Finifugal - a Free! fanfic - Nanase Haruka x Reader

Chapter 3 ~ Swimsuit Shopping!

One of Miku's songs plays loudly on my phone, and I wake up. It's Gou's ringtone...I wonder what's she could want at this hour.

"Izumi-san! Get up! Where's your house?"

I blearily give her my address then roll over and fall asleep again.

The doorbell keeps ringing, and I stumble out of bed and answer the door.

I'm greeted with an energetic Gou, who let's herself in and starts commenting on my flat.

"Ooh, these curtains are soooo cute!"
"Is this your kitchen? You're so lucky~~"
"Omigosh your room! Squeeee!"

I look at her sideways, trying to decipher the reason for this surprise visit.

"Hey! Get ready! We're going swimsuit shopping, remember?"

I groan inwardly. I have to go out on my free day? I was planning on studying today...I need to move up to the SA class!

She looks at me with pleading eyes, waiting for a reply, and this time I groan out loud and plod towards my room to get changed.

No more than two minutes later, I emerge, and Gou takes one look then pushes me back inside, closing the door behind her.

"You can't wear this, there will be boys there!" she exclaims.

She opens my closet, and then turns around and looks at me.

"Why don't you have more clothes for your day off?"

I calmly answer, "Since we have school most of the week, it's only logical that I have more school clothes than everyday clothes."

Determined, she says, "Okay, so we'll get more clothes for you too! For now, where this!"

She hands me shorts that are too short to wear anymore, a blue cami, and a lacy swimsuit coverup someone gave me, all of which were dug out of the depths of my closet.

I grudgingly put them on, just wanting to get this all over with so I can study, grab my bag, and let myself be dragged to the shopping center.

[TIMESKIP]

Everyone is already waiting for us when we arrive, and Makoto is the first to greet us, "Hey! Izumi-chan, you came! Good work, Gou!"

"It's Kou!" she flips her hair and turns to talk to Nagisa.

Akari is throwing daggers at me with her eyes. I turn to my left, like I always do to avoid her gaze. Why the heck would she be at Iwatobi?

Rei comes up to me and mumbles, "How did we get dragged into this?" He continues, "That damn Nagisa somehow let himself in and dragged me out of bed!" I smile a little bit at his annoyance.

Nagisa suddenly points at me and announces loudly, "Izumi actually smiled! Look, Mako-chan! She's so kawaii!"

Makoto smiles and tilts his head, "Yeah! Izumi-chan, you should smile more often!"

After some more meandering chit-chat, the group finally makes it's way into the store.

I find a place to sit down, and take out my reference books and start studying. Rei chuckles softly, "I wish I thought of that," then is suddenly pulled away by Nagisa, his glasses nearly falling off.

Group by group, they wander off, looking for their own suits, and I stay and study, satisfied that I'm finally alone. I get through a few pages of English practice, then a hand waves in front of my book.

"Izumiiiii! Come on! Try something on!" It's Gou. I wonder where this girl gets so much energy...maybe I should ask so I can use it to study longer...