Chapter 5 - Game (1)

As it was planned earlier, the guys headed to a club to have some fun after they finished having dinner.

And as usual the music was thrumming through the club. The perks of being a celebrity and somewhat of regular costumers the members got V.I.P treatment and were ushered to private rooms away from the crowd.

It was nice this way actually. It would prevent every kind of unfortunate situation from happening.

Especially, their fans wouldn't notice them and lose their minds. It wasn't a good thing to say though as the fans were the reason who helped them get to the top but there was no guarantee that there won't be any kind of accident in crowded public places- like clubs.

The news of them releasing their new album had spread like wild fire so they had to be extra careful in public or else their fans would attack them- literally.

Everyone of them would want to get a piece of them or simply touch them and that might lead to the members or their fans getting hurt and wounded.

Anyhow, coming to the club was a shitty idea because they easily got bored there. After spending what seemed to be like half an hour they decided to get out of the place. There was nothing new for them to explore.

On coming out of that boring place- i.e., the club- the quintet found a fairly empty cafe across the street. They didn't linger outside the club for long and entered the cafe to seek refuge. The night was still young and none of them wanted to say their goodbyes yet.

It wasn't a bad thing to hang out and do stupid things with friends once in a while. (Right?!)

While Ray was ordering coffee for the five, Vic tried to rope them into playing a game.

"I say we play a game." He suggested looking at his elder brother's expectantly.

Mui sighed and scratched the tip of nose thinking aloud, "I hope this is better than that club. I can't believe we got bored in there!" He was surprised to find out that the popular night life actually turned out to be a snooze fest for all of them. They hadn't aged that much right?

"Oh yeah it is. I have this- Vic waved away Mui's concerns and pulled out something from the bag he was carrying around all day.

He excitedly held up the mysterious item to the light only to see the other's expressions showing rapid changes. They all had the same weird look on their faces and huge question marks in their minds.

Kai couldn't hold back much longer, he was the first person to voice out his thoughts, "It's a purse?" His tone clearly implied the confusion he was currently feeling.

Ray who came back with the piping hot beverage looked at the purse Vic was holding. He didn't know what they had been up to in his absence but he was curious, "Where did that ladies' purse come from? Are you dating someone?" He asked placing the cups in front of them.

Mui and Timo relaxed a little. No matter how absurd it sounded but it was certainly weird to see Vic carrying around a woman's purse in his bag like some treasure. He must be dating someone and hadn't told them about it.

"No! I am not dating anyone." Vic tried to clear the air, "It's not like what you think, this purse is my sister's. I jinxed it from her when she was annoying me."

"Really? A purse?" Timo thought it was ridiculous and also childish. Who would steal a purse from their sister if they were annoying? Especially when that sister was just a teenager.

Vic defended his argument in face of all the inquiring gazes, "This is her favourite purse. I couldn't come up with something rational when I raided her room!"

Kai gave up. He didn't want any more details, "What kind of game can we play with a purse?" He was more curious to know what the youngest had in his mind.

"Don't look down upon it! We can play a pretty good game. With help of this purse let's see who can impress a girl real fast and manage to get her number."

Mui nodded in response somewhat understanding where this was going. Vic carefully explained the rules to the members.

The game was simple, the members had to use the purse as a tool and get the phone number of the girl who'll walk in to the cafe. Of course they were going to take turns to do so and they might opt not to use the purse, if it was inconvenient.

"Count me out, I have a girlfriend." Ray gave up right at the start line. The game involved flirting with other women and it didn't exactly sound right to him.

"Well what about you guys?" Vic asked the others. He had already figured that Ray wasn't going to take part in it

"Since we have no better option let's do it. But I am out too. Who will go first?" Kai joined Ray and decided to just watch the fun. He had a beautiful wife waiting for him at home.

"Mui! He has girls falling for him from the start. I want to know if he still has that charm or no!" Vic made the choice on their behalf.

Mui chuckled darkly before glaring at Vic, "Just wish that I don't kill you after this Vic!" He warned the troublemaker before turning his head to wait for a girl to arrive.

"Let's see bro, look there is a girl coming." Vic accepted the threat head-on. He was certain that Mui was joking with him.

The challenge was easy for Mui because the girl recognized him in a single glance. All he had to do was walk up to her and say 'hi.' She was a fan girl and was already impressed by him.

He won the challenge pretty easily. When he came back to the place where his gang was waiting after getting her phone number, he saw Vic sulking.

Grinning cheekily Mui poked Vic's cheek, "Cheer up now!" He laughed heartily when he saw Vic pouting more.

"I can see you are still a rage." Vic said his voice laced with mock envy.

"That I am, so who will go next?" Mui replied feeling proud. He was actually pretty relieved that he didn't have to use the purse. It would have been embarassing.