IN THE MATTER OF MONTHS

3. Still breathtakingly beautiful

Another week passed, Sarawat started working till ungodly hours just so he could avoid being alone in his apartment, the nagging sensation of guilt runs all over his soul the minute he lets his mind wander to the past, losing himself over those memories agim was not something he had planned but Type's unfair accusations had triggered them and they were very hard to suppress. He did not understand the regret he was feeling these days, it was suffocating and he already had enough on his plate. years have passed from the day he graduated, he should move on from whatever lingering memories he had.

Your past, it could be your undoing, sucking you in like a blackhole, showing you all the things that you loved and lost, it makes you smile reminiscing the old memories but then you realise that you could never actually live those moments again, you start losing touch to your present and the past traps you. It was easy, It had happened to Sarawat once or twice,and although staying in there was pleasing, coming back to his reality would be painful every time. He had spent days just staring at the ceiling without doing anything of much significance. He did not want the repetitions of those days so he had opted to give all his attention to his work.

At least , that was something he truly enjoyed.

"You need to get out of the office, khun Wat, you are falling off your chair" Wat's assistant suggests, she had been worried for the past few days about her boss, Sarawat had been drowning himself in his work to the point of complete exhaustion and Moe was worried he will fall sick because of the strenuous schedule.

"You are right N'Moe, i should head back home, maybe you could ask P'Pat to drop me off in the company car, I don't think i am in the right mind to drive back home." sarawat mumbles, he rubs his tired eyes and stretches his stiff muscles, maybe, he overdid it a little. He felt sore all over his body and his eyes felt like there was sand in the lids, it burned to even close them for a minute.

yep, definitely overdid it.

His father's chauffeur came to his office to pick him up, Pat had known Sarawat for a long time now, having joined his old man when Wat was a kid in high school, Pat had basically seen him becoming this white collar responsible man from an unruly child, the younger had always stood on his own feet, he was not very fond of asking people for help, and whenever he did, it was when he was in dire need, hence, he knew that the young Gunthithanon had overworked himself again probably and he was not in the state of driving himself. And he was right, when Pat reached the man's office Wat could barely stand on his own two feet, he rushed to his side and supported him to the car he drove him straight home, stopping only by a congee stall to buy a serving for Sarawat, since, he knew the younger had definitely avoided dinner.

" Thanks, P'Pat, I will just eat the congee and sleep, it will make me feel better" wat said to the man who was almost his Father's age, at times he had been more of a father than his biological one. He knew that Pat's schedule was tight due to his father, the chairman was a very impatient man, and he had a habit of lashing out when he was forced to wait for anyone.Pat must himself be very tired, Sarawat wanted him to go home to his family.

"It's good that tomorrow is Sunday, I will come around to check on you," Pat said tenderly while helping Sarawat to couch and walk to the kitchen to get a bowl for his dinner, bringing a bottle of water along and serving Sarawat.

"You don't need to, I wil give you a call in the morning. I am sorry for the trouble, P'Pat" Sarawat smiled politely

" we can't have this formal small talk every time I do this Ai'Wat" Sarawat stared at the cheeky man and narrowed his eyes, years of seeing him in awful conditions had made Pat a friend. Sarawat was glad that he could count on him in the times of trouble, apart from his two best friends, whom he hasn't seen for quite a while now.