Every Moment (ZeRoyalMexican)

Part 12 - The Afterparty

~Ze's POV~

"Good job man." I smile as Chilled exits the woods with a smudge of dirt over his chin and he smiles widely, his dimples shining just like always as he seems absolutely shining. Behind him other members of the team baring the red sash tied on their wrists exit the forest as well, receiving congratulations from their friends as well although they all seem a bit off. The team mates who all shit talked Chilled just yesterday all seem to be looking at both Chilled and me with admiration I can't return. Of course I'm a bit disappointed Chilled must have shared the secret to others since now we can't use it next year if there are other members in the base that can use it. By now Diction and Gassy must have been angered enough to ban it even if they didn't say anything to me about it. Thinking about the two of them I find myself frown in the inside, just how did they expect to keep a secret like that away from Chilled and me?

"Thanks, it was all due to the bromance in the end. Come on, I need a victory meal," Chilled says quickly as I just laugh and follow him right past the other soldiers all watching as the victors resurface, several of them all whispering and pointing towards Chilled and me. I can just imagine what they're gossiping about. The team with the researcher won? Gassy and Diction must be off their game. Still, Gassy lost fair and square so he can't hold that confidence anymore, although I'm pretty sure Chilled will let it get to his head very much because this is Chilled. Any victory immediately gets to his head and he begins to believe he's a master at those things, although it was only knowledge and a good friend that helped him win. Soon enough the entire mess hall is packed with excited people all gossiping over the bit competition.

"Oh my fucking God Chilled, that fucking grenade," Minx says as she approaches with the others from the usual group as they all sit down at the table. "Was that even fucking legal?" Chilled laughs and shakes his head, his big head seeming to be growing at a dangerously fast rate ever since he heard he was the winner.

"Come on, a little bit of this and a little bit of that and I got myself a grenade. I did get a little bit of expert advice," Chilled nods and I just roll my eyes as they all look towards me.

"What the hell, I didn't get any fucking advice," Minx complains and I just laugh and shake my head.

"It wasn't that hard to make-"

"Did your whole team know about it?" Sp00n asks and Chilled hurries to swallow a gulp of food before shaking his head. Surprising me since I knew he had been talking with them a lot before the actual tournament. Chilled continues to shake his head as he shifts in his seat seeming excited. I haven't seen him this excited since... well, since Nanners was here to motivate him. At least this proves he has been recovering as I had been expecting. I'm glad I'm not in love with a traitor, if anything they seem like too much work. I'm fine with my administration for Gassy.

"No, no, no. You know what they say. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, so fuck them. I made several alliances you see," Chilled continues as he rambles about his oh so "diabolical" methods he had used out on the field. If I know anything about Chilled it's that the moment he tries to be nice to you or just seems to be completely ignorant, curious, and "cute" I guess he is usually trying to get something out of you. Knowing this I've built a block against him whenever he's acting like that although most of my resistance against him is due to the fact I don't pay much attention and usually go off on my own idea ignoring him completely. As of right now I'm dozing off as I quietly watch Chilled as he excitedly continues to ramble on and all while others seem to only pay attention for the sake of being entertained by him. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, huh? Is that why Gassy has been acting and paying special attention to me and Chilled, and also Nanners when he was here? It would make sense to try and gain the trust of the scientists, especially since he had the ability of stopping the investigation after Nanners.