After (Love in the Air)

In my darkest nights, will you be there? (1)

Rain wanted to ask Phayu about the documents that night when he got home, safely, but unfortunately they were preoccupied with... other activities that didn't leave much room for proper conversion. But the next morning at breakfast the opportunity practically presented itself.

"What did you do for breakfast yesterday, baby boy?" Phayu asked gently, taking Rain's hand in his own and brushing a finger lightly over his knuckles.

"Korean"

"For breakfast?"

Rain looked down at his bowel sheepishly, "maybe"

"That's okay, did you enjoy it?"

Rain squeezed Phayu's hand, "Yes! It was so good Phi"

"That good baby"

"But Phi, I do have a question"

"Yeah Rainy?"

"I didn't mean to pry, I promise, but on your desk you had a list of names, what is it"

"Rain, first of all you don't need to worry, I have nothing to hide from you. Also that's just a client list, people who have booked in for the next few weeks"

Rain felt his chest tighten, he barely managed a small nod in reply

"Any reason you're asking?"

"N-no i was just curious"

*

When Phayu left for work that morning, Rain didn't know what to do. He felt kinda floaty from their conversation that morning. That buzz of anxiety had returned and it made him feel like throwing up. But surely it wasn't her right? It had been so long and he literally moved across the world.

When they met everything seemed so perfect. She was younger than him, yes, but only by just over a year. Plus she approached him one day after practice, while he was out of breath and all sweaty, yet she still placed a hand flirtatiously on his arm and suggested lunch. She had been all smiles and sweet gestures from that moment forward.

["Noeul, I had fun. Would you maybe, maybe want to do this again?" She asked quietly, obviously nervous. Rain felt a swell of affection, she liked him, and she didn't even know who his parents were. She liked him for him.

He was only 16 but he thought he'd found love

"I'd love to"

His biggest mistake]

*

That night when Phayu got home he looked exhausted.

"Here Phi, for your headache" Rain said passing a cup of water and medicine to his boyfriend

"Thank Rain, how'd you know"

"You've been squinting since you got home, not to mention you haven't moved in the past 10 minutes"

"I'm sorry baby, it just wasn't a great day"

"It's okay Phi, do you want to talk about it?"

"Really?"

"Of course Phayu," Rain frowned, "you can tell me stuff, you know that right? I'm here for you just like you are there for me"

"Of course I know, baby, I'm just used to... talking. It's just the storm caused heaps of damage and it wrecked this clients house we just built and now they're all passed because they said that it wasn't designed well and that's why it fucking broke not to mention they are the worst couple ever. When I was designing their house he found out I wasn't straight and almost kicked me off the project. The homophobic assholes," Phayu finished, slumping into Rain and burying his head into his boyfriend's shoulder.