The Best Friend

2. Dinner

Kongpop has finish his bath when Arthit notify him their dinner has ready. Today he has his weekend sleepover at Arthit's room.
They agree do this once a month, since Arthit started his 4th year class and Kong is busy with classes, lab assignments and Hazing training just to make time for each other.

“I hope you like spaghetti, Kong. I add more your favourite meatball and less spicy for you” Arthit say as he see Kong walk to Japanese table that full with 2 plate of spaghetti, fruits and juice.
“You now I will eat everything you cook for me. Thank you for your willingness to cook tonight despite I ask you to just call take away..” Kong answer and sit at the living room.
“Outside food is too spicy for you. Beside, your craving for meatball can't be fulfil by take away!”
Kongpop smile for Arthit concern. He just say he wants to eat meatballs randomly once they agree with sleepover and will get take away on his drive but Arthit   eagerly want to cook. He just ask for Kong buy the ingredients and done cooking while he take bath.

“Now, eat Kong. You have seem lost your weight since starting the Hazing training” instruct Arthit as he pass the fork and spoon to Kong.
“I will. Your cooking is the best among Engineering students for sure..” Kong say and start digging his meal.
“Yea...it is true since others never cook for you or your appetite highly standard for them..” Arthit shoo the compliment.
Kong just laugh to Arthit remarks. “But, it's true. You are the good chef. Your meal always good for my taste,Thit”

Arthit smile silently as he take his meal. He is happy for Kong's praise. Sure he is a decent cooker. He can cook anything simple or by referring to recipes. He always do try and errors with his cooking before but student life limit his passion.
While Kong love to eat but have sensitive stomach beside selective bud, Arthit try to make time to cook for him. It just killing 2 birds with 1 stone, his cooking will fill Kong.
He look at Kong in front of him, eating earnestly to his spaghetti as have been staving for days. The spaghetti taste, spicy and meatball  tenderness suit Kong perfectly. Arthit take his meatballs towards Kong's plate.

Kongpop stare at his meatball and Arthit. Arthit just smile dimply to him.
“You should eat more to gain back your weight” Arthit remark when Kong fork his meatball to Arthit.
“You should eat too since you are busy with your class and project” Kongpop reply and bring his fork to Arthit mouth.
Arthit stare to the spaghetti from Kongpop.
“Open you mouth at let me feed you. You can not fill your hunger with my face and your sweet smile. You need to eat too” order Kong request Arthit to open his mouth.
“Yes sir!”
“Good job” Kong reply as he feed Arthit with spaghetti and meatballs.

“They say cooking is love make visibly. Did you know that,Thit?” ask Kong once he finish his second plate of spaghetti.
Arthit is eyeing Kong as he take his juice.
“Don’t you once hear a saying? Cooking is love. The loveliest thing you can cook for someone who is closer to you is about as nice a valentine as you can give” Kong add his saying.
Arthit make a mouth, try to understand Kong words.
“Cook is away to show your love, your concern and your care to others. And cooking for someone closer is the best gift as valentine’s present for couple” Kong add smiling to clueless Arthit.
“So?”

“So, I want to ask you is your cooking is also a way to show your love to me?” Kong ask and smile handsomely to Arthit.
Arthit is speechless.
‘Cooking a meal can be interprete as love?
“Is your effort to prepare the meal is one of your love gesture?” Kong ask again while he stare directly to Arthit.
Arthit think while he try to answer the questions.
‘Of course I care bout Kong, I took good care to all my Juniors.’

Kongpop just stand up and bring his and Arthit's plate to the dishwasher. Waiting for Arthit respond will take loong time coz His Senior always need to think much and can't give straight answer.
“Hoi...don't make that face. I just randomly asking you and you just make it as same as to write you exam paper!” Kong pluck his finger in front of Arthit.
Arthit make his sulking face to Kongpop. He beating his eyes to Kong and put his arms to his chest, angry.
“How come cooking can be proof of love? Even it is true, I love all my friends and family, no need to cook for them to show it!” Arthit voice his insatisfaction.
“I just saying it. You are men with zero deeds, you are just want to lay back, relax and want to do nothing. You prefer sleeping and tumbling on your bed. So, cooking tonight especially for me can be means many thing” Kongpop say to Arthit with his smirk smile.
“Well, you are my best friend and we are having sleepover tonight. It normal for me to cook since my class leave early this evening..” Arthit reasonalise Kongpop.
“My HeadHazer rarely has sleepover with his beeties HazerFriends and never cook for His other Junior. You just do that to me...” Kong say between his small gum teeth smile, feeling special while saying it.
Arthit hurm Kongpop and look dangerously to hisJunior.
He stomp up from table and directly go to the bathroom. “Then, never come for sleep over and I will never cook for you anymore ever you cry for it!” Arthit shout from bathroom door and go for his shower.

