You Know, I've Always Loved You

'There's just something about Sarawat'

"Seriously, nothing happened," Tine continued to try and convince his friends that whatever they saw wasn't anything of significance, but his attempt was to no avail.

"When we walk in to find your so-called fake boyfriend pinning you to your couch, you can't expect us to believe you when you say 'nothing happened'", Fong stated, pointing out, much to Tine's dismay, that this conversation was unavoidable, as it was very well apparent that his three friends wanted answers.

Tine sat uncomfortably in his spot on the couch. It's not like he'd been keeping them in the dark. His relationship with Sarawat had really been what he told them, a fake one, until . . . well until just now. Of course they had that one morning which started this whole confusing yet oddly pleasing situation, but that moment and their feelings weren't really resolved until a second ago when Tine's friends rushed in. This new, actually serious relationship between Tine and Sarawat was uncharted territory. However, Tine wasn't even sure if he could call it a relationship. In fact, He still wasn't entirely sure of how he felt. He just knew there was something about Sarawat that intrigued him and if that meant he had a crush on the man then like Sarawat said, Tine would give him a chance. But the fact that the cheer leader had a chance to get to know the handsome guitarist more made him immensely excited. He didn't necessarily understand why, but he was becoming increasingly aware of the excitement's existence.

As Tine began to try and organize his thoughts, his friends continued in their playful interrogation: "Yeah, what was he doing over anyway?" Ohm questioned with a slightly raised eyebrow.

"Does he come over every Saturday morning and pin you to your couch?" Peuk jokingly asked while prodding Fong with his elbow, the question leaving all three of them in faint hysterics at the thought of their friend laying like a shy little sheep under the glare of the hungry wolf that was Sarawat.

At that remark, Time threw a pillow at them, which only caused them to laugh more at their friend's now blatantly apparent outrage.

Their laughter continued to fill the room for a few more seconds until Fong noticed the growing frown on Tine's face. He lightly tapped the other two's arms in order to get their attention and tell them to quiet down, motioning to their one friend who now sitting on the couch seemed like he was almost sulking from all the sarcastic jabs they had thrown at him.

Ohm was the first to move closer, sitting down in front of the couch close to Tine. "Hey, Tine, listen." The owner of the name slowly looked over at his friend who now seemed to be approaching him with care rather than jokes. "We really don't mind if you have something more serious going on with Sarawat. I guess, we're all just kind of shocked to have found out this way." Ohm began motioning for the other two to jump in with their own words of support, but their being a bit slow, they missed their cue to chime in, forcing Ohm to continue his efforts to cheer Tine up on his own. He sighed, "I would have thought since we're your friends you would have told us of any relationship development, but I guess we can all understand why you might not have."

Beginning to hear a hint of understanding and acceptance, Tine began to calm down. He looked from Ohm to his other friends who were standing behind the latter, hoping to hear support from them as well. Fong, understanding Tine's request, nodded his head and opened his mouth to speak, "No matter what happens, we will always support you. We won't force you to tell us anything, but we're here whenever you need to talk to us, and we'll try our best to listen without judgement." Tine began to smile and looked over to his last friend in case he had something he wanted to say.

Fong nudged Peuk to speak up. He jumped a little, as if he had totally been spaced out for the better half of the conversation, "Uh yeah, you're our friend, Tine. Of course we don't care who you choose to make out with on the weekend".