muse ✨'s manga / #HaruRin(69)

Rin convinces Haru to confess to the person he loves, which leads to Haru kissing him and Rin being confused. I read this as one-sided love on Haru's part, and Rin being willing to go along with it in the moment for Haru's sake. It was bittersweet for me.

Rin is hurt when Haru mistakes his kiss as an Australian greeting and then remembers he's never bothered to, y'know. Tell Haru he's into him. So they fix that.

In which Rin knows he and Haru will have to say goodbye one day, so he thinks, "HEY, what if I just ruin everything right now?" Luckily, Haru has more sense than Rin does. Two chapters.

Haru decides to confess to Rin, who grows frustrated by the lack of change in their relationship in the coming weeks, and thus they go on an aquarium date for Christmas. This is beautifully done and easily 2-3 times the length of many DJs. It focuses on the relationship build and culminates with intimacy, but as part of the relationship's growth and doesn't go into explicit detail. Easily the best Free! DJ I've read to date.

LBR Rei calculated the friction of skin in water and Nagisa ran out and bought the powder.

Haru hates seeing Rin cry unless it's when they're having sex, apparently.

Mackerel Magic.

Giving this four stars for the final line, that Rin wishes he could publicly take credit for a small change in Haru, if someone should notice it. Speaks volumes beyond the literal helping him to shave. Also A+ for a shared shower.