7:58...
7:59...
ding-dong
8:00
Hercules Espiegle beamed as he opened the door. "Hey Se-"
He was cut off by Sean Cairdeas, who hugged him with such momentum that the duo went tumbling to the floor. As the duo stood up, they immediately broke down into giggles.
"You ready?" Hercules asked with a tone of mischief to his voice, motioning to the game cabinet behind him with his head. "Definitely," Sean replied.
Sean went and seated himself at the table, which was already occupied by their two friends, Felix and Tara Watts. Hercules arrived at the table with a black box, the words "Deer Lord" printed out on the top. "You all know how this goes," Hercules says as he gets the cards from the box, passing half the stack to Sean to shuffle.
A few minutes later, all four players had their five cards distributed. All were silent as everyone looked around the table to see who would duel first. In the end, it was the host himself who called the first duel.
"Sean, I challenge you to a duel of beat-boxing."
"Awe crud," Sean said, "you know I suck at beat-boxing." Hercules smiled smugly.
"Yes, I did know that. That is exactly why I challenged YOU to this duel."
"Smart."
Hercules won that duel, and Sean went next, so he confessed that he pulled a catchy one-liner as his dupe. Everyone agreed that Sean was successful.
And so the game continued in this way for about two hours. Duel duel dupe duel duel duel dupe duel duel duel on and on until Felix and Tara had to leave around 10:30.
After those two left, Sean and Hercules took it down a couple notches. They made popcorn, watched a movie, and stayed up until 2:30 or so in the morning singing Hamilton. The two finally passed out, Hercules in his room and Sean on the couch, at around 3:00.
Sean awoke the next morning to the smell of cooking bacon and pancakes. He smiled as he walked into the kitchen and found a plate of blue pancakes, bacon, and orange juice set out for him, with Hercules at the griddle making himself a matching plate.
"I was joking when I suggested blue pancakes yesterday," Sean said, still smiling.
"Clearly, I wasn't," Hercules replied. And the two enjoyed their breakfast together after what they both agreed was one of the best nights ever.
YOU ARE READING
The Story of Tonight
Historia Corta"Raise a glass to freedom, something they can never take away, no matter what they tell you." -John Laurens (Story of Tonight) Sean and Hercules are the best of friends, and they want it to stay that way. Tonight, they are having a sleepover that th...
