After the Underwear Ad Shoot (2)
"Huh? The gym…?!"
"Yes, you haven’t gone in a few days."
Yeah. At this point it really was time to drag myself back to the gym.
"But I still don’t wanna gooo…"
"Easy for you to say when it’s not your body."
"Well then, dear viewers of Tteongi’s stream, I’ll see you at the gym in a bit."
The Queen ended the broadcast for me.
"Here. Your hand."
"..."
Never mind the fact that I didn’t want to go—her hand looked so pretty I grabbed it without thinking.
"Your hand is so soft and squishy."
"Can I use a ‘skip the gym’ coupon?"
"There’s no such coupon~"
"Ugh..."
After changing into my training clothes, I arrived at Apple Fitness.
"Haha, Tteongi’s face looks like she got dragged to the dentist."
"Right? I should buy her some tonkatsu."
I answered while still pouting.
"I hate Gaeun unnie..."
"Me?!"
"Ah, n-no. I was j-just kidding."
She sounded like she took it seriously, so I felt bad.
"You’ve been resting for a while, so now that you’re here let’s do this properly."
"That’s the spirit. I won’t push you too hard since it’s only been a few days."
I gave her a look that said I didn’t believe a single word.
"Your version of ‘not too hard’ and my version seem pretty different, Gaeun unnie."
"It’s seriously not hard at all."
"I don’t believe you."
Meanwhile, the other trainers had spotted me and started gathering around.
"Hello, Tteongi-nim~ It’s been a while."
"Hello."
"This is..."
One of them handed me a wrapped candy.
"I was going to give it to you if you came on White Day, but you never showed..."
"Whoa~ Thank you. I’ll enjoy it."
Right on cue, Aram arrived.
"Kyaa~ Am I the last one? Sorry!"
"No, we just got here too."
"Congratulations on your underwear ad video hitting number one in popularity, Tteongi-nim!"
I just grinned silently like it was no big deal.
"Whoa~ That smile that says ‘this is just normal for me now’! Perfect."
"It’s honestly exhausting. My stock price keeps going up every single day."
"TteongiCoin is mooning! All aboard!"
Meanwhile Gaeun unnie seemed to have looked it up on NewTube.
"It’s real. The view count is already at 1.2 million. Every comment is just praising Tteongi..."
It went up again already? The speed was insane.
"Praise me more, Gaeun!"
"Times like this are exactly when you need to sculpt your body with exercise."
"W-why does the conclusion always end up there?"
The Queen took my hand once more and spoke.
"Then, Tteongi-nim, shall we go change?"
"Yes. Aram, please start the stream first."
I gave Aram my ID and password.
"What should the title be?"
"Ah, wait. I’ll type it before I change."
Stream Title: At the Gym ㅡㅡ
"Hello everyone! Tteongi-nim has gone to change her clothes."
"The morning stream? No… I was still sleeping when Tteongi-nim called and woke me up..."
"S-spats?! What are you talking about?"
"For real?!"
"Sp-spats? You mean like the compression shorts?"
"You showed that on stream?"
"Wow… oh my god."
"Well… if you look at it that way, I guess so..."
After changing, I came back out. I was wearing a matching black sports bra and leggings. The Queen wore a black training outfit with a white short-sleeve tee.
"Tteongi-nim, you wore spats on stream?!"
"Yep."
"Aaaack! I missed half my life!"
Aram let out a dramatic scream.
"You can just watch the replay."
"But the feeling of seeing it live is completely different!"
"Isn’t that wording a little… weird?"
"Anyway it’s fine. There’ll be another chance."
"That’s some very meaningful foreshadowing."
"Right..."
Judging by the Queen’s sinister little smile, she was definitely going to make me wear spats tomorrow.
"Alright kids, let’s start with warm-ups."
Gaeun unnie and I stood side by side and began stretching. It felt exactly as hard as actual exercise.
"Hngh..."
"Reach for the sky~"
I stretched both arms straight up.
"Tteongi, focus on loosening your shoulders especially."
"Ugh… even the slightest movement pulls so much..."
H-cups are great and all, but the shoulder tension is so annoying.
"Let’s loosen up the lower body evenly too. Today we’ll be focusing mainly on legs."
"You said you wouldn’t make it hard..."
"We’re just going to do some really easy squats."
"Ugh… I’ve been had."
I loosened up my lower-body muscles evenly.
"I’m already sweating and tired..."
"Good job. Now get into squat position."
I spread my legs into a proper squat stance.
"You need lower-body strength to support your upper body, right?"
"Can’t I just lie down instead?"
"Now~ slowly lower yourself all the way down."
