"Where's Ryan? Still at work?" Matt asked Corey as he settled into the couch, video game controller in hand.
"Yeah, he should be home soon though." Corey replied, sitting next to Matt. They were about to duel it out on a game of Madden.
"What's the plan for tonight, then?" Matt said, taking a sip of his beer.
"Well I'm thinkin' we should hit up the club later, if Ryan's up for it." Corey said. He opened his beer and drank half the can in a couple chugs. "He's sober cab, so it's kind of up to him."
"Cool. I'm down. But first it's time to dominate your ass. Again." Matt laughed, elbowed Corey and they began the game.
Corey, Matt, and Ryan were all really good friends, and roommates as well. They shared a three-bedroom apartment and each held decent jobs. Corey and Ryan worked in construction, but different trades. Matt did testing work for a leading video game company. After work they spent most of their time playing video games, havin' a few beers, and messin' with each other through wrestling matches--or 'wrasslin' as they called it-- on the living room floor. Ryan was a wrestler in high school, while Corey and Matt were amateurs at the sport. Ryan was shorter, standing at 5'9", but had a massive chest and shoulders. Corey was taller, leaner, at 6'2" and 180 or so. Matt was 6' even. Muscular but no weightlifter by any means.
"Okay, pause it, man. I'm grabbin' a beer. Need one?" Matt asked. He stood up and went for the fridge.
"Yeah, grab me one." Corey replied. He paused the game and slipped off his Nike sneakers. His crew length socks were a discolored white, from so much wear He rubbed his socked feet on the carpeting, and kicked his shoes to the side of the couch. Matt came back, tossed Corey the beer, and took his seat back on the couch. He picked up his controller and noticed a foul stench. He looked around, puzzled, and leaned in toward the edge of the couch.
"Dude! Your feet friggin' stink, man?! Shit!" Matt yelled, laughing and shaking his head. "Do some laundry and get some clean socks!"
"Whatever, dude. I'm a guy. My feet smell. I bet yours do, too?" Corey said, opening a second can of beer.
"Well, mine aren't that rank?!" Matt said. He secretly slipped the Asics off one foot, reached down to pick it up, and quickly brought it up, forcing it into Corey's face. "See?! Not as bad as yours?!" Matt jumped on Corey, forcing his shoe into Corey's face. Corey flailed his arms about, trying to block the incoming stink.
"Yours are just as bad, dude. Seriously. Okay, let's get back to the game here." Corey said. Matt had backed off, still chuckling as he took another sip. He slipped off his other shoe and faked throwing it at Corey. Corey flinched and Matt threw his sneaker off to the side. Just to be sure, he bent down to smell his own white Gold Toe crew length socks. He decided Corey's were definitely worse.
They resumed their game, played another 30 minutes or so, each drank another beer, when Ryan came through the front door.
"Honey, I'm ho-ome!" Ryan called out. He smirked and set his cooler on the ground in the entry way.
"What up!" Corey and Matt said in unison. They continued to stare at the TV. Matt was definitely dominating this game. Again. Corey tends to get a little sloppy after a few beers. Ryan went into the kitchen, opened the fridge and grabbed a beer for himself. He opened it, chugged it, and set the almost-empty can on the kitchen counter.
"Time for a shower, boys. What's up for tonight?" Ryan asked. He peeled off his sweaty work shirt, but kept his tank top on. He went to head for the hallway when Corey jumped up from the couch and lunged at Ryan.
"Hey Ryan! Time for some wrasslin'!!!" He pounced on Ryan and they both fell to the ground.
"Come on, man?! I wanna take a shower!" Ryan yelled as Corey landed on top of him. Ryan made an easy escape and backed into the center of the living room. Matt just sat on the couch, shook his head and laughed at the two fools. He sat back, ready to enjoy the show.
"Nah, I'm comin' for you!" Corey said as he stood up and came toward Ryan. they began grappling, fighting off jabs and whatnot. It wasn't five minutes before Ryan had Corey pinned to the ground, his legs squeezing Corey's arms at his sides.
"Oh, you're comin' for me, huh?! Yeah, yeah...looks like I got you a little tied up, huh dude?!" Ryan yelled into Corey's ear. Corey wriggled and writhed around, but couldn't break free. "Actually....that sounds like a really good idea, buddy! Let's tie your ass up for real!" Ryan began to search the living room for some sort of restraints. "Matt! Get me some-" Ryan said as Matt approached the two idiots on the floor.
