47 Did I Do Something?
As uncle Seung-ri sits me down on the examining table, the doctor stops his chat with the referees and waddles his big boned body over here.
When his unstable mass reached the bed, I sort of felt attracted to him. Not in the sexual ay, but in the gravitational way.
'...is he that heavy? God...I guess being a doctor pays quite well'
His eyes light up when he sees the person on his bed, me and he starts fanboying about me. Well, my body.
"So, this is the famed Min-chul of District Competition? I've been meaning to study your body structure! It's truly interesting!"
"Uhhh, body structure? How is his body structure interesting?"
With an alerted and confused tone, Seung-ri unconsciously steps in front of me as if to protect me from this blob. The blob, Dr. Blob from now on, realizes his weird actions.
"Ah! Don't misunderstand, coach. I'm just oh so very curious about this boy, this...machine of a human being. To be so fast at swimming, I'd like to study you"
He walks around the bed with his Teo fingers on his chin and his heading bobbing up and down in admiration. What caught me off guard was the study part.
You want to study me? Doing a physical exam is fine, even maybe some regular checkup. But he said "study". What am I? A frog? Will he cut my body open to see how I work?
"S-study me?!"
"Yes! Your body is quite literally, one made for swimming. You and that Beom-sok fellow are both middle schoolers that I'm interested in!"
As Seung-ri hears Dr. Blob horribly word what he was really trying to say, he stutters before letting it go entirely. Even though Min-chunk isn't moaning in pain or anything, it could get much worse if it was serious.
"Uhhhh...uhuh. Whatever. Do you mind checking Min-chul's waist? There's a pain somewhere in his left waist"
Hearing the words "checking Min-chul's waist", Dr. Blob almost got a nosebleed before turning around and massaging his head. Seriously, does he want to examine me for my body or for my BODY.
It's too suspicious.
"Ahem ahem, I'm so very sorry. Just the thought of examining his waist and seeing how his muscles are built, how bulky he is...never mind, his left side, right? Alrighty then..."
*Snap! Snap!*
'H-hey, why is he snapping gloves on? Does a waist examination need gloves? What what what'
Thankfully, he wasn't going to do a deep dive into me and just said that it would be unprofessional not to wear gloves. The snapping of the gloves caught me off guard...
"Hmmm, does it hurt...here?"
"Uhhh, yeah, a little"
"How about this bit?"
"Ow! U-uhhh, yeah. That's the part, I guess"
After Dr. Blob confirms the part that hurts, he start picking at it with his fingers to see which specific part hurt. After nearly 5 minutes, he stopped the searching.
"Huh...I think nothing is too wrong with your hip, just some bruising. Have you maybe hit that bit of your hip recently? Maybe against a table or something?"
"Hit my hip..."
I start trying to recall if I ever hit my hip on something. A table? I don't remember getting hit while I was eating at the restaurant. Maybe it was one of the girls?
Maybe I overworked my body and didn't give myself enough time to digest.
"Uhhh, not that I remember, no"
"Then that's odd. Go take care of yourself more and that bruise should be gone in maybe 3 or 4 days"
"Then, thanks doc"
Walking out of the dotor's office with an ice pack and a phone number from the doctor, I return back to the front row to watch the qualifying.
It's already 4:15 p.m and a lot of people need to leave. The qualifying board is what really makes me smile.
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A League Qualifiers (Provisional) 200M FREE
1st: Seung Jae-ho (SST 2ND YEAR) - 3:03.65
2nd: Owen Yang (SM 2ND YEAR) - 3:04.01
3rd: Jeon Hyun-ki (SM 3RD YEAR) - 3:07.35
Joshua Lim (TYM 2ND YEAR) - 3:08.59
Johnathan Lim (TYM 2ND YEAR) - 3:08.69
Kim Min-chul (RF 3RD YEAR) - 3:09.21
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From the first freestyle qualifying, the only people in the top 6 that were from the 100 meter qualifying was me, Jae-ho and Owen. Owen is a pretty crass person, but a great swimmer. Jae-ho is more reserved.
'Hmmm, it seems as thought the Lim twins are in front of me'
The Lim twins are a brother pair that previously dominated the district tournament. Well, until I came along. However, they were regularly getting silver bronze and when I lost, they got the gold.
Both of those twins are amazing swimmers and are amazing people. They once bought me a dinner to congratulate our multiple wins. Some good fellows, those are.
The most shocking thing for me however, is that my time is still enough to be in the top 6. The top 6 are usually the ones that scouts pay attention to the most.
Since I was most likely injured while doing my lap, they will be more interested at me since I had an injury, but I was still able to be once of the better qualifiers.
That should make some of my competition be a little loose with themselves.
Why? You may ask. Well, that's because I'm injured. I probably won't compete for the 400 meter freestyle anymore and maybe the medley will be gone, which would be a real shame for my system coins...
"Coach...do I still do the medley and 400 meter?"
"We'll see, we'll see. If your hip improves tomorrow, then we'll try it out. If not, then it's alright. Taking care of yourself is more important than some golden medal anyway"
As Coach Seung-ri pats me on the back to try and cheer me up, Beom-sok along with A-yeong come running over to me. Since I've known A-yeong for nearly 6 months now, I'm guessing that Beom-sok was just tagging along.
"Hey! Min-chul! Are you alright? Are you hurt? Do you need help with anything?"
"No no no, I'm good I'm good. Thanks for asking..."
I start getting distracted by Beom-sok's death stare.
I knew he hated me, but why the hell does he look like he really wants me dead? What did I do?
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