shishi gets rejected

sudden developement

there was a short silence.

"...yes"

"..."

his eyebrow raised slightly at the remark.

"Who do you swim for?"

shishi blanked, she was astonished. she thought he was implying that he was so wowed by her "ability to swim" he wanted to invite her to join his team.

shishi, having no knowledge of swimming or anything regarding the sport had no idea how to answer this question

she wanted to answer with something that would impress him. 

but Haruka was only asking because he was interested in how skilled she was in swimming, not assuming much at all.

"olympics"

"What."

"i swim for olympics"

this caught Haruka's attention.

but he was heavily doubting that.

"Oh. Can I see?" 

if this girl truly was a olympic swimmer though, watching her swim would help a lot.

"see what"

"You swim."

"why"

"It could be useful."

"ok"

for that moment, the moment she said 'ok' shishi truly believed she was a olympic swimmer

that's why she said it so confidently. 

but shishi is not a olympic swimmer.

or a swimmer.

so when it was the time for shishi to actually "show off her skills" she couldn't move her body

or even articulate some elaborate lie to get herself out of this.

the last thawed braincell in shishi's noggin told her to put her hand in her pocket, a calming posture

and then she was reminded of the small sweaty dirty used moist towel Haruka gave her which she loves so much. [why?]

that brought her back to life. 

because the shock of the cold wet towel against her palm was alarming.

while shishi was being a weirdo Haruka stood there, patiently waiting

and confused

confused why this "olympic swimmer" isn't swimming

"hahahaahgahgahahahha" shishi let out a burst of nervous laughter

it sounded more like sheep suffocating. 

to help with the situation, shishi thought back to when she was watching free! 

this would be totally helpful if it wasn't that for the entire duration of free! shishi was intensely staring at Haruka.

and that's basically all of the exposure she has ever had to the darn sport so that's not very useful, huh

well, fake it till you make it!

that quote is terrible advice, but that's what was running through shishi's head.

shishi thought she could fake olympic swimming.

she thought she'd first try to simplify the concept of swimming and then just do whatever felt right. 

swimming is just jumping into water

right?

shishi paced herself and "dove" into the water.

she thought she was being really graceful but she actually was flailing her arms around.

Haruka, taken aback by this was repulsed.

shishi began to do what "felt right" as in try to breathe underwater and kick her legs around.

Haruka was very repulsed.

shishi began to drown shortly.

Haruka flinched, confused on whether he should save her

but if this truly somehow was a olympic swimmer, is she playing some sick joke? or is this really a style of swimming he had never seen before?

Haruka then only dove in to fish shishi out because she was drowning too loudly.

shishi coughed up a generous amount of pool water and then recovered a few moments later.

she sat up, embarrassed.

and silent

she could be mistaken for a beached whale.

Haruka stood in front of her

"Do you not know how to swim?"

"...yes"

"You're not a Olympic swimmer?"

"...yes"

"I thought so."

silence once again.

he was thinking.

"I'll teach you how to swim if you get out of here after." he held his neck and glanced to the side, the stance one commonly falls into when pitying someone else.

that's a solid deal considering shishi usually doesn't stay long in these dimensions

and bearing in mind that Gambit and Stalker and who knows else is on her trail, this is seriously a good offer

"ok" not thinking of any of that, shishi agreed.

Haruka motioned for shishi to follow him to edge of the pool

her footsteps followed shortly.