Chapter 05

"So... who will you choose?"

That four-word questioned easily gave shivers down your spine, you felt stares from your male friends at your back.

Biting your lower lip, you instantly clicked your tongue because you were clearly annoyed with the announcement. "No one from the boys like to teach me, how am I-"

Your talkative thoughts were cutted by Gou who was frantically waving her hand on your paused face for approximately a minute already.

"Helloo! Earth to (Y/n)!! Are you deaf?" she made the male friends laugh quietly by her last three words on her sentence.

You shooked off my head rapidly and faced her again, "Sorry.. I just honestly don't know." you admitted.

Nagisa suddenly approached you and bended his knees like Gou with a slight reasonable distance between them. "I'm sure you won't choose me but, I really intend for you to choose Haru-chan."

A glint of shining bright light shimmered to Gou's maroon eyes. Her nonchalant face quickly shifted into a bright, excited one.

"Yes! Haruka is the best when it comes to swimming!-"

Then a loud splash of water was heard near, everyone including you quickly turned their heads around and saw Haruka playing with water.

Makoto already knew what his action mean't.

Raising an index on the thin air, Makoto spoke: "He said his fine being (Y/n)'s official teacher, but we still need her agreement. So is it a yes or no?"

His question at the end, the overrated three word statement sended you shivers down your spine again for the second time.

Biting your lower lip again, but this time you did it way more pressed on your teeth injecting your lips. You had no idea again what to answer.

Gou was impatient with the repeated long awakening silence from you, so she just stood up again and smiled to everyone. "She said 'yes'!"

You weren't really looking at anyone's faces but through the glimpse of your eye, you saw Haruka with widened eyes. Not expecting for you to accept him as your official teacher even though you really hadn't yet answer Makoto's three word question.

Rei sighed in relief. "Alright, now that's settled down. Haruka will start teaching squid some swimming lessons.

You saw a laughing Makoto in the water, laughing at Rei's name calling at you. "Squid." Makoto chuckled aggressively as he repeated the word, it was obvious that he kept on remembering when you drowned down in the pool for the first time.

Rolling your eyes, you just turned your head and saw Haruka, looking like he is waiting for something to happen.

You swimmed onto him and smiled cheerfully, "Lets start the lessons Haruka-sensei, shall we?"

He just nodded and finally begin his lessons.

"Its going to be a long afternoon today.."

**

After all the lessons on the swimming club, it was pass nine at night but you and your group of friends snaggled up inside a café, not caring a single bit of the time flying.

Drinking your favorite drink, the water. Rei started shooting some questions. "How was Haruka being as your teacher, (Y/n)?"

Everyone's attention faced towards you, even Haruka was curious if he was a good teacher or not to you.

You smirked devilishly. "Of course." You confidentally said with an obvious amount of sarcastic-ness through the tone of your heavy voice. "He was great, indeed."

Even though you said it in a half joking way, Haruka swept a light pink blush across his cheeks. Making you a bit puzzled.

You laughed. "I'm kidding!!" - "His actually a really good teacher, I know we'll be in good terms." you added and embraced the awkward feeling filling up in your veins.

Gou yawned while covering her mouth with her tilted head, as it goes, chemical-chain happened making everyone else and you also yawned in the same way.

Nagisa streched his arms up in the air, pumping up his stiff muscles. "Lets go home, I'm exhausted already."

As everyone agreed, the group finished off their meals and coffees and finally left to go back to their respective homes.

Back home..

Showing and waving her flip flop on the air, she scowled you while the veins on her forehead went visible.

"I don't want you to go home at this kind of time again!!!" your mother, scowling her saliva at you.

You stood quiet, staring at the tiled floor. Feeling guilty. You promised her that you'll never skip going back home before six at night.

She dramatically sighed as it escaped from her dry lips and just dropped her flip flop on the ground. Trying to clear up her head.

As she turned her body around, you started to take off your shoes and hang your bag, hat on a tall hanging-area near the front door of the house.

You were not sure what to do if you'll just pretend you ignored her and ran up straight to your bedroom or just stay downstairs, you had a feeling she has a lecture for you about behaviors again.

But unexpectedly, she just walked up towards you and wrapped her arms around your shoulders to your back. Your eyes widened.

"I'm sorry, honey... aging is really a thing for me now since you are all grown up.." the bear-hug she gave you suddenly became tighter, her skin on her arms sinking down on your shirt.

You were about to say something but she cutted you off, "Just tell me if being overprotective is a little too much for you. Ever since your father passed away from me, that water addict, I just can't loose you too."

Your father had this thing with swimming. Your mother used to tell you all different kinds of stories when they were only a couple back then about your father, (his name)/(his last name).

Sadly, you never had a chance to meet, talk, speak, laugh with him and have a blessing fatherhood with him. You could only see tons of pictures of him on hanging frames on your walls all over the houses and on top of some tables.

He had an accident when he was in a swimming competition, he drowned himself since he swims way too much, almost every hour in a normal day. Its unbelievable but it was true.

Pressing back as you hold the tears trying to come out, you break the hug and just smiled at her.

"Its alright mom. I understand." I muttered, if I made my voice louder, the tears will definetly escape out of my eyes easily.

"What a night."