Roundabout Way to You

24. Meet

Mihit couldn't believe his ears when San pointed at Ayut and told him that the latter was RJ Spear, his idol. It sounded so absurd to him in the beginning.

He stared at Ayut, who was sitting in between a group of people, talking and laughing with everyone around him. Ayut didn't look like the 'Khun Ayut' he met at work every day, who was a strict superior who was very demanding about the quality of work they did.

The Ayut in front of him looked the same as the one he had met on the first day, the one he saved from falling, the one that had taken care of him when he was drunk, friendly, and cheerful.

Mihit finally realized that everything was falling into place like the puzzle had been solved. When he had met Ayut for the first time, he had found Ayut's voice awfully familiar. The next day, when he and Sarth were having breakfast at Ayut's place, he found Ayut's way of talking familiar.

The last thing he expected was that the familiarity he felt back then was actually because of the fact that Ayut was RJ Spear.

Mihit was having a hard time digesting the fact. He started thinking about all the previous interactions he had with Ayut and realized that he had left a very bad impression on his idol. He regretted that he had been cursing at Ayut every single day since they started working together. He wanted to slap himself.

Sarth watched the colorful expressions on Mihit's face and felt like he had just won the lottery. He felt that his mission to make Mihit become Ayut's boyfriend was going to be a hundred times easier now that they found out that Ayut was RJ Spear.

He knew how much Mihit admired RJ Spear. He was sure that the admiration weighed much more than the prejudice and all the negative feelings Mihit had for Ayut.

He mentally thanked all the gods whom he had been praying to for the last few hours, asking them to help him find a way out of his predicament. He was more than happy about the sudden turn of events and promised himself to make merits soon.

His eyes traveled from Ayut to the boy sitting next to him. The chubby kid was always focused on the food in front of him. While all the others were drinking, he was busy biting off a chicken drumstick.

A small smile crept into his face as he watched Anwit's adorable gestures. But it did somewhat irk him when he saw Anwit wiping Ayut's face. The smile on his face dimmed even further when he heard the comments the people around them were making about the brothers. He wasn't particularly happy with the sight. 

His eyes were met with Anwit. He could see how the latter's eyes lit up when he realized his presence.

"P' Sa, you are here!" Anwit exclaimed in happiness. He had been thinking of a way to make those colleagues of his shut their mouths and not make comments that would make others think that he was having an incestuous relationship with his elder brother.

When he saw Sarth and his two friends in the karaoke hall, he was surprised. He had not been expecting him to be there. For a second, he even thought that he was hallucinating as he had been thinking that he could have used Sarth as a shield to dodge all the accusations by his colleagues.

Upon seeing Anwit waving at him enthusiastically, Sarth grabbed both Mihit and Bern towards the group. The other two who were still in shock at the revelation of RJ Spear's identity, didn't even resist Sarth for a bit.

"Bern?" Boyo noticed her boyfriend. She cursed in her mind. Her current appearance wasn't something she wanted her boyfriend to see. She walked over to him Bern and hooked her hand on his. "What are you doing here?" She asked in whispers.

"We came over for free booze," Bern replied in whispers as he sneaked a few peeks at Ayut.

"Anwit, who are these two?" The female colleagues were very much interested in the two men who came along with Bern. They knew that Bern was Boyo's boyfriend. The other two handsome men had induced a sense of curiosity within them.

Mihit was still staring unblinkingly at Ayut, feeling the excitement any fanboy would feel when they were close to their idols. He didn't even notice the flirtish gazes those women were directing at him.

Sarth too was not paying any attention to those women as he was eager to tell Anwit about what he just discovered. He was so happy now that he could practically pop a champagne.

Anwit had never been fond of these women. He felt that they were very capricious and futile. But he knew that these gossipy women would be the best medium to dispel all the false rumors that were spreading about him and his elder brother.

He immediately went to Sarth's side and grabbed him by his biceps. "This? This is P' Sarth. My boyfriend."

Sarth was so shocked by the declaration that he didn't know how to react. He smiled nervously at the women who had now started scorning at him. He felt a shiver run down his spine as he met Ayut's murderous gaze.

He could feel that Ayut would have chopped him into pieces right then and there, if not for the people around them. He had always known that Ayut was like a mother tigress who wanted to protect her cub when it came to Anwit and for the first time he was facing full-force hostility from his once best friend.

Anwit clinging to him and acting like a boyfriend who hadn't seen him for days wasn't helping either.

Anwit sensed the shift in his brother's mood. "And this is P' Mihit, P' Ayut's boyfriend."

Ayut didn't react to that. He was still immersed in the fact that Anwit said that Sarth was his boyfriend.

Neither did Mihit react. He was too busy admiring the layer of anger on his idol's calm face.

"Oh? We guessed," The female colleague said. The rest of them started whispering

Anwit flashed a fake smile at them before turning to Mihit. "Come phi, join us." He pulled Mihit who was in auto mode to sit next to his brother. 

Mihit was like a shy newly wedded bride who did as he was told.

Anwit then pulled Sarth to sit with him. "Phi, please cooperate. I will explain everything to you later." He whispered to Ayut's ear.

"You better," Ayut whispered back, throwing a last glare at Sarth.

Soon the news that Ayut and Anwit had brought their boyfriends to the party spread and a lot of people started gathering around them. All of them were making toast and introducing themselves to Mihit and Sarth.

Mihit was extremely annoyed at the people who were disturbing him from spending time with his idol but to create a better impression on Ayut, he was well behaved.

Since Mihit was responding to all of them, Sarth had no way out but to play along.