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Hi there! My name’s Kou! (Please ignore the blonde guy if he says otherwise!) I’m the manager for Iwatobi Swim Club! Feel free to let me know if you have any questions regarding joining! I’m sure we can arrange something! :) [ Independent RP/ask blog for Matsuoka Gou! Open to RPing with anyone! Please read the RULES & ABOUT for more information pertaining to RP and my interpretation of her! ] Tracking the tag: matsuokaago

[matsuokaa-go]

// Informal Poll/ Slight Hiatus (again)

// q__q Might be taking another 2-3 week hiatus as I’m going on vacation soon/gonna go back to uni soon. The main reason for my absence is probably because I’m thinking of possibly doing artist alley for a con near me for next year, so I’m starting to work on some art drafts for keychains/charms & pins/buttons and things. Nothing’s guaranteed because knowing my personality, I’m going to be way too indecisive when push comes to shove– but worst comes to worst, I might just sell through etsy or something. @___@ Haven’t legit cged in a really really long time, so chances are I'll just be drawing or studying all the time starting in 2 weeks or so. But if you have any recommendations of things that you’d buy/things you’d like to see, feel free to let me know! XD (ESP FOR THE FREE! OUTFITS DKFSJLHWRG idk if I wanna do suits, arabic, or letterman jackets q__q)

Thinking of doing a Free! set and possibly an SnK  set & LoL set as well hopefully asdjklghsd q___q Buttons/Pins will probably be around 1.5 in? and charms, we shall see? (I can only order them in sets of 5 D'; so akldhgd gotta pick the characters) 

So I apologize in advance if my replies are snail-paced slow & sparse D’; I just have a crap ton on my plate right now. ;___; Working on drafts during my small breaks lol Thanks in advance if you guys decide to leave some feedback! ;o // 

[theoreticallyrei]

 {♧}- "Ah, well you’re right about the fact that there are not too many people around. Strange.. you’d think a place like this would attract the attention of most students.." Rei mused. He quickly shrugged off the thought before settling down on the ground and resting his back against a wall. "You’re most likely questioning my tactics pertaining to figuring out the ideal area to eat. Combining simple math and the possible weather forecast today, the task was fairly easy. We can’t enjoy our lunch in a spot that’s too sunny, and I’d rather not waste my time worrying about the heat when we’re in such a calm area." The boy explained, opening up the small box to reveal the contents of his bento. It was rare that he ever got to truly enjoy his own lunch; the vultures at his usual table always insisted on picking at his food or trading him for a meal of lesser value.

 ”Swimming?! It’s… getting better every day, I believe.” Rei effortlessly lied through his teeth. In all honesty, he felt as if he were making no progress at all, but that was something that he was not yet ready to admit, especially to Gou. Anyone with a brain could tell how much she worried for the wellbeing of the team. She was a hard worker; always pushing the boys to do their best. The redhead was even able to convince Rei that they might just have a chance of winning the tournament coming up. “What about you? I’m sure your job isn’t the easiest. Watching over four teenaged males and managing to keep them attentive does not sound like a dream role for anyone. You.. seem to be handling it well though.”

[matsuokaa-go]

“I suppose some people like to be more social,” she shrugged, “While it’s pretty peaceful here, there not much room for social interactions and gatherings,” She had seen other classmates spend their lunchtime either underneath trees or in the cafeteria – the outdoors, she had figured, provided a better way to spend such energy that was pent up inside from sitting in class all day. It was quieter up here on the rooftop. “Ah I see!” she nodded a bit to his explanation, “I never knew that there was an art in choosing out a spot—we usually would just sit next to the doorway” she explained, yet she had to admit, “But this is a nice touch,” Opening her own bento, she couldn’t help but grin ahh everything looked delicious! Glancing over at the boy’s, she could say the same, “Itadakimasu!”

  “That’s good!,” she nodded as she picked up a piece of eel with her chopsticks, “The sooner you can start practicing with Haruka-sempai and everyone else, the better our chances will be,” she paused, “No pressure of course,” she added in a rush, realizing her previous statement might have came off as being too pushy. “Ah my job?” Mmmm, well if she had to say … the shirtless guys were definitely a plus, so she had gotten plenty of eyecandy, but managing itself wasn’t a walk in the park to be completely honest. “It … has its ups and downs,” she decided on that comment, figuring that it was neither here nor there, “Though there are times where you guys surprise me,”

[boundlessdolphin-deactivated201]

♒ ;; Munch, munch, munch. It was all one Nanase Haruka did to his breakfast as he walk to school from his house this morning when he was the only person graciously taking his time to reach his destination while the others were either running or jogging to arrive on time in school.

