TRUE AND DARE GAMES

"Hey yo! Dylan, you finally come. This time with both of you, great!"

Dylan smiled while accepting the greeting from the man. Jacob, who is the owner of the famous bar on Destiny Island is one of his friends. Upon learning that Dylan is on the island, as usual, Jacob will invite him here to catch up. This time Jack and Ryan also joined them.

"Why do we always meet here? Aren't you tired of being here? " Dylan said indifferently.

"Of course. This business is my everything. Like you didn't know about that. After all, you like private space, and I am not as free as before to find other places to entertain you." Jacob is honestly speaking, making Jack and Ryan also amused to hear it.

Dylan smiled again. He is the one who recommended Jacob to invest in this business on Destiny Island when Jacob was in trouble and almost bankrupt. Jacob's other business collapses and he is the one giving the help. Luckily this time it turned out well.

"But it's a shame that Dylan is allergic to girls, or I will fill this room with only the cute ones," Jacob added.

"Don't start it, Jacob. Or we had to face his temper all over again." Jack gives him a friendly warning while pouring his favorite drink.

"What? Why? Is he getting his period early this month? " Jacob seems not to get the signal.

"Ha-ha... I like you, bro. " Jack patted Jacob's shoulder as if he had just gotten another sibling of his.

"Cut it out." This time Dylan's cold voice started to echo there.

"Calm down. We are not here to stress ourselves. " Ryan fast takes action and put Dylan's favorite drink in front of him. Didn't want the peaceful night to become chaos all of the sudden.

"Ryan is right. We just finish all of our work today. This is the time for us to play hard. Let's drink until we drop! " Jack as usual becomes excited.

Dylan just smirked without saying anything more and started drinking. One by one the drinks started to get into their bodies non-stop until all of a sudden they started playing truth and dare.

None of them even know how they can suddenly play this immature game. Jack, using an empty wine bottle, turned the bottle on the table. When the bottle stop moving, the pointing person will need to answer the question given, and if he can't answer he needs to do the dare part.

All four of them become nervous all of the sudden. This immature game becomes too serious for some reason. They began to focus on the spinning bottle until it stopped.

"It's Ryan time!" Jack shouted.

Ryan smiled.

"I take the truth. What is the question? " Calmly, he asked.

"Do you ever fall in love?" Jack said seriously. Although they had been friends for a long time, he didn't know about Ryan's love affair. He also never really talks about girls making him wonder about his preferences.

Ryan plays with his glass of wine before answering.

"Of course I do."

As if a cue, Dylan also feels interested to know more.

"Is it a girl or a man?"

With a mischievous look, Ryan takes a sip of his wine before answering Dylan.

"Can I leave that to your imagination?" He even makes a wink.

"Disgusting." Dylan feels kind of regret now.

"Oho ~ What is this? Are you guys flirting ?! " Jacob also becomes excited.

"Next!" Didn't want to drag the useless topic, but Dylan took the initiative this time to spin the bottle. Didn't know if it was a stroke of good luck or bad luck, the bottle was pointing to himself.

"Yes!" As if waiting for it, Jack shouted in celebration.

"A man will always go with a dare." Dylan sounds like he is confident with everything.

Jacob, who getting wild ideas takes a move now.

"I dare you to get out of this room and propose to one of the prettiest girls that you can find here to marry you."

It must be because he is drunk, and his mind cannot work sanely, Dylan didn't back off. Even Ryan and Jack just giggle hearing the deal. Like its not matter at all.

"Fine, watch me." In a struggle, Dylan starts walking out of the VVIP bar room to do the dare. Little did he know, he was looking for trouble for himself.

Meanwhile, in another VVIP room in the same bar,

"Because of you, I never stray too far from the sidewalk ~ Because of you, I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt ~ "

Both Eva and Melissa are now looking weirdly at Zara who has not let go of the microphone for almost an hour. She just keeps drinking and singing non-stop.

'What's wrong with her? She is the one who hesitated earlier but looks like she is the one who enjoys the most. ' Eva complains in her mind.

"Is, she broke up with her boyfriend or something?" Melissa asking Eva seriously now as Zara's choice of songs is only heartbreaking ones.

"Uhm ... From imaginary boyfriend perhaps." As far as Eva knows Zara, she has never got a boyfriend in her entire life, but of course, she got a crush. Only that the crush always belongs to someone else.

Melissa can't help but let out a chuckle. Then she looks at Eva.

"Why are you having juice in this kind of place? I'm buying you a lot of expensive drinks, you know."

"I can't drink," Eva said. She hadn't liked it and never had the will to try. She got a child's taste bud anyway.

"Tch, you are a mood spoiler. Just drink this glass of wine for some experience. It's kinda sweet. I'm sure you won't hate it." Melissa try to persuade them.

Eva glanced at Melissa. Seeing the girl who was so serious about this, she finds it rude to refuse. So in slowly, Eva started drinking.

'Just a glass, I'll be fine.' She persuaded her heart, even though she was a little scared as she didn't know her limit as she never had it before.

But, even though she hadn't finished a glass she already lost her mind. And like any other people, the true and dare game naturally takes place between them while Zara is still singing.

"When you're gone, the pieces of my heart are missing you... When you're gone, the face I came to know is missing too... " Zara is even crying now.

"Shut up!" Melissa cannot take it anymore and screams at Zara, but the girl is already in her world. But after a while, she focused back on the game between her and Eva.

"Tell me, girl, why did your boyfriend leave you?" Melissa started asking.

"Uhuu ~" Eva started crying. "He didn't give me any explanation. He went to study abroad and cut ties with me just like that."

"What? He is trash. Just forget him already." Melissa worked up hearing that. She didn't like a guy who likes to take advantage of an innocent girl.

"Why are you angry? Did you ever experience that? " Eva asks to sob.

"Uwaa ~" This time, Melissa is the one crying.

"He left me after he said I'm too good for him. So what? Is he wanted to date a criminal or something?"

Then, Eva and Melissa suddenly hug, comforting each other while crying a river. After being tired of crying, Melissa holds Eva in place with determination look.

"No! We can't be weak."

Eva nodded in agreement.

"Can't be weak!" Eva started talking off tunes.

"Tonight, let's find some hot handsome man and ask him to be our husband."

"Yes. Tonight... burp ..." Eva didn't even know what she was saying anymore.

"Don't waste our time or we won't be lucky next time. Let's go!" Melissa then dragged her out of the room. Leaving Zara who didn't know what is going on behind.

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Footnotes:

What is meant to be, always finds its way...