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"A Karaoke?" The thick brows repeated, arms crossed on his doorway when a sudden visitor of his friends just randomly announce that they'll be having a hangout for today's evening
The taller one excitingly nodded his head
"Yeah! Kubo and Wybie don't have plans today, so we decided for the four of us to hangout later, that is if your not busy of course!" Eggs answered looking back towards their eyepatched companion
"Though it would be really fun to have you around, Norman, just like the old times..." Kubo added with a smile
Norman looked back towards the curly haired one with a confusion on his face
"I thought you had a date with Jade, Wybie?"
Blinking eyes as the question made the mechanic to look at him for a few seconds and snapped "Oh, he bailed out..." Wybie simple replied with a shrug that neither the three of his friends could see if he was offended or uninterested at the question
"I guess that's a no then..." Norman thought no hinself, looking away when Eggs innediately interrupted pulling his two friends by the arm like in a childish way
"Come on Norman! It'll be fun!!" Eggs cheered "I already reserved us a room, we don't want it to go to waste now.."
"Are you asking me to join in or so that someone like me could watch an eye over you three?"
"Well, both if I should say.."
"Oh, great" Norman rolled his eyes
Eggs smirked, looking towards Kubo, knowing to well how to bribe the young ghostseerer
"you know? can call Neil to hang out with us.."
And with that one mention of that name, Norman jolted, wasting no time and grabbed his jacket and phone, the three laughed as they walked towards the car
Norman was about to sat down on the driver's seat when to his wonder, Kubo, seemed began to act nervous all of a sudden, standing beside Norman's car door
Huh that's weird..
One minute he was all over the place with those two..
And now, he's acting the opposite...
"Hey, Norms? Can we talk for a minute?" He shyly tug his hair, averting his gaze but stood ground "There's something I have to tell you.." he asked in a low and soft manner
Before the eyepatched one could able take take another word, Wybie peeked his head on the window and waved his phone with a message, thus disrupted their conversation
"Oi, Neil texted me, he's already at the place..." Wybie told them and scooted himself back to his seat
Norman nodded his head and sat down, to Kubo's demise
"We'll talk once we get to the karaoke alright?" He told him, watching the time on his wristwatch ticking in every minute, Kubo understandably nodded and went inside on the backseat as to where Eggs was sitting
Starting the engine, they finally drove off towards their destination
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In the end they managed to get their reservations...
Loud music, many sorts of food and drinks and dark disco lights flickered inside the room, the group shared laughter as they ate their meals on the table sipping the cold beer not minding one bit on how much have they already intake
Neil could only laugh at the three when Eggs bean to turn the speaker loudly and snatching the microphone on the table
"There goes my song!!" He shouted, face flushed from the amount of beer he had taken a while ago, little did he realized that he was already troubling himself from reading the blurry lyrics showing on the monitor screen
But either way, no one can stop him from singing
"He's really into it-" Neil chuckled as he took a sip, watching Eggs groggily reading out the words when he suddenly shove the mic towards them to finish the song
Neil waved his hand to reject the offer
"As usual.." Norman snickered, placing his beer on the table, nodding his head from the beat
"Hey Dude! Can we talk now?" Kubo asked raising his voice from the loud music blocking their voices to be heared
"What?!!" Norman yelled back "the gig is pretty loud so maybe it's not the best time yet!!" He stopped pointing Eggs and Wybie already on the floor dancing with all their hearts content
Eggs skidded towards Kubo, holding the mic with nintention to pull him by the dancefloor
"C'mon!!" He laughed as Kubo in defeat grabbed a bottle of booze and join in the singing, forgetting his main objectives of discussing with Norman today
In response, Kubo grabbed the mic, not even care less of the sudden action and immediately continued the song while holding his beer on other hand
Norman watched his bestfriends minding their own world and probably the beer had finally taken over their consciousness
Eggs laughed uncontrollably when he saw Kubo attempted to sustain his voice from the long note of the music
"Wait wait-" Kubo stopped, realizing that they're going close towards the high note of the song, without no doubt, the man shoved the mic towards the person that could handle the pressure
"What are they doing?" Neil asked in bewilderment when he realized that they had been passing the mic from lyrics to lyrics
"You don't even have to question this at this point..." Norman replied with a sigh noticing Wybie quickly grabbed the mic and close his eyes feeling the music with his long trained vocals ever since highschool
The two drunken men including Norman and Neil cheered when as expected, he had reached the note flawless and precise
"Wait, Wybie..showing off?" Neil laughed as he watched Wybie bowing down aggresively towards Kubo and Eggs trying to balance themselves straight
"Everything is possible when you're drunk.." Norman replied chuckling
His head feels a little dizzy at this point
And blurry
Taking it all lay low to himself, Norman closed his eyes and slumped down on his chair to lay his head for a minute
"Seems like the beer had starting to get over you as well.."
