𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬

CHAPTER 28

Kiara and Vijay goofing off.

saudade

(n.) a nostalgic longing to be near something or someone that is distant

The wrap party for the second season of Enlightenment was well on its way as the group were playing a drunken game of truth or dare. Poorna, being the one of the few sober members, tasked herself with the extremely important duty of gathering video evidence of everyone for future blackmail. Rules were that each person had to answer truth or dare and once completed, they could choose whoever they wanted to ask next.

Pointing at Kiara, Milo quirked a brow, "Truth or dare?"

She ran a tongue over her teeth, "Dare."

"Are you sure, darlin'? I'll give you one more chance to back out."

"Oh, Milo, you're projecting your fears again. Don't worry, I'll go easy on you."

Everyone oohed as a few people nudged him, warning him about riling her up, so he smirked in that crooked way of his, "I dare you to... call up the last person you spoke to and tell them you've been arrested. Put them on speaker!"

Wrinkling her nose in distaste, she pulled out her phone and scrolled to find Tyler's name, "Okay, here goes nothing."

"Wait, wait, wait! It says Chris was the last person that called."

"Yeah well you said the last person I spoke to and since that was a missed call, the last person I spoke to was technically Tyler."

He waved his hand dismissively, "Gah, you and your lawyer talk! Fine, call him."

Shoving Milo playfully, Kiara waited for Tyler to pick up and rubbed nervously at her wrist. She tried to mask any panic she felt, refusing to show any signs of discomfort as Milo raised his brows at her in challenge.

Steeling her nerves, she held her breath when Tyler picked up groaned on the other end, "Jesus, princess, when I signed up to be your personal trainer I didn't think you'd wanna workout this late."

Putting on her best teary voice, she answered, "Tyler."

"Uh oh, not calling me asshole? This must be serious," he said, eliciting snickers from the group as she shushed them.

"Tyler," she tried, voice wavering again as she put on her best performance; "I've been arrested."

There was a pause as he tried to figure out the best thing to say, "What the fuck am I supposed to do?"

She gaped as he added, "Oh, do you need me to beat someone up?"

"Well–"

"Or is it a contract killing?"

"What? Are y–"

"Doesn't matter, I wouldn't do it anyway."

"Please ju–"

"Shit, I didn't mean that to be in like a 'I don't care about you' way but more a 'let's find alternative solutions' way."

"Oh, tha–"

"I should be doing more. I should–"

Finally losing her patience, she screamed, "Tyler!"

At this point, everyone was laughing out loud and barely bothering to hide it so she put him out of his misery, "It was a joke. I'm not really in jail."