maybe they all forgot about him?Rin thought a little lowly, the impulsiveness of childhood, don't care about him.

Feeling more and more depressed, the movements of Rin's hands became faster and faster, coming out, coming out.

Although the trophy was sealed in a box by them, the copper on the outside was still oxidized. Rin looked at the trophy in his hand with an unclear expression, time had already dimmed its former glory.When he was about to leave, there was a small sound from the door.

remote! !

He couldn't hear it wrong, he remembered Haruka's voice!

Rin watched them all the way into the room, and then, with trepidation, finally met in the corridor.

The three of them are still together, Haruka, Makoto, and Nagisa.Rin's mood is inexplicably depressed, why are they all together, and he is alone for so long?

But he didn't allow him to think too much about this question, because Yao had already looked this way.

The moment he saw Yao, his blood seemed to be boiling!The voice in my head kept clamoring: This is the person!Have a good match with him!Let him see his own progress!

In order to hide his excitement, he deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Oh, long time no see!"

Seeing that no one recognized him, Rin reached out and flicked the strap on the back of the peaked cap.This action was like a spell, opening their memories at once.

"You are... Rin-chan!" Nagisa, who has always been the liveliest, yelled, Haruka was still in a daze, but Makoto and Nagisa recognized him, and the two of them came over with great enthusiasm and pulled him to speak in random ways.

"Are you back from Australia?"

"Why are you here?"

"Yao," seeing that Yao hadn't spoken, Rin said to Yao who was opposite, "Why are you still hanging out with them?"

The tone was vicious, but I felt a little wronged in my heart, you have been together for so many years, why didn't you take me with you.

"Don't worry about me," Yao was not so easy to provoke, and asked back, "What about yourself? How is it going in Australia?"

"Hmph, how's it going? Haruka, let's compete with me! I promise you will be convinced to lose!"

"I can't ask for it." Yao hummed indifferently, striding forward.

When he stood in front of the swimming pool with Haruka, even taking off his clothes became a kind of enjoyment, and when he thought about swimming with Haruka, his blood was clamoring for this moment.

The right time, the right place, and the harmony of people.It's a pity that the water waves are not happy.

cold:"……"

remote:"……"

"Cut, there's no water." Rin was disappointed.

There was reluctance in Yao's eyes, and Rin looked into these eyes, he knew that Haruka might just be reluctant to miss the opportunity to swim, not him.

Thinking of this, Rin was agitated for a while, and threw the trophy that he once cherished to them, and even his tone became harsh: "By the way, you are here to find this thing, right?"

"Eh? You found it?" Nagisa's eyes were full of surprise.

"Tch, this kind of thing has no effect on me at all." He threw it away, and the oxidized trophy fell to the ground, making a small sound.

Yes, you are still the original you, but I am no longer what I used to be. I can't enter your world. This kind of thing has no effect on me.

*****

Although he didn't join the swimming club of Yuzuru when he entered school, he still wanted to join in his heart, otherwise he wouldn't have applied for this school.After the people in the swimming department finished their training, Rin sneaked in, planning to take advantage of no one to have a good swim, he didn't want his physical fitness to fall behind.

There is a saying in the sports world: If you don’t practice for one day, you will know it, if you don’t practice for two days, your peers will know it, and if you don’t practice for three days, the audience will know it.So he picks time to contact every day, otherwise he will be farther and farther away from his dream.

Only a thin line connects him to the dream, above the line is the dream, below is the abyss, and he struggles in the middle.He is too close to the abyss, too far from his dream, as long as he relaxes, he will slip into the abyss.

When he unscrewed the door, he felt a little strange today. It was so late, why were the people from the swimming department still training?

When he approached the swimming pool and took a look, it was Haruka and the others!

Looking from the gate, Makoto and Nagisa were attacking each other with water, and Haruka was floating quietly on the water.

Inexplicably angry: "What are you doing?"

Lying on the water.

Nagisa waved at him.

Makoto said to come to him.

"Go back!" Rin said angrily.

Haruka crawled out of the pool and stood in front of him, dripping wet.

The old classmate still had that tugging look, and said calmly: "Freestyle, I only swim freestyle."

"Huh?" Rin inexplicably met Haruka's eyes, which were a dizzying dark blue.

He heard the blue-haired boy say: "Let me see the scenery at that time again, I don't remember what I saw last time."

This is the tone of looking for smoke!

"Okay, I'll let you see it." Rin spread his feet and said sternly, "But it's different from that time, it's a more dazzling scenery!"

