Look Beside You (Completed)

Chapter 23

It's that time of the year again. Pretending to be the son and the brother that he never was in front of so many people.

Kimmon cussed under his breath.

"He didn't even go to mom's funeral. He doesn't even call me on my birthdays. But what? He still wants me to go to his stupid company's anniversary? That old man is a joke I swear I'm gonna-"

Kimmon stopped on his tracks at the sight of his best friend and his boyfriend in a coffee shop, holding hands.

Kimmon trusts Copter. He trusts Tee as well. But he can't help it. He wanted to be the only person touching Copter's hands.

Kimmon's cheeks were flushed with ire as he walked into the coffee shop. He breathed in and out heavily, trying his best to stay calm until he heard Tee say "I think Kimmon wouldn't like that."

"I sure don't like your snow-white hand on my boyfriend's adorable baby hand." Kimmon spoke which surprised the two. He glared at Tee for a while but his friend still didn't let go of his boyfriend's hand so he separated their hands himself.

Afterwards, he held Copter's hand and squeezed it. "What would your boyfriend say if he sees this, my friend? Now explain why the two of you are in a coffee shop at six in the evening, holding hands."

Kimmon saw his friend roll his eyes at him. And for the first time in his life, he got annoyed at his friend.

"First of all," Tee started and cleared his throat. "I grabbed his wrist. We didn't hold hands. I grabbed his wrist. Know the difference, okay? Second, why are you glaring at me? I can't believe those eyes are glaring at me."

Kimmon bit his lip, a habit he does whenever Tee would get mad at him.

It was Copter's turn to get jealous. Copter never felt good whenever he gets reminded of how close Kimmon and Tee actually were.

"I'm sorry. I just had a bad day, that's all." Kimmon replied. "What are you two doing here anyway?"

"We just met by chance." Copter said. "I wanted to buy coffee since I'll stay up late to finish my projects."

Kimmon's eyebrows flinched. "Well that's not healthy. You'll have dark circles under your-"

"Phi Kim. Phi Tee."

The three turned their heads and saw Mean, Kimmon's brother, walking towards them.

Copter heard Kimmon let out a sharp breath.

"Hey nong. What are you doing here?" Tee asked and glanced at his friend, anxiousness evident on his face.

"I'm not following you phi Kim so don't get the wrong idea. I was just about to leave. Who's he? Is he your friend, phi?" Mean asked as his eyes scanned Copter from head to toe.

Kimmon moved to stand in front of Copter, completely covering the little guy.  "Mean, how many times do I have to tell you? I'm not going to that old man's suffocating party."

Copter felt Kimmon's grip on his hand getting tighter and he saw beads of sweat forming on the back of Kimmon's neck.

"Please... I don't want anything to do with your family anymore. Isn't that what you want too?" Kimmon said and when Mean just stared at him in reply, he walked out of the shop, grabbing his boyfriend with him.

"Don't hate your brother too much okay?" Tee said and patted Mean's shoulder. "And tell your father that the death anniversary of Kimmon's mother is tomorrow. Just in case he forgot."

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"You didn't bring your car with you?" Copter asked although the answer was obvious.

The two were walking for a few minutes already but Kimmon had not said a single word.

"That guy's my brother." Kimmon finally spoke. "Well... we're half brothers. We don't have the same mom."

Copter realized that he knew nothing about his boyfriend's family and this was the first time he heard Kimmon talk about them.

"His name is Mean." Kimmon continued.

Copter realized another thing. He finally remembered why Mean looked so familiar. When he was at Kimmon's place, he saw a picture of Kimmon with him and another man. The picture where Kimmon didn't smile. Neither of the three men smiled.

Kimmon's grip on Copter's hand loosened. "My family's kinda messy... and... umm..."

"Hey." Copter suddenly stopped walking and squeezed Kimmon's hand. Then he looked into his boyfriend's eyes intently. "It's okay. You don't have to tell me now."

Copter gave Kimmon a dimpled smile and suddenly, Kimmon felt like everything was okay. Kimmon was amused by the fact that it only took Copter one smile to make all the stress that he felt go away.

"Are you my boyfriend or are you an angel?" Kimmon asked which made Copter laugh.

Copter's laugh was intoxicating. Kimmon wanted to listen to his boyfriend's laugh for the whole night and at the same time he wanted to kiss his boyfriend's lips.

Copter realized that he was the only one laughing and that Kimmon was staring at him with a soft look. Copter slowly stopped laughing and rubbed the nape of his neck. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"You're done laughing already?" Kimmon asked and placed a pout on his face.

"Huh?"

"Then can I kiss you now?"

"Huh?!"

Not a second after, Copter felt Kimmon's lips on his. Kimmon wanted to kiss Copter since this morning. He actually planned on kissing him in the car but didn't find the right timing. Kimmon was glad that this day didn't end without him kissing his lovely boyfriend.

"Thanks Copter." Kimmon uttered as he rested his forehead against Copter's. "Where have you been my entire life?"

Copter cleared his throat and covered his blushing face with his forearm, the reaction that Kimmon expected.

"Are you gonna react like that every time we kiss? You do know that you're gonna have to get used to that, right?" Kimmon asked as he smirked at Copter.

"And you do know that you're giving me a heart attack every time you smirk, right?" Copter replied which made Kimmon laugh.

"Alright." Kimmon said as he threw his hands in the air. "I'll try to stop doing that, for your heart's sake."

Copter rolled his eyes. "As if."

"Come on." Kimmon said and started to walk with their arms intertwined. "Let's buy you a coffee and get you home."

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A/N: Hellooooo (^o^) We're gonna get to know more about Kim's family in the next chapters and I dunno why but I keep on adding drama to his life ( ಠ ʖ̯ ಠ)

Anywaaays hahaha I hope you liked this chapter ^_^ Thank you for reading, commenting and voting! Have an amazing day! ╰( ^o^)╮