Beneath The Binding

Part 1 : Chapter 3

 The act was finally over, and the 2 could relax in their rooms. At first, they sat in silence just playing a simple game of cards until Damon broke the silence.

"So...you think the performance went okay? Next time we should lengthen-"

Damon stopped when he was interrupted by Niko who butted in,

"We're just not going to talk about what happened...I mean if you don't want to talk about it-"

"Look it's not that I don't want to address what just happened, but it's illegal what happened...i dont know how far we can take this without getting caught, damn it niko, I just don't want you to get hurt if we get caught."

Niko after serious thought, started to fidget and twitch a little as usual with his anxiety but then started to shake and finally got up when he noticed Damon staring concernedly.

"Let's go to our hideout, Nomad." Nomad was a nickname for the damon, that niko gave damon as kids but it hasn't been said in such a long time. Damon looked at niko like he saw the door open by itself, but decided to go along as niko started to pace the room in small circles trying to cool himself down.

"Alright you got it, Okin!" Niko's childhood nickname. The 2 walked slowly side by side to the secret room. In reality, the two boys grew up together and could never get alone, what with everyone asking them whether or not the jewels and magic entities of the resources were forged or real, it was as though they could never breathe by themselves, even at their own house with all the maids and other family members running around. The hall they paced slowly down was behind a painting, a big canvas with simple muted shapes, but behind it was a chiseled tunnel that smelled damp and had water dripping from the top. It felt a lot smaller now that Niko is 16, and Damon is 17. Last time they ever walked through there was when they were 14 and barely taller than the painting itself. Damon and Niko picked up their speed slightly and as the tunnel got a little narrower and widened in height, it pushed the 2 closer and their knuckles touched, then their fingers, and somehow they were holding hands now. When they finally arrived, the room was big enough for 2 beds, a small kitchen and a small game table possibly. It was the size of an average modern dorm room without a bathroom. Niko walked straight to the bed that was in there and flopped on top with a sigh. Damon went behind a tall countertop that looked a lot like a bar and snatched a bottle desperately, labeled "protein shake" with a paper wrapped around and written in bright colors, which anyone with more than a brain cell could tell it was not a protein shake whatsoever. Damon reached for glasses and poured a small amount of the bottle into the lower half of each and a dark red poured out from it. Damon handed the glass of wine to Niko and he gulped half of it down, winced, and finished the rest.

"Slow down there, you're gonna get drunk quickly if you do it too fast!" Damon said in shock.

"Tell me...what exactly can I do fast again?"