Kongpop laughing at Arthit ethics. He is so cute when angry. His body language is too predictable. Arthit will storm his foot, hugs his arm, stricking eyes and his lips itching between them. And he will give his word using his Head Hazer voice, highly pitch and strictly.
Kongpop neat the table and bring remaining glass and plate and wash them.
While waiting Arthit finish his bath, Kongpop randomly scroll his phone and check his message. He hear Arthit's phone blinking indicate new message come in.
Kongpop take the phone and press the password, Arthit birthday. He see Arthit's Hazer friends group message asking for night drink out.

“Arthit,P'Bright want you to join their drinking night.. Did you?” Kong ask outside bathroom door.
“No. I have you to drink with me. And they only want me to help them when they passed out..” Arthit whisper from his peeking door. His droplets bath clearly on his face.
Kongpop go back and reply to his senior group chat.
‘No, Kong is coming tonight’ Kong typing back, pretend to be Arthit.
‘You choose Kong over me?’ P'Bright reply.
‘He always prioritizes Kong than you,Bright' P'Prem reply.
‘Why Ai'Arthit? 😭 You should come' P'Bright asking back
‘He love Kongpop more than you. Don't you realise it yet?’ P'Totta ask P'Bright with laughing emoji
Kongpop amused with P'Totta revealisation.
‘Arthit, don't spoilt Kongpop to much!’ P'Bright write back
‘Your advise was late. He fall deep into Kongpop's scheme’ P'Prem typing back.
Kongpop peek to bathroom and hear shower still on. ‘What do you mean I fall to Kong's scheme?’ Kong write to dig information.
‘You can’t say No to that Nong. You follow him like a puppy everytime he appear. How many time I ask you to not look to his eyes and smile, Arthit. You never learn!’ P'Prem hint.
‘Well...’ Kongpop try to argue for himself, he never chanted Arthit but he saw P'Knott pop the question.
‘Did you spaghetti in Kong liking,Arthit? I saw you scroll the recipes during class this morning”
Kongpop hishing reading the message. So, Arthit do his cooking study during class!
Gotha!!
‘How dare you cook for him but refused me?’P’Totta hit and others agree with him
Kongpop just put smiley to them.
‘It's successful. He finish all. Then, good luck with your drinking’ Kong type before close the group chat as he hear bathroom is open.

Kongpop put back Arthit's phone to his. He look at Arthit's wallpaper, the picture of their entangled fingers show their matching watch, Kongpop' birthday present from His Beloved Senior.
Kongpop smile remembering the picture. It is Arthit idea to take the picture to remember the moment. As Arthit had booked their dinner at Kongpop's favourite western food store, Arthit present him the wrist watch same as his new watch. He saw Arthit new Red watch that night but he never expect Arthit will give him matching Black watch.
“I get discount to buy two, so I gift you one” Arthit remark slow when Kongpop smile happy when He realise it.
“Yea...”
“Beside, we already have matching shirts, earing and shoes. So, same watch not a big deal” Arthit continue while screeching his neck.
“Yes Arthit, you and I have many matching items.” Kongpop agree with Arthit word, he have lots of same items with Arthit either they buy together or they gift each other.

“Do not open my picture gallery and send to your phone and blackmail me, again!” Arthit warning Kong. He once do that to ask Arthit join him to camping, he hate camping!
“I just look at your wallpaper. It so sweet of you. It don't have my face but we know whose hand is that” Kong depend himself as he show the phone.
Arthit walk to his bed after hanging his towel outside. On the way he snatch his phone from Kong and look at its screen.
“That is nice picture. I love it” Arthit say to Kong.
“It's nicer if you love the picture hand's owner” Kongpop ask straight join Arthit on bedstand. He sit beside Arthit and direct his finger to His hand picture.
Arthit keep quite and think for a while.
‘Puii.. I never take something I dislike to be my wallaper. Don't you know it,Kong?’

“Kong, can I ask you something?” Arthit ask with lone tone, hesitate.
He turn around tapping Kongpop side.
“Ermm” Kong nod slowly. He leave his leg hanging one leg to bed and other fold to mattress and face to face with Arthit.
“Did you do sleep over with Em, Oak or Wad too?”
“What?”
“Sleepover, movie night, food hunting with your friends?” Arthit integorate Konhpop.
“Why?” ask back Kongpop.
Arthit slightly ruffles his wet hair. Kongpop then take small towel at Arthit hand and help him drying his hair. Arthit nervously to feedback.

