John gets called on stage

John and Robin watched the show with amused smiles. They spoke in quiet tones back and forth with how impressed they were with the actors that were pretending to be hypnotized. They pulled off looking like average audience members so well, if Robin and John didn't know hypnosis was fake, they might have thought they weren't actors at all. Now, knowing that it wasn't real didn't take away from the fun.

"Hey, Robin," John turned to his friend.

"Yeah, bro?" Robin asked.

"Thanks for tonight," John said while Robin smiled back at his friend.

They were interrupted from their thoughts when by the hypnotist, Drake Bloodstone's voice and they suddenly realized that he was looking down at them. He pointed to John and John nervously pointed at himself.

"You there, please come up here. Yes, you, the blond one," Bloodstone confirmed.

John got up as Robin clapped and laughed, excited to see what will happen with his friend. John shook Bloodstone's hand.

"Hello, what's your name?" he asked.

"My name is John," he said with a big goofy smile.

"Are you having a good time John?" the bald man asks.

"Yeah man, it's great," he tells him.

"Well, I'm happy to hear that. Now, take a seat and let's get started," He said, guiding John to a chair that was on stage.

Bloodstone put John under slowly and Robin was impressed with how real John made it look. Bloodstone put John through his paces and had him doing some funny behaviors. At one point he had John think he was participating in a bodybuilding competition. As John flexed Robin wolf-whistled which made the audience laugh. What it also did was bring Bloodstone's attention onto Robin. Bloodstone had John sit back down and put him back into his trance before speaking.

"So tell me, who is that you were sitting next to?" He asks pointing at Robin.

"That's Robin," He said with an even tone.

"Okay. Did you come here together?" He asked John.

"Yes. Robin bought us tickets for tonight because I was feeling down," John said.

"That's very kind," Bloodstone told the audience.

"Robin is my best friend and the best person I know," John said honestly, which made Robin happy to hear.

"That's very nice. So, tell me, how long have you two been dating?" he asked.

"We...we haven't," John said confused.

"Oh, so this is your first date. She is a lucky girl that you said yes. You seem like a good guy," He said to John.

John didn't say anything, instead, he just listened to what Bloodstone said. This was his first date with Robin and that he was a lucky girl. It didn't make sense to him and his mind stalled as he tried to sort it out. Robin, on the other hand, was feeling embarrassed. From the distance between his chair and the stage, Bloodstone was confusing him for a girl. His hair is long and he is fairly thin so it not completely unthinkable he could make that mistake but this current situation was humiliating for him. Robin buried his face in his hands.

"My wife and I were best friends, too. As a happy husband, let me tell you, a best friend makes the best wife. Now, I don't mean to rush things, it's just something you should remember," he tells John, who takes in that information.