Pay Attention! (Kittle Chronicles)

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Selwyn let out a yawn as he rose from bed, scratching behind his furry head with sandy eyes and a groggy groan. It was way too early for any person to reasonably be awake--not really though, it was around 5am--as Selwyn stood up. He went to the kitchen to make his usual morning coffee and surprisingly found a note from Bernard and Miguel:

“Heading into town early before it starts snowing later. We’ll be back in an hour or two. - Bernard”

He let out a soft chuckle and looked out the nearby window, giving a small shiver at the draft that was creeping into their inn room. It was already starting to flurry outside which was unfortunate luck for Bernard and Miguel.

“...I’m sure they’ll be alright...Hopefully Asher doesn’t start to worry about them out there too much…” Selwyn muttered to himself as he poured his coffee, looking back at the sleeping Lycanroc whom he shared a bed with on the daily. Asher was half covered in the blanket, which was too small for a creature his size to begin with, so Selwyn went to the nearby closet and draped the spare blanket over his boyfriend to be safe.

After that, the Typhlosion quietly switched clothes to something not suited for the winter weather at all: his workout clothes. All he wore was long, stretchy lounge pants and a faded sleeveless shirt, as that was really all he could afford at the moment; Regardless, it was more than enough to do the job.

“Alrighty, workout time…~” Selwyn hummed to himself, making his way into one of the rooms within their inn section, where they had a few lighter dumbbells to work with for weight lifting. After his warm-ups, Selwyn picked up the weights and began to do different types of reps with them. However, he discovered that his body had adjusted to the weights and they were no longer effective; Going at it for a few minutes doing the same reps, he hardly felt even strain in his arms.

“Damn it…” He sighed, dropped the weights back onto the floor. “This isn’t working anymore….We need barbells…”

 Walking back into his bedroom in slight disappointment, Selwyn noticed that Asher was sitting up in bed, trying to wake himself to get on with the day.

 “Hnnm…” Asher groaned.

 Selwyn smiled and came closer, sitting into the bed and kissing Asher’s cheek with a giggle.
 “Good morning, sleepyhead…~” Selwyn whispered, leaning into him.

“Mm...g-good morning…~” Asher whispered back, rubbing Selwyn’s head. “Hmm...You...are...not w-working..out this..m-morning…?”

“I was trying to but...bah, these weights are too light and worthless to me now. I might just see if there’s a gym within the town that I can sneak into without a membership…”

 Selwyn flung himself up a bit to stretch, helping Asher out of bed and bringing him over to the kitchen to have his own coffee. The Typhlosion looked around the inn for a tourism guide of the town, and looked through it once it had been located so he could see if there was a local gym nearby.

 “Hmm...restaurants...swimming pools...skiing...ah, here we go, there is a gym in town. Not too far either, only about 5 minutes out.” Selwyn said, looking up from the brochure at Asher.

“Do you want to join me working out? Now that we’re settled in this inn a bit more, it’s probably good for you to get back into it. Don’t want to lose that muscle before your next Arena battle~” He teased.

“Mm...I will..j-join..” Asher said tiredly, still trying to wake up as he sipped his coffee.

Roughly half an hour later, the couple made their way to the gym through the light snow, bundled up cozy and warm. Once inside, it was barren, probably because of the cold weather deterring people from traveling.

“The brochure said inn residents get three free visits to this gym, so this shouldn’t cost us at all.” Selwyn mentioned, taking off his coat and heading to the equipment so they could start with a warm up. Needless to say, as they were both quite in shape, their warm up wasn’t very hard for them at all.

 Directly after the warm-up, Selwyn and Asher went over to the barbell, as they wanted to focus on weightlifting today. Looking at the weights that were provided for the members, he eventually decided for 30’s on each side of the barbell. So with the barbell that was 45lbs standalone, the entire set together would be 105lbs.

 “I want to go higher but it’s been a bit longer since I've bench pressed than I’d like to admit. I should get back into it first. You okay with 105 too, love?” He asked.
 Asher thought it over for a moment before nodding.

“Y-yes...I need to...start again too…”

Selwyn was up first to start bench pressing with Asher behind him to spot. As Selwyn grabbed the bar from the rack and slowly brought it to his chest with a grunt, his arms waivered for a moment as he did so.

“N-ngh...starting..” He said to Asher so he would pay attention.

