The hangout basically comprised of us getting to know each other. I mean not in my case, of course, but for the others. As I had talked to Chris about Jason, he was eager to know more about him. So, I took the initiative to introduce them.

Chris, this is Jason, the one I talked about and this is his old friend Marcus.

At this, Chris was kinda smirking and staring at me weirdly which seemed kinda suspicious. But he then quickly resumed his composure and greeted both of them saying that both Chris and I were childhood besties.

After the simple introductions, he told us to sit down and since it was boring to just laze around, which Chris and I mostly did, Jason suggested that we should all watch a movie or something. Chris liked the idea and so he agreed automatically, while Marcus was like, "I'll do whatever Jason does". And that was indeed irritating. I mean yeah, fine, they were friends but I disliked Marcus' talking tone so much that ugh, like seriously.

As Chris asked me to help him decide the movie, I just without refuting agreed to help lazily. He was adamant that my choices in movies were always epic. So, both of went through the movies browsing in Netflix along with searching through the movies discs that Chris had been collecting since childhood. He was indeed an extreme level hardcore movie fan, so inspire of my disinterest in movies, there were a lot of times when I had to accompany him to watch a movie.

In the midst of all this, I noticed Marcus saying something to the butler near the corridor, and then he came back to the guest room and patted on Jason's shoulder. As Jason turned around, Marcus whispered something to him and they both excused themselves.

That was kinda suspicious. But as usual I just brushed it off, however, the curiosity was killing me. So, as reckless as I am, I stood up, told Chris to continue his search, and then walked upto Mr. John, who bowed upon noticing my approach.
I went near him and then asked him, without a hint of hesitation, that where the other two had gone. He told me that both of them had gone to the washroom.

Okay..... So..... Just to go to the washroom, they acted like that, I mean could just have gone up and front without acting so weirdly. But anyways, I just thanked Mr. John, who then smiled and bowed and then went away. As I still wondering about the whole thing, before I knew it, Jason and Marcus had come back. Both of their hands were wet so, I could make out that Mr. John had not lied. I mean there was no reason for him to.
"Ugh...Why the hell is my mind so irritating? Why do I keep getting middle headed and think about things in a weird way? You idiot." I thought to myself.

As I was feeling baffled and blaming myself for being weird, Chris shouted for me come fast as the movie was starting. The movie chosen was an action movie with the sub-genre of romance. The initial part of the movie was quite thrilling and intense. But then there came in a scene which we all had not expected at all. Yep, there was a sensual scene with wet kisses and a bed scene.

I looked at Chris in a "What were thinking while choosing a movie which was definitely not for minors?" But before I could start scolding him, I noticed he too was surprised. He quickly picked up the cover of the movie disc and there it was a tag of Mature which had been highlighted in the back cover.

Chris kinda felt embarrassed so he just scratched his head and started apologizing to us saying that it was his mistake, but Jason just waved and said that it was alright. I mean humans can make mistakes. He then just smiled at Chris and told him to choose a different movie, that too, carefully. Chris agreed and the earlier movie dusc was removed from the DVD player.

As we all started to search for the movie, in the meantime, Mr. John came to infirm us that the lunch had been served. Since we had been eating snacks and all in the middle, we didn't notice the time, it was already around 5 PM. Jason and Marcus kinda apologized to Chris and Mr. John for their overstay but Chris and John were totally chill. I mean I usually stayed around till 8 or something so not that big of a deal.

All of us then headed to the dining room for a late evening lunch. The food was great, as usual. There were greasy food like deep- fried marinated chicken legs, spaghetti, rice and even pasta. To cleanse our palette, there was also salad along with some grape juice. For sweet dish, there was custard and pudding. It was indeed an amazing lunch.

After having our lunch, we all so stuffed that we all decided to take a walk around the lawn. Chris suggested that we could checkout the greenhouse and the swimming pool as well. The three of us agreed. As we strolled lazily around the lawn, Chris gestured at me about something but l couldn't exactly understand. It was only after a few minutes, when I understood what he was doing.

He started talking with Marcus, and as being a hearty entertainer, he made him laugh continuosly and they both went ahead of Jason and me. And then I saw Chris winking at me with a thumbs up. So that was his plan. When earlier, Jason and Marcus had gone to the washroom together, for some reason, I didn't like it. As I was looking all pale and sad, Chris noticed something and asked me if I was, alright. At that, I just murmured that I too wanted to be with Jason. But I didn't think he would hear that. Chris was definitely my bestie. Even without saying anything, he knew.

And so, as both Jason and I were kinda alone, I wanted to strike a conversation but then I saw his face, it was kinda grim. While talking I stopped for a bit noticing that but then he quickly changed his expression and looked at me, smiling and telling me to continue. I was kinda baffled but then I too again started to talk. We talked about the movie, the food and about our school work.

Then came in the screaming voice of Marcus telling Jason to catch up. He smiled and then shouted back saying yeah. And started to jog-run towards his direction. I too followed but he was too far, far out from my reach. Even though he was only a few steps away, it felt he was far ahead of me. When I finally caught up, I saw Chris waiting for me, I kinda smiled at him while taking in deep breaths. He teasingly told me that I should exercise more and then I kicked his butt. Loud noises of laughter could be heard throughout the evening. But deep within something seemed to feel empty.

After our mini expedition, all of us were extremely tired and so we all took turns to take a shower. Chris told us to sleep over. In my case, even without him telling me I would have done that. But in case of Jason and Marcus, they were kinda hesitant at first but then both of them finally agreed. Chris told Mr. John to set up the beddings properly and that we would all have a light dinner.

After showering, Chris gave Jason and Marcus his spare pj's while I was already prepared with my own. I had packed it in my bag. And thereafter, a light dinner was served with freshly baked bread and soup, along with salad and oolong tea. After the dinner, we all decided that it was too early to sleep so we started playing board games.

It was around 1 AM when the others finally headed to their respective rooms, after being shown by Chris, while I needed to sort my thoughts a bit. As I stargazed and thought to myself, a realisation crept in, "Even before, Jason and I didn't have many topics to talk about." I started to notice that we were not at all similar, if he was the bright sunlight, I was like the clouds on a rainy weather or maybe a broken recorder, who had lost some pieces of emotions and as time passed he became useless with no use whatsoever.

As I kept on having these thoughts within me, the wall clock in the guest room made a sound, which marked the passing of one hour. "I really need to get some sleep." As I stood up to head back to my room, I heard some noises from one of the rooms. At first, I thought of ignoring it but as always, curiousity got a hold of me, so without any choice I headed for the room from where the noise or rather some whispering voices could be heard. As I approached the room and then tried to open the door, I noticed the room was already open such that, what was going on could be viewed from the space between the door and door frame and then, I saw it....