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On a new morning, Purin was putting the finishing touches on tying his tie when the ringing of a phone echoed through the room. Certain it wasn't his phone, the tall young man strode over to the pile of clothes and pulled the phone from the pocket of the little one's pants, who was lying face down on the bed, completely drained of energy.
Sun
The young man answered the call before it could disturb the soundly sleeping little one any further.
"Hello?"
"Hey, who's this? Oh, is this Porsche? Where's your Mia?" Sun's voice cut in, prompting a slight smile from Purin.
"My Mia isn't awake yet."
"Huh? Doesn't he have morning class, Porsche? Man, ditching without telling me. I'd ditch too if I knew." Sun said, his strong voice laced with laughter when Porsche playfully used the word Mia so emphatically, making Purin chuckle.
He glanced at the little one who was missing his morning class and could only remark amusedly,
"He probably didn't mean to ditch. He just doesn't have the energy to go."
"Hmm. No energy to go... Wait, Phîi, I heard he was taking care of you while you were sick, right? How come Dear is the one out of energy, and your strong voice sounds so damn strong?"
"Must be the nurse was damn good."
"So you gave the nurse a shot, is that it?"
"Something like that," Purin replied to the curiously voiced question, stating it plainly, which made Sun pause for a bit before whispering conspiratorially, knowing damn well he was probably having fun planning to tease Dear about it later.
"How many shots, Phîi?"
"Can't say. The nurse might not give me any more shots then. What should I do?" The young man said, shifting to sit on the edge of the bed. His large hand rested on the tousled head of the little one lying face down, his face buried in the pillow facing this way, revealing swollen, red lips, not to mention his shoulders adorned with marks all over.
"Hahaha! Okay, I won't ask anymore. This is enough stuff to tease him for another three months.... Hey, Phîi, can you wake your Mia up? I need to talk to him. We have to submit work this afternoon." Purin frowned slightly. He genuinely wanted the exhausted little one to sleep soundly, but it seemed if he didn't wake him, Dear would be in damn trouble himself.
"Okay... Hey Sun, I need a favor."
Calmly, "What is it, Khrap?" Sun asked, oddly surprised. The young man on the other end was silent, thinking, before speaking.
"If anyone bothers Dear, could you let me know?" It probably wouldn't be like in the dream, right?
"..."
This time, Sun was the one who fell silent before asking uncertainly.
"You know about Phîi Oat... don't you?"
"I know." Purin wasn't oddly surprised at all that the little one's friend knew. He could guess just from the first look he'd seen, and that seemed to align with Sun's thoughts, because the faculty heartthrob said with a slightly weary tone.
"Like Âi Shin said, Dear is the only one who doesn't know... Got it, Phîi. I'll keep an eye out. I'm rooting for you anyway. If I weren't, Jae Dream would damn well kill me." At the end of the sentence, the good-humored young man said something a bit freaky, which immediately put the young man on the other end at ease. At least he knew one of his dreams wasn't coming true. He reached out to shake the little one's pale shoulder gently.
"Dear, wake up, Khrap."
"Mmm.... No, Porsche... I want to sleep." Just a shake of his arm, and Dear was mumbling to himself, burying his face deeper into the pillow, clearly stating he wouldn't get up, even if an elephant tried to drag him.
Purin couldn't help but be amused.
"Sun called."
"Tell him I'm sleeping. Have him call back when I'm awake." The little one mumbled to himself, clearly being whiny and refusing to wake up. He even fumbled for the blanket to pull it up over his shoulders, looking like he'd burrow under it completely if anyone tried to wake him further. This made Purin laugh, then put the phone back to his ear.
"My Mia refuses to wake up."
Hmm... Hey! Hmm, whose Mia? Who's Porsche's Mia? Wait a minute. Am I Porsche's Mia? Âi Sun... Mia....
Whoosh
"Ow, my ass!" The moment his brain processed what his damned friend must have heard, Dear's eyes shot open and he bolted upright instantly. But he had to yell out, collapsing back into his original position, his ass hurting like hell. He could only turn to look at Porsche, who was smiling, offering him the phone.
"Bloody fucking hell, he's going to tease me till the semester ends." He could only mumble to himself, then took the phone and put it to his ear, still lying in the same position.
"What do you want?!"
"Don't use that ticked-off voice to cover your embarrassment. How many rounds did you get to miss class?"
"Whether I got any or not is my business, not yours." His mouth was still putting on a ticked-off tone, but his damn cheeks were burning hot as hell. Especially with Porsche looking at him like this, he couldn't get the words out. He could only bury his face in the soft pillow, which made the young man watching smile widely, in a good mood. One could say his illness had vanished as if it never happened.
