SOTUS FanFic: The Sun and His Moon

#3: Taking Care of the Moon

03:30hr

Kongpope was awakened again.

This time, he felt something heavy and warm on top of his right hand. He turned his head around to see a sleeping P'Arthit, looking like an innocent kid with his fringe down, and leaning his head on Kongpope's right arm, while his hands were sandwiching Kongpope's right hand, enveloping him with warmth all over. P'Arthit really looked even younger now when his eyebrows were not furrowed, like an angel that fell down from heaven, an angel sent for him alone.

Kongpope unknowingly just smiled to himself, content with just watching his senior all night long.

Kongpope slowly turned his body to the right side, being extra careful not to wake his P'Arthit up, and taking his time to take a good look at P'Arthit, the one thing he had not done for three weeks as they did not get to meet each other. Sure, they had video-called each other sometimes, but it was not even close to being enough. He had really missed him too much.

Kongpope was lightly caressing Arthit's cheek with the back of his left hand, being utterly grateful for his presence. He felt that there was no greater medicine than P'Arthit's existence right here and now. He suspected that he suffered more from a love sick rather than a simple cold gone worse.

So he was not dreaming after all. P'Arthit was really here, by his side, to nurse him. He looked so exhausted himself, as it was a working day for him, but he still came to his dorm anyway. He saw that P'Arthit was wearing his T-shirt and shorts, meaning that the older guy had heard the news of him collapsing on his way back home from work and came here straight. Kongpope could feel that he was going to get an earful from his senior. He felt guilty for burdening, yet he was really happy to be able to see him.

He was going to place a blanket over Arthit's body, so it would keep him warm from the cool night. He did not want to rouse P'Arthit, but he felt that P'Arthit's body would be sore all over if he continued to sleep in this current position, so he decided to wake him up.

"P'... wake up. Just lie down on the bed. You'll sleep better this way."

He slowly nudged the older guy on the shoulder with a soft voice, and the other person woke up almost instantly, drowsiness still clouding his eyes, seeing as he was still unable to focus on Kongpope's eyes properly.

"... Kongpope..."

"Go to the bed and sleep, P'. I'm fine now."

Soon Arthit seemed to be deep in thoughts, remembering where he currently was and the things that he was supposed to be doing. Arthit just did not listen to Kongpope's words and just shook his head to fight the sleepiness, before looking at the younger guy again. Upon his glancing he suddenly just realized that both his hands were still holding tightly onto Kongpope's right hand and he quickly released them abruptly. He then took his one hand to measure Kongpope's temperature against his own forehead.

The fever had gone down, and Kongpope's face seemed to have gained some color, so much difference from the first time he saw him that night. He then took back the small towel and the bowl to clean up in the bathroom. A confused Kongpope was trying to sit up and be helpful, before he got stopped by the fierce voice from the ex-head hazer.

"Stay where you are. I'm only pouring out this water."

A short and simple sentence, and he went disappearing inside the washroom.

Kongpope could feel that he had made P'Arthit angry again... and this time he knew the reason behind it.

He was reminiscing how far they had come, from being freshman and head hazer, to where they were now, as boyfriends. P'Arthit had become the most precious existence to him that he could not help but to be worried for every expression, every movement that he made, and it affected him greatly. That was why he could not help but to be worried that he had, once again, made P'Arthit angry at him, most probably because he knew that the senior had repeatedly reminded him to take good care of himself, learning from his own experience as the previous head hazer, and Kongpope had assured him that he would.