strawberries and cigarettes → bounprem

twenty six

『old friend』

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they were headed back to campus. their two nights and three days of relaxation and no school projects or math is now over, the students in the bus are mostly scowling, sleeping or just staring at their pictures in the beach with longing.

especially manoaw, she would miss playing with the untamable waves of the ocean yet something inside her mind was just looking forward to going home and to look for someone she...missed. a smile creeped its way onto her face as she leaned her head to the window while she stares at the scenery they were passing by, slowly, sleep took over her and she fell asleep thinking of going back home to someone.

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soon, the students went to their own home and to the comfort of their bed. as prem made his way to his apartment room he remembered the time when he and the senior kissed under the sea and how boun held him in his arms ever so tightly as if the blond man was afraid that his strawberry would disappear and be washed by the waves into oblivion, how boun confessed to him, and of course just the thought of his boyfriend sends a blush to his face. 'boyfriend...he's my boyfriend', calling his senior 'boyfriend' felt like his insides were swarming with fluttering wings of butterflies that would softly brush against his organs.

sadly, the senior couldn't come with him since he said he had an errand to run though prem insisted on coming, the senior declined and just said to prem to rest in bed and wait for him and even said not to leave his room nor let anyone in unless it was someone prem knew, though it was such an odd request prem did it anyways and his questions as to why his senior was acting weird was left unanswered.

his steps echoed in the empty hallway, it was quiet...eerily quiet. the boy tried so hard not to think of the scary movies he watched as he walked but it was really hard to do so when he heard footsteps following his own. he tried speed- walking and turned to a left, opposite to where he is headed but he really just wanted to confuse whoever was following him.

nervously, and with shaking fingers, he took his phone from his pocket and called the only person that's running in his mind, "he-hello, p'boun?" he whispered into his phone.

"hello, strawberry? are you okay? why are whispering?" prem had never felt so relieved before after hearing boun's voice. "p'boun, i-i think someone is following me..."

"what?! where are you? are you home? answer me baby." said the senior, his voice sounding worried and even a faint sound of what seemed to be anger, though prem even wondered if it was just he's imagination since it disapeared just as quickly as it came.

"i'm at my apartment and-"

toooot....

suddenly, the line was cut off and the sound of crashing and rustling foot steps could be heard before everything went silent. boun felt all the blood in his face drain, like he'd been washed with ice-cold water. "prem? baby? answer me- fuck!" he cursed and fought the urge to just threw the phone to the ground of the parking lot.

his intense eyes found a pair of dark eyes with the same intensity, only this one is flowing with a hint of mischief, a sinister smile found its way on his lips which only fueled the raging fire in boun.

"what did you do to him, lev?" boun's voice coated with pure anger, it was enough to leave anyone with shaking knees. his question was answered by a dark laugh by the man infront of him, "oh, what happened to you old friend? did that boy actualy tamed the mad golden dog of our gang? tsk, tsk, such a shame your talent could only rot. why don't you just return to us and make your life easier and leave that pathetic little twink-" he didn't even finish his sentence when a punch was suddenly thrown at his face by none other than a furious looking boun.

'how. dare . he.'

no one could call his precious strawberry such foul names in his presence and get away with it!

though aside from that, the name lev called him sent a huge wave of nostolgia to his brain, memories of the time that he was still in the gang flowed in his mind,

'not the right time!'

when boun was in a gang fight and exchanging drugs, he was so good at it. the golden dog of aether, their gang, though despite the name suggest, boun is no coward and just all barks and no bite. he bites alright, a bite that can cut off your arm if you ever insult him.

the gold obviously refers to his bleached golden hair but the dog is for being kinda playful towards his friends, though they would often tease him about it and never made a mistake of making a joke a little too far, and yes, he lied to his prem about that. he couldn't find it in himself to tell it to prem that day, his courage deflated and left him with only one choice and that is to lie. no, boun wasn't in need of money, in fact he was actually pretty well off and by that i mean he have money enough to support him and his great grand son, nope, not exaggerating.

then why did he join then? or rather, why did he stop? the answer was only found when boun met his precious prem, no not in the convenient store but when they were in highschool but he doubt that his baby still remembers him and that is another story for another time.

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author's note |

yow wassup ya'll?

i'm really sorry it took me so much time to update, i was just really not feeling good these days... :/

(but still, guys thank u so much for the luv and support ya'll been giving me and this fucked up book!
ლ(ಥ益ಥლ、<- litteraly me rn.

and STRAWBERRIES & CIGARETTES is heading to 2k reads ya'll!!! and the VOTES?! i can't even- )

anygays, here's a chapter to make up for it!

funfact: i got boun's name gold dog(yeah ik it sucks) from you never eat alone series. prem calls him 'mahh' as in puppy and boun calls him 'mehh' meaning piggy. (not sure if it's really mahh or mehh but yeah.)

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