Murder mystery (reader as protag)

5 - New friendships

As Y/N walked around the mansion, they walked past Nathan again, but this time, he was accompanied by the elegantly dressed man, Alair.

He turns to them. "Oh hello there! May I ask what happened to that very rude girl? I'm not really concerned, just curious."

Y/N shrugs. "I dunno, she was tired after helping with cleaning the kitchen. So she passed out."

Alair nods slowly. "I see, I see..."

Nathan hides his face.

"Hm?"

"Nothing, it's nothing..." He replies.

The man with the ponytail's eyes then land on the person. "So...Nathan and I were just exploring around the mansion! What are you doing?"

The individual chuckles awkwardly while scratching the back of their head. "Same, actually..."

Alair claps his hands slightly. "Oh, That's just perfect! In that case, you can accompany us!! If that's alright with Nathan, of course."

Alair looks at Nathan, who shrugs. "Don't see why not..."

And so, the three kept exploring the mansion until they spotted a gym room.

Nathan seems amazed. He didn't smile, but his eyes immediately light up.

"Look, Alair. There are so many things." He kept a calm tone of voice, but seemed very happy.

Alair chuckles. "Yeah!!"

Y/N was starting to get tired just by looking at the equipment.

Nathan looks at the two and then decides on just looking to the side before asking.
"Do you guys mind staying here while I do my workout routine? I haven't been able to do it so far, so..."

The person doesn't seem to mind. "Yeah, don't worry about it. You can do that." They sit down leaning against the wall.

Alair smiles. "Yep yep! We're gonna be here cheering for you!!" He sits down next to them.

Nathan nods and starts doing planks.

"So...how long are you gonna hold that plank?" The h/c human asks.

"Three minutes." He simply responds.

"What."

'I can barely hold a plank for a minute!!' They think to themselves.

Alair shrugs. "This is just the warm up, anyways."

'HUH?!!'

"Now comes the 16 burpees." The man sitting next to them adds.

They just watched in amazement as the man did the burpees.

That was followed by 16 squats.

Then, 16 step-ups.

16 push-ups.

And after a 30 second break,

that...again, but this time 14 each one.

That just kept repeating, lowering 2 each time until it finally reached 0.

Alair passed him a water bottle but looked at Y/N while doing so.

"Hey so uh. What did you do before all of...this...?"

"Uh..."

"Did I do something before this?" Y/N thought.

"Just...y'know...stuff..."

"Okaayyyy...?" Alair responds.

"What about you?" The person asks back.