"Today is Saturday. Whose turn is it to do the dishes, yours or mine?"

"Yours. I did them yesterday."

"I'm bored. Wanna play a game?"

"What kind of game? If it involves money, count me out."

"No, it's not about money, it's something else."

"Every time you get mysterious you give me a bad vibe. What is it now?"

"Nothing mysterious at all. You hide, and I'll count to one hundred."

"A hundred? I could load the dishwasher, make the bed, put the clothes in the dryer and still have time to run a few errands before you get there."

"I don't think you can do all that in such a short time. Are you showing me off?"

"Well, try me if you don't believe me..."

"Okay. I'll start right away."

"Wait. I have to do something first."

"Like what?"

"I'm not sure. I think I'm having a déjà vu, something in my head, but I don't really know what it is."

"Oh, I know what it is—you're chickening out, man. I know the symptoms."

"What symptoms? Do I look bad?"

"You always look bad, but it's worse when you're scared—your face shrinks, like when you're in trouble."

"This is some kind of joke, right?"

"Not at all. Look at yourself in the mirror. What do you see?"

"I see... a cool guy with an idiot for a friend."

"Exactly. Even I couldn't have said it better."

"Very funny."

"Are you in or not?"

"Do I have a choice?"

"Yes, but I'll be calling you 'chicken' for the rest of our lives."

"All right, start counting."

"Okay , but remember the chores you said you can do while I'm counting: the laundry, the bed, and so on."

"Don't be a pain and get started."

"Okay. One, two, three..."

(Half an hour later)

"What the hell! Why are you still sitting there? You were supposed to find me after the count!"

"Yeah, and you were supposed to do everything you bragged about."

"I did!"

" Well, then the game is over."

"Wait a minute... You never actually counted to one hundred, did you?"

"Oh, I did but I got to thinking... why waste all that effort when I could just sit back and wait for you to do all the chores you bragged about?"

"So you tricked me."

"Well, technically, I just gave you a chance to prove how fast you are. And hey, now the chores are done!"

"You’re a such a jerk…"

"Thanks! Same time tomorrow?"

* Pictures by Freepick