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"It was a good movie."
"Ah, um, yeah, it was good."
Graphic could only accept the words from the person beside him in a dazed, blurry state as they walked out of the cinema together. It wasn't a daze from the wine the other had ordered and he had drunk a glass of, but rather because of the atmosphere that had just ended a few minutes ago.
At first, the young man had thought that a hedonistic person like Pakin would definitely not just lie still to watch a movie. Especially in a cinema with beds and blankets to cover one's body, making it all too easy to do something hidden from the staff. But in reality, the other had just leaned back against the pillows, put one arm around his shoulders, and stared intently only at the screen ahead. Occasionally, he would turn to grab his drink for a sip, until the smell of alcohol from the quality grapes mixed and blended with the sexy scent of men's cologne, making him intoxicated.
Not only that, the warmth of their skin pressed together without lust as a variable, plus the intimacy from being under the same blanket, watching a movie together, with only short conversations, made Graph try to resist the urge to pull the blanket over his face.
It was one of the few times the young man had felt this embarrassed.
Perhaps it was because it was the first time he had experienced a relationship akin to that of a normal couple. It wasn't irritation, it wasn't yelling at him, it wasn't a look that wanted him gone, but simply two people lying down to watch a movie together.
However, Graph didn't pull it over his face, comforting himself that it was dark inside; surely the other wouldn't see his reddening cheeks.
This was the feeling of heat on his face.
So hot that he didn't even dare to raise a hand to touch it.
Therefore, was the movie fun?... He didn't know.
What was the movie about?... He didn't know.
Even what movie they watched today, Graphic would say... he didn't have a clue.
The content of the movie didn't enter his head from the moment he was pulled to lean against the broad shoulder and smelled that cologne.
Therefore, he was drunk, but not from the wine... he was drunk on Pakin.
A drunkenness he was willing to be drunk on.
“Once in a while, coming out like this is good too,” the one walking in front said while stretching his shoulders, before looking down at his watch and finding that by the time the show ended, it was later than he had expected.
“Are you hungry? Nai barely touched anything,” then he asked a question that made the listener even more unable to compose himself.
Being cared for like this was really unfamiliar. Moreover... Pakin had also noticed that he barely ate anything, even though food was served to the bed. Maybe because it was dark, and also he was stubbornly full, as if he couldn't tell, that if Janjao were here, she would surely tease him about being satisfied.
And this time, Graphic didn't argue.
He was full... really full... the fullest he had been in ten years.
It wasn't a full stomach, but a full feeling of being reciprocated, after chasing for so long. It was all contained in this one day, until he didn't want the day to end.
Tomorrow, it won't be like this anymore, right?
The thought that made his eyes sadden as he shook his head.
“I'm not hungry. How about you, Phîi?”
“I'm hungry for something else.”
Thud
The young man halted his steps, then looked up to meet the other's eyes immediately, until he found that the sharp eyes that had been only looking at the movie screen were now glinting. And even though he had just received this kind of look not long ago, how could he not recognize what the other wanted?
Come here.
The desire that at first he wanted to curse as being too hedonistic, but at a time when he was so full like this, his heart... yielded.
It wasn't that I myself didn't want it. I myself had done everything to be able to sleep with Pakin, right?
Yes, all of this happened because he tried to move forward. Even if the path ahead was a cliff, he didn't hesitate to walk, until the relationship became like this. Graph himself should be happy, until his lips were about to move to answer with... "Let's go home, Phîi," or?
However...
The phone in Pakin's pocket rang first, making its owner frown sharply. But he grabbed it to look at the screen for a moment, then turned aside a bit as if he didn't want to be heard. Normally, the recalcitrant youth would not hesitate to try to listen, but now he could only stand still, waiting for the other to finish his business.
Am I being this good?
“What's up?”
[“Will you be coming in today, Khun Pakin?”]
While Pakin was listening to the words from his close aide, his peripheral vision saw the mischievous youth standing quietly, not interrupting, not complaining, just standing with his head bowed, making him not know whether to be concerned or amused.
