Forever and a Dae

Family Dae Part 2

Arthit wakes up and immediately curls to his side, stretching his arm to reach his boyfriend but is met with air. He cracks his eyes open and notice Kong isn’t already there.

    Figures.

    His body knows it’s 10 in the morning already and looking at the clock confirms it. Kong must have gone somewhere but Arthit furrows his brow because it’s Sunday. He jolts from his bed and crawls to the end, and Dae’s makeshift bed is already gone, kept at the corner of the room, and notices Dae is also gone.

    “That boyfriend stealer.” It’s already been a day but he already views that junior of theirs as an attention stealer.

    He gets alarmed for a second before coming into his senses that Kongpob is his boyfriend and that they’re very much in love. Arthit nods to himself but wonders where the two had left.

    Arthit goes to grab some change of clothes, thinking of showering, when he spots a post it note stuck on his forehead. How he hadn’t notice it is beyond him. He plucks the note and reads it.

    “Oon, there’s food in the microwave, and your pink milk is in the fridge. Went to the mall with Dae to buy some supplies. Love you, xx.”

    “Dammit,” he crumples the paper then straightens it out again. He felt bad throwing Kongpob’s notes, his boyfriend wrote it anyway.

    He reheats his food, grabs his precious pink milk from the fridge then starts to eat as quickly as he can. Arthit checks his phone for any messages and ignores the one from his friends in favor of the one from his boyfriend.

    “Are you awake, P?” it reads, “Let’s have lunch at the mall. Please text me once you read this.”

    “Just woke up. Will take a shower then meet with you.” He types before grabbing his own towel at the balcony and heading to the bathroom.

    On every weekend, he gets to spend his time with Kongpob. If he’s not shadowing with Kong’s dad Arthit spends his weekends with his boyfriend. Sometimes they’d go to have dates at the mall, watch a movie, but most of the time they’ll spend it at Kongpob’s dorm with the comfort of each other’s company.

    But having Dae stay with Kong is already becoming a nuisance to him. He likes his precious time with his boyfriend thank you very much.

    Arthit hurries taking a shower, changing into his clothes making sure he looks presentable enough to stand beside Kongpob because he knows how his boyfriend always dresses to the T when he goes out. he puts extra effort in styling his hair before grabbing his wallet and phone.

    He heads out and sends a text to his boyfriend letting Kongpob know that he’s on the way.

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Arthit makes it in record time arriving at the mall a little past 11 heading towards the west wing of the mall where Kongpob told him they’d be. He texted Kong earlier telling his boyfriend that he’d reach the mall by 12, making the excuse just so he could stalk his own freaking boyfriend and his temporary roommate.

    He peers through the crowd like a creep as he spots the two walking around the stores. Arthit tries to hide himself with the crowd not wanting for Kongpob to find him and ask for questions he surely isn’t prepared to answer.

    He just wants to know if Dae will make a move on his boyfriend – he still isn’t totally comfortable having Dae around Kongpob especially when the kid seems already close with his boyfriend.

    Some high school girls are looking at him weirdly, so he stands up straight and blinks from where he’s huddled at the corner of a stall.

    Arthit follows the two when they started walking towards an ice cream shop. He can see Dae paying attention at whatever nonsense his boyfriend is saying, smiling at the right time, nodding as if the kid’s really interested in Kongpob’s story.