CRAVINGS : 2 Moons Short Stories

The Audition -2-

"P' Godt!"

The youngest crush his body, head on to the tall man. They haven't met for quite some times now, since they're both busy with their own schedule.

To be honest, Godt just got back from his overseas schedule. He begs his manager to clear our his schedule for the night, when he got the call from Tae that afternoon.

"Let's get in first, na. P' bought some food. Come, Bass."

The youngest loosen up his hand before slowly pull away. His face gets redder with streaks of tears run down his cheeks. He want to take some of the bags, but Godt refuse, urging him to step in. The youngest move to the side, letting the latter step into the house, while he stay and close back the front door.

"Sawadee, P' Tae, P' Kim, P' Tee. Hey, Nong."

Godt approach the boys at the living room, setting bags of food on the coffee table and greet them all. Tee head to the kitchen, and drags Bass along with him, gathering the utensils for dinner.

"Wadee, long time no see. Do you just got back?"

"Yes, P' Kim. My flight was this morning."

"Thank God you can make it, Godt. This boy have been crying all day and we can't do anything about it."

Tee smile knowingly, teasing the youngest that was following him with plates and stuff. Bass bring out his cute pout, setting the plates on the table before move back to his couch, sulking.

The boys help themselves to the food, while Godt take a seat beside the youngest, taking him into his embrace.

"Are you okay, Baby Bass? 

The youngest nod furiously, still pouting over being teased by Tee. Godt hold his hand and lead him back to the coffee table, sitting on the floor with the rest of the boys, that have already start to devour the food.

They chatter about random stuff, mainly catching up with Godt. They haven't been in much contact with him, as they no longer have any join promotion together.

Godt chatters happily with the rest of them. He missed this. He start his career as a model and he is pretty much alone. Compare to the rest of them, he have to handle everything by himself. It was when he start working on 2 Moons, he found companion and kinship with them.

He was so happy when the drama got some major attention, not just in their local market, but with international audience too. They start to have fan meets in so many different places and he loves it. Especially when that is the only chance to meet up with the boys again after the drama ended.

Who would have thought that there will be some rumours about how he will no longer accept BL roles. This then spark the rumours that he will be replaced from the drama's second season. As per his knowledge, he and the boys have sign up for the three novel adaptations of 2 Moons.

He tries to ask his manager and his management but he get a very vague response from them. In fact, his manager push him to so any different project and rush him to make his debut overseas, in China. He feels like a robot, working on default, fulfilling every task that was hand on to him.

"P' Godt, you have heard about the news right? What do you think?" Copter starts to ask after they finish their dinner.

Tae is helping Tee to clear up the table and bring the trash to the kitchen. They return back to living room bringing another round of drinks for all of them.

Godt open up his second bottle of the night, glancing to his side, looking at the youngest that is still sulking and nursing his first bottle.

"I asked about this to my manager. But she say not to worry about it. I don't know. You guys do know that there a lot of fans that is quite okay with me being replaced. So..."

"That was before. It was your first time acting, Nong. We know how much you have improved over the year. We have hope that we all will be in the next season together. But now..."

Tee lies back at the couch, gulping down his drinks. The rest of the boys agrees with what he says. It is true, after the drama was aired some fans have complain that Godt is too stiff in the beginning. But... as the the drama progress, they fall in love with him, the him that carries the role of Mo' Phana.

"We are the true victim in this problem. Motive have some disputes with CCDM, but we are the one taking the hit? This is not fair?"

Copter grumble on his sit, crunching up the cushion on his lap. The boys know about it too. They have heard how Motive have a falling out with the other company, thus resulting them to turn to Mello. However...

"There's nothing we can do, Ter. We have no power over this. They won't even bulge over the fans demand..."

This time it's Kimmon who chimes in. As the leader of SBFive, he feels responsible to keep the spirit up. It may seems like he didn't care, but the reality is, he do care. This is one of the rarer time that he let down his mask and let his worries steep in.

The boys grow silent over this. It a true. They have seen how their fans response by saying that they won't support the next season if they change the cast. All of them were touched and grateful over this. But they also know, their popularity won't really last. Another group of fans would surely watch the next season, without them, and if the new cast do a good job, they will have their own hey day.

Popularity is like that. It's a flimsy little thing. It can get stuck on you for a long time but at the same time, a slight nudge can tear it away.

"It's okay. This is not the end of the world guys. Let's just support the new cast, okay? We have had our break, let other have the same opportunity too."

The eldest of them all finally speak up. Tae can't say anything else to comfort this bunch of boys he calls his Nong, other than stating the fact and calmly try to move things forward. Deep inside, he too feel restless, disappointed, angry and afraid. But being the eldest and being the role model of the boys, he have to keep his head held high.

"We can just go to the audition."

It took them a moment to realize this sentence come from Bass. His squeaky voice lit up between his mouthful of beer.

"We are going to...?"

"The audition. We can audition again. They say they don't like me as Wayo so I'll audition again to show them wrong."

The room grow silent over the burst from the youngest. It seems like despite he tell others that he doesn't care, he really is the one to hold a grudge over that issue and is very determined to prove them wrong.

"Can we do that?" Copter's eyes were twinkling over this.

"Why not? They may say we have problem with our contract but P' Janean already released another statement saying that we doesn't. So... Let's just go and audition again. We know the role by heart, we can do it again. I know we can!"

Godt brush over Bass hair fondly over the latter's sudden outburst. Most of them know it was quite impossible to do so. Only the youngest of the bunch, Copter and Bass, can entertain such thought.

But...

"Okay, I have an idea."