You Are Different

Chapter 18

" You son of a " Kao shouted

" Shush babe you shouldn't swear on mother-in-law" Pete teased. Kao groaned. " oh Before I forget you have to come to the competition Pete" Kao reminded Pete." Of course I would my love. But let me ask you do you need to be shirtless. I mean you can swim in full sleeved shirt and pants. Just asking." " No Pete. Its mandatory, like a uniform" New replied. Pete was clearly jealous. And was pouting like a kid.

"I am going to meet a friend too" Kao said

"Friend?" Pete asks

"Yeah. For the first time ."

"First time?" Pete repeats

"Stop repeating me " Kao shouts

"Sorry. I am going" Pete felt uncomfortable. He really like Kao. He know he had behaved rudely towards him early in their friendship. But he wants to be a better person. But he felt that. It is not working. He excuses himself and leaves Kao. He went his room. Collected his thoughts. He will talk to Kao later. Having nothing to do he starts doing his homework. As soon as he finishes his work. He sleeps. He was too tired. For a few days he was trying to change his attitude. He did not want to be an idiot and loose something precious like Kao. Even his father found it amusing how he behaved and woke up early just to take a bath and style his hair. Or like the time he ironed his clothes. He was about to iron his socks , but fortunately his father stopped him.

Kao was feeling restless. He did not receive any call from Pete. He wanted to apologize to him. But he did not want to accept the fact that he was at fault. It was eight at night . Pete still did not contact him any way. He was feeling a little annoyed; day after tomorrow would is his competition .He wanted Pete to support him. It was a special day for him as after a long time he was gonna participate in swimming meet. 'I should go to him, We are dating. I should apologize to him I shouted at him to shut up. He just wanted to know more about me.'

*RING RING*

"Hello Third" Kao says

"Hi Kao , are you free ?" Third asks

"Kinda"

"You sound a little sad, is everything alright?" Third questions

"To be honest I fought with Pete today. It was a small fight but I feel so restless."

"What did you do Kao ?"

" I shouted at Pete" Kao says regretfully

"Why?"

"I don't know, it just happened. The practice is making me more frustrated . It just that when he talked to me I felt so happy. I am scared that if I loose it-"

"No need to tell me tell your boyfriend, you are lucky enough to have someone"

"Hey what happened did that jerk annoyed you?"

"No nothing"

"Let's meet day after tomorrow "

"Yeah I am so excited and practice hard ."

"I'll"

"Byeeee"

"Bye Third. You are the best"

Kao goes into his kitchen the lights were off , it was silent .His mother was sleeping . She always sleep early. I quickly cook some snacks for Pete. He had read somewhere that food was the way to someone's heart. He believed that it could work on Pete too as many of the other lovers of random people on internet. He spent at least an hour on internet searching on how to apologize to lovers.

"Pete"Pete's father wake Pete.

"Yes Pa" Pete replies

"There someone out , waiting for"

"Who?"

"A Kao, he says that he studies with you"

"Oh Kao is here" Pete stands up looks into the mirror set his hair and then ran down the stairs. His father was left their ignored. His father could only shake his head smiling at his only son's antics. Pete's mother had died early when Pete was just five. She was a lovely woman. He tried his best to raise Pete alone without any support. He only had a brother as family. His brother had his own family too. During Pete's high school.They had a small business failure . So Pete was neglected by him.That was the time when Pete started throwing anger tantrums. Both of them started growing apart. But recently his son started talking to him and spending the more time with him. They would only eat breakfast with him because of their busy schedule . Rest of their meals were eaten alone with friends or colleagues . None of them could cook good food, cooks could be hired but the family liked privacy. Pete has one cousin brother Khai, who sometimes ate breakfast at their house as both Pete and Khai were in the same university but differnce course and years. Khai was a younger than Pete.

*Downstairs*

"Kao" Pete says. He realizes that he did not call Kao at the evening like always. They had small fight and still had not made up. Pete had heard him Grandmother that couples should always resolve it before the day ends

"Pete" Kao says more like whispers

"I am so sorry" Both of them say together.

"Can I go first" Kao asks

"Yeah. Go on"

"I am so sorry. I am new at this asking everything about your lover. I dated a guy earlier but we were in the class and pretty close to each other. So there was no talking about how we spent our day. I was so happy with him but it didn't last long. I don't think I can handle the pain again. But I love you so much more than anyone. I am so scared that it would happen again. I am sorry I pushed you away. It took me time to realise how much I love you and want to try dating properly . If you are okay we could tell our friends too. Let's be exclusive" Kao finishes his long heartfelt speech.

"I love you so much. Thanks for your confession. Next time we re-tell this story let's say. That you were crying and fell into my arms and then you said your confession."

"Whatever you want" Kao say his heart was not aching anymore