(Happy New Year everyone, and thank you so much for reading this! Enjoy!)

I've seen Souske, maybe that's what the Whale Shark was meant to be in my dream, maybe, it was warning me of this day. I sat in my bathtub as usual, and sighed, soaking myself in water. I had my back towards the door, so I was facing the wall. "Ryu, are you ok? You seem to be out of it today, we have a tournament tomorrow, so be ready!" Gou's voice echoed through my head and I got up from the water, drying myself off and threw on a pair of jeans and a band t-shirt.

My mind then lingered on the six boys and I sighed, blushing a bit. I can't be getting these feelings, they're only my friends, right...? I sighed, and bit my lip. I never understood the whole 'love' thing, but maybe because of my inexperience with love, since I was so heartbroken when I was just a child. I shook my hair out, and started to get to the door when Makoto opened the door before I did.

"Oh, Makoto, I was just about to leave." I had my lunch and my backpack with me so I could do some studies, but I also had my swim cap and goggles with me, wearing my swimsuit as usual. I didn't see anybody else with him and he blinked and said, "Gou wanted me to get you, since she wanted to be at the tournament early today. The other's went with her since backstroke is last, they sent me." I nodded and grabbed my phone and ear buds, and I said, "Alright, let's go." He nodded and I started some music, offering him one of my ear buds. He took it, and we walked side by side, making sure not to accidentally pull on the plug and have my phone fall out of my pocket.

We finally got there and I waved to Gou and she said, "Come on, they're going to start soon! Are you already in your swimsuit?" I nodded and stripped from my clothes after I paused my music, putting it in my backpack and grabbed my goggles and swim cap and ran inside, with Makoto holding my backpack. I got there and they were doing breaststroke first, then freestyle, butterfly, and lastly backstroke, like Makoto said, they're going last. I was in group three for each of these, some of them I participated with my teammates, some not with my teammates, meaning they were in another group. I sighed when they said they were doing group one for breaststroke, and apparently I was considered a male, instead of a female.

"Gou, did you put me down as female in the forms, right...?" Gou looked around nervously and said, "I-I know you can pull off as a boy though, besides of you breast size, I'm sure you'll do fine!" I rolled my eyes, and sighed, sitting in the stands with the other's, just chilling in my swimsuit. I had Makoto on one side of me and Nagisa on the other. "So, what groups are you in? And I'm probably not participating in relay, right?"

They all nodded and said groups three and four, also saying that they didn't think I would participate in it or not. I shrugged and said, "It's fine, I'm going to be wear out after I'm done with the four of these, so I'm counting on you guys." I smiled and put in one of my ear buds and Nagisa asked, "What are you listening to, Ryu?" "Andrew Belle, Sky's Still Blue, it's a pretty good song." (If you want too, go ahead and look it up and listen to it) I replied, and looked over to the water and Makoto was looking at the drawings I have done, and he looked fascinated. "You're really good, Ryu. Did you ever consider going to a worldwide championship with this?"

I nodded and said, "I've had, actually. I won, and I drew many animals in one painting, it was pretty cool, with the mixture of colors I did in it and the creativity points I got on it was pretty high." He smiled and chuckled, nodding, and continued looking at the drawings. He saw that I haven't finished one of them, which meant it was a work in progress. "Who're you drawing?" I looked at it and sighed, saying, "My old friend, Kaito. I decided to draw him when he was a little kid from memory, since I basically have photographic memory, but sometimes I don't." He nodded and smiled sadly, and then heard everyone scream and the person on the speaker say, "Group two of the breaststroke, please."

I sighed and started to get a little nervous, but stayed calm, and got out a book for homework and started working on it, finishing it before they called for group three. I put up my stuff and said, "Wish me luck." I put on my goggles and cap, Nagisa a few lanes away from me, and I sighed, looking at the water, and hearing the beep to go, and jumped into the water. I was fast, but I went faster with the momentum of the water, and when I reached the other end first, I smiled and kept going, and reached to the other side first from the speed I had, and when I was swimming, I saw a penguin, and it made me inspired to go faster and stronger. I got out of the water and Nagisa high fived me.