After a few reps, Selwyn’s arms quickly began to adjust to the familiar act. Although he was struggling a bit, he seemed to be decent in the meantime. As a result, Asher zoned out a bit, looking around the gym. His eyes began to wander: The barbell weights, the small track area inside the gym, the yoga mats, Selwyn’s body, the weight racks, the locker room, Selwyn’s body, the energy drinks in the back, Selwyn’s body. Needless to say, Asher eventually found himself fixed on his boyfriend’s sweaty, arching body as he watched him lift.

“...A-asher….”

Asher imagined Selwyn calling his name a bit and smiled at the thought, holding the Typhlosion close in his vivid imagination. He gave him a loving kiss, rubbing his head and laughing happily with him

“Asher…”

He imagined them dancing again since they had recently learned how to. It was a beautiful slow song, and it felt like the entire world ceases to exist outside of each other’s arms. Only they existed and-

“A-asher! H-help me, d-damn it…!”

Selwyn grunted with a heavy pant, the barbell nearly crushing his chest as his fatigued arms barely kept it up. Snapping back to reality, Asher immediately grabbed the barbell and grunted as he lifted it back up to the rack basically on his own.

“S-sorry...are you...h-hurt...hmmm…?” Asher asked, a bit worried. To his relief, Selwyn shook his head as he caught his breath and rubbed his arms.

“What happened…?” Selwyn panted, looking at him. “You...r-really got distracted, huh..?” He added with a slight laugh, rubbing Asher’s shoulder as they switched places.

 The weight lifting for Asher began similar as it did for Selwyn, being a bit out of practice, before he started to get back into it. His main focus was on the barbell with Selwyn right behind him as he did his reps and...Selwyn’s muscles were really bulging today. For not working out in quite awhile, he still looked pristine and his body was still pretty fit. Asher wanted so bad just to hold his soft, strong badger in his arms and give him a loving kiss, snuggling with him in their warm bed, enjoying some hot chocolate on a snowy day…-

“Asher, pay attention..!” Selwyn yelled in his ears, once again snapping the Lycanroc back to reality. Asher gasped for air a bit as he realized the barbell was crushing his chest, but with Selwyn’s help they got it off quite fast and safely back onto the rack. They both gasped quietly for air before Selwyn leaned into Asher.

“D-damn, Asher...you really...g-got something on your mind today…” He said tiredly, still smiling after everything.

“Hmhmm..Y-yes..” Asher admitted in a whisper, his face going a bit red now. “I-i….keep looking...a-at your...hmmm...body…”

“Aww...Asher! That’s adorable…!~” Selwyn laughed happily, hugging into Asher. “Hey…let’s finish up our workout so we can go home and snuggle..!~”

Eventually, they ended up back at their inn, both pretty exhausted and sweaty from all the weight lifting. They wanted to go longer but decided it would be better to get back home before the snow began to get heavier. Even after their workout, they were still the only ones home at the moment.

“You did great there hun..~” Selwyn said, getting onto his toes so he could be eye-level with Asher, giving him a soft kiss on the lips.

“Mm...as did y-you…~” Asher whispered back, rubbing Selwyn’s cheek with a grin.

“Hey...you know what big, strong Lycanrocs get after they do absolutely amazing with a workout, right?”

“Hmhm...what…?”

“They get to cuddle with their boyfriend in the shower! And...maybe we’ll even do a nice...cool down…~”

Asher grinned even more, pulling Selwyn a bit closer by the waist.

“Let’s do it…~”

Soon after, Asher and Selwyn laid in bed, covered with multiple blankets. They panted a bit heavily as they laid next to each other, on their backs, holding hands. A few articles of clothing covered the bed and the floor nearby.

“H-holy..shit…” Selwyn giggled in tired bliss, turning and snuggling into Asher. “That...w-was amazing...i-i’ve never heard you...t-talk so much…~”

Asher let out a breathless laugh and kissed Selwyn’s head.

“Hmhm...I h-have...never heard...y-you talk..s-so little…~” He teased back, eventually falling into a light sleep as they rested.

 The door swung open around 8am, Bernard walking in.

 “Hey guys, we’re-

He immediately stopped, swung around, and began to push Miguel back out the door, into the hallway.

“Bernard! Hey! What are you..?-”

“Uhh….There was a murder in there. Let’s go.”

“Whaaaat?! A murder…?! Bernard let me go!”

 Their voices faded away from the apartment as Selwyn groggily raised his head, half awake.

“Was t-that...Bernard…?”

After a moment, he shrugged and leaned back into Asher’s chest, closing his eyes.

“Oh w-well…”