Until
"I'm going to work now, Khrap." But then, Dear could only lie still as Porsche pressed a soft kiss to his temple, his strong voice whispering into his other ear, making the little one's cheeks burn red as hell. The hand gripping the blanket clenched tightly.
"Mhm." He could only acknowledge, feeling Porsche pat his head before pulling away. The moment the sound of the door closing echoed, Dear pulled the blanket over his head.
"Bloody fucking hell, bloody fucking hell, bloody fucking hell! 'I'm going to work now.' So damn embarrassing! Don't act like we're some Phûa-Mia couple!"
"Oh, so you are Porsche's Mia, huh? Heh, going to brag about what Porsche said to you?"
Damned shit-lizard! Âi Sun was still on the line!
This time, the embarrassed little one was speechless. His small mouth opened slightly, hearing his own heart explode with a Thud. His close friend said in a mocking tone that made him want to cut his own tongue out and chop it into pieces. He could only suppress his embarrassment. The more he squirmed, the more he'd be teased. Okay, then how about this?
"Yeah, I'm Porsche's Mia. Porsche is my Phûa. So what? You think I'm going to brag about how damn attractive Porsche is to me?"
"Why are you such a damn troublemaker, Dear?"
Damned shit-lizard!
"Heh, not going to tease you anymore. Come to class this afternoon. I'll pick you up on my bike around noon... Oh, wait, can you even ride a bike?" Dear frowned immediately. He was glad the topic had changed, but he could only ask suspiciously.
"Why wouldn't I be able to ride a bike?"
"Oh, with the news of getting so many shots, isn't your ass already wrecked?"
"Damned shit-lizard! I can go myself!" That was it. He didn't wait to hear what else his damn friend would tease him with, hanging up the bloody fucking call immediately. So embarrassed he could almost dig a hole and hide. Before, he'd bragged so much about not liking young men, how manly he was, only liking attractive young women. Now, his words were coming back to haunt him. Having a Phûa, clear as day, meant he'd be teased until graduation.
The thought made Dear admit outright that he didn't want to go to class. If Âi Sun knew, if the world knew, for sure Âi Shin, Ae, Pond, Dieow, Mai... yeah, the whole bloody fucking gang would know. He could only suppress his shame and talk to himself.
"Whatever. Having Porsche as my Phûa, I'll accept being teased."
***
And so, the first major test for the freshmen who had been engrossed in the freshman orientation activities for the first two months arrived... the midterm exams. Throughout every subject, Dear could only curse, tutor Âi Sun, and listen to him tease him about having a Phûa, until the last subject passed, leaving him breathless.
It was good that it was exam period, so he'd moved himself back to his old bedroom. Otherwise, from being breathless, he suspected the fun would move downstairs, making him unable to take the exam. Porsche was so damn kind; seeing that he was taking exams, he bought nourishing things to fill the room, saying he was using his brain a lot and should eat plenty... but he couldn't help feeling like he was being fattened up somehow.
"Where you going after the exam?"
"Restaurant..."
"No way, man. I'm going back to my room."
Hmm
The moment they all left the exam room, Âi Shin, who walked out chill with the air of a Khun-chai (completely unaware he'd made his friends wait so long everyone else had already gone to guzzle booze since early morning), asked. Dear said enthusiastically, seeing their team saying they'd go for restaurant, he wanted to go too. But the social young man (the utterly pointless kind) like Âi Sun declared loudly.... going back to his room.
"You drunk on the exam or something? You are going back to your room?"
"Damn straight, my friend. I used my brain a lot. I'm going back to catch some shut-eye and regain my strength... because tonight I have a mission." At the end of his sentence, Nai Sun said with a cunning smile, making Dear frown immediately.
"Guzzling booze instead of water again, huh? Heh, I'll tell your Nongs."
"Then I'll tell your Mâe you have a Phûa now."
Silence... Gulp.
This time, the short young man among his friends shut his mouth immediately, his cheeks flushing red as hell, unable to retort. He could only grit his teeth inwardly, making Âi Shin laugh loud. Bloody fucking hell, he ruffled his head again. Did everyone see him as a little one? Ruffling away!
"You're the second one to do that!"
"Goose! I thought you'd help me, but you just ruffled my head like I'm your damned kid. And I never had a Phûa named Nai Sun, okay? My first and only Phûa's name is Nai Purin Akramethakorn. Clear, Khrap?" This time, Dear snatched his friend's hand away, saying damn ticked off, as they were ganging up to tease him again.
