「 open. 」 “ please, unless you are here to join me, i would appreciate thirty minutes in the fitness room without heavy breathing. ” he does not mean to sound unwelcoming but stretching in a room while another was running or ‘pumping iron’ was not conducive to thoughtfulness. nonetheless, he permitted the other join if only they agreed to the leisurely start of their night. rocking himself into halasana, gemini waited for the other’s decision, whether they would join him, ignore him, or leave the room all together.
mamiko laughed almost instantly, her arms folded across her chest as she sat down on a yoga mat she had brought from one corner of the room to the other. “you’re much older than me.” she pointed out, the mat laid flat underneath her weight, yet to be used for it’s rightful purpose. “i think i can do yoga without breaking a sweat.”
