Accidental love

1.

Ming has been drinking nonstop for the past 2 hours all alone at the usual bar. He is drowned in pain enough to care less about the world around him. Forth, who has been drinking there with his friends at their usual spot, noticed him and approached him. 

Ming is drunk enough to not recognize anyone, so he pushes Forth away whenever the latter tries to stop him from drinking. Forth looks around only to find none of his juniors to help Ming out. Being a responsible senior, he does not want to leave him alone in this state. 

No matter how flirty, strong, or extrovert Ming looks usually, right now he only looks like a vulnerable puppy with his flushed face, red cheeks, and slurry speech that can't be left alone around the hungry wolves at the bar. 

Forth grabs Ming's car keys and drags him out of the bar, but the junior is way too stubborn to follow. Finally, he lifts him like a potato sack on his shoulder and throws him in the car. After securing him with the seatbelt, he drives him to his dorm. 

Ming is reluctant to get out of the car and is mad at Forth for not letting him drink more. Forth feels annoyed seeing his junior's antics, so again the potato sack is lifted and dragged towards his room. Ming tries to get down and push Forth away, but he is not strong enough to escape the stronghold. 

After much struggle, Forth takes Ming's dorm keys from his pocket and opens the door. He takes him to the bed and throws him there. Ming wants to shout, but the glare and the sharp eyes are enough to keep his mouth shut. 

Forth tuck him in the bed and leave the dorm quietly after making sure that he is asleep. Moving towards the road, he was about to call Lam to pick him up when a thought crosses his mind. He remembers the vulnerable state of Ming with his tear-stained cheeks and swollen eyes. He wonders if the junior wakes up in the middle of the night and tries to go out for a drink again or trips in his room given the amount of alcohol he already had.

Ming, who was already awake, had made his way to his fridge with his wobbly feet and grabbed a beer. He starts drinking 1 after the other and sits nearby the fridge. He cries remembering the events that he never thought to witness.

Meanwhile, Forth decides to go back to Ming's dorm and stay there till he is sober. He walks up to the dorm and hears sobbing and sniffling voices coming from the room. He enters the room to witness a crying Ming sitting near the open fridge door and drinking beer. He notices 3-4 beer cans thrown nearby and the 5th one being chugged by the latter.

Forth sighs, he knows something must be bothering his nong to be in this condition as the Ming he knows has always been a cheerful person and not this mess. He takes the beer away from his hand and lifts him bridal style to place him on the bed. 

Ming who has been crying finds an unknown comfort in those strong arms and wails out loud, letting all his pain flush out of his eyes. Forth just hold him tight and let him cry his heart out. At least, this is better than drinking uncontrollably. After almost 1 hour, Ming has calmed down a bit, but still tries to reach out for a beer, only to be stopped by Forth. 

Forth doesn't want to get involved in someone's privacy, but seeing Ming's state, he wants to know the cause of his misery. He coax and calm Ming down and gently ask him what happened. Being in the warm cozy arms, Ming forgets everything and blurts out his pain to Forth who is silently listening. 

Ming tells that 2 months back, he was going to surprise his kitty after the quiz week was over. He went to his dorm, but when he reach there, he heard Beam and PhaYo talking, more like scolding. PhaYo were scolding and Yo was almost in rage bursting his anger out on Kit. 

Initially, Ming didn't understand the cause, but soon he heard that Beam and Kit liked each other. He heard how Beam and Kit have been in love with each other, but Kit realized it after becoming Ming's boyfriend and was not strong enough to confess to Ming out of shame of cheating on him. 

Yo, on the other hand, was in tears saying that he is also guilty to hide this truth from his best friend as he caught BeamKit kissing each other in the library 1 week ago. He confronted them and was about to call Ming when Kit begged that he will tell him himself and needed some time to confess it. 

Pha could not believe that 2 of his best friends could do something like this. He was lashing out at Kit that he should have never become Ming's boyfriend if he liked Beam, moreover should have broken up with Ming first rather than cheating on him. Yo also cried that he hid it from his best friend and gave a chance to Kit to tell him himself.

Ming who heard everything standing outside the dorm was frozen to shock. P'Kit, his boyfriend, had cheated on him with 1 of his and Yo's favorite senior. Yo, his childhood best friend, who didn't tell him anything and hid such big news from him to give the person a chance who cheated on his best friend. P'Pha who is always right and called the perfectionist also stood there trying to talk with them rather than telling his nong who was being cheated all along. He couldn't take it anymore, so he dragged his feet back to his car and drove off. Since then, he has cut off every link with that whole group whether in college or dorm and has drowned himself in alcohol. 

Forth couldn't believe a thing coming out of Ming's mouth, but slowly felt bad for his nong as the new information started sinking in. Now, he understands why Ming changed his dorm out of the blue, why his attendance was so low, and why he was not attending the sotus activities or preparing for next year's hazing.

Forth didn't say much and let Ming cry his heart out while he draw soothing circles on his back. Though he has never been in any relationship and had only 1 nightstand as a Bi-Beast, he was still able to understand what Ming was going through. 

Ming slept while crying in Forth's embrace who also rested against the headboard and fell asleep in the same position. The next morning, Forth woke up 1st and noticed Ming sleeping in his embrace. He knew Ming would feel uncomfortable seeing him, so he gently shifted him on the bed, and with 1 last look on him, he left his dorm silently without waking him up.