"Ughhh..."
I let out a pathetic groan as I bent my knees. Aram took the chance to film my ass.
"Can you see this? The way her hips flow into that perfect butt line! This isn’t a human back view..."
"I already did one today so that’s it."
I answered firmly while still holding the lowered squat position.
"Nice form, Tteongi-nim~"
"Danbal Queen is right. You seem to have talent for working out too?"
"E-even if I have talent I don’t want to do it…!"
My whole body was trembling as I answered.
"Now push your hips back and stand all the way up~"
"Haa..."
"One successful rep~ Let’s do three more just like that."
"Hoo… hoo..."
I repeated it three times total.
"Good. Just one more."
"Hoo..."
"For real this time, last one."
"W-why does the ‘last one’ keep increasing?!"
"This is the real last one."
After a few more reps we finally took a break.
"Wow… I’m sweating buckets."
"Tteongi-nim, here’s a towel and water!"
"Thanks."
I drank the water and wiped the sweat running down my forehead. Gaeun unnie looked at me with a proud smile and said,
"Feels good to sweat after so long, right?"
"…Not really."
I kept my answer short.
"Then let’s keep going until it feels good~"
"Yay! I’m so happy from exercising."
"Then let’s start again while you’re still in that happy mood."
"Ugh..."
After that I did two more sets of five squats—ten total—then collapsed onto a nearby chair.
"Haa… haa… I can’t… do any more."
"Shut up."
"Good work, Tteongi-nim."
"Queen~ Gaeun unnie bullied me with squats. Please punish her."
"There, there."
"You worked hard, Tteongi. For the last part today, let’s do the bike instead of the treadmill."
"…How long?"
"Just thirty minutes."
I could just sit and pretend to pedal slowly.
"Alright. Let’s do it."
"Whoa~ Cool. Then I’ll go work out with Danbal Queen..."
Gaeun unnie looked at Aram.
"Aram and everyone watching Tteongi’s stream—if she slacks off on the bike, tell me right away."
"Ehh~ You don’t trust me at all..."
I picked one of the bikes lined up next to the treadmills.
"Tteongi-nim, pedaling is the most important part on the bike."
"Ugh, stop backseat driving..."
I awkwardly placed my feet on the pedals and started moving. Even though I came to the gym often, this was actually my first time on the bike.
"..."
I really didn’t have any lower-body muscle. My legs were already burning.
Meanwhile Aram started filming my sweat-glistened cleavage.
"Aram, film my face too."
"Yes~"
While only my face was on camera I could rest my legs and stop pedaling.
"H-how did you know?!"
A little later the Queen and Gaeun unnie finished their workout and came over.
"Are you exercising properly?"
"Of course. The second I try to rest the viewers all rat me out..."
"Thank you everyone."
The Queen sat beside me and started pedaling too.
"Tteongi-nim, is the bike okay?"
"This much is nothing~ No problem at all."
I acted tough in front of her.
Suddenly Aram’s voice got louder like she’d just remembered something.
"Tteongi-nim, Danbal Queen-nim, and Gaeun unnie!"
"What?"
"Last time we went to the park there were way too many people so we couldn’t enjoy it properly."
"That’s true. But thanks to Gaeun unnie we still had fun in the outer area."
"Tomorrow’s a weekday so there’ll be fewer people. Let’s go again tomorrow!"
"This time I’ll teach Tteongi-nim how to ride a bike properly too."
"B-bike riding is a bit..."
"I’ll teach you a thing or two as well, Gaeun unnie."
"Really? I should learn then."
Meanwhile the Queen had gone quiet, lost in deep thought.
"Are you busy that day, Queen?"
"…Tteongi-nim, that day you’ll be wearing spats."
"A-aren’t spats for underwear?"
"Exercise spats. Like bike shorts."
When she heard that, Aram started jumping up and down.
"Kyaa~ Tteongi-nim already prepared the outfit?! You’re the best!"
"R-really?"
It was a situation I couldn’t refuse. I got done in by the Queen again today. But honestly… I didn’t mind. The morning reaction had been good, so I could wear them one more time.
"Okay. I’ll wear the spats tomorrow."
"Did everyone hear that? Tomorrow Tteongi-nim will be wearing spats."
"But… can’t I at least wear a skirt over them? It felt like I was basically wearing square panties..."
"I-I just meant it feels like that. Like wearing dolphin pants~"
"It might be a little cold, so a sports bra, spats, and then an outer layer should be fine."
"Whoa~ As expected of Danbal Queen. Beauty streamers really are on another level."
And so it was decided—I would be wearing spats on tomorrow’s park outing.