“Thank you so much for being with us today! Again, I am Fort…” Fort looked beside him signaling for his friends to do so as well.
“I am Peat…”
“I am Noeul…”
“And I am Boss…”
“Thank you so much!” The four of them bowed all at once.
A loud round of applause and cheers from their audience resounded.
It was an event where the four of them had been invited to, having worked in the past, especially during their Love in the Air Era, the four of them had created such a strong bond.
LITA being their very first series to take on the Lead roles, the workshop they went through… The events before, during and after its airtime, all the training they’ve undergone…
Once they were finally gone off the stage and away from the crowd’s eyes, Peat finally let himself go and just leaned on to Fort who he knew would be right beside him.
“You still okay Phi?” Fort asked, clearly worried.
“Yes, I’m just a bit tired…” He lied, though he knew that Fort could see through him.
“P’Peat do you want me to drive you home?” Noeul said as he looked at the older man.
“I’m really fine Eul, just need some rest then I’ll be good to go again.” Peat smiled at his Nongs, even Boss looked worried.
“I’ll take care of him, P’Eul, P’Boss…” Fort said, giving them a reassuring smile.
“That would be great.” Noeul finally smiled knowing full well that Fort would take good care of Peat.
They took about an hour of rest before they finally decided to head out.
They all didn’t have any more activities for the day since the event that they’d just been invited to was quite a big one and it had ended a bit later than they expected. And when their staff had confirmed that the premises had already been cleared from the fans, they finally left the rest area where they stayed.
They were already at the parking lot which was fairly empty considering the late hours, when it happened.
"Mom!"
Peat stood frozen on his feet as a child no older than 5, came crashing on to him hugging him.
"Mom?" Fort looked at Peat confused.
"Dada!" Now it was Fort’s turn to freeze up as the child came up to him, hands gesturing to be picked up.
"Now this is something..." Noeul looked intrigued.
The child, a boy, looked the same as Fort when he was young.
Boss looked on, confused and intrigued at the same time.
Fort and Peat looked at one another as Fort picked the boy up.
“Hey Little Guy, where’s your parents?” He tried asking.
The boy looked confused at them, eyes going to and from Peat and Fort.
“Da?” The boy asked, looking like he was about to cry.
“Oh no, don’t cry Baby…” Peat didn’t know why, but it hurt to see the boy’s eyes slowly tear up.
“Mom…” The child reached out to Peat who took him from Fort’s arms. He immediately wrapped his tiny arms around Peat.
“Uh, why don’t we take this somewhere else?” Noeul said as he saw that there were people coming closer to them.
“Yeah, let’s just go to my place, it’s the closest here anyway.” Fort answered.
The three just nodded and they convoyed towards Fort’s place.
They were lucky that his friends that usually stay there were away on a vacation.
So it was only the four of them in there, well, including the boy who by the time they reached Fort’s house was already deeply sleeping in Peat’s arms.
“Who do you think he is?” Boss asked.
“Honestly? I don’t know…” Peat sighed.
“Well, it’s not like anyone would pull a prank on us like this though.” Noeul stated.
“But you know, I can clearly see his resemblance to both you and Fort.” Noeul said his thoughts that had been circling his mind.
“Yeah, I thought so as well. Fort, you didn’t get anyone pregnant or anything right?” Fort looked at Boss with wide eyes.
“Phi, I’m only twenty-three years old, if he’s actually my child then I would have been eighteen then? He looks like he’s five… And you all know I’ve never had a relationship before…” Fort was embarrassed as he admitted once again that although he might’ve liked some before he’d never really gotten into an official relationship before. Sure he’d had experience courting some girls, but there weren’t any that had said yes, it was mostly because he was too busy for their liking.
“Well, how do we even explain the child then?” Noeul asked once more. He knew that logically speaking it’s quite physically impossible for the existence of such a child.
For one, both his friends were men, and as far as he knows men can’t get pregnant. Secondly, Peat and Fort may be very close but they were quite clear that they only view each other as Phi-Nong.
“Wait, guys? There’s something written on his bracelet.” Peat caught the three’s attention. They all walked towards Peat and the boy.
Fort gently took the boy’s hand and looked at the gold plate on the child’s leather bracelet.
Seangdao Taksakornkarn
“Taksakornkarn?” Boss read aloud before looking at Peat and Fort who now had their eyes opened wide in clear shock.
“What? Do you know him then?” Noeul asked.
“No- Well, Taksakornkarn… It’s Tongrak’s surname…” Peat explained in a whispered voice.
“Tongrak? You mean P’Peat’s character? From Love Sea?”
“Yes. That’s right. Tongrak Taksakornkarn, that’s his full name.” Fort answered this time.
Just then the boy stirred from his sleep.
“Hmm? Dada!” He ran up to Fort and hugged him tightly.
“Hey Little Guy… Calm down now, shh… Don’t cry na? Shh…” Fort could only let the boy hug him and rub his back to try and calm him down.
“Dada… You have to help Mom… Please… I don’t want to see him crying anymore…” The boy pulled away looking Fort straight to his eyes… Fort felt a sharp tug at his heart seeing the very familiar eyes… Eyes that shone bright are now clouded with so much sadness and pain…
He turned to the owner of the very same eyes… His Phi… His partner… Peat…
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Our Shining Star
Romance"Mom!" Peat stood frozen on his feet as a child no older than 5, came crashing on to him hugging him. "Mom?" Fort looked at Peat confused. "Dada!" Now it was Fort who was frozen as the child came up to him hands gesturing to be picked up. "Now this...
