"Zeki, wanna play pool?"
"Let's go to a club, Zeki."
"Zeki, look we got your favourite dish."
"Did you see Rev is smiling?"
At the last statement, Zeki moved his head a bit and gazed at the nonchalant Rev, sitting calmly and sipping his coffee.
Zeki's face remained stoic with no expressions. Neither did he smile or teased Rev. At most, his eyebrows furrowed and his fingers twitched.
'What are they doing?' He wondered. Seeing how his friends were acting like a joker not the same one that he finds in a circus. They were behaving as a joker in their own ways. Xavier was forced by Bryan to smile while Caleb had to show his fake angry face. Bryan was trying to look serious though he was failing miserably.
Rev was the only one who didn't act like them. Bryan had asked him to help in his plan, 'To Get Back Our Zeki', he had reasoned out; why he felt that their friend, Zeki wasn't being himself lately.
His reasons and clarification was on point that they didn't have anything with them to defend their opinions.
"Haven't you guys noticed how he has been behaving from the past few days? He isn't talking like a chatterbox nor is he annoying anyone among us."
"Maybe he thought that it's the time he should change and be more like his age?"
Xavier gave out his logic behind Bryan's revelation.
"He isn't not like you, Xavi. I am more than sure that it's not the cause of his sudden silence." Bryan retorted back.
Caleb raised his eyebrows, "I agree with Bryan. Xavier what you said, is something that can be possible in your case since you like to overthink. However, Zeki is a free soul. His life's mantra doesn't include overthinking."
He rubbed his chin as he pondered over both Xavier and Bryan's proclamation. The result that he got from his brain supported Bryan.
Bryan had clearly specified every new change in Zeki and in their group after Rev, Bryan was the one with more keen insight when it comes to observing people around his surroundings.
"Well, I was just trying to help him. As you all know me the best, you should know how bad I am at analysing others." Shrugging his shoulders, Xavier said whatever was on his mind.
"Sorry, Xavi. I overreacted. I am getting really worried for Zeki. I hope everything goes back to normal soon."
'I should stop thinking and wandering with her thoughts now that it's affecting my dear friends too.'
"Yoo, Bryan. Why is your face sulking? If I remember last time when I had disturbed your date with one of your girls was like two months before. Then what happened to you? Wait lemme guess, your mother again asked you to go on a blind date with those arrogant and plastic surgery girls?"
Zeki cleared his throat and he began to tease the worrywart of their Group, Bryan as he was done with him.
He moved to Caleb. His eyes turned evil and his teasing smile switched into a sly smirk. It added charm to his handsome face. If by any chance there was a girl in their penthouse, she must have fainted at the sight of it.
Zeki was aware of his manly beauty, that's why it was still a puzzle to him as how could Serene be so unconcerned and indifferent to him even after he flashed her his toothy grin.
He smirked at him, "Hey, Caleb? Give a penny for your thoughts? Maybe you won't since you are more uptight than Rev. No wonder why your mother inquires about you and your preferences for a partner from us." Zeki didn't say false information since it was true that Caleb's mother would call them more than she called her own son.
"Aaaaa Xavier, my love. How have you been doing? Hmm… judging from the scowl on your pretty handsome face, I can get that you are doing amazing like always. You just don't want to waste your precious words on your dear close friends.
It hurts to see but I understood. It's okay. We will get the best doctor who will help you in vocalising and expressing your inner thoughts."
Zeki clapped his hands with mischief when his eyes landed on Xavier. The cool as a cucumber friend of their group. Apathetic to everyone around him. Zeki's declarations were half truth and half self made lies by him on the spot as his brain ran with the speed faster than Usain Bolt.
'How can I ignore my favourite boy?' Zeki mused at the course of his brain suggesting ideas for annoying Rev. It really amused him how everything about Rev was unique and remarkable to such an extent that others can't decipher him, not even his family.
He confidently walked over to Rev, who sat unperturbed by the commotion around him, 'Let's try before giving up.'
He made himself sit beside him and sensually he began to move his fingers up from his leg to his chest yet his fingers momentarily stopped as he felt a deep and intense gaze. However, as he got what he expected, his expectations rose up.
He moved his lips closer to Rev's ears, firstly he blew warm air from his mouth to Rev's ears. Still Rev didn't give him the reaction he wanted.
Therefore gathering the remaining courage left within him, "Hey handsome, want to spend a night with me? I assure you that I'll bring down heaven to you on earth. Your night spent with me won't be pointless. I'll give you so much pleasure that you will come and beg me to spend every other night with you again and again. Also to provide you the same passionate night that we are going to do tonight if you accept my one time offer."
Moments passed yet Rev didn't take the effort to grant Zeki what he wished desperately, an unimaginable reaction. He wanted to see what his friend would do if someone seduced him in the same way. Someone could be a girl or a boy as his friend, Rev had magnificent looks.
He had a pair of rare greyish ash colored eyes. His head was full of silver hair, it complimented his pale white skin. With a skin complexion like him, one could see the veins of his arms, they seemed to be red and green vines spread evenly on his skin and entwining themselves securely around him. He stood tall at 6ft 2 inch height. He had thick shaped eyebrows that gave him a sharp and defined appearance, eyelashes acted as a smooth blanket for his stormy eyes, high cheekbones.
A sharp and edgy jawline enough to cut a paper. Red lips small yet fuller attracted other's eyes towards them. As one gave its first glance to his lips, they got this inevitable feeling to touch it, kiss it, lick it and suck on it.
'Now, when I am having a closer look at his face. I can see his pore less and bumps free clear skin. I realised why girls followed him like a puppy waiting impatiently for their master to grant them some meat, and here the meat is Revnore Artifort, their master himself. Those girls were more dangerous than scavengers, they eyed Rev as he was their food served on a golden platter.'
"Hey, leave my ears!!! Leave them."
"Owww…. Don't twist!! Let them go."
"Hey!! You both leave my ears!!! It is hurting. They will turn red if you don't leave them."
"Caleb, don't!! Don't you dare do it!!"
"Hahaha...hahahaa… sto--.... No----"
"Hahaha…Hahaha… he-y… leave...me…"
"Hahahaha…"
The empty and silent penthouse lost its serenity and turned into chaos. It got engulfed by Zeki's unstoppable laughter.
Zeki's face got covered with tears that trickled down from his glassy eyes.
"You got immersed in your pretence that you didn't observe us coming towards you. We already knew Rev won't tell you about us since we weren't the only ones getting endlessly teased by you. Your biggest victim is Rev, himself. You teased us but you tried to seduce him with your non-existent seductive charm. Zeki, you weren't seducing him rather making him feel disgusted by you. Any sane and straight guy would obviously be repulsed by your drama yet you should thank us that he didn't beat the shit out of you. We gestured to him not to do any harm as it would be us to beat you because his one punch was enough to faint you and if that happened then we would have to take you to hospital and take care of you until you recover. Only after that could we take revenge from you for picking on us."
Bryan slowly twisted his left earlobe, Zeki screamed dramatically even though it wasn't so painful. Xavier needed not to twist his ears as his hold in them was already making his ears turn red like beetroot.
"Sorry, Xavier. But I believe you are the most sensible one here among all of us, also you are older than me. Being a big brother you shouldn't make your little brother suffer. Am I not your brother?"