My Childhood Friend

Chapter 34: Speechless

I passed by the training ground and I can hear my best friend laughing, as well as his mentor. I slowly opened the door and peeked with one eye. My lips curled into a sweet smile when I saw the Asian boy doing backflips and frontflips.

I closed the door and continued to walk, unfortunately, Glitch saw me through the window. He shouted my name and I looked at him in surprise and he signed me to come over.

Initially, I shook my head but he kept calling me. I sighed deeply and stood in front of the door.

"Ok… just calm down…" I whispered. I entered inside slowly and closed the door behind me.

I swerved and saw the young protégé smiling. I walked to him and gave out a nervous grin.

"Just sit over there…" he said softly and pointed at the floor in front of the mirror. I obeyed and positioned myself into an Indian seat stance. I turned my back from the mirror and looked up to my best friend.

"Awright from the top." Said the crew leader and played the music.

I watched my best friend the whole time and didn't notice that I smiled and blushed. I almost forgot how talented Glitch was. I haven't seen him breakdancing and doing stunts for a while. I rested my head on the mirror and stared at him.

The music stopped and Glitch jumped with joy. "Did you see that? Did you see what I did?" asked the young protégé to his mentor.

I giggled and covered my mouth to hide it. Mo patted his young protégé's back and said, "Wanna do it again?"

"Yeah! I want it to be perfect." He replied and grinned.

They did their dance duo again and I'm not getting tired of glancing at their dance steps specially the Asian boy.

After a few minutes, the song finished and my best friend sat beside me while panting. Mo was about to leave when he reminded Glitch, "Oh right, yo Glitch! We'll work on your head spins after awright? Just gonna give yo a few minutes to rest."

"Cool!" said the dance genius simply.

The African-American dancer left, leaving the two of us in the room. My best friend was wet with sweat and I took out my handkerchief from my pocket and wiped his face. Glitch froze as he stared at me. Then I wiped the back of his neck and his back after.

"Wanna get you some water?" I asked and my best friend nodded without a word.

I stood up and and went to the water dispenser. I went back and saw my best friend taking off his shirt. I blushed madly and tried to avoid his face.

As for being the shortest out of all the crew members, he has a muscular built. I can't even notice it if he didn't take off his shirt. He has perfect, lethal six pack abs. I tried to obviate gazing at it but I can't help it. I sat behind him and gave the glass of water without glimpsing.

My best friend gave out a smirk and took the water and drank it. He put the glass on the floor beside him and wiped his mouth. He handed out his shirt and asked me to wipe his back again.

I nodded shyly and complied. I didn't talk, which made Glitch a little curious, for a while. He turned around and I rubricated.

"What?" he asked and tilted his head. "Come on… like this is the first time you saw me without a shirt."

My shyness was now in the danger zone and I just want to run but I thought that I'll be embarrassed. Plus, I don't know what I'll say after.

"H- Huh? No- I- I…" I said bashfully and fondled my hands.

Glitch chuckled and he put his shirt back on and said, "There.. Don't be shy now…" he whispered and brushed my hair out of my face and slowly lifted my chin.

"Hey…" he murmured heartily but I still didn't look. He uttered a light laugh and he laid down on my lap and glimpsed at my face.

"Am I a stranger to you?" Glitch continued but I didn't answer. "Did I got your tongue?" he added and laughed.

"Ha,ha…" I said irritatedly shyly. "Not funny."

"Finally!" he exclaimed and pinched my nose.

Instantaneously, Mo entered the room and saw us. He smiled secretly and cleared his throat. Glitch jumped and abruptly straightened himself and coughed a couple of times.

"I- I'm ready." He stammered.

"Uh—huh.." responded Mo with a sly grin. "Are you sure or I'm inter-"

"No Mo…" warned Glitch using his mad tone, "Let's get this over with bro. I wanna go home after."

"Sure, sure I understand…. You want to-"

"Mo!" yelled the young protégé and his naughty mentor laughed. First, Mo was teaching the basic steps and positions for the head spin. The young protégé's mentor demonstrated it after and I was amazed.

He's doing a head spin that also made my head spin. It was Glitch's turn and I was rather nervous about him. I propped my chin on my kneecaps and stared at my best friend.

"Here goes nothing…" said the dance genius and did the starting position.

Mo assisted his young protégé initially and unfortunately Glitch failed a couple of times. After an hour or so, he did his first head spin, sort of.

I would bury my face on my knees whenever I'll see Glitch fall. I heard my best friend groaned and repeated the stunt again.

"Dude, you'll have to practice. There's no rush needed." Explained his mentor while shaking his head. "You're also like this when I was teaching you the flips."

"Nah… I got this…" my best friend said simply and tried again.

"AND that's what you said to me the last time." Added his mentor and scratched his head.

Glitch did try and… failed. Lying on the floor, my best friend scratched his head madly and I giggled. I stood up and walked to the dance genius. He covered his face with his hands and didn't notice I was beside him.

I stood astride Glitch and bent my back forward. Glitch noticed that it became darker so he removed his hands. His eyes widened when he saw me grinning at him. He's lying there like a stone while gazing at me.

"You're hurting yourself, homie…" I said with a light laugh and added, "An Asian dance genius told me that I should take everything step by step." I added and winked.

Glitch scratched his head and grinned sheepishly. I reached out a hand and he grabbed it. I helped him to stand up and the young protégé tried it again, but this time, he's focusing every step and every position thoroughly.

It's already two in the afternoon and me and my best friend haven't eaten our lunch yet but I was not really that hungry. The Asian boy was soaked with sweat and I searched for a towel for him to use. He rested for a while and I, again, wiped his upper body.

Panting, Glitch rested his head on the mirror and glanced at me and said, "You should eat…"

"WE should eat." I corrected and wiped his wet face. "Imma go out and buy us lunch."

"Ask Layla to com-"

"I'll be fine Glitch." I interrupted and brushed the Asian boy's dark hair. "I'll be back soon. There's a near (your favorite food branch) here"

"Ok… Always hold your-"

"Phone, yes" I said with a grin and giggled. "See yah."