“Haru-chan, let’s just meet with each other at school, okay?"

—is what Makoto told him when he took the time of dropping by in his bathroom a few minutes ago before dashing off to attend to his siblings that he was supposed to walk to their own school since on this day, Uncle couldn’t do so because something at work came up and Aunt would be staying at home, so it was only Makoto’s responsibility, according to the brunet. So it was only the blue-eyed swimmer who took initiative to obey with what the Club President said.

The bell wasn’t ringing yet—got more minutes—when Haruka arrived in school, then before going in, replacing his outdoor shoes with his indoor’s. After organizing his things, he proceeded to the direction of his classroom; he’ll just wait there for Makoto. Thinking about how early it still was, Haruka reminded himself to praise Makoto for deciding to go as early as possible at Haruka’s even though there was such emergency so that he could tell Haruka the news. What a role model.

Even if he was walking to their room, the grilled mackerel within the hold of one of his hands was consumed delightfully; it was only a few bites before total consumption. The blue-haired male decided to take his time more in making himself be pleasured by the taste of every bite of  his food until—

“…”

The lovely mackerel casually fell onto the floor.

Hearing the other’s apologies, Haruka just bent over to pick the precious, wasted breakfast of his with slightly heavy heart silently before turning to see who caused this misfortune.

"Kou," he called in a small voice, realizing when he saw her familiar, standing out hair, as he shut his eyes and sighed, then opened them to see how wasted his food now.

[matsuokaa-go]

“Ehhh? Haruka-sempai?” her eyes widened as the familiar tones of his voice reached her ears. On the bright side, at least she had crashed into someone she knew; on the downside, it was still equally as embarrassing. Following his gaze onto the ground and onto the dropped piece of unfinished fish, she froze. Had she—? Yup probably. An inner groan of frustration was let out by her subconscious as she hastily bowed down again apologetically. “I am so so sooo sorry!” Of course today just had to be the day where she chose to be scatter-brained. And of course, she knew how much the boy loved fish so making him drop it… he was probably mad at her if she had to conjure up a guess.

  “If there’s anything can do . .  .” her words trailed off at the end, still hunched over in an apologetic bow. On a brighter note – she could also mention that practices would officially start the next day; that was something that Haruka undeniably was looking forward to … but she doubted that this was an appropriate time to bring such a thing up seeing the boy’s silent reaction to the fish casualty splayed out in front of them.

[matsuokaa-go]

/// ;v ; taking  short break this weekkk aksdlghsd gotta get some work done adkl so replies -shall be done either late this week or something aljdhg i kinda wanna make an snk blog but ughjksld im so negligent lmfao

happy shark rin week btw! ; o//

[matsuokaa-go]

takarakko started following you

misplacedpassion started following you

It certainly was puzzling, but at the rate things were going the club had just BARELY reached the requirements to race at regionals. ‘We need more people …’ the thought had occurred to her several times, but after seeing how hard it was to even recruit Rei. But her decisions didn’t come without much deliberation. What if someone had gotten sick? Knock on wood, but they had no substitutes and chances are that they would get instantly DQed if anything. She had told the swim team to look for more people, but as hours past, there wasn’t much luck. Granted their methods of recruitment needed some refinement … “Hmmm,” while it was just sorely tempting to paper the school in flyers, she’d probably get reprimanded for it… Well she certainly wasn’t going to throw keychains in front of people’s faces like Haruka… but it honestly looked like more of an option after so many people had either ignored her or were simply unresponsive. Giving another heavy sigh, she glanced on over down the hallway—ah a person!  “Excuse me!” the red-head exclaimed, dashing on over – it was time to give this recruitment business one last shot before she would be forced to switch tactics.

“Would you be interested in joining the swim club?” the words blurted out of her mouth as she offered out a flyer.   

[matsuokaa-go]

// = v = Gomen gomen. I am slow. adsjgkadghs. New set of stuff/starters/replies will be up hopefully by tomorrow.

