"How is it fast? That's a normal heart rate, okay?"
"Hehe..."
Seeing that he had finished his stubborn talk and turned his head away, ignoring her, she stopped teasing him.
Because she noticed that Tsuna's ears seemed to be dripping red.
She continued with her previous movements, and Tsuna waited until she dived into the water before slowly turning his gaze to her. She was too passive. She could take advantage of him by pretending to teach her how to swim, but he couldn't use this excuse to fight back.
But there was no rush, take it slow, she would suffer enough later...
"Hey, hey, hey! Don't lift my clothes!"
Someone who was still thinking about how to retaliate suddenly felt a mischievous hand grab the clothes around his abdomen and lift them up.
Before he could stop, the touch of skin against skin made him shudder and his scalp tingle.
Then, the person in the water began to rub against him frantically again, not satisfied at all, even stopping the swinging of her legs.
Unable to bear it any longer, Tsuna wanted to reach out and lift her out of the water. While lifting her, she clung to him stubbornly and refused to let go.
Finally, because of her intense movements in the water, she let go and let Tsuna lift her up. When he lifted her up, she did not forget to pull down his clothes.
After Tsuna saw her get up, she kept looking around but not at him, and asked with a fake smile: "Shouko-san, aren't you going to explain?"
She is getting too demanding! This person is too demanding! She must be taught a lesson!
"Ah?" She looked at him in surprise, and then asked innocently: "Coach Tsuna, what do you want to explain? Is there something wrong with my practice?
Just tell me, and I will correct it immediately!"
Tsuna would have almost believed her lies if he hadn't noticed her ears gradually turning red.
Seeing he had nothing to say, Shouko suppressed the swaying edge of her lips and cautiously asked, "Coach Tsuna, can I continue?"
Of course, even with them so close, Shouko's facial expressions weren't quite up to par, and Tsuna could still clearly capture the subtle details of her lips.
Seeing he still didn't say anything, she remembered what Takagi had said at school: if Tsuna didn't say anything after this set of moves, it meant Tsuna agreed to continue.
If she wanted to see his face flush and hear his heartbeat again, she'd have to step up her game.
Tsuna quickly threw up his hands to block him. "No, no, no, you've practiced well. You can try this, floating without holding onto anything to perform that move."
If he kept going, he feared even the Heart Purification Mantra wouldn't be enough.
"Oh..." Shouko wasn't upset by the rejection. After all, she felt like she had won.
If this continued, it would be that...what was it Takagi mentioned...right, right, right! Tsuna will be on alert, and it will be much harder for him to take advantage of her during this period, and it will even backfire.
"Then Coach Tsuna, you have to keep an eye on me. I'll give it a try first."
"Yeah, don't worry." While she was cheering herself up in her heart, Tsuna quickly buried his head in the water to cool down.
The weather is getting hotter and hotter, I don't know what to say...
"Splash...splash...splash..."
Tsuna looked at her using her hands and feet in the water, which was a bit funny.
Then, Shouko's first attempt ended in failure, because without that person to hold her, she suddenly felt as if she hadn't learned it yet...
Shouko knew that her movements were wrong, and she stood up from the water without hesitation, then looked at Tsuna and knocked her head cutely:
"Coach Tsuna, how about I practice the previous movement again? I don't think I can do it well enough..."
Seeing this, Tsuna hurriedly took a half step back. As Shouko was walking quickly towards him, she suddenly slipped and fell forward.
Tsuna instinctively moved forward to hold her.
Coincidentally, Tsuna slipped twice in the same place, grabbed Shouko's wrists, and leaned back to pull her, who had been pretending to slip.
"Splash!"
The two of them fell into the water with a cry of surprise. The splash happened to blur the camera of Shizuka's mobile phone, who was hiding not far away.
The lifeguard at the pool heard the sound and looked over, but when he saw it was the couple from before, he looked away. The man could swim and was teaching the woman how to swim.
There was no way he was in trouble, and the water was only up to their chests. They could just stand up, unless they both had cramps in their legs at the same time.
As they sank, Tsuna subconsciously let go of Shouko's hand. Shouko's eyes widened as she reflected the shimmering light at the bottom of the pool. Seeing him let go of her, she reached out to pull him without hesitation.
Then his lips bumped against the tip of her nose, and slid to the corner of her lips under the action of buoyancy - like a feather brushing against a strawberry cake.
Shouko's brain immediately shut down, her throat swallowed unconsciously, and she began to feel thirsty.
Seeing that she was choking on water, Tsuna hurriedly lifted her out of the water without too much thought, and then he surfaced.
"Cough... cough... cough!!" Shouko immediately put her arms around his neck and coughed violently on his shoulder.
He patted the girl's back gently, hoping to make her feel better.
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"Shouko seems to have choked on water, do you want to go over and take a look?" Daisuke, who was hiding in the dark, wanted to go up and check the situation.
Shizuka held her phone in her right hand, snapping away furiously. With her left, she clutched onto Daisuke, grumbling,
"Why are you going over there? Can't you see your son? Going over now will ruin the atmosphere, okay?
And look, none of the lifeguards or the surrounding children are coming over. Some are even swimming away. Do you think it's appropriate for you to go over there?"
Daisuke nodded, then stopped and slowly retreated behind Shizuka, continuing to watch the show.
He debated whether to complain to the lifeguard. It was so irresponsible. They didn't even bother to look, just staring at the distant "scenery."
"Okay, Tsuna, I'm feeling better. No need to worry." At this moment, Shouko stopped him, but she still held him tightly, refusing to let go.
She could feel her face heating up, and the rate of increase was even faster after she recovered a bit.
Although holding him like this in front of everyone was part of the story.
"Now that you're done, can you let me go first?" Tsuna tilted his head, his hot and humid breath brushing across her earlobe, and asked.
He felt as if there was something that was about to get out of control.
The tip of Shouko's ear felt hot, but she forced herself not to show any fear, and answered the question irrelevantly, "Coach Tsuna, is this artificial respiration teaching?"
"No, that was purely accidental, Shouko-chan." Tsuna had long been immune to such joking remarks, and replied without hesitation, shaking his head.
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"But... Coach Tsuna, your heartbeat doesn't seem to say that."
"Yours seems to be about the same as mine, right? And isn't my heartbeat fast because you scared me with that sudden move just now?"
"..." Shouko wanted to bite his red ears...
(End of this chapter)
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