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11 - Expectations hurt, Love doesn't...

Love and attachment, are two very similar but very different, divided just by a very thin line. Attachment is born out of arrogance, whereas love is born out of compassion. With attachment comes expectations and when they are not fulfilled you feel hurt, whereas love comes without expectation, with nothing in return. Attachment bounds you whereas love frees you. When you love a person you will wish just for their happiness, you won't apply conditions in love, you just wish they are happy whether with you or anyone else. Love is the purest thing to ever exist. However, attachment is something, where you want to be the reason for their happiness and all the good things happening to them. Love makes you fearless, whereas attachment comes from fear. 

In simple words attachment is selfish and love is pure selfless. If you love someone just because they do something for you, that means you have been expecting things, love should not be reasonable, love is the one thing in this world that is done without any reason. 

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Win just rolled his eyes seeing his dramatic family once trying their best to be as dramatic as they can be. But the way they were just staring at Bright with their expressionless face was too much. It had been fifteen minutes when Win brought Bright home and introduced him as his boyfriend finally. And he knows for a fact that these four people sitting together acting like they are mad at us or they don't like Bright as my boyfriend, are dancing and screaming from inside that finally, finally, I confessed.

Arthit takes a deep breath to keep his excitement in check and not give him away this soon. But as soon as his eyes meet Win's, who looks at him narrowing his eyes, he knows he can't control and his son knows him too well. So, he hurriedly gets back staring at Bright, who in real looks nervous and scared from them.

Amara literally wanted to just jump and hug Bright and call him her son-in-law and shower all those gifts she always wanted to give him. But this stupid plan of her husband's acting mad at kids was now irritating her. Amara loved this childish side of her husband, but right at this moment, she just wanted to punch him out of his acting and...

"Okay, enough, really guys, this is so tiring, can we be normal now, I'm going to age twice in the next two minutes with all that straining on my facial muscles," said Jenny massaging her jaws, and everyone breathed as if they were holding it from a long time.

"Bright, I'm so, so, so happy, when can we fix the wedding date?" asked Amara jumping near Bright and tagging on his arms in seconds. Bright looks at them all confused still shaking from all the nervousness and doesn't understand what's going on.

"You all are confusing him," said Win seeing how flushed Bright was.

"Exactly, they did the same thing when I brought my boyfriend home, even though they knew I was dating for two years," said Jenny siding with her brother who was not ready to get involved in this plan but Arthit emotionally blackmailed her.

"You guys are no fun," said Arthit huffing and pouting, at his family for spoiling the moment.

Bright looks around still confused and then his eyes stop at Win. "Teerak?"

"Relax baby, they are just teasing you, because it's just not me who kept waiting for you all those years, they all are my companions, and trust me it took all the strength in their bodies, to control themselves when you came here last time as my best friend," explained Win and Bright sighs in relief.

"So, when can I plan the marriage?" asked Amara again impatiently when Bright didn't answer her yet. Bright of course, blushed red at the entire scenario, especially at the sudden mention of marriage. His blush grew even deeper when Win looked at his mother without hesitation, "I haven't asked that yet Mom, but will ask soon," and Bright almost cried seeing the utmost honesty in Win's eyes.