"Karma is a bitch. It becomes more vigilant if you turn a little naughty."

- Anonymous

The liquid in Xerus' throat shot up into his nasal passage and out of his nose, causing the tiles beneath him to pool.

The repercussion in which the torturous burning sensation that lingered after, throttled him, expecially when he seeked to speak immediately.

"Rape?!" He exclaimed without noticing his face was wet from the ejaculation of orange juice through his nose.

He stood up from the burgundy couch in a swift motion before tossing his glass next to Theo's feet, leaving small shards of glass on his best friend's extortionate leather shoe.

"Was it Derek? Felix?" He paced back and forth, eyes roaming everywhere with jumbled thoughts.

"It gotta be damn Ricardo. Must be him. Then again, it could be that itchy dick, Felix," He assumed, running his hand through his hair so viciously, Theo wouldn't be surprise if he went bald.

"Answer me, Theo! Who the fuck was it?!" Xerus hated Theo for prolonging his incredulous suspicion over his mates with Theo's sangfroid character.

It made Xerus feel like he brought the news here just to create drama, put it all on his shoulder and walk right out on the situation. He knew it wasn't in Theo's blood to do so but it certainly seemed like it.

Theo eyed the sweating maids and nerve-wrecked butlers before turning his gaze back to Xerus, insinuating him to make them leave.

"All of you out. Now," He ordered, eyes locked with Theo's.

Just the thought of himself knowing who it was as soon as the last servant step out of the room made his nose flare.

An inferno was about to devour Xerus' rampant being anytime now. How foolish of them to break the rules over and over like it was written on a child's magnetic drawing board, erasing and replacing with their own however they wish!

It was as if they were sending him an indirect message.

A message of betrayal.

A message of perfidious.

A message of rebellion.

Providing that, the symbol of disrespecting the venerated one slapped him hard in his conceited face, as well as his ass and everywhere else.

Furthermore, as much as Xerus despised women, he couldn't bear to tolerate rape. For that, he made them all oathed to make up to the women who they violated if that ever happened. And, that day must be today.

As soon as the hefty, superior double door shut, Xerus carried on, instead with much more vexation. "So?! Tell me now!"

Theo, on the other hand, didn't give much thought to how much he was aggravating his best friend. He held up a finger as he reached into his pocket for another round of tobacco.

Xerus smacked his cigarette away. "For fuck sake! No smoking in my room! Told you a motherfucking million times, Theo, I hate the stench!" He exclaimed, blowing off the roof that kept them sheltered from the rain outside.

Looking at the annoyingly chilled pale brown haired boy, coolly having his legs crossed and monotonous responses, he had enough.

These past nights, he had suffered an eternal attack of mulligrub, he really didn't want to be involved with more idiotic issues.

He didn't wish to get a stroke at such a young age, an advice by many. However, something was obstructing him to do so or rather, someone.

The girl he bumped at Lust was every reason to be blamed for.

The reason he missed school and his members took an advantage of it, the excruciatingly painful headaches from the horrifying memories she had cast upon him and the sole cause of his favourite juice to splatter on his squeaky clean floor.

He waved his hand, giving Theo his back. "You know what? I'm not interested. Whoever or whatever it is, you're my right hand man. You can help settle this. I have much much more important things to deal with." He poured himself another glass of orange, dropping the subject into dust.

"Like drowing your blood in orange, thinking about a girl?"

Xerus knocked over the jug. Was he serious? As soon as he decided to come back to life, he caught him off guard reading through him?

"Oh, I for one thought it was a corpse on my davenport." Xerus made a strenuous effort to brush off Theo's question.

Theo's lip curled slightly for that split second, looking at the spilled juice. Xerus noticed this. "FYI, accidents does exist."

Theo only smiled while nodding. Surely, he had been right. If it wasn't for a massive distraction as such, Xerus would have burnt the culprit that crashed his vital rules, literally.

He was showing so much mercy today. In fact, too much for Theo's liking.

He was sure the man standing before him was the furthest from being his boon companion. "So are accidents why you didn't attend for school yesterday too?" He pressured Xerus.

Xerus lips parted. "I had a freaking colic. Sympathise me a lil, will ya?" He flat out lied.

Theo nodded slightly again before letting Xerus off. "So I presume that girl would be us, Thieves' priority for a month or so?" He reminded their oath.

Xerus shook his head. "A week will do. All she gets, all she needs." He downed a mouthful of his drink, eyes wondering at the magnificent peacock on the ceiling, pondering over a detrimental punishment for who he assumed the culprit was.

"Hey, didn't the twins told us about their father wanting to fly to Korea to finalise that enormous deal with their President?" Theo inclined his head in agreement.

"Something about plane purchasing?" Xerus recalled.

Theo sighed a laugh. "President Kim dealt two million supersonic aircraft with Uncle Princeton," he made clear.

"Great. Do whatever it takes to cancel the contract. If he demands twenty times the amount, give him. If he wants endless girls, gift him. Whatever that President desire, we will triple everything. I just want it cancelled. And, if the twins have anything to say to me. They are welcome to visit me anytime." He held his arms out, an eyebrow cocked as he sunk back into his seat. "I dare them." He sipped his glass, eyes so frigid, it resembled a blizzard.

Just when Xerus was finally starting to lull himself, Theo told him the truth. "It was all three of them. Derek was the worst." He pictured the helpless girl when he finished his words.

And there it went, the second glass of orange juice came colliding with the marbled tiles, splitting into half, once again spattering Theo's and even his own shoe.

"Hinder every single one of his card and freeze any fucking transactions and business deals whether its IN or OUT of this God forsaken country! Make him homeless for all I care!"

The chef who was whipping scrumptious dinner flinched and burnt his pinky, the guards outside half thought they were hearing the wrath of Zeus and the tumultuous roar of Xerus even took the unresponsive Theo by surprise, one of the reason being the closest one to him.

As if on cue, a vivid lightning illuminated from the window followed by a cracking boom, making Xerus' raging remark even more malicious.

A few minutes clocked by before Xerus tore the silent air again.

"Okay even you have to admit that was unbelievably hot."

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