"Please don't disturb me for the next two hours, I'm doing movie night with Hiranur," said Ezra, rushing past his parents who were sitting over house renovations plans on the dining table.
"A hello would be nice," said his dad.
"Hello and hello," he said.
"Would you like some popcorn, Ezy?"
"That'd be great, Mom ... cheese flavored, please. Can you leave it on my desk? I'm going in for a quick shower," he said, jutting his head out of his bedroom door. "Thank you!"
"Can we know which movie it is?"
"Deadpool."
"Deadpool? Sounds like an S and M film. Which genre is it?"
"Super Hero. It's a super-hero film," he pronounced and banged the door shut.
Istanbul was five hours ahead of Perth. He had precisely nine minutes before logging on.
He soaped and shampooed vigorously, washed off just as energetically, semi-dried himself, put on clothes, brushed his hair and exited the bathroom. Eyeing the steaming popcorn placed on his desk, he kitted his laptop and clicked on at exactly 8 pm.
Hiranur's smile lit up the screen.
"Ready for a weekend with Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick?"
"I thought we're watching a Ryan Reynold film."
"Today we are but it's a writer's marathon, a Reese and Wernick weekend. We'll do Deadpool 2 tomorrow. Maybe Zombieland on Sunday."
Ezra lay horizontal, propping the bowl of cheese-popcorn on his stomach. Hiranur bolstered the pillows upright.
Minutes later, Hiranur's mother knocked on her door and entered with a plate of hot spinach and feta gozleme's.
She heard:
DEADPOOL
Oh, shit! I forgot my ammo bag.
DOPINDER
Shall we turn back?
DEADPOOL
No, no time. F**k it. I got this.
Nine, ten, eleven, twelve bullets, or bust. Right here!
DOPINDER
(suddenly stops the cab)
That's twenty-seven fifty.
DEADPOOL
I never carry a wallet when I'm working.
Ruins the lines of my suit.
DOPINDER
Oh.
DEADPOOL
But how about a crisp high five?
DOPINDER
Okay.
DEADPOOL
Merry Christmas.
DOPINDER
And a convivial Tuesday in April to you too, Pool!
Hiranur and Ezra, across continents, broke out in peals of laughter.
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