More than before, amused that he was behaving well only because he was being good to him, or concerned that it made him... in too deep.
“Why?”
[“There's a small problem. Do you remember the group that was banned from entering the venue? I heard that today they will come. If you were there, they probably wouldn't dare, but they likely got the news that you aren't coming in.”]
The listener frowned sharply, his sharp eyes clearly showing displeasure. Because he was the type who, if he said no, it meant no. And if there were troublemakers causing problems, he would definitely not be gentle. However, when the young man glanced at the person with him and saw that the youth was looking this way, the one who had thought about going to handle the problem himself answered with a cold voice.
“No, I'm not going in today. And if any of them dare to cause problems, you handle it.” The other accepted the order.
Even though the young man could sense that his close aide was worried, Panchai himself would find a way to handle every problem for him until he could be at ease. But just as he lowered his hand and turned back...
“There's a race today, right?” Graph asked, frowning.
“Who told you?”
“Just from listening, I knew.” The young man didn't want to say that he found out from that woman, but he just remembered when he heard the phone conversation. And even though he knew that going home to have sex might be a better option, just looking at his watch and finding that he still had several hours left before the day ended, he took a deep breath.
“Phîi, take me with you... ”
“No.”
“Hey, didn't you say you'd indulge me all day!” Before he finished speaking, the other retorted immediately, making Graph widen his eyes and complain at once.
The tall figure said with a stronger voice,
“No matter what, I will not take you into the venue.” Especially on a day when it seems there will be trouble like this.
At the end of the sentence, the speaker told himself. Because just by looking at the face, meeting the eyes of the recalcitrant youth, he imagined many problems that would follow. Especially this youth who liked to stick his leg into dangerous situations, even though he had tried to keep him away for years. He might have even forgotten that he had once been chased until his bike crashed.
“But you said you'd indulge me.”
“Not this, Graph. Not this.” The person who had been kind a minute ago shook his head, then led the way to the exit towards the parking lot, which made the listener grab the hem of his shirt tightly.
“It's the same thing. I just want to go watch the race. I won't cause you any trouble.” Graph started to say louder, then halted when the glinting eyes turned to look at him, as if asking if there would be a problem for long, which made his close friend's words flash into his head.
Graph, you have to be calm.
Yes, he couldn't throw a childish tantrum at Pakin. But no matter how he thought about it, this Graphic had nothing to negotiate with, except...
“Please take me with you... just once is fine.”
“No... ”
“Then tonight, I won't ask you to stop.”
Graph felt the heat gathering on his face as mustered the courage to speak bold words he never thought would come out of his mouth. He held his breath and met the other's eyes without looking away, perceiving that the other was pondering, until he didn't know whether to be happy or sorry that he had negotiated this out, but this was the only thing he held firmly.
He didn't like using his body to trade, but since he was going to lose it anyway, he just had to try to make the most of it.
“Huh, you're more grown-up than I thought.” Words that even Pakin admitted he didn't want to believe, until the tall figure stepped closer, used his knuckles to stroke the cheek of the mischievous youth, felt the heat, until the corner of his mouth lifted.
No matter how brazen he acted, he was embarrassed... and this time, he was very embarrassed.
“If I agree to take you to the race tonight, you will... ” Finally, he repeated the agreement, making the handsome recalcitrant youth force himself to speak even though his face was bright red.
“Tonight, I won't ask you to stop.”
And Pakin's answer was...
“Just for tonight, Graph.”
Even if it was just for tonight, Graph got his wish.
“Oh oh, will the event be canceled again tonight, Phîi Chai?”
“If he brings him himself like this, it should be fine.”
Even though the clock had passed one a.m. for a while, on a road in the heart of the city, it was bustling with people coming to a temporary venue that would disappear without a trace when the event ended. At the entrance, several black vehicles blocked the way in and out, and there was also a check to ensure that those entering had passes.
