D&J (LS)

Jim & Danny CH-4

When Jumper hung up Jim's call,  Disco and his tall friend walked towards the swimming pool. Jumper went straight to Disco with the girls surrounding him. But an unexpected event happened when Jump was pushed into the water. Daniel was a little shocked but he knew that his friend could swim. But Daniel was surprised when Jump shouted to Disco for help and told him he couldn't swim. Disco immediately jumped into the pool to help him. Disco scolded the young women who were laughing loudly and turned to chase them away. Even Daniel himself was startled. Disco had his tall friend grab a towel for him and wrapped around Jump with Daniel standing not far away watching. Jumper hugged Disco tightly shivering from the cold.

"Brother Jump must be terrified. See how he's hugging you so tight, oh, and who are you?" Disco's friend Smith asked when he turned to see Daniel.

"Uh, my name is Daniel. I'm Jump's friend," Daniel introduced himself. Smith looked straight at Daniel. before smiling widely.

"My name is Smith. Nice to meet you," Smith said back, and Daniel nodded before offering to take Jumper to change clothes at the Disco's house with everyone riding in Smith's car. On arrival Smith broke away to attend a call. Daniel and Jumper walked inside Disco's house. Disco called Jumper to find him in the bathroom. Daniel sat and waited in the living room.

"Where's Jump?" Smith asked as he entered the house and saw Daniel sitting alone.

"He went to change his clothes," Daniel replied. Smith sat down on another sofa.

"Are you friends with Jumper? Why haven't I seen your face before?" Smith asked.

"Well, JUMP likes to go to P' Dis alone," Daniel replied, still sitting up a little stiff because he was unfamiliar with Disco and his friends.

"Sit comfortably. Don't be so tense." Smith, looking at Daniel's expression, said with a smile. Daniel gave him a dry smile before relaxing himself a little.

"Strange, why haven't I seen you before? even though we actually go to the same school," Smith asked.

"Well, I'm not a celebrity," Daniel replied. Smith's friendly demeanor allowed Daniel to gradually reduce his stiffness considerably.

"But Daniel is a lovely person. It's unbelievable that there are cute people like you in school too. Why didn't I see you? where were you hiding?" Smith said jokingly, making Daniel's face lighten up a bit before Smith invited Daniel to talk about other matters as well until Jump came out with a new outfit and took the wet clothes to dry in the basement with Disco.

"I think we'd better go to the kitchen," Smith suggested.

"Is it okay?" Daniel asked nervously.

"It's okay, let's go," Smith said back, before Daniel followed him into the kitchen. Daniel even forgot about Jim for some time because there was  Smith who kept him busy, talking non-stop.

"What drink would you like, a beer?" Smith turned around and asked teasingly. Daniel shook his head.

"A glass of water or fruit juice would be fine " said Daniel. Smith smiled before handing the fruit juice to Daniel. The young man took it and opened it to take a sip. Daniel sat at the dining room table. Smith was leaning against the cooking counter and invited Daniel to keep talking. Smith told Daniel funny stories about him and his friends. Smith could see that Daniel had a sad look in his eyes. So he tried to make Daniel smile.

"Kekeke, really, brother Smith's friend is so funny," Daniel said with a chuckle making Smith smile a little seeing the youth in front of him laughing but his eyes were still not fully lit up.

"Do you know that when you smile, the world feels so bright,? Daniel," Smith says bluntly. Daniel froze a bit.

"You can call me Danny, Brother Smith," Daniel said. After talking to Smith, Daniel felt comfortable in his heart and he felt he could trust him. Smith smiled.