The four of them

It had been a long while since the last time the group of friends acted… Well, just like that — as a group of friends. So many of their previous meetups as a quad had been to get ready for a rave, to flirt and swing in one way or another. So everyone jumped at the chance to hang out when Sai floated the idea.

Gang gang

“I’m always surprised at how late Sai is to things,” Vi says, leaning on her elbow, grinning at Erik.

"He shrugs in response, “I don't know to be honest. Even before he shaved his head, he always took his time,” he points at his own head. “You notice that gets his eyebrows done?”

Vi nods, “Yep! Ari pointed it out and like looks good, to be fair.” She peers at Erik’s face, “You going to do it? Your brows are messy as hell.”

Erik rolls his eyes, shaking his head at Vi laughing as he responds, “not interested.”

She laughs softly, grabbing a chip from the small basket, popping it into her mouth.

They hear the sound of a familiar voice, loud, with a slight hint of annoyance.

Vi giggles, “I think Ari and Sai are here.”

And thus spoke Vi; Ari rounds the booth and throws her hands up, “Yo, why the fuck didn’t we go to Club Nysa?”

Erik loks at Vi, she pouts slightly, giving Ari a dirty look.

Ari catches her look and looks sheepish, “Oh right, whole sister thing, lying, etc etc. My b.” She holds a hand out to Vi, “I need to piss.”

Vi rolls her eyes and takes her hand, smiling sadly and knowingly at Erik.

Ah.

Sai sits down across from Erik and gives him a tight grimace.

Erik gestures towards him, “Go on.”

“She told you?”

Erik shakes his head, “No. But, I figured.”

Sai smiles and nods, “Right. Well. I’m sorry man.”

Erik nods, “I already told Vi it’s fine, it was an accident.”

“Yeah. But. Still. I’m sorry man. You’re my boy. I.. did it back, y’know?”

Erik shakes his head, taking a chip and grinning, “It’s fine. For real. It won’t happen again?”

Sai shakes his head, “Not unless you both say it’s okay. No chance, I’ll throw her off me if it happens.”

Erik stifles a laugh, “I don’t think you’ll need to do that, but yeah man. It’s chill. We talked about it. We figured it out.”

He nods, sighing with relief.

“You can tell them to come back.” Erik says, grinning.

Sai chuckles, pulling out his phone and sending a text to Ari, the girls coming back not even 30 seconds after his phone goes back into his pocket.

Vi looks at him with worry, sighing as he nods at her, reassuring her silently, surely, that’s the end of this saga… Surely.

Ari, unlike the other three. Is not at all subtle.

“So, you guys still friends? Or is this the last hang out for the four of us?” Ari asks, settling into the booth next to Sai; he and Vi tensing up with awkwardness.

“Nah we’re still friends; he offered me your ass for free use as a sorry.”

Vi and Sai both turn in shock, Vi looking almost proud and Sai’s eyes wide, a wide grin on his face.

“HA! Is that so?” Ari asks grinning, turning to her boyfriend, “My ass huh?” She elbows him lightly in the ribs, “You want to see someone actually stretch it out?”

Sai rolls his eyes and lets out a stammering scoff, “Alright, alright, deserved, deserved.”

Vi links her arm with Erik and grins up proudly at him; Erik winks playfully before making eye contact with Ari, who gives him an impressed look, her eyes narrowed with interest.

“So, obviously, we’re going to update you two freaks with our own sex lives, but I want to hear about you first.” Ari says, jutting a finger at him.

“Me?”

She nods, “How was your gig with Heidi, did you cuck out again?”

Erik smirks, leaing back arrogantly, “Vi didn’t tell you?”

Ari glares at Vi, “He cucked out again?”

Vi blushes and grins, licking her lips.

Ari turns to him, Sai going strangely silent beside her, “You didn’t cuck out!?”

“I don’t really know what that means.” Erik teases.

“Oh, fuck off. Did you fuck or not?”

“No. Heidi? Does she seem the type?”

“With you maybe!” Ari retorts, swear she likes you more than Vi did when you started dating.”

Vi bristles slightly beside him, squeezing his arm possessively.

Erik shakes his head, winking and putting a finger to his lips, “I don’t kiss and tell.”

“Oh, you’re such a bitch.” She says rolling her eyes, pointing at herself, “I’ll give you one; I fucked one of the bartenders at Nysa.”

“You did?” Sai asks, turning, putting a hand on her thigh.

