Symbols by Mario Kai Lipinski

Author:Mario Kai Lipinski [Lipinski, Mario Kai]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-63533-693-1
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2017-05-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Four

MATT HELD on to the yellow grips of the black ribbons with all the power that was left in him. His shirt was drenched with sweat, and every part of his body trembled. Suspension training had sounded like so much fun when Nick and Shane had explained it earlier that Friday afternoon.

Nick had called it “a little dangling from ropes and some easy, classic exercises on those ties.” Nothing to it! It was a modern form of torture, and the Spanish Inquisition would’ve loved these devices.

“One more push-up, Matt, gimme one more.” Shane’s voice roared in Matt’s ears.

His considerate, loving boyfriend and this relentless drill sergeant were one and the same person, however hard this was to believe. Not even Iain had ever ordered him around like Shane did during training. Thinking Iain’s name never failed at riling him up, though. With the last reserves of strength, he pulled himself into an upright position. Matt was panting, and the rest of the gym looked blurry, for his eyes refused to focus.

“Well done, champ.” Shane clapped him on his shoulder, and Matt swayed back and forth from the impact.

“If I survive this, I’ll tell you what I think about you calling me champ.” Matt had to press out every word during the short pauses his body left him before gasping for air again. He shook his drooping head, and at last, crisp vision returned.

“As long as the customer is sassy, he can train on.”

Though Matt wasn’t looking at Shane, he couldn’t miss the barely muffled chuckle in his voice. Yet there lay some truth in those words. “Have mercy on me, and give me a short break at least.”

“There’s only one exercise left”—Shane clasped Matt’s shoulder—“but as an elite life member, you earned yourself an isotonic drink on the house before we resume. Wait here for a sec.”

Matt felt so bushed he wouldn’t go far anyway, even if he tried to escape. He better bite back that comment, because it would earn him one more set of repetitions just for being defiant. “That’d be nice.”

Shane squeezed Matt’s shoulder again and let go of it. What a pity that he hadn’t kissed him instead, but not here, and not yet. Shane wanted Matt to be more secretive. He hadn’t said it in so many words, though he kept reminding him about every five minutes after the incident with the old woman to take his time with coming out.

“Can’t wait to be back.” Shane’s voice died as he walked away.

Matt had a minute or two to recuperate. This afternoon proved beyond any doubt that he and sports just didn’t go together. Like cousins who’ve only seen each other once in their lives, their meeting was awkward at best. Still, training in the gym meant more time with Shane. He had yet to decide whether spending time with this slave driver who only looked like Shane was a good thing. Hell yes, it was.

“Hey you!” a young man’s voice said behind his back.

Those exact words had started so many instances of bullying that Matt shuddered.

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