Just Enemies (KornxWai)

10. Trust

***WAI'S POV***

As we're standing outside Pat's room, I start fidgeting my hands. He notices that I'm getting more anxious and holds my hands kissing them.

"Thank you." I look at him and I really try to express how deeply grateful I am, how much I like him, but I can't. Once more he notices, he always reads my body language and guesses what's going on in my mind. I feel completely naked but also safe near him. He closes the gap between us, carefully keeping some distance, and kisses my forehead.

"I'll be right by your side the whole time. They will forgive you, I just know they will. If they don't I'm gonna fight them."

That gives me the motivation I needed to knock on the door. It's crazy how whipped I am and I just don't know how nobody noticed until now. It's getting harder and harder to keep this "bro" thing, we clearly like each other but I guess we still need a bit more time to make sure we're on the same page and ready to walk together at the same pace.

They take a bit to open the door and I almost lose my courage, but Korn kept reassuring me that it would be fine. He's too kind sometimes when he's not busy getting on my nerves. Pat opens the door and when he's about to say something, he looks at Korn and makes a gesture for us to enter. 
He motions to where Pran is drawing peacefully.

"Go talk with him, you guys need it," Pat tells me, and I look at Korn. 

"I'm not going anywhere, I'll be here playing with Pat. Go talk with your best friend." I smile and ignore the smirk on Pat's lip, and just go. 

"Pran, can we talk?"

"Sit, and explain. For the first time, hope Pat's right about you." He looks at me and I don't know if I should feel hopeful or fearful. But he notices my discomfort and just pulls me to lay on his lap.
We stay like that for almost an hour. I cried, he cried, and when we finally make amends and hug each other. Two loud breaths are heard from the other side of the room. 

"What's going on between you two?" He asks smiling.

"I'd tell you if I knew, still trying to understand. And you, for how long have you been dating your enemy?" 

"Two months already, more or less." He smiles and my chin drops!

"WHAT?!" I say a bit louder than expected and Korn is right beside me in seconds. He really beat flash in this one. "Drop the defensive mode, I'm okay. Sorry, didn't mean to scare you, go back to your game with Pat." I say smiling but he seems unsure, so I hold his hand and smile again. He seems convinced and goes back to his friend.

"Oh please, you guys are more in love than we are, and we're the ones dating. Have you talked with him about your feelings?" 

"Don't change the subject. I wanna know the whole story until now. And yes, we are both aware of how we feel for each other but we're just trying to not ruin it all."

"And I'm the one hiding... you guys are beating us to it. If you help me make the dinner I'll tell you. Clearly, those two won't be any help!"

We spend the whole evening updating each other about our love life and I have to admit now that I'm not worried about secretly loving my best friend I enjoy even more his company. The other two boys stopped playing at some point and are just stealing the food and annoying us. 

"If you don't stop, I'm gonna kick you out! And I'll take your spare key so you don't enter." Pran says to his boyfriend and Pat starts laughing but drops the annoying mode automatically, instead starts helping. 

Me and Korn sit on the couch cause we noticed that we're third wheeling them. 

"Are you all good now?" 

"Yes. Thank you for coming here with me. You can go if you want." Of course, I want him to stay, but I don't want him to stop his life just because of me. I don't own him, much less want to. 

"I can go if you want, but I don't have anything scheduled, I'm free today and tomorrow. Actually, I wanted... to ask you something... but... I'm not sure if it's... too early." 

He starts looking at his shoes, and if he can read me like a book, he's like clear water for me. 

"Where do you want to go? We clearly like each other, although we still have to learn how to communicate better, I don't think we need to keep walking on eggshells. You can speak your mind I won't run away, and if I feel uncomfortable or anything else I'll let you know."

"Are you being serious? I don't want to rush anything but gotta be honest it's getting harder to keep the just friend or just enemy act. Do you think you're ready to try? We don't have to go public, I just want to not feel afraid of doing something wrong when I'm with you."

"Do you think you can handle me being me? Me not knowing how to express myself through words? Me being more touchy because that's the only way I know of showing love? Me having mood swings because I get frustrated about myself and my problems? It may be harder than you expect, but if you're willing to try I'm ready to."

He smiles and pulls me closer and this time I allow myself to hug him, to kiss his cheek, to feel his body warmth close to mine. He starts whispering in my ear. 

"Of course, it's not gonna be easy, we already know how bad we both can be, but we just have to discover how good we are. You will have to deal with me not being able to take you out or give you presents because our realities are different, you will have to deal with me being busy because I'm studying, playing, and helping the family. Some days I may be so tired I won't be able to be there for you, but that doesn't mean I won't try to or that I love you less. So give me this chance, give us this chance."

I'm tearing up because this dork is worried that I may not like him because he doesn't have enough money or because he is trying his best to be good at everything, while maybe it's some of the reasons I fell for him. 
And right there I forget about Pat and Pran, I forget about the whole world. I only focus on this person right in front of me too scared of not being able to love me properly while making me feel the most loved I've been since forever. 
And right there I do what I've been wanting to do since that night outside of the bar. What I've been wanting to do every time he appears at my door with food, or puts me to bed when I fall asleep studying. 

I kiss him. He takes a few seconds to react because he is surprised but soon he starts kissing back and although we're hungry for each other this kiss is peaceful. We carefully try to express our feelings for each other during the kiss. Our hands are locked and we could stay like this forever but our friends ruin the mood. 

"YOU TWO GET A ROOM!"

"NOT IN FRONT OF MY SALAD!"

"WHEN'S THE WEDDING LOVEBIRDS?!"

Korn shyly smiles and pecks my lips before starts chasing Pat. 

Pran looks at me and raises his hand in surrender mode. 

And somehow I feel like I don't want this day to end. I want my life to be like this every day: my best friend happy and in love, my boyfriend being the adult child he is with his best friend, and me not needing to overthink all my moves.

But will it be this easy? Can real life be this peaceful?