Chapter 15:
Two weeks had passed, making it a week before graduation. I had already told my parents that I was going to move out. Shockingly, my father supported it. Saying that it was good that I was being an adult by making decisions like these. My mother cried at first but was also proud of me.
The Friday before graduation, my cousin Steven had come over. It turned out our parents planned a weekend at the Casino called Morongo. Leaving me and Steven with the house all to ourselves. Our parents did that often, they knew we couldn't go to the Casino and that we wouldn't burn down the house, so they often left us alone with money for food. My younger brother had gone to visit our grandmother in New Mexico and would be back the week of graduation along with my grandma.
As soon as our parents left, Steven ordered a pizza. I turned to him and said, "Hey, is it cool if I invite KJ?"
"Fuck yeah! I love that dude," he replied.
He and KJ always got along but were very competitive in fighting games. Sometimes a bit too much. As I texted KJ, I gazed at my cousin while he stood in the kitchen. He stood six feet tall with a thin frame. He wrestled in high school so he always made sure to stay in shape. The last time I saw him, he told me that he was planning to get a six pack. I wondered if he had finally achieved his goal.
KJ replied that he would head over in an hour. So in the meantime, I would hang out with Steven before KJ arrived. I honestly was worried about the situation. KJ and Steven were good friends but I never got an indication that Steven would be bicurious. And Steven knew that KJ was gay, but never really cared about it. From the things he told me in the past, he only dated women. We never talked about sex honestly. Although I was afraid of what could happen, I was also curious if my cousin would say yes.
I stepped into the kitchen and spoke, "KJ will be here in an hour."
"Dope," he said washing his hands, "Strawberries?" he said offering me the recently washed strawberries.
I declined his offer and just stood next to the counter.
He shrugged and began to talk, "So my parents told me that you're moving out soon."
My response came in as a nod.
"You looking for a roommate? I'm going to PCC"
My jaw dropped down to the floor in shock. Could I have possibly found our fourth roommate? I wonder if he would even be down to move in with me, Dick and Javi. Especially due to the things we do. I decided to keep the details to myself and feed him little information. I wanted to see how this weekend would go between him and KJ.
When the hour passed, KJ had arrived. KJ practically ran to my cousin and shook hands.
"So, you wanna get your ass kicked?" KJ said.
"I'll kick your ass with my new main," my cousin retorted.
They both laughed and Steven was the first to walk to my room. KJ turned to me and winked.
I walked up to him before he moved and placed my hand on his shoulder, "Don't go too far, okay?"
He nodded.
The two had been at it for a while now in Injustice 2. It was a constant back and forth, practically even. I was wondering how long they were going to keep this up. They had done a total of 40 games, 20 wins to KJ and 20 to Steven.
KJ turned to me and winked then turned to Steven who was drinking from his glass. "So, Steven, how about we spice things up?"
"Alright, what? No gear? One health bar again?"
"Nah, how about..." he paused pretending to think for a few seconds, "How about every time we lose a match, the loser removes a piece of clothing?"
Steven began to laugh, "That's pretty gay, bro."
"What? Scared you'll lose and we'll see that tiny dick?"
My cousin's laugh turns into a frown, "You're on bitch!"
KJ was wearing blue jeans with a black shirt with socks on. While my cousin wore practically the same. So it was even.
The first round went to Steven, so KJ started slow and removed his socks.
The next round, KJ won and Steven took off his socks.
KJ lost and removed his shirt, then Steven lost and he removed his shirt. I noticed that Steven had attained his goal of getting a six pack.
The next fight was a very close one but KJ ended up losing. Slowly, KJ removed his jeans and now sat wearing only his grey briefs.
"Nice underwear," Steven mocked.
The next match started badly for KJ, my cousin got a good combo in on him and thus resulted in KJ losing his first health bar while Steven still had half of his first health bar. But KJ was relentless in the second round, dropping both the first and second health bar. I heard my cousin curse when he lost. He stood up and removed his pants. He wore black Calvin Klein trunks.
"Well, look at those legs go up and make an ass out of themselves," KJ said slapping Steven's ass.
"Back off bitch!" my cousin yelled. He sat back down.