2013 Makoto Birthday Exchange Spotlight - Fanworks of the Week for March 2, 2014

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Makoto's birthday inspired so much great fanart and fanfic throughout the free!dom, it was hard to keep up with it all! If you missed any of the seriously excellent fanworks created as part of the 2013 Makoto Birthday Exchange, fear not: we'll be highlighting two works every week until each piece of art, comic, and fic has been in the spotlight.

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March 2, 2014

Interlace – by seinakyou (Makoto/Haru)

Makoto has always been around, and though he’s been hurt by Haru before – times it still hurts Haru to think about – Makoto always comes back with a smile and friendship. So Makoto is safe, and Makoto is real, and Makoto is really the only person that Haru can rely on anymore.

 

When they went into the eighth grade and Haru still hadn’t started swimming again, Makoto didn’t say anything. That’s what he likes about Makoto, Haru decides. He doesn’t make anyone do anything they don’t want to.

Haru sighs and sinks below the water of the tub. There are too many thoughts circling through his head right now, and he really just wants to go swimming. Not racing – just swimming. Just floating in the water, diving under and above when he wants to and not when he’s supposed to. 

He’s so absorbed in his thoughts that he doesn’t hear the door to the bathroom open, he doesn’t hear Makoto say: “Haru, we’re going to be late unless you-” and he certainly does not expect to feel hands on his, hauling him out of the water and see a frightened, soaked Makoto standing next to the tub as Haru sputters and tries to regain his breath.

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Language Arts – by CaffeineKitty (Haru/Makoto/Rin)

Rin looked pained as he watched the exchange. "And you two think that sucking at English is the worst of your problems?"

Makoto rubbed the back of his neck and offered an apologetic little laugh. "A-ah, well…"

"Shit, teaching Nagisa wasn’t as annoying as dealing with you two…" The redhead folded his arms across his chest. "At least he wanted to learn."

"We want to learn." Makoto nodded enthusiastically, gripping Haruka’s wrist just out of Rin’s line of sight under the table to keep him from going for the carving tools again. "Really."

"I don’t need it," Haruka said. "Water doesn’t speak English."

When both Rin and Makoto stared at him with matching ‘not sure if actually serious’ expressions, the corners of Haruka’s mouth twitched, just a little.

[read the full piece here]

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