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My New Dream (Sosuke X Reader)

My New Dream (Sosuke X Reader)

It all happened much faster than Sosuke had expected. His badly injured shoulder had hindered him from swimming, from his dream of becoming a professional swimmer. He had trained so hard only to end up in horrible shape because of his shoulder. It was his dream, ever since he was younger, to become a professional swimmer alongside his best friend, Rin. But now that his shoulder was injured beyond repair, there was nothing that could be done. All of his hard work and training had actually prevented him from doing the one thing that he always wanted to do.

He didn't know how he was going to live out the rest of his life without being able to swim the way that he used to. His dream of becoming a professional swimmer would now become a distant memory. What was he going to do now that he had lost sight of his one and only dream? What could possibly replace his old dream?

~*~

Those were the things that revolved around Sosuke's mind a long time ago. But things were different now, much different. Now he had something, or rather someone, to live for. It all started when he applied for a summer job in Tokyo at a gym where he could give swimming lessons to children who dreamed of one day being a swimmer, or who had just wanted to swim for the fun of it. With a job like that, he would be able to swim without putting too much energy on his shoulder  since he was teaching very basic swimming. 

The day that he applied for the job was the day that his life had changed, the day that he met her.  There was also another swimming instructor, as well as the assistant manager. She had soft (e/c) and (h/l, h/c) hair, and was wearing a (f/c) bathing suit. Sosuke observed her from the entrance for a short time. She was great with handling the children that she was teaching, and they all seemed to like her as well. She had a sort of motherly quality about her that Sosuke recognized as soon as he saw her, even though she didn't seem to be much older than him at all.

Sosuke entered the room and received the young woman's attention when she turned around to see him. "Oh, hello," she said. "Are you the one who was looking for a job here?"

Sosuke nodded calmly, although he felt a slight spark light up within him upon hearing her voice. Making eye contact with her seemed to make the spark even stronger somehow. What was it that made Sosuke feel that? He took a deep breath before he started talking. "Yes, ma'am. My name is Sosuke Yamazaki, and I'm looking to apply for a job here."

"Well you're in luck. We need an extra teacher here on the days where the children come in bigger groups. Do you think you can handle the job?"

"I'll do the best that I can."

"Alright, just grab an application form from my bag over there and hand it to me once you've finished filling it out." She pointed to her bag in the corner of the room. "I'm (Name/Last Name) by the way. It's nice to meet you."

"It's nice to meet you too." Sosuke's lips formed a slight smile as he grabbed an application out of (Name)'s bag and started filling it in with his basic information. As soon as he was finished, he waited for (Name) to let the kids take a break from their lesson before handing his application to her.

"Thank you, Mr. Yamazaki," (Name) said. "I'll look over your application and get back to you as soon as possible. If you're lucky, your first day will start tomorrow."

"Alright, thank you." Sosuke bowed his head slightly to her before leaving the gym. He felt as if he had a new purpose in life, if he actually got the job.

~*~

Sosuke had been working with (Name) doing swimming lessons for the next five months. The more he was around her, the more he was starting to realize exactly how he had felt about her. He wanted to tell her how he felt; he had to tell her. The problem was that he would always get too nervous to ask her out. Everything that he was thinking of saying to her sounded stupid in his head, so he decided against saying it. But it didn't help that his feelings for her were growing stronger and stronger each day.