EliseInk
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Phuwin never meant for it to happen.
Not the night.
Not the child growing inside him after.
From his so-called boyfriend who now cared more about the dust beneath his couch more than the life inside him.
He didn't even understand it fully-only that it hurt, that it wasn't love, and that somehow, he was left to carry it alone.
Then, he came.
Pond.
Not close.
Not important in his life back then.
Just a classmate, a good friend who stepped in... and never stepped out.
When everything felt like it was collapsing-his body too weak, his future slipping, his choices closing in on him-Pond became the quiet constant. He didn't ask for explanations. Didn't demand anything in return.
He just took care of him.
Gave him warmth.
Gave him space.
Gave him a future far away from everything that broke him.
And then-he let him go.
♪
Phuwin left with the child still inside him and a life Pond helped build.
Helplessly, he silently fell.
He told himself Pond deserved better than the mess he was.
♪
Three years later, he comes back.
Softer. Quieter.
No longer the boy who expected things from others.
Now... he wanted to give Pond everything.
Too much, sometimes.
He watches Pond carefully, speaks gently, stays close but never crosses a line he thinks he doesn't deserve to cross.
Because this time, he doesn't want to take.
He wants to be enough.
He wants to make Pond happy-
even if it means hurting himself,
even if it means lowering himself.
♪
But what Phuwin doesn't see- is that Pond was never waiting to be repaid.
Never needed effort.
Never needed perfection.
For him, love had always been simple.
It was Phuwin.
Before.
Then.
Now.
In every version.
In every silence.
♪
Because while Phuwin thinks he has to earn his place-
Pond has already made space for him.
Long ago.
And even after three years apart...
he never once learned how to live without him.
This story belongs to @EliseInk
Any resemblance to other stories or situations is purely coincidental.