SOTUS: The University Days (and Other Universes)

At the Swings

There's a playground near Arthit's dormitory, which also means it's near Kongpob's. Why is there a playground inside the university compound near the dorms? Arthit doesn't know.

Arthit doesn't even care.

On his way to the university and back, he always ignores it. And he plans to continue doing so... until Kongpob drags him into it one night, right when the playground is closed.

"What are you doing, Kongpob? We're in the middle of the street!" Arthit reacts when he realizes Kongpob is about to jump over the fence to get into the playground.

"It's almost midnight," Kongpob answers while climbing up.

Arthit crosses his arms.

"And no one's gonna notice us."

"That doesn't make it not wrong! It's closed for a reason."

"Relax, P'," he says before turning around and attempts to wink. He still can't wink, but Arthit doesn't tell him that. 

"Me. I will scold you. Are you forgetting I'm your hazer?"

Kongpob laughs. "No, you are not. You were my head hazer. That's a year ago, but now..." He winks again. "...you are my boyfriend."

Arthit grits his teeth as Kongpob lands on the other side of the fence.

Smiling widely, Kongpob steps back and turns around. He knows Arthit won't leave him there alone, so he goes further into the play area. He confirms that he's right when he hears a soft thud from when Arthit jumped from the fence, who's now following him.

Arthit can't stop his head from turning around to see if there are people who might see them. They are clearly trespassing, and Arthit doesn't want to spend the rest of the night in jail.

He still doesn't know how Kongpob managed to lure him in.

That's a lie.

Of course, he does.

Kongpob jumped over, so he did the same.

Without thinking twice.

Because even though he hates to admit it, he's weak for Kongpob.

"I know you'd follow me." Kongpob smirks when he turns around.

Arthit hates that smirk. Even more so, he's caught. Kongpob probably now knows that he loves him more than how he's showing. "I only did because I don't want you to get into trouble."

"Who says I would be in trouble?" Kongpob stops his steps in front of the swings.

"But you need to tell me. What are we doing here, Kong?"

"Swings," he states as he sets himself on the first of the three swings. "I've been here for more than a year already, and I wanted to try it out."

Arthit is suddenly amused. He always witnesses whenever Kongpob acts childish, because Kongpob only does it in front of him. He doesn't tell him, but he loves him like that.

But Kongpob wanting to ride a swing never crossed his mind.

Despite the darkness of the playground, he can see Kongpob adorably moving back and forth on the swing with his cheeky smile and shining eyes.

He won't admit it, but he could watch him like this all night.

Arthit lets him and takes the next swing. Its chains creak under his weight as he starts slowly pushing himself back and forth to imitate Kongpob's pace.

They do this for a while, not in full force, just gentle pushes as if the nighttime wind does it to them.

Kongpob likes the moment a lot. He's probably gonna write it in his diary, with wishes of doing it again.

"They need to create swings for adults," Kongpob says as he puts his foot on the ground to halt the movement.

Arthit shoots his eyes over his boyfriend. His eyes are now fully adjusted to the darkness, so he can clearly see Kongpob's face, which looks very much at peace. He slows down swinging as well as the view makes his heart warm. "Aren't these also for adults?"

"It's in a playground... that they close at night. It's not for us. I want one that I can use all day if I want to."

Arthit chuckles. "I think you may be the only one in the market for that, darling." His eyes widen, and he bites his lip. He didn't know why he uttered that. It isn't always that Arthit calls him that. It's always Kongpob who does. Arthit only utters it when forced or when in guilt. Maybe it's the atmosphere. Maybe it's this unplanned date in a playground. Or maybe he's just falling deeper into Kongpob, as he's been doing ever since he agreed to date him.

The word signals Kongpob's turn to shoot his eyes on Arthit. His eyes shine brighter than the moon above them. He's grinning, one of Kongpob's wide, stupid grins that make Arthit's heart beat faster.

"What are you grinning at?" Arthit questions as Kongpob stands up from his swing and moves closer to him.

Arthit stops swinging when Kongpob halts in front of him. He didn't expect Kongpob to sit on his lap, but Kongpob does, facing him. For a moment, Arthit's worried if the chains of the swing can support both of their weights.

"I like it when you call me darling," Kongpob says, resting his arms on Arthit's shoulders. He's still beaming up at Arthit, and Arthit swears he could swoon and maybe melt if they weren't in a public place. But as expected, he'll hide his fondness behind snark.

"I regret calling you that."

Kongpob chuckles. "No one's around, P'Arthit."

"What do you mean?"

Kongpob answers by pushing his lips on Arthit's. He moves his arms from Arthit's shoulders to hold his nape. He's eager as he nips at Arthit's lower lip, as Arthit grips tighter at the chains of the swing.

"Did you just drag me out here to snog on children's play equipment?" Arthit asks against his lips, and Kongpob's laugh rumbles through him.

"It wasn't my original plan, but I'm not against it," Kongpob bites more of him, pulling into his mouth and swallowing Arthit's gasp.

"I can't believe you," Arthit whispers, too breathily.

"But you love it."

"Who says?"

"And you love me."

"Huh. That's still a mystery to me."

Kongpob chuckles again. Arthit's answer makes Kongpob want to solve the "mystery." So he pushes his face toward him again and kisses him breathlessly.

And there, Arthit finds the answer he doesn't even need in the first place.

Under the moon, in an empty playground, they do what they only usually do when inside four walls.

There's not much swinging anymore.

They went to the playground because Kongpob wanted to go swinging, but there's not much swinging happening now.

Arthit isn't sure if Kongpob is upset about it.

Because certainly, he's not.

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a/n: i really was gone for weeks and came back with this mess haha i hope you still like it though

i'm so sorry for the slow updates. work is consuming me :/