Indifference

Unexpected

Day 10

It's 5 am and Dylan wakes up unable to sleep again. He keeps on wondering why the silly woman under his roof does not like to lock the door. He is overthinking this, so he decides to go to the gym for a while and sweat it off.

He never workouts in the morning. He is not a morning person. Normally, he has no idea of what happens in the world before 8 am, unless he is called for an emergency. Therefore, he has no clue that his lovely wife exercises every day at 6.30 am in the gym.

He finishes his workout and comes up the stairs to go to the kitchen. At the same time Yue comes down all cheerful, dressed in tight sportswear and her hair up in a cute bun again.

All of a sudden, they become aware of each other. He sees her and she sees him.

Oh, darn, she's hot!

Oh, darn, he's hot!

His stomach flips and she gasps. Both are blushing, trying to control the urge to check the other one up and holding their breaths...

They are shocked, not only at the sight of the other, but at the fact that for the first time in their lives their bodies feel something they never felt before, an unexpected and unfamiliar reaction.

Is this the effect of isolation? They both speculate...

Dylan eventually glances at her from head to toe, his eyes are unstoppable. Wow... Her flashy Nike sneakers are stylish, her ankles are provocative, her leggings allow him to appreciate the whole shape of her legs that somehow seem to go on forever dressed like that... The roundness of her firm buttocks is jaw-dropping... Her hips are sexy and wrapped up perfectly by the pants, her exposed abdomen looks so delicate, and her belly button could not be any lovelier... Then his eyes travel up to the noticeable curviness of her sports bra... The shape of her passion fruit is completely appreciable and... discernable... Boy his hearts starts pounding on his chest in a way it has never done before. Then he notices her sensual shoulders and those conspicuous collarbones... The neck is so appealing that he starts wondering what it might smell and taste like... But the cherry on top is that beautiful face, perfect in all its form, from her fleshy lips to her sweet big brown eyes... And the bun on her hair crowns the flawlessness of the pretty princess.

What in the world is happening to me?! Dylan! Snap out of it! But he cannot stop staring and sensing that something in his body changed today. The words of that nice doctor suddenly resound in his head: 'The day you do meet her, everything will function properly, trust me!' With that memory, his knees wobble for the first time, though he tries to hide it by leaning on the handrail casually.

Meanwhile, she is staring at him too, trying to catch her breath...

How can I keep on living with him? No, no, no... I have to runway as far as I can... I smell trouble! Look at those pectoral muscles. No, no, no... That shiny hair, gosh, I wanna touch that wonderful black hair... I bet it will tickle my hand... Yue!!! Stop this! Stop looking at his long legs and his sexy neck! What is he doing to me? I was immune to the charms of all men! Did I have to live with the exception to the rule? What are the odds of that? Uh uh! It's probably just the quarantine playing tricks on my brain... and body! Wake up! Shake it off!

She literally shakes her body pretending she is warming up... "Good morning, doctor! I'm ready for my work out! I've never seen you so early! Did you fall out of the bed?" she chuckles, pretending nothing is happening.

"Ahem – he clears his throat to come back to reality – I couldn't sleep anymore... Good morning to you too, by the way. Do you exercise every day?"