Drowning In Your Love

Winking

Wat was driving through the traffic when he saw Tine talking to someone at the pavement, looking as beautiful as he always did. For a second he almost crashed into the car in front of him but collected his thoughts at the last moment. His boy looked carefree and radiant, like he had never done before. Wat was tempted to get out of the car and hug his boy tightly and never let go but this wasn't the right time. He needed to get few things straight before he could walk back into Tine's life. Reluctantly he drove away but his eyes lingered on his boy until he couldn't see him anymore.

Coming Sunday was inauguration ceremony for his friend's new hotel and he had pulled some strings to get Tine's bakery the order for the cake and desserts. Mew had been over the moon at the prospect of meeting Gulf again. It was a quite big order for Tine's bakery and Wat was sure he would oversee all the preparation and arrangements for that himself. Tine and Gulf couldn't believe they had landed such a big order. They got really busy with making all the necessary arrangements for the upcoming party where they had to deliver. They would handling this themselves instead of letting their employees do it. Now that they've grown big they have hired few people to help them out but for order of this scale they needed to handle it themselves.

Tine was going through everything for the last time to make sure there weren't any loose ends. Things had been going pretty well since morning and party was about to begin. Tine was about to go find Gulf when he saw Wat striding towards him. For a second it felt like dream, dreams he used to have when he had parted with him five years ago. He wasn't sure he should call them dreams or nightmares because it was painful to know that he could only see Wat in his dreams, only place they can be together. More often than not he would wake up with tears streaming down his face. Now the man who had such a hold on him was finally standing right in front of him, that's why Tine couldn't fathom whether he should run away or hug him. Maybe run away after hugging him. Would that make him look crazy?

Wat was absolutely mesmerized with Tine. He looked like a deer caught in headlight and it was endearing to say the least. Urge to hug the boy did attack him but he pushed it down. Some talking needed to be done before they could proceed to that. Wat held out his hand to shake but Tine just stared at him without a single word.

"Tine?" He said.

"..... "

"Nice to meet you."

Tine glared at him at the choice of his words, "Nice to meet you? That's what you say to me after five years?"

Wat winced, "Sorry. I'm really glad to see you. You look beautiful as always."

"Hmm. Why are you here?"

"Oh, the hotel owner is my friend."

"Really? I don't think this is coincidence." Tine narrowed his eyes in suspicion.

"Of course, it is. I was just invited for the inauguration ceremony. How would I know you would be here? Why are you here by the way?" Wat feigned ignorance.

"I'm here for work purpose."

"Oh. My boy is working hard. How are you Tine?"

"I'm good." Tine replied shortly.

"Won't you ask me how I'm doing?" Wat said softly.

"I'm sure you're doing great. You posted about how happy you're to get the new car."

Wat's eyes widened, "Oh my god, my boy has been stalking me on insta."

Tine spluttered, "I wasn't stalking. I just-"

"You looked me up on the insta. You must've been missing me. Why didn't you like even a single post of mine?" Wat sulked.

"Why should I when I don't like them?"

"Should I post something you would like? Tell me what would you like to see me posting?"

Tine scoffed, "I don't care what you post."

"Should I post about certain boy who's sulking cutely right now?"

Tine rolled his eyes, "Whatever. I'm busy right now so-"

Before he could finish his sentence Wat had clasped his hand and clicked a pic of their hands.

"I'll be posting this. Make sure to drop a like." Wat winked at him and walked away.

Tine was busy arranging the desserts while his cheeks were bright red. Wat had been flirting with him. That's flirting, right? SARAWAT HAD BEEN FLIRTING WITH HIM. He took a deep breath to calm himself down. He shouldn't get excited over few minutes of conversation. They probably meant nothing. Maybe he talked like that to everyone. Tine wouldn't know that but his heart was definitely going crazy over that wink. Do people look that good while winking? Is that possible? Is winking supposed to make him blush like this? And how was he supposed to get over the fact that Wat had called him 'my boy'. That had been enough to melt him immediately. It took such strong will to not melt into puddle right there. How could Wat say it so easily like he had been calling Tine that for years?

Maybe he had been in his mind. Would he be stupid if he believed that? Would it be wrong to be stupid for once? It was all Wat's fault. He had acted like nothing had been amiss, like years hadn't gone by since they met. Tine fished out his phone and Wat had really posted their clasped hands pic with a caption,
'See you again, my boy.' Tine let out an undignified squeal. Wat was definitely crazy. How could he just post something like that? What would he say if people asked him about that? Would he tell them about Tine? While cursing Wat in his mind, Tine saved the photo in his gallery to be looked at again and again.