[Free! ] Dolphin rearing posture

Nanase Haruka put down the chopsticks in her hand, put her hands on the edge of the table and slowly stood up.

"I'm fine, Makoto." Nanase Haruka raised her eyes and said calmly, "Rei, Nagisa, and Jiang, don't worry about me."

"But Haruka-senpai... You don't look like you're okay at all!——" Ryuzaki Rei also put down the bowl and chopsticks and stood up, frowning, and pushed the red-rimmed glasses along the way.

"Haru." Sasabe Goro stopped Ryuzaki Rei, "Did something happen?" Sasabe Goro's expression was not as casual as before, but slightly restrained, and even looked serious.

"...No." There was a trace of guilt in his eyes, Nanase Haruka lowered his head and looked at himself and the slightly burned place on his arm, "I'll deal with it."

"Xiaoyao, is it because of Rui?" Tachibana Makoto also stood up, looking directly at Nanase Haruka's back, "Rui..."

"Makoto, stop talking." Nanase Haruka pursed her lips, her eyes drooped slightly, and then he realized his lack of focus, put his hand on the sliding door, said softly, "I'm going to the bathroom" and went out.

Nanase Haruka's weird performance couldn't help but make Matsuoka suspicious. Given that the relationship between Yuan Aya, Rui and Higurashi Arisa is still cold recently, she is also very embarrassed.

So, she went to ask Tachibana Makoto, and Tachibana Makoto also smiled slightly and said to tell Matsuokae something about Nanase Haruka.

"That is to say..."

"Well, Xiaoyao and Ruyi are in a cold war recently." Ju Maqin unwrapped the fireworks package, bowed her eyebrows and said with a smile, "Xiaojiang, do you want some fireworks?"

"No...it's okay. Ah, Haruka-senpai!" Matsuoka replied in a daze. After seeing the person sitting beside her, she immediately moved to make room for Nanase Haruka.

"...Jiang, thank you." After receiving the fireworks that Tachibana Makoto handed him with a smile, Haruka Nanase's eyes darkened, she lit her own fireworks, and watched it burst into flames, dazed.

In the end, everyone still didn't wait for Amami Rui, Higurashi Arisa pouted and said that Amami Rui didn't keep her promise and acted like a baby to Tachibana Makoto there.

Of course, when Tachibana Makoto coaxed Higurashi Arisa softly, everyone turned their heads away in a tacit understanding at the same time, and Sasabe Goro laughed a few times and said something like "Is it really time to fall in love, young People are really alive!" and so on.

Nanase Haruka didn't wait for Amami Rui, not at all.

So in the eyes of others, the two people who thought their relationship had reached a certain level, the atmosphere began to become a little weird.

However, the relationship between Minamoto Aya, Amami Rui and Higurashi Arisa warmed up when she was helping the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club to cheer for the regional competition.

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"Sister Rui!~" About two days before the regional competition, Matsuoka found Rui.

"What are you doing..." Lying on the desk and stretching her arms, Rui feebly raised her head and looked at Matsuoka E, "I have to deal with some people who violated the rules in the school later..."

"Tomorrow...Senior Haruka and the others are going to the competition venue." I heard that the contestants will arrive the day before the competition. Anyway, the school will book hotels for the contestants, so there is no need to worry about accommodation.

"Hmm...then?" Rui asked lazily with her chin resting on her hand, her eyes half-opened.

"So that day... can you... together with me and Xiao Hua... see them off?" Song Gangjiang put his hands together and smiled apologetically at her, "I know that the relationship between you and Aya-senpai is not happy right now... …but……"

"I didn't intend to avoid her." Ruyi raised her head slightly, and looked at Matsuoka Jiang who was suddenly stunned by her words, "It's just that I didn't know what kind of mentality and expression to use to face her before."

"Ah... Hey! Ruyi-sister, you!..." Matsuoka's face raised a look of joy, "That's great!——I'll go and inform Xiaohua, Senior Haruka, and the others right away!—"

"Ah... hey, wait a minute." Rui grabbed Matsuokae and rubbed her temples with a headache, "Why did you tell Nanase and the others?"

