Calls past midnight

Voice Work - Max Nat

"Bye P'Max. Thanks again." Ever polite Nat said, then ambled into his house with a double wave and a wink. 

Nat slept on the car ride back and that was fine with Max. He looked like such an angel when sleeping. Snuggled up in his own oversized clothing, the world was his bed and Nat slept just about anywhere. 

He had to softly nudge Nat a few times to get him to wake up but was Max's privilege. He moved Nat's bangs away from his sleepy eyes and then softly shook Nat's shoulders. The small frame slowly waking up and then trundling out of his car.

Those were Max's moments alone to have. No one else's.

He and Nat just finished a photoshoot. Max was tired from his full day. His early morning gym session, the hours spent in hair and makeup, and the shooting. It was a whole day affair and Max welcomed the solace of driving home in the dark hours from Nat's house to wind down. 

The dark drive home called for chill beats as he steadily made his way back to central Bangkok.

After arriving home and having a shower to get the make-up off and gel out of his hair, Max landed on his bed and started browsing the internet. Nat had updated, so he had to like and respond back to the cute photo he posted on Instagram. 

Countless minutes of mindless scrolling passed and a mobile gaming session was halfway through when a specialized ringtone came across, breaking his chill flow. Nat was calling. 

"Hey Nong, what's up?" Max always was ready for a chat. 

"P'Max I'm having some trouble." Nat softly said.

"Trouble? School stuff?  You don't usually call me about that." Max asked. It had to be school, their schedules were tight and between events, promotional work and workshop. The only space Nat had left was for school.

"It's not school, P'Max." Nat replied.

Not school? Was it Max? Did Max do something stupid at the photoshoot? He rewound through all of the events of the day. No. Things went pretty smoothly.

Was it one of the DMD dolts? Well Yim had a moment when he talked about reincarnation and it took up 10 minutes longer than the entire 10 minute conversation lasted. He knew he should have given Yim a slap on the head for bumbling around and wasting everyone's time. 

But this was Nat. They had a rule: no secrets = no conflicts. 

"So what is it?" Max asked straightforwardly.

"Ummm can you do me a favor?" Nat asked, each comment growing softer. Max was almost straining his ear to hear.

"A favor? Always." Phew. Nat was just asking for something. But why was he pussy-footing around the whole thing then? Maybe it was big. Max braced himself.

"You know how I like listening to your voice?" Nat said.

"My voice?" Max let out a small laugh. "Yeah Nong I do." Hah! He knew everything about Nat. He'd score 100 out of 100 on the Natasit Quiz. Nat often said Max's voice could lull him to sleep. Max guessed that was what this call was for.

"Well, I have a favor I need." Nat said.

"You said that already, I'm all ears." Max readily replied. "You want me to talk to you as you---"

"I want to hear your voice to jack off." Nat abruptly shot through. 

"...sleep." Max finished, he was so proud he always guessed his Nong's needs. 

Wait. 

What? What?

"What?" Max finally formed the thought into words.