Question time

Rain continued. "And if you are raising your hands to ask a direct question or follow-up question, you'll be paying for two bottles of beer." 

"What a businesswoman!" Chris said in amusement. 

"You've snapped out of it now?" Rachel turned to ask him. 

"What?" 

"Your foul mood earlier," She mentioned.

He couldn't pretend like their words hadn't gotten to him and made him feel a little depressed. So as usual, he just shrugged. 

"Aren't you going to ask them any questions?" Chris asked when the waiter in charge of sharing the pieces of paper for them to write their questions passed their table, and Rachel did not stop him. 

She shook her head. "I'm sure these people are going to ask him everything I have been curious about." She said, laughing as she looked around, just as Chris did too. Surprisingly, or maybe not, many people were asking for a piece of paper. Ladies and guys alike. 

Questions started flying around. 

Chris kept his gaze on the three friends on the stage who were whispering to each other and laughing at whatever they were saying. 

He looked particularly at Sky. He was sure that if he had known Sky when he was still in high school, they definitely would have hooked up. Whether Sky was gay or straight, he would have taken his time to seduce him. 

As if Sky knew someone was having a nasty thought about him, he looked in Chris's direction, and when their eyes met, Chris tried to cover his embarrassment at being caught blatantly ogling him. So he winked at Sky, who surprisingly winked back, looking amused. Chris could not help but let out an embarrassed laugh as he looked away, his eyes meeting Rachel's, who was staring intensely. 

"What?" He asked her in a defensive tone. 

"Stop flirting with him in my presence." She said seriously, startling him. 

"I... didn't."

"You have been." She frowned. "You're making me want to ship you two." 

"I didn't—wait, what?" He asked, his defensive tone turning into confusion. 

She laughed. "You two have got quite a chemistry. He's probably more into you than he'll ever be for me."

"And you're not mad about it? Not that I think what you said is correct, though."

"Why would I be mad?" 

"Because you like him?" He reminded her. 

"Yes. And so? We don't date everyone we like. Besides, I know nothing would ever happen between us. He wasn't even interested in talking to me unless it was about something that concerned us both."

"I'm a catch. You won't blame him if he falls for me." He winked. 

She let out a loud laugh. "In your dreams. You may have chemistry. But you and I know that won't happen."

He laughed. He knew that too. 

"The first question...." The two of them turned their attention to the stage, and at the same time, the noise died down and the music toned down.

Rain read out the first note into the mic.

"'Who keeps to himself more?' Oh... what an interesting question. Now, let's count."

The crowd counted.

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Both Noel and Henry pointed at Sky, while Sky was still confused about who to point at.

His expression was quite funny, and Chris couldn't stop his snort as the others laughed. 

Sky was handed a shot, which he hesitantly drank and winced a bit while grumbling about this being unfair. 

Chris wondered how it was possible that Sky was the type who kept to himself. Weren't narcissists always talking about themselves? 

"Second question..." Rain continued. 

"Among you three, who is an exhibitionist?"

The crowd exclaimed excitedly before the countdown began. 

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Sky was quick this time and pointed at Noel. Henry also pointed at Noel, while Noel just shrugged and rolled his eyes, not arguing. 

Again... why wasn't it Sky? 

Chris wondered as he watched Noel accept his drink with pride, but he figured that was probably correct because he had barely gotten to see a piece of Sky's skin.

Next question. "Who flirts more?" 

"Ah! This one is so easy." Henry said with a smirk, and Sky nodded in agreement before the crowd counted.

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Sky pointed at Henry but looked surprised when the other two pointed at him. 

"No!" he cried.

"Yes! You literally flirt with anything that breathes." Henry pointed out. 

"Even animals. He flirted with my cat until she hated seeing him." Noel added, amusing the crowd while Sky tried to explain what had actually happened, but no one was paying him any mind. Instead, he was handed his shot. 

Chris completely agreed with this one. Sky was very flirty. And for some reason, he was a little disappointed that it was his default habit. 

Next questions. "Who has dated more people?"

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Noel just chuckled as the other two pointed at him. 

This time, the happiness was clearly seen on Sky's face as he escaped this round. 

"That's surprising," Chris muttered to himself, and many customers felt the same way because they had just assumed Sky would be it. 

Next question. 

"Who is more likely to be a possessive and jealous lover?" 

Chris took note of Sky's defeated sigh, and he understood when the other two pointed at Sky after the countdown. 

"Very accurate!" Rain said, laughing. 

Sky didn't argue this time and obediently had his drink. 

A female customer raised her hand to ask a follow-up question, and after she paid for two beers, Rain gave her the go-ahead.

"You're already super SUPER hot. Why would you get jealous?" She asked, her eyes practically stripping Sky naked right there. 

"Uhm... not as hot as you though." Sky flashed her a smile while his two friends and sister gestured at him as though saying, "See what we were just talking about?" 

The crowd bellowed into laughter and even Sky laughed before covering his face with a hand. 

"Okay, okay," he said, getting the attention of the crowd.

"I guess most of you must not have realized it... but I'm not completely perfect—"

Chris scoffed loudly as he watched Sky resume his adorable character for the swooning ladies. 

"... I know it's kind of toxic. But I easily get jealous, so I wouldn't like my partner to pay attention to anyone else except for me." 

And the crowd went...

"Aww..."

"That is so adorable."

"I promise I'll only have eyes for me."

"You can possess me as much as you want, daddy."

"Let's be toxic together." 

Seeing Chris' annoyed facial expression from all the comments in the crowd, Rachel let out a guffaw. 

"You'll get used to it." She promised him.