With a soft groan Jihoon's bare legs slide between silken sheets as he slowly rolls onto his back, in the centre of his large, wide, white King size and his eyes blearily blink awake. Lifting his head he gazes over at his flashing alarm clock, the digital, red digits showing the same numbers they always do. 6.30am, the sun is blocked from his bedroom by thick blinds and he is alone - everything is how it always is. Slowly he sits and his body instantly protests. Letting out a gasped cry he jolts his back as the muscles twinge. It had started a few weeks ago and was only getting progressively worse. His poor, tired bones had had enough of the years of abuse and as he nears 40 they had decided to let him know about it. Â
Lifting a large hand he places it on his lower back, rubbing on top of his tank top to try and sooth his aching muscles, working his fingers in but to little or no avail. He is going to have to do something about it.
He has a few options open to him, and his immediate choice had been the obvious one and fitted his character to a fault. A masseuse was an instant no. The man, never fond of being touched, could not put his money in to some complete hokum - that in some way being oiled up and rubbed would help him, no. Drugs, popping pain killers was the directors preferred method to deal with most of life's problems. He remembers fondly (somewhat) his heyday years in his twenties when he was thrown through a window and he healed himself then with pain killers and some rice wine. Now looking back on it, that was probably one of the main precursors to his current predicament. There wasn't a month in his younger years where he wasn't getting himself into some kind of trouble. Now he has the young men to do it for him, of course, and he is stuck in a body that is scarred and old, only to get older...
Letting out a soft sigh he rubs at his forehead, down t work the palm of his hand into his eye, before it slips lower to run over the prickle of his morning stubble. Today that choice had been taken out of his hands. His assistant, so concerned with Jihoon's inability to get out of his office chair without some sort of grunt or groan, had booked him in for a one-on-one session with an instructor. Some 'exercise' as she put it, that would help strengthen his back muscles, help the support and ease the pain. With a grumble he glances over at the appointment card, propped up on his bedside table by his glass of water, and scowls softly. The scar on his right side heightening the severity of his displeased look. "Strengthen the muscles..." he grumbles to himself. His muscles are already strong! However, despite how much he might complain, the reality of it is hard to ignore as he shimmies to the side of the bed and has to let out a long groan as he only just manages to lift himself from bed, and hobbles over to the en suit to pee, feeling and looking like an old man. He only promised to go to one session...
After a quick shower and changing into his work out gear, simple joggers, a fresh tank and a grey hoodie over the top, Jihoon is even more convinced that he doesn't need help as now his body had loosened up some more and his moveability is much better. This thought stays with him through the whole drive, until the pulls up into the car park outside the gym. Gyms are usually his happy place, or as close as he gets to happy, but this feels less then comfortable. After parking his Mercedes he sits behind the wheel for a moment, the engine cooling as he eyes the building. There are many things he would rather be doing, a whole stack of paperwork he has to get through. Instead he’s sat here, in work out clothes that surprisingly he feels less relaxed in then a three-piece suit, wondering what hippie wierdo is going to be teaching him.Â
With a growl of annoyance he opens his car door and slowly eases himself up. The ride had been long enough for his body to stiffen again, and he grunts softly as he lifts himself up to standing. Typical. Grabbing his gym bag from the passenger seat he strides over towards the doors, hitting the button on his fob and the car locks behind him.Â