Fire Meets Ice

Chapter 10: Catch You Soon

There was nothing much left to do after the weekdays because uni schedules seemed a lot more lenient for Alexa now that her exams were over. She was in the kitchen eating her yogurt bowl mixed with berries and a nutri-grain cereal bar for breakfast and watching random Youtube videos on her phone. Suddenly, a random video was recommended to her. Turned out, Marcus also had a yt channel where he had almost 100k subscribers mainly focusing on fitness vlogs, workout, and meal preps. She decided to click on the video to watch the story of his transformation from 18 to 22.

As the footage played, Alexa couldn't help but think to herself, That was him at 18? He looked hot back then as well. She leaned back in her chair, her mind racing. I didn't know he had a YouTube channel too. I should subscribe and comment on this video.

With a smile, she typed out, "Nice transformation!" before hitting send. Some days, I wish I could work out with him alone...

Meanwhile, Marcus was at the gym with his friend Oscar for another leg day. Oscar was trying so hard to push himself up on the super squat machine since they adjusted the weights to be a lot higher than their normal reps. Apparently, Marcus was filming a new vlog video using a camera on a tripod stand.

"Come on, man! Push!" Marcus shouted, his voice filled with encouragement.

"Push harder! Don't give up, Oscar!" he urged, his eyes fixed on his friend, who grimaced with effort, muscles straining under the pressure.

With a final burst of determination, Oscar completed his last rep and stood up, breathing heavily.

"Ugh, that was rough... The super squat machine has always been beating my ass," he complained, wiping the sweat from his brow. "I hope I didn't make a face on camera..."

Marcus chuckled, shaking his head. "Sorry to burst your bubble, but you kinda did. You looked like you were about to shit your trousers."

"Hey, not my fault my pumps were about to burst! It's not me who adjusted the weight so high," Oscar retorted. 

Marcus shrugged playfully. "Don't look at me. I asked if you wanted to make it lower, and you said no. Next time, think twice before digging your grave, dude."

Oscar rolled his eyes, a reluctant smile creeping onto his face. Despite the struggle, they both knew this was just part of the process, and they'd laugh about it later.

He then decided to check his phone and he saw a notification from Youtube. He saw the new comment on his transformation video and how the channel was already subscribed to him. With curiosity, Marcus checked out the channel and realized it had almost 300 subs and the last video posted 2 years ago.

"What is it, Marcus?" Oscar asked, observing the way Marcus fidgeted with his thumb on the phone.

"I got a new comment on my transformation video..." Marcus replied, his voice trailing off as he tried to gather his thoughts.

"You mean the one you posted five months ago that got almost a million views?" Oscar's eyebrows raised in recognition.

"Yeah, that video. It looks like it's from a girl who used to post nightcore videos but hasn't been active for a while."

Oscar leaned in, intrigued. "Do you think there's any chance Alexa might've been into nightcores before? Sounds like it could be her."

Marcus felt a rush of heat rise to his cheeks. "You think so?" he asked, though part of him already suspected the truth.

"I can tell she has a crush on you, bro. Why don't you ask her out?" Oscar nudged, a teasing smile spreading across his face.

"Dude, we both know I'm not exactly a cowboy Casanova. I'm not like you, who managed to get a simple 'yes' from Anya on the first day just by smooching her out of the blue," said Marcus, shaking his head.