~December 10, 2020~

A/N:

Hm. The picture in the chapter cover is from 2 Moons S1 when Tee plays Beam.

Anyway, as ForthBeam is by TaeTee, ParkLam is by SekAugust—always.

*

The week after is just the same... Beam would drop by during lunch break at Engineering Faculty food court.

He tried to take Forth to dinner, but Forth always busy with his lab reports or his boys—game, sport week.

"See? I am not joking when I said: I'm busy." Forth says.

Beam sighs. It's Thursday night already. "What will you do tonight?"

"Game night at Lam's house with the boys. We will have burger for dinner in between the games." Forth says.

Beam sighs. He has lab report to do. He has time for dinner but game night is all night long and.... He sighs again. How could they have a game night in a weekday?

"Do you want to join?" Lam offers Beam.

Beam turns to Lam. "I can't play your battle game." He says. "And I have lab report to do, due tomorrow morning." It's very hard to keep up with his study while courting. Ah, he doesn't know how Phana manages his time between study, Ming and his Moon activity.

(Ming helps him)

"You can do your report in the guestroom—we will be in the living room. There's a desk there. You can join us in between your work." Lam adds.

"Really?" Beam smiled.

Lam nods.

"I don't see the point of you doing your lab work with us tho." Park comments.

"I can tease Forth if the lab report stress me out." Beam says chuckling.

Forth huffs. "Stop this madness already. If I was not the Moon, you won't consider me as your option of the idea of having a boyfriend to be happy after Phana, Ming and P'Kongpob, right?"

Beam turns to Forth. "Owh, that? I was just need a reason or maybe excuse."

Forth frowns. "Huh?"

"I always like you differently." Beam says. "I was having a crush on you during our freshman year when you compete against Phana. Kitty teased me a lot about that. I was denying. It was not the time to questioning my sexual activity because I plan to make mysef a legend—the Casanova."

Forth is stunned. "You... had a crush on me back then?"

Park and Lam also didn't know.

Beam nods. "This...." he points at himself and Forth. "... is not one of the options. But more like... when people wants to go to the Moon, they want it but they have to build an argument why do they want it, so... oh, maybe because it was an achievement, maybe because it was a huge leaps in human history. But the truth is just because they want to go to the Moon."

Silence.

Beam smiled tenderly. "I love you." He says softly to Forth.

Forth is stunned. This is the first time since Beam courts him, he says it.

Park can't believe that Beam just....

Lam blinks.

"I just try to explain to myself, why." Beam continues. "Maybe because Pha and Kit are happy when they have lovers—I want it too. Maybe because I can't find it in a girl that I have to start looking at a boy. Maybe because I consider myself as one of the bests so I want the best too. Maybe because I see two Moons made a great couple that I want a Moon too." He pauses. "A lot of reasons. But it didn't change the fact that I simply love you."

Silence.

Beam smiled at stunned Forth. He gets up. "See you at Lam's house. I have to go. I have class at 1 o'clock."

TAP TAP TAP.

Beam had to run to catch on his class.

... leaving three stunned Engineering students.

"Did he just said that he loves me?" Forth asks his friends.

Lam nods.

Park nods. Fast.

Forth blinks.

*

Beam leans on Forth. He put his chin on Forth's shoulder.

Forth looks at his side. He blinks. "If you do that, I can't use my hands to win the game. It's hard to move." He says.

Beam smiled. "Sorry." He leans off of Forth and gets up. He brings his backpack to the guestroom and starts doing his report.

Forth looks at Beam who sits in the desk. He nearly adds because he didn't mean it to be cold but Park already yelled at him.

"Log on, Forth!!!"

Forth starts the game with the boys.

When the burger—their dinner, arrived, Forth takes one and brings it to Beam in the guest room. "Can you take a break and join us?" He points at the living room.

Beam turns to Forth. He smiled tiredly. "I think I'll have it here. This report is going nowhere." He takes the burger fron Forth's hand.

"Maybe you shouldn't do it here." Forth says.

Beam chuckled sadly. "Ah, yeah...."

"Ah. I mean, maybe you should do it with Pha or Kit so you can discuss it." Forth hurriedly says. "I mean, my brain doesn't even worth much in my own Faculty, moreover in Med. And I think we were too loud so it might hard for you to concentrate."

Beam smiled. "Aww, you starts to soften."

Forth is startled. He shakes his head nervously.

