SOTUS: SevenTeen Again

SP_Rainbow After The Rain(2)

*Reminder

June: famous LGBT rights activist. Animal lover. Member of the pet club named Puppy Honey. Arthit and Bright once saved June from his abusive ex-boyfriend. 

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Arthit made a call to the orphanage headmaster, P'Sky, while Kongpob was bathing the little 'Shutthirak'. He was already convinced Liam must've escaped from the orphanage. And as he expected, the headmaster let out a sigh of relief when he was informed that Arthit found a kid named Liam hiding in Kongpob's car.

"Why do you think he ran away?", asked Arthit.

[Liam must've been stressed out since he came here. He has hardly talked to anyone.  Maybe, because he was separated from his siblings.]

Liam Shutthirak was his real name and he was sent to this orphanage from an upcountry institution just two weeks ago.

[Thank you again for having Liam at your home. Arthit, you saved my life, seriously.]

"......Could you tell me more about him, P'Sky?"

[I will check up on more of his background info. Let's talk in person tomorrow.]

"Okay. I will take him there tomorrow morning. Take care."

He hung up the phone, looked upward and sighed, rubbing his temple with his finger.

"His late father's name is Kongpob Shutthirak, the firefighter on the news......."

It vaguely occurred to Arthit that he'd heard of the news of a firefighter's death. That news brought tears to many people because he was a widower with three children. He lost his life while battling a huge blaze, which resulted in leaving his kids behind with no relatives. As there was no one to take care of them, people felt very sorry for the orphaned kids at that time. But their sorrowful story was gradually forgotten soon after the TV broadcasting stations brought up another big issue.

"Why you ran away, Liam.....? For what......?"

He picked up Liam's sweat-soaked clothes and got out of the room with them to wash.

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As there were no extra clothes for Liam, they dressed the kid in Kongpob's shorts and a cotton T-shirt. He was so cute.

Liam's stomach kept growling. It sounded relatively so big. 

".........I am not hungry," insisted Liam.

'Wow, here is another stubborn Arthit,' Kongpob thought.

"Hey, little devil. I will make you some noodles. You can choose one. Mongolian, South-African, Mexican......What about Kenyan style?"

Kongpob chuckled, teasing the little kid. 

Liam got pale.

"Kongpob, just cook not spicy noodles for him, okay?"

The little kid didn't know how to correctly use chopsticks. Arthit handed him a fork.

"Honey, the fork looks too big for him. It might hurt his mouth."

"Kong, Just say you want to feed him."

The kid refused to sleep without telling the reason, so Arthit carried the kid on his back and soothed him to sleep. Just carrying him on his back, Arthit felt Liam's nutritional status not good enough. When the little kid stopped whining and started dozing off, Kongpob laid Liam down gently on the bed. It would have been a tough day for this kid, too. Soon later, the kid totally fell asleep with exhaustion, lying between the two grown-ups.