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here?”
    Playfully, Justin gasped. “Someone has their mind in the gutter…but now that you mention it, it does burn a whole hell of a lot of calories in a fun way.”
    It wasn’t as if he could argue about that. It had been a while since Drew had sex, and if he was being honest, the idea was quite appealing. But he’d be lying if he didn’t admit there were nerves as well since he’d never fucked a man before. “True. Unfortunately, it doesn’t go over real well in a public gym.”
    “Sometimes they make the shittiest laws. People are offended by everything.”
    He couldn’t help but laugh and Justin did too. He had a million things to do that afternoon, but still he found himself pulling out the forms to be signed. There was no reason he couldn’t have Robyn do this, but he knew he wouldn’t. Paperwork could wait. He’d come back in tonight to do it if he had to.
    Drew handed the forms to Justin. They spoke about fees and he entered Justin’s information into the computer. He was silent as Drew did so, looking down and picking at the brand name on his basketball shorts.
    There was something heavy in the set of his shoulders, which really wasn’t a fucking epiphany or anything. The guy was going through hell, but Drew had a feeling today had been an especially bad day. The urge was there, teasing at his tongue to ask him, but Drew didn’t know if he should. If it was his place. If he were in Justin’s situation, he doubted he would want to talk about it.
    “Come on.” Drew stood after finishing the paperwork. “I’ll give you a tour. I was going to work out anyway, if you want some company.”
    Justin paused, studied Drew in a way he didn’t understand and then said, “Yeah, I think I’d like that. Just don’t try to show me up. I’d hate to have to embarrass you.”
    Drew playfully rolled his eyes. “I wouldn’t think of it…but…what did you call it? Pretentious?”
    “What? I would never say a thing like that!”
    They moved around the desk and toward the main section of the gym. “Oh, my bad. I don’t know what I was thinking.”
    “Maybe that’s some internalized shit going on there. It’s okay to admit that you like to look sexy. That you want people’s eyes on you.”
    Drew nudged him in the side with his elbow. “You keep calling me that.”
    “It’s true. Should I not, though? Fuck. I’m sorry. I don’t think anyone heard me. I didn’t think about that.”
    “No, no,” Drew told him. No, it wasn’t really a known fact that he was bisexual, but Drew also didn’t worry about keeping it a secret. If people found out, they did. He wasn’t ashamed of who he was attracted to. “It’s fine. Call me sexy all you want.”
    “Oh, so you like it when I flirt with you?”
    “Who doesn’t like to be flirted with? Now quit stalling and come on. Don’t expect me to go easy on you just because you think I’m hot.”
    Justin laughed a deep, throaty laugh that Drew liked the sound of.
    “I wouldn’t think of it,” he said, and then they got to work.
    ***
    They started out doing twenty minutes of cardio on the treadmill. Justin jogged at a nice, steady pace but it didn’t take long for him to realize that he sucked at running. Drew had hardly broken a sweat and yet salty liquid burned his eyes.
    But the slight burn in Justin’s muscles was welcoming. It made him feel strangely alive. It wasn’t that Justin wasn’t physical, because he was. He played basketball and liked to hike. He didn’t keep himself locked up in the house, but it was a different kind of exercise than this.
    When the twenty minutes was over, he stepped off the treadmill. “Well, looks like I have better stamina than you,” Drew joked.
    “Oh, no, no, no no. We aren’t going there. I promise you. My stamina is just fine.”
    “Just making an observation,” Drew added and then, “Come on. I’m not done with you yet.”
    He let Drew set up a workout routine for him. He grabbed a clipboard and wrote