"It's like you always are here to spoil us," Toni laughs through her teeth.
"I know right? Exactly what I was thinking," Antonia says.
Only if she knew that Toni was being sarcastic.
"It is just a little thanks," Rem snickers.
Or her.
"Besides, I think I too require a… loosening up," Rem says.
As we all smile in joy, Antonia pulls me aside later, and I finally see her face loosen up.
"Say no," Antonia says to me.
"Are you talking about what I'm thinking you're talking about?"
"The club, yes, deny… just don't go. I'm not really sure how I wanted to complete that sentence but, just don't go. Say no."
"Why?"
"Former hero, now vigilante. Randomly came out of the possible… well, just coming out of a hospital having such a decision? I don't know what exactly or why exactly, we'll get to that soon along with some other things but… say no."
"Why really?"
"Honestly? I think she'd kill you."
"For… for breaking up with her? When she was the one who broke up with me?"
"Yes. Quite the decision. And that's my conclusion."
"What, just like that? And you're sure without thinking you're crazy to think that? Would YOU kill your ex?"
"All due hate, yes. I would."
I look at her, even more confused at that.
"What, did the evil metre go switch-up?"
"Not calling that that, and no. You… are fine."
"So could we please understand here that I…" Antonia says and scans my face carefully, while I feel like hiding it. "Wait, oh my god."
"What?"
"You want to fuck her," Antonia says, surprising herself and covers her mouth. "You… you animal!"
"What are you on about? No!"
"You suggested her about the club! That'd make sense! Yes! You… she broke up with YOU…!"
"Quite clear as day, even without the reminder."
"Aw… and you… you miss her," Antonia says, and I feel a little embarrassed by the way she says it. "Sexually."
"No-uh!" I say in a pitch.
"Personal manager."
"Quite… quite personal. And no, I… I do not wish… I… ahem!"
"You want to sleep with me?"
"What is with you?"
"Good, just making sure," Antonia says, and looks to her side and then back at me. "You want Toni."
"What?"
"Skott gave her the Bhaang. You saw that, and you had an idea. You… you liked that kiss. Very much. You wanted more. Because she kissed you when you were lonely. This is actually okay, acceptable," Antonia nods.
"That… I'm surprised at how accurate that could be, but… what?"
"I totally would have been a good detective. I know. It is CRAZY!" Antonia screams the last bit and surprises both of us. "I might be having an emotional spike, I believe. Quite evident."
"If that leads to you acting crazy, then yes. Must be it."
"But do you want it?"
"What…" I say, and twist my neck. "Hypothetically-"
"-yes, I'll help you."
"Yeah, that was quite the… talk," Antonia says, remembering on it, as her smile fades and she coughs a little. "Hormones… woof! What a thing," she wipes imaginary sweat from her forehead.
"And as if that wasn't enough, I had…"
"I want to tell you a secret," Toni tells me.
"What… secret?"
"Call it a wish. Or a bucket list. Or… a plan. Quite a… base of it."
"Piquing. Put it out here now," I suggest to her.
"Crazy how I thought of saying it and now I feel weird and now I'll actually say it… I want to lose my virginity at the club."
"What?"
"Well, not at-at the club. But… leading from it. That night."
"O…kay? Almost there; add a little bit more to it."
"I think… well I figured that I should be out of control, for it to happen. And maybe not pass out like that guy."
"Should make that an important note for making sure on both parties."
"Indeed. And that wouldn't exactly have my… thinking mind. Thinking back on that Bhaang incident."
"Nothing much happened there."
"Could have, with the right amount and set up."
"Debatable."
"Mm… not about it. So we could… make it work."
"We?"
"We."
"Okay…? And on an unrelated note, Toni?"
"Well… inviting Skott. Without mockery," Toni puts her finger to my lips.
"Oh right, then you cried to me about it," Antonia laughs.
"Want me to remind you of the over involvement of the girlfriend part?" I ask her.
"Sweetums, it is clear as the diamond on the diamond ring which you'd have brought me, if I continued it for real."
"Why are we jealous of Skott again?" Antonia asks, as I tell her about Toni's idea. "Oh… right. He was the guy who kissed the girl AFTER you."
"Correction, he was the guy she willingly kissed."
"Oh sweetums, I think she meant it when she kissed you too. Only… you are basically engaged to me, in her view."
"When did we start with the sweetums? And did we get fake-engaged by any chance? Did I miss it in a blur?"
"Right this moment. And no, I meant basically for her we are. What do you mean blur?"
"Just having a little concentration problem."
"Hard to focus, thinking of the night which it can be."
"Skott," I mumble..
"Your quest is to gain, my friend. Seek and gain what you wish for. What is rightfully yours."
I just hear claps coming from by the door, and find Toni there.
"Since when are you standing there?"
"Since seeking and gaining. Came here at quest," Toni explains.
"Honey, you seem to have come to hear some other things."
"Have heard quite enough in the sum. Just needed to borrow you for a second."
