20. Spirited Away

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"I'm still not entirely convinced my parents gave you this idea."

"They didn't."

"Then why-"

"Just your dad."

Beam looked up from his dango treat Forth had sweetly brought him as a snack after his final class. "You and my dad," Beam slowly spoke, deliberately and without a hint of amusement. "Are both a couple of perverts. I swear. Is there a pervert club I don't know about?"

Forth draped an arm over Beam's shoulders, grinning at him unrepentantly. "If there was, you'd be a member. Don't deny it."

"Maybe before we got together, yeah," Beam shot back, unable to keep from grinning along with Forth. "I had no idea you were worse than I was."

"Nah, I think you're a fraction more perverted

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"Nah, I think you're a fraction more perverted. I remember seeing you leave the bar during freshman year with a girl under each arm."

Beam scowled and looked away. Did Forth have to remind him about what a slut he'd been in the past?

"Beam, I wasn't trying to-"

"Don't bring that up anymore. Please," Beam interrupted, voice quiet, strained. "That's not who I am now."

"I'm sorry," Forth gently pulled Beam into a warm hug. "I was only trying to tease you. I didn't know you felt that way."

Beam sighed, slumping against Forth's chest. "Does everyone see me like that?"

"Like what?"

Beam swallowed hard before answering, "Such a slut. Sleeping around with so many girls."

Forth wasn't happy to hear Beam talk about himself like that. Seemed he had some negative thoughts to nip in the bud. "Beam, would you consider the girls you slept with sluts?"

"Of course not. They were just looking for a little fun."

"And how about Pha? I know he slept around before Yo started university."

"That was to ease his broken heart," Beam muttered. Reluctantly, he was getting the point Forth was trying to make. "Fine. I'm not a slut."

"Nope. You're what I refer to as a free-spirited lover."

Beam snorted humorlessly. "Free-spirited lover? You just made that up."

His boyfriend chuckled, caressing his back. "No, I've heard others use that term before."

The med student rolled his eyes. "You are the weirdest man I know."

"Even more than your dad?"

"...nah, nobody can be as weird as him. After all, he told you to kidnap me for a belated birthday trip and 'have fun' at the beach."

Forth muffled a laugh. He was still in shock at the blase way Khing had talked about his only child. And the suggestions he'd made! Even had Forth blushing.

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