From Something To Everything (Bounprem)

69. Ditched again

"PREM." Fluke's angry call made both Boun and Prem flinch.

Prem's eyes widened as he saw Fluke making his way over. He knew that he was in the wrong and had made the great lord angry first thing in the morning. He could only run for his dear life. Without wasting a second, he stood up and shot off.

Boun could only stare blankly as Fluke ran behind Prem to catch him. They ran for quite a while around the room before both of them started panting. Fluke somehow managed to catch Prem.

"These two were supposed to be siblings." Boun heard Sammy say standing next to him. "But God knew that a single pair of parents nor a single household would be able to hold the chaos these two could make when they are together. That's why they ended up being friends." Sammy sighed.

Boun had his attention on the duo strangling each other playfully as they fought.

"Don't worry phi, you will get used to this." Earth patted Boun's shoulders. "Please do keep an eye on them so that they don't hurt their faces. I don't want either of them to be seen with a bruised face on the video recorded today."

Earth and Sammy left to do their work.

Boun sat there and watched the two younger guys in front of him. He understood that neither of them pulled punches just because the other party was a friend. They went all out when they fought.

After having had a satisfactory wrestling, both friends walked to their seats, panting. Both of them were laughing as they sipped water.

Boun had noticed that Prem was a lot happier nowadays, smiling and laughing out loud since Fluke was around. The two would always stick to each other as if they were struck together by some invisible glue. Even though Prem lived under the same roof as himself, Boun could feel the growing distance between them.

He saw the two young ones taking a seat a little away from him chatting happily. It was not the first time they did that. But on normal days, he would have Ohm keep him company. Today, Ohm wouldn't be coming as he had some other work and Boun was left alone with the pair of best friends.

Boun sulked hoping that Prem would notice him. But much to his disappointment, Prem didn't pay attention to him all day, making Boun's mood worsen.

The whole day passed by. Boun was waiting for the day to end so that he could take Prem back home, where he could have the younger all for himself.

Boun felt like punching someone when he heard Prem say that he will be sleeping over at Fluke's place for the night. This made Boun dislike Fluke more.

He remembered how Fluke behave on the first day of the workshop.

Flashback

Boun was curious about Earth and wanted to find a chance to talk to him about Kao. But he never got a chance.

He saw Fluke approaching him with a smile. Boun wondered why Fluke wanted to talk to him. It guessed that it might be something related to Prem or Ohm. But both his guesses turned out to be wrong when Fluke opened his mouth to speak.

"I will gouge those two eyes of yours if I see you staring at my manager again." Fluke continued to smile.

But the smile managed to send shivers down Boun's spine. He wanted to clarify the situation to the latter but Fluke had already walked away before he could even open his mouth.

That night he had tried to talk to Prem to help him bring Kao and Earth together.

"Hia, can you let me sleep? I am really tired." Prem asked after kicking Boun down from the bed.

Boun had no idea that Prem was jealous because he had been staring at Earth all day and was even mentioning him to him when they were on their bed.

"Pao, we should help them reconnect." Boun rubbed his butt standing up from the floor.

Prem sat up from the bed and stared at Boun for a few seconds. "Hia, do you know what actually happened between them?"

Boun shook his head in denial.

"Do you know the real reason behind them splitting ways?" Prem asked again.

Boun shook his head again. Even though he knew that the couple had broken up after finding that Shelly was pregnant with Kao's child, he couldn't say for sure that it was the real reason behind their breakup.

"Since you don't know anything, don't meddle in it. Mind your own business." Prem said.

"But Pao..." he wanted to convince Prem to help him play matchmaker between the broken couple.

"No buts, Hia. You better drop the idea. Since when did you start being so interested in other's business?" Prem asked frowning.

Boun was not interested in other's business. But Kao was not some 'other' person to him. Kao was one of his closest brothers. Someone who took his side even when the parents who gave birth to him stood against him.

"Hia, let me tell you something. If I ever find out that you are proceeding with this idea of yours and hurt my friend again, I will be the first one to punch you in your face. I mean it." Prem turned around and laid back on the bed, pulling the duvet to cover him.

This left Boun to wonder what exactly had happened six years ago and no one is willing to rekindle that relationship despite the fact that Kao and Earth still loved each other with their whole hearts.

End of flashback.

Prem kissed Boun on his cheeks in the locker room where they were getting ready to leave for the day. "Don't skip your dinner, tonight. I will call to check."

Boun looked away without replying.

"Did you hear me? Don't go to bed on an empty stomach." Prem reached out to hold Boun's chin making the elder face him.

"Alright, I heard you." Boun shrugged Prem's hand away. He was annoyed at the dismissive attitude Prem was giving him these days. He wanted to yell at the younger one for not paying much attention to him. But he was afraid that Prem would totally cut him off if he did so. After all this locker room didn't bring pleasant memories for either of them.

They split ways at the parking lot when Prem got into Fluke's car and left the building. In the morning Prem had ridden Boun's car to the agency. He felt bad as he looked at the empty passenger seat as he entered the car.

He had to do something to prevent Fluke from snatching Prem away from him completely. His eyes shined in determination.