Attract and Repel
Zakai rushed to the room where his gang members were busy with Scorn’s allotted works.
He sat down near them and got busy.
Soon it was dawn and about 9 they were ready with the work.
Zakai grabbed the paperwork and went to Scorn’s office.
KNOCK!!
KNOCK!!
“Get in!” Scorn answered.
He was sitting on his chair scanning some documents.
“Boss!
Here’s the work.
We made the lists and also highlighted the previous records that seemed dubious.” Zakai kept the documents on the table.
“Thanks!
Where will you all have dinner?” Scorn asked removing his spectacles from his eyes.
“We’ll order take-outs when we reach our place.” Zakai answered lowering his head.
“Ok!
Why don’t you order here and eat now.
I know your boys would be starving and my boys are already having dinner.
You all can join them” Scorn suggested.
“Umm…Thanks for your kindness.
But we already made the order, boss” Zakai apologized.
Zakai wanted to get out of that place before he has any encounter with Opel.
“Let your men mix with my people.
It’ll help them to bond.”
Zakai couldn’t deny further.
He simply nodded his head.
Inside his mind, everything was in chaos.
He was hoping that he doesn’t meet Opel there or else if he starts talking about him getting inside Opel’s room, everyone would assume things.
TRING!!
TRING!!!~~~~~~~ TRING!!
TRING!!!
Suddenly Scorn’s landline phone rang.
“Yes!” “Are you sure?” “Wait!
Don’t go alone.
That place is out of our territory so take someone with you.
But the boys are having dinner right now.
Wait for them.” “What?
No!
Stay there.
They’ll finish soon” “Don’t be reckless.
They’ll finish their dinner in on time.
Wait for them.”
“Boss!
If you don’t mind, I can go.
My men are already waiting outside.” Zakai proposed thinking it would be a good opportunity to be on Scorn’s good side and also get an excuse to stay away from Opel.
“Are you sure?”
Zakai nodded.
Scorn held the phone close and spoke, “I’m sending someone right now.
Take care of him.” Then he kept the phone and cut the call.
Scorn looked at Zakai and spoke, “The person is waiting outside the gate.
Don’t take your men with you.
Let them return back to your place.”
“Ok boss!
But who is he, boss?
Do I know him?” Zakai asked.
“Of course he’s from my gang otherwise no one has access to this landline.
Only a few of my people has this number.
But since he called here, I can’t find out who the person is.” Scorn answered.
Zakai nodded his head and went out.
As suggested, Zakai asked his members to have a shared dinner with Scorn’s people and he himself went outside the main gate of the safe house.
There he saw a black car with its engine ‘on’.
As he walked towards the car, he recognized it was a Merce*es Benz G-Class usually owned by syndicates and high-level bosses.
Its military grade boxy frame with heavy ballistic armoring stood out to him.
He went near the car adoring those efficient features and then grabbed the exterior door handle.
Before opening the door, he brushed the chest of his coat and folded the collar of his shirt.
Then with minimum effort, he pulled the door handle and opened the door.
“——–“Zakai was in complete shock when he saw the person sitting on the driver’s seat.
He literally froze.
His left eye twitched all of a sudden.
It was Opel inside the car who was also shocked to see him.
“Why are you here?”
“——–” Zakai was brain dead.
Nothing came out from his mouth as he was too surprised to even think.
The reason he wanted to do this work was purely to stay away from the same person that he has to stay with now.
Zakai hesitatingly got inside.
Sitting down he closed the door and put on the seat belt.
On the other hand, Opel kept staring at Zakai.
He couldn’t believe that Zakai offered to help him by his own.
Then suddenly he flashbacked to the time when Scorn suddenly messaged him to call him over the landline.
He giggled softly thinking about scheming Scorn.
“Shall we move?” Opel asked.
Zakai nodded.
The car started to move.
Zakai kept on staring at the interior design of the car.
The mood soon lifted from a rather uneasiness to a comfortable one.
Opel’s eyes were focused on the road while Zakai looked left and right, up and down admiring the beauty of the car.
GROWWWLLLLL!!!
Suddenly Zakai’s stomach rumbled making a funny sound which was louder and easier to hear in the quiet environment inside the car.
He immediately grabbed his stomach with both his hands and peeked at Opel who was giggling the whole time.
The car stopped and Opel went out.
Zakai followed him.
They stopped near a stall.
When the owner of the stall asked what they wanted, Opel looked at Zakai.
“Anything is fine.” Zakai replied timidly.
“But you never like when someone brings something for you without asking you.
Is it ok if I order food for you?” Opel asked him.
Zakai pressed his lips and nodded his head.
“Then you go and sit on the empty chair.
I’ll bring the dishes.”
Zakai and Opel had their food and soon they went inside the car and sat.
This time Opel grabbed Zakai’s hand all of a sudden and placed an ointment on his palm.
Zakai realized that it was the same ointment he kept inside Opel’s room the same afternoon.
“Can you put that on me?”
Zakai looked at Opel with astonished face.
“Now?
Here?” He looked to his left and right.
“Yes!
It will get worse if I don’t apply today.
I was busy the whole day and I can’t apply it on my back.
Won’t you help me?” Opel kept staring at Zakai directly into his eyes.
Zakai lowered his head and nodded.
Instantly Opel opened his coat and threw it at the back seat of his car.
Then he started unbuttoning his shirt, revealing his collar bone first and then the chest.
Zakai gulped staring at his robust body.
“Strip off!”Something foolish slipped out of Zakai’s mouth that made both of them shock as well as abashed.