"Great job, Ryu! You were really fast, that was awesome!" I smiled and said, "Thank you, Nagisa. Shall we?"

(Time-Skip To The Relay Race!)

It was finally relay, and I watched the boys, yelling at them to go stronger, and it seemed to work, and they were doing great. I was pretty tired from all the swimming I did, but I did get to the other end ad back first on each of them, so I did really well. Haru and I tied for the freestyle, along with Rin, which was surprisingly awesome, and I kept on seeing different animals under the water, so I kept my speed up. I sat down on the bench, and kept cheering, while drinking some water while doing so. When Haru reached the end, I cheered, seeing they got a tie for first but it was fantastic!

That only meant we had to train a bit harder, in order to get first, and not a tie for first. I went back down to the pool and hugged them, saying, "You guys did me proud! You did really well, we're going to have to train harder for next time!" I smiled, and blushed a light shade of pink, and tried to hide it, but just smiled. Everyone laughed and we headed back, and I treated them to ice cream with Ms. Amakata and Gorou. I sat outside on the fountain and closed my eyes, listening to the sound of running water with no bite and the sound of seagulls screeching.

I looked up to the sky to see a singular hawk, staring at it with awe. I sighed and smiled, hearing Rin's voice, "You guys did well today, but wait till next year! We're going to beat your ass!" I rolled my eyes and chuckled, saying, "Don't be too sure of yourself, Rin, you never know what might happen." I chuckled and smiled, looking at him with a challenging look. He smirked back at me and said, "You're on!" I smiled and chuckled, Makoto and Haru walking into the conversation.

"Are you both having an argument over the competition for next year? Come on, as long as we have fun, it's all good, right?" Makoto said, and I chuckled, rolling my eyes. "Yeah, but I have a competitive side, I like winning, not losing, so why not just try to win, but have fun at the same time?" I asked, and smiled cheekily, seeing a light blush creep onto Makoto's face. Why is everyone blushing when I smile? I know it's something rare to see, but it's not charming, right? Haru then said, "I just want to swim, I don't care if we win or loose." I rolled my eyes, and smiled softly, laying down on a patch of grass, staring up at the sky.

"Yeah, I guess that's Haru for you, right?" I chuckled and then my smile faded away as Souske's voice came through my head. "Don't tell Rin that I'm here, I don't want him to know." I sighed and closed my eyes, hearing several other footsteps come towards me. I then felt hands starting to tickle me and my eyes opened and I started laughing. "C-Come on guys, c-cut it out!" Makoto smiled, and he held me down while everyone else was tickling me, and I was laughing, trying to suppress them was kind of hard when people are tickling you, right? They finally stopped and I grasped for air, and I said, "W-Why did you guys do that?"

I saw that Gorou, Gou, and Ms. Amakata left, so it was just me and the boys. They all smiled, except for Haru, and they said, "We wanted to see an actual smile come onto your face naturally! And, Rin wanted to do it." I glared at him playfully and I smiled and said, "Oh, you're on, Shark." "Hey, I thought you knew my name!" "Of course I do, I just wanted to see your reaction!" I said, seeing a blush creep onto his face as he looked away from me, pouting.

(To DreamLand When She Gets Home!)

I was floating on top of water alone, but I heard soft music playing in the background, seeming that it was calm music. There was no land in miles from where I was floating, and I dived down into the water, seeing colors of different animals suddenly. I smiled and went up to a fish, and it swam away, and it formed a heart with some other fish, and I rose a brow, and then went to the surface. I saw some water was lifted into the white sky, and it was formed into a heart, and then I felt the silk skin of the Basking Shark, and I grabbed onto its fin, and it dived down, me seeing the many butterflies, penguins, Orca Whales, dolphins, sharks, and a singular Whale Shark. I blushed a bit, and furrowed my eyebrows, saying, "What does this all mean?"

