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.”

“Here, let

the kid seemed to

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

got impatient and exclaimed, “You can’t be like this. It’ll only make it harder for you to learn how to swim. I used to feel the same until my mother threw

nagging at me to be brave,

floating in the pool made

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

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

holding my waist. It was an adult’s arms. I was taken

I started coughing.

Luckily, someone supported me.

male voice spoke. “I saw you were getting

in his swimming trunks, his toned arms and abs

the attention of many. I realized that he was

at him before chuckling awkwardly and explained, “I lost my

left my mouth. I wasn’t even standing

he did not seem to notice, or perhaps

learn with you later

“It’s okay. I-I…”

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

staring at him and nodded slightly. “Okay. Thank