Opening his one eye, Norman took a peek and noticed Neil with a grin patted the seat beside him, implying for the thick brows to seat beside him
Norman did so
With every little strength he had left, he stood up and slumped beside the red head, finally letting his head rest on Neil's shoulder
And he could't deny that he saw Norman secretly smirked in content
The two shared a heartfelt moment, not minding one bit of the noise, the song, the sound surrounding them
Not even the three mean that were already wasted and about to kill each other could disrupt their moment
Disheveled hair, clothes and flustered faces, Eggs attempted to fix his sleeves neatly but only ended up into a messy folds and wrinkles "Yo, Wybie stop singing about heartbreaks.. it's killing me!" He cried, pulling the mic away from the mechanic's hand already kneeling down by the knees helplessly obviously trying not to let the microphone be taken away
"NO, IT'S MINE!" Wybie shouted "I haven't finished it yet!"
"Oi! Stop killing each other over there you guys!" Norman shoted "Jeez, are these dudes had ever really graduated in toddler stage?"
"I think we should pull them out now..." Neil suggested and Norman agreed within an instant
Standing up, they aided the haywire drunk men, pulling them up by the ground and gently placing them on one of the cusions
They looked so wasted that even Norman could only let out a stoic expressions
Eggs with a disheveled hair and wrinkled sleeves, the young inventor could only blink and process everything that had just happened
Kubo with a silent look upon his face, his hair was no longer in a neatly ponytail, instead his longs strands had gone all over his red beet face
And Wybie, with his gray tie stuck around his head (upon which Norman knew that it was Eggs' doing) could only take a sip of his beer on the table
"You guys look like you had been on a fight.." Norman told them as Neil laughed beside him
Seeing the view of Norman acting like a parent between his three friend scolding them as if they were his sons
It was adorable..
"Naahhh it's alright Norms, we'll manage going home at this moment.." Eggs assured him
But still, Norman wasn't convinced
"And hey, atleast you and Neil were getting along..." Wybie added with a smirk towards them, leaving the redhead to flush red from the obvious reason
"Oi, don't turn the topic towards us Wybie, you're taking the whole damn microphone for an hour..."
"You know how rough he was going on
through..." Neil calmed cleaning the messy area on the table of their empty booze and meal "Have you ever had the chance to talk to her?"
With a sad frown, the brown curly haired shook his head "No, though I still miss her man.."
"We miss Coraline too..." Eggs sniffed, holding Kubo by the arm when he immdiately place a finger on the young inventor's lips in a fright
"DUDE IT'S A TABOO DON'T SAY HER NAME RIGHT IN FRONT OF WYBIE.."
With a quick regret, Eggs watched the whole squad went silent, he looked back towards the Mechanic holding a shot of glass and a look of distraught, just staring deeply into his eyes
"U-um I mean.." Eggs panicked and blurted out randomly "I mean, who wouldn't say no with a guy in a nice gray tie???? Ahaha..haha..erm.."
Wybie sighed and drank again, squinting at the bitter taste
"No it's fine, I'm alright..." he continued "I mean, I'm trying to move on about it but there's just this gut feeling you know? It feels like...there's something wrong that I can't just let it go just like that..."
Neil blinked, trying to understood what the drunken mechanic had meant
He slowly tilted his head towards Norman
"Have you any idea what Wybie was talking about?"
But neither Norman nor the two nodded their heads
"You're trying, as far as I can see you're trying your best to accept things, is that why you tried meeting somebody right?" Kubo asked when alcohol had almost made him gag, Neil and Norman immediately backed away
"Yeah, but I dunno, I dunno..." Wybie frustratingly covered his face, exposing his redding face and dozed off eyes, he breathe "I still love her, man.."
Hearing his last words caused the whole gang slammed the table, especially Eggs
"CALLED IT!" he shouted "I FREAKING KNEW IT!"
"WAIT, WHAT?!?" Norman shouted in surprise, almost standing up from his seat if it wasn't for Neil calming him down
"Easy..." Neil told him softly
"Wait, hold on hold on- Neil?! you knew??"
"Uh, Norman, he doesn't need to say it, I already know just by observing.." Neil replied raising his brow
Eggs, pushing Kubo away and took his seat, hugged Wybie in an instinct
"HEY!!" Kubo shouted
"BRO, YOU ONE STRONG MAN, I am so proud how you try to tell us your secret.." he exclaimed pulling Wybie closer for an embrace when clearly, the rest of them knew that the mechanic was wasted enough to not think what he was saying at this point
"I can't breathe, let go of me!" Wybie shouted and pulled Eggs away when to their knowing that the other had been nervously fidgeting on his seat
No longer to control himself at the whole pressure anymore, he gripped his tattered pants and breathe
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"AHHH I CAN'T TAKE THE PRESSURE ANYMORE!!" Kubo shouted, gripping his hair, loosing his mind, the man quickly shot up on his seat and kneeled down right in front of Norman
"NORMAN.." Kubo shouted, head pressed on the floor
"Kubo, Norman is not a statue what are you doing???" Wybie looked down in fright
But neither their concerns had reached through the demigod's conscience
But instead, he closed his eye shut, surging all the his gut to say the next few words
"I-I'M DATING YOUR COUSIN!!!" He finally shouted
leaving the entire room in full silent, all eyes on him this time as soon as he tried to looked up
Especially the ones with ocean blue eyes with a daggered shock on his face
"Huh?" Neil asked in bewilderment
"I-I'm dating Aggie..." Kubo said again with a cold sweat
It feels like his words echoed through the walls of the room
Over and over again
Eggs and Wybie looked down on the ground nervously embracing on the spot, knowing what comes next...