/weeps on another note, I ordered a GOU wiggg ahhhhhh askdlghjskdgsd I HOPE IT IS A PRETTY AS THE PICTUREEEEEE. q A q

Forever ruining my cosplay plans lmfao I have a temp wig thing right now but asjdkghlsg when it gets here ; v ; ajsdgahldgg  //   

[matsuokaa-go]

// /YELLS ; v ; Thanks for allowing me reach a milestone in followers! ;  v ;  I drew a little something to say THANK YOU SO MUCH! <3 ; v ; If you want to start a thread or just interact with Gou, just let me know/send an ask! (currently working on some starters right now) :')  //

[matsuokaa-go]

offline: sleeping now! will work on some starters and stuff tomorrow ; v ;

also wtf why are my doodles getting so many notes omfg. q___q they're not even that great lmfao /dead

[matsuokaa-go]

// Drawing prompt: What if Rin and Gou changed outfits? /dies laughing //

[theoreticallyrei]

{♧}- Rei tilted his head, mouth slightly agape at her knowledge of what he was about to ask. “Uh.." He panicked, not exactly sure why the offer was so shocking to him. “Ah, hai!" The boy nodded, voice almost reaching a shouting tone. “I- I mean, I guess that would be fine.." He adjusted his glasses and began to walk up the stairs, not bothering to wait for Gou to catch up with him. He recollected his calm demeanor during the short walk, and tucked the box under his right arm. “I’ve never eaten up here, but I assume it’s.. relaxing?" He made an attempt at starting a casual conversation to ease the tension that only Rei himself could feel. “I’ve been a little bit on edge lately, what with swimming and pole vaulting. I just thought I could use a break from everyone at my usual lunch spot." He explained, stopping at the entryway to the roof to scan his surroundings. “With the sun currently in the northeast, use ‘a’ as the measure of degrees and ‘p’ as our current position. The sun will be moving counterclockwise, causing the shade to gradually disappear. Sitting on the right side would give us shade for the first half of our lunch period, but leave us drenched in the sunlight minutes later. Sitting on the left would do just the opposite. Moving thirty-five feet at a forty-two degrees angle though would make-…" He paused to catch his breath and figure out the answer to his formula. Rei’s words were spoken in a low voice and came out a bit jumbled, but he understood them perfectly. “that spot right over there an ideal area to eat lunch." He pointed to a single area before walking towards it.

[matsuokaa-go]

“Mm hm! It has a decent view too! Not many people eat up there aside from some of the swim team members and one or two of my classmates, so it’s pretty peaceful up there” she commented as they ascended up the stairwell. “I’m actually surprised that so few people come up here to be honest . . . ” she shrugged a bit as they stopped at the entryway, it was their loss, she supposed. Yet without much prompting, and quite out of the blue, the dark-haired boy seemed to begin muttering to himself something about . . . angles? Gou couldn’t really hear much, but she figured it was some form of mental calculations. “A-anou . . . “ the sentence died off as she could only watch as the gears in Rei’s head turned. Was all this necessary? The thought couldn’t help but escape her mind, then again . . . she wasn’t the one who possessed the mental capacity of a super computer– and even if she did, she doubted that she’d even think of using such a thing to calculate an eating location. She let out a small sigh, it must be great to have a brain like that—it would certainly clear out a lot of her worries if that were her case. 

When it appeared that he had finished his mental calculations, she slowly followed him to the spot he had indicated at. “So. . . how’s swimming coming along for you?” she questioned as they slowly approached the location, the past several failed attempts in the previous days . . . certainly were rather lacking in terms of progress. She could only remain optimistic though. His form and knowledge were there . . . but for some reason time after time resulted in the same thing. Granted, it was as amusing as it was puzzling, but they couldn’t keep on wasting time.

[matsuokaa-go]

sugoiblonde started following you

boundlessdolphin started following you

yaboynagisa started following you

cetaceaviride started following you

mako-taichou started following you 

  The start of another day marked off yet another box from the calendar. Honestly she shouldn’t have bothered with such a trivial task, but after awhile, it grew into more of a habit for her. As another red ‘X’ was crossed off, she noticed a bright blue circle, circling the box for the next day. One more day before they would be able to use the new pool. Wait?! One more day?!! As exciting as that was, an inner panic had started to set in, practice schedules, practice schedules! PRACTICE SCHEDULES! “AGHH!” throwing her hands up in the air, she let out a noise of frustration, but before she could do anything the clock by her window blared at her that she was almost certainly going to be late for school if she did not leave now.

Dashing out the door, Gou was undoubtedly frazzled. How could she have forgotten such an important date?! ‘Okay, calm down, we can still do this,’  the voice in her head did its best to reassure her, but it wasn’t really helping. Well, she had found Rin’s old practice sheet awhile back . .  . so that was a last resort if she couldn’t come up with anything by tomorrow. But that was from awhile back when he was in the middle of his swimming season—something which was not fit for people just going back into practice. . .

