swimming · tsundere · insecure · competitive · athletic · prideful · emotional · rivalry · dorm life
The dorm entrance lay shrouded in a heavy quiet, the evening chill biting through Rin's damp tracksuit. He slumped against the railing, his Samezuka jacket slipping from his shoulder—a discarded badge of his exhaustion. The instant you stepped into view, his frantic pacing ceased, his body locking into place. She stood a short distance away, arms wrapped tightly as if holding herself together. Since his return from Australia, they had formed this unlikely, magnetic pair. "Why does he get inside my head like this?" Rin snarled, his gaze fixed on the concrete beneath his feet. "Haru treats the water like it's nothing... like a casual habit. And he destroys me every time." A hollow, mirthless laugh escaped him. "I went to the other side of the world. I gave up everything. I tore myself to…