To The Moon, For You. [BL | TIWSON/POR]

7. Sober when I'm drunk

Chinzilla played their final song to a resounding applause. They bowed. The front man told the crowd that they were still selling merchandise at the door and urged everyone to support them. They stepped off the stage. Tinn stretched out his arms and asked for a hug. The front man walked into his embrace and gave Tinn a peck on the cheeks. The electric guitarist held the bassist's hand, bringing him closer to the group. The acoustic guitarist walked away and came back with a girl. The drummer walked towards the group looking sad. Por looked at all of them trying to make sense of their relationships. He muttered to himself.

"Tinn is dating the frontman. Bassist and electric guitarist are dating each other..."

Before he could finish, Tiwson pulled Por closer to the group. It was as though he heard Por talking to himself as he started introducing everyone in the band.

"Friends, this is Por. Por this is Gun. Gun is Tinn's boyfriend. This is Sound. This is Win. They are dating each other. This is Yo and his girlfriend May. This is Pat. He just broke up yesterday."

Pat looked at Tiwson.

"Do you have to tell everyone?"

"Por isn't everyone, and he wasn't good for you. You know that."

Pat looked at Tiwson and tears started rolling down his cheeks. He quickly wiped them away. Gun saw the commotion and hits Tiwson on the head.

"Tiw, you can be such an asshole you know that?"

"I was just being honest."

Gun ignored Tiwson and puts his arm around Pat.

"You deserve good love Pat and before you get good love, you need drinks."

Gun called the waiter over and ordered drinks for everyone. Pat looked at Gun and thanked him.

"I just want this pain to end."

"I know."

"I loved him so much."

"I know and you will love again."

"How do you know?"

"Because the heart always has the capacity to love. You would heal and love again. I promise."

"I don't believe you."

"And till you believe this; you have us by your side."

The band gave Pat a group hug and he stayed in their embrace sobbing quietly. Tinn and Jorn goes up to him and gave him a hug too. Tiwson went up to Pat and apologised.

"I didn't mean to be mean. I just don't like to see my friend being treated badly."

"You don't have to be sorry. You are right he was an asshole. He did cheat on me."

The waiter came with the beers. Yo passed the beers around and Tiwson looked at Pat and said

"Cheers to Pat and to only the best love for him."

Pat nodded in agreement and took a gulp of the beer. Por looked at everything that was happening and smiled. He thought to himself this is how Earth people showed love and how incredibly caring they were. For a split second, he caught himself wishing that he had more friends on the Moon. He caught himself wishing that he had someone to hug. Tiwson appeared beside him and clinked his cup with his. Tiwson took a sip of the beer and gestured for Por to do the same. Por sniffed the content in his cup before he took a sip. What was this amazing thing he had drunk? He gulped all the content in his cup and asked Tiwson for more. Tiwson chuckled and patted him on the head. Por thought to himself. Why does Tiwson keep patting me? Is that a thing humans do?

"Easy on the beer. You might get drunk."

Por thought to himself. What does Tiwson mean by drunk? Tiwson filled his cup and Por gulped his cup empty again. He really liked the taste of beer. He gestured for more and Tiwson filled his cup but this time only to half full. Por shook his head.

"More I want more."

Tiwson shook his head.

"Finish this first."

Por sulked and gulped his cup empty. Tiwson then filled the cup with water.

"I want beer."

"Be good and drink water first."

Jorn disregarding Tiwson gave Por a new cup of beer. Tiwson gave Jorn a stare but he ignored it. Por drank the beer eagerly. Whatever beer was, it was nothing like Por had ever tasted and he liked it very much. Maybe, Earth wasn't such a bad place to be at. Maybe the mission wouldn't be so hard. Just as Por was about to ask for more beer, he realised that he couldn't stop giggling. He looked around and everything was so funny. He laughed and he laughed and for once in a long time, he felt happy. He saw the keyboard on stage and a wave of courage washed over him. He stepped on the stage before anyone could stop him. He turned the keyboard on and started to play. He played a song he wrote on the Moon about the loneliness he felt being there. He sang the words to the song. A crowd gathered below him waving their flashlights to the beat of the song. The song ended, and he bowed. He walked down the stage. Tiwson stood right below and before he could react gave him a hug. Por without thinking, hugged back. They stood in each other's embrace in the sea of lights for a long time.