"Ah...ahhaha, I'm sorry Ruyi-sister." Matsuoka was stiff for a moment, then she scratched the back of her head and laughed a few times before opening the sliding door, "Then Ruyi-sister, see you tomorrow!"

"Ah."

Rui stared blankly at the direction where Matsuoka Jiang disappeared, as if suddenly relieved, she lowered her head with a smile and said softly.

Soon on the second day, Rui was not awakened by her sister's poisonous tongue attack as usual, but took the initiative...opened her eyes, sat up, put on her clothes, and then went downstairs.

So Rui ignored her sister's complaints and drank the last sip of milk before getting up.

"Slow down, Rui."

"Miss Rui, please don't get kidnapped—"

"Well, wait for me to come back in a few days." Rui bit a corner of fried bread and lowered her head to tie her shoelaces, but her arm seemed to touch something that made her raise her head subconsciously.

—It was a bunch of keys.

"Eh?"

"They, ah, are the boys in the swimming club of Iwatobi High School. If you need to practice, give them this key." Amami Oriki narrowed his eyes and smiled slightly.

"……practise?"

"Well, this is the key to our swimming pool."

...woc, why didn't she know that their family had their own swimming pool!

"Sister Rui's expression is really uncomfortable." Amami Kaori glanced at her with disgust, "Don't tell me you don't know that there are several swimming pools at home."

...please allow her to make a sad face.

"Good morning!" At about the time of assembly, Matsuoka waved to Rui not far away, and standing beside her were two or three girls who should be in the same grade as Matsuoka.

——Of course, there is also Minamoto Aya.

"Chairman Amami, you were almost late." Yuan Aya said lightly, raising his wrist to check the time.

Her gold is as always a cool color.

"Aya-senpai—"

"Jiang, I'm fine." Minamoto folded his arms, raised his chin slightly, and glanced at the four boys who had arrived, "I'm here to see you off on behalf of Iwatobi High School, I wish you all the best, that's it ,I'm going back."

Matsuoka glanced worriedly at Mina Yaya, who was still stubborn, and turned his eyes to Haruka Nanase for help, and then looked at Rui again.

"President Yuan, are you rushing back in such a hurry?" Just when Nanase Haruka was about to blurt out something, Rui had already spoken.

Minamoto, with her back turned to her, stopped in her tracks.

"Why, Chairman Tianhai, what else do you have—"

"I admit, it was my fault."

Yuan Yaya's back was stiff for a moment, even trembling a little.

"You asked me why I fell into the sea at that time... If you ask Ryuzaki-senpai, you will know the cause and effect." Rui walked towards Yuan Yaya little by little, "About my good water skills But the thing about almost drowning in the sea...sorry, I still can't say why."

"you……"

"Aya, sometimes I also hope...you can think about it from my perspective, even a little bit." Rui exhaled softly, her eyelashes fluttered slightly, "I won't hide it, it's just possible I'll talk later."

"How can you tell that you haven't considered it from your point of view? I know you have difficulties, but I also have my own thoughts. What I want is a friend who can tell what I think at any time, instead of hiding everything Tucked friend. I know you're in pain, but I don't feel good seeing you in pain."

Minamoto turned around, no emotion could be seen on his expressionless face.

"...Even so, Shasha and Xiaojiang were in a difficult situation when we were in a cold war. We should also consider their feelings, Aya."

Minamoto's face turned pale, but those golden pupils still didn't warm up. She opened her mouth and murmured something, but no one else could hear it except herself.

"Sister Ruyi..." Ye Yuezhu said in a worried voice.Even Ye Yuezhu, who was more nervous, could feel the almost frozen atmosphere.

"... Sigh." Minamoto stretched out his hand and rubbed his temples, then turned his head and glanced at the members of the swimming club helplessly, "Chairman Tianhai, you can go directly with them, just right, Chairman Tianhai, you are very good at taking care of people. .”

Although she didn't clarify her attitude, her tone has eased a lot.

"Hey... No!" Rui blushed, but she was relieved a lot, at least Minamoto's golden eyes were not filled with ice.

"Vice President Higurashi also go with Tachibana-kun, otherwise I will go crazy sooner or later if I hear you playing Makoto to my ear every day." Minamoto turned his face away, but no one saw it Her expression at this time.

