Self Rival • Completed

xlv. the accident

this is about to end so :) this is where everything's fast forward.

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For the next month, Arthit hoped for another miracle like that to happen. That time, he promised himself that he'll do everything and he won't leave Kongpob until they're okay again. 

Arthit regretted leaving Kongpob that morning without talking to him, sober, that everything he said that night was the truth and he wanted all those things to happen because now... He felt like it's too late and if it's not fate that didn't want them to happen...

It's obviously Kongpob.

His ex who's back to hiding from him, now worse than ever.

It's worse that Kongpob's not volunteering at the place anymore just to hide from Arthit. Arthit almost stopped visiting as well but he's already attached to the kids especially to Lily to he continued though it shortened because he's hurt having to stay at the place knowing Kongpob would rather break his self-imposed tradition than see Arthit.

Arthit didn't know for sure if Kongpob wasn't visiting anymore but every time he asked Lily, the 6-year old girl would always shrug and say, "I don't know P'. Want to read us another story?"

Arthit didn't know if Lily's hiding something from him but he didn't want to think bad of Lily especially because the little girl didn't look like she's capable of lying. 

So without their only time of meeting and with Kongpob hiding in his office focusing on his workloads as the C.O.O., Arthit looked unmotivated again which didn't escape from his friends.

Thus, against his friends' better judgment, they were the ones dropping invitations for Kongpob to his friends. 

From Knot's subtle question of, "So, Kongpob won't be here again? Didn't he enjoy last time?"

To Tutah's hopeful, "That's too bad. I bought an excess. Tell him he can still come or he can join us for next time, I'm sure he won't be busy that time."

To Bright's slightly aggressive, "Invite Kongpob. I want to talk to him again about the chocolates he owed me. He can't just hide from me. Tell him I want to see him."

And to Prem's bitter question of, "The other one isn't here?" Making Wad threw him a deadpan look and an unimpressed frown. 

"Don't pretend you don't know who Kong is."

"Who?"

Wad shook his head at his boyfriend and continued to patiently call Kongpob to invite him again to no success.

Despite all their efforts, Kongpob remained to be a stranger to them. Arthit didn't expect them to force Kongpob to come out of his cave. One can't see someone who cannot be seen.

Arthit was slowly coming into terms that they wouldn't be happy together anymore. 

But now this, Mr. Khan called him that Kongpob was caught in an accident. Arthit didn't hear much what happened or how bad Kongpob got affected since his mind shut down the moment Mr. Khan told him the bad news. 

"Calm down, everything's going to be fine," Knot told him when they're running towards his motorcycle. Knot, bless his heart, offered him a ride to the hospital to where Kongpob was. 

Arthit just nodded at his friend not wanting to worry him but on the way to the hospital, all Arthit did is worry for Kongpob. And worry for them. 

What if Kongpob's badly harmed? And what if he had an amnesia and what could he only remember were those moments before Arthit? Would he even love Arthit again?