Know You All Over Again

Chapter 6

“Can you pass me the hot sauce, please?” I ask Knock over the table.

“Hot like you, you mean?” His eyebrows are wiggling in a suggestive way and I can't help but laugh.

I take the sauce from him with a stupid smile on my face and I don't even notice that the whole table just got death quiet. There are just four pairs of eyes staring at Knock and me with dropped jaws.

“Can someone please tell me, what's going on here?” Yiwah's voice is making it very clear that apparently Knock and me have some explaining to do.

It's been a couple of weeks since the fateful night we both decided to be friends again. Well, friends with benefit to be exact. And even though I was not 100 percent sold on the idea, when Knock suggested it, I have to admit that I don't know when I have been this happy in ages.

Things just naturally progressed again. We started texting during the day again, sending each other silly pictures or spoke about stuff that happened at work. On day three we already talked on the phone again and it just took a few more days before we talked every night before falling asleep.

It felt like dating all over again and it was glorious.

Yes, we might have had the benefits too, once or twice. I will admit that. But to be completely honest I am more thrilled to just have him back in my life. It's amazing that I can again just hang out with him, cuddle on the bed to watch something silly on telly. Or just cook together, steal a kiss here and there and just eat.

I am just really happy right now.

But Knock and me both knew that there would be questions from our friends. So after having a bit of a trial run with our new found friendship we decided to invite the whole gang for brunch.

And it seems somehow just the two of us being together in a room is enough for Cho, Yiwah, Fai and Farm to get suspicious. But apparently us semi kind of flirting is just too much to take for them.

“Hello? Can someone please answer me? What the fuck is going on here? Are you back together? Is this an announcement brunch?” Yiwah looks back and forth between me and Knock. But Knock just laughs and doesn't give an answer. Looks like I have to do that.

“We are not together.” I clarify. I can see the question marks raised above all their heads.

“Then what is this here?” Fai is gesturing in between Knock and me.

“We just decided to be friends again. That's all. And since you guys, as our closest friends, have suffered a lot with our separation, so we thought we just invite you for brunch. That's all.” I smile while Knock is nodding at my words.

“We are invited?” “Friends?” Fai and Yiwah both yell at the same moment.

I am not sure if I should laugh or cry about these two. I knew that Yiwah would have a lot to say about Knock and me being friends, but I honestly hoped I could defuse a bit of that due to the public place. Looks like I was wrong about that.

Yiwah is just standing up abruptly and points at me.

“You, Mister!” Now she is pointing at the exit. “We are leaving. You have some explaining to do!” And with that she is practically dragging me by my shirt outside. For such a tiny person she sure has a lot of strength.

Yiwah is still dragging me, now by my arm, until we reach a bench on the side of the road. She practically shoves me down, before she sits down herself. Her eyes are studying me so thoroughly that I almost feel naked.