"Chay?", Porsche entered his room-again without knocking, he's annoyed but not surprised.
"Hia? I'm studying.", he takes his earbuds off only to be wrestled to the ground with tickles that made him burst out laughing.
"You're so grumpy, is that really how teenagers turn out nowadays? I was fun when I was your age, wasn't grumpy too but I did constantly mastu-"
"You're gross! Get out!", Chay blushed and threw a pillow at Porsche.
"Nope. Not until I convince you to go with me."
He looked at Porsche and his expression is certainly familliar.
"No. No. No. No. My answer is no."
"C'mon! I'm spending my Christmas with Kinn- and everyone, I'm going to be super sad without my cute brother there, please? Besides everyone misses you!"
"Hia, no."
He was barely breathing when his brother let go of him, hugs are lethal and his brother is the proof of that.
"I was almost convinced but let's face it, you just want to drag me there to be a distraction for Khun, Macau has been sending me messages of help and sos because of how Khun's triple crazy on holidays~"
Porsche rolled his eyes and pinched Chay's cheeks.
"Oh Macau, You've moved on from Kimhan? That's fast!", his brother teased but then stopped seeing Chay's face.
"We're just friends Hia, me and Macau. P'Kim is..."
He's hugged again and he now tightened his arms around his brother's waist.
Porsche then kissed Chay's head and ruffled his hair.
"Fine, but if you do change your mind, I'll wait! Your presents are there!"
He walked his Brother to the gate and merge with the pillow once again.
Checking his phone, Macau sent another picture of everyone on the living room.
They were happy specially Khun, they're all wearing red and green, it was quite a surprise that the Minor family joined and Vegas is even smiling except the youngest Theerapanyakul.
"You're stubborn, as always. It's a party not a funeral."
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Before he knew it, his footsteps away from the gate, he was nervous and his stomach doing cart wheels!
How can he be so confident in public speaking and now he couldn't even push the damn doorbell!
A hand then rested in his shoulder, it was Arm and Pol dressed as elves.
"Uh. I-I need to go...."
"No you can't! You're an elf because you're late!"
Khun yelled and dragged him loud as ever, announcing his arrival.
"Goodbye to my escape...", he murmured to himself before faking a smile and greeting everyone present.
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" You're taller now! Well not as tall as me.", Macau smiled and stood beside him comparing their heights.
"Take off your shoes and you'll look like a toddler Macau.", Vegas mockingly said as everyone laughed at his remark.
Pete then elbowed him but Vegas just smirked.
"That's so hurtful Hia, at least I don't call P'Pete like a baby when I'm drunk."
Everyone laughed loudly again and he couldn't help but laugh at them too. The brother's had been closer.
Vegas then kissed Pete's cheeks and wrapped his arms around his husband.
"At least I have someone to call.", surprised and shocked they all cheered and clap as Macau sulk in defeat.
It's a holiday and yet he still feels empty, a hole in his chest making him want to explode.
Chay then excused himself from the table and told Porsche that he'd rest for a bit.
"Oh, go ahead, too bad you won't play games with us?"
"No, but please wake me up at 12:00. I wanna watch the fireworks.", faintly smiling at his brother before bidding bye to everyone.
To his surprised Khun hugged him and Kinn ruffled his hair. "We're happy you came Chay. We're here for you."
He then went to his room and to be truthful he misses his second home.
"Kim's a dumbass.", Khun exclained and everyone told him to shush.
"Why?! It's true!", Khun blurted out as Kim entered the room.
Silence...
"Merry Christmas?"
Kim sense the weird air but he knows they're weird
so he just laughed it off.
"It's still not midnight, but yeah I bought you another fish, it's in the trunk. Pa, Kinn, everyone, I'm heading to bed, please get the presents yourselves."
After he dissapeared they all exclaimed.
"He smiles?!", Macau spat the biscuits out his mouth.
"Gifts?!", Pete, Arm and Pol in all their lives had not witness him give anything to anyone.
"What the fuck possessed him?", Vegas and Porsche shared a suspicious look and clinked glasses.
"Kinn! That's not our brother, that's a doppelganger right? Pa?!"
Kinn just shrugged it off and Khun Korn stared at the flickering lights of their Christmas tree.
"Maybe, it's just a change of heart."
YOU ARE READING
Flickering Lights
Fanfiction𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗗 After months of no contact, Chay was invited to the Christmas Party at the Mansion, which he was forcibly taken by his brother, leaving him no choice but to face Kim who was possibly still cold and distant as ever to him.