"When?" Norman asked, eyes wide
"Huh?"
"How long?" Norman asked again
"Three months..." Kubo gulped down, slowly sitting back on his seat with shaky hands
"You dated my cousin, my sweet dear cousin for three months and you didn't told me sooner?"
"Calm down.." Neil nervously pulled Norman closer
"Oh no no no, I just wanted to talk to him, don't worry..."
"Ahayahahhh...let's not just gonna tell Norman that we already knew about this..." Eggs whispered just enough for Wybie to hear, in which within an instant, he nodded approvingly
"I-It's because whenever we try to get closer to each other you always try to shoo me away bro.." Kubo hysterically replied
"Aggie hasn't been in any relationship how come she could even-"
"Oh no no no Norman! It's alright! It's okay, Aggie's okay, she pretty good actually...she never tries to keep herself from hiding anymore, I am happy to see her is she's happy.." Kubo assure him as he smiled unconsciously remembered something in his head
"You won't kill me...right?" He asked with a slight scared chuckle
He's not saying anything
And that is the very moment, he had internal crisis inside his head
Oh God....
What was he gonna do next?
Would he be mad?
Does he not approve?
Taking his girlfriend's cousin is the most important thing right now, the only relative that she had left, things wouldn't turn out good if he said "no" otherwise...
Questions and possibilities flooded his thoughts
But to his surprise..
He heard Norman sighed
And smiled as a reply
"Why would I be? You didn't made her cry..."
Oh
Is that it?
"You're not gonna lecture me again?" Kubo asked in anticipation
"Umm....No?"
Somehow, his reply, lifted the heavy wieght on his chest
Kubo finally breathe, relaxed and calm "Oh, great...ahahah..I thought I was going to die today..."
"Well, If you did made her cry, I will, with my bare hands..." Norman simply replied "afterall, I'm pretty good of handling the dead.."
"I mean, not gonna lie but I would too, Aggie had been like little sister to me!" Wybie said
"Chess partner.." Eggs said as well "we all do.."
And another cold sweat ran through Kubo nerves as soon as he heard those words with those innocent like smile
He had to remind himself not to make Norman angry at all times at this point...
"Well, seems like our time is up now, we should better leave now..." Norman suggested, standing on his seat as Neil followed, his eyes looked back towards Kubo
"And once I open the door, I entrusted you make Aggie happy as well..." he smiled
Kubo nodded and saluted
"Of course..."
Neil smiled as he looked at Norman with a proud smile, the red head patted his shoulder in assurance
"Seems like we get to finish this hours with a good unchaotic ending I guess..." Neil smiled as he held his hand.
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Well, in some parts, Neil is right...
But for the chaotic part? Well...
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All hands and arms gripped around the mechanic's limbs from the force that he been asserting towards the sight
No wonder he bailed out the date
"As much as I wanted to let my hand go, I don't want this karaoke night ending up in a bloodshed.." Neil stammered as he looked back at Eggs also holding the drunken Wybie by the arm
"Thank you for leaving me waiting at the damn bus stop when you could have just told me that you were busy oogling with some randoms chicks over here!" Wybie spat towards the man that they had encountered just by the exit area
"I am really really sorry! I see that you're a nice guy and all but I don't think it would work..." Jade scratched his head as he wrapped around a woman with his arm
"Oh wow...talking each other for almost a month and yet you chose meeting a random chick for just a day would work?" Norman rolled his eyes in sarcasm
"Did your mom ever told you that you guys were making a fuss over here? Ugh, Jade was right, he made a good call not to date with you, if you were acting like a loose animal here.." the woman mocked them, rolling eyes, leaving Wybie dramatically placing his hand on his chest
Slowly analyzing the woman's attire from head to toe, his drunk stare glued towards her
"Well, did your mom ever told you that your clothes was so last season?"
And with that, the woman offended by his words embarassingly covered herself and glared back
"Ohhhh nice observation..." Neil noticed
"-Because our mom did and she was a fashion designer - and she's fucking amazing.."
"Okay, Wybie you had too much, let's go home.." Norman pulled him closer not minding one bit that the he was almost getting drag away at his feet
"I am deeply sorry about this, my friend was just crazy tonight, he's pretty harmless really.." Eggs smiled, clasping his arms as an apology
"Harmless?? Seriously?"
"Although he's right though, that clothes was so last season..." Neil added, making the woman even more offended
"Wybourne, I am so sorry!" Jade yelled back
"GO TO HELL JADE!" Wybie shouted as his friends finally with many attempts from all his squirming, finally placed him inside the car
The boys laughed in unison as they closed the doors, drove off into the night
The only thing that had to do..
Is to explain the girls what happened
And to Mrs. Lovat.