1 x 200 Free | 2:45/3:00/3:15

1 x 200 IM (Kick down, swim back) | 3:00/3:15/3:30

4 x 50 Choice | 0:40/0:50/1:00

4 x 50 Drill Choice | 0:50/1:00/1:15

Was that a suitable warm up? She was more worried about the time intervals than the actual set . . .  where they too fast or too slow? But another thought came up in the middle of everything . . .  wait if Haruka only swam freestyle . .  . would that mean he’d skip anything that was a different stroke!? She made a mental note to ask him later as she blindly ran down a flight of stairs, toppling into an unsuspecting student and crashing into them at full speed. Omph.

“I’m so sorry!” she managed to blurt out, slightly out of breath, bowing her head apologetically not even glancing up to see who her unfortunate victim was.

[matsuokaa-go]

competitive-kick started following you

samezukasharkswimmer started following you

ask-thesharky started following you

It wasn’t unusual for her eyes to stray down to her phone during breaks throughout the school day, but there was a reason behind it. Rin had yet replied to any of her texts, which wasn’t unusual for him every since he had gotten but, but she had to admit she was somewhat disheartened. Even for the short time she had seen the red haired boy, she could almost instantly tell that something about him had changed. Call it women’s intuition or just his glaring change in personality, but the Rin who had come back from Australia was most certainly different from the one who had left. But she didn’t mind sending him updates throughout the day; knowing her brother’s slight obsession with Haruka and his swimming she figured it didn’t hurt to give him updates. But, at least he was looking at her texts, she knew that much based off of a simple cellphone app. With a brief sigh, she pressed some of the keys on her phone and began composing a new message.

To: Nii-chan

Onii-chan! How was your day? （-＾〇＾-） The water’s almost warm enough for us to use our school pool! (If not, I don’t think Haruka-sempai can contain himself anymore.) I’ll still try to schedule some joint practices with Samezuka if you’d like. I think everyone here learned a lot from last practice! How are the dorm’s there treating you by the way?  

（ｖ＾＿＾）ｖHope you can come back home sometime soon! I'm going to stop by the convenience store on my way back, so let me know if you want anything for next time I visit you!

As her eyes scanned the text message for any errors, she smiled to herself before pressing the send button.

Sending . . .

Sent.  

[mackerelandpineapple-deactivate]

{♒} Perhaps it may be so that her company wouldn’t be minded to say in the least. Then again, his attention still was more so on the pool than any of his surroundings. It just so happened for a brief moment he took a glance to see exactly who else had joined him at the pool side. Even the blossoming sakura trees couldn’t hold his attention as the branches swayed with the breeze, few loose blossoms coming loose into the air. Hand raising upward, he rubbed at the edge of his nose before letting his hand fall back to his knee.

"Yeah…" A one word answer given to her question. The only thing by this point he was waiting for happened to be warmer weather and the freedom to strip and jump into the water. Expression hardly changed from how it had been from the very start, examining the water as if making sure that not a spot presented itself upon the surface of the clear water. A small huff escaped past his lips before silent once more. "……." Indeed, Haruka wished to swim already.

"Hopefully…"

[matsuokaa-go]

There was a rather extensive pause of silence, but that wasn’t surprising to her; Haruka was a man of very little words. She didn’t mind the stillness in the air though, but if she had to guess, he was probably resisting as much as he could not to jump into the blue waters beneath his feet. She bit back a smile at the reminder of his love for water – I mean the boy wore swimwear underneath his clothing for crying out loud. But regardless, his form was indeed as beautiful as Nagisa had said. What what she had seen from him practice at Samezuka, his strokes were elongated, using the full extent of his reach to propel himself forward— each stroke was well time, and calculated. It wasn't a surprised why her brother more or less self-declared himself as his rival. . .  which leaded her on a different train of thought.

“Anou saa . . .” she finally broke the silence, not really sure how to put it, “That race that you had with Onii-chan . . . did you care that he won?” The tone of her conversation was light, but she wasn’t sure if it was a touchy subject. All she knew was that Rin had beat Haruka during that race, but something about that win pissed her older brother off according to Makoto and Nagisa. While she wasn’t present to see the whole race happen, she knew that her brother wouldn’t get mad over just anything. Competition was in his blood and either the raven haired male had insulted his nature during or after the race, or Rin had just taken it the wrong way. She wasn’t an idiot to suspect the former, but she could always be wrong.

[matsuokaa-go]

“It’s certainly not easy if that’s what you’re asking!” she grumbled. If practices could write themselves, that would be the ideal life. But sadly, that wasn't reality. And considering that each person’s practice needed to be tailored to their specific stroke . . . created even more of a headache. “Mmmm well, the warm up and cooldowns are more or less the same, but the core sets are the hardest to write up because you have to gradually build up to it over each practice,” she frowned, even thinking about it made her head hurt.