“Well, as you say I rarely sleep at others rooms and cook for them. I do it mostly with you. Then, did you do that with your friends too?” Arthit been think since he take his shower bout that, how he cook and sleep with Kong freely but not with his HazerFriends. Did Kongpop do or don't that with his friend too?
“No, I don't feel to spend my day more than necessary with them” Kong reply.
“Then, me?” Arthit point to himself and tilt his head. Kongpop follow Arthit's movement.
“You are my BF. The one who is special to me. I need to see you, talk to you or think about you. I need to spare my time for you.” Kong whisper to him. “...even you block or bar me to come to you, I need to see you to satisfying myself”
Arthit smile as he process the words.
“You too. I do not cook or let any Junior to my room without reasons”

Kongpop's arm go to Arthit back. He hug Arthit softly and let Arthit do the same to him.
Arthit put his face to Kong shoulder and feel Kong's breath at his neck.
“Arthit, just do what you want either with me or without me. You are free to show you concern, love and care the way you are”
Arthit nod slowly.
“But just make sure, I got more special attention than others, can I”
Arthit nod his head again. “Okay”

“You are so unpredictable.. Out of nowhere feel sad over cooking and sleeping.” Kongpop pin out to Arthit's ears.
Arthit pull out the hug and look at Kongpop.
“And you are sensitive. I never thought you wil ask me something like that...after shower.” Kong comment.
Arthit glance and pouting his lips.
“Never show your pouting lips to other, it's ugly. Others than me will hate it.” Kong command as he stretch Arthits cheeks to smiling face. He happy to see his favourite dimples.
“No, they love it. You just jelous!” Arthit utter back still hugging Kongpop. He look straight eye to eye with Kong.
“Special Arthit only for Special Junior. I should protect what valuable for me.” Kong convey his mark and show Arthit's  favourite gum teeth smile.
“I can take care of myselft, no need you to protecting me!” Arthit express his rejection from overprotective Kong.
“No....I need to do it. You are over the cloud when someone prising you or  daydreaming when you are alone, The Lost Lamb Arthit!” Kongpop state back.
“No, nonsense! “
“Yes, want to reconfirm back with HazerTeam how you lost during training over PinkMilk or injured from fall over fence during hiking?” Kongpop remind Arthit back as he  glow his eyes to Arthit.
“Yea...I can never argue back with you” Arthit complaint.

Arthit loose his hug and start feel sleepy. His body feel heavy as he done his bath. Beside, he run back after class to tidy up his room before Kongpop start nagging him about cleaning his room and organise his things.
Once he finish cleaning, Kong arrive and he start preparing the dinner. Since, he bar Kong from his kitchen not only because Kong poor cooking skills but he just messier his kitchen and slow the process, Arthit have to cook alone.
“Did you want to watch movie or sleep now,Kong?”
Kong want cuddle more with Arthit but He see Arthit yawn and his eyes become smaller.
“Let sleep. I need to wake up early to finish my reports.” Kongpop reason for Arthit. He can’t say He want movie when Arthit can asleep anytime.
“Just lie down first while I brush my teeth” instruct Kong as he help Arthit with his blanket.
Kongpop recheck the kitchen and living room, tidy up bit, relock balcony sliding door and door then switch off the light. He walk to bed by dim light from balcony.
Arthit had bed down on left side of the bed. Kong lie down beside him and facing Arthit face. He slowly trace Arthit feature from eyes down to his dimples.
“Sleep,Kong” Arthit murmur once he realise Kong doing.
“I just look at my sleeping vitamin.” Kong answer back.
“Your vitamin is my dimples...” Arthit shut back as he know Kong is poking it.
“I have to make sure it still there for me, tomorrow and forever” Kong still rubbing it. He then trail the face and brush Arthit hair from his forehead.
“You just like my dimple more than the dimple owner” Arthit slowly whisper in his slumber.
“I like all of it. I preserve they days and night because I love it” Kongpop reply smiling.
“Yea...lucky me to be special” Arthit reply in close eyes.
“Good to know it,Arthit. Remember, Special Arthit only for Special Junior!” Kongpop chant back.
“Yes, special Arthit only for special Junior” Arthit babble back to Kongpop drowning.
Kongpop just laugh and kiss Arthit's head, pleased.
‘Goodnight Arthit. See you in my sweets dreams’

‘The Special Arthit only for The Special Kongpop'