Roundabout Way to You

7. Drunkard

Ayut was trapped in between the wall and the man. He slowly looked at the man whose hood had now fallen down. Under the flickering light, he saw the man's face.

The face was familiar. Way too familiar.

That was the same guy who caught him when he was about to fall that evening. The same guy who told him that he might have fractured his leg rather than just spraining it.

Ayut felt his face heat up as he felt the taller guy's breath against it. "E-excuse me. Y-You are standing too close." He himself didn't know why he was stuttering at that point.

It was just a handsome man, who was leaning really close to him. What was the big deal? 

But the drunken guy doesn't seem to hear him. The latter's forehead was resting against his.

"Excuse me?" Ayut called weakly as he balanced himself with one hand on the handrail and used the other to tap the taller man. 

The taller guy groaned lightly at the disturbance. His face slide down to Ayut's shoulder and his breath slowed down to become rhythmic, clearly showing that he had fallen asleep.

"Hey, buddy." Ayut patted his face trying to wake him up. "You can't fall here. Hey, get up."

No matter how he tried the guy was totally wasted and fast asleep.

Standing on one leg, Ayut didn't know what to do next. The man was bigger than him and there was no way he could carry him out of the elevator, not with a broken leg.

Ding.

The elevator door opened on the tenth floor and a guy entered the elevator.

"N' Yut, what are you doing?" the guy asked seeing the suggestive pose he was in with his saviour.

"P' Most, Thank god it is you!" Ayut finally let out a sigh of relief seeing the familiar neighbour. "Can you give me a hand here? He fell asleep."

Most chuckled mischievously.

"I swear. It is not what you think." Ayut groaned supporting the sleeping guy. "Damn, he is so heavy."

Most stepped forward to help Ayut. He took the taller guy's hand and placed it over his shoulder, while supporting his weight with one hand. "Au? Why is your neighbor so wasted?"

"He is my neighbor?" Ayut was surprised he had never seen the taller guy before.

"Yeah, he lives in the same floor as us. I think he moved in a few months ago. I have seen him a couple of times before. " Most answered.

Ding.

The elevator opened.

"What do we do with him now?" Most asked.

After contemplating for a few seconds "Could you help him into my apartment, Phi? I just broke my leg and can't carry him there by myself." He felt that he couldn't leave the drunkard outside given that the latter had helped him earlier.

"Are you sure Nong?" Most knew that Ayut was not really familiar with the guy.

"Khrab, Phi" Ayut smiled "He is a friend of a friend." Even though he wasn't sure, he had made up his mind to take the guy in.

"Alright," Most agreed. He supported the taller guy to the guest room in Ayut's apartment.

"Thank you, Phi" Ayut said sincerely.

Most smiled and bid goodbye to him. 

Once Most was gone, Ayut looked at the man on the bed who was sleeping like a baby. "So cute," He muttered. "So cute that I want to kidnap you" He tucked the guy properly in a warm duvet and headed out of the room.