Saturday...
1:45 PM...
At the gym...
Linh's POV....
It's been six days since the last time I saw Nar, and the last time we actually had a conversation with one another. Knowing that today is Saturday, somehow I have this small excitement in me knowing that chances are, I would be seeing him at the gym. Well, if he's not out of town for any business trips or whatsoever. 
And speaking of workouts during the weekends, I remember that I also haven't seen Xiaoyang recently. Funny since I thought I would feel more emotional during his absense, despite the fact that I still feel broken everytime I remember about the night he confessed to me that he has someone else. It's surprising, yet maybe this just means that I might already moved on from him.
"So what are you training today?" Minh asks as three of us enter the gym.
"Chest, triceps, shoulders. Push in general," I say. 
"Well, seems like you gotta wait for the chest part," Hoang adds, signaling about the crowded gym where everyone is literally using the bench. Butell, I gotta wait to do the chest press. Well, I'll just go with triceps first.
I walk over to the dumbells rack, where I see a familiar male figure standing next to the smith machine. Looks like he just finished putting the plates back in place. Nar, the tall guy with exotic tan skin, turns his vision to my direction. Our eyes locked for a second, where he raises his eyebrows with a small smile on his lips, signaling some sort of "hey! I saw you" type of look. I form a small smile back at him, but little did he know, the small smile he gave me just now already sent butterflies dancing like crazy inside of me. Realizing how he already got my mind a bit distracted, I quickly snap back to reality and grab a 6kg dumbell, ready to perform my first set of tricep extension.
"Hey, I like your glasses."
Hearing an unfamiliar male voice, I almost drop my 6kg dumbell on the floor. I quickly put it down on the floor just to turn my head to see whoever talking, and if he is talking to me, in which I assumed he did. Literally I'm the only person wearing glasses who is standing next to him. Funny cause I didn't even notice his presence before. I was too busy getting lost with Nar's gaze to even notice anyone else, except my siblings ofcourse, though they are now hanging out by the cable machine since it's back day for them.
"Oh, thank you," I say casually, before I grab my dumbell back from the floor to start my first set.
As I continue with my first set, I could notice from the big mirror in front of us that this guy is literally eyeing me with a confident smile. Funny, because I don't remember seeing anyone who looks like him around here, and not to mention that his looks is something that I don't see too often in this city.  From his face, I think he looks like a mix of Southeast Asian and Western.
"Say, how many times do you workout in a week?" he asks me as I put my dumbell down.
"About 5 to 6 times," I answer in a casual manner. 
"Say, you have a nice accent. How long have you been in Ho Chi Minh?" he asks me.
I stood for a second, as I attempt to hold my jaws from slightly dropping upon hearing his question. Do I look like a foreigner that he assumed such thing? Not that I am offended. Or maybe he's reffering to my English accent? Well, I've been studying English for years.
"Umm...I was born here," I answer. "What about you?"
"Well, my mom is Filipino, my dad is American. I was born in Manila yet I've been spending my last 16 years in Los Angeles. Of course, that is before I started working and traveling at the same time," he states. 
Well, that was quite some informations he gave for a first time meeting. I wasn't too surprised when he stated that he's mixed. On the other hand, he seems like a talkative person, I think. 
"For a second I almost thought you were foreigner with that hot accent," he says with a flirty smile on his lips, which literally got my eyes widen. Well, this guy surely looks confident. He kinda seems like he is full of himself, but hey, I don't want to judge people to soon. Maybe he's just a confident foreigner trying to make friends here.
"I was born and raised here," I say with a rather awkward smile, in which on one side I feel like this guy is kind of flirting with me in a weird way, but on the other side I'm trying to respond in the most polite way. Don't get me wrong, but being rude to others is not something I do often. 
"I see, I've only been here for a week. But well, I surely haven't seen someone like you," the guy states. Again, he forms a flirty smile, which again got me feeling awkward.
As I try to cope with the awkward situation (at least that's how I feel about the situation right now), my eyes couldn't help to glance at Nar, who I noticed at some points had been throwing some glances at me from the smith machine, which deep down, made me feel more awkward with the situation. Well, one thing I know, is that his gaze surely doesn't look like his usual friendly, happy look. This time, it's like he is giving me the dead stare.
"Say, so what's your name?" he asks.
"I'm Linh," I say. "What about you?"
"My name is Daniel," he says in a chill yet confident manner. 
"Nice to meet you," he adds.
I smile politely. "Nice to meet you too."
"Say, so do you happen to be busy?" he asks.
"Umm...I guess. I'm working out," I answer.
"Ah, nope. I meant, do you happen to be busy tonight?" he asks as he pulls out his phone from his pocket.
I stood frozen for a second. My eyes are still shifting to Nar who just finished his last set of RDL with the smith machine. His deadly stare is still quite obvious, that I could say that he didn't fail to make me feel nervous. On the other hand, Daniel is still staring at me as if he is waiting for my answer, with his confident gaze staring sharply, and thin lips forming a bright smile. Being in this moment, right now I could only feel myself pressured, which at the same time got me confuse. Somehow, I feel guilty to Nar when I am talking to Daniel. Yet on the other hand, I realize that it almost seem silly since Nar and I are not evening dating, and that he has a girlfriend. The both of us clearly have no chance with each other, other than friendship. Yet, I wouldn't say that I'm talking to Daniel right now because I have an attraction towards him. Literally I'm just trying to be polite, and hey, it never hurts to make new friends, right? Also the fact that at this point I wouldn't mind going out with anyone, only to escape my mom's night session nagging at me. Believe me, sometimes her naggings even affected my mental health. But with this tension going on, I just wish I could escape this moment.
To be continue...