Kirikan's War 🤍 Mew/Gulf

Chapter 3 ~ upgraded ~

Kiri looked around his hotel room glad to be returning to Thailand again tomorrow. It was lovely in the UK, the people were so friendly and welcoming but he hadn't really been able to play tourist because of all the meetings and conferences.

He glanced across to the tiny kitchenette and an image of Kan popped into his head wearing nothing but that stupid apron whilst grilling something in the mini oven. he imagined him bending over slightly while inspecting his cooking, his butt inviting attention.

It had been over a week since he'd left Sheila and Sucharit's bed & breakfast, they had a lovely place and despite it being nowhere near the same level as his own hotels, it was still a quaint retreat where one could relax and feel the warmth of family, something he had never felt before.

He imagined Sheila fondly smacking her son upside his head when he said something cheeky which in Kiri's short experience was quite often but he suspected it was done purposely to exact a response.

Why the hell did he keep thinking about that brat, it's not as if he would ever see him again but why did he keep thinking of his smile and imagining him naked beneath that bloody apron at the most inconvenient moments, damn! now he had to get another shower!

Meanwhile in Willows Brook, Kan had just about finished packing, he was all set to go to Thailand tomorrow to spend a few weeks with his paternal grandparents. The trip had been brought forward while business was slow and it was something he did every year. 

When he was a younger they all used to go as a family but since mum had started the bed & breakfast and dad was busy in college he'd just started to go alone. 

He was looking forward to seeing Phak who had been his Thai friend since they were very young and even though they only got to see each other for a few weeks every year they had made many happy memories on those long summer days of childhood and had remained close.

Phak was dating someone called Klem and Kan would finally get to meet him after many emails telling him how cute he was. Kan had never been in a relationship, he just didn't seem interested and at 24 he was kind of embarrassed to admit that he was still a virgin.

He had told himself if it's meant to be he would meet someone then wondered why the name Kiri Junphanatat popped into his head right at that moment. Shaking his head as if it was an etch 'a' sketch to delete the unwanted information, he went to spend some time with his parents before his journey.

Several hours later Kan arrived at the airport in good time and walked over to the check in desk. handing the lady his ticket information then he picked up his case and hefted it on to the conveyor belt beside the check in desk. The lady seemed to be taking longer than usual so Kan enquired if there was a problem?

"erm, hmmmm, she procrastinated, it seems there has been a problem with your booking, please stand aside and wait a moment Mr Thiwat and I'll call for someone else to help you" the lady spoke in a calming manner as if expecting him to kick off at any given moment.

Kan removed his luggage and placed it back by his feet and watched the other passengers pass by until a member of the airline staff approached him.

"Mr Thiwat, we are so sorry but there was booking error and it seems your seat was double booked. The other person has already checked in but as a gesture of good will we would like to upgrade you to first class at no further expense, would that be ok?" the staff member questioned.

'Would that be ok?' Kan thought, shit yes! then donning his posh voice sans profanities he responded.

"that would be ok, yes, thank you" mum would be so proud that he didn't cuss he thought to himself and the staff member called someone over to help him check in and board.

Climbing the steps to the massive jet, Kan was greeted at the top by a very pretty air hostess who welcomed him and led the way to his seat upfront, wow' how the other half lives, he thought. 

There were huge chairs upholstered with the softest cream leather with tables between them which were adorned with small baskets of flowers, it all looked very comfortable and inviting.

Kan was led to one of the seats where he could see the back of someone's head which was bent forward as the person worked on their laptop. The hostess showed him his seat and asked him if he needed anything to drink and he responded "not right now thank you" before she dashed off to look after the other passengers.

Sitting down in his seat opposite the guy who was working, Kan began examining everything, pressing buttons to see what they did, lifting up covers to see what was underneath, stretching out his arms and legs and relishing the space when suddenly the guy opposite lifted his head and they both stared at each other.

"fuck ... you again" Kan exclaimed in shock.

"ah, Mr Thiwat, this is a ... surprise" Kiri said.

"Miss, Miss" Kan called the hostess over.

"yes sir, how may I help you?"

"can I possibly get another seat or maybe swap with the person in economy?" Kan asked.

"I'm sorry sir but after the seats are allotted we can't move people around, I do hope you understand but may I ask ... is there a problem with your seat sir?" the hostess asked him.

"there's nothing wrong Miss, thank you" Kiri interrupted after sending her on her way and that got Kan fuming mad.

"who the bloody hell do you think you are, it's got bugger all to do with you" Kan said.

"grow up Kan, your supposed to be 24, not 4, overreacting much" Kiri spoke in a calm manner as if he was pacifying a child.

Kan turned his head to ignore the other person.

"so this is how you're going to be? acting as if you don't know me?"

"I don't know you! ... look, just don't fucking speak to me ok and we'll get along just fine" Kan said and pouting he turned his head to look out of the window. 

Damn, he had been so excited when they told him he was upgraded to first class, he should have known something would happen to throw a spanner in the works, it was sods law.

After a while the plane took off and Kan looked out of the window saying goodbye in his head to his mum and dad and to English soil, he loved flying and he wasn't going to let that asshole spoil it for him. The plane had been in flight for about thirty minutes when the hostess approached him and asked him if he would like refreshments?

"yes, please may I try a glass of champagne?" Kan replied.

The person opposite once again decided to interrupt when he asked the hostess to bring the whole bottle and two glasses.

"I'm not drinking with you" Kan snapped at him

"fine if you want to persist in acting childish!" Kiri responded.

"you really are an asshole" Kan spat, again turning his head to gaze out of the window.

The hostess arrived with the champagne and two glasses and Kiri proceeded to pour one for himself and another one which he gently pushed across to Kan's side of the table. Kan looked down at the drink, snorted then pouted some more and just for the hell of it picked up the glass and chugged down the contents.

Kiri watched Kan's behaviour and shook his head, this was going to be one hell of a long flight!

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