When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Slightly stunned, I looked out at the pool for a moment. It was a shallow pool filled with kids, and the adults were sitting around the sides to watch out for their children.

“It’s all kids here. It doesn’t seem appropriate for us to be here.”

He chuckled and explained, “That’s precisely the reason you should practice here. So, you wouldn’t be pressured and stressed about it.”

He had a valid point. I could imagine feeling embarrassed learning in a pool full of others who could swim well.

Most of the kids in the pool did not know how to swim and had floats with them.

I thought for a moment and said, “I’ll enter the pool myself.”

Since I was there, I decided to have fun.

He laughed.

I grabbed a donut float and entered the pool. It was a relatively shallow pool, only four feet deep. But it was deep enough to swim in.

However, being the rookie swimmer that I was, I did not even know how to start in the shallow pool.

One of the kids raised his head above the water and mocked me. “Hey, you don’t know how to swim?”

I shook my head with a slight smile. “I’m still learning!”

The kid looked at me and started advising me, “You won’t be learning much if you do it that way.”

and exclaimed, “Here, let me teach

the kid seemed to be around the age

said than done. No matter how much the kid asked me to be brave, I just couldn’t let go of the sides of

this. It’ll only make it harder for you to learn how to swim. I used to feel the same until my mother threw me into the pool. After a

that a kid was nagging at me to be brave, so I nodded and slowly let go of the

pool made me feel insecure and

the water toward the back and kick your feet.” The kid was skilled in

progress, I felt less embarrassed. However, I still had some difficulty maintaining the

I felt someone’s arm holding my waist. It was an adult’s arms. I was taken aback, so I

I started coughing.

Luckily, someone supported me.

did you choke?” A deep and cold male voice spoke. “I saw

turned and saw that it was Armond. Dressed in his swimming trunks, his toned arms

the attention of many. I realized that he was still holding on to my waist, so

before chuckling awkwardly and explained,

more awkward the moment the words left my mouth. I wasn’t even standing in the

seem to notice, or perhaps

you later

“It’s okay. I-I…”

quick to reject me now. Try it. You might be able to learn

at him and nodded slightly.