"I'm way ahead of you, buddy." Matt said. He had grabbed a roll of duct tape from the kitchen drawer and knelt down by the subdued Corey.
"Yes! Alright! Tape his legs! I'll hold him still!" Ryan instructed Matt. Corey swung his feet around, trying to kick at Ryan and Matt, but it wasn't happening. Matt sat on Corey's legs, pulled a length of tape from the roll and began wrapping Corey's ankles with the tape. Once they were secure, he moved up to Corey's knees and wrapped a bunch more tape, restraining Corey even further.
"Man, I don't ever wanna be that close to your nasty socks ever again dude!" Matt said, referring to Corey's feet. He slapped the sole of Corey's foot with a lot of force and Corey yelled out in pain.
"C'mon man, I was just messin' around. Let me go, it's cool." Corey said in a slightly slurred voice. His face was red from the struggle, but still had a cheesy grin on his face.
"Oh, we're not done yet?!" Ryan said. "Matt, grab his arms and give me the tape." Ryan said. He got off Corey as Matt held Corey's arms down. The two were able to bring Corey's hands together behind his back and Ryan went to town, winding the tape around Corey's wrists.
"Dude. Seriously. Let me go. This isn't funny anymore!" Corey pleaded through laughter and panting.
Once Ryan was satisfied with his work, he stood up, grabbed Corey by the back of the shirt and lifted him up so Corey was now resting on his knees, hands and feet still bound. Ryan ripped a length of tape and began wrapping it around Corey's chest and arms.
"Really? Is this really necessary?" Corey asked. He had pretty much given up, knowing this was all in good fun and he'd be let free soon enough. Ryan ripped the tape from the roll and set it on a side table. Corey tried to waddle around on his knees as he attempted to break free from the bonds. He moved a little to fast and fell to the ground on his stomach. Corey grunted and laughed and Matt and Ryan laughed along with him.
"I don't know, man...looks like Ryan and I will be goin' out tonight without your ass. Seein' as you're kinda..uh...taped up pretty good there?" Matt said. He nudged Corey in the side with his socked foot.
"What? What are you talkin' about? I'm goin' out solo tonight!" Ryan said. He inched closer to Matt without being too obvious he was about to tackle Matt to the ground.
"Hey, that's fine, man. I'll stay here and keep an eye on this fool." Matt said jokingly. He stuck his foot in Corey's face and pressed it against his mouth and nose.
"Ugh! Dude, that's nasty! Get your nasty foot away from me!" Corey yelled, whipping his head side to side to get away from Matt's foot. Just as Matt was torturing Corey, Ryan grabbed Matt hard and yanked him to the ground.
"What the hell, man?! I helped you get Corey!" Matt exclaimed as Ryan had already begun taping Matt's hands together behind his back. Matt was a little too tipsy to struggle a great deal, although he was able to loosen his hand a bit from Ryan's stronghold.
"Hey, yeah, thanks for that by the way. But this is what you two get for drinkin' without me! Next time wait for me to get home. Might actually give you guys a fair chance at a wrasslin' match against me!" Ryan joked. He had moved down to Matt's legs, taping them up as well as his ankles. After taping Matt's chest and arms he placed Matt next to Corey, both bound on the floor, laying next to each other on their stomachs.
"Seriously, dude. How long you gonna keep us here?" Corey asked, straining to look up and around at Ryan, who stood before them. Corey and Matt both tried to move and undo their bonds, but it wasn't working. "Okay, we get it. We shoulda waited for you. Sorry, so let us go now." At some point in the scuffle, one of Ryan's Adidas sneakers had come off. He stood before them, one shoe on and one off, and poked Corey in the head with his white Hanes ankle socked foot.
"Quit. Oh man?! And I thought my feet stank?!" Corey said with a disgusted expression all over his face. Ryan removed his other shoe and kicked it toward Corey's face.
"Mmmm, how'd ya like a whiff of that there?!" Ryan said. He sat down in front of the two roommates, picked up his sneaker and held it in front of Corey's face then waved it at Matt's and back and forth between the tied up guys. They made sounds and grunted and begged for Ryan to get his sneaker away from them.
"You've tortured us enough, man. We get it. We'll never drink without you again!" Corey whined.
"Yeah, wow...my feet really stink today! It was hot outside and shit, you know how it goes." Ryan said and he got up and walked behind the the two buddies, both still struggling to escape.
