The Mate

Chapter 10

* 3rd Person PoV *

The next time Saint opened his eyes again, he saw the familiar ceiling of the room in which he was staying, the one in MewGulfs apartment. His head gave off a weird pain, almost as if something had driven over it. What had happened earlier? The young man tried looking for the answer in his brain, but he just couldn't remember it. Earth had had this plan about bringing Professor Panich and him to meet... but what happened after it?

Saint shook his head a little, getting out of the bed and slowly walking out in the hallway and in the living room, where Mew, Gulf, Earth and kao were currently sitting and eating.

"saint!"; Earth exclaimed and jumped on his legs, rushing to his friend and hugging him tightly.

"I am so sorry what happened earlier... I really am." The other apologised, but Saint could only furrow his brows. What had happened?

The other led him to sit on the couch and gave him some water first, but something seemed off. His friends neither said anything, nor did they ask him what had happened. Well he couldn't answer that question anyway. But... why did it feel like they were waiting for something...? 

The bathroom door opened and a tall figure walked out, drying his hair with a small white towel.

"Thank you for letting me use your show..."

Saints eyes med the ones of the tall figure and it hit him like lightening. This couldn't be....

The other man just stood there, unable to move, with the white towel dropping to the floor.

"This can't be...." Saint whispered, getting up on his feet and slowly coming closer. At this point, he wasn't even able to control his body anymore,  before he knew what was happening, he was standing in front of the stranger and tears started building up in his eyes.

Carefully, the older lowered his hand, it reaching for Saints cheek and softly holding it in his hands.

"I can't believe it... how is that..." Saint whispered, but before he and the older knew it, they were already holding each other tightly in their arms, tears running down their cheeks  and their hearts flattering in their chests. Waves of happiness, joy and love flowing from one to another, finally meeting each other again and being in the arms of the person they had been longing for for years. 

No one was sure how long they just stood there hugging, until they separated themselves a tiny little bit, just to be able to look in each others eyes.

"Nong Saint... I can't tell you how happy I am ...now that I see you again", Zee whispered softly, his voice sending shiver through Saints whole body. God... If him talking normally already made saint feel this way, what would happen if...

Saint felt his cheek turn red of embarrassment for his thoughts, while Zee chuckled.

"You have your whole life to find out, " he whispered with a smile, placing a gentle kiss on Saints forehead, that made the other shiver again. 

"Your name is Zee right?" The younger asked carefully, raising his hand to let his finger touch the hair of the other. It was soft like cotton candy and ran through his fingers, a feeling Saint definitely already liked. That would maybe just become his new favourite thing to do.

"Oh right... I completely forgot to introduce myself", Zee recognised, smiling apologetic before sitting down with Saint on the couch, between his friends. The others were just silent, enjoying this whole situation too much to even utter a single word.

"My name is Zee Pruk Panich, I am 27 ... well almost 28 years old. And I am a professor for chemistry", He said friendly, not able to take his eyes off the other, just staring at him. 

God... waiting for those long two and a half years seemed like nothing, now that Saint was looking at Zee. Fate had really taken a prince from a fairy tale and just placed it in the position of his mate. Zee was tall and muscular, his eyes looked like a whole universe that Saint could loose himself in... his voice was gentle and kind but deep... and he was a professor at his age? Was there anything he wasn't capable of?

"I am a bad cook", Zee whispered with a chuckle, " but thank you for the compliments. If I am a prince from a fairy tale... then you are surely an Angel."

Gulf was sitting on the side, looking at mew and whispered: "Hey... do they hear more than we do...? It's almost as if Phi Zee can hear Saints thoughts."

"I can", Zee admitted, looking over at Gulf and giving him a smile. 

"Well... so now that you two finally met each other... what are you going to do?" Mew was curious, looking at the two of them who stared back each other. 

"Can I ask you out on a date?" Zee asked carefully, looking in Saints eyes to figure out if this would be okay for the other.

"A date???  Why would I say no? Yes please Phi", Saint said full of excitement, smiling brightly at the older and hugging him again. 

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Saint was standing nervously in front of his mirror, looking at the dark blue jeans and the white- turquoise  T-shirt that Earth and Gulf had helped picking out, checking himself again if he really looked good enough for the day.

"Maybe I should wear something else? What if he doesn't like it? Why is this so difficult..." 

He sighed and let himself fall on his bed, starring at the ceiling while trying to think. It had been three days since this evening at Mews and Gulfs apartment, where he had met Zee... and since then there had been not a single second were he thought about something other then the date they were going on in 30 minutes.

What should he wear? Should he put some aftershave or perfume on? Which colours did the other like? Should he wear one of those colours? Would it be okay if they held hands? What about a kiss? Where would they go?

His brain had felt fuzzy at this point and Saint decided to just keep laying here, until his date would show up.

Not too soon after, there was a ring on the door and he jumped up, checking himself in the mirror again before running to the front door. As calmly as possible, he tried to open the door, seeing an unbelievable handsome prince in front of it.

"Phi" he said happily, smiling at the other, who was also wearing blue jeans, with a white shirt.

"Hello nong... I think we chose matching outfits," he chuckled, giving Saint a soft kiss on the forehead and smiling.

"Come in please... I am done in a second", Saint said, opening the door and letting Zee walk in his loft, who was looking around curiously. Right when he was passing the older, he felt a hand pulling him in the others arms, a full-blown bear hug.

"I know you are worried a lot, Nong Saint... I can feel it", he softly whispered, holding the younger close. "I was worried too... what kind of places you would enjoy, how i could make nice conversations with you... if there was anything I had to be careful about. " He admitted and looked down at his Nong.

"The date is not about us planning everything in advance and wrecking our brains about how to make it perfect. For me, our date will always be perfect, no matter where we go, what we do or eat. it will be perfect because I can spend time with you, because I can look at you, listen to your sweet voice and look at you all i want. That's why whenever I will be with you, it will be perfect to me."