Musaki sees Ichi doing something he never expected to do on a late night...exercise.

Chapter 7: Nighttime Exercise

A few weeks have gone by quickly and as I was asleep, I looked up and Ichi was gone. I didn't know where he was going or where he was so I got up, went around parts of the hallway until I heard some grunting noises coming from outside. I silently got outside and followed the noise until it reached the back part where the picnic table would be and I saw Ichi out there...doing some exercise.

I wasn't sure how to react to it, but I kept watching him as he did some moves. I widened my eyes and I soon realized that there were a lot of things about Ichi I never knew about.

When he stopped, he looked up and saw me standing there in front of him and I was in amazement at what he did and I said, "I thought you said you never get out much."

"On the daytime. Sometimes after everyone's in bed, I sneak outside to do some exercising." Ichi replied.

"Why?"

Ichi lets out a huge sigh and told me, "I'm hoping that I can control my powers on my own...but even if I do, it's a huge challenge for me to even consider it."

"How long have you been doing it?" I asked.

"Since I was younger."

I wanted to see how he does those and I asked him, "Can you show me some?"

What he doesn't know is that I've exercised a bit of my own, so I had to let him think that way. He gladly obliged to do so and he puts his arms out and begins some twists, jumps, kicks and other moves and a few flips here and there and that intrigued me the most and I never knew he was that good.

"Whoa...who taught you?" I asked, in awe.

"No one. It's just me."

That was also surprising that he taught it all by himself and I replied, "Okay, that's really cool."

"Have you exercised before?"

I knew that one was coming and I let out a huge exhale and did some exercising moves of my own and when I did the alley-oop backflip and handstand, I looked at Ichi and asked, "Does that answer your question?"

Ichi was completely blown away by what I had attempted and he said, "Who taught you that?"

"Brutus and Shakur."

"Impressive."

I nodded my head and I said, "Well...sometimes I need to do something too, you know? Sitting here all day can be a little boring at times."

"I get the feeling, but I'd rather just exercise in the night rather than the day because I'm still afraid." Ichi admitted.

I totally understood his reason and I said, "Just wanted to know where you were. How long does it take?"

"Um...I'd say about 30 minutes to an hour...maybe longer than that." Ichi replied.

I let out a huge whistle and said, "That's a long time."

"Yeah...or at times when Ms. Faye tells me to get to bed because it's pretty late."

"I see your point. Well, it's really awesome, Ich."

"Yours too."

Sorry I made it short. Anyways, hope ya like and there's more!