Freshman forthbeam (copied)

Love Legend

Not long after, Beam's car driven by Forth reached the Faculty of Medicine just a moment when Wayo dropped Phana off at the lobby too.

Wayo hadn't driven again when he saw Phana's face turn pale at the sight of Beam slowly walking towards the lobby with Forth's help.

Beam was actually limping.

Wayo hurriedly jumped out of his car and wrapped his arm around his boyfriend's shoulder. "Breathe, Phana... Breathe... Beam is okay. He's still intact. No damage has occurred... Nothing's broken." He said even though he was sure something was broken.

"Good morning, Pha." Forth greeted Phana.

Beam just smiled.

Phana stared at Forth. He felt betrayed. "You..." He swallowed. ".... Did that... Gently, didn't you?"

Forth smiled affectionately to reassure Phana's heart. "Of course, Pha. Gently." And then he handed Beam's backpack to Phana. "A little help won't hurt anyway."

Phana swallowed. He took the backpack. And then he caught a glimpse of hickeys on Beam's neck. He became even paler. He even had to close his eyes for a few moments to calm himself down.

"Pha... Breathe..." Wayo led Phana to help himself from having a panic attack.

Beam chuckled with a warm tone. "Come on, Pha... I'll help you get to class..."

Even though Phana had both of their backpacks, it was clearly Beam who was helping him walk for the rest of the way to their class.

Wayo looked at Forth. "Don't worry, Pha will accept it sooner or later."

Forth laughed. "See you later then, Yo."

Wayo nodded. "See you, P'." Wayo looked back at Forth getting into Beam's car and then he glanced back at Phana and Beam again.

Beam was still patting Phana's back to calm him down and saying he's okay again and again.

Wayo chuckled softly. "Seriously, Pha... Now, how can I not be jealous, huh? You just laughed when Ming screwed P'Kit for the first time. Geeezzz... You're playing favorites no matter what."

The girls folded their arms across their chests.
Wai still waited.
Posh still stood guard.

Wayo swallowed nervously.

Other guests from the barbecue party liked what they saw.

The girls were really against Wayo's cuteness. They didn't care. They just loved Beam too much; nothing else mattered.

"Forth actually tried to switch... He thought he liked me."

Prae glared.

"Correction!" Wayo hurriedly added. "He tried to keep his friendship with Beam going and thought of me as a substitute for that!" He chose to add more words.

It seemed like the kids liked that.

"But I didn't even come close to being a substitute for your Beam, see...?"

"Indeed." — Prae.
"Clearly." — Irin.
"Of course." — Wai.
Posh just sighed.

Wayo smiled. He knew he was on the right track.

"Forth let everyone think he liked me and couldn't switch because he was trying to get Beam to be friends with him again after Pha made the Dok Crazy Gang not drink with the Engineering Gang again. That's it. Okay...? I wasn't in the way. Never was. I was just a speck of dust on the edge." Wayo said.

They all just blinked.

"I was the first to know that Forth only loves Beam and not me because he never shared anything with me." Wayo added. "Forth never shared anything with me."

A significant silence followed.

"Okay, you're off the hook." Wai decided.
Prae nodded although she wasn't quite satisfied.
Irin nodded. She was satisfied enough.
Posh could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
No war, good.

"So..." Wai looked at Wayo. "It was Pha who made Beam stop drinking with Forth again all this time, huh?"

Wayo swallowed nervously. "Oops."

Prae, Irin, and Wai instantly walked towards Phana.
Posh growled and followed her three troublesome friends.

Phana was holding a glass of lemon squash. He swallowed nervously in confusion.
Kit, who had been sitting with him, quickly stood up and left.
Wayo gave a wave to Phana from a distance, saying 'sorry'.

"So, you're the one who made the Dok Gang stop drinking with the Tech Gang and delayed everything for quite a while, huh, Mr. Campus Moon...?" Prae hissed coldly.

Phana swallowed nervously. "Hey, I've already apologized to Forth during SOTUS and invited him myself to the closing night, didn't I...?"

Prae was not satisfied.
Neither were Irin and Wai.

Posh sighed. She looked at Phana and pleaded. "Please just let them hit you once and we can settle this with that. I want to enjoy the party."

"Are you sure they'll only hit me once? They look like they want to throw me into the grill!!" Phana didn't trust that.

"Just... Please." Posh said. She was tired of this.

Phana sighed. He looked at the other three. Well... As long as they didn't hurt his precious baby Yo. "Okay, maybe I deserve a punch for my apology."

SMACK.
SMACK.
SMACK.
Prae, Irin, and Wai instantly hit his shoulder as soon as Phana gave permission. And then they glared at Posh.

Posh looked back at them. "Why are you staring at me?"

"Hit him on behalf of the entire freshman year!"
"Yeah!"
"You're the leader!"

Posh looked at them unimpressed and then turned to Phana. "Excuse me, P'..."

SMACK!
Posh also hit Phana's shoulder and then pulled her friends away from the scene.

Phana winced in pain. He glared at Kit who left him alone to die.
Kit just grinned.
And then Phana turned to Wayo.
Wayo kept his palms together in front of his chest, giving him a polite wai from a distance and saying 'sorry' again and again.

The third-year Engineering students were proud of their juniors. Very proud.

The barbecue party was lively. Everyone laughed at the end of the day.

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