Life is a Ping-Pong Game
"Thief, Help," It wasn't clear who it was in the dark, and she couldn't see the face. The light in the hallway was broken too. She didn't stop screaming for help. All the happiness she had till a minute ago went waste. She searched her bag to find something useful to attack while the other person was trying to hold her. To her surprise, she was not the only one screaming, but the person with her too.
"Wait, that sounds familiar," Destiny said aloud.
"Des,"
"Yuri is that you? Goodness," Destiny said. "Why the heck are you back at this late hour?"
"Exactly. What the heck are you doing at this time? Kim Yuri asked back. "Aishhh… Jinchaa. You scared the hell out of me Eonni." The lights were turning on in the villa and heard doors opening. Rushing, they found the keys, opened the door and got in pretending to be fine and that nothing has happened, leaving everybody wondering about the incident.
"Oh thank god, what if people really came and catch us?"
"It's not like we are breaking rules or something," Yuri defended back.
"Yes but still wait did you have, you slept with him didn't you? Oh my god!" Destiny exclaimed.
"No. Of course not," Kim Yuri denied and started walking back to her room. Suddenly she came running and asked, "Is that evident?"
"Yes, your clothes are inside out and I can see your lingerie there inside your bag," she said pointing her fingers to Yuri's handbag where there were ends hanging out.
"Holyshit, Wait were you doing out so late?" she said embarrassed.
"Jeez what a date! Didn't even reach three, did it?" But Destiny ignored her question and mocked her back.
"Yeah, I mean damn we were in the beach we played a bit and got all wet and then we got in the car and was just trying to dry ourselves with the heater on and we leaned and we kissed, then one led to another,"
"Stop," Destiny said shutting her hears. "I don't wish to hear it in detail,"
"It was good, you should too eonni,"
"Yuriaaa Naa chommal gwenchaneyo, dho Kha, palli kha. Change, go." She asked Yuri to go and change.
Yuri laughed loud. "Ye eonni, but you are so funny,"
Yuri ran to her home while Destiny smiled and changed in hers. She took a quick shower and washed her hair properly since she had fallen into the saltwater. She re-winded those moments in her head and shivered. She put on her pajamas and blow dried her hair. Yuri knocked on her door, she seemed to have showered too.
"Car huh, as if you couldn't stand outside for ten minutes but you needed a heater? Winter hasn't even properly begun," Yuri blushed as Destiny pointed out how stupid they were. Yuri laid down in the bed and noticed the bag.
"Ye Bhaaja, eonni you were wearing a different dress. What the hell happened?"
Destiny smiled and said nothing for a moment but Yuri didn't leave her alone until she began.
"It was nothing," she said everything. She told the whole story that took place in the past few hours. "It sounds crazy doesn't it?"
Yuri sat her mouth open, this was so unlike her roommate to do. She sat there seriously wondering about what Destiny had done.
"You had a blockbuster blind date in the history of blind dates," she finally said.
"Hey c' mon it wasn't a date at all."
"It is, he saved you,"
"Because he scared me,"
"Still it counts, he went shopping with you,"
"Because we hated being wet,"
"No it still counts, he had dinner with you, and" Yuri was stopped again.
"Because we were so hungry, gosh I ate a lot in front a guy whom I don't even know,"
"Does that matter, ok stop let me finish, so he saved you, he went shopping with you, he had dinner with you, and you guys went for movies. That's wow but not so wow to do it with a person you have never known." Yuri completed.
"I don't even know why, but he was very convincing and sounded genuine, I almost broke it then I said fine I will,"
"Wow unusually cheesy romantic I find this, a fresh beginning, eonni could this be anything, did you get his number so?" Yuri teased her.
"No,"
"Did he get yours?
"No," It then struck Desinty. 'Oh no she thought' she wished to badly laugh at her stupidity but didn't, feeling embarrassed.
"What are you? Seriously? Instagram? What's his name? No idea of that too?"
"Hey Yuri c' mon," Destiny got pissed. "Lay his name is Lay, lie in London, Cambridge grad,"
"Impressive," Yuri raised her brows. She took her phone and searched for the account of his. There were so many Lays and then found his account. "600+ posts and 2k followers and he follows back only around 200. Pretty famous he must be. But the account is private."
