'Ya!!!!!'
Liyah screamed and the men stepped back leaving Mai to her own fate. Mai knelt down with her hands in the air pleading 'please, for the sake of our new found friendship, forgive me'.
Liyah tussled her hair and said to Mai 'get up and come here while I am saying it nicely'.
Mai stood up and walked towards Mai like a guilty kitten. 'Clean everything on the table before I change my mind and kill you August Maijune'.
'Yes, sir'. Mai rushed quickly to the table with a basket and started clearing the table.
Aaron pointed at the table saying 'I will go and get some fruits from the house right away'. Aaron turned to go and Kash and Leo held him saying 'we will help you carry them over'
Truth was, the men wanted to get far away from them as possible and used the excuse of getting fruits to escape.
When they finally got outside the villa, they sighed and looked at each other.
'Wow, that was close' Dr. Kash said.
'I didn't know Liyah could be so scary, even Mai was scared'. Aaron added.
'But, she looked so hot when she gave that command' Leo said and the two men beside him looked at him strangely 'what, she looked sexy'.
'Let's go and get the fruits' Aaron said and walked away towards the villa.
Liyah placed the drinks, meat and fruits on the centre table and the men pushed the sofa in the hall to one corner to make room for them as they preferred to sit down on the floor.
Everyone sat around the table and smiled feeling satisfied. Everything was just as she had always wanted. This was her first housewarming party and she wanted it to be perfect. Most of all, she wanted those close to her to have fun tonight and let go of the stress they had had to face.
The people right now with her were the ones that were for her. The ones that belonged to her. The ones that had her best interest at heart. It took her the hard way to find out about those that were for her and those that were against her.
She had received a lot of criticism for the past two months from netizens and even her former classmates. Some labelled her as the epitome of prostitution. It was during this time that she realised people were all that met the eye. Netizens managed to get access to all her social media accounts and left disgusting messages, some even sent her male private parts asking her to pick her choice.
Looking at the few people with her, she smiled and felt contented. Liyah noticed everyone was looking at her and she gave a nervous smile not knowing where to start, indeed it had been a long journey for her.
'Thank you all for coming to my housewarming party. Thank you all for everything you have done for me. Aaron, thank you so much for helping me, for not leaving my side since everything started. Thank you, Mr. Martins, you didn't even know me, yet you helped me so much. Dr. Kash, for treating me and taking care of my health. I promise to stay healthy and not bother you with any relapse. Lastly, thank you August Maijune for…'
Liyah turned and saw Mai stealing the bits of meat from the table and asked 'what are you doing, Mai?'
Everyone turned and looked at Mai and she guiltily smiled with meat in her mouth. Aaron shook his head unbelievably and Leo and Kash laughed.
'Couldn't you have just held it in for another minute?' Liyah asked.
'I don't know why, but, anytime I see pork, I lose all sense of reasoning and the only thing I think about is eating it' her honest answered cracked everyone up and they laughed.
Aaron picked a tissue and wiped the sauce from Mai's lips saying 'I should really investigate and find out if you were starved before we met. How come all you think about is meat, Mai?'
'Let her eat more, she is still growing, right Mai?' Leo Martins said and Mai nodded her head making them laugh again.
'Okay, then, let's all eat and drink. Let's have fun tonight guys'. Liyah said happily.
'Let's have fun and forget about work tonight'. Kash added.
'Guys, let's play a game after eating' Leo said.
'I'm in' said Liyah.
'Me too' said Kash.
'We're in' said Mai. Aaron looked at her and chuckled.
Liyah picked the wine bottle to pour the drink and Leo took it from her touching her hand in the process. He did it sensually brushing Liyah's hand and acted as if he didn't even do anything and immediately started pouring the wine in everyone's glass. Liyah looked at her hand that he touched and looked up at Leo and their eyes met and she quickly averted her gaze looking down at the floor nervous and flushed. Leo noticed her every act and smirked.
Mai lifted her glass to drink and Aaron snatched the glass of wine from her saying 'you, have you drank wine before?' Mai glared at him taking the glass back and said 'I bet I can hold my liquor than you. Don't underestimate me Mr. Saint'.
'Who taught you to drink, bookworm Mai? I thought badass cutie Maijune was the only one who could drink?' Leo asked and everyone turned to look at Mai.
'What? What is this I am seeing? Are you all that interested in me and my sisters' lives?'
All of them nodded at the same time making Mai stunned and she shook her head adding 'well, as you all already know. Me and my sisters are totally different from each other. But, there is one thing that runs through our veins. That is our ability to drink' everyone watched her curiously as she spoke. 'We all have our unique features, Mai like science and discovering things, August likes to live in a fantasy world where she can always be surrounded by handsome men, Maijune is like our protector. She makes the ultimate decisions when we are in danger. We help each other to heal. We know our condition very well and we know just how dangerous we can be but, still, all we just want is to be to live a normal life' Mai finished speaking as her voice laced with sadness.
Liyah reached her arms out and pulled Mai into her embrace saying 'you're not alone anymore August Maijune. I Liyah Myers promise to be your friend. Whether you are Mai, Maijune or August. Your secret is safe with all of us. Aaron will protect you, okay?'.
The men watched them with a smile.
Mai wiped her tears and picked a piece of pork saying 'assh, you just made me to tear up. Did you have to be so dramatic?' Mai asked looking at Liyah.