His demeanor, wanting to chase and stomp on them (but he couldn't, not tall enough), made laughter ring out through the hallway. Just as someone else stepped in, the young man's eyes stared at the little one in the middle between the two friends with a stern, damn intense gaze before letting out a long sigh.
"Ouch, I'm done playing. I'm going for restaurant... Oh, Phîi Oat!"
Thud
Oat, who was about to turn and leave, stopped his foot immediately and turned to look at Dear, who broke into a wide smile, shook off both friends, and jogged over to him.
"Hello, Khrap. Did you get your top back?" The junior's smile was still bright as ever. His round eyes shone with a clear light that made Oat nod. Something in his heart turned into a damn hard lump, leaving him speechless, while feeling the other two juniors glaring his way.
"Hello, Khrap. What business do you have with my friend?" Sun asked in a teasing strong voice, making Dear frown sharply.
Was he still holding a grudge about that Phîi wák incident? Dear thought.
"Dear, I have something to ask."
Thud
This time, Sun turned to lock eyes with the young man immediately. Shin just shrugged, as if to say he adhered to the motto 'a friend's business is not my business,' but he was still watching the Phîi's demeanor with interest. And damn straight, it was close to... this looks fun as hell.
"Ah, what did you want to ask me? If I can answer, I will, Khrap." Dear was cautiously defensive. He couldn't help but feel the Phîi's face looked more damn tense than usual, but he was still attractive, worthy of all the first-year young women in the faculty screaming over him.
Oat glanced at the two young men flanking Dear, who felt like damn bodyguards of sorts, implying they wanted privacy.
Sun simply raised his hands and crossed them, saying simply. "His Phûa entrusted him to me. Hope you understand."
Dear began to frown sharply. He couldn't help but feel the atmosphere was weird-ass. Don't tell me Porsche left me in Âi Sun's care? Entrusted me to whom? Dear thought.
"Just say it, Phîi. You already know the answer in your heart. You just don't want to accept it, that's all."
Thud
But then, Shin cut straight to the point. His attractive face, framed by red-black hair, raised an eyebrow at him, making Oat clench his fist tightly. Honestly, he didn't like the knowing look in the young man's eyes one bit. He'd actually been hooked since the faculty heartthrob contest incident, but he conceded, turning back to look at Dear again.
"That Phîi of Dear's... he's not your real Phîi, is he?"
"Huh? No, Khrap. Porsche isn't my real Phîi. He's my Phîi-next-door. No, wait, now he's my roommate-Phîi." Dear answered without thinking much, even giving another wide smile. His round eyes sparkled when he thought of the young man who had recovered from his illness and was rushing to clear his own work.
"He... doesn't force Dear to do anything, does he?"
"Hmm, why would Porsche force me to do anything? No way, Khrap."
Even something like that, I was damn willing to be his. Why would he force anything else? Dear thought.
That answer was clear enough for the young man, whose attractive face showed a pained expression, making Dear ask in return.
"Is something wrong, Khrap?"
"...No... nothing. I just came to thank you for washing the top. You're going to celebrate finishing exams, right? Have fun, Khrap." Having said that, Phîi Oat gave a smile, reached out as if to ruffle his head, but hesitated and pulled back. He sighed heavily before nodding to Âi Sun and Âi Shin.
"I'll go ahead."
"Phîi Oat, won't you come with us... Ow!" Dear could only raise his hands to cover his head, yelling out. He saw Phîi Oat acting weird-ass, so he invited him, but why did his damned friend slap him full force on the head? Hanging out with Jae Dream too much, huh? One slap, and sawdust falls out like hell. Dear thought.
"No, it's... I mean, I have plans with friends."
"Oh, is that so, Khrap? Next time, then. Don't forget you promised to take me to that restaurant you mentioned." Even though his head hurt so much his eyes watered, Dear quickly smiled. The more Phîi Oat called himself Phîi like this, the nicer it sounded. He could only bring up the thing they'd joked about before, making Oat pause for a moment before saying calmly.
"If there's a chance..." Having said that, the large Phîi quickly walked away, leaving the three young men in the same spot.
"What's with Phîi Oat?"
"Good Lord... Âi Sun, I'm asking damn straight. Does he often act like this?" Dear, who was muttering to himself, turned sharply to look at the red-headed young man, who was covering his face with his hands, shaking his head with an utterly freaky expression. He had to turn to look at Âi Sun, who was rolling his eyes, then looked at him with a damn condemning gaze.
"I seriously wonder, Dear. Are you really Jae Dream's Nong? Or did your Mâe take you home from the wrong hospital? I mean, your Jae is wise like hell, but her Nong is damn dim-witted."
