“Alright you two! Starting today, I’m getting you in shape so you can defend yourselves!” My voice is loud as I stand in front of the two catgirls, who are both dressed in yoga clothes, Lumi with spats and Yuna with pants and a loose shirt.

  “So… what do we do?”

  “First, we’ll do pushups, then situps, then squats, then rest before repeating. You two need to be at least able to haul your own weight around with ease, only then do we go to a gym and work out.”

  Quickly, they hit the floor and start doing pushups, while I watch their form. Crouching down next to Yuna, I notice her chest hits the floor early, no doubt thanks to her bust. “Tsk, no good. Yuna, stand, Lumi, keep going.” Grabbing a couple of mats, I set them up roughly where Yuna’s hands and feet go, before gesturing to them. “Go ahead, start again, this will keep your chest from touching the ground.”

  Nodding with a slight blush, she gets on the floor and picks up where she left off. Hearing little grunts of exertion, I move to Lumi, her chest touching the floor at the peak of her movement… but her back is arched way too far. “No good, tighten your core, straighten your back.”

  “I… can’t…” With a thud, she hits the floor, looking up at me in silent question and worry. Which, shaking my head, I wonder what to do about her lack of core strength. “Alright, Yuna, go until you reach a hundred. Lumi, get on your elbows instead of your hands this time, just like the pushup, but hold your body stiff as a board.”

  Grumbling, she obeys and gets into position, visibly trembling a bit from the strain. “Good, that’ll strengthen your core. You’ll hold that position until Yuna finishes her pushups.”

  “W-what? T-that’s-” “No it isn’t too much, this is me taking it easy. The training I had to go through was much worse than this.”

  Lumi’s form is a bit better now, and I can see her muscles tightened up nicely. Looking at Yuna, her chest is just clearing the floor, only touching it when it should… and I put a lot of height beneath her hands, I forget just how thick she is compared to me sometimes. “Ah, right. Yuna, we’re getting you a sports bra next time.” She speaks through grunts, her words clipped to get them out fast enough. “A… wha…?”

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  “Stop… talkin… an… work out-” Lumi’s pleas go answered as Yuna quickly returns to her movements, her chest bouncing a bit when she goes too fast, which I reluctantly avert my gaze from. “A sports bra, like what Lumi is wearing… not that I think Lumi needs to, really. It keeps your tits held closer to your body, and limits movement, so this wouldn’t be so bad.”

  Grunting out an affirmative sound, Yuna has to pause at the floor, before slowly pushing herself back up with heavy strain.

  Seeing this will take another minute, I drop and join them, banging out a hundred in the time for Yuna to do the last twenty of her own, and as she does, her and Lumi both plop to the floor exhausted. “That sucked…”

  “You tell me… my stomach is sore now… and back… and shoulders…”

  Shaking my head, I stand and stretch. “Take a few minute break, drink some water, then we continue on to squats.” I ignore Yuna’s groan as I go to the kitchen to make them some protein shakes.

  ‘There are other ways to get them protein, but nothing’s gonna be as convenient as this. Well, nothing I consider good.’

  Heading back out, I offer each of them a shake, which they both eagerly start drinking from. “Sip on it, unless you want to make the rest of the workout harder.”

  Grumbling, Yuna puts it down. “These are protein shakes, right? Why not eat protein bars, I remember hearing they’re really high in it.” Gesturing for them to stand, I shake my head. “No, not quite. They’re super dense, but they taste like bakers chocolate and expresso had a child, cloned the child, and then they fucked.”

  They both stare at me with shocked looks, before I shrug. “What? It’s accurate, those things are horrible. I’d rather eat literal ass than those things ever again.”

  “Salka!” “What?! It’s true! It even gets stuck in your teeth, so the taste lingers!”

  Yuna chuckles a bit, looking between us with a smug grin. “I mean… is that why you’re so loud in your room, Lumi?”

  ‘...wait what? Is what why… “i’d rather eat literal ass-” did she just-’ “Shut up you idiot!” Lumi gives Yuna a hit to the arm, her tail flicking up high in embarrassment. So she did mean what I thought she did.

  “Sorry sorry, I couldn’t resist!”

  Rubbing her head, Lumi just looks away. “So what’s next?”

  “Squats. Two hundred this time.”

  Both of their protesting groans go unanswered, as we continue our workout.

  ‘They might hate me in the moment for this, but that’s fine. I hated my training too, the queen was brutal with me. But I’m not leaving anything up to fate anymore, if I trained my brother, he might be alive. So, sorry, but it’s needed.’