This type of body don't come without work [Open]

[Asagi Hitachi]

Asagi liked it at the gym, okay so he couldn't wear his platforms which kinda showed just how short he was but still. He was wearing looseish fitting black jog pants and a black t-shirt that seemed to cling to his scrawny frame. His fringe was in its usual place, the rest of his hair though was loosely tied back.

He was unaware of anyone around him as he ran on the treadmills, his pace even and smooth as he kept it up. He had his headphones plugged in, and was listening to some of the newer visual kei bands from Japan. He occasionally broke his pace slightly to take a drink from his bottle of water.

A fine sheen of sweat covered his arms and his forehead and he was starting to feel the ache set in in his calves but still he kept on running. He'd keep this up for a while before he transferred onto weights and the resistance machines. People didn't understand just how much hard work it took to keep up the chiselled yet still scrawny physique he had.

[Ofelia Cruz]

Ofelia had been given directions to the sports block, she was so over whelmed by the vastness of the castle and the students in it she often found herself sat alone watching them stroll by. None of them seemed to realise how lucky they where to have this chance. She entered the gym and gazed around at the equipment, Ofelia had never been to a gym before let alone seen equipment like this and had no idea what any of it did.

She sighed to herself fighting back tears that threatened to cascade down her face from the frustration of being behind everyone else when it came to things like this. As she managed to gather herself together she pushed her long brown locks from her face and walked slowly across the room examining pieces of equipment, she passed a large mirror and caught a glimpse of her toned body and shabby blue shorts and half cut top that she wore often when exercising.

She shook her head at her image; she looked so shabby compared to the other girls in their brand new sports wear and expensive clothing. Ofelia just couldn’t afford to spend a lot of money on clothes, as she needed the money to pay for her food and other needs. Hopefully if she had enough money left by the end of the month she could buy some jeans and a jumper. Her clothing wasn’t really suitable for this climate.

[Asagi Hitachi]

Asagi glanced up from his weight training noticing a girl who he was sure he'd seen around before. His own clothing compared with his usual attire wasn't really that great - it was showing signs of wear and tear. A few rips that he couldn't be bothered to mend.

He couldn't help but to watch her, she seemed a bit new to here and quietly he paused in his work out. Afterall it'd do no good for anyone to harm themselves on there first work out.

Silently he walked over to her "Say... you ever been in the gym before?" he asked, shyly. He had to look up at her a bit as he spoke, shifting his weight uncomfortably. "I was...uh... just wonderin if you... uh... wanted a bit of help," he added on.

He kinda felt a bit...small.... compared to her. Okay so the fact he was 5ft tall without his heels probably didn't help.

[Ofelia Cruz]

Ofelia couldn’t help but feel slightly relieved when she was approached by a rather…small boy wearing rather battered attire. Ofelia wasn’t one to judge especially as her clothing was in even worse condition, but was glad someone had finally decided to talk to her. She was even more pleased when he offered to help her.

“No I haven’t” she said with a smile, hoping she might actually make a friend here, “I only just arrived yesterday” she added, her English was very good for someone who had been brought up in an all Spanish speaking community, but anyone could detect her accent as it had a very Spanish twang.

“I’m Ofelia by the way” she added looking down at the boy with a smile.

[Asagi Hitachi]

Asagi bowed, the Japanese way, straight back, not breaking eye contact and only a slight bow to show some deference. "Asagi Hitachi," he responded, his own voice despite the fact of the time he'd spent here still had that slight Japanese accent. He gave a slight smile.

"I spend most my time down here," he admitted "when I ain't working on some new song or redecorating my house," he admitted with a laugh. "Then again when schools on holiday this and the shops in the village are the only places open," he added on with a slight laugh. "And to keep this sorta body," he glanced down at himself "scrawny as hell and no fat anywhere, takes some work." he added on insulting himself as he often did.

"But...uh... anyway.... what sorta stuff were you aiming to do? What did you want to achieve I mean," he had to blush at how bad he was at wording still, looking down at his feet to hide that, chewing his lower lip nervously.

[Ofelia Cruz]

Ofelia smiled at him listening with fascination as he talked, he had a style she had never seen before but she guessed that was because she hadn’t really seen much of the world and was rather uneducated when it came to other cultures. She was though interested in other cultures and couldn’t wait to find out about them.

“Hi Asagi Hitachi” she said “Cruz, Is my surname” she added after a moments thought.

Ofelia didn’t notice his wording mistakes or think anything of his babbling, to be honest she was just glad of someone to talk to and he looked really interesting.

“Well I’m a long distant runner” she said “So I need to build up my leg muscles” Ofelia had quite strong leg muscles, but the stronger they where the better she could run. “But I’d quite like to work on my upper body strength, I’ve been getting into rock climbing!” she said with a beam.

[Asagi Hitachi]

Asagi nodded remembering the name. "So I'm guessing similar work out to what I use would work, some work on the treadmill, cross trainer and rowing machines with resistance work added in using the weights," he said quietly nodding to himself.

"That's easy enough to explain, I know how most the machines work anyway," he added on, nervous habit causing him to carefully check his fringe still fell as it did. It was a nervous twitch of his.

"So.. then... best place to start is a warm up, I normally do this on the row machines," he added on. "Then move onto the cross trainer and treadmill but with you already been a long distance runner it might be wise for the treadmill and cross trainer to be more incorporated in your main workout," he added on, still slightly shy and nervous.

He chewed his lower lip nervously again, he wasn't good at this, although he knew alot about it.

[Ofelia Cruz]

Ofelia nodded taking in everything he said, trying to remember everything he told her, “Oh okay” she said slowly, over whelmed by the equipment. She pushed back her long brown locks and pulled the hair tie from her wrist quickly scraping it back into a bun. At least her hair wouldn’t bug her while she was trying to workout.

“Would you like to train with me?” she asked glancing at him nervously hoping he wouldn’t say no and leave. Then not only would she be back to square one not knowing what to do, but she would have also have lost a friend. “So I warm up on this?” she asked pointing to the rowing machine. It looked simple enough as she glanced at the weights at the back, she guessed she would start low and work her way up over time.

[Asagi Hitachi]

Asagi smiled and gave a nod "sure, I'd love to have someone to train with," he responded and he nodded. "Yeh that's right," he smiled. He was kinda glad she hadn't brought up the issue of his height.

He always felt so tiny compared to even the females, and most people at one point or another ended up patting his hair or leaning on him. Much to his own annoyance.

He easily slipped between the machines showing Ofelia the best way around before he explained how the row machines worked, carefully showing her how to set them up.

He himself worked at around a level 8, but then again he was used to it. For Ofelia he'd suggested to start around level 2 or 3. Easily once that was done he strapped his feet in on the foot rests so they stayed in place, again careful to explain how to Ofelia.

After that he picked up the cross handles. "Okay, when working on the row machines its important to remember that your legs move before your hands when pushing away but when coming back in, its hands first then legs - the aim is to keep the chain as straight as possible," he explained, showing her as he did.