"Please don't put your shoes by my face anymore." Corey complained again.
"Corey?" Ryan said, now standing above Corey's bound body.
"Wha-" Corey began to say before something was stuffed in his mouth, with Ryan's hand placed over the gag. "Mmmppphhh! Mmmpphhh!" Corey's voice was now muffled by the gag. Ryan grabbed the roll of tape and wrapped it around Corey's mouth and head real tight. Corey began to struggle and try to roll around and break free.
"You talk to damn much!" Ryan snorted and laughed. "How does that taste buddy? I bet it's really nasty! A week of workin' in the hot sun, sweat and funk drippin' down into my boots will do that, I guess." Ryan placed his hand over Corey's sock and tape gagged mouth and pressed Corey's cheeks together. Corey mmmppphed and moaned and whatever profanities he was yelling were indecipherable.
"Alrighty, one more thing before I hit the shower. You move around too much too dude." Ryan said to Corey as he rolled him over onto his side. He undid Corey's belt buckle and pulled the belt from Corey's jeans. Matt, still tied up on the floor next to Corey, started to laugh and shake his head in disbelief.
"What are you laughin' at?! Keep it up and you'll be next! I still have one more sock!" Ryan said to Matt as he shoved his socked foot in Matt's face. Matt decided it would be best to listen to his captor for fear what nastiness might be stuffed in his mouth.
Ryan looped Corey's belt through his ankles and pulled his bound legs up to Corey's hands. He looped the belt between Corey's wrists and tied a few knots, securing Corey in a decent hogtie.
"Wow. Now this is a dream come true! Corey: still and quiet! I could get used to this!" Ryan said and laughed. He had moved behind the two guys and knelt down by Matt's side. He peeled off his other sock and balled it up in his hand. "Right, Matt? Kinda nice to not hear Corey's dumb ass for once, huh?"
Matt gave a quiet laugh and opened his mouth to say "you're damn right" when Ryan stuffed the sock into Matt's mouth.
"Mmmmmppphhh! Mmmpphh gggrrrgghh!!" Matt tried to yell through the sock gag, but Ryan's swift ability to effectively gag and tape Matt's mouth shut was just too intense. Matt and Corey both wobbled around on the ground, side by side. Ryan stood between the two, bend down, and jammed a finger into each of the guys' sides, causing a muffled, yet loud duo of "mmmmppppphhhhhs" from the two of the taped up friends.
"It's shower time, boys." Ryan said as he slapped the pair on their heads, got up, walked through the hallway and into the bathroom. He shut the door and turned the shower on.
Corey and Matt struggled to break free through muffled noises and slight movements. About five minutes into the struggle, Matt heard a rip. He had gotten free. Sort of. His ankles had come free. He was fortunate enough to not have been hogtied like Corey. He kicked his legs until they were mostly free, sat up and eventually was able to get his hands free and rip the tape from his chest. He tore the tape from his mouth and spit Ryan's disgusting, sweaty, rank sock from his mouth.
He moved over to Corey and peeled the tape from his mouth. Corey spit the equally disgusting, sweaty, rank sock from his mouth.
"Thanks man. We gotta get this asshole back!" Corey said, staring at Matt.
"Ssshhh. Stay quiet or he might come out here and tie me up again!" Matt whispered. Corey continued to look at Matt, patiently waiting to be untied. Matt casually pulled his own socks off. He casually tied the two white crew Gold Toe socks together, forming at knot where the toes met and held it in his hands.
"Yeah man, you're right. My socks do stink, too." Matt said, and gave a light laugh.
"You gonna untie me or what? Let's go get him right now!" Corey urged. He wriggled his fingers shoulders.
"I don't know, man? I think Ryan was right?" Matt said, staring at Corey's helpless self.
"About what?" Corey said, now getting kind of confused.
"About how nice it is when you're quiet!!!" Matt shoved the sock gag at Corey's mouth, stuffing the knot right between Corey's teeth and tied it tightly behind his head.
"MMMMPPPHHH?!" Corey yelled in confusion, shaking his head trying to free himself from yet another sock gag.
"Sorry buddy. You got us into this mess. I've gotta go get some revenge. I'm sure you'll enjoy my socks in your mouth compared to that nasty shit Ryan stuffed in your mouth. Take care bud. See you in a few!" Matt said, patted Corey on his head and ran to his bedroom to gather supplies for a hardcore revenge.