Bangkok's Straight Trap (GxG story)

Chapter 7. Scattered, Frail Like Glass

The flirting game that Ariya and Olivia are playing is getting stronger every day, and all of a sudden, after being forgetful for an entire month, Ariya starts turning off the camera inside the room whenever they were going to sleep. The fans begin to speculate wildly, and in the meantime, Ariya is getting tired of having to explain why the two of them always wake up cuddled together even though it is obvious that they slept in separately the night before. And before the director or Alex had the idea to post a whole night video with four times the normal speed of fast-forwarding on social media, she made the decision to set an alarm to notify her up and turn off the camera before she went to sleep.

Both Ariya and Olivia are gaining more recognition, but Ariya in particular is getting more attention as she attracts fans from other countries. During this time, Isra continued to communicate with Ariya, sending her food, gifts, and even drinks without her being aware that she was fulfilling Dueng and his hunger. Ariya never bothered to respond or find out anything about Isra; her sole focus was on Olivia, as everyone knows, despite the latter's denials.

Whenever Ariya does something nice for Olivia, the fans notice, and whenever Olivia does something nice for Ariya but never for anyone else, it gets caught on camera and soon there are several thousand videos online about it. Billions of views spread throughout the internet like a virus, people start to notice about them, looking into them, finding their information, brands coming wanting to use them, and so on. They're Thailand's sweetest couple, and everything happened so quickly that they're already halfway through shooting with the Roommates.

Along the way, people start to pair Olivia with Thanawat, because he's trying to get close to the latter and keep creating more moments with Olivia when Ariya isn't around, "P'Than, what are you doing?" Olivia asked when it was just the two of them in the vicinity of the pool, while Anop was inside the room making some instant noodle while live streaming on his social media account.

Olivia has been aware of his advances in recent days, and he is even being obvious about them now. Olivia dislikes the fact that the closer she becomes to Ariya, the more he does it without shame. She can't help but compare him to Ariya, and while Ariya has always treated her with the utmost respect, Thanawat treats her like she's nothing more than a beauty with no feelings. She can't help but make this comparison.

"What do you mean, Livia?" He asked softly.

"It's Olivia, not Livia." She corrects him firmly, noting that there is a camera nearby.

"Why? It sounds better, Ariya calls you like that all the time."

"She's different, and I let her be; you're not." She comes to a halt, her mind wanders to the older woman who has always called her Livia, and how her voice echoed in her mind, she's back to Thanawat, "never call me Livia."

"Why?" Thanawat gently touched Olivia's hand, letting her know he isn't someone who easily accepts rejection.

"Just don't, why are you being so annoying?" Olivia pulls her hand quickly when her eyes catch Ariya's shadow entering their room too quickly for her liking. She stood up and walked away from him, chasing Ariya inside.

Ariya saw that Olivia was with Thanawat when she arrived home, and he was gently holding her hand. Initially, she considered punching him in the face; then, she considered going to them to pull Ariya away from him; and finally, she debated to herself because she is not Olivia's girlfriend. So, she just hurriedly made her way to her room without uttering a word; her heart ached so badly that it caused her chest to tighten, and she felt as though she wanted to scream, "what the fuck!"

"Are you home, P'Ya?" Ariya turned her back to Olivia, revealing her watery eyes to the younger one. "P'Ya, are you-"

"I'm fine," she said as she dashed into the bathroom and grabbed her phone.