"I never wanted to be your enemy, Pond. I just wanted to be the person you could rest against. The one who made things easier." "Then why didn't you tell me? Why did you let it get this far?" "And maybe you shouldn't have doubted me before everything came down," Five years ago, Pond and Phuwin stood face to face-hearts full of unspoken feelings, just seconds away from something more. But before they could cross the line from friendship to love, Phuwin disappeared without a word, leaving Pond with silence... and a shattered heart. Now he's back. But they're no longer just two boys with a past-they're the center of a shocking arranged marriage neither of them saw coming. The air between them is heavier than ever-thick with tension, buried wounds, and feelings that never died. Can they survive the secrets, family pressure, and years of heartbreak long enough to find the truth? Or will their second chance slip through their fingers... just like the first? --- ⚠️ This story contains: Mpreg Heavy smut 🔞🫶🏻 Angst Slow-burn, high-stakes romance Side couples: Joong x Dunk & Gemini x Fourth 💬 This is my first story - thank you for reading & supporting! 🫶 #1- menlovemen 28/06/25, 11/08/25 #1- GeminiFourth 13/08/25 #8- b×b 06/07/25 #5-PondPhuwin 06/09/25

Phuwin Tang doesn't believe in love-but he does believe in leverage. So when his father tries to marry him off to the one person he swore he'd never go back to, Phuwin does the only thing he's good at- He finds something better. Something stronger. Something ruinous. A video. And at the center of it? Pond Naravit. Powerful. Untouchable. Dangerous. And the one man who has hated him for years. So Phuwin makes him a deal. A marriage for silence. A ring in exchange for ruin. It should've been simple. Fake smiles. Separate lives. No feelings. Except nothing about Pond is simple. Not the way he looks at Phuwin like he already knows every weakness. Not the way he refuses to touch him when it matters- and chooses someone else instead. Not the way their fights feel a little too close to something else. Something sharper. Hotter. Harder to ignore. Because somewhere between blackmail and champagne toasts- between quiet nights and unspoken claims- the line between enemies and something far more dangerous begins to blur. And when the truth finally surfaces... It won't just destroy their marriage. It might destroy them.

They met when they were fourteen. A mischievous boy and a calm golden boy who somehow changed his world. What started as teasing, shared chocolates, and quiet corridor glances slowly turned into something neither of them could escape. Years passed, promises were made, and their lives moved forward. But life has a strange way of rewriting love stories. When Pond and Phuwin meet again years later, something between them feels painfully familiar... yet distant at the same time. Because sometimes the heart remembers what the mind refuses to.

- "Rivals on the court. Temptation off it." ------------------------------------------------- Phuwin plays with precision-every pass calculated, every shot clean. He's the rising star with ice in his veins and no time for distractions. Especially not the kind that smirks like trouble and moves like temptation. Pond is chaos in motion. A playboy with a killer crossover and a reputation for breaking hearts off the court. He's cocky, unpredictable, and maddeningly good at getting under Phuwin's skin. They're rivals-always have been. On the court, they clash like thunder and lightning. Off the court, the tension simmers, sharp and electric. Phuwin swears no one can make him lose control. Pond swears he's not chasing anything serious. But when rivalry turns into something hotter, heavier, and far more dangerous than either of them expected, they're forced to confront the truth: Some games aren't meant to be won. Some hearts aren't meant to stay guarded. And sometimes, the person you're trying hardest to beat... is the one you're falling hardest for. ---

"Thirty is coming. So is the question they never answered. One promise. One year. One chance to choose." At twenty-two, it was supposed to be a joke. A half-laugh, a careless promise made on an ordinary night: If we're still single at thirty, we'll try. No rules. No pressure. No expectations. They never spoke of it again. Seven years later, Pond and Phuwin are adults in every way that matters-steady jobs, separate lives, carefully built routines. They are still best friends. Still each other's constant. Still the first person the other thinks of, even when they pretend not to. When circumstances force them back into the same space, old familiarity turns dangerous. Shared mornings feel too intimate. Soft touches linger too long. Conversations circle around everything they refuse to name. And somewhere between now and thirty, the promise resurfaces-not as a joke, but as a question neither of them knows how to answer. Because this isn't about falling in love. It's about admitting they already did-and deciding whether they're brave enough to risk the one thing they've never lost. Set in the quiet tension of adulthood, Somewhere Before Forever is a slow-burn friends-to-lovers story about timing, restraint, and the kind of love that waits patiently... until it can't anymore.

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"When Phuwin gets invited to spend his holiday at his best friend's house, already excited thinking about the days ahead and the gigantic pool, nothing seems to go according to the plan as secrets unfold and risky teasing banter starts having an impact on everything around him..." Or: Phuwin flirts with his best friend's brother, which leads to more and more issues. GUILTY +16 > summer romance, smut, (light) angst ©PHUMEOWW's original work.