a loud hey could be heard from across the room, taerae looked around and saw that no one at the machines looked over at the feminine voice. there's no way she was talking to him right? he doesn't know any women, especially not ones that would greet him. he doesn't look over, but he was on guard. if the girl decides to walk over to him, he will leave, but as of now coast seems to be clear? he decides to move on to lifting the mini weights with the plan to do a few reps.
minjeong was ready to do some stretching and practice her routines and coordination - knowing that the fitness center might have more room due to less people coming there compared to the gymnasium, the blonde took her belongings over to the center. right after practice at that. she was supposed to meet beomgyu at the cafe he worked at but last minute, she texted to reschedule, the pressure and stress from everything eating at her and needing to get some routines down before the next big game - she decided to ditch her best friend in favor of practice. as she makes an entrance, a guy caught her attention - thankfully, just one person, causes her to smile out of reflex and wave her hand in his direction. pleased that there aren't many people around and about, rolling her shoulders back and moving her head from side to side while stretching momentarily, she calls out a loud enough, "hey," that echoes around the center to be heard by the stretching kid.
taerae's eyes peeked into the fitness center, taking note of the people occupying the center at the moment. there were female-only hours for these fitness center, so he knows that if he goes at an off time and not near female-only hours, he'll avoid seeing a woman. coast is clear. he stepped in in his already gym attire outfit, ready to start his fitness journey. he wasn't always the fittest dude, but after seeing that more and more of his favorite anime characters were buff, he decided that he would also start that journey to becoming strong. going to the corner of the gym, he started doing some stretches to warm up, his eyes still darting around.