By Zephyria 
“Huh? Bachelor party?”
Koi was dumbfounded by the unexpected words and repeated the same words. Then another friend chimed in, saying yes.
“It’s a pre-wedding party, of course, we have to do it!”
“I came here really excited, I even prepared a tip.”
“It’s the last fling, let’s do it, let’s do it!”
Koi was pleased to see his friends so excited, but he felt embarrassed. Bachelor party? Mine? Or Ash’s?
“Whose?”
“Uh.”
When Ariel also expressed doubt, the surroundings suddenly became quiet. Everyone looked at each other with puzzled faces, as if they had encountered an unexpected difficult problem. It was the vice-captain who came up with a solution this time as well.
“We should do both!”
Everyone looked at him in surprise, and the vice-captain said with a confident face.
“It’s once in a lifetime for both of them, right? We shouldn’t miss this opportunity. Ash can do it with the gorillas, and you can do it with us!”
“Then should we call girls or boys?”
“Uh.”
Everyone froze again at someone else’s question. The vice-captain hesitated, unable to come up with an easy answer to the unexpected difficult problem. As they didn’t know what to do and kept looking at each other, one person came up with a solution.
“But why do it separately? Can’t Ash and Koi have a party together?”
“Uh.”
Everyone was delighted with the idea, which was as wise as Solomon’s, and they began to pour out their words.
“Oh my, why didn’t we think of that?”
“Tiffany, you’re a genius! You’re really my sister!”
“That’s right, they can do it together. That’s simple!”
Amid the cheers and chatter, the vice-captain raised his hand.
“Wait a minute, we still have a fundamental problem. So are we calling girls or boys?”
Silence fell again, but not for long. Ariel came to a conclusion.
“It has to be boys, no matter what. If we call girls, will Koi be happy?”
“Huh?”
Koi was puzzled by the sudden words directed at him, and Ariel hit the nail on the head.
“You know what a bachelor party is, right? A girl in a bikini will come and touch and kiss Ash, is that okay?”
Koi’s face turned white in an instant. Ariel nodded as if she knew it would happen.
“Okay, then it’s settled. Let’s call boys, with very hot bodies.”
Everyone cheered at Ariel’s sly words. Just in time, Bill and the rest of the gorillas joined their conversation.
“What is it? What’s wrong?”
“What’s all the fuss about? Let us know too.”
The sisters already knew that they couldn’t resist the gorillas’ curiosity. Ariel glanced over the group and frowned.
“Where’s Ash?”
“He got a call from work and went out,” Bill replied.
Only then did Ariel open her mouth.
“We were talking about having a bachelor party…”
“Bachelor party? Who? Ash? Koi?”
One of the gorillas interrupted Ariel and shouted. While the vice-captain was explaining instead of Ariel, who was about to repeat the story again, Bill’s face gradually hardened.
“Wait, so are we calling girls? Or boys?”
Another sister answered Bill’s question, which seemed somehow urgent.
“Of course, we have to call boys. Because Koi is the main character.”
The other gorillas immediately protested.
“No, why are you excluding Ash? It has to be fair, this kind of thing.”
“That’s right, let’s call girls too.”
“We want to have fun too!”
“What fun are the gorillas going to have?”
“We came all the way here, what are you talking about!”
Suddenly, voices rose and people started arguing here and there. Just as the pleasant atmosphere was about to change strangely, Bill suddenly intervened.
“Hey, then let’s do it!”
“What?”
“What are you talking about?”
Everyone looked at him at the unexpected suggestion, and Bill smiled slyly and continued.
“Ladies, you want to see men with good bodies, right? Then why bother looking for them far away?”
“Huh?”
“Uh uh?”
In the stirring atmosphere, a quick-witted gorilla chimed in.
“That’s right, we have Bill! Last season’s MVP! Captain of the ice hockey championship team and the best player in the league!”
With that, Bill flexed his arm to show off his biceps. The sisters exclaimed “Ooh!” and applauded. Gaining confidence from that, Bill arrogantly raised his chin and put his hand on his waist.
“My abs are even more amazing, ladies. Do you want to see them?”
“Kyaaa!”
