MORE THAN AN ADJUSTMENT

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"Look, you know I'm clearly against you going out today but you keep on insisting so you better listen to everything I say" said Grey strictly.

If someone else was to chance upon this situation right now they would assume he was my elder brother but it was clearly the opposite not only was I his senior, I was recklessly serious all the time.

"Fine, can we go now" I said, after having to put up with his lectures right from when I woke up till now I had to admit I was kind of tire.

"Are we going out now?" asked Blue as he popped up all of a sudden, his pipe in his hand the only different from yesterday was the fact that he changed his suit.

I could faintly sense the excitement hidden in his tone, his eyes shone, despite his best efforts to hide his excitement I could still see it.

"Yes" I answered telepathically.

"that's good I can't wait to see this world with my own eyes" said Blue all giddy "Right, I forgot you should go to the gym today, I already checked your timetable and you have about three hours of free time in the afternoon" said Blue as he took a drag from his pipe before puffing out smoke.

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Honestly, I always wondered how he was able to that despite being a king of hologram, it's really funny a hologram with such an unhealthy lifestyle wants me to have such a healthy lifestyle, if someone was to find out about this wouldn't that person laugh at me till death.

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"Why would you schedule a workout in the afternoon after my classes without consulting me?" I asked Blue, while Grey, Enri and I were on our way to the class. I had to think of a way to go to the gym without Grey finding out or he would really think am not feeling and drag me all the way to the clinic, I thought.

"Why do I have to consult you on such a simple and insignificant thing?" asked Blue instead of answering me.

"Are you serious? You have to consult me from now on about any plans you're making which directly affects my personal time" I said.

"Fine, it seems like we'll need to discuss a better table to help you maintain a strong and capable body" said Blue as he turned his back away from as he puffed smoke while walking forward before he disappeared.

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"The class wasn't so bad" said Enri "I was finally able to understand the theoretical part of this course, since I already had a much understanding in the practical part of this course beforehand" said Enri happily.

"Good cause I didn't really understand it" said Grey.

"Me too" I said.

"Alright let's go have lunch" suggested Enri.

"Sure, but I have something to do later" I hurriedly said.

"What's that?" asked Grey.

I definitely could not tell him I was going to the school gym to work out because he knows how much I hate exercising, I had to think of something pretty quick.

"Uh… I have… to… meet the Course Advisor" I answered.

"Why?" asked Grey while Enri was now looking at me suspiciously as well.

"because I have a couple of questions concerning my department and the important courses that crucial to its study" I said Lying.

"Oh, ok" replied Grey.

Enri still looked at me occasionally with suspicion in his eyes all I could do was smile back and pretend everything was alright.

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After our lunch I had to head in the direction of the administrative office as if I was really going to meet the Course Advisor, after making sure I was not being followed I had to take the long way around to get to the school gym.

"Look what you made me do, I'm so tired" I said to Blue as he popped up in front of me.

"What did I make you do?" said Blue as he tried to put on an act of ignorance.

"You… forget it I'm not exercising again" I said.

"Why? You better exercise" said Blue.

"Why? Because I was tired, after my short break from the classes I had to get to the heart of the campus before making my way to the eastern part of the campus where the gym was located all because you had to register me for an afternoon session at the gym" I said angrily.

"Don't be angry at me, be angry at yourself if you were physically fit I would not have registered you at the gym at all" said Blue as he puffed his digital and small chest while pointing his pipe at me.

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Wait a second, did I just get scolded by a Small British Alien in my head? Incredible.

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"Welcome, are you a member here?" asked the receptionist at the gym.

She was beautiful, tall and fit lady but the thing that made me stare at her was the glasses she put on, they were the huge dorky type but on her it only brought the playfulness in her eyes. I found myself staring at her.

"What?" I said snapping out of my dumb trance.

"Are you a registered member?" she asked once again.

"Yes, I'm supposed to be part of the afternoon session today" I answered. It seems as if registering here was not such a bad idea I thought.

"oh… they've already started, you're twenty minutes late" she said smiling. "Do you have any gym gear?" she asked.

"No, honestly it's my first time registering for a gym" I said.

"that's alright we have very good instructors" she said as she motioned for me to follow her.

"Where are we going?" I asked.

"Our gym provides gear for registered members and special discounts students" she said, "This is the lounge, over there is the training room, there's also a special building for training the school athletes" she said as she gave a quick tour of the building.

The gym was divided into four floors, each floor was used for something different, I was supposed to get coached during my afternoon session on the third floor, on the second floor she helped me get my gear before leading me up to the third floor.

"This is Michael, he is going to be your coach this afternoon" she said as she introduced me to him.

"Hi, nice to meet you I'm Hyla" I said as I shook his hands.

"Michael" he said simply as he shook my hands.

Despite his huge frame he was a nice guy, he was built like a monster truck with muscles all over his body but a person wouldn't be able to tell that from his shirt which was way too big for him as it hid his muscles.

"Do you want to focus on any particular thing when working out?" asked Michael.

"Yes, my strength" I said after having a quick discussion with Blue internally.

"Ok, we'll do that but for now I just need to find out how intense your workout has to be so we'll do a simple test for your stamina, speed and strength" he said.

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"Incredible, this is your first-time working out or carrying any sort of rigorous exercise?" asked Michael.

"Yes, is there anything wrong with me?" I asked.

"No, rather the opposite, your stamina is slightly lacking but your speed and agility are on a whole other level" said Michael smiling.

"What?!! Isn't that basically impossible" I said.

"How would you like to join the school sports team" he asked.

"I have zero experience with sports" I said declining him in a calm manner.

On the surface I appeared calm but inside there were a million things going on in my head, from the fact that the adjustment Blue said he made put me on a whole new level that even shocked Michael.

"That doesn't matter" said Michael as he continued "you are not that far away from achieving the level of a national athlete and with some more training you would definitely reach that level and surpass other athletes at the same level" he said with a smile over his face despite the fact that I just rejected his offer earlier.

"I just don't think I can" I said once more.

Honestly, I was afraid of people finding out I had an alien in me body, not to even mention the possible tests that would be carried out on me just so they could find out more about Blue.

"Don't worry, you can think about it for now, when you have made your decision you come find me at the special building for the school athletic team". He said.

"So, what do we do?" I asked.

"For now, relax I need to make a detailed training regime for you which will accommodate for your lack of strength" he said.

"ok, I'll be leaving then" I said before leaving.

What kind of alien is as stupid as the one in my head, it said a simple adjustment but he clearly did more than that so why does it even want me to work out I thought.

As I left the gym on my way to the dorm I was interrupted by the ringing of my phone. Looking at the display of my screen I found that it was an unknown caller.

"Who's this?" I wondered as I answered the call.