Self Rival • Completed

xviii. the untitled

kamiss to uy. 

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Knot did a backtrack seeing Arthit came in with a wide smile on his face, far different from the frown he had yesterday. "Someone seems to be in a good mood today"

Arthit nodded and smiled even wider as he sat down beside his friend. "I am in a good mood today and I'm telling you, no one can ruin it"

"Well, what happened yesterday? You went to Kong, right? Something must have happened that made you smile like that"

"What? Nothing. I just took care of him and it was fun"

"Took care of him? So you became his nurse and you're so happy about it?"

"Yeah"

Knot noticed a slight blush forming on his friend's cheeks and he knew from there that something else happened but he didn't ask, knowing Arthit, the more he pressed on about it, the more he's going to hide it so Knot would just wait until Arthit himself shared what ever happened yesterday.

Apparently, he didn't have to wait long because after a minute of silence, Arthit stopped typing and heaved a deep happy sigh. Knot stopped working as well and faced his friend. "I think Kong likes me too"

"Really?"

"Yeah. Yesterday, we kind of... had a moment and I felt it... really. He likes me too"

Knot tapped Arthit's back as he was very proud of his friend. "Alright Oon, so, what are you going to do about this newfound knowledge?"

"I'm going to confess to him today and maybe ask him if you know, I could court him?"

Knot, in delight, hugged his friend. "Oon, we need to drink later, alright? Tutah will be so proud of you. Honestly, what did you do to our friend? Where is this confidence coming?"

Arthit shrugged. "Maybe I just don't want to happen again what happened with Nam and I realized, I really like Kong and he, at least, deserves to know what I feel for him"

"I don't want to dampen your mood but what if Kong didn't accept your feelings? You know how shy that kid is"

"I won't force him to tell me his feelings because I know he will, maybe not today but I'll make sure that he's going to do it in the future and we'll be happy together"

Knot nodded and went back to his work. "Keep up that confidence"

Minutes passed with the two silently working with Arthit smiling wider with second passing, Kong arrived, a box in his hand, feeling refreshed as he had already rested and also because he had a good nurse yesterday. However, his face didn't hold his usual smile that Arthit adored so much but Arthit didn't mind he's going to confess now.

Arthit waited for Kong to sit on his seat before he faced him, his bright smile still intact. Beside them, Knot was watching them with a proud smile like of a father on his face.

"Kong, can we have a talk outside? I'm just going to tell you something. Just the two of us?"

Kong gave him a quick glance and stood up after putting all his things in a box, Arthit thought it was Kong agreeing but Kong shook his head when Arthit was about to stand up as well. "I'm sorry P', I can't, I really need to do something, this is very important"

Arthit noticed Kong had an emotionless voice, gone was the softness in his tone, but again, Arthit didn't mind. Nothing's going to stop him. Not today.

"Maybe later?"

"I can't P', sorry"

"When aren't you busy, then? Maybe then we can talk?"