Stand still, stay awake.

3

- A couple of weeks later -

After the bell rung, everyone started to pack up their things.

"Are we still going to drink? The exams are over so there's nothing holding us back." said Bohn while waiting for his friends to pack up.

"I'm in. There will be hot girls too." said Boss with a smirk. Mek rolled his eyes while Tee looked at him with a slightly worried face. He came to his near and whispered in his ear.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah... I'm used to this." Mek whispered back and smiled. "Okay, I'm in too."
Everyone turned to Mek at the same time with a shocked face. Mek just shrugged off. "I wanna drink."

"Are you sure?" Mek nodded again and looked at the others.

"I'm not sure I can come with you guys.."

King said while looking at his feet.

"And why is that?"

"Ram asked me to eat dinner with him."

"Oooooh I get itttt~" said Bohn with a grin.

"Oh shut up Bohn. He didn't asked me on a date or anything..." His voice got weaker in the last part. To be honest, he really wanted it to be a date.

"Aw don't be sad. Do you like him?" King thought about it for a minute and took a deep breath.

"Yep. I think I do." He smiled.

"Wait wait wait. Are you talking about that scary boy??"

"Jeez, he's not scary Boss. You just don't know him." Boss didn't reply and continued to look at the door along with the others. "Boss? I'm talking to you!" King rolled his eyes and looked at his friends. When he saw the scared expressions in their faces he frowned. "What's going on?" Tee showed the boy standing at the door while Boss slowly hid behind Mek.
King turned to face the door only to see Ram glaring at everyone. "Ai Ram!" Ram turned to the boy who was smiling at him. His face immediately relaxed and he gave a really, really tiny smile. "Are you here to pick me up?" Ram nodded while King walked to him. He suddenly stopped when he realized something. His friends and Ram looked at him when he didn't move or say anything.

"King? Are you okay?"

"How long have you been standing there?" King said and gulped while looking at Ram. Ram picked up his phone and typed something.

Since your friend was telling how scary I am.

King just nodded and put his phone in his pocket. "Ram... I know I promised to go and eat yo- uh I mean to eat with you! Food! Eat food with you!" Ram looked at him suspiciously while his friends tried not to laugh. "But it's the end of the exams and I really wanna go to drinking." After a couple of seconds of silence, Ram just nodded and turned to leave. "But we can go tomorrow! My treat!" Ram gave him a thumbs up without turning to face him and left.

"Why did you did that?" Tee looked at him confused. "I thought you liked him."

"I-I think he heard me saying it... I just panicked."

"It's okay don't worry about it too much." Boss said and placed his arm on his shoulder. "Drinking will make you feel better. Let's go!"

"Okay, let's do this!"

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"Why the fuck did I even agree to come here..?" King looked at the drunk boy who was currently dancing on the table. "Gosh... I don't even know who is dumber. Is it Boss for drinking this much, Mek for letting him drink this much, or me for coming here in the first place instead of going dinner with Ram?" King rolled his eyes while taking another sip from his drink.

"Who the fuck are you even talking with?!" King looked at Boss who just raised his voice at him.

"Did you just yelled at me?" He said while slowly getting up from his seat. He was already mad because of the dumb mistake he made. And now, this bitch was screaming at him huh? Ah hell no.

"Yeah what you gonna do??" Boss jumped down from the table but he stumbled. Mek placed his hand on his waist to hold him and stood behind him while looking at King.

"King calm down. You know him, he always says dumb things when he is drunk." He pulled Boss closer to his body when King took a step closer at him. "King.." Mek looked at him with threatening eyes. King sighed and nodded. He tilted his head a little bit and looked at Boss and his red cheeks. He was holding Meks hand which was at his waist.

"Sorry for yelling.." said Boss while pouting. His face made King smile a little.

"Uh. It's okay. You should thank your hubby too. If he was not here I would have kicked your ass."

"King..!"

"Hey, but I didn't do it, right? Calm down bro.." He jokingly hit Meks shoulder and sat down at his seat. Mek sighed and tilted his head a little bit to whisper.

"And you." Boss gulped when he felt his warm breath. "Don't cross your line." Mek let go of him, took his fully filled glass and chugged it in a second. Boss looked at him with a shocked expression because he looked really mad.

"What's going on with you?"

"Nothing." Mek filled his glass again without looking in his eyes. "You just make me exhausted. That's all." Boss frowned.

"What do you mean by that?"

"You know wh-" Tee ran up to them when Mek suddenly got up from his chair and cause it to fall.

"Mek... Calm down. You are not thinking clearly." Tee looked him in the eyes. "I know what you are feeling. Trust me. If you continue talking, this won't end well." said Tee with a low voice. He made sure no one can hear him and continue. "You can lose him. Is that what you want?" Mek gulped and rested his forehead on his.

"I don't know which one will hurt more. Losing him or continuing this...?" Tee sighed and took a step back.

"That's an answer you can only find." He sat down to his seat and continued to drink.

"I know.."  Mek looked at his friends who are looking at them with confusion. Lastly, he laid his eyes on Boss. He was looking shocked and heartbroken. "Hey sorry about th-"

"No problem." he said with a monotone voice. He took a step towards Mek and then another one. He stopped when there is only an inch between them and looked up to him. "You are right. I am just a burden." Mek frowned.

"I didn't say that." Boss sighed and places his palm on Meks cheek.

"Yeah, you didn't. But I have eyes. I see how tired and sad you are around me." He smiled sadly. "It's okay. Don't bother yourself. I am just giving you a hard time." Mek placed his hand on top of his hand.

"Boss shut up." He closed his eyes and when he opened them back, he was shocked to see tears in Bosses eyes. "You are imagining things. Don't make yourself suffer over nothing. There's nothing wrong, okay? Please don't make yourself sad like this." said Mek kindly and smiled to make him feel better. Boss smiled at him too and hugged him.

"Thank you.." Mek slowly hugged him back.

"No problem at all.." They didn't move for a couple of minutes. They just hugged and stay in silence. Even though they made up, both of them knew what Boss said was true.

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Hiiiii~ I'm back with a new episodee~ So, because there are two ships in this book, I will try to give both ships the same amount of moments together. I hope you won't get bored of it 🙏