Jitsu -A different story-

"That... That's amazing, Kazumi-san." Shizune was quick to show her astonishment. It was quite obvious that Kazumi was related to the aspects of the place, but Shizune would never have thought that it was for that reason.

"Haha! I know. I'm pretty amazing." Kazumi was not humble as she took a rather proud pose after Shizune's words. "Although it's also thanks to Kurono that I was able to achieve this little dream... Anyway, I don't think there's a need to repeat everything since you heard the conversation, right?"

"Oh, yeah. Kurono-kun, don't worry about me, I also trust Kazumi-san, plus I don't want to miss the opportunity to have the gym owner herself guide me during my exercise." Shizune now showed a strong determination since the reason why she had come seemed to be too close. She also thought that this way she wouldn't interrupt Kurono too much either, so it was perfect for her.

Kurono was silent for a bit before agreeing. He wasn't worried either as he could always catch a see of Shizune's progress while he kept busy with his own battle.

"Well, if that's settled, then let me take you to the locker room, Shizune-san." Kazumi took Shizune's hand and then dragged her along the path that led exactly to the gym's female locker room.

Both Shizune and Kurono didn't have time to say anything, Shizune hurried so as not to trip due to Kazumi's pace, while Kurono also started to move forward, but in the direction of the men's locker room while sighing a little and wished that nothing strange happened to Shizune.

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After a few seconds, both Kazumi and Shizune found themselves in what was obviously the locker rooms, the first thing Shizune noticed was that there were a large number of lockers that were probably used for people to store their belongings, there were also a couple of benches that served as seats and from what Kazumi explained, and there were a couple of showers as well that anyone could use.

"Well, Shizune-san, clearly you can start dressing whenever you want, but I can imagine that it might be a little embarrassing for you if someone else to see you, so you can use one of the fitting rooms over there." Kazumi had seen Shizune's hesitation. In addition to them, there were also other women in the locker room going about their business, so she imagined what was on Shizune's mind at that moment.

Her finger was pointing towards what actually looked like a kind of changing room like the ones found in many clothing stores, Shizune thanked Kazumi for her attention and, carrying her small bag in her arms, entered the changing room recovering the emotion she felt.

It wasn't long before Shizune was done and walked out of the dressing room in her new outfit. She was now wearing a pair of sneakers to work out comfortably, a pair of black colored sports shorts was hugging her hips perfectly making her long legs show in full view all her splendor while her top was being covered by a simple white shirt that was just big enough to let her breathe.

All of these were the clothes that she had decided to bring since she didn't really have anything else, they even looked a little old showing that they were clothes she had had for a long time, but she didn't really care about that.

Kazumi quickly appeared in her sight at the same time that she was looking at Shizune carefully. Shizune wanted to know her opinion on whether there was something wrong with her clothes, but Kazumi's voice came earlier with the response to that.

"Those clothes won't do, Shizune-san. It is indeed light enough to feel comfortable, but with all the movements and efforts that you will make it may bother you in different ways, personally, I would recommend that you wear clothes made specifically for exercising." Kazumi was quite serious with her words making Shizune start to doubt a lot. It was true that her clothes weren't made specifically for exercising, and although she believed that there wouldn't really be many problems with them, she took Kazumi's words quite seriously.

"I, I'm sorry… It's the first time I've come to a gym and this is all new to me, but I don't have any other clothes with me, maybe I should forget about all this and just wait for Kurono-kun to finish..." A disappointed expression soon appeared on Shizune's face. She was even about to go back to the changing room and change quickly, but it was then that Kazumi caught her eye again.

"Wait, Shizune-san. You don't need to do that, it's really just my opinion, you can also wear your clothes without problems."

"But..." Now Shizune didn't agree at all, she believed that Kazumi was just telling her to make her feel better, so she wanted to reject that, but before that, Kazumi came up with an idea.

"It's true! Shizune-san. Actually, I have a set of clothes that I haven't worn yet, it's perfect clothes for working out, would you like to try them on?" Those very words brought a glow back to Shizune's face.

"Are you sure, Kazumi-san?" Although Kazumi offered the idea, Shizune still asked that question.

"Of course, I'm also sure that our measurements don't differ too much, I'm sure it will look great on you. Wait for me here, I'll go get it in a moment." Shizune agreed and sat down on one of the benches to wait, she was very grateful to Kazumi for saving her in that situation, which made her appreciate her more.

Kazumi was now on her way to her office where she kept several of her things, a rather worrying smile could be seen on her face, and if Shizune knew that this was all Kazumi's plan, she would have worried a bit.

"Haha… I'm sure he won't admit it, but Kurono will be very grateful to me." More mischievous laughter kept coming from Kazumi at that moment because she couldn't wait to see the result of it.

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Kazumi quickly returned to Shizune and gave her the set of clothes. Shizune thanked her before going to the changing room again, and now she was happy again since that little problem was solved.

Shizune had already taken off her previous clothes leaving her figure covered only by her underwear creating an image that many would be grateful to see, but besides that, you could tell that Shizune was totally still, and the reason for this, was because she had just seen the clothes that Kazumi gave her, making her quite nervous, but even so, her determination flared again causing her to hesitate no more.

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Kurono was outside the dressing room waiting for both of them, he had realized that it had been a while and they still hadn't come out, which made him a bit uneasy, but it was at that precise moment that he heard something that calmed him down completely.

"Kurono-kun, I'm ready." Shizune's voice reached his ears making Kurono look back. He was about to tell her that then they could start exercising, but as soon as he saw her... Kurono's words disappeared from his mouth at the same time that it opened a little at the image that had appeared in front of him.