strawberries and cigarettes → bounprem

eight

『closer』

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three days passed after the party and three days since he'd seen prem in maid outfit and he's already missing the boy. boun had been very busy helping dean with the club, well he was a former member of the swimming club but he quit when he was in third year because he found his passion in painting and that swimming was just another hobby for him but nonetheless he still helps dean run the club from time to time.

it was currently ten fifty pm when boun entered the convinent store to get another pack of ciggarettes but that's just one of the reasons he's there.

the bell chimed signaling a customer has entered snapping prem from his light sleep. he rubbed his eyes and yawned and boun stole a glance at the younger and found the whole thing adorable, he chuckled to himself then searched the rack of ciggarettes but he didn't find the brand he use so with a sigh he made his way to prem whose playing with his phone trying to pass the time. boun held the two strawberry flavored juicebox on both of his hands.

"hey, do you still have that brand of ciggarettes i always buy? i can't find any on the isle" boun said while putting the juicebox infront of prem.

"oh right! i-i forgot to check those earlier... uhm hang on i'll go check the stock room!" prem said and hurriedly ran to the said room. he was still not ready to face the older after their encounter in the party, and the image of the girl and boun still lingered on his mind and that's one of the reason he couldn't focus on his work. 'ugh! why am i even thinking about that shit?! why do i even bother?' with a sigh he searched the boxes for the ciggarettes the older was asking for.

moments later the younger was still there and boun grew impatient so he followed prem in the stock room

"hey strawberry, what's taking so long?" boun said while slowly closing the door behind him.

"wait! don't close the door-"

too late, boun already closed it with a slight thud. "why? i can just open it-" he tried twisting the knob of the door and pushing it but his attempt failed miserably.

"it can only be open on the outside..." prem said and groaned sitting on the floor with his knees to his chest. "oh shit, why?!" boun said a hint of panick in his voice.

"the lock is broken...i forgot to tell my boss last monday before i started my shift..." prem silently cursed himself because it's already wednesday and knowing manaow, she wouldn't know that the lock is broken during her shift because she doesn't go inside the stock room because as she said "why bother?"

he started chewing his bottom lip, a habit he does whenever he's nervous. boun noticed this and sighed. he walked towards the younger and crouched down infront of prem with a small smile on his face, it wasn't his infamous smirk or his annoying grin (said prem) it's a genuine smile that made prem's heart skip a few beats and he swore that this man will be the cause of his death one day.

prem sighed but then remembered raven, the ebony haired boy who'll shift with him at twelve pm. prem exhaled and mentally slap boun for following him but of course he could not blame the older, he was taking too much time, looking for a pack of ciggarette, boun wasn't a fan of patience.

"hey, don't worry about it we're gonna get out of here. we just need to wait." boun said then checked his wrist watch it was already eleven pm. "just a few more minutes then we can get outta here." he then sat beside prem.

"yeah and by then the whole store already got robbed, my boss will flip and i'll lose my job and my parets are gonna kill me!!" prem said in panic and put his hand on the bridge if his nose with his eyebrows knitted.

boun chuckled at the sight of the younger."relax, you're overreacting a little...." though boun was also a bit worried for the younger he just didn't show it, he thought of ways to distract the panicking boy beside him so with a sigh he asked the boy "so...tell me why you're so worried about your parents, you live alone right, strawberry?" prem snorted at the endearment but deep inside the butterflies come to life in his tummy.

prem chuckled a bit before answering. "why would i? we're already stuck here and you're asking about that?"

"that's the point strawberry, we're stuck here and im bored so tell me a little something about you..." boun leaned closer to prem's ear and with his deep melodic voice he whispered "im curious..." it sent shivers to prem's spine and for a second there he forgot how to breath, and the fact that their faces was just inches from each other made his face flush. he could feel boun's minty breath fanning his red cheeks, his breath hitched and his mind foggy.

boun stared at the champagne colored eyes of prem and boun swore he could get drunk in those beautiful eyes that reflected his own, boun felt like he was being hypnotized by the younger's eyes and the way prem would bite his lower lip made boun just want to do the same.

prem snapped out of the trance they were in and cleared his throat, he looked down while fidgeting with his hands. "m-my parents wanted me to be independent and buy my own things without them giving me money and stuff..." he said and buried his still flushed face in his hands, he hated himself for obliging what boun wanted to know, there was something in the older's voice that made him answer.

the action made boun chuckle and put his arms around prem.
the younger just scowled at boun but didn't move away from the older, he didn't know why though. 'fuck my life!' prem cursed in his mind.

"so p'boun...what about you? i remembered you got suspended right? what happened?" prem trying to turn the topic on boun because he did not like having the spotlight all to himself, he's not really a good talker but he was a curious cat indeed.

"me? well there's really nothing interesting about my life."