When Lu Lijun and Jake were busy cursing Noah, everyone sitting on the huge circular couch and chairs arranged, looked at them and cheered by making loud noises, showing how happy they were to have them.
"Lijun, Jake, thanks for coming here," said one boy who came to them.
"Well, We..."
"My friends, why are you standing there? Come join us all," Noah came to them and interrupted Jake before he could find an escape.
"Yeah, c’mon. Let’s have some fun," the boy said, and everyone agreed to him as they shouted, "Let’s have fun."
Lijun and Jake had no choice as they passed a killer gaze to Noah while the shameless guy winked at them.
It provoked Jake as he wished to strangle Noah, "This guy....."
"Let it be for now," Lijun stopped him, and both went to where others sat, and they made a space for Lu Lijun and Jake to sit.
These two were like the unapproachable human kinds for others, so others felt happy that they came though they didn’t know it was Noah who tricked them.
One entire side of the couch was given to three friends where they sat comfortably. No one dared to sit beside Jake and Lijun. The girls who wished to spend some time talking with these two felt nervous about starting a conversation with them, while Noah was easy to approach, but little did they know it was because Noah allowed them.
In high school, Jake and Lu Lijun only talked to others when they had to be together unwillingly, during any group project, or on any other group activities.
There were almost fifteen people from their class, out of which half were girls.
Everyone congratulated them for graduating and made toast for them.
Noah mixed up with them as he said thank you, while Lu Lijun and Noah acted stern as if it was not a big deal and kept quiet.
Just then, more bottles of drinks arrived as being ordered. Jake looked at Noah with a displeased look when he saw the bottle and then looked at Lu Lijun, who had no change in expression.
Noah understood the meaning of Jake’s glare and signaled him to relax.
"Let’s play a game," A girl, who wore black, off-shoulder dress, long enough to cover butt, spoke, and others waited curiously to know what game.
"Does he bring us here to see this bullshit?" Lu Lijun finally asked Jake as he felt like when he could go out from here.
Noah understood it and leaned closer to Lu Lijun, who sat between his two friends.
"Relax, you two. I want you to be a little social. Soon we would be in the outside world, and you two have to go through lots of bullshit, so let’s start from here."
Noah was not wrong. They were not students anymore who lived in their nests while studying, but soon their lives would change when they started working somewhere.
The others were busy planning the game when these three were talking.
"Let me put it straight. Instead of you two, I am worried about the people who would be around you, so learn to socialize with others even if you see it as crap," Noah added.
"Stop acting like our parents," Jake warned.
"Don’t curse me like this. I would never want to father kids like you two," Jake commented, and these two had nothing to say.
Finally, the game was decided. There was a random list of questions and tasks on the list. The person had to choose the random number and answer the question or perform the task given to them.
As the drinks were being served, everyone was excited about the game except for two people.
Soon one by one, everyone’s number came where they had to answer a few questions honestly about their personal lives, or few people had to perform the tasks.
Out of these three, the first one to face the game was Noah.
"Noah, out of twenty, select any random number," instructed the blond-haired girl, holding a cellphone to ask questions.
"Hmm... seventeen," Noah answered.
"Let’s see what is there for you..umm.." the girl went through the list and spoke, "Okay, you have to kiss the person sitting on your left side."
Hearing the question, the three friends first looked towards the left side as they felt relieved, thinking it was not about the right side because on Noah’s right sat Lu Lijun.
"You are saved," Noah winked at Lu Lijun, though for a moment, he too was scared if he had to kiss Lu Lijun and, after that, how brutally Lu Lijun would have killed him. Still, the question was if Lu Lijun would have let him come closer even an inch, and the answer was straight No.
Before, few people had to do it as the number they chose asked them to kiss the same gender person, and they had to do it, which scared these three.
A pretty girl was sitting beside Noah, and others cheered for him to go ahead.
"Wait-wait, let me first ask the lady," Noah interrupted them as he asked the girl, "If you don’t mind..."
"It’s okay. It’s just a game," assured the girl as she blushed a little.
The chair that the girl sat in was attached to Noah’s couch, and he just had to lean forward a bit to kiss the girl.
Just as he was ready, the girl holding a mobile spoke again, "Wait, there is one more addition, which I am yet to read, "The kiss should not be less than one minute and peck is not accepted."
"Isn’t it too much now?" Noah countered.