In the changing room of the Tracen Academy swimming pool, Hakki sat on a bench, grimacing. Her knees hurt. She hadn't even gotten in the water yet, but the abundant moisture in the pool area had already triggered her rheumatism, making Hakki want to smash her head against the iron locker door. Although the condition had never been severe, in a chilly place like a swimming pool, the effect was quite noticeable...
"I can only pray the water temperature isn't too low. Hiss." She patted and rubbed her chest. A flat-chested person probably looked better in this kind of school swimsuit, but the soul of a 20-something woman inside her was still somewhat resistant to wearing such a thing!
She was conflicted, but then she thought about how even the old-school JKs from the last century at Tracen would wear these things to swim in the pool. Hakki felt a sense of shame, realizing that her two lifetimes combined weren't as old as them. In the end, the ash-haired girl succumbed.
She stripped off her uniform, put it in the locker, and, enduring the pain in her knees, limped to the edge of the pool. Kitahara and Zennin Gloria hadn't come out of the changing room yet, so Hakki first dipped her toe into the water.
"Eek!" A chill shot up from her toes to her brain, making Hakki's ears stand on end. She then scrambled away from the pool. She wouldn't jump in even if it killed her. Although other horse girls were swimming in the pool at the moment, and perhaps the water temperature was just right for them, for a special case like Hakki with rheumatism, this water temperature was unacceptable!
"Ah, CuckooBird, good afternoon," Oguri Cap said, sitting on a chair far from the pool. She put down her newspaper and looked at the pathetic Hakki.
Hakki almost forgot there was another non-swimmer on the team. Didn't that mean Oguri Cap had seen everything just now?
"Oguri... good afternoon. I was just wondering, is this swimming training necessary? Hiss, it's so cold. Can't they install heating in the swimming pool?" Hakki nonchalantly rubbed her knees. The dense Oguri Cap probably wouldn't be able to tell that there was a problem with her knees anyway. She would just pretend she was rubbing them to warm up.
Oguri Cap nodded and raised her newspaper again. "Yes. Even though I'm a non-swimmer, Uncle Roppei forced me to swim back then. Although the process was very unpleasant, the results were very good."
"I see... wait, why are you always holding a newspaper?"
"I fell asleep just now. With the newspaper covering my face, Kitahara won't see that I'm actually slacking off," Oguri Cap explained.
"Who did you learn this terrible trick from?"
"That's what they all say in the manga. It's very effective."
Alright, Oguri Cap was still as simple as ever. But Kitahara probably wouldn't say anything even if she slacked off. After all, she was already a retired horse girl. The only thing she needed to take seriously was the year-end Dream Trophy, but it didn't seem like she had decided to participate this year, right?
"You changed so quickly. Let me ask you first, Hakki, do you know how to swim?" Kitahara and Zennin Gloria had also changed into their swimsuits. Comparing the figures of the four people at this moment, Hakki suddenly felt... she really was one of the smallest at Tracen. Even Silence Suzuka could laugh at her. Perhaps... she should sit at the same table as Nishino Flower... wait, considering Nishino Flower's height... she wasn't that small, was she?! Even Viva Bouquet had some assets for her height!
Doubt, complete self-doubt. Hakki was a little nostalgic for her former self, who, although not big, at least had some curves.
"Hakki! Do you know how to swim!" Kitahara had to call out several times before Hakki's soul returned. She turned her head numbly and nodded, which counted as an answer, but she felt even more insignificant.
Zennin Gloria was also holding a notebook and a pen, but she found that Hakki was a little strange compared to usual. "Hakki, are you really okay? If you're like Oguri, we can take it slow." Noticing when a horse girl on the team was not right was also a required course for a support horse girl, and Zennin Gloria had always been an excellent student in this course.
Hakki took a deep breath, and slapped her chest. "I'm fine. I was just lost in the confusion of my own barrenness just now, but when I thought that I haven't gone through my growth spurt yet, I felt relieved. I still have room to grow!" As if to prove her words, Hakki patted her hard chest loudly.
"Ahaha... it's good that you're fine," Zennin Gloria said. Actually, she thought it was nice for Hakki to stay so small... but she only thought about it in her heart. She also hoped that Hakki could grow a little more, as it would be beneficial for her on the racetrack. After all, growth meant an increase in strength.
Kitahara squatted by the pool and put her hand in, frowning slightly. "The water is a bit cold. Are you really sure? If you're uncomfortable, we can postpone the swimming training." For Hakki, who was about to enter the water for the first time in Kitahara's impression, this water temperature was not suitable for a beginner.
"It's fine! Bring on any training! Train hard, earn money, and achieve financial freedom!" Hakki jumped up and down to warm up. Before Kitahara could give her instructions, she had already dived into the pool.
"Still so impetuous. But from her movements, she's not a beginner," Kitahara shook her head, but still squatted on the shore timing her. But when Hakki kicked off the opposite pool wall and was on her way back, halfway through, her whole body suddenly seized up.
Damn it, a cramp.
It was partly because Hakki had learned to swim in her past life, partly because this body wasn't used to it, and thirdly, her rheumatism had flared up.
"Gulp!" It only took a moment from cramping up to sinking to the bottom. Zennin Gloria reacted quickly, diving into the pool and pulling Hakki up, throwing her back onto the shore. After spitting out a few mouthfuls of pool water, Hakki looked as if she had lost her light.
"I told you not to dive in so quickly. You must warm up before swimming. Did you get a cramp?" Kitahara squatted down and put her hand on the place Hakki was clutching.
Hakki grimaced and sucked in a breath of cold air. "Right there... hiss, it hurts, it hurts, cough!" Well, she spat out another mouthful of water. If she had really sunk to the bottom, she probably would have evolved into a sea horse girl... Hmm, a seahorse is also a horse, that's right.
Kitahara and Zennin Gloria each took one of Hakki's legs. It seemed... today's swimming training was probably a bust.
After a series of howls and screams, Hakki was carried out of the swimming pool by Oguri Cap and Zennin Gloria. But before leaving, she saw Nase Fumino's team entering the pool. And she had to admit... Hakki actually thought... Deep Impact and Super Creek's school swimsuits might look pretty good?
She looked down at her toes, tutted, and gave herself two slaps in her mind.
Seriously, what's there to see on a flat board?
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