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05 - playing with fire
YOU WAKE UP BEFORE YOUR ALARM since a part of you was nervous about training with Nanami, you could only imagine what he really wanted to do in his head after practically babysitting you for days.
Thankfully you don't get to think about that punishment long before there's a knock at your door. Thinking it's Toji you pull the comforter up to your neck and mutter, "Come in."
Instead, it's Aya with a tray of breakfast along with a smoothie, "Mister Zenin sent this up since he had an early meeting." she sets it across your lap and grabs the smoothie to place it on your bedside table. "Enjoy and Nanami will be ready at ten."
"Thank you, Aya," you say and she gives a curt bow before turning to leave the room before you stop her. "Aya," she looks at you, "Are you related.. to him?" you ask.
She gives a shake of her head, "Why do you ask?"
"No reason, I just don't know why any woman would stay here, working for him willingly."
Aya walks back towards you to take a seat at the end of your bed. You braced yourself for a lecture on how good Toji was and how you were the ungrateful person he was helping. "I know he's rough around the edges but once you get past that, he's just a lonely who wants to find a new life and someone to love."
Toji? Love? Shouldn't even be in the same sentence.
"Right," you say and scoop some strawberries into your mouth to avoid adding a passive-aggressive comment. She leaves after that and you continue to eat your breakfast in silence yet your mind runs wild with thoughts of Toji and Maki. You wanted to see her again but it would be impossible since you didn't even have a way of contacting her.
Just as the clock turns ten you open the door to the gym and see Nanami stretching in front of the mirror. You two make eye contact through the mirror, "Good morning y/n." he says with a subtle head nod.
"Nanami," you say and stand next to him, mimicking whatever he is doing. After stretching Nanami shows you moves that would help if being attacked or if you really want to hurt someone. It felt empowering yet your muscles begged for a break.
You drop to sit on the yoga ball, "I need a break Nanami." you wipe your sweaty forehead.
"We still have an hour left," Nanami says while passing you a cold water bottle that feels good against your hot skin.
"You guys really do want to kill me." you curse at Toji in your mind. Nanami set a three-minute timer and it took everything in you not to argue with at least a five-minute timer since you wanted to get this hell over with.