"Me?" Antonia asks, and we exchange glances.
"And to present to you," Antonia says, as she waves her hands towards Toni who has her entrance towards here. "The princess of the night."
"Geez… I won't lie, I do feel it," Toni says, looking at herself over and over. "If not for your look… I'd be the queen."
An almost black, dark-blue, deep-V neck, bell sleeve, silk tie top with golden and silver circles of designs on it. Matching with regular dark blue flannel pants, with a classic brown belt. Hairs almost undone, because of a tiny pony of a knot around the mid-end of her hairs. That was Toni.
"Oh honey… even without the clothes, I'd be," Antonia winks.
Upon a plain maroon bandeu bra-top, a sleeveless, transparent, white-ish coat. With matching woollen maroon buttoned shorts. A neat bun of her beautiful hairs with a red rose poked into them. That was Antonia.
"Look at you checking me out," Antonia says, coming closer and kissing my cheek. "Like what you see?"
"The top was a full set," I say. "A one piece."
"Thought you liked looking at my waist. I know I have grown a little fat but…"
"Antonia," I say.
"Oh don't worry. Just Toni here," Antonia says and pecks my lips. Moving backwards, she throws a flying kiss through her three fingers. "Shall we go, for a night we never talk of again?"
"I like that," Toni says.
We go to the club, and find Skott and Rem waiting on us.
"You didn't tell you knew… HER!" Skott says.
I think me and Skott had no other choice but to look like waiters with the white shirt, missing a tie. And pants to go with… but his were quite silver, and mine black.
"Oh, you do know them. Will be honest, I liked the conversation either way," Rem says.
She was in… casuals. Half-sleeved green t-shirt, and some checked pyjamas, grey and brown.
I look at Antonia, who just smiles wholeheartedly. Unmoving even when aware of my gaze on her.
"Guess we are here to… enjoy. With comfort," Antonia says, when inside.
"Was I supposed to be in casuals?" I ask her.
"Moment of truth… Rem or Toni? Choose one."
"What?"
"Did I stutter, or does that scare you? You still have a chance, but we move fast. The common clothings won't matter here. Though, I'd prefer you let me choose next time."
"Fair. And… I feel weird to… maybe we shouldn't try this."
"Alright, we'll take you through the fast currents, with the flow. Shall we dance?"
"Promise you won't kiss me again?"
"Just a revenge for the hug, sweetums, don't worry."
I only see flashes of moving Antonia around in the dance, then I see Rem and Skott, then Skott and Toni, then me and Rem, but Toni never seems to dance with me. Maybe I didn't ask. I was too blurry to ask.
"So, how's it going?" I ask to Toni.
"Well," she says, and holds a bottle of wine. "First stage is clearing… mind isn't that clear now."
I laugh. "Yeah, mine too."
"How does it feel?" Toni whispers, while I try to shake my blur.
"What?"
But I only hear laughter. Mine and hers.
I walk myself to the washroom, and feel something touching my lips. But I find myself peeing, just the next moment.
"Gosh, I'm drunk," I say.
"You are," Antonia laughs.
"Heugh!" I hear Toni say, as she pushes her body towards somebody.
I go ahead and hold her off, from fighting someone at the bar.
+
"Hey, you looking good," some random guy tells Toni. "Only if those pants came down in a V."
Toni just laughs to herself, unknown to what's happening. But as the guy touches her thigh, she turns Season and lifts it away.
"What the fuck are you doing?" I hear Season.
"Oh, you got an attitude? How about you look carefully at this?" he asks, revealing a knife.
As Toni pushes him away, he gives a slight cut on her wrist – which luckily doesn't bleed. But it sure pisses her off and she pushes her body to punch at him.
+
"Yeah, let's all leave," I hear Rem. "It's time we put the night to an end, call it a day."
Skott snorts and hiccups a couple of times.
The rest of the conversation feels blurrier, but I end up walking side-by-side, with the support of another drunkard in my hands… Toni. Not Antonia. Not Rem. It was Toni.
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(Speed) Pack fact 9:-
Even with a lot of digging, it is hard to put a finger on so many backstories. But at the quest of finding one… there are so many other findings. Firstly for clarification… Bhaang is a kind of alcoholic drink famous in the northern parts of India. Speaking of alcohols… Adleon has a bad stomach, because of his powers. And he can't handle alcohol quite well. When Fro finds out about Adleon holding powers, he mixes rotten tomatoes and alcohol to make ketchup. When Adleon uses his powers to fight off Fro, he turns into a malnourished skeletal figure instead of a prideful Lion. To keep the side effects off, Adleon has to have a lot of surgery stuff to get back to his bulk form. Quite weird how his powers worked, but not as complicated as Fro's. And Trans can transfer weights, if that wasn't obvious… he had such a name because of it, but he covered it up by saying he is gay instead – for reasons. Quite a lot of work put there. But how much ever he hid his powers… Season and Adleon knew about his powers.
See you next chapter!