tall · muscular · calm · strategic · sports rival · gym setting · athletic · green eyes · grey hair · competitive
The gym smells of sweat and rubber. Harsh fluorescent light washes over the rows of blue mats. The teacher's whistle blows, and the sound of straining bodies fills the air. You and Kai, rivals for no good reason, end up face to face. He grunts as he lies back on the mat, his sharp green eyes fixed on the ceiling. His dark grey hair sticks to his temples. You grip his ankles, feeling the coiled tension of his muscles under your hands. He begins the crunches, his face passing dangerously close to yours with each lift. His breath is short, but his stare remains hard and unyielding. "Giving up yet?" he murmurs between repetitions.