You or You

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"What about him disappearing right after he told you he likes you? How are you going to explain that, huh? Isn't it because he couldn't afford to see you? We've been friends for years and now he said he likes you. Do you think he can just act like nothing happened and be happy around?" Phana asked. "But I think... the issue that's been bothering you with Beam doesn't drive you off the wall as much as Nong Yo's friend, Am I right?"

"Fuck this!"

And from behind the wall, Beam saw Kit did another shot if pure whisky on the rock. He heaved a sigh before he turned his head to Forth and Forth nodded.

Beam walked out from behind the wall and sat next to Phana.

"Care to talk to me about something, Ai'Beam?"

"Hi, Ai'Pha, Ai'Kit, long time no see," Beam said and he smiled cheerfully like the crackhead he was. "You look like a mess, AI'Kit."

"Ai'Fucktard!"

Kit was screaming and charged to Beam but Pha held him still.

"Alright, alright, hear me out first would you?" Beam said as he showed Phana and Kit his palms, asked him to calm down first. "Ai'Kit, I was just, just, just testing him! It was, was a joke!"

"What?!"

"You heard me."

"You mother fucker!". "This is not funny. I am not even laughing!"

"Hahahah! Ai'Pha. Do you see his face?". "hey... I invested so much on this play. I even skip classes to pretend like I'm really upset."

"I'll kill you!". "Whay the fuck did you do that? I was shocked and confused. Why did you do that, huh, Beam?"

"I couldn't help it... somebody is trying to win my bestfriend's heart. I have to put him to a test," Beam said and he wondered if the test was for Ming or himself.

"You took his side before."

"I didn't know that he's a prick back then."

"Fuck you!"

"Oh, come on, Ai'Kit. I'm sorry. I won't do this to you anymore. I promise, cross my heart.". "I don't like you, I love you," Beam said with all the honesty in his hands. "You're my best friend... happy now?" and everything will get better and right with those sentences.

And Beam expected it, the conversation after that. He knew he will be holding in the pain of the scars in his body along with enduring the curses from Kit's mouth and he was more than ready for it.

Meanwhile Phana used every way so he can get out clean, saying that their love triangle was just too messy, and that he was a good friend so he will forever on their sides no matter what kind of shits happened to his not yellow minions.

Luckily, Beam was eloquent and he just knew their best friends so much. Refusing that he was still able differentiate between what was honest, and what was said to get things back on places, Beam could bring himself out from the mess.

"See ya," Beam waved before he walked out of the Bar.

The bruises didn't even hurt that much but frown was appearing and he got his eyes blurred as he squinted his eyes as he walked closer to the exit door. Beam gritted his teeth as he covered his mouth with his palm because when he inhaled, it was rather too loud for a breath without being called as a sob.

"Hey."

Beam looked up when a voice greeted him once he stepped outside the Bar's door. Forth was staring at him with frown on his face.

Forth kept the silence when a tear dropped from Beam's left eye. He heaved a sigh before he pulled Beam into his arms without words.

It was quiet. So different from the calm noises in the bar. Even the road in front of the bar was almost empty. He could hear Forth's heavy sigh everytime his back moved along the hard sobs because he struggled to hold back his cry.