My Dearest Enemy - GeminiFourth AU

33. Past that still hurts

“You told me recently that I wasn’t romantic.”

“Mhm, yes, I think I said something like that,” Fourth still didn’t look up from the screen of his tablet, where he was watching all the available footage from the surveillance cameras in the vicinity of their institute. Although the building was just a ruin for the Non-Magic, for the Knights of Light it was a unit, a place for meetings, training, and studying, and although their magical offices were located in other regions of Bangkok, this was where their main headquarters were. Fourth, knowing how reluctant Gem was to let him attend classes («Is he afraid of gossip? Didn’t he want others to laugh at us? Or maybe he just cared about his own good name?»— such dark thoughts would not leave poor Nattawat, who was already stressed enough about being pregnant and the exams he wasn’t sure if he would be allowed to take), asked P’First to get him the footage from the surveillance cameras in the vicinity of the Institute.  He looked for anything suspicious, but even though he had been working on it for three hours, he still hadn't found anything disturbing.

Norawit's words intrigued him, but he decided not to let it show. He continued to stare at the screen, but his eyes stopped noticing the details.

“So... I just came up with something and I'm sure you'll like it. Whatever, I never run out of great ideas”

Gemini lifted his head up proudly and puffed out his chest, but his expression quickly fell when he noticed that Nattawat was ignoring him.

“Are you even listening to me?”

“Uhm. You said you lacked romantic idols”, Fourth blurted out without thinking. He didn't want to upset Gem. Usually, he joked like that with P'Tu, his own sister.  He thought that if Gem knew about it, he would surely be happy that Fourth now treats him on an equal footing with his own sister, which means that he has completely accepted him as his family.

Unfortunately, Norawit did not know this and could not know, which is why he felt offended when Fourth showed him complete ignorance. He did not understand the boy's sense of humor.

“You know what? I had a really wonderful idea for how we could spend time just the two of us, but if you don't want to, then no, I won't force you to do anything”.

Gemini put down the backpack he was packing for the next day with a loud rattle and turned his back to Fourth.

«What did he pack there? Let's hope it's nothing dangerous» — Fourth thought with slight fear, and a moment later he felt sorry for the clearly sulking Gemini, who now looked like an overgrown child who had had his favorite toy taken away. And Fourth, being Fourth, had his ways of improving Gem's mood.

He went to the center of the room and began to dance and sing as his own soul told him.

Smile please. Who's annoyed?
Did you know that you are the cutest when you smile?
Let's hang out and get something to eat
Favorite restaurant that we've been to? I've reserved it for you

I don't want your thumb
I want to see only your little finger
We're related, let's connect easily

If I don't love you, I won't be angry. I won't be angry.
If you're angry, I won't be angry.
Alright, alright, alright (Do you understand?)
If it's still not gone, then Not yet discouraged, not sulking
I'll go and convince you that I love only you
Oh, baby, I'll still be sulking

I'll be sulking forever, I'll be sulking Forever

I like to say hello and you read and don't reply
I don't know what problem is always bothering you
But I never give up. If you want me to reconcile
What do you want? I'll go find it so you don't have to ask.
Everything you need, baby
It's wrong. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Please tell me. Tell me what you'll do.
So I'll be standing by for you all night, alright