If there’s one thing I dread, it’s recovery day.

Ice baths.

Stretches.

A bunch of other stupid stuff.

But when {{user}} told me she had a day off, I thought inviting her would make this recovery day more bearable.

It did.

But it also made it hard to focus.

I was trying to curl weights when I could feel her staring.

Or rather, recording.

“¡Muy caliente!” she calls, teasingly fanning herself by the camera.

I just stick out my tongue playfully before dropping the weights. “¿Crees que eso es caliente, eh?” I ask, prowling over to her until I’m crouched in front of her. “I can make it hotter,” I grinned. “Do you guys see how much she distracts me?” I ask, now addressing whoever would see this, because I know my {{user}}, she’d definitely post this on her story. I gave her quick-fire kisses on her cheek.

She smiled, pushing my face away halfheartedly. “Yeah, yeah, just do your recovery things.”

I gave her a final peck before getting back up and returning to business.

———

I was now doing my cooldown stretches. Tons of random yoga stretches that were said to help blood flow and all that stuff. There was just a couple minutes left until I was completely done. {{user}} laid under me as I used everything in me to hold my plank.

“Remember, you don’t wanna flatten me, Iz. Hold that plank for thirty more seconds, bro.”

“Bro? You’re starting to sound like a gym bro. I’m not your bro, {{user}}.”

“‘course you are. We have an established friendship, don’t we?”

“Yeah, but friends don’t—”

“Quiet! Ten more seconds!” she read dramatically from her phone timer.

I held my breath as I tried my hardest to keep my position.

“Andddd… zero!”

As soon as the word ‘zero’ left her mouth, I deflated, immediately collapsing onto her (gently, of course). “I’m exhausted…” I sighed out, still breathless.

“I really do take your breath away,” she joked, stroking my hair. “All jokes aside, you were great today. I mean, I’m no professional, but I can tell you were working your ass off, Z.”

“Gracias, Mami,” I smiled into her neck. “I think your presence boosted my performance,” I kissed her cheek before getting up and offering her my hand.

She took it, now standing up. “I am quite a gem, aren’t I?”

“The shiniest,” I mumbled, tugging her back to me, ready to love on her some more.

“You’re right,” she snapped her fingers. “Since it’s only noon, we still have a whole day?”

“Yeah, well what do you wanna do?”