The Big Mistake

“ZACHARY JAMES BAKER!!” Brian Elwin Haner Jr shouted, angrily - as he stepped into the living room. In his hands were two folders. “You’ve got these tabs all mixed up. For about half of these songs, you have your parts switched with mine!”

“Brian, chill,” Zacky Vengeance pleaded, holding his left hand up. He recoiled at the anger of his band mate and friend. “It was a mistake. I can fix it.”

“You damn right it was a mistake!” Brian shouted, angrily. “You thought you could sneak away with doing my parts, didn’t you?”

“No, Brian, it’s not like that at all,” Zacky protested, as he was on the verge of tears. “I was just very exhausted, when you put me up to that task.”

“Yeah, Zacky, very believable story!” Brian spat. “You’re only saying that, now - since I’ve caught onto that little scheme of yours.”

“Brian, please believe me,” Zacky pleaded, swallowing the lump in his throat. “I don’t like you being so angry at me. I’ll do anything to make it up to you, okay?”

“You really mean it, Zacky?” Brian asked, softening his voice.

“Yes, Brian, I do,” Zacky confirmed, swallowed. “I didn’t mean to upset you.”

“All right, then,” Brian replied, calmly. “Let’s go to my bedroom, you take off your shoes and socks, and you lie down on my bed.”

“You’re gonna… tickle my feet?” Zacky asked, with apprehension.

“Of course,” Brian replied, smirking. “That’s your punishment for that little shenanigan you tried to pull. You said you’d do anything.”

“Yeah, I did,” Zacky replied, sighing. He began to follow Brian to the latter’s bedroom, as he added, “But, really, Brian, I didn’t try to pull anything. I was just very exhausted, at the time.”

“Yeah, whatever you say,” Brian replied, shrugging. “Here we are. You know the deal. You take off your shoes and socks, while I go get the ropes. I’m gonna have so much fun punishing you, Zacky.”

“I don’t doubt it, Synyster Gates,” Zacky murmured, as he began to take off his shoes and socks. “Exactly how long do you plan to tickle my feet?”

“Until I’m good and ready to stop,” Brian replied, smirking. “That’s all you need to know, and I’m gonna enjoy every second of it.”

Zacky swallowed, as he placed his shoes and socks beside the door. With trepidation, he lay on Brian’s bed - as he watched Brian step out of the closet, with several bundles of rope in his hands.

“You ready, Zacky boy?” Brian asked, chuckling - as he began to tie Zacky to the bed. Zacky was too stunned to respond. Within a moment, Zacky was secured tightly to the bed.

As Zacky closed his eyes, tightly - Brian began running his fingers up and down the soles of his band mate’s feet. Zacky began to squirm, as the tickling sensation was very intense.

“That’s right, Zacky,” Brian commented, tauntingly. “You can squirm all you want, but you can’t escape. Your feet are completely at my mercy.”

While Zacky’s helpless laughter produced endorphins into his system, he felt very helpless. He squeezed his eyes, tightly - but the tickling sensation did not lessen a bit.

“Aw, poor Zacky,” Brian continued, chuckling. “You just can’t stand it, can you? You should’ve thought that before you pulled that little stunt, eh? It’s a little too late, now.”

Zacky continued to laugh helplessly, as he knew just how sadistic his friend and band mate could be. He began to grow tired of squirming.

“Oh, Zacky, I am enjoying this so much,” Brian commented, gleefully. “I simply love just how ticklish your feet are. I can’t even began to tell you just how much fun it is for me to tickle them. Come to think of it, I’m actually quite glad that you decided to pull that stunt.”

Zacky felt so exhausted from squirming, he had no choice but to lie still. He held his head back on the pillow, as he continued to laugh helplessly.

“You’ve got such a captivating laugh,” Brian added, chuckling. “I can do this all night. That’s how much fun I’m having. And there is absolutely nothing you can do about it - except laugh and laugh and laugh.”

Zacky tried his best to block out Brian’s taunting comments, as it made his experience even more unbearable. After what seemed like ages, Brian finally decided to stop. Zacky began panting, as his feet were tingling from being tickled so much.

“So, Zacky,” Brian asked, as he began to cut the ropes, “I hope you’ve learned your lesson. You’ll know not to do that from now on, right.”

“Uh, yeah,” Zacky replied, breathing. “But, Brian, I really did not mean to do that. You have to believe me.”

“All right, Zacky, if you say so,” Brian replied, as he helped Zacky up from the bed. “Let’s go play some Call of Duty, now - shall we?”

“Uh, yeah, sure,” Zacky replied, as he stood up. While Brian still seemed to think that his mistake was deliberate - at least, Brian was no longer mad at him. “That’s always fun.”

“All right, Zacky,” Brian commented. “I’ll go get the game set up, and you can go grab the Cheetos. Of course, I could never stay mad at you.”

Zacky smiled, as the two of them stepped out of the bedroom. As sadistic as his friend could be, he really could not imagine his life without Brian.