At that moment, a beautiful supercar, which might be the only one in Thailand, sped in, making the gatekeepers make way knowingly. Because just seeing the vehicle, they knew... who had come.
The one who made Sai-fah turn to speak to the person in charge with an amused expression.
“Lucky, right? Last time when there was trouble, he wasn't here, so I didn't get to see Pakin make an appearance. This time, I wonder if I'll get to see it.”
While Panchai shook his head slowly, saying with an equally amused tone as he looked in the same direction as the others.
His boss was never inconspicuous, and this time, it was doubly so. When the man behind this venue stepped out of the vehicle, followed by a good-looking young man. Of course, anyone who came to the race that was canceled last time would remember that this was the one who was ordered “banned from entering.”
The influential man had announced that if he saw this youth's face at the event, he would order the entire event canceled. But this time, he brought him himself.
He was never uninteresting.
“But I'm not surprised that Pakin brought him.” At that moment, Shin, who stepped in along with Pakin's skilled racer, said with a cunning smile, staring at the young man who was looking left and right, interested in everything, making his masc romantic partner ask.
“Why do you think that, Shin?”
“Hehe, just looking and you can tell that youth is special.” Only, special in which meaning, that was all.
Until the tall figure who became the topic stepped closer, Sai-fah turned to greet the person behind him.
“Hey, my disciple.”
“Teacher.”
Without even looking at his face, one could tell how pleased Nai Sai-fah was, to the extent that he walked over to put an arm around the handsome youth's shoulders, ruffling his head with affection. But inevitably, the one who liked to stir trouble turned to tease the big man.
“Does my disciple have a pass today, Phîi?”
“And do you want your pass confiscated, Sai-fah?”
Even though he was Nai Sai-fah, who feared no one, upon hearing this sentence, he fell completely silent, shaking his head immediately. Because even though they talked about passes, in reality, the face was the pass. When the event owner said banned from entering, if you didn't get plastic surgery to change your face, don't expect to set foot here again.
“I let him come only tonight. Other nights, the order remains.”
“But... ”
“We agreed, Graph, that it's only for tonight.” Before Graphic could argue, Pakin said with a stern voice, looking at him with a warning gaze, until the young man grunted, wanting to argue, but afraid of being thrown out of the event, he could only mumble.
“This is bloody fucking unfair.”
“Do you want to be thrown into the car?”
The threat made the recalcitrant youth shut up immediately. Because even though he had sneaked into the event many times, he had to hide and skulk around. Only this time did he have the chance to walk in proudly, so he didn't want to be thrown out too quickly. Moreover... It was past midnight already.
The power he had received from the reward had already lost its sanctity.
“Come on, don't make that face, handsome. Later, Teacher Sai-fah will take you to walk around and enjoy the event. Besides, tonight is a feast for the eyes, Graph. Oat is racing.” Seeing the youth's unhappy face, Sai-fah said indulgently, making the event owner shake his head slightly.
“Don't indulge him too much. Just this much, being spoiled is already bad enough.”
“And when will you spoil your Nong, Phîi?” At that moment, Shin spoke up with a smile, making Pakin turn to meet his eyes, until he encountered a knowing smile. However, it didn't make him feel irritated. The feeling of wanting still remained intense, until he took another step closer, but...
Whoosh
“You might have forgotten, this is my romantic partner.”
Shin wanted to laugh out loud. When two men as big as wild buffaloes were standing facing each other, he was immensely amused to see his own romantic partner turn into a mad dog the moment he was in front of Pakin. While the other side was laughing loudly in his heart, and it escaped through his lips.
“You're really jealous, Oat. I told you I don't get involved with people who are taken.” Pakin said that, but at the moment when Oat was about to say something, the youth who had been unhappy since earlier blurted out.
“But if he plays along, you'd take him anyway.”
Snap
The smile disappeared from Pakin's face, replaced by sharp eyes that swept to look at the speaker. The young man just twisted his mouth, turning his face away as if annoyed, until Sai-fah, who had his arm around the youth's neck, also felt the pressure and almost let go, then retreated another way.