"Are you insulting me?"
"Yeah, I'm insulting a little one somewhere... Let's go, Âi Shin. I want restaurant now." Âi Sun replied with damn straight sincerity, saliva almost spraying into his face, then walked over to put an arm around the redhead's neck, who was shaking his head like hell, still cursing at him nonstop.
"You're only good at studying." Having said that, the two young men walked off with their arms around each other's necks, chatting between themselves, making the damn dim-witted one raise his hand to scratch his head.
Didn't they understand? Phîi Oat was acting weird-ass, asking something about Porsche, and I just invited Phîi Oat to go eat at the restaurant together. Dear thought.
Seriously, where exactly am I dim-witted?
"Did I miss something? I just invited Phîi Oat to come along. Where am I dim-witted?... Hey, you guys! Whatever it is, explain it to me!" No matter how he reviewed it, he couldn't figure out what dim-witted thing he'd revealed for them to insult him. Dear yelled out, then ran after the two long-legged young men, utterly damn perplexed.
And damn straight, even if pressed to death, they wouldn't answer.
***
At exactly ten PM, Sun, who had just parted ways with his friends an hour ago, was turning off his beloved motorcycle, whistling cheerfully. He slung his worn-out backpack over his shoulder, then confidently strode into the condo he'd only been to a second time, as if he'd lived there a full year.
Soon, the tall figure of the attractive faculty heartthrob stopped in front of a certain door. He bent down to sniff himself one more time, confident he'd accumulated enough scent of sweat and restaurant to be sufficiently pungent, then smiled brightly...
Bang bang bang bang!
"Phîi Ryu, Khrap!" The attractive young man began pounding loudly on the door in front of him, yelling for the young man inside without fear of the neighboring rooms waking up to curse him. He knew Phîi Ryu would never agree to let him into the room after he'd stolen a kiss from him that day.
Heh. But a young man like Sunny, Phîi Ryu or Phîi Ryu, whatever.
Bang bang!
Creek
"Âi Sun! How did you get here?! Go wherever you're going!" Just one more knock, and Phîi Ryu opened the door as wide as the door chain allowed, only his ticked-off face and a strong voice grating through his teeth showing, indicating he was damn angry. He'd been watching a movie, completely engrossed, and this damned nuisance popped out from hell knows where!
"Let me into your room, please, Khrap."
Thud
"Go die!" Phîi Ryu snarled (strong voice grating through his teeth), his face red as hell and ticked off. Anyone could see he was definitely thinking about the last incident in the men's bathroom. Sun made pleading eyes.
"Then let me go die in your room, Khrap."
"Keep dreaming. I will never agree to be near you ever again." The attractive-faced young man said decisively, making the attractive faculty heartthrob quickly put on a sad face, pushing on the door with all his might, then saying in a soft strong voice.
"Oh, Phîi Ryu, I'm sorry. Let me in... please? Please, Khrap?"
"No!"
"Then I'll yell that you had sex with me in the men's bathroom behind the faculty!"
"Âi—!" Ryu felt like punching the young man in front of him and then following up with a stomping to death. He looked at the young man smiling brightly and cheerfully. Just from their last encounter, he'd almost bitten his own tongue to death when he got carried away with his kiss. If he let him into his room today... there was no way he'd be safe.
Therefore, don't even hope for it! Ryu thought.
"Oh, Phîi Ryu, let me into your room. That young man isn't my romantic partner at all. Don't misunderstand."
What does your business have to do with me? What misunderstanding?! Ryu thought.
Ryu could only frown sharply, not keeping up with the young man in front of him. But before he could even open his mouth to curse, wondering if he was yelling for his Phô, his peripheral vision caught someone from two rooms down the hall walking over, glancing their way curiously. He swore inwardly.
This will look like a Phûa-Mia fight! Ryu thought.
"Romantic partner or not is your business. Go back!"
"Phîi Ryu, don't be mad. I only have one Phîi. There's no one else. I only chase, only like you, Phîi Ryu." Not finished, the coldly-aloof faculty heartthrob kept talking loudly, making the young man in the room flush, his damn heart pounding hard as hell. It felt like this young man was chasing after him, and he'd gotten dim-wittedly jealous seeing him with someone else.
"Um, Khun Phuying, Khrap. Sorry for the noise. Just trying to make up to him, you know..." Suddenly, Sun turned to the young woman who had walked over glancing curiously, speaking with a pitiful demeanor that made the young man in the room just widen his eyes.
Âi-coldly-aloof!
Bang!
