School just ended and I was walking with Malik, theres something with him it looks like he wants to tell me something.
"Hey johan my parents aren't home today, do you mind if i come over to your place to hang out?"
"Sure? Wait why are your parents not at home right now?"
"Well my dad is on a buissness trip this week and my mom is out in town to go shopping."
"Ah... Let me ask my parents because i don't think they're home either at that time."
I called my mom and she immediatly agreed, she always seems eager whenever I do any basic act of socialization, I mean is my situation that bad?
"Malik, my mom said yes you can come over."
"YEAH! You know what?"
"Yeah what?"
"I knew this would happen so i brought that game you wanted to play!"
"Damn, you sure know me well."
.....
"Wow its the first time i come to your place johan!"
"Welcome, sorry if my room looks shabby i didn't think i'd get any guests today."
"Well... Can i see the baby?"
"What ba-... Oh alexis."
"Hm so his name is Alexis"
"Yeah, you can't see him right now my mom took him with her."
"Dang it!"
"Anyways lets play now, do you remeber how you always said you beat me up? Let's see how you do now!"
"Haha, Johan you don't know, but im basically a pro at fighting games!"
We played for a good while, the athmosphere became more and more tense as we picked up the game's controlls.
Well im always serious over games but it was my first time seeing Malik this petty!
"Ah fuck this! Why is the hitbox this bad i paid 40 euros for this game!"
"Come on stop complaining were playing the same game right now."
"Whatever Johan, also stop playing like that your hiding in a corner how am i supposed to get you if you play like a pussy like this"
"Play like a what?"
"A pussy. Thats what i said, got any problems with that?"
This was probably the 100th game we had that day or something so i can get why he was frustrated but Malik usualy doesnt say things like that so that took me off guard
i stood up
"Malik, what did you just say to me"
Malik stood up too
"Hey now, whats wrong do you realy plan on making that big of a deal? You realy are a pussy after all!"
Malik's pretty tall for our age last time he measured he was 185cm, but im only 4 centimeters shorter than him and i dont plan on letting him win this face off!
"Whats with the swear words? You're pretty pissed off today huh~?"
I said this to joke around but i dont think it landed, Malik was having none of it.
"Johan, I realy want to punch you right now."
He turned his back to me and was about to leave my room...
...and i don't know what came up to my mind at that moment...
...but it looks like my ego felt bruised—
and i did not want to let him go off like that
so i pushed him pretty hard.
"Hey! where the fuck are you going like that?"
He turned around with a determined look on his face, at this point i knew that there was only one way out of this.
Grabs me by the collar
"Johan you know this is your house, it would be unfortunate if I were to beat the shit out of you right there."
Blinded by anger I threw the first punch.
It wasn't the first time me and malik fought, though the last time did happen a long time ago.
"Fine lets fucking do this!" he says while holding the shoulder I just hit
Malik is a tough guy, hes tall , strong and nobody messes with him at school.
But what people dont know is that i actually won most of the fights we had together and today was no exeption.
"Fuck!" Grunting
"We're going to see today malik! You said you would beat me up huh?"
-This time I think I went too far...
i dont know how long we fough but by the end of it we were both bleeding...
and it looks like I made malik cry.
Once again i fucked up bigtime!
"O-oh man are you crying i didnt meant to go that far?"
"W-why do you always do this?..." sniffle
And almost like fate decided to punish me instantly—
My mom came back from shopping.
coincidentaly my brother was crying too.
"Hey alex stop crying" mom says
"Were go-... Johan!?" she looks shocked
At that moment she crumbled, sitting on the ground and holding her face.
Yeah... i realy fucked up.
"W-wait i can explain!" i said franticaly
Malik took his bag and came out running.
i dont think he wanted to explain anything to my mom
"Johan why do you keep doing this to your friend? What happened isn't he nice enough? Thats why your father kept him from coming over all this time..."
"Im sorry mom-.."
"Dont you dare johan... Its not me who you should be apologizing to."
Alexis stopped crying and was staring at me intensly as if he was waiting for me to act...
so i got up and ran as fast as i could hoping that i could catch up to malik.
Pant-pant
"Fuck-why isn't he answering the phone.."
Well I knew why...
but at that point I was probably too tired to think.
...
After running for a while I saw him in the park next to the elementary school we used to go to.
catching my breath -
"Hey malik, you sure run fast it took me a while to get there!..."
"what do you want now, was it fun to you? To humiliate me like that?" he replied
I did not answer...
because I think i would have made him even more mad than he already was.
"Aren't you going to say something?" He adds
after a long pause i finnaly spoke
"Im sorry, I didnt mean all of this. I mean yeah I did punch you and all but you know i don't want us to be fighting like that, im realy sorry."
" One."
"Huh? One what malik?"
"Ill give you one punch and we will be even after that."
I hesitated for a second...
but i couldnt risk our friendship.
"Ok fine , here i am you can pun-.."
—as soon as i spoke he struck me with all his might.
He must've been realy angry.
I was laying on the ground looking up at the sky...
when he held out his hand to me.
"We're even now, get up johan."
Grunt
"-Fuck, you realy hit me hard..."
"Haha~ you know that felt quite good" smirking
"Sure did for you..."
...
I came back home with Malik and my mom was waiting at the doorstep, she didn't seem that mad anymore, i guess she noticed that me and malik made up.
"Alright kids get back inside I prepared something for you to eat-... Actually no before that you both will take a shower and change your clothes..."
As the adrenaline started to wear off I realized Malik did hit me pretty hard...
and my shirt was ruined from the fight.
I also had blood driping out of my nose.
...
We were sitting around the table eating pastas.
My mom cook pasta with a special tomato sauce that taste so good, Im sure Malik is going to love it!.
"Uh sorry ma'am, i cant eat meat from the convenience store..."
Right... Malik is muslim if the meat is not certified Halal he can't eat it.
"Oh thats alright I took those steaks from the brand your mother buys, Its cheaper and has 2 extra steaks in the pack!" my mom said proudly
My familly is not realy religious so halal or not halal isn't that big of a difference.
"Malik, your face is all bruised, you can't go to school like this can you?" asked my mom
"Dont worry ma'am! Ill just tell everyone it happened during a sparring at the gym!" he replied
Malik practices mma in a gym downtown, I heard that he is pretty good but I don't know much about martial arts.
...
"All right Malik its getting late so ill drop you off, take your stuff and go put it in the backseat" Said my mom
"All right!... Bye johan see you tommorow!"
"Oh wait didn't you pay a lot to buy this game aren't you going to take it back?" I said
"Oh... Uh well I dont like this game anymore you can keep it..."
Right...
I think I know why he hates this game...