✔️My Magical Stranger// GeminiFourth, FirstKhaotung

*50* Just let it be

For the second time, First was woken up not by the first rays of the sun but by someone's loud whispers.  He rubbed his sleepy eyes with his hands and sat up.  As he woke up a little, the words of the people in the next room became clear.  He realized that he could hear a nervous P'Zee, Margaret trying to calm down the conflict between Zee and his fiancé, Khaotung.  He slipped out of bed silently and walked to the door that separated him from the small hall in the apartment they had rented.  The floor was pleasantly cool as his bare feet touched it.

“I understand that you wanted to show off your boyfriend, but this way you only draw even more attention to yourself and us!  Do you want the Non-Magic to know about us so badly?”  P'Zee raised his voice again.

“Sorry, boss, I thought...”

Zee didn't let him finish.

“You have thought? You thought?! What were you thinking?  Was there only one thing on your mind?  Do you even know how much danger you are putting yourself and First in?  Let me remind you of what Christian said: you race in countries where you can go to jail or die for it.  Really how could you be so stupid?”

Khaotung didn't answer, but First knew how much those words hurt him.  He opened the door slightly and began to carefully observe the scene in front of him.  Khaotung and Zee stood facing each other, Zee's back to the door and Khao's face.  First could clearly see the emotions on his lover's face and it broke his heart.  He felt again that he was a burden, that he was causing problems for the person he loved most in the world.  He was angry with himself.  He clenched his fists so tightly that he felt physical pain.

“Have you already read news about yourself on the Internet?” Zee asked as the F1 driver's silence continued.

“I…” He started and then got stuck.  What was he supposed to say?  Yes, he saw the news, he and First became the talk of all the evening and morning news.  It seemed as if the world that was about to change, that they had hoped would understand and accept them, had rejected them.

First saw only one solution.  He fought with himself for a good two minutes before he finally made a decision.  He took a deep breath, trying to calm down.

“I'm doing this for you, Khao, I'm sorry.  I can't watch you suffer because of me.  I hope you will understand and agree with my decision."

Seemingly brave, but with his heart struggling in his chest like a wild bird in a golden cage, First opened the door fully and, still in his pajama pants, with his upper body covered in hickeys, he walked in between them, feeling like meat thrown to the hyenas.  He was scared.  Inside he was shaking.  He didn't want to do it, but he knew he had to.

“We'll tell them it was just a show, that we're recording a series.  Lewis will help us.  We'll say that Lewis is the principal and that was just a scene from the show.  Many people know that Thailand is famous for BL series”. He said, trying not to let his voice tremble, although he felt his hands shaking with emotion, which suddenly became sticky and damp with sweat.

“You're crazy, aren't you?” Khaotung looked at him as if he was seeing him for the first time in his life.

“No, Tung, you know this is our only option.  Only this way you will be safe.”

“But I don't want it!  I don't want to be safe!  I want to marry you like a civilized man, I want to have the right to hold your hand when we go for a walk together.  I want things to be normal.  I want to have the right to be romantic with the person I love, you won't deny me, will you?”

“And you want to sacrifice your life for it?”

“I don't give a damn about my life if I have to go into hiding again after everything I've done!  I thought you already knew that and that you understood me”. Khao was hurt.  How did it happen that the happiest weekend of his life turned into a real nightmare on Monday?