Creek
Slam
"It's nothing, Khrap. Just a little misunderstanding." And then, Ryu could no longer bear the embarrassment. He managed to push the door closed, undid the chain with trembling hands, then opened the door wide, grabbed the damned young man, pulled him into the room, turned to give an awkward, red-faced smile to the young woman standing not far away, then slammed the door shut.
Click
"Ouch... fiercer than a tiger." Just seeing the look Phîi Ryu gave him as he turned around, Sun could only groan inwardly. But his mouth insisted on smiling, especially seeing Phîi Ryu in comfortable home clothes, his fair face flushed red as hell, his lips pressed into a tight line, glaring damn intense. No matter how you looked, he was damn attractive and adorable as hell.
"Âi Sun!! What the bloody fucking hell are you doing?! Everyone misunderstood that I'm queer and that you're my romantic partner!!" Ryu yelled out, making a move as if to pounce, but clearly maintaining a safe distance. Sun could only smile at him and state fully.
"That's good, isn't it, Khrap?"
"Âi—!"
"Oh, we've even kissed. What else are you embarrassed about, Khrap?"
Thud
Wow, Phîi Ryu is so damn attractive. Sun thought.
Sun could only think to himself, watching the young man open his mouth to curse, but then press his lips tightly together, turning his face away, his cheeks redder than hell, not knowing how to get redder. He had to narrow his eyes slightly, watching the expression change from the kind of anger that wanted to kill and throw him off the rooftop to being damn embarrassed, not daring to meet his eyes.
"Don't tell me that day... you jerked off because of kissing me."
Slam
It's damn true, though. Ouch, I'm happy. I'm not the only one who had a wet dream by my own hand. Sun thought.
Sun was utterly thrilled, smiling widely at the young man who turned to look at him, his mouth agape. Bloody fucking hell, he was trembling, but couldn't speak, couldn't curse. Just looking, he knew what had happened that day. He had to press the attractive young man a little more.
"It's true, isn't it, Phîi Ryu?"
"Why are you here?!" Not only did Phîi Ryu not answer, the attractive young man turned to yell at him. Clearly changing the subject. Instead of pressing the tiger who was in a state of self-confusion further, the tall young man just smiled widely and said in a damn serious tone.
"Let me take a shower in your room, Khrap."
"Your room?"
"Yes, Khrap. My dorm cut the power today to fix the whole system at half past nine. The power won't be back until like two AM. And I forgot. Today I went with Dear's gang. By the time I got back to the dorm, the power was completely out. But think about it, Phîi, I didn't shower this morning because I was afraid I'd be late for the exam. On top of being stinking all day, going for restaurant, I reek like hell. I really want a shower. Looked left and right, no one was around, so I came to seek merit with you, Phîi." Sun spun a tale of lies scene by scene, making the young man listening smile grimly.
"So what? What's that got to do with me? Go shower at another friend's dorm."
"Forgot? Today's the day exams ended. They all went home. If not, they're passed out drunk at some booze joint."
"You must have friends with a shower you can use."
"You have a shower. Can't I shower here, Khrap?... I thought of you first, Phîi Ryu." Phîi Ryu fell silent, but still looked at him while maintaining damn maximum distance, unlike his red-hot cheeks, avoiding eye contact for damn straight. He knew the tiger was gradually softening.
Therefore, I have to turn him into a cat. Sun thought.
"Anyway, I'm already here. Do a damn good deed for a young man with single-lidded eyes, let me shower just this once, Phîi. It'd be a hell of a merit." He said, giving a playful smile, keeping his demeanor from earlier in check, and pulling at his collar, making a move to step closer.
"Don't believe me? Smell me, Phîi. I reek like hell..."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah! Don't come closer. I won't smell you. Just shower." The attractive young man was softening more and more. He asked for confirmation one more time, making the junior nod like hell.
"Yes, shower, Khrap." But after showering, we'll continue talking, Phîi Ryu. Sun thought.
"Use the bathroom in the bedroom. Don't make my bathroom messy, you hear? Whatever you use, put it back where it belongs."
See? Phîi Ryu is kind to a fault. Just had to figure out the right approach. Even if this time he acted like he was just brushing off a damned nuisance. Sun thought.
And that made Sun smile widely. He followed the young man who walked to open the bedroom door, then pointed to the bathroom inside, gesturing for him to go in quickly, as if nothing was wrong at all, even though a wicked plan was bubbling up in his heart more and more.
Ever since that day, I've had wet dreams because of Phîi Ryu's face. So, now that exams are over, this Nong Sunny can't take it anymore! Sun thought.
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