Love Sick - New Horizons

Chapter 4

Love Sick – New Horizons

Chapter 4

It was Tuesday evening. Phun's uncle Dan had collected him from the first University and driven him to the second choice, which was about 5 miles away from the first.

After spending some time with his uncle, Phun thanked him for giving up his time to help him, but his Uncle just smiled and assured him he was glad to be able to help. It was time for him to leave then and after waving him off, Phun made his way to the University reception desk. Three other students who he had met at the previous Uni were also attending this taster course, and Phun looked around to see if they had arrived yet.

There were several students milling around the entrance hall and he suddenly spotted the two girls he was looking for. As he approached them Hom and Solada saw him coming towards them and smiling they waved to him.

"Hi there Phun, we were just looking for you, have you seen Tong yet? We thought he'd be here by now." Before Phun got chance to answer the young man in question could be seen hurrying towards them, his backpack slung over his shoulder.

The four friends exchanged greetings and then Phun suggested they make their way to the reception desk to sign in while there was a lull in the proceedings.

It took a while for all four friends to fill in admission forms and answer questions from the lady behind the desk, but eventually they were ready to move on, each holding on to the paperwork and keys to their rooms. Hom and Solada would be sharing a room on the first floor and Phun and Tong would be sharing a second floor room. After agreeing to meet up again in the entrance hall after they'd put their bags in their rooms, the young people went their separate ways.

Phun and Tong quickly found their room, which was rather small, but they had expected that as the student accommodation in the first Uni had been the same. But it had everything they needed, two beds, two wooden chairs and a table, a wardrobe each and a small shower room with toilet. Tong went into the shower room to wash his hands and Phun sat down on his bed.

He took out his phone and sent a text to Noh. He was missing his boyfriend so much, it felt as though he hadn't seen him for weeks, although it was only two days!

Phun:-

Hi Noh! Just letting you know I've arrived safely at Uni No.2! Three friends I made at Uni No.1 are doing this Course as well so it's great to already know some people.

Hope you are okay, I love you and miss you so much Noh, can't wait to see you on Friday! Xx

Tong came out of the shower room just as Phun finished his text. Tong was grinning as he spoke. "Ah, texting your girlfriend are you?" Phun shook his head, smiling. "No, I'm texting my boyfriend actually." Tong didn't react at all, he just grinned and nodded his head.

"Good for you Phun, I'm glad you feel able to be open about it. My older brother is gay but when my parents found out they gave him a very hard time. I used to try and support him as much as I could." Phun nodded.

"It must be so hard when your parents can't accept it. I always had girlfriends in the past, being with Noh now must be very strange for them, but my mother and sister were great from the start, it took my dad a bit longer to accept but he seems fine with it now, it helps I think that they like Noh a lot." Phun went on to tell Tong the story of how he and Noh got together, Noh pretending to be Phun's boyfriend so that Phun could avoid dating a girl his father thought would be suitable for him.

Tong couldn't help laughing. "That's a bizarre situation isn't it? How long have you two been together?"

"It's over a year now, we just love being together. It's odd though, neither of us is interested in other boys, we don't look at anyone else like that. I'm sure we'll be together for a very long time, forever hopefully."