How can this youth withstand Pakin's gaze!
The harsh gaze of the person who raised his hand to cross his arms and said calmly.
“Are you jealous?”
Gasp
At that moment, Graph startled immensely, turning to look almost too late, and even more when he saw every pair of eyes staring at him, the skin of his cheeks began to redden, feeling embarrassed and humiliated being exposed in the middle of the group. But he couldn't argue, could only look at the person who had made him jealous all day.
During the day, it was a woman, at night, it's a man. If not cursing him for being hedonistic, then what should I curse him for!
The retaliation that Pakin was teaching the thoughtless youth... learn to think before speaking when among others. He was very calm already for not doing anything violent when he was defied now. And seeing that the white cheeks were turning frighteningly red made him calm down. Then he turned to his close aide to change the subject.
“Who is Oat racing against today?”
“The angel, Khun.” The answer made Pakin look slightly surprised, but after a moment, his eyes glinted with interest, turning to the skilled racer.
“What's the bet?”
“Just racing, Phîi. Both she and I have wanted to race each other for a long time, but never had the chance. Today we happened to be here, so I took the opportunity.” Oat said that because really, the rules in the venue weren't many. Apart from Pakin's orders being the highest, the rest could be agreed upon.
The racers themselves agreed on what to bet with, such as women, money, liquor, or even pride. But for those who came to watch, they often came to bet directly. Of course, the person responsible was the organizer. This event didn't have amateurs who challenged each other on the streets, but each person was a child of people with faces and names in society. The money bet wasn't just a thousand or two, but many times more than that.
“What's the spread now?”
Satisfied, “Oat is leading a little, Khun.” Panchai answered his boss, making Pakin nod.
“Tonight seems fun.”
“Why is she called the angel?” The conversation that Graph turned to ask Sai-fah, while the event owner entrusted the youth to him, then went to find the person in charge of the vehicles, Payu, making the listener laugh loudly.
“She's the only young woman who dares to race against the men here.” Graph still looked puzzled, making the other explain further.
“You know, right, that this event isn't about street kids racing. Each person who enters drives a Lamborghini and the like. Racing with these people means racing with the rich. If you lose, you lose face, but if you win, there might be trouble because you make them lose face. So only men race each other. As for this angel, Pakin liked her skills, so he spoke up to back her, so no one dares to cause trouble. And what's interesting is that so far... she has never lost to anyone.”
“That skilled?”
“Uh-huh, that's why they call her the venue's angel.” Sai-fah said with flavor, and maybe because he was a good-natured person, the one who was tense at first relaxed his worries, absorbing the atmosphere he wanted to experience to the fullest, and was even more amazed when he saw how they raced.
When two vehicles revved their engines, until the sound of the engines roared, the sound of tires grinding on the road echoed everywhere, making goosebumps all over his body, his heart beating fast with excitement. The first pair finished, then he looked at the next pair, which was Oat and a woman wearing a helmet that covered her face.
The young man looked at the tall, large figure of Oat astride a big super bike, raising a hand to wave to Shin, before revving the engine. And then there was that angel... a woman in a tight leather suit that showed her curves, noticeable.
A giant. Even with such a beautiful figure, she didn't look inferior when she was behind the super bike.
“Who do you think will win?”
“Oat, of course.” Naturally, Sai-fah said with confidence in his friend, making Graph turn back to look at the venue excitedly, but at that moment.
“Khun Graph, Khun Pakin ordered you to get in the vehicle.”
“Huh!” Graph turned to look at Phîi Chai in confusion, then almost yelled out loud when suddenly the person who had been kind to him all along grabbed his arm and dragged him to the vehicle behind the container. But his peripheral vision saw Pakin standing still with Payu, making him call out, intending to complain, "Why are you making me go in?" but...
Snap
That icy cold gaze made him shut his mouth, then follow Panchai to get in the vehicle, even though he couldn't help but wonder what was happening.
Pakin's expression seemed to say... there's trouble.
