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Clawing onto Jordan's arm because of the blurred vision, "Nononononoooo!", Shu wiped away the water on face and waved, splattered some liquids up. "I I-I am okay. Please don't be sorryyyyy, it's my fault to misunderstand your words. You're kind enough to squish some of your time to teach me!" She grinned.

After clapping her hands, "Okay, let me try again." The petite girl took a breathe, then with her legs curled at a right angle, like sitting, she slowly laid flat on the water surface and then relaxed to bring her legs up.

Success! She felt like a leave on water, eyes brightened up for the interesting feeling and then smiley eyes searched for Jordan for opinion.

Shu made the happy tail waggling puppy smiling face after hearing Jordan's word, and then tried to be stern as she repeated his instructions in mind. How should my hands place? At last, she decided to put her hands overlapped with each other like people in coffin. She didn't really feel the sinking, but rather slowly immersed in the water.

It recalled the feeling she had when she curled up and sank herself like a seashell in the bathtub, but it was different, she wasn't alone, the hand behind her she could feel warmth and support.

Her relaxed body was much soften, the eyes gently closed showed how comfortable she felt as she exhaled the air in her lung.

It felt good floating in water. "It feels great!" She chirped.

Prolixity

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"ALWAYS!" The girl happily answered, while Jordan talked, Shu's mind constructed a blue crayon colored pool with a tiny coral pink puffer fish floating on the water, it has a glasses that resembled hers.

The petite girl followed the instruction to stand with her feet again, holding the edge. "Jordan sensei, when did you learn swimming? How did you find it? Do you enjoy swimming?" When it was the break time, shu asked questions.

She was thinking to ask how he was lately, she felt that Jordan changed a bit, but she couldn't tell if it was good or bad thing to him. So she asked a more relaxing thing instead, and she wanted to know more about the Sun hunter.

Shu scooped up her head by the two hands under the chin and listened to Jordan's sharing his story with great interested smile. Imagining a tiny Jordan dashed towards the water was such a delightful and pleasant thing, she couldn't help but covered her mouth and giggled like a little girl. "Little Jordan was cute and brave. I think I like water too, it is calm and comfortable to stay inside it. Best for summer time, I guess! It's said that the beach here is dangerous, right....."

With a nod, the break time ended. The petite girl followed each step Jordan taught her carefully to return to float on water, then picked up her legs to kick the water slowly, one after another to familiar with the feeling, waiting patiently for her body to learn it by itself. It seemed she was doing pretty well until she suddenly sunk.

Shu was persistently kicking her legs, when a sharp pain stroke at her. One of her leg felt numb and stiff, and it brought her down as it curled up while her hands abruptly impotent to hold on the edge. It only took two seconds for her to sink into the water, helplessly.

She struggled, tried to straighten the curled leg, but it was futile. All she could do was holding the cramped leg with both of her hands, painfully.

Shu immediately latched on Jordan like a drown cat coughing, eye widened and empty-minded. It felt sore but numb, she never cramp before, so it's a brand new experience for the Asian girl.

Like a koala, something she won't do if she was composed, she wrapped around the hunter's shoulder, sat on the edge. A while later, when she was calmer, she nodded and then paused, and shook her head, a face of confusion. Her leg was painful but paralyzed, Shu felt like hitting on it out of frustration and was obliviously frowned. Her hands clenched into fists.

She hated this feeling but she didn't know how to express it, the muscles within were stretching in tension.

"Sorry, Jordan Sensei, you spent your time to teach me and I am like that....." When the lingering pain slowly faded. "What happened to me?"

Maybe he see her puzzled face or serve as a distraction, he explained where was the pain source. Shu listened carefully and nodded. "I see......so - I'd better continue next time? Maybe....I was too nervous. Thanks, I feel much better now." She felt her sensation gradually come back.

"Have you cramped before, Jordan Sensei?"

"I will find free time to practice, and next time we have lesson, I will be much better than now." Shu promised sincerely, already flipping and arranging through the schedule book in her mind to squeeze times for it. "It's better, but I think - it would be a good distraction if we continue to chat." She smiled with a light blush.

The little hands sprang out to grab Jordan's arm when he told her he cramped a few times. "Were you alone? Are you okay? It sounds scary, I wish I were with you, but I probably won't do anything." She drew herself back.

"Jordan Sensei......" She paused, "I-I don't know if you wanna talk, but -" She breathed out for a resolution, "but...Were you - Were you unhappy a while ago?" By a while, she meant a long while ago, when she was occupied with her problems even though she got some cues from Twitter. The voice was of caution and her shoulder mildly arched as a natural reaction.

Cafeteria was the best place to get gossips and she somehow overheard that the Sun hunter moved out of his original room.