LIMELIGHT

01.

"So, who admitted his feelings first?"

Mew blushed with that question. Why do they have to be that straight forward? He laughed shyly, slightly leaning his body on the armrest of his seat, "That's too much." He answered with a wide smile which Davikah replied with a light smack on his biceps.

Davikah's outgoing personality added with Lily's supportive giggles made the atmosphere more lively.

"Quit putting him in the hot seat." Jess, who's sitting on the floor, said with a laugh which just earned a pout from both the women.

Does that really matter? 

"Yeah. Let's just talk about the only loveless in this group." Mew shifted the topic to Jess.

Jess' eyes grew wide as he playfully hit Mew's leg with the throw pillow he's holding, "Really? Right after I saved you? You traitor." With that they all laughed.

Mew glanced at his watch as he entered through the door of his house. Chopper hurriedly ran to his feet and jumped, greeting him. He bent his body forward and carried the small dog in his arms.

"How's your day, Chopper?" He asked the dog, knowing full well that it won't answer.

He glanced at the wall clock once more and as if on cue his phone rang. His lips quirked up as he answered the call, flashing his lover's face on the screen.

"Good morning/Good evening." They both said in unison which made them laugh wholeheartedly.

"Having different time zone sucks." Tul commented before flashing a wide smile as he saw Chopper. "Chopper, bro!" He greeted.

Mew laughed, "Did you just woke up?" He bent his knees and placed the dog down the floor. Focusing all his attention on his lover's pretty face.

The angle of the camera slightly tilted as Tul brushed his hand over his face, "I finished my activities last night. Never thought that it will take me forever just to be done with it."

Mew walked towards his room with a smile on his face, "You're doing great." His hand reached for the door knob and twisted it open.

Tul heard the clicking sound, "D'you already had your dinner?"

Mew answered with a nod. As he sat on the side of his bed, he spoke, "You know? Davikah asked me earlier..."

"Hmm." Tul hummed in response as he sat up.

"She asked me, who admitted his feelings first?"

"I did." Tul answered proudly which Mew retorted with a frown, "I did." He argued.

Mew placed his phone down on his side as he removed his shirt. He just can't sleep without taking a bath.

"Don't you remember? I was the one who first said---" Tul paused as he looked at Mew's chiseled chest and that mouth-watering abs. "--I love it." He continued.

Mew laughed mockingly, "Drooling over this?" He ran his hand over his stomach suggestively.

"Why would I? I also have those." He answered and positioned the camera of the phone a little bit farther away from him, enough to see from his chest down to the boxer shorts he's wearing.

Mew plopped down his bed, laying on his stomach, "Sexy teerak." Mew commented.

The sudden use of endearment caught Tul by surprise that the phone almost slipped out of his hand. With a rosy colored tint painted across his cheek he said, "Stop."

Mew laughed at how adorable his baby is. "I miss you."

Another hit that made Tul's stomach all light and ticklish.

Mew stared at Tul's eyes from across the screen, "I love you."

With that, Tul's breath got knocked off. He covered his face using the back of his free hand before looking away, getting all shy with the barrage of flirting coming from Mew.

Mew really knows his weakness, from the tips of his hair down to the soles of his feet. Well, they've been best friend for quite a long time, hiding each other's deep desire for one another behind the word friends and before they knew it that desire can no longer be contained that it slowly seeped out. Of course, they know each other well, their secrets, their weakness and all of their hidden parts.

He smiled as his voice turned softer, the kind of soft that makes Mew's eyes sparkle even from miles away, "me too."

"You should sleep now." Tul said, trying to clear the flirtatious air around them.

"Hmm." Mew closed his eyes, purring like a cat in front of the camera. "Gonna take a bath first, wanna join me?" He said and winked.

Tul bit his inner cheek, trying to contain all the ecstatic feeling inside his chest. He already missed Mew, with that being said of course he also misses all their sexcapades.

"Bastard." He said, ending the call abruptly.

Tul stood up from his bed, fixing it before turning his body towards the bedroom door. He stopped right in front of his bedside table as he saw the calendar. "Ah. My birthday is already just around the corner." He mumbled, thinking of things.

He wants to go home and spend his special day with his loved ones. Only if he can. He sighed. Taking masters is never easy but no one said it would be this hard.

As if the time is placed on a fast forward, days went on so quickly and before he knew it... It's already just a couple of days before his birthday.

"What do you want as a birthday gift?" Mew asked on the other line.

Tul pouted as he scrolled through the open document on his laptop. "You." He answered thoughtlessly, sounding so exhausted. Everything this days became unbearably tiring. Even the simple act of looking at his notes or reading felt exhausting. He wants to rest. He wants his rest.

Mew chuckled on the other line, "Your wish is my command."

If someone would tell Tul they're envious with him, he would laughed with it. They should be.

If someone would tell Tul that he's one heck of a lucky man, he would blush with it. Yes, he is.

If one day this love of his grew farther away from him, he'll crush into pieces. No one can make him feel loved the same way as Mew does.

"Surprise!" Mew said standing in the middle of the airport terminal, wearing his face mask, looking all sexy with his black long sleeve shirt and infront of him is a couple of luggage. Looking fresh as always.

Tul smiled and opened his arms wide. Mew immediately went closer to him and wrapped his arms around Tul's waist. After all those months of hugging the cold phone screen, this time they're now able to feel each others warmth again.

Mew really knows how to make Tul happy.