Even though Graph tried to ask his keeper what the trouble was exactly, he didn't get an answer. Normally, he would be eager to find out what was happening, but because of Panchai's words left at the end, before closing the vehicle door in his face, he still behaved like a good youth.
Well.
Khun Pakin ordered this because he is worried about your safety.
He could still be calm because of this word... worried.
But I bloody fucking want to know like hell!
The young man craned his neck to look out towards the container, but because it was completely blocked, he didn't know what was happening in the venue now, only knowing that the cheers and the sound of vehicle engines might have made the villagers around here praise and pray quietly.
Creak
“Hey! Why are you getting in?” But then, Graph had to exclaim when he saw from the corner of his eye that the venue's angel, still wearing a large helmet, was walking this way, talking to Phîi Chai for a few words, but what shocked him was that the young woman opened the vehicle door and stepped in nonchalantly.
The question that the face under the helmet turned to look at.
“It's me.”
Who the hell are you? I don't know you!
Thud
Graph really wanted to blurt out, but then, his eyes widened when the angel was taking off her helmet, letting long, jet-black hair spread all over her back, but it was the oval face that was smiling at him that made him almost crazy with shock.
Plai-fah... Pakin's woman!
“How did you get here!”
“I told you during the day that we'd meet later.”
“But I didn't think you... ”
“Oh, you didn't think I came to race, right? Does my face look like a hood ornament that those young men carry?” Plai-fah asked with an amused smile, looking at the other's clearly dazed face, but after a moment, he composed himself and asked in a blunt tone that no matter how you heard it, he saw her as an enemy.
“Then why did you get in? If you came to race, then go race.” Graph himself knew he was being impolite, but seeing her face, it just didn't sit right with him. Instead of making the person who had been teasing him from the start laugh, her proud figure didn't smile, could only sigh, then nodded towards the container.
“I don't want trouble.”
“Trouble?”
“Um.” Plai-fah was silent for a moment as if wondering whether to tell or not, but seeing his hostile attitude, she decided to speak directly.
“Right now, at the venue, there's a group that doesn't get along with Pakin coming to cause trouble. And I've had problems with a man in that group before... he lost a race and then took it out on me. He wants to find me. Luckily, I thought ahead. Besides Pakin and Payu, no one knows what my face looks like under the helmet. Now, since that man came with them, Pakin sent Payu to tell me to hide here.”
Plai-fah told this hoping that her Nong would reduce his unfriendly attitude, but the result... was the opposite.
Crack
“Graph, don't go out!”
Even though the young woman called out, the young man didn't think to listen anymore. He managed to open the door and step down from the vehicle quickly, until Panchai, who was standing outside, hurriedly stepped close to him. The usually kind eyes glinted, as if saying he wouldn't allow him to rush into trouble. But now, Graph had lost interest in the venue.
He was angry.
Is this what you call worried about my safety?
That shit-lizard is worried about the safety of everyone he wants to sleep with!
The moment the young man heard that Plai-fah was also someone who was allowed to get in the vehicle, a lot of anger from who knows where surged into his chest. Not because he had no sympathy for the person in trouble, but he was being placed in the same category as that woman!
It was a shit-lizard feeling.
Are you worried about me, or are you just worried about the people you want to sleep with!
“Khun Pakin ordered that... ”
Come here.
“I'll go back, that should satisfy you, right!” Before Phîi Chai could repeat the order, the young man retorted with a very blunt tone, making the other look at him with surprised eyes.
“I'm not staying anymore. I'm going home. I'm not in the mood.” Whatever problem there is, handle it yourself. If he stayed here, he would just be a hindrance to the person who wanted to act like a gentleman protecting a beautiful woman. Wouldn't it be better for him to go back?
The sarcastic thought expressed through his words.
“I won't stay as a bone in the throat for someone who doesn't keep promises and wants others everywhere. You can have someone send me home. With a problem like me gone, Pakin will probably be relieved.” Words that the listener wanted to argue with, but it wasn't the time, so Panchai nodded, turned to order another subordinate.
