Warning: Unbeta'ed. Grammar mistake, misspelled words, etc.

This story is the continuation of 'Undying Love' - it's more like a Prologue actually, it's up to you whether you want to read it first before you read this one or not.

Chapter 1 – Love is like a roller coaster

Love is just like a roller coaster. When you're up, you feel like you're on top of the world, but when it brings you down, you feel like you're drowning, and no one can bring you back to the surface (Alyce Ochoa)

It is obvious that Yamazaki Sousuke likes the one and only one Matsuoka Rin. No, scrap that, that boy is deeply in love with the shark boy. It takes time for Sousuke to be able to get close with someone, but with Rin, he doesn't need that. It is really amazing how his heart still choose the red haired man even though he was left by the said boy over and over. It is clear as the blue sky how he feels towards his best friend—the way he looks at Rin with a gentle expression on his face. No, Sousuke never wears that kind of expression to no one else but Rin. He is not the type of people who would smile for everyone in all kinds of events. No, he is not Tachibana Makoto.

But his case is the same with Tachibana Makoto. That brunette treasures his childhood friend, Nanase Haruka, more than anything else in his life. Although he says to everyone that Haru is just his best friend, but in reality Haru is more than just a best friend. It was painfully clear if you notice the way he looks at Haruka. The way he calls Haru's name, the way he greets his best friend with a soft smile, and the way he stares at the raven haired boy like he is the most adorable person in the world.

But despite all of that obviousness, Rin and Haru remains clueless. They simply brush it off as a friendly feeling, like how you care at your best friend. No more than that.

Now, people say that love is blind. Love makes you an idiot. Love defies logic. And that is true. It's beyond amazing how Sousuke treasures Rin like there's no tomorrow, to still have eyes for his childhood friend, despite the said friend leaves him behind over and over again. The first one, Rin leaves him for Iwatobi. The second one, the shark boy leaves him for Australia. It's true that they exchanged letters at first, but after a couple of letters, Rin stopped sending back any letters no matter how many times Sousuke sends him letters. And the raven haired boy finally gave up, deemed that the love of his life was just too busy to even write him a single letter. The third one, Rin leaves him for international stage. He wants to follow Rin, to keep the said boy close at his side, but what could he do? His shoulder cannot be healed. Though two years later, Rin came back to his side and enrolled in the same university.

Right, they are studying in the same university now. The four of them. No, the five of them. Yamazaki Sousuke, Matsuoka Rin, Tachibana Makoto, Nanase Haruka, and Kisumi Shigino.

'Love is blind, huh?' Kisumi chuckled bitterly as he watched Makoto telling Haru over and over again that only eating mackerel is not good for his diet.

'Like I'm one to talk.'

That's right, Kisumi Shigino is in love with the one and only one Tachibana Makoto.

'He only has eyes for Haru. He won't notice my feelings.'

Kisumi averted his eyes. 'I know that he won't, but why can't I give up?'

Unbeknownst to Kisumi, that is exactly what Makoto and Sousuke was feeling at the moment.

'This love is impossible. But why can't I give up?'

—*.*—

"Kisumi!"

Kisumi turned his head and saw Makoto waving at him with excitement. The brunette jogged towards him and greeted him, "Good morning!"

Kisumi smiled widely. "Morning to you too, Makoto! It's rare to actually see you alone!"

Makoto chuckled softly. "Well, Haru is swimming with Rin at the moment."

'I didn't say anything about Haru.' Thought Kisumi. But nevertheless, he decided to play along. "It's actually kind of weird when you're coming to campus alone like this."

"We're not always together, you know. We have our own things to do."

"Yeah, right." Kisumi scoffed teasingly. "I always see you with Haru. Or see Haru with you."

And then Makoto chuckled again. "Oh, really? Well too bad you can't see us together this morning."

'No, I'm glad actually.'

"That Haru, I don't understand why he would go swimming this early in the morning."

A soft smile appeared on Makoto's face as he gazed towards the sky. "You know how Haru is. He is obsessed with water."

'That expression is so unfair, Makoto. Especially when you wear it because you're thinking of Haru.'

"So, you didn't go to Haru's apartment?"

"Eh? I still went there. Why?"

'Huh? He still went to Haru's apartment, though he knew that he couldn't walk to campus together with Haru?'

"Nothing," Kisumi shook his head. "I was just wondering why you still went to Haru's house even though you couldn't walk with him to campus."

