Commander's Rounds

Gaiden Entry 84.5: Getting Physical

Baltimore waited at the entrance to the gym under the overhang. It was a bit darker than usual, owing to the fact that rain was coming down. If she was on her own, she could just step right in, as being early didn't really mean that much. She put a hand in one of the pockets of her coat as she listens to the steady patter of the rain above her. She looked up for a moment, and that moment of distraction was all that was needed for her to miss the arrival of her partner.

Once Giulio Cesare was underneath the overhang, she put away her umbrella. "I should know better than to wonder if you'll be on time. I don't always meet people who are good about that kind of thing."

Baltimore stretched. "Glad you could make it, even though the day isn't the best."

Giulio Cesare shrugged. "I look forward to doing this kind of thing with you, and I don't think a little rain is going to be enough to stop me from doing something I like."

"Oh..." Baltimore didn't know what else to add.

The battleship smiled a little. "We don't need to stand around out here to talk. Let's go in and get changed, all right?"

"Yeah!" She didn't need much prodding to get a jump on the day.

There were many things in life that are best done with a partner.

This was something that Baltimore was already aware of, but this went double when it came to exercise. The thing about doing that sort of thing with other people was that, even if you weren't doing something like competing with them, having else working with you discouraged you from quitting before you had done what you had intended to do.

And that's why Baltimore was currently in the gym with Giulio Cesare.

Baltimore had figured that she was one of the more straight-laced of the Sardegnan battleships, especially compared to the bombastic Littorio, but even when she was with one of the Sardegnan ships that wasn't trying to seduce her, well...

She just liked being with the other fitness-minded ship, for reasons that she may not have been willing to admit to herself.

Giulio Cesare's workout outfit wasn't that much different from her own- a sports bra with small shorts and tight leggings-, though Baltimore preferred her own sports bra to cover a bit more than her Sardegnan counterpart did, plus Cesare's was somewhat more colorful when Baltimore preferred a simple black and grey. So Baltimore was used to getting a certain number of interested looks as she exercised at times other than the early morning. The commander told her that as an idol she was loved just as much by men and women, which did cause Baltimore to blush, as those sorts of pronouncements usually did.

For now, though, the pair of them were at the gym, as it was somewhat too rainy for the two of them to do the outside routine that they normally did, but it wasn't a problem for them- The commander had made sure that there was plenty for them to do indoors.

And besides, it's not like they started any later than normal.

Even though Giulio Cesare did talk about how hard Baltimore could be to keep up with, but every time they worked together, Baltimore was impressed by Giulio Cesare's own fitness, as well as her own determination to do whatever seemed like the toughest thing to do when presented with some choices. And as they started so early, they basically had the gym to themselves.

Baltimore was currently helping Giulio Cesare with her sit-ups, holding her feet to the floor so that her partner could keep an eye on the rest- and boy did she ever. Baltimore was blushing as she did, though she didn't even really know it at the time, as she was too busy keeping an eye on her partner to make sure that everything was going the way it should.