The Tour. | +18 | BWWM

𝄞 19 | Hotel Sexy Gym

<A/n the real cover version wouldn't show up so I put two >  the one on the bottom is the real one with the chic but Who knows how long it will last. 

Muscles rippled as he lifted the weights. With each breath, he puffed out as he got that last rep labored. Sweat glistened on his back as drops rolled down between all the tattoos on his back. In my head, I was counting with Asher on his fourth set of reps.

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It was quick. He wasn't pushing himself. Zoey sat next to me and she didn't look away either she was drinking it in. Enjoying the show with me. It was gym hours after practice. This time, the show practice was at the hotel. Asher bends over and his thick muscled thigh is on display and his lovely backside. He was shirtless in tight shorts that were working so damn hard when he bent over. Asher picked up the towel after he put down the dumbbells. I don't know what it is, but a hot guy working out is damn sexy. In the mirror, Asher's eyes meet mine and he smirks. That bad boy knows smirk. I'm starting to make a list of the smirks now. I giggle at getting caught instead of keeping my eyes anywhere but on him, I keep watching. Asher picks up a pen after he put down his weights and then he writes down in his journal.

Paulie walks in and claps, getting everyone's attention. "I'm meeting with everyone today. I expect your best." Apart from me feels less and less like a person around him. As if I'm a product, he's waiting to put on the shelves but is polishing up. Megumi stands behind him, looking even more baggy-eyed, tired than normal. I still don't get why Paulie does this project with so few people. I've been to more than my fair share of YouTube events. Typically, at events, you have a production team that gets hired out. They are normally union guys. There are not a few of them either. If you sit around, you can see tons of people behind the scenes working fast until it goes live. But Paulies' production has one-tenth of the people. It doesn't look worst, but it's like that one-tenth of people are working way too hard to do a good job. Can't go a day without Megumi looking like she needs a vacation.

I wander over to Asher, who is still writing in his book. Zoey follows me, and I see over his shoulder that he's keeping track of his workouts.

"Not free," he says in a warning tone. My core clenches in response. How the fuck did he do that? Does he have a remote control for my pussy now? Both my hands up are up. I will not juice up in this damn gym in front of everyone. My thighs squeeze together and I look down. Damn, I did juiced up. He starts to reach out to me, then stops short. Hiding his movements as if he forgot himself for a second, thinking we were alone. I wouldn't have minded him touching me in front of everyone. But I guess that would cause problems. His hand runs through his thick black hair, pushing it back and clicking it back. Corporate Asher, owner of the brand 27 clubs and mogul. It made me a little sad because those short times when he is playful and young I enjoy seeing. But he's still shirtless and sweaty, so that's a win with all those lovely inky tats on display.

Paulie takes Kyle downstairs. Having Kyle leave the room first wasn't a bad thing, as he still treats me like I don't exist. Worst that his TikTok fans hate me and he has a stupid large TikTok fan base. While I should probably be working out with Zo and Asher, I've never been big on working out. I like dancing a lot but weights and all that stuff have never been my thing. I grab my guitar and my homework from the back of the gym and strum some ideas. Like a bee to honey, Zoey shows up for the song.

The blonde trio of Team Pop came over when Zoey picks up my guitar for the next song. It's messing around and just jamming, but it's fun. It was the first time Camille didn't look like she stepped out of a Disney channel model photoshoot. Camille could have passed for someone stepping out of a classroom on my UC Davis Campus. She was smiling and singing along with Zoey, but when Zoey is singing, she has an effect on people. When Roberta and Brena came in on the song. Their hand on Zoey's shoulder the four of them singing could have been a girl group something. It was insanely good.

I watched Zoey's eye line as she played. The thought popped into my mind unbidden, I think I figured out who she slept with at the after-party... unexpected...

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Jaz Karis - Pretty Dreamer

I'm not sure what weird life switch happens, but after my first year of college, I didn't make any more new friends. It's like the more adult I got, the more impossible it was to make new friends. I'm not even sure what the problem was, me, or the world? I did know I felt a step out of the beat of the world while everyone moved around me. But I always had Zo, so I never worried about it. Lately, though, Zo has been so busy. But as we went through my mother's record collection together with Lucia, all those old came back. A lot of the fear that I felt growing at the distance that was growing between us faded away. I could maybe figure out a new normal.

Lucia bounced along with the new wave R&B song from my own personal collection. It had that kinda kick back bounce to it. The kind of song I would love to remix during my music audio class. I got on my mother's organ and played along with it. Giving it a wider shape sound. Lucia threw some backing to it. Singing along with the woman and I couldn't stop smiling when Zo came in with her. It was soulful, with a little twist to it. No cameras, no contest. By far a good time.

A/n: So, the sleeping is kinda working out. I'm staying up a little later every day trying to get back on to the right time for writing. I'm not there yet but I'm close. Because I'm close I'm publishing this earlier. Since I lost a day.