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It was 3 pm in the evening and the sun was still scorching hot. Arthit already drenched his black shirt and decided to keep his maroon workshop uniform in his backpack 15 minutes ago. Don't ever challenge the sun in Thailand. What is missing here are camels and cactus. Arthit hasten his steps as to not loss trail of the one he had been following after leaving the Faculty of Engineering. Still, Arthit maintained the distance of 10 feets apart, wished not to get caught red-handed. He walked on the pavements that encircled the Varsity Lake which was also known among the students as the Heart, since it was heart in shaped, located at the center of the university, had a mini island full of different kinds of roses - thus, a favorite spot for couples. Walking by the lake brought Arthit to reminisce his first Valentine with Kongpope, here.

Arthit was wearing his usual black denim jeans and a round red-collared t-shirt with an embellished lion head design while Kongpope as dashing as usual was wearing a dark blue fit cut jeans and a soothing pink casual shirt with its sleeves folded just above the elbows. They were both strolling by the lake while their hands intertwined in public, for the first time. Although Arthit wished they never done that in the first place. For one whole week, his friends had been abusing him with the holding hands scene. Behind all the shyness and reluctancy at first, he won't admit to Kongpope that his heart was actually fluttered. And Kongpope released a small chuckle after seeing Arthit diverted his gaze once their hands completely in each others hold.

Arthit snapped out from his flashback and resumed locating its target whereabouts. That tall, lean and broad shoulders figure seen from the back was walking on the bridge crossing the lake. Arthit was wondering the destination of this fellow. Where is he going? Arthit quickly took cover behind a tree as his target made a right turn after arriving the other side. He then started crossing the lake in a dash as the bridge provide no immediate cover if that person turned his head around. After another 5 minutes tailing, Arthit stopped behind a tall and slender Medang tree as that person has stopped walking and was currently making a call. Not long after, a boy came out from a nearby building with a wide smile on his face. The boy then waved his hand towards that person while approaching. They had a small talk before ensuing their walks into that building. That person was wraping the boy's shoulder with his right arm before finally disappeared into the building.

Arthit felt a flame of jealousy burning in his heart. If anyone were to look into his eyes right now, would definitely going to see a blazing rage in his dark pupils. Who is that boy? That boy who had a buzz-cut hair, that boy who had white complexion, that boy who had red pair of lips - looked very adorable like one of the Chinese mask... wait, no! That boy who face looked like a goblin, having scatteredly arranged teeth which why he needed braces, and that bald head of him was because his hair cannot grow since his birth! Arthit smirked at his own paint of the boy's look which resembles nothing like in reality.

That morning...

Shit! I'm late!

As he struggled to insert his feet into his sneakers, he couldn't help but to stand still as he noticed a piece of paper on the floor near the door. He bent to pick up that paper and unfolded it.

"Have you been wondering what was your boyfriend doing in the evening for this past week? It is not as what you think though... Ha Ha Ha"

Arthit tried to look for its sender name but none was found. He was perplexed by the letter. His mind went wild. He crinkled the letter with his hands and threw it into the dustbin.

I need to trust him.

From in hurry, Arthit walked slowly to his class. By now, the lecture had definitely locked the door already.

Never mind, I'll just attend the second lecture then.

Arthit took his time to reach the lecture hall. His mind was lost, disturbed. A few freshmen who was passing by hand in a wai but went unnoticed by the fourth year Engineering student.

He swiped open his phone and reread the morning texts from Kongpop which he hadn't replied yet as he was rushing to get to his class. Well, was rushing...

Right now, he just didn't know what to reply. He's afraid that he would reply wrongly as his mind was clouded by his emotion. He slided his phone into his trousers without sending any reply.

"Ai'Arthit... What's wrong with you?" Knott waved his hand in front of Arthit's face.

"Oii Arthit!" Prem smacked Arthit's head which resulted in receiving a death stare from Arthit.

"The HELL is that for?" Arthit rubbed his head.

"You are pretty out since our lectures just now. You came late as well. Is there anything happened?" Knott tried to sound reasonable seeing Arthit's not-so-good mood.

"It's nothing. Didn't sleep well last night." Arthit brushed off Bright hands who wanted to give some massages to Arthit.

"Spend good time with Ai'Kongpope last night?" Bright added, with sneaky husky voice. The rest abrupted in laughter. Toota smacked Bright on the back.

"No! He slept in his own room. He was tired." Arthit spoke softly, with a sense of disappointment.

"Ohhh... poor Arthit. His hubby didn't satisfy his need last night." Prem pulled out another tease.

"Ai'Prem!" Arthit raised up his arm in the air to give some strong blow on that stupid Prem's head before being stopped by a familiar voice, a calm and comforting voice.

"Sawatdee khrap P'. "

It was Kongpope.

"P' khrap. May I borrow P'Arthit for a while?" Kongpope offered a small grin on his face.

"Awwhhh... the hubby is taking the wifey from the friends." Bright decided not to stop the teasing and another round of laughter ensued.

Arthit stood up from the bench while showing a fist to his so-called friends and followed Kongpop after.

"P' have you had your lunch?"

"Yeah."

"Awwhhh... I was just thinking about having lunch with you P'..." Kongpope made a sulky voice.

"I even texted you before hand but you never read..."

"Hmm..." Arthit went all silent.

"P' what's wrong?" Kongpope started to feel uneasy with P'Arthit gestures. He worried.

"Nothing, Kong. Never mind, I will be your friend for lunch." Arthit immediately caught Kongpope's wrist and dragged Kongpope to the cafeteria.

"Friend? I thought we are..."

"Cut it out, Kong! You know what I mean..." Arthit's face started to turn red.

"You look cute P' when you shy..." Kongpope grinned looking at his P'Arthit, his shy P'Arthit.

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A/N: Hi... Thank you for reading. This is my first time ever writing. Is it boring? Is it abrupt? Is it wordy? I dont know... Do leave comments so that I can improve. I am not sure how long this fanfict gonna be... Hopefully, I will have the motivation to finish this. Hahaha