The attitude that made the young man even more upset that he was just a problem that everyone wanted to get rid of, even though Pakin's close aide didn't think that. The big-built man was more relieved that his boss wouldn't have to worry about him because the person his boss was facing... was someone Graph had had problems with before.
At this time, Pakin was standing looking at a large group of men who had come to intimidate his racing event with a pitiful gaze. Especially its leader, who was very familiar... that Gr, the one who had once chased to catch a 18-year-old with a pack of dogs.
“Sorry, Khun Pakin, for interrupting your event.”
“It's okay, I don't mind. I already knew that you, Nop, only raise street dogs.”
The event owner almost sneered when the person in front of him stared with hateful eyes. Even though at first he didn't know they would come, it wasn't that he couldn't handle them.
His subordinate had said that there would be those who were banned from the event sneaking in, but it seemed to be more than just sneaking. When he looked at the group that had come, he somewhat knew who they were.
“So, let me get to the point, so as not to waste your time.” The man with the evil eyes flicked his fingers to call, making the person standing behind him step forward to stand side by side. The moment he saw who it was, it made Sai-fah, who was far away, even roll up his sleeves in anger.
“That shit-lizard Max, huh!”
The one who was turning to look at Oat with malicious eyes.
Max... someone who used to be a regular member of this venue, but because he was dissatisfied that Oat won every race, until he went to ambush him outside the venue, making the skilled racer unable to tolerate it, being the one to challenge him with the condition that if he lost, he had to kneel and apologize in front of everyone. Which, of course, the result was that he lost, but he still didn't hesitate to bring his gang to beat him up, until Pakin had to step in to handle it himself.
Besides being banned from the racing venue, banned from showing his face, he was also banned from participating in every business that Pakin had invested in.
“I heard that you banned Max from entering the venue... Do you know that Max's Phô and my boss are close?”
“I think it's not necessary to know, to clutter my brain.”
Pakin perceived the threat in the tone well. He felt more pity that the other side would use this youth as a cause for conflict... if he didn't let him back into the venue, it would be like slapping the face of the person who asked, but if he let him in, it would be no different from saying he feared the words of the old man who was contending for power.
He thought he had been around for a long time, but he wasn't the type to respect people based on age anyway.
“Come on, Khun Pakin. Just one youth. Max didn't break any serious rules.” Words that if Sai-fah heard, he would curse non-stop. The listener laughed in his throat, even though his eyes were cold, then said with an even colder voice... a voice that made anyone feel a chill down their spine.
“It just so happens that here, 'I am the law.'”
Then he smiled.
The smile that made Gr suppress his anger, wanting to smash this nuisance's face to pieces for having taken his woman away, until he said with a harsh voice.
“You probably don't want to have more problems with my boss. He just entrusted a grandson to you. It's not beyond your ability, Khun Pakin.” But the person who considered his own words the ultimate laughed, then his lips straightened.
Hmph
“But I also don't need to take on the burden.”
A clear answer that... refused.
Given the answer, the troublemaker could only suppress his anger to not jump into a fight, almost ordering his subordinates, even though Max made a dissatisfied face that his uncle's people couldn't do as he wanted. But at that moment...
“Khun Gr.” Another subordinate moved to whisper in his ear, making the listener's eyes glint immediately.
“At least I didn't come for nothing.”
“... ” Pakin narrowed his eyes when suddenly the sneaky dog made a face like he had the upper hand.
“The child of a famous politician is at this event too, right?”
Even though Pakin was taken aback inside, on the outside he still showed no sign of worry, looking to see what trick he would pull, while the other said with a malicious smile.
“My subordinate happened to find that youth. It seems I have to go greet him.” Pakin was still calm, and would have remained so, if not for Panchai stepping close and whispering.
“I sent someone to take Khun Graph home, but just now, they found him unconscious by the vehicle.”
That shit-lizard! Chai!!!
This was one of the few times Pakin was this enraged.
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