1. Chapter 1 (1/2)

"umm…n…nice to meet you all. i'm y/n desu. yoroshiku…"

it is my first day going to iwatobi high school and i'm now standing in front of the classroom introducing myself… my hands are clutching my uniform so tightly that my knuckles have gone white. and not to mention they are shivering too. and i'm standing in front of my classmates unable to look them in the eye…

even though i've rehearsed this for sooo long, argh.

that's why i'm scared of introductions… i just suck at it.

eh? i can feel someone staring so intensely at me…

i looked up from the ground to meet those intense, ocean-blue eyes.

what a beautiful pair of eyes…

but when our eyes met, the raven-haired boy with the gorgeous ocean-blue eyes turned his head and looked outside the window.

maybe it's just my imagination…

"okay, y/n-chan. you can now go to take the seat over there~" sensei pointed to the seat that's near the back of the classroom, which is beside the seat of that boy with the ocean-blue eyes.

this is awkward… ugrhh…

i slowly took my seat beside the boy.

i'm not used to communicating to the boys, but i've got to know more friends!

so i mustered up my courage and spoke up.

"…umm…. yoroshiku! …i'm y/n desu! err… what's your name?" i looked at the ground unable to meet his eyes.

"…"

there's an awkward silence.

did he hear me? or did he ignored me instead… qaq

no, i have to see his reaction before i decided on what he thinks first.

so i slowly looked up at him and met his eyes again.

his ocean-blue eyes widened in shock instead for a second, but then quickly returned to its calmness.

"i'm haruka nanase. nice to meet you." he replied nonchalantly then returned gazing at the window beside his seat.

did i really annoy him? qaq well at least he did reply but not completely ignoring me… tat i guess it isn't easy to make new friends…

*recess*

"oi, y/n-chan~"

"…ehh?" i nearly fell out of my seat when a blonde-haired and an olive-green haired boy approached me.

"nagisa, you've scared y/n-chan… and sorry for disturbing you y/n-chan, i'm makoto tachibana and this blonde-haired guy is nagisa hazuki. and you can call me makoto~" makoto smiled gently at me. he seems like a kind person… qaq

"sumimasen y/n-chan! you can call me nagisa by the way~"

"no you're welcome! it's okay! yoroshiku-gaishimasu~"

"you don't need to use honorifics to us y/n-chan~ oh, and anyway," nagisa-kun rummaged through the paper bag that he was holding, took out something but hid it.

"do you have any interest to join the iwatobi swimming club? we're looking for new members to join us~ and if you join, you'll be able to get iwatobi-chan as a present~ ta-da!"

nagisa gave a carved wooden, poker-faced bird doll to me.

"wow! this is kawaii~"

"it is cute right~? well you'll be able to make a lot of friends if you join y/n-chan-"

nagisa was interrupted as makoto a

uptly covered his mouth with his hand.

"sorry y/n-chan, it's not like we are forcing you to join it. well we will definitely welcome you to join our club~ so please take some time and think about it~"

should i join it or not? swimming seems like fun and furthermore i'll be able to know more friends in this school! also, makoto-kun and nagisa-kun are in it, so why not?

"wait! i…i'll join."

makoto and nagisa stopped what they're doing and looked at me.

"yayyy~ y/n-chan is joining us too! isn't it good haru-chan?" nagisa hugged me enthusiastically and looked at nanase-kun that's sitting beside me.

wait, nanase-kun is also in the swimming club?

"it's good." nanase-kun looked at me and replied nonchalantly with his expressionless face.

ufuu… yabari… tat

"sorry y/n-chan~ haru-chan is always being like that to everyone, so don't take it in your heart okay? and we're going to have a practice today afterschool, so come!" makoto smiled gently at me and i smiled back at him. thank you so much makoto-kun~ tat

*after school*

"wow! this swimming pool sure is big!" i gasped and looked at the big, crystal clear swimming pool lying in front of my eyes.

"it is right? you know, me, mako-chan, haru-chan and gou-san worked very hard to clean up the pool!"

"call me kou, kou desu!" a cherry-red haired girl walked towards us and punched nagisa's head.

"oh! you're y/n-chan right? makoto and nagisa has messaged me about you! welcome to our swimming club~ i'm matsuoka "kou"! so you can call me kou~"

she seems nice, i should work hard and be friendlier with her!

"y…yoroshiku!" i bowed politely to her.

"y/n-chan there's no need for you to bow~ and haruka-senpai! geez!"