Just Like Yesterday

Chapter Seven

I lay covered in sheets my arms wrapped around his body as he slept. This didn't solve anything so why was I so happy. I couldn't help it; I was smiling hopelessly as I watched him sleep. It was as though the last four years had never happened, like we had hit pause on our lives and only now did it start to play again.

We've spent too long away. Our friends have been calling nonstop now, I think they are getting worried and soon I would have to wake P'Arthit. I didn't want to; I wanted to keep living in this dream. This sweet dream, I never want it to end. I couldn't go back to yesterday, heck I couldn't go back to two hours ago. I needed this, needed P'Arthit too much. I knew I loved him before but now I knew I was crazy for him, I couldn't even picture a future without him. I was so done for.

I tried to keep all my worry from my face as he began to stir, his long lashes fluttered and opened then closed before he shyly tries to pull away. "Are you watching me sleep?"

"Yup," I said smiling, "you were drooling, and I just thought it was fascinating."
"That I drool?"

"That you don't care about your image when you sleep, you can't sleep outside like this P'Arthit."
he removed his hands from his face with a puzzled look. "Why?
"Because I don't want people to know how cute you look, drool and all"

"Kongpob," he admonished me and I kissed his cheek with a smile. I could feel his smile and when he looked at me I saw it.

"How can you say these things, don't you feel embarrassed?"
"Nope, not when it feels this good to make you blush."

He shoved at me and shook his head smiling. We heard our phones vibrating on the night stand. P'Arthit sighed before reaching for his. I watched him quietly trying not to make any noise.

He answered the phone with a "what?"

"Why do I have to tell you where I am?"

"Fine fine, I'm coming," so goes the one-sided conversation. I didn't bother picking my call finding it more fun to watch him.

"Kongpob?" my name came up. They were probably asking if he knows where I was. I expected a quick denial. P'Arthit looked at me and held my gaze as he said,"yeah, he is right here with me."

I almost laughed out loud from pure joy. He smiled at me and finished up the call. "They are going sightseeing, we should get dressed."

I grab for him before he could leave, "do we really have to, "I whispered into his neck as I pressed a kiss there and felt him shiver. I didn't know what tomorrow had in store for us, maybe we would just go back to not speaking but I couldn't get enough of being with him and if today was all I had of him then I didn't want to waste it sightseeing and pretending to not be together. It would kill me, really.

"Kongpob, "I could hear the hesitance in his voice even as he refused me, "we can't, everyone is going to wonder what happened and I already told them we are coming."

I kept holding onto him but I nodded. Maybe unlike me P'Arthit didn't think he had to worry about tomorrow. Maybe to him this meant little. It didn't solve anything I already knew that, but was I disappointed? Yes. "Let's go then," I sighed.

I got off the bed and started pulling on my clothes; we didn't have time for a shower.

"Kongpob, "he called after a moment of silence. I turned to him knowing I was being a little unfair. Maybe I should understand, maybe I should let him have all the time he needs to get comfortable. But I kept thinking that if he loved me he didn't need to take so much damn time.

When he said nothing I gave him an inquiry look. He said, "I love you," straight to my face.

Then he went on to dress as if nothing had happened. I was still frozen stiff when he started for the door then I jerked to life and chased him. I wasn't letting him get away. I grabbed his waist and dragged him complaining and yelling back to bed. We topple down with him on top of me. I pushed him to his side as we laughed and I stared into his eyes.