[ it's kind of amazing to see how much becoming captain helped rin out. nitori noticed; he'd been friends with rin since the very beginning. (or, well, "friends".) now, when he quotes captain mikoshiba to him, nitori doesn't hear it in their boisterous former captain's voice, but in rin's, instead. he's got this air of maturity around him now that nitori admires even more than he did before, and though he still would have listened to such advice from captain mikoshiba, of course, it's nice to hear it from rin, as well. looking down at his toes on the water instead of making eye contact, he nods.
it still doesn't feel like enough, but it just has to be a little further, each and every day. and a little further, like rin said, is something to be proud of. ears flushed a little, all he can do is duck his head and lift his shoulders after that, a bit sheepish as he contemplates his time as a swimmer so far.
except then he says something about his time and nitori looks back up at him, quick, breath catching. ] You would?!
[ beating his long distance time... he can do that. he can definitely do that! the warmth returns where the feeling of inadequacy had been before, flooding his cheeks with a bit of color as he nods his head, offering a determined smile. ] Okay--I will, Rin-senpai! I'll do it soon!
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it still doesn't feel like enough, but it just has to be a little further, each and every day. and a little further, like rin said, is something to be proud of. ears flushed a little, all he can do is duck his head and lift his shoulders after that, a bit sheepish as he contemplates his time as a swimmer so far.
except then he says something about his time and nitori looks back up at him, quick, breath catching. ] You would?!
[ beating his long distance time... he can do that. he can definitely do that! the warmth returns where the feeling of inadequacy had been before, flooding his cheeks with a bit of color as he nods his head, offering a determined smile. ] Okay--I will, Rin-senpai! I'll do it soon!