"Don't, don't send the request," Destiny said.
"Why not? Oh you don't wish to seem eager. Ok I get it. Let's wait and see if he will!"
Destiny smiled sat on her dressing table combing and braiding her hair.
"My gosh it's so nice."
"Shut up," Destiny warned her.
"Why not I mean, He even walked you home, while mine just dropped me of in the entrance and left after." Something struck them both.
"He just left like that? Has he not texted yet?" Destiny smelled something fishy.
"No,"
"When are meeting him next? Tomorrow?"
"He said he will call me when he is free,"
"It's weekend! He didn't ask you out? Are you sure? In between that or something?"
"Oh my god! Did he just wish to sleep and finish it off with me? He told me he was so stressed and he wanted to be in a good mood and the only person who came into his mind was me,"
"And you believed that?"
"Duh yeah, that's how he got into my pants,"
"Yuri,"
"That's how he got into my pants. He just said that very emotionally and freaking made me sleep with him in his car. I got laid for nothing, Oh fuck him,"
Destiny shifted to bed and hugged Yuri. "It's ok, you had a good time didn't you? So its ok, he will remember to call."
"Yes we did have a good time, it was pretty steamy, but he used me," she began crying.
"Hey don't cry, c'mon. He definitely will call you am sure,"
"I hope he does, but he was in a hurry to leave,"
"Maybe he had something to do?"
"Do what at this night, other girls?" Yuri said angrily and confused. Destiny regretted bringing up the topic. She turned off the lights.
"Can I sleep here please?" Yuri begged. Destiny knows that hers must be messed up with clothes in the bed.
"Sure," she said and drifted off to sleep.
No birds chirping, no sunrays shining through the window, no curtains flying in light breeze from the outside, just like the usual, Destiny woke up in the darkroom when it was almost 10 in the morning, air condition running non-stop 24 hours for 365 days, with no air holes in the room and every window tightly shut and the heavy thick drapes covering even the tiniest sunrays that has he possibility of entering room, to keep the place artificially cool from the extreme weathers and dust in the middle east.
She freshened up and walked straight to the kitchen to make breakfast. Yuri promised her to cook her breakfast but she is loudly snoring and asleep. Destiny made toast and soup. She made omelet and coffee for both of them. By the time she finished preparing, Yuri seemed to have woke up and doing laundry first thing in the morning.
"Why don't you pick up your phone Yuri?"
"It's not mine, it's yours," Yuri shouted back from the washroom.
"Oh no," she ran to the hall and picked up the phone she put on charge. It was from Dan.
"Good morning Dan, don't tell me you did something wrong,"
"No ma'am, Good morning. I called to inform you that they loved the work and they want you to come to the party with this special invitation sent to your phone."
"What?" she asked astonished.
"He will send you the invitation so come okay, they expect you to be there."
"Are you sure? I mean, sounds unusual," she told Dan.
"It is true Destiny ma'am, am telling you this guy," he suddenly stopped. "Am busy. Come later today. Bye." Destiny understood nothing and kept standing wondering.
She received the message in whatsapp, the pdf of the invitation. The invitation was for two. 'I will take Yuri with me then. But to Katara, arghh' she thought.
By evening they both got ready. Destiny chose a scoop neck applique lace beading burgundy evening gown with matching red pumps. She put her brown hair free and put on simple make up with the red matt ink lipstick. The gown suited her slim body structure perfect, but she was feeling a bit exposed. While Yuri wore a black laced knee length see through party dress with her black high heels. Next whole hour, Destiny tried various hairstyles on Yuri's short hair until she was satisfied. Around 5 pm they called a cab and got out of the house. It was around 6 when they reached the party. They had absolutely no one to talk with in the party. And then she saw, the familiar face. And she got nervous. 'Oh no' she gasped.
"Yuri, look." She told Yuri. Destiny's heart beat faster, she got tensed as that person walked towards her. 'How on earth did it happens?' she wondered.