Their Beautiful Secret

30. The Long Lost Friend

"I love you, Oon." Kongpob said, feeling his own heart dance in excitement as he uttered those words.

Arthit cleared his throat as he looked away. He couldn't stop his heartbeat from going haywire. "I love you, too."

"And I love me."

"Brad!" Arthit exclaimed in shock. Both him and Kongpob straightened their legs after feeling like they were going to fall on their knees from the sexual tension between them.

"Hey, love birds." Brad grinned as he looked at the couple. "Good thing I saw you before anyone else did. Your pheromones are escaping."

Arthit rolled his eyes. There was no way Brad could smell their pheromones. He could sense the tension; other than that, he wouldn't be able to smell anything. "Jeez. Why are you here?"

"Well I heard a lot of bees asking where you guys are. Something about confessing and giving their gear."

Raising an eyebrow, Arthit replied, "You were eavesdropping?"

Kongpob chuckled. Gone was his worry of the other students confessing to his lover. In the past, he would get jealous of Brad; at times, he would think more unreasonably than not. These days, he had learned to think more logically of the two friends' relationship.

"Not exactly," Brad said. "I was getting a call from Beam when a few one of the first years approached me and... he got hurt." Beam is Brad's younger brother, youngest of the three.

"Really..." Arthit said with a mocking tone.

"I didn't do anything!" Brad said. "He tripped, that's all. So I took him to Doc Jung. I thought he was not coming because he's busy and all. But good thing he's here. That kid twisted his ankle when he tried to step towards me to give me his gear."

"Did you accept it?" Kongpob asked.

"Why would I?" Brad said. "I'm a free bird. I don't visit a single nest."

Kongpob's brows rose before he turned to his side and found his lover clicking his tongue. He smiled. He mused about having his own nest. He was very happy indeed.

"So you came just to tell us we're gonna get confessions?" Arthit asked Brad.

"Well, to give you a warning. That's all. We don't want anyone knowing about you if you guys are not ready. That way I don't need to shut anyone up. Less blood, you know."

"What does that mean?" Arthit asked.

"Nothing," Brad said as he turned around. "By the way, mom and dad asked me to tell you. Visit them when you can. Bring your family. See you later."

"Blood?" Kongpob asked, confused. Brad sounded serious. "What was that about?"

"It's nothing," Arthit replied. "That's just him being him. If anything, he sounded like his brother."

"Beam?" Kongpob asked.

"P'Ben." Arthit said. "So I guess we'll go visit my godparents one of these days. Let's bring Yo."

"Okay," Kongpob said as he finally sneak a hand around his lover's waist. He pulled him closer to the back of the cabin and planted a kiss on Arthit's hair.

***

Later on in the night, after dinner, Arthit went back to the room he shared with Knott. He was only there before lunch after he got caught up with a heated couple of hours with Kongpob.

"You're staying here for the night?" Knott asked, seemingly surprised which was not like him. He sat up straight on his bed and pocketed his phone.