Madder than Hatter [Wattys2017].

_The Devil says crap!_

The Eight Act ~

• Grayson POV •

I parked the car in the underground parking lot then we strode toward the elevator, we entered as we shared a weird silence; something was missing.
Kyle.

We never came here without him before, so something felt wrong like we are missing a limb. though no one spoke the words but I bet we all felt the same way.

After that execution Kyle never spoke to us again, I know what we have done was.. you know a little bit mean and extreme but he brought it upon himself, he broke the bro code.
Not once but twice.
Josh stupid crush on Mad isn't important and I am sure he is not teny tiny bit serious about her yet the principle is important. 

First Kyle never told us he was Mad partner in Japanese as if telling us something like that will make us doubt him.

Secondly he ditched us for the 1000 time claiming he want to be the nerd he always was and then he went to watch the game with Mad.

I was far more infuriated than Josh was, I mean couldn't he at least give us a call ? Kyle was always like that an air-head with a goofy smile and an irritating personality.
God knows the number of times I wanted to punch him on the face and yell - pay attentions damn it! and stop treating people so lightly, so superficially like they just blend into the background of your life - And this was including himself, his lack of confidence and inability to see how awesome of person he was; piss the hell out of me.
I rolled my eyes, just thinking about the way he tip-toe around his life makes my stomach twist in knots.
Personally I do consider him a friend but I don't think he does, he never did nor he will.
He is the kind of person who is barely keeping up with his own life to give a damn about other people lives, I will be surprised to death if he happen to know my last name. 
So yeah we did something terrible to him, I just hope it was terrible enough to open his eyes, to make him notice that we do exist and we do feel.
Because Kyle is the type of guy with a constant introvert hang over, he walk with us but his eyes always glint with a distant look like he is trapped somewhere else inside his own mind.
He is running from something and he doesn't want to let anyone in nor go out himself. Inside that safe shell of his, he keep floating like air.

" Bowling?!" Josh asked, when we stood in front of the big games Arcade, both Keith and I shook our heads bowling without Kyle had some sense of betrayal to it like.....you know. 

So instead we walked toward " Mark & Spenser " shop and like usual Josh tried different outfits calling his reflection on the mirror handsome or an eye apple.

We just wrinkled our nose at him in disgust.

I put my headphones on bobbing my head to the music as I drifted into another dimension.
Music was my thing , when I cook I always put my headphones on, it helps me focus specially when I am under pressure, during the ups and downs of my life music was always there for me so I appreciate it almost as much as I appreciate Josh and Keith existence in my life. 
Suddenly I was brought back to earth when Josh pulled my headphones away; I frowned at him narrowing my eyes with menace.
I really hate it when people do that.

" Does this shirt match my eyes color?!" He asked and I tossed him a flat look.

- You look like a stupid strawberry! So yeah it suits you - I retorted putting back my headphones and earning a bored piercing look from him.
Josh turned to Keith who was sleeping soundly on a metal shelf hidden between piles of clothes.
I grinned .
Keith has this weird quirk, he can turn any place to a comfy bed and within seconds he can teleport to dreamland snoring the days of his youth away but not like I am complaining or anything , out of the three of us he works the most .
Shocking right?! from outside he pose like a domestic cat with no worries what's so ever but actually  he runs  the executive office in the HQ of his father company so he barely find the time to scratch the back of his neck.
Balancing work , studies and social life is one of the most difficult task ever yet Keith surprisingly manage to do all that while keeping the second top spot! If that wasn't worth admiring then I don't know what is.
Josh sighed exasperated then went to pay for the shirt, I don't know why he even bother asking someone opinion since he always end up buying the stuff anyway!
He came back ushering us toward the exist and pulling us impatiently