From Something To Everything (Bounprem)

14. Dare and the kiss

Boun and Prem had been on a regular basis. They could be called good friends rather than mere acquaintances.

Thanks to their interactions, Prem was pretty comfortable doing the photoshoot with Boun. Their collaboration went smoothly.

This development amazed both Benz and Tae. Having known Boun for several years, the couple could see that Boun treated Prem differently.

Boun’s attitude towards Prem was not his regular one towards his other prey. The couple didn’t know that if the change in the style of approach was a good sign or a bad one.

Nonetheless, as someone who considered Prem as his own little brother, Benz took up the responsibility of warning Prem of Boun. He didn’t want Prem to be hurt by Boun especially since the two met via him.

Prem was a little confused when Benz started talking about Boun out of nowhere. He had to admit that he had gotten closer to Boun after their continuous interactions, but the way Benz was telling him how much of a big player Boun was and how Boun loved to party and flirt around, Prem found Benz’s behavior odd.

He felt that he was missing something.
Prem decided to keep his doubts in the back of his mind as he already had many things to worry about like his internship, thesis, exams, etc.

After having successfully completed the launch of the new sports lane, Prem had become famous within the company.

Most of the employees who once treated him as invisible had a sudden change in attitude when they got to know that he was a national-level tennis player and the spokesperson of their brand above that.

Prem didn’t care about the change in the attitudes of the colleagues. He only cared about finishing the internship and going back to his normal life. 

To celebrate the success of the launch, Benz arranged for a party. He had specially invited Prem to join them as he was a major part of the success.

Prem wanted to decline the offer for many reasons.

First, he couldn’t touch alcohol yet. Who goes to a party to drink non-alcoholic drinks.

Second, he wanted to sleep more. After being on a break, he had grown lazier. Sleeping had become his favorite hobby.

Thirdly, he had a thesis to complete.

None of his reasons worked as Tae and Boun practically dragged him to the club.

On reaching the club, Prem saw many familiar faces. Other than the crew behind the photoshoot and some senior employees, there were also Benz’s friends from the football match night. All in all, none of them were strangers.

Prem easily mingled with everyone.

Boun approached Prem with a Vermouth cocktail, insisting that the latter had to drink it.

As a disciplined sportsman who cared more about his recovery and career rather than the craving for alcohol and partying, Prem strongly denied Boun’s offer.

Prem’s stubborn attitude lit a fire inside Boun who almost fed the former the drink forcefully.

The incident caused a rift in their newly formed friendship.

No matter how close they have gotten, Prem and Boun had known each other for less than a month.

What Boun did, had crossed Prem’s bottom line causing Prem to keep distance between himself and Boun.

Prem was not the kind that drew boundaries with the people around him. But tonight, was an exception.

He felt extremely uncomfortable for the rest of the night.

He found himself feeling out of place which depleted his mood further.

Prem couldn’t leave the part abruptly for Benz’s sake. He was trying to come up with an excuse and find an appropriate moment to leave the place.

The employees and staff left one by one. Only the football match gang (as Prem addressed them) was left.

The atmosphere became more awkward for Prem as all the members of the gang were close friends of Boun.

Prem came up with a reason to excuse himself and approached Benz to tell him that he was leaving.

Before he could say a word, Mark, one of the members of the gang pulled Prem towards the group.

Benz could obviously sense Prem’s discomfort. But he didn’t want Prem to leave the party on bad terms.

In order to ease the tension, Benz suggested playing games. They decided to play truth or dare.

As time went by, Prem too started enjoying the game. He even did dares given to him without feeling shy. As someone who had spent most of his time with male athletes who often made him do worse dares, Prem found the dares given by the gang much easier to do.

Prem was laughing and having fun with others until the bottle’s mouth stopped at Boun indicating that it was his turn.

They had been playing the game for a while now and this was the first time Boun was being chosen.

Seeing that it was Boun’s turn, Prem quietened down.

“Truth or dare?” Talay asked Boun.

“Dare,” Boun replied without hesitation.

“N’ Prem, why don’t you give him a dare?” Talay turned to Prem who was silently sipping his non-alcoholic drink.
Prem looked at Talay and then at Boun who was looking intently at him.
Their eyes met.

Prem blinked and broke eye contact.

“No phi. I can’t think of anything. You guys go ahead.” Prem declined the offer and went back to enjoying his drink.

The gang started discussing what dare they should give Boun. They knew Boun well. He was a shameless prankster. He would do any dare they gave. Hence, they had to come up with something he wouldn’t dare to do. After long consideration, Mark said

“Boun, your dare is that you should kiss a person on the lips for five minutes. Not a peck but a kiss, as in a French kiss.”
Prem looked at Mark.

“Isn’t the dare too simple?” Seeing the way, they were discussing the options, Prem had thought that they would give Boun a difficult one.

But this dare seemed to be the easiest one so far. As a well-known playboy, Boun wouldn’t have much difficulty kissing a person for five minutes.

“You have no idea, Prem. Boun might sleep around. But he would never kiss anyone on the lips. That’s his principle. He claims that that is his hidden charm and that we won’t understand it.” Mark explained.

Prem’s mouth went ‘o’ as he nodded in understanding.

Prem saw Boun standing up from his seat with a smirk, looking at the crowd in front of him.

Brad, another member of the gang, who was sitting next to Prem offered himself to Boun.

Prem was surprised to see that Boun had actually accepted Brad’s offer and was making his way over.

What he never expected was that Boun would actually walk past Brad and stop in front of him.

Prem looked up at Boun in confusion, tilting his head to the side.

Before he knew it, he saw Boun bend over and wrap his right hand behind his head pulling him in for a kiss.

As their lips crashed, Prem’s brain went blank. He could feel the elder nibbling on his lower lip. He could tell that the other person was an expert in kissing.

Prem couldn’t react on time.

Boun pulled himself away from Prem after full five minutes, licking his lips.

He looked down at Prem whose eyes were round with shock with a small smile before going back to his seat.

“Aw, my poor baby.” Brad patted Prem who was practically dumbstruck by the development and offered him a drink that the latter drank in one go.