REI: [depressed] Why won’t my time go down… MAKOTO: [walks up] Rei! What’s wrong? REI: Makoto-senpai. I was wondering what to do about shortening my time… MAKOTO: Oh. Like I tried to say before, while you’re improving your form, your time is– NAGISA: I know! It’s your swimsuit! REI: …Where did you come from, Nagisa-kun… NAGISA: Don’t look at me as if I’m a maggot, that’s so rude. The cause of all your problems has to be because of your swimsuit! REI: Swimsuit? NAGISA: Yeah. I saw on TV the other day that they invented a swimsuit with fish slime on its surface. REI: …Already, I’m getting a bad feeling about this… NAGISA: That’s the sort of swimsuit you need, Rei-chan! REI: So, wait, let me recap. You’re saying it’s a swimsuit with gel on it that replicates the outer mucus layer of a fish, right? That’s not the kind of swimsuit a high school student is able to afford. Don’t be foolish. NAGISA: The surface just has to be slimy, right? So… here. [takes out a bottle and squeezes onto his palm] Slime! REI: N-Nagisa-kun… where did you take that out from? NAGISA: Never mind the minor details! REI: It isn’t a “minor” detail! What do you intend to do with that hand? NAGISA: [grins] Come here, Rei-chan! I’ll make you slimy! REI: [runs away] No! Get away from me! NAGISA: [chases] Rei-chan, wait! I swear this will help you reach your best time! REI: Why is it that everything you come up with is insane?! NAGISA: I bet it was thanks to crazy ideas like this that Edison and Watson got their inventions! REI: Watson is a molecular biologist! He’s not an inventor! MAKOTO: H-Hey! Nagisa and Rei, stop it, the both of you! REI: You have to stop Nagisa-kun, Makoto-senpai! MAKOTO: Nagisa, stop it! NAGISA: Then I’ll make you slimy, Mako-chan. MAKOTO: Huh?! [backs away] Eh– wa– Nagisa– Wait!! NAGISA: [pours slime] Slimy slimy! [MAKOTO screams]
REI: [claps his hands together in prayer] Makoto-senpai… I will never forget you! MAKOTO: I’m not dead! [NAGISA claps a hand on REI's shoulder] REI: ! NAGISA: Heh heh heh. Rei-chan. I’ve caught you. ♥ REI: N-Nagisa-kun… NAGISA: Here you go! Slimy slimy! [REI screams]
NAGISA: All done! Now you’re definitely going to reach your shortest time yet, you two! MAKOTO: [slipping] I-It’s slippery…! REI: Look ou– This is pretty dangerous– [MAKOTO and REI struggle to keep standing] NAGISA: [giggles] You two look like baby fawns who are learning to walk for the first time. MAKOTO/REI: And whose fault is that?! NAGISA: Calm down. REI: Nagisa-kun…! This really will… help to shorten my time… right?! NAGISA: You won’t know until you try! Try swimming, Rei-chan! REI: But… this is… too slippery… I can’t… reach the diving board…! HARUKA: [walks up] Hey, you guys. MAKOTO: [wails] Haru! NAGISA: Haru-chan! I invented a new swimsuit! HARUKA: A new swimsuit? [pause] So… do you intend to go into the pool like that? REI: Eh? U-Um… yes… Nagisa-kun said that with this swimsuit, I’ll reach my best time… So I’m about to give it a try… HARUKA: Don’t. You’ll ruin the pool. MAKOTO: [whispers] Haruka is really angry! What are you going to do about this, Nagisa?! REI: [whispers] It’s your fault he’s mad at me, Nagisa-kun! NAGISA: Eh?! You’re mean, you two! It’s not all my fault! REI: It’s UNMISTAKABLY all your fault! I told you I didn’t want to– [slips] I’m falling! [REI grabs onto NAGISA] NAGISA: Wai– Rei-chan! Don’t grab onto me when you’re all slimy like that! MAKOTO: [yells] Nagisa! Don’t push me! I-I’m slipping…! NAGISA: B-But Rei-chan grabbed me…! [slips] REI: It’s not like I can help it…! NAGISA: Rei-chan…! Let go…! Of me…!