If You Ever Leave Me, Baby (Leave Some Morphine At My Door)

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a/n: This chapter was partially written in June then in September and today. It is quite a short chapter. Sorry to have kept everyone waiting.

Funny that both 2gether and Still2gether have stopped airing and yet, I haven't managed to finish writing this.

Without further delay!

[Not proofread. Hehe.]

It is sort of a natural progression. Tine arrives at the pub late. He has been working up his nerves to try and seduce Sarawat. He laughs, too embarrassed even thinking about it. 

Thun pulls the car in the pub's driveway and says, "Here we are."

"Ai'Wat will be blown away looking at you," Earn chirps from the backseat and gives him the thumbs up. 

Earlier that day, Pear and Earn had taken him to a mall to buy clothes, so that he could put on something different and catch Sarawat's eyes in a different way. 

He'd laugh at his stupidity had he not been so nervous and worried. What if Sarawat said no?

While they had been trying out different clothes, they had run into Thun to whom Earn had said a simple 'He wants to impress Sarawat' and that's how the other Law student had joined them and they went around different stores, looking for something impressive.

Tine already is in the habit of dressing up quite well so he didn't understand what else he could do. Before he could have talked himself out of it, Pear pointed out the store they were standing opposite off and asked if he'd like to try the outfit on display.

Earn had kept giggling, pointing out her own suggestions, each choice a bit more scandalous than the previous one till Thun said,

"You think a simple option is the best?" He had been facing the glass wall.

"Who are you talking to?" Tine had asked.

"Uh ... Thinking aloud."

" ... Okay ..."

Thun was weird like that sometimes; talking to himself randomly.

In the end, they'd decided to go for 'simple.' In this case, it meant a pair of black skinny jeans, a peach coloured top that Earn argued he should buy despite the fact that it barely reached the top of his jean's waistline and a black leather jacket that was a snug fit.

All in all, nothing drastic. Once the clothes were bought, they stopped at Shabu Shabu. The others dug into their food happily while Tine was doing his best to rein his nerves in. 

After that, he went and changed in the washroom. Thun fixed his hair and they had left in Thun's car straight for the pub where everyone else was. Including, Sarawat.

*

Sarawat is unhappy is an understatement. Tine arrives at the pub late and with Pear. Now, Tine's other classmates are here too but still. His boyfriend had been gone the entire day hanging out with 'friends.' So that had been Pear?

He has already had three rounds of beer. 

He is upset but not enough that when Tine smiles as soon as he spots Sarawat, the former's anger sort of qwells. Tine is dressed nicely as always. Man empties the seat and wedges himself between Boss and Ohm on the other side.

Tine walks straight upto him, eyes only on him.

"Hey," Tine says and sits on the seat previously occupied by Man.

"You're late."

Tine's eyes widen. "Oh... I'm sorry?" He looks shifty.

"So the friends you were hanging out with earlier was just her?"