MIDNIGHT DAYDREAM

Chapter 16

Maybe some of you felt Chay forgives easily. He is. He was designed like that in my mind. He is a good boy, whose heart is as deep and wide as the ocean.

I also saw many teenagers, and once a teenager myself, make up and break up easily. So, I wrote with that design in mind.

But shits happen in life and you know what they say when a good guy is fed up with being hurt.

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The next day, Porchay visits the minor family mansion again. He needs to talk to Macau about yesterday. About Ash, about the kiss, and about things that might be changing between them.

By the time he finished his story, he realized three people were listening attentively.

"You're so easy, man. You should make him grovel until he kisses the ground you walk," Macau looks like he disapproves of everything that went on yesterday.

Yes, Chay admits he is easy when it comes to forgiveness. His Hia had lectured him about this tendency. But he can't help it. Everyone deserves a second chance, or third, in his opinion.

"Oh, Chay, why does it have to be him that you like?" Pete seems to be disappointed at Chay's life choices.

"Do you like the kiss?" That is Vegas with genuine curiosity.

Chay is a bit flabbergasted with all the reactions at the same time. He decides he wants to address Vegas first. "I did."

"Do you want to do it again with him?" Vegas asks again.

Chay feels heat is creeping up on his face and Macau chuckles his disapprovement, but he nods.

"What if ... More than just a kiss?"

"Hey!" Pete is throwing a pillow at Vegas. "Don't give him that idea!"

"What idea? It's a natural thing. People have needs and when two people like and are attracted to each other they can do that!" Vegas is now throwing his hands up in the air out of frustration. "You and Porsche should stop coddling him like he is 5. He is 19. He can do shit like that without adults breathing down his neck. Hell, I did stuff worse than that when I was younger than him."

"And you're proud of that, are you?"

"That's not the point!" Vegas is now shouting. He exhales a few breaths. "Baby, you and I know, Porchay is not going to be a baby forever. He will find someone and leave the nest. It is only unfortunately, that guy is Kim."

"There's someone else," Macau says, drawing the attention of the two adults in the room.

"What do you mean?" Pete asks, there is interest there.

"Cau," Porchay tries to warn him, but Macau pushes it aside.

"There is another guy who is interested in him, and when I say interested, it is capital letters."

"Who?" both of his brothers say that.

"Angkharn Sutivanichsak."

"Ash?" Vegas shouts. "Aiyayay, then was Kai, now is Ash? What's wrong with people in my circle?"

"Sutivanichsak as in the governor Sutivanichsak?" Pete asks.

Macau nods.

"Wow, Chay, that's impressive," a genuine admiration shines in Pete's eyes.

Chay blushes. "It's not like that, Phi, I swear. Cau is just made-up things."

Macau raises his brow. He feels insulted. "No, I'm not. Even people who saw you guys back then thought you were a couple."