From Something To Everything (Bounprem)

77. Apology

Prem was feeling a bit overwhelmed at the moment. He could see the crowd in front of him cheering for him, especially his friends. They were giving him a standing ovation for him. Those three had always been his biggest supporters aside from his own parents. He felt so happy when he saw Boun standing beside his friends with a smile, clapping his hands the loudest.

The last time he performed in front of a big crowd was when he was still in high school, in order to impress his first love, Kate. Back then, he had just hit puberty and his voice was undergoing change from a boyish to mannish. Hence, his singing then sounded like a frog's croaking. It ended up being one of the weapons his friends used to blackmail him with.

"You did a very good job." Roy, one of the music producers under SZ Entertainment praised Prem when he got off the stage. He even gave Prem his card asking if he was interested in working together. Prem didn't know what to say.

Luckily Sammy intervened in time, introducing herself as Prem's manager and handled the situation.

Prem pulled Fluke into a tight hug as soon as he reached their table, not wanting others to see him cry. If Fluke hadn't pushed him to sing today, he would have never have gotten the courage to face such a big crowd and sing. He had been a bathroom singer who held his own concerts on a daily basis when he bathed. But singing in front of a crowd was a scary concept for him after being humiliated by Kate all those years back.

It was Fluke's idea for Prem to confess to Boun through a song. Prem had always believed that 'actions speak louder than words.' He was not good at expressing every thing with words and was always action oriented. Some might find it unromantic without cheesy words or clingy with profuse actions. But that was how he was. That's how he would tell you that he cared about you.

As a friend who knew this well, Fluke understood that Prem was running out of ideas to express himself to Boun. And the song seemed to have done its job as Prem could see the change in Boun's eyes.

When all the attention of the crowd was drawn away from Prem, Boun dragged him away to the corridor. The corridor was mostly abandoned giving the two they much needed at the moment.

Boun couldn't hold it any longer, he pulled Prem to a kiss. The duo kissed each other hungrily and passionately as if they hadn't met each other for decades.

"Hia, I..." Prem's words were swallowed by Boun's kiss. He clenched Boun's silver blonde hair, deepening the kiss.

By the time their lips parted, both of them were panting, their faces red from the sexual tension that had developed between them.

"Shall we leave?" Prem suggested in a hoarse voice.

"I have something to tell you." Boun's husky voice sounded immensely sexy at the moment to Prem's ears.

"What is it, Hia?" Prem said not showing his impatience he was feeling at the pit of his stomach. He had seen Boun was disturbed with something earlier in the evening and thought that Boun wanted to talk to him about it.

Boun suddenly hugged him and buried his face in Prem's nape.

"Hia?" Prem was confused.

"I... I... wanted to say that..." Boun slowly pulled away and looked at the floor and said in one breath. "I wanted to say that I am sorry for all my mistakes. I am sorry for leaving without saying anything. I am sorry for blaming you for everything. I am sorry for being an idiot. I promise that I will never repeat it. I swear that I will change."

Prem couldn't help but smile watching Boun getting so nervous when he apologized.

"I am sorry that I hit you. I am sorry that I forced myself on you and caused you a lot of pain. I am really sorry. There will be no next time, Pao. I will never touch you without your consent." Boun slowly peeked at Prem to see his reaction.

Prem cupped Boun's face, making him look up at his face. He then placed a soft kiss on Boun's forehead.

"Thank you, phi." Prem whispered.

"Thank you? For what?"

"Thank you having the courage to acknowledge your mistakes and apologizing for them. I am really proud of you." Prem wiped the tear drop that was rolling down Boun's cheeks.

"Ahem... ahem..." the duo heard someone clearing their throat and stepped away from each other. When they saw that it was Earth, they let out a sigh of relief.

"Can you guys please keep your hands off each other when you are in public? There are many people watching you two." Earth said in a typical manager tone.

"Khrab." Prem flashed a toothy smile at his childhood friend.

Earth rolled his eyes at Prem and spoke. "If you guys are done here. Then come inside. Everyone is looking for you two."

"Shall we?" Boun asked like a gentle man.

Prem smiled and nodded.

The trio re-entered the restaurant where most of the people were already drunk.

"Did you tell him about tomorrow?" Fluke asked Prem as soon as they took a seat. Prem shook his head. He didn't know how to tell Boun that he was going away for treatment for the two weeks before the shooting started. "You want me to talk to him?" Fluke asked and Prem nodded.

"P' Boun, Prem will have to go for a little rehabilitation treatment..." Fluke started the conversation awkwardly.

Boun looked at Prem and then at Fluke wondering why they were telling him that.

"You guys will have to be separated for two weeks at least." Fluke smiled sheepishly.

"Oh." Boun blinked not liking the sound of it but couldn't stop it as it concerned Prem's health.

Seeing Boun's blank reaction, Fluke leaned in and whispered in his ears. "Take this time to think things through. You could..." Before Fluke could speak any further, a drunk Ohm grabbed him by the waist and dragged him away. Boun could only watch his cousin getting clingy with his crush.

"Hia..." Prem called out as if asking him for a reply.

"Ah... Pao... you should go. Health is most important." Boun said with a forced smile.

"Will you be alright by yourself?" Prem asked feeling unsure.

"Of course. Why wouldn't I be? I am not a little kid. Besides I think P' Ton has already found work for me in the meantime."

Prem nodded in acknowledgement. "By the way, what's up with those two?" Prem looked at Ohm and Fluke who looked like a mess with drunk Ohm tightly hugged Fluke who was trying to get out of his grip.

"Nothing. Ohm got jealous when he saw Fluke talking to me for a while." Boun chuckled. His cousin was a gone cause when it came to Fluke.

"You guys talked? About what?" Prem eyed Boun suspiciously.

"You." Boun smirked.