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"What do you think you're doing here?!" Rin exclaimed, scowling at the dark-haired brunette as he stared up at him with equally dark eyes. There seemed to be something in the air. Something awkward, tinged with the a familiar taste of rivalry as the two stared off at each other in the middle of the busy hallways of Samezuka Academy.
"I moved here to live with my Grandpa. What, is something the matter?" he sneered, glaring up at the maroon-headed swimmer who was almost a head taller than him. Though despite the obvious height difference and the intimidating waves radiating off of the shark-toothed maroon head like it was heat, the boy refused to back down or avert his gaze. People around them thought that he had serious balls. That, or a serious death wish.
The two were just glaring at each other in the hallways while passerby just stared in confusion. Did these two know each other? And what was up with the conflict?
"Isn't beating me in every single race enough? Why couldn't you just stay put in Australia?" Rin snarled angrily as he remembered the many races he had lost to this tiny boy. No matter how hard he had trained, he still could never out-swim the human torpedo standing in front of him.
The boy rolled his eyes, obviously annoyed, and answered his question with a grunt.
"I had to take care of my Gramps, Red," he gritted, already feeling his forehead starting to throb.
"I thought I'd finally be rid of you if I moved back here. Turns out I was wrong," Rin narrowed his eyes at the short boy. "Trust me, if I had any say in it, I would've never transferred here," he said bitterly, shooting daggers into Matsuoka Rin's eyes. "But it wouldn't be long until we graduated anyway. So don't get your panties in a twist," he rolled his eyes as Rin humphed.
"Don't tell me you intend to stay here." The boy scoffed at Rin. "Of course I'm staying. It's only for a few more months. Just the second semester before I can get out of your hair."
"Now, if only there was a way to catapult you back to Australia. Free of charge," Rin continued to glare.
"Well, too bad. Life is a bitch," the other boy scoffed as he began walking down the hallways, making his way down to the administration office to get settled in. "Things don't always go your way, you know," the boy called back, slinging his backpack a little higher onto his shoulders as his shoes slapped against the floor.
"Just stay out of my way, Sagikawa," Rin growled at the boy before storming off to who knows where.
"I'd say the same to you, Matsuoka."
Students just stared at the two bitter rivals as they both walked away in separate directions, each with a pissed expression on their faces, stalking off to their respective destinations. The crowd that had slowly been forming during the confrontation of the two males, each curious as to what was happening in the middle of the school corridor early in the morning and at the beginning of the second semester.
But only the two rivals knew. What went on in Australia, something they both knew and shared.
All the races. All the losses. All the tantrums and all the arguments. Every single insult they've traded back and forth, back and forth, like a ping pong match that either side just refused to lose. Everyone around them were just watching as the petty arguments unfolded out.
Thought they hated each other, they seemed to be inseparable.
Everywhere one goes, the other could be found nearby. Every single thing one said, the other is sure to have a comeback or insult ready on the sides. It was love and hate, though today it seemed to be only hate.
But none of them knew about the small feelings of weird attraction that will slowly build over time.
And there was nothing either of them can do to prevent it.