Roundabout Way to You

9. Baby

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"I heard you got dumped" Ayut looked at his friend who sat opposite him. " That too by a shrew."

Sarth glared at his friend "At least, I had a relationship. When was the last time you had been in a relationship?"

Ayut's smile slowly turned awkward. He hadn't been in relationships for a while now, partially because he was too focused on work and partially because he couldn't find someone who would accept his principles.

"What's so great about dating a woman who sleeps around with almost all male species working with her?" Anwit retorted Sarth. He knew that the topic of relationships was a weak spot for his brother.

"This kid" Sarth silently gritted his teeth. Ever since the morning, the youngest one had been showing clear disgust towards him. He didn't even understand why.

"On a serious note, Sa, your ex-girlfriend doesn't have a good reputation among the men in the office. There are rumors that all the promotions she had gotten were through sleeping with the higher-ups. It's a good thing that you broke up." Even though he wanted to tease his friend, Ayut didn't want to hide the facts.

Mihit sighed and patted Sarth on his shoulders. No matter how normal and delighted Sarth tried to act, he knew that the latter was affected by the fact that Kitty had cheated on him. After all, they had been dating for so long.

"She got fired yesterday," Anwit said softly, after getting a warning glare from his elder brother for the comment he passed earlier.

"Fired? Why?" Mihit asked.

"It was stated that she got fired because she was caught showing explicit behavior during working hours. But I think it's because the higher-ups she slept with found out that they weren't the only ones she was sleeping with."

"How do you know all this? Do you also work there? I thought you worked in your dad's company." Sarth had always known that Ayut's future was set in stone ever since the day he was born. There was no way he wouldn't be his father's successor unless they went bankrupt.

"I do work in my dad's company" Ayut scratched his neck.

"I work at the radio station. I am a program director there" Anwit interjected.

Ayut looked at his brother thankfully. He wanted to keep his identity as RJ Spear a secret. He couldn't come up with an excuse to explain how he knew everything without arising suspicion for Sarth.

What Anwit said wasn't a lie. So, it was a perfect cover up for him.

Mihit narrowed his eyes as he eyed Ayut. Something didn't fit into the puzzle in his mind. He clearly remembered Boyo telling Anwit that his Phi was unwilling to go to hospital because he couldn't come back on time. 

If Ayut didn't work there, then why would he be worried about not being able to get back on time. Mihit found it fishy. But he decided to keep his questions to himself. It was none of his business anyway.

"A program director? You?" Sarth pointed at Anwit. "Since when did they start making a snorty brat like you take such important roles?"

"It has been a long time, grandpa. Maybe you should come out of the stone under which you were living in to know all that." Anwit hated it when someone questioned his abilities.

"Alright. Alright. Don't start an argument now." Ayut intervened between the two. "Let's eat. The food is getting cold."

Anwit and Sarth glared at each other as if they want to punch each other.

"Why are there so many greens in my plate?" Ayut asked upon seeing the plate of food that Anwit placed in front of him.

"Khun Mali's orders." Anwit placed the breakfast in front of both Sarth and Mihit. "She said that eating veggies would help you get better fast. They have a lot of nutrients."

Ayut looked at others' plates "Why are there lesser veggies in your plates?"

"Because we aren't the ones who broke our legs." Anwit placed glasses in front of everyone and poured water into it.

"Baby!!! This is not fair!!!" Ayut whined in protest.

"Eat fast Phi. You have to take the painkillers." Anwit turned a blind eye to Ayut's complaints.

"Baby? Pfft" Sarth snickered.

Anwit gave him a stink eye. He didn't like this friend of his phi very much. He felt repelled.

The phone in his pocket vibrated. He pulled it out and saw that it was a colleague calling. "You guys start without me. I will go answer this one." He excused himself.

Ayut nodded and Anwit walked away to take the call.

Ayut kicked Sarth under the table with his non fractured leg.

"What?" Sarth grimaced in pain.

"Stop teasing him" Ayut warned.

"I am not teasing him. I just think he too big to be called baby." Sarth picked up his spoon and fork to eat.

"No matter how big he gets, he still be my baby." Ayut repeated the same sentence he said to everyone who questioned him for calling his little brother baby. "One more thing, you are not allowed to call him baby. Only I can call him baby."

He was rather possessive of the nickname he gave his little brother. He felt that if someone else called Anwit baby like him, it would make it less special.

"I have no interest in calling him baby. Only you would be crazy enough to call him baby." Sarth said ridiculed.

"Why is it crazy? Isn't my baby, cute?" Ayut was speechless. He could stand anything but not someone saying that his little brother wasn't cute. "Just look at those dumpling-like cheeks of his. Don't you feel an urge to squish it?"

Sarth gazed up at Anwit who was standing at a distance talking on his phone. He did feel like squeezing those cheeks. They looked soft and squishy, just like a baby's cheeks.

"Sa, I am telling you now. My Nong is off limits." Ayut said reading the way Sarth was looking at his little brother a second ago. His gaydar was pretty powerful. He could sense it a mile away. 

Sarth chuckled awkwardly, after getting caught red-handed by his friend "As if I am interested in him" He tried to laugh it off. But his reddening ears gave him away. "And shouldn't the rule apply both ways?"

"Both ways? What do you mean?" Ayut raised his brows.

"You are hitting on my Nong here as well." Sarth patted Mihit forcefully making the latter look up from the food.

Ayut's eyes widened. It was true that he found the young man handsome. But he hadn't made a move on him...Yet. "What are you saying, Sa? When did I hit on him?" He turned to Mihit. "Did I hit on you? Wait! Let me rephrase the question! Did you feel like I am hitting on you?"

Mihit shook his head.

"See? I never hit on him." Ayut justified.

"That's because you didn't get a chance to. You would have if you got an opportunity." Sarth knew his friend's preferences well. He was sure that the latter would have flirted with Mihit if not for him and Anwit being here.

"I am sorry, phi." Mihit said before Ayut could say anything. "I don't do men." He had only dated women all his life. He had no plans on changing that.

"Ouch!" Ayut clenched his heart dramatically. "That hurts"

Sarth rolled his eyes and sighed at his friend's antics "Drama queen."