"Let's just say, it takes awhile . . . !" 

[theoreticallyrei]

 {♧}- Ah, yes, the oh-so dreaded lunchtime; a time where Rei would be forced to sit with complete strangers who talked to him as if they had been best friends all their lives. They were the type of people who were almost too friendly, the ones who laugh at every word you say even if there is a lack of humor. It wasn’t that he completely disliked the other students, he just had trouble connecting with them. Rei never had trouble making friends though; he always fit in, but at the same time he really never did. He never understood that particular feeling himself until he met Nagisa and the other members of the swim team. He knew the odd bunch was far beyond different, they were genuine. Is that what a real friendship felt like?

"Ay, Ryugazaki! You sitting with us today?" A voice called once just a few steps after his exit from the classroom. “Er, I don’t think so. I have some work I need to catch up on." Rei replied, having very little desire to be surrounded by whats-his-face and the other classmates whose names were not memorable at the moment. “Alright. I’ll save you a seat anyways just in case you change your mind." With that, the boy waved goodbye and disappeared into the hallway crowd. Rei let out a tiny sigh of relief, feeling far more relaxed than usual already. He’d most likely sit with them tomorrow to make up for it, but for now, Rei wanted to enjoy his freedom. If he ever felt too bothered, there was also the option of sitting with the swim team, but having no clue where and when they eat, and not having the confidence to outright ask to sit with them, Ryugazaki decided that the latter option would be a final resort.

 The most serene place he could think of to sit down and enjoy a small, boxed lunch, was the roof. There was always a chance that other students had the same idea too, but Rei decided to try out the new area anyways. Any place was better than the lunchroom right now. The staircase was in plain sight when a shorter, redheaded figure bumped into him. His violet hues stared down at the culprit, only to find out it was merely the swim club’s manager. “Ah, konnichiwa, Matsuoka-san." Rei greeted casually. “It was my fault too, I should have been more aware of my surroundings." He bowed. Judging by the direction she was going towards, it looked as if they were headed to the same destination. “A-are you planning to go to the roof? It’s just that I was too and I figured-.." He trailed off, chewing the flesh on the inside of his cheek. She most likely came for the same reason that he did; to be alone. He could not recall the last time he was ever really alone with a friend who was not Nagisa, and the other boy usually did all the talking. It was easy to strike conversations with a group who you could not care less about, but when it was with people whose opinions mattered to you, it became nerve wracking. “Gah, forget it."

[matsuokaa-go]

With a kindhearted smile, crimson orbs met the boy’s deep violet ones, “Konnichiwa,” she echoed his words, followed by a light bow of acknowledgement. “There’s no need to apologize, I was the one being careless,” she admitted, as she shook her head to herself; daydreaming was just one of those habits she had picked up recently. There were many ‘what if’s floating around in her head; different ideas and resulting in different action plans. Part of her told it was a waste of time thinking of scenarios of what could play out before even acting upon them—trivial thoughts of a silly girl. But the other half simply told her, it was probably better to keep options open than follow a straight path; as they say it was far more interesting going down the road less traveled.

  At the sound of the next words that came from the male, she nodded slowly—taking note of the slightly flustered Rei, but paid it no heed. Some people were more reserved than others, and probably needed more time to come out of their shell, she figured. While she didn’t really know him that well before his joining the club, she had a pretty good judgment of his character from their sparse interaction—he was quiet but calculated, composed, yet also had a whimsical side. He didn’t really strike her as the extroverted type, which was completely fine—it was nice to see different sides of different people after all. “Yup!” she grinned in response, glancing down at the boy’s own hand, which held a boxed lunch; something that mirrored what was in her own. Was he going to eat lunch on the rooftop as well? Well, that was the only logical reason, it was lunchtime after all and he did say he was headed off to the roof so it didn’t take a genius to put two and two together, “If you want, would you like to eat together?” she offered with a smile.

[matsuokaa-go]

// lol I have like 4 drafts starters/replies right now have another one or two to finish (ended up grouping characters together for starters ajdsgl) @ v@ They should be posted up by tonight or after I get back from work lmfao. Thanks for the new follows as well! *V * Gonna do that before drawing some askbox answers! ;') //

[matsuokaa-go]

-:August 1st -

“Happy Birthday, Nagisa! This is for calling me Gou!”

 // on the brightside, at least she made him a cake? brbdying //