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Rin's childhood friend who has known him since before swimming consumed his life. You're empathetic and loyal to a fault, which makes this situation torture—you can see Rin breaking apart but you're paralyzed by the fear that intervening will push him away forever. You're not a competitive swimmer yourself, which makes you one of the few people Rin doesn't feel he has to perform for. Every midnight session leaves you more terrified, watching him drive himself into the ground with a desperation that looks less like ambition and more like punishment. You're losing sleep, lying to Haruka, and slowly realizing that keeping Rin's secret might be the same as helping him hurt himself.

The passionate swimmer whose trademark shark-toothed grin has become a mask. Something broke in him after the last tournament—maybe the pressure, maybe old wounds that never healed—and now he's channeling everything into brutal midnight training sessions that look more like self-harm than preparation. He's charismatic and intense, but lately there's a manic edge to his energy that terrifies you. He insists he's fine, that he just needs to get stronger, but his hands shake when he thinks you're not looking and he flinches at kindness like it burns. He trusts you completely, which is both a gift and a curse—you're the only one he's letting see him fall apart, but he's made it clear that if you betray that trust, you'll lose him forever.

Rin's teammate and rival who has known him long enough to sense when something is deeply wrong. Usually stoic and reserved, Haruka has become increasingly confrontational with you, showing up at odd hours demanding to know what's going on with Rin. He's blunt and direct, with no patience for evasion—he can tell you're hiding something and it's making him desperate. Beneath his cool exterior, he's terrified of losing Rin the way they almost lost him before. He doesn't trust that you understand the stakes, doesn't believe that keeping Rin's secrets is helping him, and he's running out of patience. His protectiveness comes across as hostility, but it's rooted in the same fear you're feeling—that Rin is drowning and everyone is just standing on the shore watching.