BETWEEN ME AND YOU

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"How about that? You lost." Bright says cockily, his arms crossed against his chest, an annoying smile stuck on his face. Doing a little victory dance along with the loud music from the speakers of his bar.

Kongpob on the other hand, takes a sip on his shot of alcohol, regretting the fact that of all the times he played chess with Bright, they only placed a bet on this one. The first and only time Bright, coincidentally won against him.

"Okay. What's the consequence?" Kongpob asks with a sigh. He looks at Bright's sneaky mischievous smile and mentally prays to the gods to guide and help him.

It was a Friday night, Arthit was entering his and Kongpob's shared condominium when he started hearing a very familiar voice singing along to songs. He smiles and takes off his shoes to watch the free concert in their kitchen.

"Oh, P'Arthit?" Kongpob jumps a little, when he sees the other man come up behind him. Arms going around his waist and chin rested on his shoulder.

"Sorry. Did I startle you?" Arthit apologizes, rubbing his chin on Kong's shoulder. The other boy shakes his head and replies.

"Not really, when did you come in?"

"Just when you started singing along to Off the Table. Since when did you start listening to Ariana?" Arthit asks out of curiosity.

"I don't remember, but I've been listening to her songs for a while now actually." Kong replies, Arthit nods his head in understanding.

"Okay then. Need any help?" Arthit asks again before letting go of Kongpob, making sure to kiss the younger's cheek first before stepping away. 

Kongpob giggles and shakes his head. He tells Arthit to wait in the chair as he was almost done anyways. While waiting for their food to cook, Kongpob asks his senior about work, and as always, he would try giving the senior a short massage on the shoulders while the senior replayed his whole day to his loving boyfriend.

After Arthit's short rants and animated stories about his work, the senior will then ask Kongpob about his studies. Kongpob will then rant about their exams coming up and how his schedule would be filled with stupid workloads he didn't even ask for. But then Arthit would tell him its natural since he's a graduating student, Kongpob sighs and hugs Arthit from the back for a short while before going back to the food he was cooking.

The young man wearing an apron turns off the stove. Ariana's Positions album playing in the background on shuffle. His ears attentive, waiting for one specific song to play.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you. Bright told me he needed to do something tomorrow, so I'm free." Arthit says, though he was confused why Bright also told him to 'enjoy' his time with Kongpob. Thinking that his friend was a crackhead anyways, Arthit throws his thought out of the window.

Kongpob nods his head in understanding. That stupid phi Bright really planned this out. He says in his mind.

"I like this song." Arthit says when Motive started playing. Kongpob smiles as he places their food on the table. He sits on the chair adjacent to Arthit.

"Ohoo, what's the occasion?" Arthit asks when the delicious healthy meal presented in front of him.

"Nothing. I didn't have class the rest of the afternoon so I decided why not make something special for my handsome hard working boyfriend?" Kongpob says before winking at the now slightly flustered Arthit.

"That seems awfully suspicious. What's the catch? Tell me what's your motive?" Arthit playfully sings along to Motive, his eyes squinting as if scrutinizing the other boy.