"Ahh…"

Kisumi clicked his tongue when he saw the soft expression on the other's face. Luckily, the brunette didn't realize his displeasure, or wait, was it better if he knew? 'There it is again. It's that smile again. The smile he always wear when he recalls something adorable about Haru."

"You see, Kisumi, if I didn't go to Haru's house, he would still be in his bathtub until now."

"Eehh? Is he that obsessed with water?"

'I don't understand what you see in him.'

Makoto chuckled softly. "He is that obsessed with water."

'Doesn't it tire you?'

"Eh?" Makoto looks at him with a surprised expression.

And like a dumb, the pinkette could only responded with a, "Huh?"

"Tire me? Well, let's see…" the brunette knitted his eyebrows slightly. "It doesn't… well more accurately, I'm already used to it, I guess?"

'Tire him? Used to it? What is…—Ah!'

It finally dawned to Kisumi that he just voiced his thoughts out loud.

'Great, Kisumi. What a stupid mistake.' Kisumi chuckled softly at the slip up he made and muttered softly under his breath, "It's true, love makes you and idiot."

"Eh? What did you say, Kisumi?"

"Nah, nothing." The pinkette delivered a smooth lie flawlessly. "I was just thinking about how much you love Haru."

The next second, Makoto's face was beet red, though it wasn't very visible. "I – It's not like that, Kisumi… uhm…"

'Ah, that's right. This guy hasn't come out yet, huh?'

Kisumi laughed upon seeing the way Makoto had reacted to his words. "Sometimes you act like his mom too much, Makoto."

"Eh? Ah, so that's what you mean, huh…"

'I didn't though.'

"What else do you think?"

Makoto laughed nervously as he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "Well, I'm just worried about Haru. If I leave him alone, I'm sure he will fall sick immediately."

"Ah, really? I don't think Haru is the type who can get sick easily."

"But he does get sick easily. Every time he swims in spring, he will get sick immediately the next day. I'm glad though that every time it happens he doesn't have a fever."

'Ne, Makoto… don't you realize that all you talks about is Haru?'

—*.*—

The door that leads to the university's indoor pool creaked softly.

Sousuke entered calmly as his eyes scanned the whole pool. His eyes locked on a red head almost immediately.

"Rin!" He called out the red head's name, but the latter didn't hear it.

His companion did.

Nanase Haruka glanced briefly towards him—too briefly—and then nudged the red head's arm. He mouthed something, and then the red head turned his head and finally saw him.

"Sousuke!" Rin's face had beamed for a moment before he jogged to Sousuke with a wide grin plastered on his face, that is, until his foot slipped and his face bumped onto Sousuke's chest.

"Whoops, careful there." Sousuke caught him immediately. "This is why I always tell you not to run in the pool, Rin. You can be such a klutz sometimes."

"Oh, shut up!" Rin shoved him hard. "Stop nagging already!"

"And you should dry yourself properly before you clung to me. Now my shirt is wet because of you."

"Geez, I said stop nagging, Sousuke!" Rin rolled his eyes and snatched the towel in Sousuke's hand. "I forgot to bring my towel, that's why I told you to come here!"

"How many times do I have to tell you to check your bag before you leave the house? You always forget something. Like, all the time."

"Sousuke." Rin glared towards his best friend. "Stop. Nagging." He huffed softly. "And I don't forget my things all the time."

"Yeah, yeah." The raven haired man nodded twice. "By the way, Rin—"

"Rin."

Sousuke's words was cut short, and Rin's attention shifted towards his other friend immediately.

"What is it, Haru?"

The dolphin boy gestured towards the locker room with his gaze.

"Huh?"

Again, Haruka glanced towards the locker room briefly without saying anything.

Not having too much patience, Rin shouted a loud, "HUH?!"

"He wants to change first, Rin." Said Sousuke suddenly. It was amazing how Sousuke can understand what Haru had wanted when he had never spent time with the other raven haired man.

"Huh? Oh… Yeah, yeah, you can head back to the locker room first."

Haru nodded and left them quietly.

"Geez that Haru, he should talk more than using his damn gaze. I'm not a fucking Makoto." Rin grumbled softly when he saw Haru had entered the locker room. "It's hard for me to tell what he's thinking when Makoto's not here to translates him."

Sousuke chuckled. "True. Tachibana is the one who usually translates his expressions and stares." He paused for a moment and then asked, "Come to think of it, why isn't Tachibana here with Nanase?"

"Nah, Makoto have morning classes today, so he couldn't go with us."

"… Nanase has the same schedule as Tachibana, right? Why is it that Nanase doesn't have classes, but Tachibana has classes?"

