~BE BY YOUR SIDE~

Chapter-6

-THIRD PERSON POV-

RING-RING-RING

Boun woke up because of the annoying sound of his doorbell. He was having the best sleep he had in a while. He looked at his side and saw a cute Prem face all scrunched up. "Ugh, Hia who is it?" Prem said hugging Boun even more tightly. Yeah, they were cuddled up together. Boun let out a chuckle and said "How can I go check who is it if you don't let me go?" That's when Prem realized the warm pillow he was nuzzling his face was none other than Boun's belly. He immediately let him go and turned around. Boun just laughed and went to get the door.

Boun was kinda mad at whoever it was. He was having such nice sleep and to top that off his pao was cuddling against him. The doorbell rang again. Cursing at whoever it was Boun opened the door. "Why the hell did it take this long to open? What were you hiding?" Ohm said as he and Fluke went in. "Good morning guys and I wasn't hiding anything," Boun said ad let out a yawn. The three of them went in and sat in the living room. Boun totally forgot that there was a person sleeping in his bed. He remembered when the person walked in the living room wearing his hoodie and sweats which were way to big on him.

"Who the fuck disturbed my beauty sleep, Hia?" Prem said as he came in the frame. Seeing Fluke and Ohm he let out a screech. "What the hell are you guys doing here?" Prem said. "What the fuck happened between you two?" Ohm asked looking at Boun. "Did you forget we are supposed to go to our hometown today?" Fluke said. "Oh yeah..It's today."Prem said. "Is anyone gonna answer me?" Ohm asked. "Ohm nothing happened between us. I asked him to come over last night cause I was feeling a little anxious." Boun answered Ohm. "Hia I am gonna borrow you kitchen. P'Ohm, Fluke are you gonna have breakfast?" Prem asked. "Sure we'll have some. I'll come to help you." Fluke said as he followed Prem towards the kitchen.

Boun was left alone with Ohm. If you asked Boun 3 years ago how close was he to Ohm he would probably answer after Bosston, Samantha and Prem Ohm was his closest friend. Ohm was the only one who shared the same hobby with him. In high school, Boun and Ohm were super close because they were in the same club and shared the same passion for swimming. But after Bosston and Yatch's death it was really hard to maintain the same friendship they had as Ohm was always defending Yatch and Boun was always arguing with him. Boun sometimes missed his conversations with Ohm.

"Boun are you okay? You look more distressed than any of us. I know among us you were the closest to Samantha but still." Ohm asked looking concerned. "I am fine or I will be. I am just feeling a little overwhelmed. You know after 3 years it's like I have been thrown back to the life I was trying to run from." Boun said looking at the wall blankly. "I guess it's not easy to run away from the past," Ohm said looking down. "Ohm can you promise me something?" Boun asked looking at Ohm. Ohm nodded so Boun continued "If something happens to me promise me you will take care of Prem." "BOUN why are you saying this? What do you mean if something happens to you?" Ohm replied looking shocked. "I don't know I have been thinking about this for a while. There is already 3 people dead from our group and it could anyone of us ne-." Ohm cut Boun of mid-sentence. "Boun listen to me there would not be any next. But if you still need assurance I promise you I will take care of him."

"Boys come here breakfast is ready." Ohm and Boun made their way to the table. At breakfast, they talked about little things like how their life has been. What are their plans for the future? After breakfast, they took their bags and went to the parking lot. Their initial plan was that they were gonna take Boun's car but since Boun was feeling anxious Ohm offered to drive and bring his car. They put their bags in the trunk and settled in. Ohm and Fluke in front. Boun and Prem in the back. They had some small talks and laughs.

-Time skip to an hour-

Since they still had two hours left to reach their destination Prem and Fluke decided to take some rest. Prem was leaning against Boun his head on Boun shoulder, arms wrapped around Boun's. Boun took off his jacket and put it on Prem. "You really like him don't you?" Boun heard Ohm. "Yeah. Yeah I do." Boun replied looking lovingly at the boy with chubby cheeks. "When are you planning to tell him?" Ohm asked. "I don't know maybe after all this ends." Boun replied still looking at his salapao.

"Boun I am gonna ask you this again do you know anything we don't? It's not that I don't trust you because I do trust you. But I feel like you are hiding something which is making you more anxious." Ohm said. "Yes I do know something but I am sorry I cannot tell you what it is." Boun replied. He was tired of lying. He was tired of hiding Sammy's secret from everyone. He was exhausted so he told Ohm not the whole thing but a part of it and he felt somewhat relived. Ohm didn't ask anything else. He knew Boun would tell them whenever he thought the right time was.

The rest of the journey was silent. No one said anything. Boun was looking outside the window. Prem was still clinging to him. Fluke woke up some time ago. He was talking to Ohm about something Boun didn't hear. They entered their hometown. Boun was feeling weird seeing the familiar places. He had soo many memories in that place. They reached Boun's house after 15 minutes. Boun gently shook Prem to wake up. "Pao Wake up na." Boun said gently. Prem stirred and let out a yawn. "We are here Hia?" Prem asked. Boun nodded and helped Prem get out of the car. Ohm and Fluke were already out.

Once Boun was out he saw his parents greeting Ohm and Fluke. He and Prem went towards his parents and greeted them "Sawadeekharp mae, por". His Mom and dad hugged him and the other and welcomed them. Their house only had 3 bedrooms so Ohm and fluke are gonna share one and Boun and Prem would share one. Neither of them had a problem with that since they already shared a bed the previous night. They went to their assigned rooms and started to freshen up. 

-----END OF CHAPTER-6----

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