KongArthit 💕 - Tale of Two Boys

Chapter 3 - Trouble I'm In

A/N - This update is a little long, truthfully I got lost in reliving all of the wonderful moments that brought our boys together. Some of you will recognize these memories from the show, some I tweaked to fit my own story preferences. Either way I hope you enjoy my stroll down memory lane!

- Arthit's inner thoughts will be represented as underlined italic text.

- Kongpob's inner thoughts will be represented as bold italic text.

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"Hey Kongpob, everything ok?" walking out of his class Arthit saw Kongpob standing in the hallway, shaking his bag around, he assumed looking for something. They continued walking towards the cafeteria, afternoon classes having wrapped up for the day, they had agreed to meet up and study together that evening.

"I can't seem to find my phone P' can I borrow yours to call it? I might have to run back to the classroom, but I'm hoping it's just lost in my bag somewhere."

Arriving at the cafeteria Arthit sat down at an empty table pulling out his books, seeing his phone at the bottom of his bag, he unlocked it and handed it over to Kongpob not giving it a second thought. Exactly 20 seconds later he jumped up reaching to grab the phone out of Kongpob's hands, "I'll call your phone for you!!"

At the exact same time Kongpob raised his arm up keeping the phone out of Arthit's reach. "Really P', you really have my number saved in your phone as "0062", not even a heart next to it or anything, just "0062". That seems a little impersonal don't you think?!" Kongpob having forgotten his missing phone for the moment was staring hard at his senior, his senior who was supposed to be his boyfriend, his boyfriend who was supposed to be helplessly in love with him. At least that is how Kongpob preferred to think of it.

As if lady luck was throwing him a lifeline, Arthit was saved by the bell, well more like saved by the buzzing noise coming from Kong's back pocket, as Kongpob reached for his "missing" phone, breaking eye contact with Arthit, his senior took the opportunity to collect his thoughts.

I knew he was going to say something about his contact information in my damn phone! Why in the hell did I just hand him my phone?! He's never going to believe that I have a reason for updating his contact ID to 0062.

From their very first meeting Arthit had felt thrown off balance by Kongpob, he never knew the right thing to say or do whenever he was around, and most of the time Kongpob left him flustered and confused. So at first Arthit had done everything he could to keep Kongpob at arm's length or further when possible. Including, but not limited to, the refusal to use Kongpob's name, or any version of his name that wasn't his Student Code ID, he was so persistent even his friends had started referring to their junior as 0062, almost half a year later and some of them still did.

Arthit knew their beginning was a little shaky, but he believed that the trials they went through had helped them forge a stronger relationship as time passed, and looking back on those memories now, he wouldn't trade them for anything.

Clearly if he knew then what he knows now, he would have given in much sooner, he was always going to fall for Kongpob. It was just a matter of time.

It's not that Arthit hadn't thought of changing the contact record for his now boyfriend to something sweeter or more personal, but if he was being honest it really seemed like the most fitting nickname. The first time Arthit saw Kongpob during their first hazing meeting, everyone was referred to by their student ID, their name being almost an afterthought in the beginning.

Looking back on it now, isn't that where everything between them started?

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