Let you see how good I am!

Standing in front of the swimming pool, he was trembling with excitement. This was his first swimming with Yao after three years.Has Haruka grown stronger?Still stuck?Compared with him, who is better than whom?

Makoto: "Three two one, let's go!"

The two teenagers jumped up from the springboard at the same time, drawing two graceful arcs in the air, and when they came to their senses, the water was already filled with the sound of scrambling.

For Rin, swimming with Haruka is the most exciting and relaxing moment for him. The resistance of the water becomes smaller, just like walking into a different space.Just like Yao, he seems to be able to feel the water, he no longer thinks about rankings, no longer thinks about grades, he just wants to move forward wholeheartedly!

There is nothing better than working hard and sweating with your partners!

Free, freestyle, is the most free swimming method for human beings.

At least for this moment, they are all free.

After the game, Makoto reached out to Yao in the pool, rolled her eyes with a smile, and called softly: "Yao."

He turned his head and saw Haruka stretching out his hand very naturally, letting Makoto pull him ashore.

Rin tossed off his swimming cap angrily, and strode out of the swimming pool.

He won the game, but why not happy?

It was probably the interaction between Makoto and Haruka. Makoto loved to do this action since she was a child. When Haruka got up from the swimming pool, she stretched out her hand with a smile on her face and brought Haruka ashore.

Or, during the game, Yao released the water.In order for him to win the game, Haruka did not try his best.Yao thought he could hide it from him?wishful thinking.Let him win in this way, it would be too contemptuous of him.

"Haru, you should understand me." Rin whispered the moment she went out.

He is Rin Matsuoka, and he is Rin Matsuoka who is going to participate in the Olympics, so he doesn't need his companions to deliberately lose to him!Just wait, one day, I will beat you with my own strength!

Only on that day can he truly say those words and keep them deep in his heart.

*****

After that match with Haruka, he joined the swimming club.During swimming practice, I still like to flick the leather rope behind the swimming goggles.

"Senior, why did you do this?" Niao Niao asked him with a tear mole.

Rin was a little surprised, the bird who lived on his upper bunk, who looked like a white chicken, was also a member of the swimming club.However, the physique and ability are all in line with the name, it is fine to call it a bird, but I did not expect that even a human is like a bird, not to mention thin, and chattering non-stop.

Rin didn't bother to respond to this little guy, his eyes were no longer here.In my memory, a long time ago, someone asked the same question.

Pink cherry blossoms, green lawns, and light blue swimming pools.

The two teenagers stood on the platform, as if the whole realm was in each other's eyes, and now, the two kings were preparing to have a showdown.

He flicked the rubber band on his back before the game.

Yao asked, "Why are you doing this?"

He smiled treacherously: "Hey, guess what."

"It's fine if you don't say anything." Yao Momo turned her head, her water-blue eyes darkening.

Rin quickly grabbed the other party: "Okay, okay, let me say what I say, don't listen to me!"

Then the water blue eyes were watery again.

"This is what my dad told me, and he said it would allow me to swim farther, because there was always a rubber band hitting me at the back of my head, and if I didn't swim faster, I would be hit."

"Tch, you still believe this." The little boy's tone was slightly disdainful.

"Why don't you try it too? It's very effective!" The red eyes were full of temptation.

"No." Dissatisfied attitude, flat tone.

"Try it! It's really useful!" Rin held on.

"It's really..." The young Haruka was extremely reluctant, but he still stretched out his hand curiously, and pulled the rubber band of the swimming goggles before setting off.

"Ahh! It hurts!" Yao frowned, and the facial features on his face were crowded together.

"Pfft hahaha! You did it, you really did it!" Seeing Haruka deflated, he hugged his stomach in an unkind way, laughing so hard that he couldn't straighten up, showing a mouthful of sharp shark teeth.

At that time, there were two things he liked to do. One was to beat Haruka in competitions, although he rarely won; Often succeeding, breaking the mask of facial paralysis is simply too much fun.

Cut, Rin thought unhappily, he couldn't learn Makoto's silent guarding character.

Surrounded by the sound of splashing water, when he came back to his senses, it was Niao's timid face: "Senior, why did you do this?"

Why do this kind of thing, why do I do it, why are you asking?What's more, this kind of thing can only be told to one person.

"It's nothing." Rin walked indifferently, and plunged into the swimming pool, causing a splash of water.

Overhead, the sky was blue, like the sea, more like the twinkling eyes of Haruka.

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