Gyun opened the door to an MMA gym he'd seen online while looking for places to train areas where he lacked expertise such as grappling and to familiarize himself with MMA.
It had the name 'Zombie MMA' with their logo a zombie with a pair of MMA gloves.
Their was a young woman at the reception desk, in her early 20's at her oldest and in her late teens at the youngest, her hair was dyed a azure blue and in a shoulder length haircut with bangs, looking at her phone with a pair of headphones on.
Gyun approached the desk pulling off his hood, though Gyun didn't have the money to pay for the damages incurred in the scuffle at the PC cafe. He had enough pocket money to pay for a month's worth of classes of at least two martial arts.
Gyun approached the desk, he waited for a moment but the woman didn't notice him yet, Gyun craned his neck to the side as he looked behind the desk where he could see onto the mats where Gyun could see a class in the midst of conditioning ongoing with a muscled man who seemed to be the instructor was shouting orders as the group performed various exercise's .
-It seems legit, it said on the website they have a ranked LFC fighter here and the gear looks like the real deal but still-
Gyun turned back to the desk and tapped the bell on the edge, *Ting*
"Huh?" the woman pulled off her headphones and turned to Gyun
"He.....Hello welcome to Zombie MMA" She said briefly stuttering as she saw Gyun
Gyun put on a smile, "hi, I was hoping to take some classes here"
The woman brightly smiled, "sure we have quite a number of classes we offer here, were there any classes you wanted to take in particular? Oh here, this is a list of all the classes we offer and our weekly schedule" she said as she passed him a paper detailing the weekly schedule of the gym.
Gyun grabbed the paper, scanning it quickly making sure it matched what was on their website. He'd decided on the walk here what he was going to do, it was after all a long walk from the park to here.
"I want to take one class of no gi BJJ and one class of wrestling along with one class of kickboxing hopefully tomorrow if possible" Gyun said as he slid the paper back.
"Ah testing the waters first, I understand, yeah you can show up for tomorrow we're starting a BJJ fundamental's course for free the first day after that you can see if you like it and see if you like it you can pay for the full course " she said as she smiled sliding the paper back behind the desk and typed something into the computer.
She stopped typing to look up at him, "And uh, what level would you say your at or would like to take"
"Beginner No-Gi BJJ, Beginner Wrestling and high level for kickboxing" Gyun said,
-it's a bit of a pain to say that but for martial arts you leave your ego at the door. I can't call any of my half baked, self made grappling techniques legitimate, it's best to just start fresh and build from nothing
Standing up she came out from behind the desk after she typed for a moment she approached Gyun, "since you look like someone who's hoping serious I can at least give you a quick tour."
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Gyun returned home somewhat late at night, he was sweating lightly as he jogged the mile long run home. Quietly grabbing his ready made meal as he escaped to his room, his mother and brother were nowhere to be seen as he ate quietly.
He showered and changed his clothes before he went to sleep,
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Waking up he progressed through his morning routine without any breaks, returning home from the gym before eating his breakfast and changing into a pair of sweatpants and sweatshirt with the hood up.
There was no school today as it was still the weekend, Gyun decided to train his balance for a half hour, and then training his flexibility as well for a half hour.
Checking his phone for the time, 7:34, Gyun's first class that'd he'd signed up for was No Gi Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, which started at 12:00 and ended at 1:00. He had plenty of time to burn, and he was sure Juwon wasn't going to be in a good mood if he woke him up at this time. Gyun could hear movement as his mom got out of bed from her room.
Gyun decided he'd figure out what he'd do later as he hurried out of the apartment not wanting to deal with his mother. He grabbed his backpack before walking out the door.
The city was already bustling and while traffic and the crowd was definitely smaller then on the weekdays Seoul still proved that it's title of 'most crowded city in Korea' held true.
Gyun kept his head down, as he walked along the streets, not knowing what he did Gyun thought'd it be better to play that VR game he'd played with Juwon at that PC bang he'd been to and been in a fight in. Since he had a few hours to kill and he was told by the owner that he should probably pick up his work uniform before Monday after he filled out his employment form. Plus the game it's combat was fun enough though it was ultimately not completely for Gyun.
According to Gyun it should be a block or two from his apartment building, taking the chance to do some cardio.
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Yuri was working at the register today, she was a tad bit on edge after she heard that there'd been a fight the day before. She was only working the weekends to pay for some side money while she attended film school, so she really didn't care much that the job was boring, she was considering not even showing up to work today. But the owner was married to man from the US so they had a tipping system, and the tips from customers were quite good.
It was still only around 8:15 so there weren't many customers besides hardcore gamers, usually there were homeless that slept here during the night. But the manager kicked them out before 7:30 to prevent them from driving away customers as business would begin heating up.
Lee Yuri who was playing with her nails as she tried to relieve the boredom, looked up as the doorbell rung. She let out a small gasp involuntarily, the man that walked through was tall but not hugely tall, they were muscled based off how their sweatshirt hung on them and the muscles that showed through the sweatshirt but not humongous.
But what caused Yuri's surprise more then anything was his face, handsome with a , his hair messily sat on his head and was close to covering his eyes but more then his face it was his eyes that drew her attention, his eyes which were almost covered were a grey color. As he got closer, Yuri sat up a bit straighter and smiled as he stood in front of the register.
-He isn't your usual customer, he's actually pretty hot-
Yuri kept this in her head of course as she greeted him, "hello welcome to Peak PC Bang Yeoksam, are you here for the PC's or the VR?"
"VR" the man replied as he pulled out his wallet
Yuri shivered slightly at his voice, -it's deep but not too deep- is what came to her mind when she heard him speak.
"And how many hours will it be?"
"2"
Yuri put it in the register, "15,000 won"
The man breathed out what sounded like a reluctant sigh as he handed over the money, Yuri put the money in the register and handed the man the paper slip for two hours,
The man turned to leave, but Yuri spoke up
"And you know how it works right? Because I can come show you how it's done"
"No I know how it works"
"Really?"
"Yes"
Yuri's smile faltered a bit, -damn he's really stonewalling me, come on Yuri you've got to snag this hottie!-
"Have you been here before?"
"Yes"
"Are you going to order some food, I can bring it to you if you want any"
"No, I'm fine, goodbye"
The man turned and left somewhat hurriedly,
"Argggghhh! Ugh how embarrassing he really denied me flat out!" She buried her head in her hands
Yuri pouted a bit, her face tinged red with embarrassment as she was blatantly stonewalled in her attempts to flirt with the handsome customer
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Author's note
Zombie MMA Gym is a reference to South Korean UFC fighter Chan Sung Jung otherwise known as the Korean Zombie who is as of now ranked 9th in the featherweight division