Mad About You - EliXander & SooBum - U-KISS - Chapter 3
Title: Mad About You
Author: tokidokiko
Genre: AU, Comedy, Romance
Rating: PG14
Pairings: Both Main - Eli/Alexander & Soohyun/Kibum
Character Summary: Eli is the so-called "playboy". Soohyun is the gym trainer. Alexander is the towel boy. Kibum is the wannabe "Mr. Muscle Man". Kevin is the friendly guy. Kiseop is the clumsy guy. And Dongho is the delivery boy.
Chapter 3 Summary: In which Eli imagines Alexander as a nurse. And Kibum asks Soohyun how much he costs to take home.
Chapter One >> [ HERE ]
Chapter Two >> [ HERE ]
"Ayy," Eli called after a familiar person walking pass the gym locker room, but the name escaped him for a moment.
"It's not 'Ayy' it's Alexander," the other answered back, walking up to Eli and adjusted his glasses. "How may I help you?" he said, being professional.
"Sorry, Alex-an-der," Eli apologized, although kind of sarcastically. "Do you have anymore towels?"
"Are they out already?" Alexander went over to the towel area to check, and it was definitely empty. "Seriously, people think they're like tissues."
"Tissues?" Eli wondered about the choice of word.
"People think there's an endless supply of them so people just keep on taking one after another. And like tissue some people actually wipe their noses with them. You have know idea how many snotty towels I have to deal with. And sometimes there's more than just snot." Alexander made a face and shivered at the thought.
"Eww." That was Eli's response.
"Yes, eww. If I knew I had to be around bodily fluids this much I should had just been a nurse."
"You? A nurse?" Eli gave Alexander a once over look and got a picture in his mind, that staggered him.
"What?" Alexander's voice went high a little. "There are many male nurses now. And they're very well paid too."
"I know. It's just," Eli hesitated, "I suddenly had an image of you in one of those short little white nurses uniform dresses. And thought 'eww'." Then he smiled skittishly.
Alexander glared at him through his glasses. "Why do I even talk to you?" Next he went to the back of locker room where there's a door labeled 'Staff Only'. He went in and came back with a big stack of clean white towels and settled them down where they should for people to take.
Alexander clicked his tongue, and gave one towel to Eli. "Tsk. Here, take your towel." Then he went on his way.
"Aa, thanks." Eli watched the back of Alexander as the latter walked towards the doors of the locker room. And he noticed Alexander's small ponytail and that tall slender figure and the slight sway of the hips when the other walked. "Maybe he wouldn't look so bad in a nurses outfit."
After hearing himself say that Eli shook his head of the thought. "Oh geez, what the heck am I thinking." Then he sighed. "Damn, I need a girlfriend."
[...]
"Ehh, eh, ee. What are you doing?" Soohyun hurried over to Kibum who was struggling with two 30-pounder weights.
"W-what?" Kibum's voice shook as much as his arms.
Soohyun shook his head and easily snagged the two weights out of Kibum's hands and settled them down on the gym floor. "That's not the way to do it." He told the other and grabbed two small dumbbells from the racks and placed them in Kibum's already open palms. "You should use these instead."
Kibum turned the dumbbells to the side and read the number on them. "Only 3 pounds?" He looked up at Soohyun a bit offended.
Soohyun noted Kibum's expression and took back the dumbbells and gave him another set which were just a tad bigger. "Then 5 pounds. It's like holding a baby in each hand." He grinned, like he said something funny.
"Huh?" Kibum didn't get the joke.
"Because babies weight about that much when they're born," Soohyun explained.
"O-kay?," Kibum responded, still not getting it. "But why can't I use the big weights?" He was a little annoyed too.
"If you want to build muscle you have to have muscles to build on top of that," Soohyun answered.
"What are you trying to say?" Kibum smalled his eyes at Soohyun.
"You have to start small then gradually move up to the bigger weights." Soohyun was explaining like the expert trainer he was. "Come." He waved Kibum over to the mirrored wall with more space.
"Let me show you how to lift the weights properly," Soohyun said as he started demonstrating to Kibum. "First stand with neck and back straight. Feet apart at shoulder length. Then lift both weights up and straight forward in front of you. And try to hold them up for 2 to 3 seconds, at least. Then lower them down slowly. Now you try it."
"O-kay..." With dumbbells gripped firmly in hand, Kibum stood in front of the mirror and began doing as Soohyun showed him.
"Remember to breathe. Exhale forcefully through your mouth as you lift the weight and inhale deeply through your nose as you lower it." Soohyun was watching Kibum from the side. He occasionally reached out to help Kibum keep his arms up straight while lifting the weights. "That's right. You're doing good."
