[Headless Horseman DRRR] A Girl's Discord

— "Haruka, do you want to come together?"

Later Nanase Haruka went to the coach alone.

Rin Matsuoka wiped the water droplets on his hair with a towel, and the dry towel slowly became greasy in his palm.

The date of the game is approaching, and his recent training volume has been very heavy, and he has to take into account the university courses.When I got home yesterday, I was so tired that I slumped on the sofa and didn't want to move.Nanase Haruka asked him to change clothes, eat, and take a bath with a cold face.After finishing everything, Matsuoka Rin leaned on the bedside to read college textbooks and periodicals.Finally, when it was time to go to sleep, he held the man half in his arms and fell into a deep sleep.

Fatigue prevented him from being woken up by the sudden torrential rain in the middle of the night, and he did not feel the slight trembling and uncomfortable slight twisting of the body against his arm all night long.

Until Matsuoka Rin woke up in the morning sun, and when she opened her eyes, she looked into Nanase Haruka's dark blue eyes unexpectedly, Nanase Haruka was belatedly trying to pretend to be asleep.Rin Matsuoka got up and noticed the water stains on the glass.He reflexively touched Nanase Haruka's calf, his palm was cold.

The hurried whistle sounded suddenly, and the coach was calling them to assemble.Rin Matsuoka withdrew her thoughts, put down the towel, put on her swimming cap and goggles, and walked to the pool.

At this time, Nanase Haruka, who was lying asleep on her own bed, slowly opened her eyes.

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CH.02

——The little mermaid cut off the fish's tail and left the sea.It silently watched its lover.

—It can't sing anymore.

CH.02

Swimmers who will compete in the championships a week later are scheduled to train in the same swimming pool.The huge swimming pool was disturbed by the vigorous swimming of the athletes, the water was splashing, and the sound echoed in the closed room for a long time.

Coach Ishikawa looked left and right. He observed the movements of the athletes he taught, and stopped to give guidance from time to time.

"Hoshino," he called to a team member who was about to go into the water, "you go to swim the 400-meter backstroke first."

Hoshino frowned puzzled, and said, "Coach, I..."

Coach Ishikawa interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "I know what you mean. But swimming backstroke for a while will not affect your freestyle performance. Young people, do more comprehensive exercises."

Hoshino lowered his head, showing an attitude of obedience.He jumped off the pool, kicked off the wall, and entered the water backwards.

Coach Ishikawa's ears were filled with the sound of splashing water, chaotic and monotonous.But the old man was not bored at all.His thumb rubbed against the whistle hanging on his chest.The conversation with Hoshino just now reminded him of a team member he had directed before.He actually wanted to say that it was his student.

Freestyle swimming is extremely fast and at the same time elegant and beautiful.

That was the most talented, stubborn, and most irritating student he had ever met in his decades of coaching career.That was also his favorite student, the one he had the most high hopes for, and the student who made the older him fully understand the meaning of swimming.

He has always firmly believed that he will be able to take this student to the world arena and send him to the highest and most glorious podium in the world.

But no one expected that such a thing would happen later.

One year ago in the winter, the coldest day, the student came out of the hospital with injuries and returned to the training ground and told him that he wanted to train.Coach Ishikawa seriously rejected him.Afterwards, he chatted with the student all night, and he said as much to Coach Ishikawa as he had said all the previous year.After sending the student away late at night, coach Ishikawa stood on the balcony of his home, leaning on the railing to blow the cold wind.The cigarettes burned out one by one between his fingers, and the red flame at the end of the cigarettes dimmed and dimmed.The burnt soot piled up together, and was blown away by the cold wind, floating like fragments of a heart full of hope.He tapped on the long tubular metal rail with his nails and made a silent decision.

——Give up recuperation and let him start training now until the national competition in April.After the game, retire.

He granted the student's wish, and he lost the student.

Recalling the past, Coach Ishikawa couldn't help but smile wryly, feeling the old age, he raised his hand and rubbed his temples, scraping the accumulated wrinkles at the corners of his eyes with his fingers.

He is old.

"After the Olympics are over, it's time to retire." He thought.

But if...he meant that if it was possible, he would still like to see that kid standing on the field again with his own eyes.

The throbbing under the sparkling water, the ripples and entangled scenery are enough to ignite all the persistence and enthusiasm for swimming in the heart.

Coach Ishikawa sighed.

——far away...

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University C is a comprehensive university with one of the largest campuses in the city.It can also be said to be a university with sports expertise. It is not too unusual for various sports clubs to have national-level athletes.For example, Rin Matsuoka and Haruka Nanase are members of the swimming club.And Tachibana Makoto's good character and responsible attitude made him be appointed as the minister by the previous seniors at the beginning of the junior year.Hazuki Nagisa and Ryuzaki Rei, who were in the junior year, were admitted to the E University in the same city, which is not far from the C University. From time to time, the two went to the swimming club to find Makoto and the others to play.

