Leo was one of those people you were glad to see in pain. Not a lot of pain, just a general inconvenience, something to instill them some forsaken humility.
But contrary to everyone's enjoyment, he didn't get his punishment, he had rich parents that bought him a small apartment to live on his own. His job as a fitness instructor provided him with a sense of pride more than he needed money. His body was like master-sculpted marble and he liked to show it off, especially to others who weren't as endowed. On the topic of endowed, his penis was on the larger end, which did give him a self-imposed right to be a greater ass.
"C'mon you little fat sacks, three more." Leo urged his two trainees with their push up routine. He was under the belief that abuse finds purchase and turns into burning motivation.
Ethan collapsed on the floor, trembling and slick with sweat.
"Wastin' it. You're wasting your effort."
Ethan said nothing, saving his heaving breaths.
"Are you gonna quit like this piece of lard?" he turned to Sebastian.
The lad was doing an honest, valiant effort for his standards. "Just one, I am asking for one more," the jock demanded.
Tried as he might, Sebastian could not lift all the way up, stuck in the limbo of half a push-up, arms wobbling uncontrollably.
"Come ON you cupcake, show what you have" -his hands gave up, and he embraced the floor- "aaand it's nothing."
Leo walked over to the couch, pulling up his phone, "I should be charging you extra for my mental anguish."
Sebastian tilted his head to meet Ethan's gaze for the comfort of solidarity, but he was staring at the ceiling, laser-focusing his anger.
"Man, is that guy for real?" Ethan asked over lunch, a while after the session was over. They always gathered in Ethan's house with the fitness trainer, and usually the two men ate together afterwards.
"I really hope not, he always sounds pissed at someone," Sebastian answered, taking a bite. "And we didn't do him anything."
"The last sets we did planks and he insisted on demonstrating it too, without stopping when we did our breaks."
"I mean... impressive, but-"
"But he's just messing with us. Tryina make us feel bad for even resting. For not being as fit, or shredded as he is. He's just in it for putting us down."
Sebastian chewed in thought, "I dunno man, it seems you're really ticked off by the guy. Have you tried talking to him if he drives you that mad?"
Ethan shifted on his seat annoyed, "Aren't you fed up?"
"It could be just an attitude he uses, to motivate others."
"Are you feeling... MOTIVATED?" Ethan bellowed.
"...Well it's not really my style to be put down..."
"He's an ass outside of workout too, heard he leaked nudes from a girl he had sex."
"Man, that's heavy. But you can't be sure about rumours..."
"Want something certain? Last time we were at my house he raided my fridge. My beers and onion rings.
"Speaking of rings, I walked around last week, and must have looked really down, cause a lady tried to sell me some old crap, some metal rings."
"Metal rings?"
"She mumbled something like 'things come round and round'."
"What?"
"Yeah, no idea, she was pretty loose in the head."
"And why three?"
"Beats me. I must have looked so bad, she thought I deserved a premium offer."
He pointed at a piece of furniture near the door, "They're over there, if you want one, take it. I might wear the other two."
"Really? Thanks man."
Sebastian made his way there and took a good look at the accessories, surprised he didn't notice them before. Two were a nice shade of silver, while the other was a pearl white. He took a silver one, so that Ethan could choose either of the two colours.
"Looks fancy," Sebastian commented looking at his hand. "Hey, if you wear the silver one too it'll be like friendship rings."
"Ew, gay," Ethan snickered.
"Step it up you little fags," Leo shouted.
Ethan groaned again, legs killing him, lungs on fire, barely able to finish the last set.
"Ten more."
"You said those were the last ones," Ethan complained.
"And now I gave you ten more. Drop down and give them to me, unless you want to do fifteen."
Ethan grunted attempting the first, after which he felt a heel on his back.
"The hell," he exhaled in disbelief.
Sebastian saw an almost sadistic grin gracing the trainer's lips. "Why don't you do it with someone's foot on you back?" he asked the trainer.