The Best Friend's Contract

Aidan

"You're getting what?!" Dimitri exclaims as his eyes widen in surprise. Everyone in the restaurant has stopped talking as they turn to look at us but neither of us really cared, especially when Dimitri is the owner of the hotel.

"I'm getting married," I repeat before leaning on my seat after taking a sip of the red wine. My lips curve up into a smirk as he continues to look at me in disbelief which is quite true. I've told him I wouldn't want to get married until at least I reach forty but now... I'm a twenty-six year old bachelor who's admitting to his guy best friend about getting married.

He laughs, "Okay... where are the cameras at? You got me, Aidan. You got me really, really good and I believed you," He says, continuing to chuckle before taking a sip of his drink while his eyes are busy wandering around to look for cameras.

With a deep sigh, I shake my head. Kenna and Dimitri are no different, thinking that I'd drag in a few cameramen to take scenes of this when I've been dead serious the whole time. I roll my eyes at the amount of annoyance overflowing in my body as I look out the window. We're high up which makes it possible for us to see the city just by looking out the window. This has got to be the best view at night-no doubt.

"No, no, no. Wait a second," He raises his index finger up before leaning forward, "You got someone pregnant, didn't you? That's why you're getting married?" He asks, his eyes showing concern with slight worry which causes me to laugh as I lean my head back- enjoying the look on his face just by this sudden news.

"No one got anyone pregnant, okay? I'm getting married and that's it," I reply with a smile on my face, imagining the look on my mother's face when I tell her about this. It better be priceless because for once, I actually feel like recording her reaction, especially when I'll tell her that her daughter-in-law will be Kenna... her son's best friend.

Dimitri smiles, "This isn't you, man. A week ago, your face was on the cover of the damn newspaper with some girl clinging onto your arm and now you're telling me that you're getting married which is ... hard to believe," He adds.

"If you didn't get someone pregnant, why else would you end up here and saying that you're getting married? I thought I had to wait for another twenty-years," He continues to laugh while I listen to his remarks.

"You know my mother... she has been controlling my life ever since I got a bit too much with women. She has been comparing me with my brother and also setting me up on dates that I never wanted to go," I state the truth, "She threatened me that if I don't bring my future wife to our family gathering this weekend, she'll ask me to marry Shin-hye,"

He bursts out into laughters before running his fingers through his dark brown hair, "Oh my god, of course you wouldn't want to marry Shin-hye. Let me guess, you set up a contract with someone and pay her like... one million dollars. She agrees to be your wife for an amount of time before you two get a divorce and you'll say she cheated on you and you'd be too heartbroken to move on," He points which makes me scoff.

"Some of it is true except I didn't have to pay her or say that she cheated on me," I mutter and he squint his eyes, thinking of something else that has lead someone to agree marrying me. "She agreed to help me and she said she'll email me the rest of the conditions tonight," I add.

He stays quiet for awhile, "Who's the unlucky woman?"

I lean forward as my elbows rest on the table, "Actually, she's our best friend and we both know there's only one... none other than Kenna," I reply and his eyes widen, again.

This time, he has accidentally dropped the glass of wine down which causes him to stand up before pointing at me without uttering a single word. My smile spreads wider into a laugh as he shakes his head in disbelief.

One of the waiter hurries to our table to wipe away and pick up the broken glass while he is left standing and staring at me. The thing is-Kenna and Dimitri have known each other since we were all in college. Dimitri and I went to the same college while Kenna went to medical school which wasn't a problem because we ended up meeting each other, frequently.

During those meetings, I brought Dimitri with me and the two got close. So, the two of them are my best friend. I mean, I can't just have a girl best friend without having a guy best friend because how am I supposed to talk some weird... weird stuff? "You're fucking kidding me," He responds as I laugh, "No fucking way, man. Stop laughing and start telling me the truth... you asshole," My hands go up to defend myself as soon as he starts to make his way towards me to push me on the shoulder.

"I asked for her help and she wanted to help. Besides, Kenna is the only one that I can ever trust and she's also my best friend which means I'm much more comfortable with her than I can be with anyone else," I try to explain as he sits on the table with a sigh, escaping his lips.

"But it's Kenna," He mutters.

"It's not like anything going's to happen, Dimitri. If something was bound to happen, it would have happened like years ago but I've known her for twenty-years and nothing has ever happened that would ruin our friendship," I add.

He breathes out before chuckling, "You're a cocky bastard. Seriously though, I'm just worried because it's Kenna... and you even set up a damn contract!" He rolls his eyes.

"A year of marriage and we'll get a divorce. Just look on the bright side, my mother will obviously believe me when I say that I can never love someone as much I've loved Kenna so she will never bring up topic of trying to get me to remarry or anything," I smile.

"A year is not as short as you think, Aidan. Anything can happen in five minutes so, what makes you think that nothing can happen in a year?" He raises an eyebrow before taking a bite of his food while I furrow my eyebrows in confusion.

I clear my throat, "What do you mean?"

"Look... I know that we're talking

about Kenna and I know that she's our best friend but she's also a woman. You get to spend a year with her under the same roof, probably in the same bed... what makes you think that nothing will happen? Yes, you've been friends with her for twenty-years now and things have been going on just fine but you guys have never kissed or slept together before, emotions don't just fly without connection, do they?" He stands up as he walks towards the glass window with a cheeky smile on his face.

"You're trying to scare me," I mutter.

"No, Aidan. I'm trying to apply what can happen in a matter of three-hundred and sixty-five days... anything. How can you know? Nothing is impossible," He sits back down.

"No matter how hard or how

convincing it is whenever you say that you'll never want to fall in love or get married because women are just a waste of time, you'll still end up falling. You've been saying that because you've never yet met the right woman in your life but when the time comes, you'll be begging on your knees for that someone to stay," He continues to speak.

"Take me as an example. I was once

the cocky bastard you are and I

found love. Made her my wife the moment d'd realised that I never wanted to lose her and have myself a son. Yeah, I know that you're going

to tell me that it all ended with

a

divorce but I don't regret it," He says.

I stay quiet, listening to him. "Sure... she cheated on me and you were there to get me through where I am. I wasn't stable because I was hurting but I came to realise that I really did found love but I didn't find the right love," He breathes out. "Your French side is showing," I say.

Dimitri laughs before taking another bite of his food, chewing it. He glances down at his phone with the lock-screen a picture of his son which makes me sigh, deeply.Text content © NôvelDrama.Org.

"How can you say that?" I ask and he raises an eyebrow, "How can you say you found love but you didn't find the right love? You still trust women? One of them was the cause of your pain and suffering," My voice low.

"One of them, Aidan. Women are not the same. Yes, one woman did hurt me but that doesn't mean I can blame them all," He says, something glinting in his eyes.