strawberries and cigarettes → bounprem

nineteen

『trust is earned』

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prem hanged onto every word that left the older's mouth, the darkness that almost swallowed him slowly vanished as the warmth that radiated from boun wrapped around him. he felt at ease and the tears stopped dripping from the faucet that is his eyes.

"do you still wanna eat? or do you just wanna stay here? i can just bring you some food and tell the teacher that you're not feeling alright." the older said as he slowly pulled away from the younger who is sniffling.

'i don't wanna stay here and wallow in bed all day...'

"no, i wanna go outside. can you show me around the place?" he said, avoiding the eyes of boun who softly smiles at the younger. "okay, just go change and i'll wait for you outside." ruffling the boy's fluffy wet ebony hair and left, but before boun could step out the door, he was pulled by prem hugging his neck and shyly whispered in his ear.

"thank you."

before boun could even reply, he was pushed out the door by the now blushing prem. "g-get out, bastard!"

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they both arrived at the resturant by the beach, the breeze made their hair flow wildly. prem felt like the weight on him has been lifted and the sadness that he felt vanished with the wind, "so what do you want to eat, strawberry?" boun said as he was holding the menu and then glanced at the boy who couldn't take his eyes off the scenic beach, the untamed waves, and the blazing heat of the sun that gently kissed his skin, making it a color that rivals a red rose.

with a smile that could almost rip out his pink cheeks prem looked at boun, "can we take a picture there later? oh! i wanna swim... are there any sharks here? oh shit, i don't know how to swim..." then he started mumbling to himself, ignoring the older's question and boun just could't help but laugh.

when the waiter arrived, boun said their orders as prem went back to admiring the ocean. "yeah, we could, then i'll show you around. i've been here a few times since this is where my family mostly celebrates events." boun smiled at prem whose eyes widens at the olders statement and his smile grew.

"you rich kid bastard," prem playfully replied and boun just chuckled.

the food arrived and prem's mouth watered at the sight of food that lay in front of him. he didn't wait any longer and started eating the delicious food. he groaned as the flavor of the food explode in his mouth and his taste buds rejoiced,

"well, i'm glad you're liking the food, babe."

'the damn names that makes my stomach growl...but i'm not sure if it's still because of hunger though...'

prem tried to ignore the unknown feelings that started to appear when he met the older at that convenience store, he tried to ignore those little things that boun would do just for him, like making sure he won't get wet from the rain so the older risked his unifrom getting wet just for prem, or buying him food just because he was hungry (which he also asked in such a bratty way...) making sure he was safe and most of all...locking away the demons that tried to crawl into his mind. boun did all of those things yet not once did he hear the older complain.

'can i trust him? should i tell him? is it worth it?'

"hey strawberry, eat up before the food gets cold. we still have a long day." said boun as he eats while occasionally glancing at the younger who earlier spaced out.

'yeah...maybe i can trust you...p'boun.' a soft smile appeared on his face as he stared at boun who was busy silently eating, boun noticed the stare that came from the younger so he stared back at those eyes that held so much secrets, like the ocean...the surface was wild yet also graceful as it swayed with the wind but once you look a little deeper you'll find so much more than just that. it was also the same alcoholic colored eyes that instead of making him sleepy or tipsy, it gave him endless of sleepless nights.

"thank you, p'boun."

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