“Let’s see, let’s see!”
“Bill, Bill, Bill!”
“Bill Gulliver!”
Cheers continued, but Bill was a formidable opponent. He lightly shook his second finger and said with a suggestive smile.
“It’s not going to be easy. Ladies, prepare plenty of tips. You’re going to see something a-ma-zing.”
Everyone burst into laughter, whistling and shouting at Bill, who put his hands behind his head and rotated his waist greatly. Koi, who had been watching in a daze, belatedly looked at Ariel.
Weren’t they dating? Is it okay for him to do that?
He was inwardly anxious, but Ariel, like the other sisters, was smiling and tapping her beer bottle. Koi blinked and looked at her, dumbfounded, and Ariel turned her head, belatedly realizing his gaze. Koi hesitated and carefully opened his mouth, looking at her as if asking what was wrong.
“Hey, is it really okay? Even if Bill does that in front of other people…? The others don’t know yet, right?”
Ariel said nonchalantly to Koi, who was glancing around to see if anyone else was listening.
“The kids don’t know yet, but what’s wrong with it? He has a good body. Sounds fun, doesn’t it?”
Koi scratched the back of his head, watching Ariel turn her gaze back to her friends and add to the cheers. Is that so? Al is okay with it.
I would be very upset if it were me…
Al is a generous person, Koi thought, and he quietly approached Bill and tapped him on the back with his finger. Bill, who was drinking beer and laughing, turned around, and Koi blushed and brought his hand to his mouth and shouted.
“Thank you, Bill!”
Koi said again, looking at him as if asking what he meant.
“It wouldn’t be easy to do something like this, but thank you for stepping up first… But are you really okay? You don’t have to overdo it…”
When he said that far, Bill’s face suddenly hardened and he looked down at Koi with a serious expression.
“Hey, let me live too.”
“Huh?”
Surprised by the sudden change in atmosphere, he blinked, and Bill gritted his teeth and spat out in a low voice.
“If I call girls and boys and have them strip in front of you for a bachelor party, Ash will try to kill me, he won’t stay still, will he? It’s better for me to strip.”
Ah.
Koi’s face flushed red as he finally understood. Bill glared as if asking if he understood now, then changed his expression again and added to the cheers. Koi, who was embarrassed for no reason, was slowly trying to return to Ariel’s side when someone shouted.
“Now that it’s come to this, shall we reunite the old team?”
Everyone responded enthusiastically to the sudden suggestion. Huh? What is this? Koi stared with wide eyes as the gorillas waved their fists and shouted. The Cheerleaders also joined in.
“It’s a party!”
“Take it all off, take it off!”
“Gorillas, fighting!”
There was no room to intervene in the shouting. Koi just stared blankly at his friends.
* * *
“Hoo-ah.”
In the car on the way back, Koi took a deep breath as if exhaling the breath he had been holding in. Ashley, who was driving, glanced at him and asked with a smile.
“Are you tired?”
“Yeah, ah, but it’s fun. A good kind of tiredness? Something like that.”
Ashley still had a smile on his face as he urged Koi, who was smiling shyly.
“But don’t overdo it, anyway, you’re now…”
Koi answered energetically at the glance.
“I know, Ash. Don’t worry, I have to have three more in the future, so I’ll take care of myself.”
“Koi.”
“Yeah.”
Ashley looked at Koi with an unchanging expression and said.
“Not three, but two. Because there’s already one.”
Don’t try to sneak in a fake one.
That’s what Ashley was saying. Koi’s face turned bright red with embarrassment when his shallow trick was exposed.
“…You noticed.”
“Even a fool would know.”
Koi became even more embarrassed at the nonchalant words. Koi, who was looking down and watching, hurriedly changed the subject and asked.
“I heard we’re having a bachelor party before our wedding?”
“Yeah, from Bill.”
Ashley answered nonchalantly.
“He said he’s going to have the entire ice hockey team strip.”
Koi was about to nod without thinking when he belatedly turned to look at him with a pale face.
“What’s wrong?”
Ashley asked at the unusual reaction, and Koi swallowed hard and opened his mouth in a cracked voice.
“Do, do you… do it too?”