Not so innocent (RamKing)

Chapter 7

Panting they lay next to each other with King's leg over Ram's, holding hands and trying to breath calmly. When they manage to calm down they slowly get up and start walking towards the bathroom at the same time.

Ram stops saying: "You can shower first. I'll clean up and go second." "Or... We could maybe shower together? So I can help you clean..." King's cheeks are burning red which makes Ram smile.

"Sure. But just shower. We need to eat then." As they step into the shower he seductively adds: "Or should I just eat you?" Which earns him a slap on the shoulder.

After the 'just shower' (with lots of kissing) they change the sheets and dress nicely. They leave the house and find the nearest sushi place. Why sushi? Cause Ram likes it.

They barely talk. Ram's too busy with the food while King on the other hand is the speechless one. He's deep in his thoughts wondering whether he should tell Ram about his work or is it still too soon.

Would knowing push him away? Or would he stay regardless of the danger he'd be put into?

His thinking takes away his possibility of choice. While he's still lost in his thought Ram has taken him back to his (King's) dorm cause he has to meet his friedn.

When they stand in front of his room King freezes. "You... you can go back... No need to wait for me..." he stutters. Ram looks at him with hurt in his eyes. "So you don't want me to meet your friend?"

King sees what he's done and gives up, knowing, he'll regret it later. "I didn't mean that. I just thought you wouldn't like to be here..." He starts stepping from one feet to another nervously which scares Ram.

"P'? Are you okay? What's wrong? Talk to me..." "I can't yet... Just please, promise me that if you stay you will under no circumstance call the police. Please." Ram looks confused but nodds anyway.

Soon the friend (named Ming) arrives. Ram notices he looks way older than King and also has a lot of pretty scary tattoos.

"Who's that?" Ming asks King annoyed and he almost whispers: "My boyfriend..." Ming starts giving him a speech in lines of: "Are you crazy? What if he speaks? What if he calls the police? Hell what if he wants to be part of it? I told you I won't take anyone else that's still in school!"

King sighs. "Stop. He won't want in. He's too good for that. He also won't snitch, he promised. Now, can we just get to business and stop with this?"

It's the first time for Ram to see this determined and frankly scary side of King. Somehow he doesn't even really listen to what they're talking about, he just admires this new King.

"Promised? You gotta ba kidding me. But hey if you trust him, you deal with him when this goes wrong..." he gives up and drops the duffel bag he was holding the entire time.

"So. There's as much white stuff as always; for one month for the regulars, few extras for new buyers and a package for you. Besides that, there's a bigger packet in there which you'll deliver to where I say, when I call. Don't ask, it's not any more legal than usually.

Now. My 70% of last month?" King nodds and goes to his bedroom. He returns with a similair but smaller duffel bag and hands it over. "Here. You can count if you want to."

Ming just smiles. "Well you didn't screw me over yet, if you do, I'll be back next week anyway, I guess I'll just have to come with a gun then."

They both laugh and than Ming leaves. King sighs in relief then he remembers Ram's here. He looks at him nervous and scared. But Ram isn't angry or trying to call the police, he looks somewhat in a trance.

"Ram? Ram? You okay?" He just nodds, shakes his head and finally comes to. He looks at King surprised and confused. "Explain, will you?" King nodds and starts talking.

"When I was 15 my dad died and my older brother had to take care of me and my sick mother who died a year later. He was still in college so he hadn't had much time for another side job (besides the one he had to pay for his educating).

He got desperate so he found a dealer and started selling for him. Last year he screwed up and fell in debt. He escaped the country. The guy he worked for - P'Ming - came to find me do I'd pay him back.

Needless to say I didn't exactly have a million so he offered to forget our debt if I work for him. So I agreed. About a year and I earned him enough so I could stop. But I didn't. I need the money. Also I won't mess up and therefore I can stop whenever I want to. If I want to..."

He stops and looks at Ram who was staring at him the entire time with his mouth opened wide. He closes his mouth and huggs King tight.

"I'm so sorry about your parents. Also your brother..." King's surprised at first but when they break the hug he says: "Why my brother?" "Well you can't see him if he's out of the country, making you alone here..."

"Not exactly... He did run away but he also came back. Kind of... I mean, he's back here just that nobody knows it." Ram looked at him confused again. "He lives on the other side of town. I visit him once a month to give him the packet that Ming gives for me. He sells it in smaller packings and earns enough to get through the month."

Ram nodds and asks: "Wait, so you get the extra for free?" King laughs lightly.  "Not really. I have to pay for it. So Ming just now took his 70% +money for the extra." Ram nodds and wants to ask if his brother gives back the money but he felt like he knew the answer...