9. Facing the void

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“I should be the boyfriend…what the fuck is even happening here?” Ten asks, his expression not shocked, or betrayed just surprised. They had an aura, that soft aura only people caring for each other have. And Ten saw it, he couldn't miss it.

“Close that door.” Kim calmly says, not even moving from their position. “We need to talk.”

“Yes.” He confirms, doing it. “We do need to talk.” Ten smiles lightly. “How do you know each other? Why are you so close? Why are you even here when I am the boyfriend? Why am I not the only one here? I wonder, I really wonder what's going on.”

Kim wants to defend Porchay, to talk about their friendship, to throw water over the unnecessary fire but his boy is the first one to talk.

“The boyfriend ? For real. A stage, a play, a whole game!” He spits, raising his head. “Don’t try to act as if we were still in love…I know that you are using me for views, and…I know that your first move with me was exactly for this reason…Don’t make that expression, yes I deeply always knew but didn’t realise, now I know and I don’t mind. I mean you also helped me, I helped you. In the end, we had good times don’t you think?”

Ten opens his mouth, before closing it. Porchay said so much truth in such a short time. He is impressed with his behaviour and even proud, deep inside he was also relieved.

“You’re right…we were a good team, for some time.”

Porchay sighs, letting his head fall again against Kim’s shoulder. Ten’s eyes are wide open.

“That’s not what you think.” Kim immediately says.

“I mean, this is just fast…”

“No, we were friends before…and we are still, we just met again here.” Kim explains. Porchay’s heart was warm, he talked about them with the present tense. He feels the happiest.

“Well.” Ten mocks them, thinking quietly that they really don’t look like friends. “It doesn’t change that I am still officially the boyfriend.”

“And you would be wrong to create a mess out of this.” Kim talks rapidly and Porchay can feel his muscle tensing.

“I am listening to you. Do you have an idea? Why shouldn't I play the cheated on one?” Ten leans against the wall, listening to him.

“Because it will never leave you. You might be the victim, or yes, they will consider you as a victim but you will never be free from this. Your image will be damaged, you will always be linked to this situation and nothing can be made against both of your names being associated with that story. You will be on the good side of the story for them, for sure but you will also be in the story, and you know how dangerous scandals are.”

“You’re smart, your friend is smart Chay.” Ten nods.

“He is.” Porchay smiles. “And he is right. I won’t hold any grudges from you using me to be more known…so let’s not begin another mess…”

“So do we just finish the show and then we just wait a little before officially breaking up?”

“This sounds great.” Porchay agrees. “But Ten, I need your promise.” He knows this man by heart, if he doesn’t say those words he can change his mind and use the fact that he didn’t say anything to defend himself. Ten smirks, he knows that the boy thought about this.

“I promise.” He says arrogantly. “However, you will still need to hide  both of you, fakely acting as lovey dovey, will you be okay with this?” He asks towards Kim and the chief is blushing suddenly. He tries to keep his composure.

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