This is the status quo of the former members of Iwatobi Middle School's swimming club and their former "rivals".Still pure and beautiful as if nothing had changed.

Now Matsuoka Rin is standing downstairs in the teaching building and calling home.After finishing training, he returned to school for class, guessing that Haruka should have woken up before calling.

The mobile phone that was attached to the ear beeped until it switched to a busy tone that no one answered.This is the third call.

Are you not at home?

Rin Matsuoka frowned.Nanase Haruka is not the kind of person who likes to hang out. He is not at home at this time. Where did he go?

He looked around, and his gaze was fixed on the school swimming pool building located on the west side of the school.

No, let's go there... No, it can only be there.

Rin Matsuoka walked quickly a few times, then ran.

School swimming pool

When Tachibana Makoto and manager Yue Jiandu, who always arrived early, walked into the swimming pool, they found that there were already people in the pool.

With the sound of water, the people in the pool popped up.The water droplets slid down the man's bluish-black hair and dripped on his collarbone, leaving some ambiguous marks.He tossed his hair.

Tachibana Makoto recognized Nanase Haruka swimming, frowned and asked, "Haruka, why are you here? Didn't you see the note I left?"

Nanase Haruka didn't intend to come out after soaking in the water. He raised his head and said to Tachibana Makoto, "I see. I didn't go to class."

So it goes directly to the swimming pool, right?

Tachibana Makoto surrendered to the person in front of her again. He walked to the edge of the pool and squatted down, leaning forward slightly, "Haruka, you should come out."

Nanase Haruka unconsciously drifted back with the buoyancy of the water, putting some distance away from Tachibana Makoto.He lowered his head halfway, pursed his lips, and said dryly, "I just got into the water."

"Then show me your hand." Tachibana Makoto rarely put away her smile, and her green eyes looked straight at Nanase Haruka, as if she had seen through Nanase Haruka's inferior lies.

Nanase Haruka didn't move.

"Yao, come up."

This time even the voice was serious.Tachibana Makoto's eyes were full of concern and worry, and there was a vague sense of reproach.This made Nanase Haruka back unconsciously in the water.

Suddenly, a figure pushed open the door of the swimming pool and walked in quickly.

"You..." Matsuoka Rin, who ran all the way, took a few breaths and continued, "...Disobedient bastard, hurry up!"

Nanase Haruka stabilized her body and stopped retreating, turning her head to ignore Matsuoka Rin.His dark blue eyes looked at the water surface, and the glimmering light of the pool reflected in his eyes, and the light in those pupils flickered for a moment.

"Okay, very good, Nanase Haruka," Matsuoka Rin who was ignited laughed instead. He unbuttoned his coat and threatened: "Don't think I dare not go into the water to catch you."

Hearing this, Nanase Haruka turned slightly sideways, as if she was about to plunge into the water in the next second, with a look of "Catch me".

Tachibana Makoto was about to stop the upcoming farce, but unexpectedly Matsuoka Rin was one step ahead of him.Before Tachibana Makoto could speak, Matsuoka Rin jumped into the swimming pool, and the sudden splash of water sprinkled Tachibana Makoto and Yue Jiandu all over.He only had time to shout "Rin!", and he could only watch the two guys chasing each other in the water like children.

Nanase Haruka had a certain distance from Matsuoka Rin, and Matsuoka Rin was indeed unable to catch up with him for a while.But the distance between the two is clearly shrinking.Just when Matsuoka Rin was about to dive deep and exert his strength, Nanase Haruka suddenly stopped.He straightened up and lifted his head out of the water.He turned around and was face to face with Rin Matsuoka.Rin Matsuoka thought that Nanase Haruka had figured it out, so he also stopped. He didn't really want to catch Nanase Haruka.

Matsuoka Rin and Nanase Haruka face to face, separated by a water-filled, not far distance.The two people looked at each other in silence, the air stagnated and solidified at this moment, only the full sound of the water dripping from the hair and body falling into the pool acted as a dynamic time hourglass.

Matsuoka Rin moved his lips and was about to speak, but Nanase Haruka made a "crash", and his arm quickly slid across the water surface, stirring up a lot of water splashes, all of which were slapped on Matsuoka Rin's face.Matsuoka Rin was caught off guard, and he reflexively closed his eyes and turned his face.Nanase Haruka took advantage of his pause at this moment and dived directly, crossing several tracks.

Rin Matsuoka gritted his teeth after reacting