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Rengoku couldn’t sleep. He had argued with his father right before he was planning to go to bed, and he doesn’t know why, but this argument has really been stuck in his head. He wouldn’t usually do this, but he decided to go train to let off some steam instead of going to bed. Rengoku usually goes to a gym that doesn’t have very many people in general, especially not at night. Rengoku had just started to get into his usual workout when he heard the sound of the door opening, surprising him, the gym was usually a ghost town around midnight. The stranger was a rather tall blond man, who appears to be around his 40s, and in all honesty Rengoku thought the man looked like a “dilf” as tengen would phrase it. The ‘dilf’ began to speak to him in a deep booming voice
“Fancy seeing another person here at this hour! Are you also here escaping from work duties?” the man asked, followed by a hearty laugh. “No sir, I couldn’t sleep tonight. Could I take a wild guess what you're doing here?” Rengoku laughed as he set down his 150 lbs barbell in between sets. The man seemed to glance at Rengoku’s barbell and began to say “Haha I bet you could. Care if I joined ya? The name’s Varka by the way! What could I call you?” At that moment Rengoku realized that he completely forgot to introduce himself to the ‘dilf’. “I’m Rengoku sir! Nice to meet you sir!” he panicked.
Rengoku began to pick up his barbell again for his last set of bicep curls and began to fill Varka in on what his plan was for his workout. “Haha alright bet! Just let me catch up to ya real quick!” Varka laughed and began to pick up the same amount of weight as Rengoku was in his last set. When Varka began his bicep curls, Rengoku honestly and truly drooled a little. How could this man have such delicious biceps. “Tasty” he whispered before he caught himself. “What was that?” Varka asked while mid rep. “Oh! Nothing sir! I was just thinking about what I ate for dinner earlier!”
As the workout continued, Rengoku found himself constantly eyeing the blonde man. He kept getting distracted and this workout really wasn’t helping him let off any steam. He didn’t know which god was on his side but he was thankful for them when the man had to leave to go get some more water. He needed to text Tengen.
Pookie is online
Pookie: Dude help.
Pookie: Gnenuinely, I’m done for.
Baby Boo is online
Baby Boo: WSGGG watcha need pookie dookie bear?
Pookie: y’know hwo I didn’t quite understand waht a dilf was?
Pookie: I know what it means now.
Baby Boo: OH?? DO YOU WANNA SHARE WITH THE CLASS??
Pookie: I was working out bc i couldn’t sleep and all of a sudden this man who was old enough to be my dad walked in
Pookie: He joined my bicep workout bro.
Pookie: I genuinely drooled a little
Baby Boo: YOUR LYING. Theres no way you actually drooled man.
Baby Boo: Did h see you?!!?????
Pookie: no but he heard me say tasty mid rep. I cant do this anymore.
Baby Boo: IM DEAD HELLO??? WHO SAYS THAT. WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO NOW? You know maybe you can score yourself a huzz or something.. wink wink…
Pookie: bro i was just thinking abt my dinner and said it outloud, i wasn’t saying it abt him or anything…
Baby Boo: Yea right and I hate my wives. CMON DUDE YOU’RE SUPPER OBVIOUS RN. EVEN OBANAI’S DUMBASS SNAKE COULD TELL.
Pookie: oh shit he commin back. Talk later
Baby Boo: GO GET YOUR MAN!
Pookie has gone offline!
“Sorry that took me so long! I spilled my water and had to refill it!” Varka apologized. Rengoku made a motion to wave him off as he said “No big deal! I was just messaging a friend while I waited!” he could feel his ears getting a little warmer while thinking about the conversation with Tengen. Varka began to settle back into their workout as he asked “Ready to finish up? I’m beat!”
Their workout was easy to finish, Rengoku found himself continuing to stare at the older man at times. He swore he could hear Tengen whispering to him “Go get your man” but that probably his lack of sleep talking. “Hey watcha say about getting a drink or two? If that’s not to your liking I could invite you to a cup of juice! Hahaha!” Rengoku found himself readily agreeing to get juice with the man, he just wanted to spend a little more time getting to know him.
The two men began to walk to the locker room, Rengoku knew that he needed to shower real quick and he figured Varka needed to as well. While Rengoku was getting himself ready to shower he stripped himself of his oversized shirt that he was using to cover his shorts that were honestly a little tight on him. As he bent over to untie his shoes he swore he heard a breath hitch behind him. When he glanced back at the noise, he saw that Varka was looking at his rear! He was a little embarrassed to catch the man looking, at least he knew that his gawking was mutual. He didn’t know if it was Tengen being the devil on his shoulder or if he really was hanging around him too much but he had a devious thought. As he grabbed everything for his quick shower, he “accidentally” forgot his towels.
Rengoku began to shower and once he started to condition his hair he spoke to the other man “Shoot! I forgot my towels! Would you mind grabbing them for me? It’s just the large and small red towels in my bag!” He heard some shuffling before Varka began “Sure thing! I’ll get them to ya in a sec.” He heard the man walk over to him with hopefully his towels in hand so he decided to peek out of the shower and grab the towels from the Varka. He only showed one of his arms and part of his chest but he swore he saw the older male’s cheeks turn a little red. “Thank you so much! You’re really a Life saver!” Rengoku thanked him. “Haha! No problem! I’m about to hop in the shower real quick too, then we can head out!” Varka promised. Rengoku finished up his shower without problem and began to get dressed in spare clothes he had with him. He began to scroll on his phone while waiting for Varka to finish his shower. Once they were both washed up after their workouts, they found themselves finally ready to go get that drink.