Beam chuckled. He bites the burger. "If you guys like burger, try Morning Mama instead of this junk food." He comments.

Forth nods.

Silence as Beam starts eating while reading his book.

"I... will be with the boys outside." Forth says.

Beam turns to Forth. He smiled and nods.

*

Beam closed his books at 11 PM. He put it back to his backpack and walks to the living room where Forth are playing with the boys.

Beam saw Forth is close to win. He smiled and leans closer without touching him. "I'll go home, wolfie. See you tomorrow."

"Ah. Yeah. Bye, Beam. See you!" Forth replies without averting his attention from his laptop.

(If you a gamer, you will know that this is normal—to put your game above your love while playing. LOL. My husband and I will kill each other if we play a game as enemies)

***

"I will join Forth at the bar tonight. Wanna come?" Beam asks Phana and Kit.

Kit shakes his head. "With the boys too, right? Not now. Maybe 2.000 years later. Or when he already your boyfriend."

Phana shakes his head too. "I am sorry, I've been very busy and I have plan with Ming to compensate my absense. Besides, are you sure it's a good idea to join him at the bar? I remember he was such a big flirt. You might hurt yourself."

Beam laughs. "Maybe that, or maybe I can stop him from doing that."

"Good luck." Phana taps on Beam's shoulder.

*

Phana was right, maybe. Forth looks at the dance floor and swipes the entire bar. Maybe he tried to find someone interesting.

Beam smiled at himself. Yeah. Can't blame Forth. He used to do that too. Swipe the bar with his eyes—if he catched someone hot, he'll wink at them and let them walk closer to him.

Beam gets up from the couch where he sits with Forth and his friends—Park and Lam. "The beer is running out. I'll get it from the bar. It's faster." He says and then walks to the bar.

"Hi, Beam." A hot girl greets him. She sits in the barstool. "Care for a ride?"

Beam chuckled. He shakes his head. "No. Sorry. I just want to grab some beers."

She looks at Beam closely. "Rumor has it... was it true that you are courting Forth?"

Beam smiled.

The girl blinks. "He's an ass, Beam."

Beam laughs. "Not really. He's actually a kind person, you know. He always helps and protects his friends."

"Then stay it that way. Just friends." She says in worry. "I don't want you to get hurt."

Beam smiled at the girl. "I'm a man." He winks at her. "I'm strong."

"Yeah. I can see that on bed." She chuckled. "But this...? I don't know, Beam. If it was Pha, I wouldn't worry."

Beam laughs. "Pha? Haha. Crazy."

"Or Lam." She says while winking back at Beam.

"Hmm...." Beam squints his eyes. "That's a better idea than Pha. He's single and not my childhood friend."

The girl nearly says something but she turns to behind Beam. She can see Forth is approaching them.

"What took you so long?" Forth asks.

Beam turns to his side. The bartender already put four beers on the counter. "Nothing... just chatting...."

Forth takes the beers from the counter. "The boys are waiting for the drinks." He says as he walks away with the beers. He thought Beam said he is going to get the beers, but then he saw him winked at the girl and the girl winked back at him.

"Owh. Yeah." Beam follows Forth. He flashes a smile to the girl as goodbye.

At Forth's table, Beam sighs not long after. It's unlikely Forth will put his whole attention to Beam. His eyes wander at the whole bar.

Beam gets up. "It's late. I should have my leave before any of you left me to have a 'private fun'." He says and then he walks away, leaving.

Forth just blinks. He saw as Beam's back disappear on the exit door.

Park is looking at a hot girl in the dance floor who starts to seduce Park with her dance. Park grins at her but yet to make a move.

Lam saw it. He sighs. He gets up too.

"Where are you going?" Park asks.

Lam shrugs. "I will check on Beam." He says. "He looked hurt because apparently Forth was right, he doesn't have a heart."

Forth just blinks. He doesn't retort or agree.

Park blinks. "What do you mean you will check on Beam?"

Lam waves at Park and ignores Forth.

Not long after, Park and Forth are still sitting on the bar—just drink together and chat about anything, when both their phone blips.

A picture from Beam.

It's Lam on Beam's bed.

Lam's eyes are closed, his lips are parted and both his wrists are above his head while Beam's hand pins on it against the pillow.

Beam smirks to the camera on that picture and a text message follows after.

"He came to me. He's handsome, by the way...."

***

A/N:

'Eat' him, Beam.

Picture below is Tee with August or we can say... Beam and Lam.