Lost in Lies

Chapter 9

The concert finished on a high note (literally), as Kim serenaded the audience one last time before bowing and leaving the stage to an uproar of claps, whistles and general noise. His last song had been a beautiful ballad which had pushed his vocal range, however it had been performed perfectly and the whole audience had been enraptured, Chay included. While the rest of the audience where gathering their belongings, getting ready to return home, and generally talking about the concert in pairs or small groups, Chay himself managed to slip away and somehow return backstage without being noticed. The place was in just as much chaos as it had been when he first arrived and he still couldn't figure out how such chaos had produced such a smoothly running show, but he guessed it really didn't matter as long as it worked.

Nile appeared out of nowhere, as the older man often did, and wound an arm around his shoulders.

'He did great tonight didn't he?' he almost preened.

'Yeah......it was........ fantastic!' Chay could only respond breathlessly, trying really hard not to revert back to the WIK fanboy he had once been.

'Come on, he will be getting changed and then we are going out to celebrate the successful launch of the tour!' Nile said with a grin.

'It's fine.' Chay said, trying to stop the forward momentum, only to have Nile pause and look at him confused. 'I don't drink and the celebration should be between Kim and his staff. Not me!'

Nile huffed in that way Chay was fast learning meant the elder man was not going to back down.

'Chay!.....you are Kim's boyfriend!.....you are family! So of course you need to come celebrate with us. As for the staff, well a lot of them are interested in meeting you anyway so its a case of two birds one stone!'

Chay opened his mouth to try and argue the point, but he didn't know how, he couldn't even argue that he had classes the next day and needed to head to his dorm early. Since his last exam had been earlier that day he now had a few days rest before classes started up again, and Nile would know that well enough. All he could do was nod and let himself be pulled through the maze of chaos once again until they reached Kim's door. Nile knocked once again but this time at least didn't shove Chay inside. Instead the two remained outside for a moment until Kim appeared, still with his stage makeup on but this time simply wearing torn jeans, t-shirt and jacket. He looks hot enough in that thank you very much......Chay thought before catching himself.

'Are you coming?' Kim asked quietly, looking at Chay

Chay nodded, keeping silent so something stupid didn't come out his mouth, and managed not to jump as Nile dropped his arm from his shoulders only for it to be replaced by Kim's arm seconds later. Looking over to the chaos still surrounding them all, Kim yelled out.

'We will head over. The drinks will be ready for you all when you get there!'

The loud roar of agreement and thanks echoed through the backstage halls as Kim turned, Chay in tow, and headed out the backdoor.

The restaurant they went to turned out to be a nice, small, homely, place, and the concert staff where open and welcoming to Chay. Some of them naturally wanted to know how the two had met, and Chay was just as honest as he could be, explaining that he had approached Kim and asked him to be his guitar tutor to help him get into university, amazingly Kim had simply agreed, and the rest of the tale had gone from there. The women in the staff found the story almost like a fairy tale, with the men generally thinking that Kim had already had his eyes on Chay before the younger had even approached. The arguments amongst the staff over who was right, the dreamers or the pragmatists, was quite amusing to watch, especially as the group got more and more determined to fight their corners as they got more and more drunk.