My Big Man Baby

Gawin

I was in a meeting with my manager over some upcoming works when there was a soft knock. My manager beckoned the recipient in, and it was her assistant who had 2 cups of coffee.

"Good morning, P. This is for you from P Ohm and for you too, Manager."

"Oh? Thank you, Kiera. Is Ohm here?"

"He had this delivered through Uber eats P. But the deliveryman stated clearly, it was for you."

I nodded, taking the drink and placing it on the table. It was from the same place as earlier. I looked over at my manager, who looked at me questioningly. I filled her in on what had happened earlier, and she chuckled.

"That's definitely Ohm for you. He can be a klutz at times but a very sweet boy. I am not surprised he got your drink replaced for you."

I nodded, making a mental note to thank him when I saw him. We delved into the meeting but at the end of the hour long negotiation with the other party via a Web conference, we still did not make headway and the client decided to give the opportunity to another artist as he was more famous. I sighed as we ended the meeting and just looked at my manager and shrugged forlornly.

She patted my shoukders, assuring me that better things would come my way and to always be optimistic. I nodded and took my leave. I was on my way when I bumped into Krist, and we were speaking for a while.

I grabbed my car keys out of my pocket as I made my way towards the carpark when I remembered about Ohm. I took my phone out and texted him, thanking him for the coffee. He immediately called me back!

"Was it good, P?" He chirped cheerfully.

"Yes Ohm. It was good. Thanks, na, though you didn't have to."

"It was my fault, P. It's ok."

"No problem, I will get going then."

Ohm agreed, and we hung up the phone. I got into my car and went to work on my music in my studio for a bit before I finally knocked off for the day. I was just surfing IG for a bit as I sat in my car, unwinding quietly for a bit. I chanced upon Ohm's IG handle, where he had posted some new pics. In one of it, he was posing with Nanon, but his smile seemed strained somewhat. I knew these two were incredibly close but had fallen out recently, which was a bit sad, and I think it was taking a toll on him.

I flicked through the rest of the pictures and noticed the same pattern. I guess even the cheery kid had his own troubles. I finally kept my phone away and started my car when Krist called me. He was having a little sleepover in his house as it was the weekend and he asked me to come and join too. My immediate reaction was to decline but Krist nagged that if I did, he would come down and look for me daily!

This man would do it so I hurriedly agreed, telling him I would come by after picking up some clothes. I could hear Krist's evil grin float through the phone. He and I had become significantly closer post our last drama and he was one of the few who understood completely on how quiet I was and happily accepted me exactly the way I was. I never had to feel like I couldn't be myself around him and that was important.

I got a sleepover and went over, only to find a few other faces such as Singto, Gemini, Fourth and I spotted Nanon too. I didn't see Ohm though but I figured he probably didn't want to come given Nanon was around and true enough as Krist quietly filled me in that Ohm didn't come as he didn't want to make things awkward for Nanon.

I nodded, greeting the rest and I played some Switch with the younger boys before we all settled down for a movie. Gemini took a photo of all of us and posted it on IG. The post was instantly filled with likes and comments and I was quick to note that one of it was from Ohm.

I wondered if he ever feels left out, having to avoid participating in events where Nanon would be there. Sometimes, it made me feel like Ohm and I were similar in some ways, more of a spectator in the game rather than players.