I heard a reply of the sound of the Basking Shark, I sighed, furrowing my brows, and then look down at the Basking Shark and ran a hand down its back. "I guess I do have to choose, but I do have three years, so I guess it's ok..." I sighed and smiled sadly down at it. I then swam, and the fish surrounded me, the other animals surrounding me also. I smiled and giggled, a bright light going into my vision, and I woke up, seeing that my alarm clock woke me up at 4:30 a.m., like every morning. This time, I had people sleeping in the bedroom with me.

Oh, that's right. I asked them if they wanted to stay the night, since it was Friday. I got up out of bed, and made sure not to step on anyone and went to the kitchen, and started making some breakfast. My mom had left a note and told me that she was out on a trip to Italy for some work, so I got to stay home and she left money for me to buy groceries, and only groceries. I yawned quietly, and ran a hand through my hair, and splashed some cold water onto my face, and immediately woke up, and started to make breakfast again. It was around five o'clock, and I heard some footsteps come downstairs, seeing that it was Haru.

"Hey Haru, had a nice sleep?" I looked back towards him, and then continued making breakfast, seeing that I wasn't done yet. He nodded and said, "Do you mind if I use your bathroom?" I shook my head and said, "Go ahead, I'll make a plate for you're hungry." He nodded again and walked back up the stairs to use the bathroom, and I sighed, and the dream came up. I can't tell anyone about that dream, it'll be embarrassing if they knew what it meant.

I then heard multiple footsteps come downstairs when it was seven and I was keeping the food warm when the finally decided to wake up. "Morning, would you guys want some breakfast?" They blinked and Makoto said groggily, "When did you wake up...?" "4:30, why? That's my regular time I get up at...and I plus, I didn't want to wake you guys up." Haru was sitting by the table, drinking some tea after he finished his breakfast.

They all blinked and I started putting food on five plates, and smiled a bit saying, "Go ahead, eat." They nodded and sat at the table, and started eating, and Liebe came into the living room, and meowed, rubbing her head against my legs and I gave her a fish in her dish, and she purred loudly, and started eating. I smiled and crouched down by her and drank some tea while she ate. I felt some eyes on me, bet continued, ignoring them, and looked up at the sky. "..." I sighed and stayed quiet, running a hand through my hair, getting up from the ground and turned around, seeing the five looking at me.

"What?" I said quietly, and they looked back at their food and continued eating, except for Haru, who was still drinking his tea. I walked out of the room, and went up to my room, to clean it up, putting up the sleeping bags I had. My mom and I went camping with some friends, which was four other people, so we had six sleeping bags. I sighed and checked on my phone, seeing a message from Gou. 'Wanna hang out today? We can go shopping!- Gou.

I nodded and replied, saying that we could, but I missed a tiny detail on the message, and I put down the phone. The entire message that Gou sent was 'Wanna hang out today? We can go shopping! And maybe talk about boys!'- Gou. I changed out of my clothes and put my swimsuit on, and put on some jeans and a black sweatshirt and said, "Hey guys, I'm going to hang out with Gou. When you guys decide to leave, please lock the doors, or you can stay here for a bit." I waved and saying goodbye and waved to them, leaving the house. I walked to Gou's house, and sighed, putting in my ear buds, putting on loud music.

I reached her house and knocked on the door, pulling down my hood and paused my music. "Hey, Gou, I'm coming in." I opened the door and walked up to Gou's room and knocked on her door, saying, "You decent? Or are you still getting ready?" Gou opened her door and smiled, saying, "I'm ready, let's go!" I nodded and walked back down to her door, and started heading to the mall with her.

Gou started talking and she said, "So, have you been crushing on someone, anyone?" I blushed and looked away from her, and said, "And what if I did? What would happen?" "Who would you choose?" My eyes widened then I looked at the ground.

Who would I choose? And if I chose one of them, would the other be angry?