Snow Warnings (Warnings Triology, Vol. 1)

Chapter 3: Morning

Mariam/Marcus

Marcus
After like three to four hours Robin finally woke up. It was six and thirty in the morning.
<<Ugh my head...THAT MOTHERFUCKER!>>
'Which motherfucker is he talking about?'
<THAT STUPID ASSAULTER I'M GONNA KICK HIS ASS>>
<<Calm down what happened?>>
<<I remember...Ugh! These post-drinking headaches are hateful. I remember I was drunk and while having fun, dancing with Arya someone touched my ass, so I got angry and punched him in the face...Ugh! These headaches!>>
'That pervert deserved every single moment of the punch' Even if that was really risky for Robin's reputation as celebrity.
<<That pervert, next time I see him...he is going to taste my kicks>> Robin continued talking.
Then I decided to ask something quite embarrassing but useful as information: <<Robin, so I met your friend Mariam while I was taking you and I wanted to ask a question about her>>.
<<Go on>> Robin had a neutral expression on his face with a bit of curiosity.
<<So is she single?>> I asked with a slightly embarrassed tone.
<<Yes and don't even think about getting with my best friend or I wont finance anymore for all uni years your part of the building's rent, understood, Marcus Allers?>. Robin then gave me a threatening face.
<<Hey hey, I was just kidding...okay?>>
He still watched me with a threatening face and there was silence all over the place. Then Robin's phone started vibing. Someone was calling him.
'Thanks to God'

<<Hello?>>.
I heard some noises from the phone.
<<NOT YOU, SCUMBAG>> Robin shouted.
'Oh I understand who it is now'
<<DON'T CALL ME KITTEN...>> Robin then screamed those words with fury.
<<...I SWEAR IF YOU CALL ME KITTEN ONE MORE TIME I'M GONNA...>>.
The phone there I heard some noises, but I couldn't hear the words.
<<OH YEAH, NOW LET'S SEE IF YOU ARE LOVING IT ABOUT CALLING ME KITTEN!>>
Robin instantly ended the call.
'We are all screwed'.
<<Ok Marcus, you are coming with me>>. Robin grabbed my hand aggressively
<<No, no I'm not going there>> I said those words knowing that there it wouldn't end well.
<<I don't fucking care if you don't want to,  you are still coming with me!>>.
He opened the door slamming it and brang us outside with anger.

<<That son of a bitch is gonna pay for...Ugh!>> he put a hand on his forehead covered by his dyed hair.
<<These headaches are cruel!>> He continued talking.
<<Why can't you be a bit chill like me, Robin?>>. I said it to him.
<<Easy for you! You aren't famous and you don't have thirty-eight million followers on Instagram and a successful acting and an important skincare business career>>.
<<Well that's true, but don't you think your anger is a bit overdramatic?>>
<<NO!>>
<<Why are you like this? Just say it!>>
<<Because I'm a celebrity and I can't never relax, okay?>>
That was actually true. Ever since Robin became famous he had a lot of work for the celebrity industry.
I sighed.
<<Robin, please could you be rational at least for a day?>>
<<You will see me die before I will get rational about that stupid guy>>.

We finally arrived we were facing the building. It was an office, not just an office. The office of one of the most powerful and tricking people I ever met. Make a deal or contract with him and you've destroyed your own life.
<<WELL HE'S GONNA DEAL WITH THE TASTE OF MY ANGER!>> Robin screamed like a crazy.
He slammed the office door with a dangerous force.
'Now the effects are irreversible'.
The office was luxurious and had foggy grey walls and had a black table and as usual there was a pc on it. On the left side there were shelves with souvenirs of some of the places in the world. Then there was a little table with a globe and there were some pins on it.
The right side had some portraits and achievements, while the frontal wall had a big painting and on the ceiling there was a huge chandelier.
When we entered in the office, there was sitting, Sole De Rimini, one of the most powerful, manipulative and most dangerous men of Europe.
Sole started talking with an evil and entertained face:<<Hello, Kitten>>. He spoke using his Italian accent.
<<DON'T CALL ME KITTEN!>> Robin shouted.
<<And what about the nickname Kitty?>>. He grinned
<<FUCK YOU! Ugh!>> Robin moved his hand on his head. <<These headaches>>.
<<Seems someone had too much fun with alcohol>>. Sole smirks teasing Robin.
<<Can't you shut up once?...Just once, is that hard for you?>>
<<The hardest thing ever>>.
Robin rolled his eyes with annoyance while I just became like a ghost. Robin and Sole were ignoring me. That is a really good thing.
Then Robin added: <<Remember that I'm winning 'The Debt War'>>.
The debt war was a bet that Robin and Sole made six months ago. Whoever had three of the best friends or the biggest business partners of the other in debt with them, wins. The winner can give any type of dare to the loser so they can repay the debts and they can't avoid it.
<<Are you sure about that?>> he replied with a wide grin making show his dimples.
He takes out from a shelf a folder, then opens it and passes rapidly trough some pages with deals on arriving finally to the page with the deal he was searching.
<<Fuck>> Robin said alarmed.
<<Seems your best friend Frances made a deal with me>> then he bursts out laughing watching Robin's shocked face. 
Sole continued talking:<<That means we are in tie>>.
<<Are you kidding me?>>
<<Fortunately not...>> Sole clears his throat coughing a bit and starts talking again:<<You can see the proof>>.
He clicks somewhere with the pc on his side, then he turns it in our direction to make us watch his proof.
A video recorded from the studio's cameras starts.
There was Frances in the office sitting at the other side of the table vis-a-vis to Sole.
In the video Sole starts talking:<<So you want me to hack the college's account to make your student loan paid, right?>>
<<Yeah, nothing else, how much does that cost?>> Frances responds with a bit of impatience in her tone
<<Nothing, but that makes you in debt with me>>.
<<I know about 'The Debt War'>>.
<<Oh well, that means I'm not going to make your loan paid>>.
<<Are there other ways than making it as a debt or a deal?>>
Sole moves the index finger from left to right representing that Frances had just one way to make her student loan paid without giving any money.
<<Ugh, fine, but please don't tell Robin anything about it>>.
The video then ended and Sole closed his laptop and said: <<Are you upset enough today?>>?
Robin growls <<FUCK YOU SOLE!>>
<<Love you too!>>. He said it with a playfully sarcastic tone.
My cousin grabbed his phone and called Frances
<<Did you actually make a deal with Sole?>> Robin said with disappointment.
Frances responded.
<<Frances, it's a question of trust and not having any secret that destroy our friendship, I know that you didn't want to do that, and I'll forgive you, but not now. I need time to process everything>>.
Then he ends the call.
<<Robin, everything alright?>>
<<Yeah, I'll be fine line>>.
<<Ok>>
'I know he isn't okay. He never was since he was fourteen'.
<<So what are we eating for lunch?>> He asks changing the topic.
<<I don't have any idea, don't ask me such hard questions>>.
We both laugh even if Robin's laughter wasn't genuine, like always.
<<Let's opt for the safest option?>> he said then.
<<ISTANT NOODLES!>> We both screamed with ironic and entertained tone.
<<Ugh...>> Robin stopped a bit <<these headaches are annoying, I shouldn't have took all of those shots>>.
I laughed.
<<Hey, why are you laughing? You are lucky that you aren't having these shitty headaches!>> My cousin says with playful tone.
Then I started thinking what Sole would get from Robin if he wins 'The Debt War'.
'I don't know what Sole De Rimini wants from him, but I'm going to find out why is he enemy with Robin'.