“Yeah. Oh. Right, I was going to tell you after this,” she shrugs, “blame your boy.”

Erik laughs, Sai blushing slightly leaning back in the booth, “Okay. I ate her out; she stood over me and just kinda like grinded on my face, and then I got on my knees and ate her out, I think she was very shy about it all so she kinda didn’t sit down, we didn’t do more than that though.”

“Daaaaaamn, okay. Good stuff, bitch boy.” Ari grins, crossing her arms, turning to Sai, “See! Even our resident cucky is getting action now; how long has it been for you?”

Vi catches on to the chance to make Erik look a bit good and jumps at the chance, “And I reckon he’s got a chance with Nancy!”

Ari nods quickly, smirking smacking the table, “Ok Erik! That’s what I want to see from you!”

Erik and Vi smile at each other, having decided to keep the NTRR to themselves for the time being.

Vi turns to Sai, “What about you?”

“Yeah, what about you?” Ari asks pointedly.

Sai sighs, shifting uncomfortably, “I’ll be the first to admit,” he says slowly, returning the look to Ari, “I’m on a massive dry spell. I’m like…”

“He couldn’t get it up.” Ari says, interjecting. Erik cringes; even he knows that’s too much information.

“That was once! After Hyrox! That was valid.” Sai says, suddenly very panicked.

“Yeah, yeah. That was your excuse.” She says, winking at her boyfriend.

Sai looks at the other couple indignantly.

Erik sees Sai’s jaw clench.

‘Oh don’t ask.’

“You’ve had it happen before, right? Erik? When you’re super tired?”

Erik clenches his teeth together, brow furrowing with regret.

“Fuck.” Sai says, waving his hand, “It’s fine. It happened, and I made up for it!”

Ari strokes her chin, “True true. I’ll allow it.” She grins at him, grabbing his hand and kissing the top with a sly grin.

“And I organised that retreat.” Sai adds.

“Oooh yes. That’s gonna be fun.”

“Retreat?” Vi asks, having silently demolished the chips on the table during Sai and Ari’s little back-and-forth.

Ari stares at the basket, glaring at Vi.

“Yeah. My parents' winter cabin; we’re going the first weekend of the break,” he looks at Erik, “remember? The one we went to as kids.”

Erik nods, “Yeah. Course. The big one?”

He nods.

“Ari, doesn’t your dad have a cabin somewhere?”

As she always does, Vi freezes up, the final fry halfway to her mouth. She swallows tersely and puts the fry down, sitting up straight; she looks at Ari, “No.”

A chill runs through the bar.

“Right.” She turns to Ari, “Are your parents, well, Mom, going to use it after us?”

Sai shakes his head, “Probably not, I don’t actually know where Mom is. She was in Europe at some point,” He shrugs.

“You should really call her,” Vi says, “Having a good parent is such a privilege.”

Erik squeezes her thigh under the table.

He nods, “Yeah, I know. Ugh, I’ll do it on the weekend. She’s probably just at home, though, enjoying the divorce money — which she completely deserved, to be clear.”

“Haven't heard from your dad?” Erik asks.

“Nope. Don’t want to. He tried to fuck over Mom. Fuck him.”

Ari mirrors Erik, rubbing her boyfriend's leg under the table, looking up at him with a soft smile, a smile that looks strange on her face.

“Anyway, I’ll ask Mom if you guys can use the cabin and enjoy the facilities and stuff? I’m sure she’ll say yes if she’s not planning on going; she always saw you as a second son.” He grins at his best friend.

“Say hi for me.” Erik says, nodding, turning to Vi, “Would you want to?”

“Absolutely! Not even a question!” She responds with a laugh.

“Cool, I’ll let you guys know then.”

“You got us the couples package right?” Ari asks.

He nods.

She turns to the couple, “We had to pay for that, but I reckon you two sex freaks should shell out for it too. Couple massages, and all the works.”

Vi looks at Erik with a shrug, “I’m down to shell out for that.”

Erik nods, “Yeah me too. If Sai’s Mom lets us that is.”

“Of course!” She turns to Sai, “Thank you!”

He nods with a smile.

The group stay for a few more hours, watching in awe as Vi eats basket after basket of fries, downing half a shared pizza, and knocking back drink after drink; Ari is getting slowly more annoyed by Vi’s ability to eat like total shit.

“All your weight goes to your god damn fucking tits!” She eventually says, glaring at Vi’s chest, drawing a laugh from Vi, relishing in her superiority.