A/N

I changed the amount of push ups, pull ups, and sit ups sudo asked Ayanokoji from 100 to 300 in the previous chapter when they were changing.

The phrasing of the sentence above might be a bit weird. I didn't know to write it. Sorry abt that.

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I woke up early in the morning at 4.30 a.m. sharp to head to the gym. I had recently discovered the existence of it when I was strolling in the park yesterday, after the swimming lesson.

I changed to my PE t-shirt and headed towards the gym.

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"Ohayo! Would you like to buy a membership for the gym? Instead of paying 1,000 yen everytime you enter, you can instead pay 12,000 yen per month." The cheerful gym receptionist called out to me as I entered the gym.

I considered the offer. It was certainly worth it, given that I was planning to exercise in the gym almost every day.

I agreed and registered for the membership.

(A/N: idk how gyms work cause I don't go to the gym. If the price isn't realistic, just tell me how to correct it. The same goes for the equipment and stuff mentioned below.)

I walked into the gym. As it was only 5 in the morning, there were only a couple of people in the gym.

I saw a topless Koenji running on the treadmill while looking at himself in his handheld mirror. There was also a woman with long platinum blond hair and crimson eyes.

I started doing my workout routine - 400 push ups, pull ups, sit ups and a ton of other stuff, followed by a 10km run on the treadmill, and finally finishing off with 300 bench presses. I did it all with no breaks in between.

Throughout my whole routine, I could feel a stare always on me - the stare of a predator's. I ignored it for now.

A thin layer of sweat covered my brow and soaked through my shirt slightly. I wiped my brow with the towel I had brought with me, then headed into the gym's shower.

Fuka Kiryuuin POV:

As always, I headed to the gym early in the morning. I saw the blondie doing his exercise routine. Since the first day of school this year, he had always come into the gym without fail. The topless blondie was a common sight by now.

I was impressed by his physique, but he was not my type. My type was the interesting ones - those who had unique characters and top-notch academic and physical abilities, with lean but muscular bodies.

I thought today would be another boring, typical day, but I was wrong.

A boy walked into the room cautiously. He had brown hair and golden, calculating eyes. He seemed interesting, and I knew I was right. I always had a knack for discovering interesting people after all.

My eyes followed him closely, like a predator following a prey.

He started his workout routine. Seeing him do it, I felt extremely impressed. It was even harder than the blondie's, who was on the treadmill, grinning and muttering to his mirror.

After doing countless push ups, pull ups, sit ups, curls, and other stuff I did not know the name to, he immediately headed to the treadmill, setting it to a pretty high speed.

I expected him to tire out easily, seeing how fast the treadmill went, but to my upmost surprise, he continued the run for another 45 minutes, which I approximated to by 20km, before heading to the bench press.

He loaded it with 20kg and did about 300 hundred bench presses.

When he was done with them, he was not even out of breath. He was just sweating slightly.

Speaking of his sweat... His shirt was soaked from the sweat, letting me feast my eyes on his godly physique. I could see his well-defined muscles and eight pack abs. He was not like Koenji with a buff physique, though. His muscles were compact and there was barely any fat, which took a lot of training to get. This resulted in a lean but muscular body, just my type.

I unconsciously licked my lips, taking out my phone and discreetly taking a picture of his front.

Looks like I have found an interesting kohai.

Kiyotaka Ayanokoji POV:

I headed to class and reached there at 8.15, 15 minutes before homeroom started.

When I opened the door, 80% if my classmates were already in class. Al their gazes headed to me.

"Ohayo, Ayanokouji-kun!" Kushida greeted me, followed by a few other girls. I greeted them all back as I headed to my seat.

Why are they looking at me?

I glanced at Horikita. She was immersed in a book, not even sparing me a glance.

I didn't want to disturb her, so I just looked out of the window, trying to ignore the multiple stares aimed at me.

"Die, ikemen!!!!!" I suddenly heard a shout and looked up, only to see Ike, who had just come into the classroom, charging toward me. I dodged him smoothly, standing up, letting Ike crash into my chair.

