LOVE & betrayal (On Hold)

New friends.....

Author's note: (Knock knock....anybody there?)

"That..would be..my brother", a voice replied next to him, bringing Beam out of his trance.

He quickly recovered himself and smiled at the young lady.
"And who might you be, beautiful?", he asked, bringing Anna's hand to his lips.

"I am Anna Jaturapoom. And they are my brothers Forth and Phana"

"Nice to meet you Anna..Can I offer you and your brothers a round of drinks.....You must be thirsty after all that chasing....Hmm?", Beam said, feeling a little giddy on the inside.

"P'Forth! P'Pha!..Here", Anna shouted a little to get the attention of the two men.

Forth looked up to see where his baby sister was. His eyes landed on the man beside her who was looking at him with an unreadable look in his eyes.

"Come on you guys...come here..", Anna motioned for them to go to her.

When they were near, the man with the glittery eyes offered his hand for a hand shake.

"Hi ..... I am Beam Baramee, High Warlock of Bangkok and this is my friend, Mingkwan Daichapanya"

"So you finally remembered me, huh..", Mingkwan scoffed at his friend's antics. He wasn't really looking forward to spending time with a bunch of Shadowhunters.
But the guy had manners.... so he reluctantly held his hand up for a shake.

Forth took Beam's proffered hand in his. The hand was comfortably warm.. similar to the look in the pretty brown eyes, which his own black ones refused to look away from.

Phana took the hand of... 'Mingkwan', he thought the Warlock had said, in his. The man had unusually cold hands, much like the gaze he had directed towards them. 'He doesn't seem like he wants to do this', Phana thought.

"Phana Kongthanin...... That's Forth Jaturapoom", he said pointing towards his Parabatai.

"Mingkwan Daichapanya"

"P'Forth, P'Beam offered to buy us all drinks", Anna said. "Do you think we could stay a little while longer..?"

At this, the Warlock and the Shadowhunter, who realised that their hands were still joined, reluctantly ended the 'extended' handshake.
While Beam had a smile on his lips, Forth looked a little flustered. 'Was I staring?' he thought to himself. He shook his head a little to clear his thoughts and focus on the question his sister had asked.

"It's already pretty late.." and he knew their Mom would be worried..but when he saw disappointment in those sparkling eyes, he couldn't bring himself to say 'No'..

"...but I suppose a couple of drinks couldn't hurt..", he said shakily.

"Thank you na..P'..",Anna squealed happily, clapping her hands..

Phana was looking confused by it all..Forth was always the obedient uptight one..'Well....this is new..and wait..is Forth blushing?' ..But before he could investigate this thought any further, they were already moving to find a table.

They had settled down comfortably in one of the long couches a little away from the dance floor and ordered a few drinks. There was a comfortable silence, except for the loud music playing around, of course.

"So..Nong Forth, I gather you are an archer..", Beam was the first to break the silence.

Forth took a sip of his drink before turning towards the Warlock to his right.

"Yeah..I..I..am good with ar...arrows..", he stuttered. 'Relax Forth...Calm down', he reprimanded himself.

"That's an understatement, P'Forth.. He's one of the best warriors at the Institute..And he is just exceptional with his arrows", Anna decided to help her brother out a bit. He was acting unlike himself today and she already seemed to  have a vague idea of why it was so.