Summertime Vibes

(6) TIME CAPSULE

"You check, what is meant to be is meant to be." Alex says, sitting on the armchair after his defeat. "Everything is done with a reason, that's all I'm saying."

"Ayy, Alexis, that's just the weed talking." Kapinga says before dropping a card down. The rest of the gang bursts into laughter.

"Ayyy, check this ou. What do you know?" Alex laughs.

"How many cards?" Jackie asks kapinga. Jackie's onto him, seeking revenge after what he did to him in the previous round of crazy eight.

Jeffrey throws an ace of spades while Kapinga picks up two cards from the stack of cards on the side.

All time low by Jon Bellion is playing from the speaker that was connected to my phone. I looked outside the window. Another rainy day in the summer season. The street lights comes on. Simultaneously to the lights changing on the robots as night begins to fall.

I moisturise my lips. The bottle of Vaseline lotion we use in the flat ran out recently. So I have to spend the rest of the day with dry skin.

I shift my gaze to Tyron who had my phone in his hand, his eyes are red from the weed he smoked earlier with the others. He points out to Lil Nas X's song, Thats What I Want, on my playlist. A sudden heat wave courses through my body. I can't think of anything else to do than to raise my shoulders into a shrug. I looked outside the window again and spotted Melissa approaching the building with a package from KFC. Quickly, I grab my phone. "I gotta go. See yea." I say before running for the door.

"Ok." Alexis responds.

My eyes catches the pizza box that was lying in the bin before leaving Kapinga's flat. Once I closed the door behind me I take a moment to think about what just happened.

'He's high right. He's not going to remember anything.' I think to myself.

Melissa rushes into the block and gestures at me. "Come." She says. I run towards her flat.

She folds the chicken and mayo into the chapatis we got from shanga's restaurant down the street. We then sit in front of Tyron's laptop with cups in our hands, in it has Aquelle nartjie. We make sure that the living room is dark and the doors to be locked because we mustn't be interrupted for the next two and a half hours.

We select the episode. The Netflix logo comes on followed by the Stranger Things theme song which we are going to listen to for the second last time this season.

The moment the episode starts I take a bite of the snack. The first few seconds feels like bliss. I inhale deeply, savouring the taste as the mixture hits on all the areas of my tongue. It feels good, so good.

"Dude!" I smile. Melissa has the same reaction on her face.

Hours later finds us leaning against the couch, looking into social media for anything related to Stranger Things. Don't mind us, it's just the things we do after watching something incredibly amazing. The fan art ideas on Pinterest were worth a save. We come across the actors and actresses accounts and giggle at the bloopers that was posted on YouTube. Kate Bush's song is playing from the speaker. Melissa and I being in our own moment.

The Lunchbar max has already been eaten. It's wrapping lies in a pile together with the plastic that had popcorn in it. Next to it a bottle of cooldrink stands which is quarter way full. The urge to go to the toilet comes back to me. I've been holding it in for a very long time now. I stand up and go to the toilet.

After pissing I step out of the toilet and close the door behind me. The lip treatment that Melissa gave me a while ago is already starting to ware off, so I moisturise my lips.

The door to Tyron's room is open. I remember Melissa opened the door for him about an hour ago. He lies down, stomach flat against his bed. His sports shorts brings out his round bottoms. They look good but my interests lie in his groin area. His phone is tilted. I'm guessing he is watching his favourite anime series. I open the door wider and step into his room.

"What are you watching?" I gush as I jump onto his bed.

"Djimmy." He flinches. "You scared me."

"Oh sorry." I grin. SpongeBob SquarePants is playing on the screen of his cellphone. "I thaught you were watching Attack On Titans or something."

I can feel my lips is getting dry again. I'd hate it if Tyron had to see me with dry lips, so I moisturise them again.

"Season five is only coming out next year." He says.

"Ohh!"

A few seconds of silence occurs between us while we both put our attention on the small screen in his hands.

"It helps with chills." Tyron speaks.

"Chills?"

"Yeah, we watched a few horror movies after Crazy Eight." He says. "I didn't even wanna watch. It was Jeffrey's idea. He tune that all ous that don't wanna watch are sissies. So I had to sit down and watch with them."

"Shame, which movies did you'll watch?"

"Ahm, it was The Black Phone, Scream...stop that." He chuckles.

"Stop what?"

"You've been licking your lips from the time you came in." He smirks.

"Dude, my lips are dry that's why..."

"See, you're doing it again."

"What? it's my lips!"

"Do that again one more t..."

I moisturise my lips once more and smile.

"Oh, you're so going to regret doing that." He murmurs. Puts his cellphone down and attacks my weak spots with his fingers.

It tickles. "Okay, Tyron..." I giggle with excitement, slowly rolling myself away from him.

He grabs my weist and in a serious tone he says. "Ay shhh, you too loud." My giggle is reduced to a chuckle. He smirks, moisturises his lips and looks into my eyes. Magical sensations occur in my heart and stomach as we do so.

"Oh so you just ditched me just to hang with Tyron." Melissa's voice makes us shift our attention onto her. Breaking the eye contact session between Tyron and I. She stands by the door after opening it wider.

"Amm..." I utter, searching my mind for a response.

"Why is the light in this room still on even?" She asks. Her eyes look tired. It's late anyway. She turns the lights off and throws herself on the bed in between Tyron and I. "I'm so tired." She closes her eyes and falls asleep.

"Shhh, sleep well my dearest." I whisper.

I shift my sight to Tyron who is staring at me. He looks away and descends to his bed. Light beams from his screen as he continues to watch the episode. I realise that I'm tired. My eyes feel heavy and my energy is running low. I put my head down and close my eyes. Falling into a good night sleep.