Damn Good Friends (Put you in a song)

Red Sheen

Team was making his way to the bar when- "I didn't know Manaow could pack such a hit. Your head looked like it was about to unhinge."

Team fakes a smile and raises his hand in a punch, Win raises both his hands in surrender and blows a kiss his way.

"Stop bothering me and go back to your friends. I can handle this," Team says. He leans forward to wait for the waiter to serve his drinks

Win smiles at him and pinches his cheeks, "It was never a question of if you 'can or can't' of course you can. You're my baby cheeks"

The younger turns around to look at him and finally sees that the elder has another person in tow. A girl. A very cute one. Draped on his arm like she can't walk without Win supporting her.

"Baby cheeks, this is Aim. My friend from my Marketing class. Aim, this is my baby best friend, Team." Win introduces them both. And Team flashes another practiced smile.

"Hia, stop embarrassing me! Just Team. Nice to meet you, P" And offers his hand to the older girl. And just before the girl Aim was able to reply, the waiter put the drinks in front of him and there presents his perfect excuse.

"Oh, my drinks are here. If you'll excuse me, I have friends who are thirsty who want to unhinge my head. Hia, P'Aim?" And carries the bucket of beer and the tray of shots.

Lee rushes to his side to help him carry the drinks. Lee leaned into him and whisper shouts in his ear, "Who was that? Damn she cute." And ending it with a whistle.

"I think that's Hia's new girlfriend," Team answers.

Lee clicks his tongue and looks back. "Damn. He picks them up well. Last time, I saw him with a cute boy."

"Yeah. He can get anyone and everyone he likes. So fucking lucky,"

Lee looks at him and pats his back loudly as he put the bucket down on the table and says as his voice trailed off, "Well, at least I got you." And fucking winks.

Before setting down the tray of drinks, Team downs one and puts the shot glass upside down on the table. The table's cheers echoed in the bar then someone shouted, "Let's get this party started!"

It became a blur of dancing strobe lights, of orange, and blue light. Glimpses of people he recognized, Pharm, Manaow, Lee, and people he just met that night. They were downing drinks after drinks. Vodka, beer, whiskey, gin, and more beer. At one point he remembers Pharm saying, "Slow down Team. This is not a competition" and he remembers answering, "It's not. But I'm drowning my feelings. It's either this or the pool,". Lee and a guy named Mick cheering him from the sides every time he downed a drink in one shot, and this is the type of company he needs right now.

He goes with them, and they created a makeshift dance floor in the middle of the bar. And soon everybody joined in. His mind felt like it was swirling as he felt the whisky run down his throat, and a body gyrated against him.

He looked down and saw a very cute girl, dressed in a short black dress, contrasting her pale skin, like a beacon.  She was smiling up at him, and he smiled and licked his lips, seeing her red lips winking at him with a glossy sheen. The girl tiptoed and whispered something to him, but he only heard, "on me" and "so hot", but it was enough for Team to know the girl was unto him.

He can't possibly reject an invitation from a girl who showed a desire for him, but it's him. He can't feel any for the person, opposite him. But it doesn't mean he knows nothing of lust and desire.

He drank the remaining whiskey on his glass, puts it down, and leans down towards the girl, and kisses her. This made the small girl open her mouth in a moan from the sheer force of his lips, and moaned even louder as whiskey pooled in her lips, and ran down the sides of her mouth. Team was patient for a drunk person, but the girl upon realizing what was happening, eagerly kissed back and it was an exchange of a whiskey-flavored kiss.

Team held her face between his palms and relayed all the alcohol to her waiting open lips. And when they were finished, the girl was still in a trance, her head tilted up, her eyes glassy, barely open, and her lips were stuck in a pout as if she was stunned. But before he could do more, he was pulled back and met a sturdy chest against his back, and he didn't have the time to turn around or to see who it was, he can only look at the pretty girl forlornly as she opened her eyes and looked for him.

Team was forced to sit down on the benches by the bar, like the table he and his friends occupied earlier. But he didn't need to guess who pulled him back, as Win's face came into view, his eyebrows furrowed in a deep frown, and behind him are Pharm and Manaow's worried faces.

"My friends! Why the long faces? This is a party! Come on let's dance!" Team shouts and stands up, before he staggered on the spot and sat down again on the bench, his weight unable to hold his liquored-dazed body, and he can only lie down on the bench. But it didn't dampen his mood, he flailed his arms above him, and dances to the beat as hard as he can.

Pharm and Manaow moved the table so they can both fit on the remaining space, they looked up at Win and told him, "P', we'll take care of Team. Go back to the party. We'll take him home."

Win smirks, albeit a little dry as he says, "And who's gonna carry him? He'll topple both of you if you try. I'll just say goodbye to my friends, I'll take him home. Watch him for me till I get back, okay?"

Pharm and Manaow look at each other, and back at Win. Guess they don't have a choice but to agree.

Win disappeared in the crowd of bodies, rubbing and grinding in the middle, and Team suddenly shot up and stood up. The two friends also stood up to support him, as Team swayed a little, side to side and giggling like being up on his feet is too funny.

"I think I saw Hia go that way, I have something important to say to him," Team drunkenly says.

The two friends actually weren't able to hear anything, they only saw him bolt out and run towards the crowd. They both didn't know what to do as Team was just there and then gone the next.

They separated to look for him and Pharm kept on jumping because he can barely see from his view below. He can only see people's necks and heads and he's growing frustrated from the swaying heads and the blinding strobe lights. And so he didn't notice a man come up to him. All he realized was that he was held by strong, huge hands on his waist, attempting to lift him up. He struggled a little but held on to the hands as he was about to slip. He felt uncomfortable, so he said, "Put me down. Let me go."

But the taller person leaned down to him and whispered, "I'm sorry. I should've asked for permission first. I just saw you trying to see through the crowd and I thought I could help."

And his eyes almost bulged out to hear this voice. He knows this voice. It's Dean. Dean Ratthanon Wongnate His senior crush.

Team was trying to get through. The lights were so annoying, so he stopped to rest his eyes a little. But, "Team? What are you doing here? Where's Pharm and Manaow?"

"Hia! You're here! I wanted to tell you something," Team answers instead.

Win shakes his head and rounds his shoulders to guide him out of the building.

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