"What's wrong?" I asked him calmly, "and please be reminded to refrain from using violence in the classroom."

Ike recovered and glared at me. Yamauchi who had come in with him stood beside Ike, glaring daggers at me too.

"Explain this!" Yamauchi took out his phone and opened the school forum.

On there was a picture of me in the gym, posted by some one called [queenfuka]. The caption read: Met a hot guy in the gym! What's his name and class?

What... the... hell?

I groaned inwardly. I had initially wanted to lay low outside the class for the time being, but now that this post has been posted, it was practically impossible.

There were approximately 200 likes, which made up of almost half of the school population, assuming that each class had 40 students each.

I looked through the comments.

Wow, he's hot! 😳 I also want to know which class he is in! [flowerzuna]

He's ayanokoji Kiyotaka of class 1C. Aren't I lucky to have such a handsome guy in my class? [satoxkiyo]

Look at his muscles! He's pretty muscular from what I can see! [foxyshita]

His hands look handy! I wonder what he can do with those... 😏 [mama_ko]

Die, ikemen!!! [Ike_men]

Argh! Why does Ayanokoji get all the attention? I'm better than him! [yamagod]

(A/N: I am not creative so I can't think of any good nicknames. If u think I can improve on any of the nicknames, pls tell me)

Great. Why did that [queenfuka] person have to post a picture of me on the school forum? Have she ever heard of respect? I was very sure [queenfuka] was the platinum blond haired girl who had been in the gym.

"Um, I don't know who did that. In fact, I do not wish for a picture of me to circulate around the school," I replied to Yamauchi, sighing.

Ike and Yamauchi glared at me, along with the majority of the boys. Luckily, Chabashira-sensei came in and they rushed to their seats, leaving me in peace.

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“Kikyou-chan, do you want to stop by a café on our way back today?”

“Sure, let’s go! Oh, but wait just a minute, okay? I want to invite one more person.”
Kushida headed toward Horikita, who was putting her textbook into her bag.

"Horikita-san, would you like to come with us to a café today?” She asked.

“Not interested.” Horikita threw Kushida’s invitation back in her face, with no room for ambiguity. Couldn’t you just lie and say you were planning to go shopping, or that you were waiting for a friend? Despite the harsh rejection, Kushida kept smiling.

This wasn’t a particularly unusual scene. Ever since the entrance ceremony, Kushida had regularly tried to invite Horikita to do fun things with her. I thought it would be nice for Horikita to accept an invitation at least once in a while, but perhaps that was just a bystander’s selfish interpretation. No one had ever met with anything but rejection when they’d tried to invite Horikita.

“I see. Well then, I’ll try inviting you again another time.”

“Wait, Kushida-san.” Surprisingly, Horikita called out to Kushida. Had she finally given in? “Don’t invite me again. It’s a bother,” said Horikita coldly.

I sighed and decided to step in. "Horikita, don't you think that was a little too harsh?"

"What do you mean? I just rejected a useless offer from Kushida." She replied aloofly.

"Useless? Do you think making friends are useless?"

"Of course. Friends would just drag you down."

I sighed again. "That's not right, Horikita. Friends can help you make connections and when you are in need. I know you think of yourself as a person more superior than others. However, even the strongest, smartest people have to have allies. Some things just cannot be done by yourself. If you want to advance to Class A, you have to change and allow others to help you. This is your defect. Your defect is that you think of everyone else as a burden, and so you detach yourself and never let anyone come close."

"I... Fine." Horikita glanced at me before looking at Kushida. "Let's go."

Kushida widened her eyes slightly, before grinning happily. "Thank you, Horikita! Let's go!"

She grabbed Horikita's hand and they left together with a few people.

To be honest, I had half-expected Horikita to refute my arguements. But it seemed like she had recognised me as someone equal to her - no, more than her equal - so she had listened to my advice.

I look forward to seeing your growth, Horikita.

A/N

I feel like I have not been writing well these few days. I think I'm not 'in the zone', so to speak.

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