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‘Mate we do the same thing every damn night’, Josh complained as he sank into the sofa in our living room.
‘Someone needs a beer’, I said, coming through from the kitchen, two beers in hand.
‘You could say that’, said Josh, taking a beer gratefully and taking a swig. He ran his hand through his brown hair and sighed.
‘There’s no sign of this ending right?’, I asked as I sat down. The daily government announcement was being broadcast on the TV.
‘Not by the look of it’.
Josh and I were the only two left in our university shared house. Our other housemates had packed and left as soon as it looked like the UK would enter lockdown. We had the house to ourselves, and only each other for company.
‘What’s on TV tonight?’, I asked.
‘What is it, Wednesday? Nothing’, Josh responded.
This was the way most of our nights went. In fact it was the way most of our days went. Aside from Zoom lectures, we couldn’t leave the house for any significant amount of time, couldn’t go to the gym, couldn’t go to the pub and couldn’t see other friends. In short, we couldn’t do anything that two 19 year old guys would usually do. And there were only so many Zoom quizzes one person could stomach. We worked out every day, improvising weights with household objects, doing abs exercises, push ups and going for runs, but it wasn’t the same.
‘Shall we do something different? A board game or something?’, I suggested.
‘Only ‘cause you know I’ve got you beat at Fifa’, Josh teased.
‘Fuck off, it’s pretty even most of the time’, I protested.
‘Yeah yeah, wanna prove it?’, he asked.
I wasn’t too keen on the idea of playing FIFA for another night. Perhaps my face told Josh that, as he added, ‘spice it up?’.
‘Spice it up how?’, I asked.
‘Bit of betting? £5 says you can’t beat me’.
‘Oh come on, bet something worthwhile’, I said, and fired up the console. ‘Something more interesting than money’.
‘Loser does the washing up after dinner?’
‘Keep going’, I said.
‘You suggest something then’, Josh said.
‘How about if you concede a goal you have to take off an item of clothing. We play for 20 minutes and the overall loser of the match has to do a dare chosen by the winner’.
Josh looked at me with a grin, ‘you know you’re going to lose though?’, he asked.
‘Prove it. How many items of clothing are you wearing?’
‘Socks, jeans, t shirt and boxers, you?’
‘The same’, I said.
The game was loaded and we picked teams. I picked Manchester City, Josh Real Madrid. I wasn’t sure where my idea had come from, it was pre-planned and wasn’t something I had ever thought about. But now I had suggested it, I felt a strange excitement at the thought of Josh seeing me naked, or vice versa. We hadn’t seen each other in anything less than gym kit before, so this was a brave new world for us as friends.
‘Clear on the rules?’, I asked.
‘Crystal clear’, Josh chuckled, ‘you’re getting naked buddy’.
To be continued…
‘Someone needs a beer’, I said, coming through from the kitchen, two beers in hand.
‘You could say that’, said Josh, taking a beer gratefully and taking a swig. He ran his hand through his brown hair and sighed.
‘There’s no sign of this ending right?’, I asked as I sat down. The daily government announcement was being broadcast on the TV.
‘Not by the look of it’.
Josh and I were the only two left in our university shared house. Our other housemates had packed and left as soon as it looked like the UK would enter lockdown. We had the house to ourselves, and only each other for company.
‘What’s on TV tonight?’, I asked.
‘What is it, Wednesday? Nothing’, Josh responded.
This was the way most of our nights went. In fact it was the way most of our days went. Aside from Zoom lectures, we couldn’t leave the house for any significant amount of time, couldn’t go to the gym, couldn’t go to the pub and couldn’t see other friends. In short, we couldn’t do anything that two 19 year old guys would usually do. And there were only so many Zoom quizzes one person could stomach. We worked out every day, improvising weights with household objects, doing abs exercises, push ups and going for runs, but it wasn’t the same.
‘Shall we do something different? A board game or something?’, I suggested.
‘Only ‘cause you know I’ve got you beat at Fifa’, Josh teased.
‘Fuck off, it’s pretty even most of the time’, I protested.
‘Yeah yeah, wanna prove it?’, he asked.
I wasn’t too keen on the idea of playing FIFA for another night. Perhaps my face told Josh that, as he added, ‘spice it up?’.
‘Spice it up how?’, I asked.
‘Bit of betting? £5 says you can’t beat me’.
‘Oh come on, bet something worthwhile’, I said, and fired up the console. ‘Something more interesting than money’.
‘Loser does the washing up after dinner?’
‘Keep going’, I said.
‘You suggest something then’, Josh said.
‘How about if you concede a goal you have to take off an item of clothing. We play for 20 minutes and the overall loser of the match has to do a dare chosen by the winner’.
Josh looked at me with a grin, ‘you know you’re going to lose though?’, he asked.
‘Prove it. How many items of clothing are you wearing?’
‘Socks, jeans, t shirt and boxers, you?’
‘The same’, I said.
The game was loaded and we picked teams. I picked Manchester City, Josh Real Madrid. I wasn’t sure where my idea had come from, it was pre-planned and wasn’t something I had ever thought about. But now I had suggested it, I felt a strange excitement at the thought of Josh seeing me naked, or vice versa. We hadn’t seen each other in anything less than gym kit before, so this was a brave new world for us as friends.
‘Clear on the rules?’, I asked.
‘Crystal clear’, Josh chuckled, ‘you’re getting naked buddy’.
To be continued…