Behind The Face Of A Stigma

Glitch

"What are you doing?"

Nathan almost jumped out of his skin. "Hey man. Jeez! you scared me. When did you get back?" He stood up and shook hands with Raymond before going back to his seat.

"You seriously didn't hear me come in? I've been knocking on your door for hours."

"Stop exaggerating. You're wasting the use of words."

"I never pegged you for a miser, even with words. What are you doing?"

"Ah... I'm just working on a stock exchange file my secretary forwarded to me. Nothing major." He replied, his gaze going back to his computer.

"You're working... Ain't you supposed to be on a vacation? And if I understand the meaning of vacation well, it means NO WORKING! ZERO WORK!! OFF DUTY!!!" He finished off, his voice raised to lay emphasis on the last words.

"Ouuuuuh, someone is sexually frustrated." He quickly added when he saw Raymond's raised eyebrow. "No seriously, you only act this way when you're sexually frustrated."

"Surprisingly, I had sex." And he started laughing.

"Is there a new thing about having sex that I'm not aware of, or am I missing something here?"

That only made Raymond laugh even harder.

"Seriously, Ray are you okay?"

"I'm... O...okay. it's just damn... It was crazy. I mean the energy, the time. I've never experienced anything like it before." Raymond said, his eyes glittering and alive with so much enthusiasm.

"I'm lost. I don't know what you're talking about."

"Let's just say my horse didn't finish the race. It was like I was at the gas station filling my car with gas and my credit card declined so I couldn't finish the transaction. It felt as if I was preparing so hard for a test and I was never allowed to take the exam. Or that I was waiting so long to know the ending of a movie series but it just never came because they cut it off midway and..." His voice trailed off when he noticed the look on Nathan's face. The latter was frowning and he looked lost.

Silence.

Nathan didn't know what to say. Is this how I sound to Naomi whenever I talk? Stupid, dumb and silly? He asked himself inwardly.

Poor soul. It's no wonder she hardly responds. He decided.

"Ray, are you really okay? What did you eat specifically when you were out of town. Maybe it's the air. Let's go back to America as soon as possible."

"Jeez! I'm talking about the finishing touches. The end. The crossing line. The test and exam result."

"Dude you're talking in cliches and it's making me go crazy."

"Orgasm."

"What the fuck! God... Oh that's what you meant by... What the?" They both laughed when everything fell into place and he understood.

"Why didn't you just say so?"

"I like to flaunt my level of riddles, Sire."

"So you didn't get an orgasm?"

"Well I did. It was the girl and she was so damn energetic. Tell me you missed me. I know you missed me." Raymond replied with a smirk.

"You wish." Nate snorted.

"Admit it. How did you survive your war grounds and enemy territories without me?"

"Pretty good. I fought to the finish. It was a battle to the death."