Filming

The instructor began his lesson with Antonio and he did a fifteen minute warm up followed by weights and a treadmill.

Leo sat silently on the sideline for most of it and paid very little attention to it. He had music playing in his ears and his mind was completely blank.

To be honest, he wasn't paying attention to anything at all. His mind should've been filled with questions, thoughts, or even worry, but instead, he was calm and couldn't think at all.

The music wasn't coherent or heard, the movement around him wasn't recognized, and the light in the room wasn't seen. He was completely lost.

Though the silence was broken when Leo felt a thud and a person sitting to his left.

Antonio sighed and sat down next to Leo with a towel around his neck and a water bottle in his hand. He fastly drank his water and wiped his brow of his swear with the towel. The instructor went to the break room to grad some water for himself, leaving Leo and Antonio alone.

Antonio looked over at Leo and noticed the earbuds in his ears. He carefully took it out, which startled Leo a bit.

"What are you doing?"

"Nothing, you just seemed lost in thought and I wanted you to come back to reality," Antonio said as he relaxed back into his chair.

Leo checked the time, "Are you done already? The schedule said that you weren't supposed to end for another thirty minutes."

"No, not yet. The next thirty minutes is kickboxing which I really don't wanna do."

Antonio tiredly wiped his face with the towel and rested the back of his head on the wall.

"Are you gonna be okay? You still have filming after lunch and you already seem very exhausted."

"Ha, yeah I'll be fine. I just need to have lunch, a quick shower, then I'll be back to normal."

"Alright, if you say so."

A few moments later, the instructor came back in the room and they started their kickboxing lesson. By the time they were done, Antonio was exhausted with sweat covering his entire body.

He straightened his back and used his shirt to wipe the sweat from his face, revealing his toned abs.

Leo's heart quickened slightly, which confused him, 'Do I have feelings for him? Do I find him attractive?'

He quickly shook the thought from his head, 'No I can't! How could I when I already have someone I like....'

Unintentionally, Coleman's face appeared in his mind. The expressionless and cold faced and warm eyed man filled his thoughts.

Leo squeezed his eyes tightly closed and shook his head, 'No, stop! Stop appearing in my head!' he screamed inside.

"Hey, I'm gonna go take a shower real quick. Wait for me by the entrance."

"A-Alright."

Antonio grabbed his clothes and walked over to the shower area to take a cool and refreshing shower. He stripped out of his sweaty and sticky clothes and jumped into the cool waters. The water felt nice as it ran down his warm body. He washed his hair and body with the shampoo they provided and got out of the shower.

As he dried himself off he thought of Leo, "Oh, Leo I know your secret. I know you are the tree spirit and I won't let that CEO take you away from me."

He smiled to himself in the mirror, "Keep up your thorn wall between the two of you. Keep it that way, but before long, I will break through."

He gave himself one last check out in the mirror before throwing on his clothes and walked towards the entrance.

Waiting there patiently was Leo. He was staring out the window and he looked beautiful. As he looked out the window, the sun was shining through, making his eyes glow in the light.

Antonio quietly walked over and behind him and once he was close enough, he bent over and blew on Leo's ear.

Leo jumped, "Ahh! What was that for?"

He crooked a smile, "You looked so cute, I couldn't help, but tease you."

"Yeah, but you didn't have to do that of all things." he exclaimed.

"Yeah, yeah, is the car here yet?"

"No not yet, but they should be arriving soon."

Right, after Leo said that, the car pulled up in front of the gym and the driver stepped out to open the door for them.

The two left the building and headed over to the next location.

Antonio was the male lead for a TV show called, "Hell's Gate". Antonio was the male lead and it showed his climb from a demon to being king and the ruler.

The first season was already filmed and they were halfway through filming the second season, when Antonio's previous manager quit and caused a delay.

Today was important since the delay made the director push back their schedule.

They got in the car and quickly drove over to the set. The drive took about thirty minutes until they arrived at the set. There was rows of huge warehouses with numbers written on the doors and in the top right corner of the building.

They went to set four, and when they entered there was rows of huge cameras and big lights everywhere m throughout the building. There was people placing the cameras, setting the stage, and people walking in every direction doing something. Though it was chaotic, it was still pretty orderly.

Not long after they entered, the director walked up to Antonio and said in an Italian accent, "Antonio finally! You're here."

He turned to Leo, "And I see this is you're new manager, what's your name?" he stretched out his hand.

Leo shook the directors hand and said, "My name is Leo."

"Nice to meet you Leo, thank you so much for becoming his temporary manager on such short notice. I was worried at first that we'd have to push the premier date back."

"It really is no problem and people back at the company is doing most of the work. I'm more of an assistant than anything else."

The man smiled, "Well, either way we wouldn't be able to continue without you," he pointed towards a table covered in food with some coolers next to it. "There is food and refreshments over there if you want anything."

Leo smiled, "Thank you."

He clapped his hands and turned his attention back to Antonio, "You know the drill, go eat then get your makeup and costume done."

Antonio smirked, "Alright thanks."

Leo followed Antonio towards the table of food and his mouth dropped open when he saw the array of food. The was many options and even options without meat which was perfect for Leo. He didn't mind eating meat, but he would rather not eat it if he has other options.

There was a platter with cut bell peppers, carrots, and other vegetables with bottles of dipping sauce next to it. Leo grabbed a paper plate and filled it with the vegetables and put a dollop of the Irish salad sauce.

Leo took a seat and began eating. He smiled to himself as he ate his food. Soon, Antonio came back with his plate of food and sat next to Leo. Antonio's plate wasn't much different from Leo's but he also put some ham and lettuce wraps and some chips on his plate.

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