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The biceps. Help. The biceps. HELPPPPP. THE BI-CEPS.
Sehun gulps and looks away. He feels a drop of sweat trickle down from his forehead and slide down the side of his head.
Baekhyun had forced him to get his lazy ass down to the gym.
It's not like Sehun did not enjoy working out or anything. It's just that now that his semester exams were over, he was simply chilling on the couch all day, binge watching dramas and series while munching on unhealthy snacks.
Due to excessive lack of movement, his toned stomach had become a little bit bloated. But Sehun did not care. He had stayed up late and studied so hard to pass the horrible subjects and said goodbye to his precious dramas and snacks, and was drowning himself in caffeine morning and night.
Luckily, all hardships come to an end- especially exams. And his Mom had allowed him to spend the entire vacation at Baekhyun's place.
Now that he had ensured that he at least passed in those subjects, he was totally stress-free. Exams had not allowed him to watch the latest trending shows. In fact so many shows were piling up.
So Sehun was simply ticking the dramas off his “to-watch” list and eating huge bags of different-flavoured potato chips for lunch and dinner. His roommate, Baekhyun was becoming increasingly worried that he might rot on the couch.
And so after excessive nagging, threatening, shouting, blackmailing Baekhyun had finally convinced Sehun to come to the gym with him, in a simple loose and oversized white T-shirt and black loose sweatpants.
Come to think of it, Sehun has no idea why or how Byun Baekhyun of all people was into the gym lately. Like how is that possible???? If Sehun was always watching dramas, Baekhyun was always playing video games. They made a nice pair indeed. So the reason as to why on Earth did Baekhyun get so invested in ditching his precious game-computers and building his body instead, was looking too suspicious to ignore.
Sehun, who knew rom com drama plots like the back of his hand at this point, was absolutely sure something was up. He had grumbled and lazily followed his friend to the gym with the intention of pretending to work out but figuring out which hot guy Baekhyun was into.
But his thoughts had run dry when he saw this very very very very very very hot guy working out. Said guy was wearing a white vest and loose grey sweatpants. His delicious biceps were on full display for all the world to admire and Sehun was not declining the offer.
Baekhyun’s gym instructor, a guy named Chanyeol, was instructing Sehun as well. Sehun swore he was paying attention. But somehow his eyes kept looking in the direction of Mr. Hot Biceps. He knew he was probably being obvious, but its not his fault. He was appreciating art. Its not everyday you get to see such a hot stranger flexing his muscles in real life. Sehun huffed. He caught Baekhyun staring at him with a knowing look.
“Told you it would be worth it”, Baekhyun winked at him.
“You did not specify the reason. I would have come prepared.”
“You were not even listening to me yap about all the hot guys here.”, Baekhyun rolls his eyes.
Sehun rolls his eyes and playfully punches his friend's left shoulder with his right hand, “I would have worn some tight jeans or something to show off my cute bubble butt.”
Sehun pouted.
“SHUT UP. No one wears jeans to a gym.”
“3 more sets of push ups left Baekhyun ah.” Chanyeol called from behind them.
Baekhyun stage-whispered at Sehun, “He likes to watch my ass while I do the push ups.”
“I can hear you Baekhyun ah”, Chanyeol laughs at them.
Baekhyun winks.
So there is romance in his friend's life. Sehun can't wait for his friend to spill the tea. But that's for later. Now he has to do something about Mr. Hot Biceps. At least know his name.
He tries to catch the attention of Mr. Hot Biceps, who was only chatting with his friend. No matter how hard Sehun worked through all of the hard workouts, he did not receive said person's attention.
Sehun gave up. He was never good at flirting or seducing anyway. That was Baekhyun's department of expertise. Sehun was good at giving advice but not good at following them. It was frustrating.
His thigh muscles were screaming in pain and he sat down. His forehead was filled with beads of sweat threatening to trickle down any moment. The back of his T-shirt was sticking to his skin like a second layer of dermis.
