I'm still not sure how they can go from sad to care free in like an hour. Right now I'm at a lost of words...
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I'd totally tap that. But we must stay focused brother. We Must.
Anyway other than that here comes another chance to flex myself.
"After you warm up, I want to see what you can really do. Swim for me," the coach said.
"Excuse me, sir. I can't really swim, though..."
A lone boy sheepishly raised his hand and spoke up.
"Since you have me as your teacher, you'll be swimming by summertime. Don't worry about a thing."
"Well, we don't really need to force ourselves to swim, do we? It's not like we're going to the beach or anything."
"No way. I don't mind at all if you're bad at swimming now, but I'll make sure you guys are winners in the end. Besides, being able to swim will definitely come in handy later in life. Definitely."
Definitely? Huh. When you already know what's going to happen it becomes easier to spot the hints.
Everyone started their warm-up exercises. Ike kept peeking at the girls. And if I'm being honest I wouldn't blame him because- I mean look at those THIGHS.
"He he he, that was an easy win for me. Did you all see my super swimming skills?" Ike crowed.
He'd swum expertly, and now got out of the pool with a smug, self-satisfied grin. I mean who am I to pop his Buble. I should probably hold back to have the Maximum Impacto.
"Well, it looks like everyone can swim, for the most part."
"Of course, sir. Back in junior high, people called me 'the flying fish,' you know." I'm not sure he's joking and it terrifies me.
"I see. In that case, I'll have you start competing against each other. We'll separate groups by gender. Fifty-meter freestyle."
"C-compete?! Are you serious?" Ike cried.
"I'll give out a special bonus to the first-place winner: 5000 points. The student who comes in last place, however, will have to take supplementary lessons. Get ready." The skilled swimmers cheered with joy, while the less confident students groaned.
"Because we don't have very many girls, I'll split you into two groups of five people, and the student with the fastest overall time will be the winner. As for the boys, I'll look at the top five finishing times and then move on to a final round."
