"Kevin!" Lousie greeted the two as they entered the apartment, grabbing Kevin and giving him a big hug. She was very similar to Kevin, with brown, chestnut hair and a round face. "How you doing, cuz?"
"Please don't call me cuz. And I'm doing fine. As are you, looking at it." Kevin looked around the spacious flat. It wasn't exactly the nicest looking place, but as someone who had been living in Student Halls, it seemed so big and, well, big.
Louise grinned. "Well, when you share a flat with five people, you tend to need all the space you can get."She looked at the human beefcake next to Kevin. "And you must be Brick?"
"Umm... Yeah, that's..." Brick mumered, looking away from her.
"Are you Ok?" Louise said, getting closer to him. "You haven't caught anything, have you?"
Kevin cleared his throat. "I think he's a bit embarassed, because..." He pointed down at Louise's chest. She was only wearing a bra on her upper half.
Louise turned bright red. "Oh my god, I'm so sorry. I was in the middle of getting changed, then Nadia said that you were here and I was excited to see you and I didn't think and... And..." She paused, before running off.
Kevin had tears in his eyes as he tried not to laugh. He looked to Brick. "Y'know, out of the two of you, you're definitely cuter with the blushing."
"Dude, fuck you!" Brick lashed out, as Louise returned, now with a university sweater on. "Oh, hey. You dressed."
"Yeah, I wasn't planning on going out like that."
Brick began blushing again. "So are you going out in that?"
Kevin groaned. "Brick, remember what I just said? We're at pre-drinks. Louise is still getting ready."
"Ooh! Is this your first prinks?" Louise said.
"Prinks?" Bricks repeated.
"It's what idiots call pre-drinks." Kevin said.
"Oi!" Louise yelled. "It's smaller, it's one word, it's smarter."
"If you say so cuz." Kevin patted Bricks back. "Anyway, yeah, this is Bricks first "PrInKs"." He mangled the word on purpose.
Louise ignored him. "Oh my god, that's so cute! You're a virgin!"
Brick turned redder then Kevin had ever seen. He tried not to laugh at his friend. "Anyway, Louise, where we setting up?"
"Well, I'm still getting ready in Nadia's room, so is Jess. Nadia finished a while a go, so she's in the kitchen with Ben and Sang. You two go there, say hello. I'm going to continue to get ready.Oh, and shoes off, flat rule."
With that, Louise ran back to her room to finish getting ready. Kevin and Brick shrugged, took of their shoes and went to the kitchen.
It was a nice big kitchen, that seemed to work as both kitchen and dining room for a flat of 5 people. Sat at the table was a nerdy looking man with messy ginger hair and glasses. He had a nerdy vibe, but he seemed confident about it. He seemed like the sort of nerd who didn't try to make others feel bad for not knowing things he did. He wore a smart shirt along with a pair of black, crisp trousers. He almost looked like he was getting ready for work, if it wasn't for the can of beer in his hands. Kevin recognised him from Louise's Instagram, this was Ben, a Computer Science students who had about 100 nerdy hobbies but could still be chill on a night out.
Next to him was a Korean man, who was dressed in clothes that screamed "Look at me, I'm rich!". A designer polo neck, designer trousers, designer jacket and to finish the look, a pair of sunglasses. Designer of course. Kevin groaned inwardly. This must be Sang, the finance student. Louise had told Kevin that Sang was an international student whose parents were loaded and spoiled him rotten. He didn't have much concept of modesty. Still, his parents owed the company that owed the flat, and that meant that as long as Louise and the others could put up with Sang, they paid a lot less in rent. It was the only reason they could afford it.
Finally, not sat down, but standing and messing around with drinks, was Nadia, the engineer. Kevin's heart skipped a beat. Nadia had been friends with Louise before they went to the same Uni, and Kevin had a massive crush on her. And with what she was wearing tonight, she looked amazing. A short black dress that showed just enough of the best parts of her body. Her hair was done to perfection, curling around her neck and laying just next to her breasts. And her face was perfect. Of course, as a makeup artist, that was to be expected.
Brick and Kevin made their introductions, gave handshakes and hugged where appropriate and joined the conversation. Ben was talking about his new job, working behind a bar. Sang was laughing at the idea of working at a bar, and asked Ben if he could try it out for the night, and give girls free drinks. Nadia was calling Sang out on his shit. She was the only one who could do it without pissing Sang off. Brick and Kevin joined in the conversation like naturals, and before long the group was talking about news, politics and the latest season of Love Island. Sometimes, all at once.
"RIght, it's drinking game time!" Sang announce suddenly.
Nadia groaned. "Seriously?"
Brick beamed. "Seriously?"
Sang smiled at both of them. "Of course! Wait there, I'll get Jess and Louise." He then rushed out of the door, obviously very excited.
Nadia stood up. "I'm going to get another drink. Kevin, do you need one?"
"No, I've got one, thanks!" Kevin said, grabbing his Rose wine.
"Oh, I thought that was Jess'!" Nadia said as she went to the counter to get some drink.
Kevin blushed, and motioned to Brick to fuck off as he giggled under his breath.
Jess came in. She was a small girl, but with her platinum blonde hair and leopard print mini-dress, she was immediately the centre of attention. "Are we playing Ring of Fire?" She asked, her Scottish accent as dominating as her.
Nadia sighed. "Seems like it. Jess, this is Kevin and Brick by the way."
"Brick? That's a dumb name." That was classic Jess. She had no limit on what she said. Sometimes it was endearing. Other times, it was just rude.
Brick blushed. "It's only my nickname."
"Oh. That's cool then." Jess said. "Anyway, if we're playing a drinking game, I'm in. I still need to finish my tits." She turned towards Brick. "See, they look too small, so I have to contour them so the look better. See?"
Brick blushed even harder than he had earlier. Louise entered the room. "Jess, stop torturing the American!"
Jess scoffed. "I'm not doing anything!" But she turned from Brick and sat down,
"Sure you weren't." Louise said. She was now dressed in a white playsuit. It was a little plain, but it did suit her well.
Sang came back in. "Right! You guys ready! It's time! Let's play..."