"QAQ Aya, you despise me!" How could Arisa Higurashi fail to notice that Ami Minamoto's tone had softened a lot, and immediately acted like a baby to her whenever she had the opportunity.

"...Besides, if Tachibana-kun takes care of you, I will be more relieved." Yuan Aya glanced at Nanase Haruka without any trace, and then turned his gaze back, "——That's it, Chairman Tenkai, what's the matter? There is Vice President Higurashi, and you all will follow."

She narrowed her eyes slightly and said nothing more.

"The car is here, so Xiao Jiang, let's go first." Tachibana Makoto picked up the bag on the ground, and waved to Matsuoka Jiang and the others, "Coach Sasabe, let's go, and Yuansan will see you again."

"Well, go slowly." Yuan Yaya walked back after finishing speaking.

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When we arrived at the transfer station by bus, everyone stopped.In view of Rui's awkwardness and unwillingness to go shopping with them, Tachibana Makoto reminded her again and again to wait for them at the exit.

"This is?" Tired of playing with the phone, Rui, who slid down slowly close to the exit, shivered because of the sudden warmth on her face.

"Mackerel miso set meal." Nanase Haruka knelt down and handed her the packaged things in her hand, "You haven't eaten lunch yet."

"..." She turned her face away in embarrassment, not knowing what to say, good Rui bit her lower lip and said nothing.

"Awei probably isn't hungry right now, let's put it away for now..." Higurashi Arisa hurriedly blinked at Tachibana Makoto for help, Tachibana Makoto chuckled after receiving the signal, and then said to Nanase Haruka:

"Xiaoyao, you can carry it first, and give Rui to her later when she is hungry."

"...Oh." Nanase Haruka nodded.

So the plan was to take the Shinkansen, and then continue to take the bus to the hotel where they stayed.When we were on the Shinkansen, maybe because of the hard training these days and the overplaying just now, everyone fell asleep on the comfortable seats.

The surroundings were quiet, and the scenery in his field of vision quickly passed by the corner of his eyes. Nanase Haruka dragged his chin with one hand, and stared out of the window in a daze.

Arisa Higurashi and Rui Amami were sitting just across the aisle from him and Makoto Tachibana. Arisa Higurashi was still a natural nerd, so she slept very soundly, but Rui Amami, she didn't He didn't sleep, and he seemed to be staring at the passing scenery outside the window, but... his eyes were a little melancholy.

"Ruyi..." He murmured her name softly, and then realized that his behavior seemed to have exceeded his limits, and immediately closed his lips tightly, and his eyes drifted out of the window again in embarrassment.

Rui raised her face expressionlessly, looked at Nanase Haruka's side face, sighed lightly, and turned her face back again.

I was almost hungry, got off the Shinkansen and got on the bus, finished my afternoon tea [probably] in small bites on the bus, Rui wiped her mouth and packed up her things, ready to get off the bus up.

"Awei, it seems that the school only has boys' rooms...?" Arisa Higurashi looked up at the price list curiously, and then looked at Nanase Haruka and Tachibana Makoto who were confirmed at the front desk, with a distressed expression.

"Although Yami said that we are coming, but the room is booked in advance, there is no way, let's pay for it ourselves." Rui glanced at the price list, while thinking about which room to book, At the same time, I was already thinking about what to have for dinner in my brain.

"But Ah Wei! —— I only have enough change for two meals QAQ, if I pay it, what do I want to eat..." Seeing that the boys had already gone upstairs to her room, Ri Muya Li Sha was a little flustered, she wrinkled her nose, and her eyes were cloudy.

"Stupid Shasha——" Ruyi put one hand on her hip, and the other hand ruthlessly grabbed the hair on the top of Higurashi Yarisa's head, "Don't worry, I'll pay the rent, and you'll be responsible for keeping the keys... Ah no, I'll take care of it."

"Huh...?" Higurashi Arisa looked up at her with teary eyes, as if seeing a savior.

Sure enough, I have been stuck with Tachibana Makoto for too long, so I lost my IQ...

Rui silently turned her face away, so that Arisa Higurashi couldn't see the expression on her face clearly.