"Garbage," Laone was trapped between the SUV and Andrew which was the last place he wanted to be now of all times. He had been enduring their nervous and clearly scheming heartbeats in church and now all he needed was to gt into the car and enjoy his own company.
Andrew put his hand on Laone's chin, this was church and one would not normally be affectionate here. But the SUV was conveniently parked in opposition to the public eye, this does not guarantee a hundred percent cover. Which is why Andrew's heart sounded like it was about chainsaw its way out of his chest.
"G... Garbage? I am a bit confused as to what I did to earn that title." Almost choking on his words Andrew pulled through with the little bit of courage he managed to gather.
"Oh really, you mean you do not remember that you have a girlfriend and that you are in a church right now?" Sarcastic remarks managed to slip out of Laone's lips, he was not trying to be rude because he was interested in what was making Andrew nervous. A part of him wanted to give Andrew a chance to talk but it ended up losing to the part that wanted to flaunt his newfound confidence.
Andrew just stood over Laone without knowing what to do or say, little by little he tried to psych himself up. Telling himself things like him being in front should feel like a blessing to her so there was no need to be weird, he was finally ready to talk after an internal pep talk.
"Calm down wild cat there is no reason to be so vicious, anyway I wanted to know if you had time a little later." Laone was taken aback by the name wild cat and remembered that Setso from school like calling him that. Maybe it was just Laone being self-conscious but since Setso sometimes hangs out with the football team.
'Does he talk about me with his friends," Laone silently thought, forgetting about the boulder of a person in front of him.
"Look it's okay if you do not have time, I just wanted to know if you could come over and watch play ball. You barely participate in the church activities..." Andrew was cut off by Laone's finger landing on his lips. Laone's interests were trampled on by Andrew's sudden awkward tone.
Andrew got a weird idea in his head but was unable to enact it because "ANDREW! Have you no shame, this is a church you know." They were found out by Bontle and Moremi and Bontle screamed at her friend.
She came over and took him by his hand from Laone, secretly she was happy that Moremi caught Laone and Andrew in that position. This to her meant that Rei would start looking at Laone in a not so pure picture. Laone, on the other hand, was glad that Andrew was taken away because one more word fro his childish mouth would have led to a bad ending.
Besides Laone was looking for a girlfriend. Bontle gave Laone a sharp look as if she wanted to say something, luckily for both of them Oratile had just returned.
"What are you guys doing here? Last time I checked you never interacted with my older sister." Oratile was standing next to Rei but her eyes gave off the illusion that they were looking through everyone's soul. Her presence was always commanding and intimidating, so much so that Bontle and Andrew could barely take a breath.
"We were well aware of that so that is why we came to invite her to the game," Rei spoke up with his gaze still stuck on Laone.
"No thanks, I would rather go home for the day. I cannot see myself hanging around those as dignified as you all." Laone mumbled the last sentence as he disappeared into the SUV.
"I think you intimidated him by coming as a crew," Oratile wave at them as she went to join her "sister" in the car.
AT HOME
Laone rushed through the door and his mother yelled at him, he looked back and only said, "I need some rest woman."
"Don't you ever get tired of being tired?"
"I do."
"Then what?"
"I rest."
"Is that sas young lady?"
"It's a secret."
"Who taught you to keep secrets, I do not keep secrets."
"Oh really, then where is daddy?"
"Don't make me come up there!"
"I thought so too."
The excitement died down and Laone's mom went straight to her room after her son. Oratile just sighed, "They are always doing this every day. Why can't they just let the house be peaceful for once?"
She also headed to her room to go and change, while she was lying on top of her bed she got a phone call. She took a peek at the screen before raising it to her ear.
"What do you want now?" Her tone sounded out of place and annoyed which was something only ever experienced by the caller.
"Is that how you say hello to your boyfriend? We have not talked in a while, don't you think that it's better we break up?" The deep voice teased.
"You would not dare, what about..." Her panicked response was countered by the boyfriend's cocky voice.
"What about my image I could care less about it now, after all, I am not getting anything from this relationship. You scammed me into it if you would recall, I can use that as a way to clean up my name."
"People will just look at you like a crazy ex, you might even lose your reputation amongst the teachers."
"Oh my, this is starting to feel like a political marriage. What if I told you that I was recording this conversation and had plans to use it as evidence, how will you move? QUEEN!"
"You would not dare."
"Oh ho, care to tell me why my beloved?"
"Pathetic, you are already calling me pet names. Are you that afraid of me?"
"Say hi to your sister for me." He hung up the phone and threw it on the floor with all his might. "I swear I will destroy you and take everything away from you, bloody bitch."
Back at the Kgang residence
Oratile gently put her phone down and went to her brother's room, she did not knock but instead barged in. He was hung from his bed like a pinata going through his phone. "Whoa I know I always jokingly say this, but can you put your thighs on my face?"
Laone tossed his phone aside and spread his hands towards his sister. She looked down and smiled internally glad that her pervert of a brother did not change.