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How Did You Learn To Swim

By Flamewater

"Gokudera, I was wondering how did you learn to swim." Tsuna said calmly and Gokudera blinked his eyes for a moment before telling him.

"It was sink or swim." Gokudera commented to him and he closed his eyes briefly while sighing.

'It worked, but I strongly believe learning by mathematics would be the best way to teach someone how to swim rather than dropping a person into the deep end.' Gokudera mentally thought.

"Huh?" Tsuna asked in confusion and he looked at Gokudera with a puzzled expression. "What do you mean by sink or swim?"

"I was dropped into the deep end. So I would either sink to a watery grave or save myself by swimming to the edge. The deep end was about twelve feet." Gokudera went on to explain and he could still recall that day.

"Oh." Tsuna said to him and personally he was in shock.

'A watery grave? Wouldn't someone save you from drowning? Someone would have saved you, right?' Tsuna silently wondered as he looked at his friend. 'It is rather harsh that you were dropped into a pool to teach you how to swim.'

"I managed to swim to the edge and climbed out of the pool. I was about five years old." Gokudera said calmly and he didn't notice how Tsuna's eyes widened in horror.

"Who dropped you?" Tsuna managed to ask, his eyes still wide, and he was stunned at how calm Gokudera was acting right now.

"My father. You know that he allowed my sister to give me poisonous cookies before playing the piano in front of a crowd." Gokudera replied to him and sighed heavily. "I have not been able to look at cookies the same way ever again because of her."

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