Rin shrugged. "I think Haru skipped all of his classes for today."

"Ah, I see."

"I better get changed too."

"Ah wait, Rin." Sousuke called suddenly.

"Hm?"

"You should dry yourself properly first before entering the locker room." He reached forwards and rubbed Rin's head softly with the towel.

"Geez Sousuke, stop nagging already!" Rin's words lacked its bite when he had closed his eyes, enjoying the feeling of his best friend rubbing his hair gently. "You will turn into Makoto one of these days. Nagging non-stop like a mom!"

And Sousuke only chuckled as a response.

—*.*—

'I was okay with it at first.'

Kisumi watched silently as Makoto groaned softly when the brunette noticed that Haru's lunch box only consisted of rice and mackerel.

"Haru! Only eating mackerel is not good for your health!" said Makoto as he gave the raven haired man some of his meat.

'Really, I was okay with it.' Thought Kisumi as he continue to munch on his food slowly. 'I was already happy and satisfied whenever I can spend some times with him, albeit Haru was always tagging along with him.'

"You should give him your vegetables too, Makoto. Rice, meat, and mackerel is not a very good combination too." Kisumi had commented with a flat tone before he took a bite of his own onigiri.

'I'm getting greedy.' The pinkette watched again as revelation had dawned on Makoto's face and the latter started to give some of his vegetables to his best friend.

"Right! Eat some vegetables too, Haru!"

'In the middle school, I was happy and satisfied with just being able to watch him from afar. And then I was in the same class with Haru. Getting close to Haru means getting close to Makoto, too. At that time, I treasured every minutes I spent with Makoto. It continue that way until college, but now…'

Kisumi turned his gaze away from Makoto and Haru who sat in front of him.

'Now I can't be satisfied with only staying as his close friend.'

He chomped the last bite of his onigiri quietly.

'I know I'm getting greedy, but I can't help it, can I? I want him to love me. I want him to mine! …But that is impossible. He only has eyes for Haru.'

Kisumi stood up as he finished his onigiri and said, "Then Haru, Makoto, I'm going to class first!"

"Eh? B – but Kisumi…!"

The pinkette ignored Makoto and left the two alone.

"… the class doesn't start until another hour…" the brunette glanced towards his best friend. "…right?"

Haru shrugged. "Leave him alone. He has been in a bad mood since we started eating. I don't know why, though."

"Eh? Is he? I didn't notice…"

'Of course you wouldn't, Makoto.' Kisumi wasn't too far ahead of them when they had started discussing his odd behavior. He heard all of their conversation.

'You wouldn't notice other's feelings because you only focused on Haru, Makoto.'

Kisumi sighed heavily. 'It's hard staying as his close friend. I have to watch his lovey-dovey act with Haru every single day.'

He stopped walking and crouched down suddenly, hugging his knee in the process. 'I'm tired of seeing his soft expression whenever Haru is with him. I'm tired of seeing his gentle smile which is only, only, for Haru. I'm tired of seeing him interacts with Haru.'

'I'm really getting greedy.'

—*.*—

"And so, if you connects this one here with the one over there…"

Kisumi yawned quietly. The class had been going on for over an hour, and he was getting tired of it. His eyes traveled downwards and locked on a brunette head immediately.

'Makoto always sits in the front row lately, is his eyes getting bad? If so, he should change his glasses.' Thought Kisumi as a smile made its way towards his face. He watched Makoto with a content feeling, until he noticed the brunette poked the not-so-obvious sleeping Haruka beside him.

'Oh, Haru also sits in the front row, huh? Maybe Makoto forced him to accompany him. I didn't notice him, though.'

Kisumi smiled bitterly. 'That is, until Makoto poked him.'

The pinkette sighed softly and turned his gaze away from the two people who sat in the front row.

'Don't get all lovey dovey in class, Makoto. It's tiresome to watch.'

—*.*—

To be continued...

A/N: For those who read my YuuRam fanfic Taisetsu na Hito, please be patient. I know I haven't updated it for months, but I'm sorry, I'm kinda stuck in that story. I lost all motivation because I don't know what to write (but don't worry, I'm going to finish it no matter what). And here I am, writing one completely different fanfic. *sigh* I'm really sorry.

Oh, and my chapters usually around 2k words, sometimes 1k, but it's really rare, and never more than 2k. I prefer lots of chapters than lots of words for one chapter, but I can change my style if you prefer lots of words for one chapter.

Anyway, please tell me what you think of this fic! It will give me more motivation if I get lots of reviews XD