Page 82 of Game on, Love
OPENING THE FRONT DOOR,I could hear the bass of the loud, creepy music playing in the theatre room.
Raina groaned softly. “They still aren’t done.”
“It’s the last one. Vedant said they’ll be done around this time.” I whispered before leaning closer to her. “You want to scare them?”
A glint flickered in her eyes as she turned to me.
“Yes,” She said it in such an obvious tone, like how it was even a question that made me chuckle. “Let’s wait for it to end, though.”
I grinned, completely chuffed that she was in on it. Locking the door behind her, we tiptoed our way to the top of the stairs, the muffled sounds echoing the first floor.
“Why would you go in there—you idiot!” Rihaan’s exasperated voice was barely audible as we reached the top of the stairs, and Raina had to cover her mouth to stop herself from laughing.
Nudging her into her room, I whispered. “What’s the plan?”
“Give me your phone,” she replied, and without asking, I slid it out of my pocket and handed it to her. She connected my phone to the home theatre, and I held my breath, expecting it to announce it like it always did, but as the loud bang from the movie filled the hallway at the same time, I relaxed.
As we waited for the movie to end, we placed our stuff on the ground and Raina looked up creepy sounds while I watched the theatre room.
After a couple of minutes, three shadows appeared on the floor, and I waved to her. She moved behind me, now holding Milo, and we watched them all leave with a half-traumatised expression caused by whatever gore-filled endingthey’d watched. “Rihaan, this was literally the worst one you could’ve picked to end on.”
“I agree. Why do you have to pick the most random ones? There was no plot.”
Rihaan gave his older brothers a stupid look. “The plot was it was ascarymovie.”
“And yet,youwere the only one calling them idiots,” Vedant muttered, rubbing his temple.
“I’m not driving back after that. And I can’t even crash in the guest room,” Dev glared at Rihaan.
I looked over at Raina, raising a brow in question, and she gave me a nod, her eyes glimmering with mischief.
I had to press my lips from laughing as a chill-seeking rattling sound launched from the home speakers, echoing through the whole house. But Raina went a step ahead as she used the central lighting of the house to turn off all the lights.
“What the fuck—”
Raina turned on the lights in a flickering effect, and I caught the identical look on the faces. They all were frozen with an expression that said they were ready to bolt, and I couldn’t hold it in anymore. My laugh spilt out of me rapidly, and I felt Raina slap my back in an attempt to make me stop.
“Raina?” Dev called out, now mildly irritated but still clearly flustered.
I felt Raina release Milo in their direction, who raced to their feet, making the three of them jump. The chaos that followed after was exactly what I’d hoped for and had me falling to the ground, completely losing it.
Vedant shouted something incomprehensible as he tripped, making Milo hiss at Rihaan, who then yelped as he tried to get away while Dev cursed under his breath. I propelled myself using my arms, leaning back on the wall as I laughed, while Raina was laughing so hard I doubted if she could breathe.
“Oh mygod,” She said in between her laughs, wiping a few tears that had streaked down her cheek.
“Fucking hell,” Vedant clutched his chest like he’d just survived a near-death experience as she turned the lights back to normal.
Dev just shook his head, his eyes still wide. “That was…you two are insane.”
“Oh, you guys have no idea how long I’ve wanted to do that,” I held my stomach, and the three annoyed gazes that were directed at Raina turned into a full-on glares towards me.
“This was your idea?” Rihaan asked as he frowned.
“Hey, it’s you three who wanted to have a full horror experience. Don’t blame us for giving you a taste of your own medicine,” Raina grinned. “Maybe this will teach you not to watch scary movies alone.”
“When I suggested you two do something together, I didn’t mean send us to an early grave,” Vedant scoffed, and she stuck her tongue out, walking towards them. My gaze followed her as she picked up Milo, but what caught my attention was the way Rihaan looked at me. His eyes were bouncing between me and his sister with a frown before he muttered something about going to bed, and I sighed.
I’d said to Raina that I had no intention of choosing between her and her brother, and I had every right to keep my word. I just maybe didn’t take into account that even though she chose to believe, he might not.