~BE BY YOUR SIDE~

CHAPTER-5

-BOUN'S POV-

After our conversation on Friday, I was really scared. I didn't know what else to do. It's currently Saturday. Tomorrow we are going back to our hometown. I feel really overwhelmed. We are gonna stay there for a week. I already informed my college. We are gonna stay at my parents' house. After all, that happened everyone decided to move beside my parents. Thinking about everything I was getting really anxious. So I decided to call Prem. He would always calm me down. Now that I think about it I really missed him.

"Hey, Pao." I said. "Hey hia. What's up?" Prem replied. "Are you done packing?" I asked again. "Yeah just finished now. Packing is exhausting." Prem sighed. I smiled to myself. I can clearly imagine Prem pouting right now. "Are you tired?" I asked. "A little but hia you sound gloomy. Is something wrong?" Prem asked. He always knows when something is wrong with me. Now that I think about it why did I even think it will be better to leave him? "Nothing just a little anxious about tomorrow." I replied and let out a little sigh. "Do you want me to come to your house now?" Prem said and I was stunned for a second. I couldn't reply anything. "I-I-I meant we are meeting tomorrow at your place anyways. So I can come today only if you a-" "Y-Yeah you can come over. It'll be awesome." I said as calmly as I could be but internally I was freaking out.

It's nothing new that Prem would be sleeping over. I mean he did that last week. But for some reason my heart was suddenly beating really fast. "Okay hia I'll be there in an hour. See you then." Prem said as he ended the call. I started to clean my room a little. I was thinking about what I should cook for dinner. I hope Prem didn't have his dinner yet. I would love to have it with him. I didn't even know when I started blushing. I forgot all about tomorrow. Right now my biggest concern was that Prem was coming.

I was done tidying up my home. I was currently in my kitchen when I heard the doorbell ring. I went to the door to open it. It was Prem. "Hey pao come in." I said and moved so he could enter. "Oh Hia what are you cooking? It smells so good." Prem said. What else did I expect Prem to say? "I am cooking some fried rice. You are having dinner right?" I said as we went to the kitchen.

Prem sat on a counter looking at me cooking."Of course I am Hia. How could I miss your cooking?" Prem said as he removed his gaze from me to the fried rice. "Woah Hia this looks soo good." Prem said. I just smiled and kept cooking. It felt way too domestic. " Hia can I help you somehow?" Prem asked. "No pao just sit there and be pretty." I thought to myself. But suddenly the room became silent. There was only the cooking sound. I looked at Prem to see if he is okay. I saw him looking at his lap. He was red as a tomato. That's when I realized I said that aloud. I looked at him scratching my neck and said "I said that out loud, didn't I?" Prem still looking at his just nodded. "H-H-Hia y-y-you can't say those things out of the blue like that." Prem said still blushing and looking down. I thought he would probably be creeped out but he was shy. I took the chance.

I went towards him placed myself between his legs. I put my pointer finger under his chins. I made him look at me. Our faces were soo close our noses were almost touching. "Well is my Pao shy?" I said as I smirked and looked into his eyes. We were staring into each other's eyes. After hearing g what I said he blushed even more if that was even possible. Because of his staring, I started blushing too. I knew if I stayed at that position a little more I would lose control. I went close to his ears and whispered "I was not wrong." And backed away going back to my almost forgotten fried rice. I was smiling but on the other hand, Prem's whole face was red. He was still looking down. I could hear a faint "Hia" Coming from Prem.

After that little teasing moment Prem went to the bathroom and I started serving dinner. Prem came to the dining table and sat in front of me. Still a little red. "I thought you were anxious. But it looks like you are totally fine." Prem said as we started eating. "I was anxious until you came. You made all my bad feeling go away." I said smirking. "HIA stop the flirting." Prem said as he became a little redder. I let out a chuckle.

After eating dinner we decided that we were gonna watch a movie. We were watching Mulan since I have never seen it before. We were almost in the middle of the movie when all those things I was worried about came to my mind. And suddenly I was feeling anxious again. I felt bad for enjoying my life when my best friend well ex-best friend was murdered. I started thinking what if the cops were right. What if Sammy didn't tell me the whole story? What if Sammy did not kill Bosston. If that is correct that means Sammy and Bosston's killer was still on the loose. That's two-person from our friend group. I can't help but think the next victim of the killer could be any four of us. It could even be Prem. thinking about the chubby cheek boy's death I suddenly felt pain. I never felt this way before. It was like someone stabbed right through my heart. And before I knew it I was having a panic attack.

I couldn't breathe. I could only see black. I couldn't hear the movie anymore. I felt like I was gonna die. Suddenly I heard a faint voice. It was trying to make me calm down. I became calm than before but still wasn't enough and suddenly I felt a pair of lips on my own. The kiss was gentle but it was so comforting. It made me feel warm all over my body. I started to breathe normally. When I could breathe properly the lips left mine. I started to open my eyes. I saw a crying Prem looking at me. After seeing my eyes open he attacked me with a hug.

"DON'T EVER SCARE ME LIKE THAT, YOU IDIOT." Prem said still hugging me. I felt my shirt getting wet. "H-how did you do that?" I asked. Prem pulled away from the hug and looked at his lap. "I read once that holding your breath can stop a panic attack. So when I-I-I kissed you, you held your breath." Prem said. "Thank you pao." I said after I came back to normal.

After the panic attack, I went and had a shower. I came back to the couch to see Prem still awake looking frightened. I went and sat next to him. "Pao are you okay?" I said and put my hands on his shoulder. "I am fine but what about you hia? You scared me." Prem said looking at me with teary eyes. Seeing his teary eyes I hugged him. "I am fine. I was overthinking about everything. I am sorry for scaring you like that." I said not pulling away from the hug.

"Prem if I ever lie to you would you forgive me?" I asked. He pulled away from the hug put his hands on my arms. "What is this about Hia?" Prem asked. "Nothing ju-just answer me" I said looking at my laps. He pulled me to look at him and said "If you lie for a reason I would definitely hear you and try to understand you." Prem said looking into my eyes. "You promise?" I asked. Prem didn't say anything pulled me into a hug and nodded. We stayed like that for a while when I felt he fell asleep I picked him up and laid him down on my bed. I went to the other side and soon fell asleep.