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.”

sighed and exclaimed, “Here, let me

noticed that the kid seemed to be around

easier said than done. No matter how much the kid asked me to be

I used to feel the

be brave, so I nodded and slowly let go of

made

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

I felt less embarrassed. However, I still had some

holding my waist. It was an adult’s arms. I was taken aback, so I turned before losing control and choked on

I started coughing.

Luckily, someone supported me.

and cold male voice spoke. “I saw you were

was Armond. Dressed in his swimming trunks, his toned arms and abs

many. I realized that he was still holding on to my

before chuckling awkwardly and explained, “I lost my

awkward the moment the words left my mouth. I wasn’t even standing in the first place. Why did I say

for me, he did not seem to notice, or perhaps he

learn with you later

“It’s okay. I-I…”

Try it. You might be able to learn faster that way,” he

him and nodded slightly. “Okay.