After a couple reps and breaks in between they stopped. "So does it mean I get to lift the 10-pounder after this," Kibum asked, wiping his sweat with a towel.
"The next one I recommend the 8-pounder," Soohyun advised. "Jumping from a 5-pounder to a 10-pounder would be doubling the load which might strain your muscles. So lets just take this slowly."
"Really?" Kibum said, skeptically. "Isn't there like a way to speed up this process?"
"Well, you can do push ups. It builds strength in the forearms, wrists, upper arms, shoulders and chest. You might want to start with 20 to 30 push ups a day first and gradually go up to a 100 or more if you like. You can also add sit ups to that which tones the abs area," Soohyun suggested. Then he glanced at the clock up on the wall. "Actually we can go over the different forms of push ups and sits up to do next time."
"Next time?" Kibum looked at his own watch.
"I have an appointment with a client coming soon so I have to prepare for them now. Why don't you take a break for today too. Your muscles needs a rest after a work out. Remember to drinks lot of watch too okay. See ya next time."
For the next couple of weeks Kibum went to the gym and requested for Soohyun. This was even to his own surprise and the other's too. Anyway, Kibum began to take a better look at Soohyun and started noticing things about this person. Soohyun smiles a lot. He sort of has this goofy grin that makes him oddly approachable. And he fixes his hair a lot. Usually it's when he seems embarrassed, nervous, or unsure. Kibum finds it kind of funny. Also, Soohyun appears to get along with a lot of people around the gym, like he's friends with everyone. That for some reason kind of bothers Kibum a bit.
"How much do you cost?" Kibum suddenly asked Soohyun.
"How much do I cost?" Soohyun smiled, unsure of what the other meant.
"As a private trainer that is," Kibum cleared up.
"Oh, you want a personal trainer?" Soohyun was retying his shoes laces while sitting next to Kibum on the gym floor. "You can always sign me on to be yours but it doesn't cost you anything if you just ask for me when you come like you do now."
"No, I meant a private trainer who can come to my home to train with. See, I'm having a home gym built right now since I won't have as much time to come down to the gym because of some new projects I've picked up for my job. Plus it's sort of intimidating working out with all these big guys around," Kibum shyly admitted. "So, would you be interested?" he asked Soohyun softly, like he's almost afraid of the answer.
Soohyun wasn't use to seeing this side of Kibum, and it made him kind of happy. "I'm interested." He grinned. "It's just...," he said, biting on his bottom lip, concerned. "I don't know if I'm allowed to go home with you."
"Ha?" Kibum looked blankly at Soohyun like a deer for a moment.
Soohyun laughed coyly and corrected himself. "Sorry, I meant train you at your home. I'll try asking."
"Okay," Kibum nodded understandingly, "just let me know." He noticed Soohyun was fixing his hair, again, and had a small chuckle to himself.
[...]
Eli walked out of the gym and witnesses an interesting little scene as he went down the hallway to the elevator where someone was looking around suspiciously. Nah, actually it was just Alexander. He appeared to be looking for something. Being the curious person he was, Eli looked around as well. He was scanning the floor and glanced at the other who didn't seem to notice him. But Eli did notice that Alexander wasn't wearing his usual thick framed glasses. And as expected, Eli looked on further by the trash bin and saw them.
Eli snapped the glasses up from the floor and went to tap Alexander on the shoulder. "Are these yours?" He presented the spectacles.
Alexander squinted at the person who called him then he squinted at the thing the person was hold up to him. Then he cheered. "Aa! You found my glasses. Thank you!" He took the glasses and put them on. And he had to jump when he found himself up close and personal with Eli in his face.
"What are you doing?" Alexander asked, stepped back from Eli, who only leaned in closer.
Eli caught something off of Alexander's glasses and blew it out of his finger. "You got a piece of lent stuck on your frames," he said, and chuckled at the nervous look on the other's face. But Eli didn't just stop there. He looked pass the thick framed glasses and saw Alexander's eyes. "Your eyes are pretty..." he paused, "...big."
Eli finally stepped away so Alexander could breathe at last. "Didn't noticed that before since you always wear those glasses," he added. "Why don't you wear contacts?"
Alexander adjusted his glasses, and suddenly feeling self-conscious of himself. "I have tried them before but they make my eyes itch."
"You can try lasik," Eli suggested.
"No time or money," Alexander said flatly.
"Oh." Eli nodded and got an awkward feeling when the elevator door magically opened by itself. "You going down?"
"No, I'm still on my shift." Alexander was already turning to leave.
"Okay, see ya," Eli said as he went into the elevator and the door automatically closed before he heard a response which left him a little unsatisfied.
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