#mackerelx
semi-private indie haruka nanase from Free!

I AM THE WATER.
xhazuki asked: ✺ this is obviously a marvelous first impression
Send a ✺ for my muse’s reaction to yours hitting mine out of anger.

His dull look settled over Nagisa when he felt the other’s hit to his shoulder, an expression that gave way to how unappreciative he was of that specific gesture very evident. Haru hadn’t even said anything rude

                   ( rude to him, at least, but apparently not agreeing to icecream was a crime when it came to Nagisa )

          When someone asks what he’d prefer to eat and he replies with the obvious answer of mackerel ( when does he ever not want that to be honest ) though, it should just be all around accepted and either ignored or decided on since nobody seemed to be capable of making out right decisions right from the start - that everyone could agree on, at least. Physical violence was not necessary.

                 And in his defense; mackerel was always an option in his world.

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                                 ❝ Ow. 

pridefulshark-archive-blog asked: ✺ ( hello hello, this is a nice ice breaker, yeah?)
Send a ✺ for my muse’s reaction to yours hitting mine out of anger.

He wasn’t quite sure why he didn’t expect it ———

               with their record it should’ve been a given that at one point,
                                  one of them was going to snap.

    ( getting under each other’s skin, pissing each other off, the competitive streak that Rin seemed to stir in him that nobody else had ever managed to succeed in doing )

    The problem was that Haruka hadn’t expected it. He hadn’t seen it coming, despite common sense seemingly stating that he should’ve — but he hadn’t. Even when the words that had brought the angered reaction left his mouth he couldn’t of ever expected it. And the moment he felt the force hit him, causing his head to snap to the side, reddened skin flaring on the swell of his cheeks - the moment the stinging sensation began to settle in and burn and allowed the reality of what happened to settle alongside it ( with the promise of a bruise that was bound to appear ) ——

                       Haru’s breath had caught in his throat from the shock of it.

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    Normally passive eyes were widened, giving away the emotions that he would’ve casually hidden away from speculative eyes if it were anything other than what this was; but this one in particular was hard to hide. Shoving was one thing——— but this was… 

                  Different.     ( this wasn’t them… but maybe he had deserved it. )

      ❝ Sorry. ❞

    The words left him after a couple beats of silence, the shock that had been so evident on his face now hidden behind a mask of nothingness - the face that most had become used to when it came to Haruka Nanase. The mask made it seem like nothing was a big deal — and if his heart happened to be beating a bit faster than normal, shocked adrenaline still coursing through his body and causing a tension to arise - Haru didn’t bother to acknowledge that either.