“I think I’ll give it to dad, he’ll appreciate something cool like this” Zach said with content.
Antonio was in his office, reviewing some files after a long day at work. Zach knocked and Antonio’s face lit up when he seen his son’s head peek in.
“Zach, my boy! What do ya need?”
“Nothing much dad, just wanted to see if you were busy”
“Not really, just looking over some work BS. Why, did you need something?”
No, i just wanted to give you one of these”, Zach said, putting the small box on his dad’s desk.
“Oh, a gift? For me? You shouldn’t have”
Antonio opened up the box and seen the two rings on display inside, and looked back up to his son. “Antonio Ruiz Jr. where did you get the money for these rings?”
Zach smiled, his dad only used his full name when he was angry, or proud. He guesses the latter. “I was at the mall earlier and i scored a sweet deal with them at this shop. I figured why not share half with my old man?”.
Antonio smiled, and got up to hug his son. “Thank you Zach, i really appreciate it”.
Zach was pretty close to his dad since the two of them were outnumbered by the 3 females in the household. Estella always told this story of how Antonio bawled like a baby when he found out that the two of them were finally having a son after two daughters. Antonio still loved all his kids equally, but he’s been known to cut Zach some slack. He’d usually go to his dad for advice on things, or just to hear him tell stories. His dad had been through a lot of things in his lifetime, so whenever he spoke, Zach made sure to listen. Zach also looked like a younger version of his dad, if his dad had grown up on the same comfortable diet that Zach had. His dad was a bit darker than him, with a deeper voice, but everything else about them was pretty much similar.
“I think we should put em on right now, what do ya say son?” Antonio’s said, taking his ring out of the box.
“Sure dad, sounds good to me”
They had both slipped the rings onto their fingers, and admired them.
“You know what Zach, this calls for something special. I’m ordering some pizza for dinner tonight”
Zach smiled, “Sure dad! Whatever you want”.
Antonio hopped on the phone with a local pizza shop, and Zach left his dad’s office with a smile on his face and happiness in his heart. He was a very giving guy, and making his family happy, made him happy.
Pretty soon, the house had become lively with noise, as everybody was now home and in the middle of doing their own things.
Antonio had received the pizzas and announced “Foods here everybody! Every man and woman for themself!" he said in jest. He set the two large pizzas down on their kitchen island, while Estella set out paper plates and the crushed peppers for everybody. When Zach came down to grab some slices, he watched as his mother whispered something in his father’s ear, causing him to smile. Zach assumed that they were talking about something lovey-dovey, and tried his best to ignore them.
This plan was soiled as Zach felt Antonio’s large hand on his shoulder, as it squeezed to get his attention. “I love this ring Zach, i wish I’d had something like this a while ago. It’s real classy looking”.
“I’m glad you like it so much dad. I haven’t taken mine off either” Zach said, showing his dad his hand.
Antonio smiled and patted his son on the back. He then grabbed a few slices as well, and followed Zach to the dinner table. The Ruiz family was a tight family unit, so on most nights they'd eat dinner together. Even if they all ate different things, they usually all sat at the table and enjoyed the end of their days together. Everybody's days would get brought up, and when it came to Zach turn, he shrugged.
"I just got some pants that I’ll need for work at the mall, and I went to this weird antique place there too. Some of the stuff was pretty cool”.
"Antique place?" Natalie interjected, “That mall doesn’t have stores like that.
Estella scoffed, "Well there is, I’m pretty sure I’d know when I went Natalie".
"Oh yeah, which store is it by?"
"The Dickers factory store on the bottom floor! By the exit!"
"There is no store like that by the Dickers, you’re tripping" Natalie laughed.
Zach shook his head sighed, deciding not to press the issue. He didn't want to turn the table into a warzone so he just let it go.
—
Pretty soon, everybody finished up, and headed upstairs to their rooms, but not before helping dump the trash and storing the leftovers in the freezer. That's how it usually went, as Antonio would set the table and get the dinner ingredients, and Estella would cook and serve everybody. Their kids were often left to clean-up duty as their parents went to bed up in their room.
Zach was in the bathroom, washing his facing and brushing his teeth before getting into bed. He could hear his mother laughing at his father for something, but he couldn’t quite hear what it was. He could also hear Natalie on TimeFace with one of her annoying friends, so he shut his door. He grabbed a muscle shirt took off his shorts, so that he could sleep in just the shirt and his boxers. As he laid down, he heard Bailey laughing at something from some show she was watching, which made him sigh in annoyance. He just wanted some peace and quiet so that he could finally get some sleep, and everybody was still being rowdy.
He wasn’t all that tired when he got in bed, so he put in his earbuds and watch’s a play through of a game that he was thinking of getting. Videos usually did the trick in helping him fall asleep quicker, depending on his interest level. Fortunately for him, the video had gotten somewhat uninteresting for the moment, and he decided that it was time for bed. He checked the time on his phone - 11:01 P.M.
He then stared to nod off, and soon enough, Zach was sound asleep.
—
After a while, the time Zach’s screen had hit 12 A.M., midnight, and then it happened. The ring that remained on Zach’s ring finger had begun to glow a dark purple-like color. It grew brighter and brighter, while Zach continued to sleep like a bear . Pretty soon, the ring had stopped getting brighter, and started to spread to Zach’s hand, then his arm, his torso, his upper body, and finally his entire body.
Meanwhile, in his parent’s room
Antonio’s ring had the same effect on him as it did his son , as he was soon covered in some sort of glowing purple cocoon, which didn't wake him in the slightest.
What effect did the rings have on their bodies?
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