It seemed like Hector was more similar to his nephew than he thought. Since just like Luis did, Hector considered the risks before concluding that this was an offer too good to pass up.
"Alright, I'll do it," Hector responded. The other three men in the room smiled.
"I hope you would say that," Luis replied. "Right then, so this is Daniel. He'll be the one to take you to the gym and give you a good workout."
"It's nice to meet you, Daniel," Hector said as he walked over to him and gave the other man a handshake. Daniel's handshake was quite firm, which made Hector a bit nervous. Could he really complete the workout Daniel had planned for him? Also, was this one of Luis' friends who were aged up thanks to the cube? Speaking of which, however, "Hey, what are you two going to do?" Hector asked Luis.
"Someone has to watch the shop while you're gone. Besides, Billy said he wanted to print something out." Hector just shugged at this explanation. Perhaps a bit too overwhelmed with what was happening to really want to bother thinking about it.
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A little while later, Hector and Daniel had arrived at the gym. Hector was a bit embarrassed about what he was wearing. He was wearing a stringer tank top that hung loosely off his thin body and a pair of gym shorts. Clearly, this was just something Billy and Daniel just grabbed out of their father's closet. Wear it made Hector feel so exposed and a bit of poser, especially when around the other muscular gym goers, not to mention his trainer Daniel.
"Don't worry, you'll grow into it," Daniel said to Hector when Daniel noticed Hector fumbling with his stringer.
"That's easy for you to say." Hector snapped back while trying in vain to have the stringer cover more skin. Hmmm, it looks like Hector will need a pep talk, Daniel thought.
"Hey, don't worry what other people think. They all had to start from somewhere. I wasn't always the rippling beefcake that I am now too." Daniel flexed an arm, more so to remind himself of how far he came with the cube, rather than to motivate Hector.
"I-I still don't know about this." Hector's words indicated Daniel needed to focus.
"The point is that you shouldn't be comparing yourself to others. You're here to improve yourself. And you want to improve yourself, right?"
"I guess..."
"Come on! Say it like you mean it!"
"I want to improve myself!"
"You want to improve myself?"
"I WILL improve myself!"
"Yeah! Now that's the spirit! So, let's get started then." Daniel was a wonderful personal trainer to Hector. He had experience teaching Billy, after all. Daniel was very patient, and his instructions were easy to understand. Though in between Hector's sets, Daniel would sneak in some reps himself just to test his new physique. It seems like the older brother has found what he wanted to do in life.
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Meanwhile, Billy was on one of the print shop's computers, busy designing some fliers for Mr. Gaunt. Billy was surprised by how well the design was coming out. He half expected it to go terribly and needed to ask Hector to help him, but no, these fliers didn't look half bad. Just needed some more polishing, and these fliers would be ready for printing. Although just as he thought that, Billy found getting distracted. Distracted by Luis showing up and slipping his hands under Billy's clothes.
"L-Luis! What are you doing?" Billy yelped.
"Well, I figured since we have some time, we should have a bit more fun while we're still adults." Man, this tank top leaves Billy so exposed, Luis thought. It made it so easy to get his on Billy's toned muscles.
"Y-you horndog!" Billy might have created a monster when he used the cube on Luis. A big, hot, horny monster! And to think Luis used to make fun of him for wanting to grow up fast. However, despite what he said, having sex again was also on Billy's mind. Every time Luis touched him, it peeled a layer of his inhibition away. "F-fine, but let me finish this first. And this time, I get to top!"
"Heh, we'll see about that." The smirk on Luis' face made Billy blush. "Alright, I'll see you upstairs then." With newfound motivation, Billy quickly printed out the fliers and then joined Luis upstairs.
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A while later, Daniel and Hector had come back from the gym once Hector completed a full-body workout. The shop owner was exhausted after all of that but it also left him feeling fulfilled and accomplished.
"Welcome back, Uncle. Daniel didn't push you too hard did he?" Luis asked with the cube in hand. Hector shook his head, and probably too tired to notice that Luis and Billy were wearing each other's stringers now... "That's good. Now let's see if my hypothesis was correct. Make sure you imagine yourself doing that regularly. Now cube, age Hector 10 years."