There was a drinks machine at the gym. Sehun being the idiot he was, had forgotten to bring a water bottle with him (I mean he did not want to come here in the first place). So he slowly made his way to the vending machine and bumped into a hard body, because of course he wasn't looking where he was going.
Annoyed, he looked up while muttering, “Why does everyone have to be so annoying today? This is- ”
He stopped speaking. Why was Mr. Hot Biceps staring at him?
Wait! Did I bump into him? Did he hear what I just said?!!!!!
Sehun widened his eyes and gawked and closed his mouth like a fish out of water.
He noticed Mr. Hot Biceps smirking at him.
He felt his cheeks warm up like they have never warmed up before. To make up for his awkwardness, he bowed repeatedly while saying sorry, till a firm and large, veiny hand touched his right shoulder and stopped him.
“It's fine. Do you want something to drink as well?”
“Yes I shouldn't have said- wait what? Yeah. Yeah. I drink too. Water. I drink water.” Sehun was rambling and sounding stupid. Again.
Why do I sound so stupid in front of hot guys?
“So cute. I drink water too.” The guy said good naturedly and proceeded to get two water bottles from the vending machine. Meanwhile Sehun stood there frozen. Once the guy had retracted two bottles of chilled mineral water, he threw one at Sehun and started drinking from the other one. But Sehun stood frozen and stared at the bobbing adam's apple of Mr. Hot Biceps.
Even the way he drinks water is so hot.
Sehun swore he looked like the cat emoji which had heart eyes (😻). He shook his head and started drinking, before Mr. Hot Biceps noticed him staring at him.
Mr. Hot Biceps stopped drinking, and turned to look at Sehun.
“You're so cute. Has anyone ever said that to you?” Sehun swooned at the guy's cheesy question.
He turned his head to look at Baekhyun, who was grinning at him and nodding his head, from a distance. He then mouthed “Fighting” while showing a fist to Sehun with a wink.
Gaining courage from his friend's encouragement, Sehun replied equally sassily, “You're so hot. Has anyone said that to you?”
He got a smirk in response, as Mr. Hot Biceps scanned him from head to toe with a look of approval. He then came closer to Sehun and extended his hand, “The name's Kim Jongin.”
Sehun felt giddy. He giggled with his left hand covering his mouth and shook Jongin’s right hand, “I am Oh Sehun.”
I know his name. I KNOW HIS NAME!!!!! WOOOHOOOO!!!! This is when there would be some romantic background music and the main characters would stare at each other, in those dramas that I watch!!!!.
“Wanna exchange phone numbers?”
Sehun blinked at Jongin's boldness and nodded slowly. He then recited his number, which the other saved in his phone. Jongin sent him a hi and he saved his number.
Jongin was about to say something to Sehun when his friend poked his shoulder and whispered something to Jongin. Jongin nodded and turned to Sehun.
He smiled shyly and apologetically, “I am sorry Sehun. I have to go home and help my mom pack. She leaves this weekend to go on a trip with her friends. Will text you later?”
Sehun giggles and nods shyly.
“Cool. See you Sehun!”
With that Mr. Hot Biceps aka Jongin leaves. Sehun stands frozen and giddy.
“Ohoooo someone's becoming brave finallyyyyyyyy”, Baekhyun playfully slaps the back of his head and laughs at Sehun's blushing face.
“Baek, he said he will text me. HE WILL TEXT ME!!!!! MEEEE!!! ALSO HE CALLED ME CUTE!!!” Sehun was flying in the sky. He hugged his friend who hugged him back.
“This is why you shouldn't stay at home watching dramas all day Sehun ah. You need to stop watching those cheesy and weird things. Watching other people's romantic lives will not make your life have romance in it.”
“Shut up. I will never stop watching them. And no they are not weird things to watch. They- ” Sehun stops mid-sentence because Baekhyun smacks his butt and runs away laughing mischievously. Sehun starts running after him as well.
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