"Come on phi, let's go"Kong says, grabbing his boyfriend's arm before entering their favorite restaurant. "Why are you so happy today, really?" Arthit asked, letting the younger male lead him inside the restaurant and sitting on a table farthest away from the crowd. "Nothing, it's just been so long since our last date"Kong answers and Arthit nodded, it really was. Kong was his faculty's head hazer and Arthit was working now, so their schedules just don't match up anymore. But today both of them just so happened to be free, so they took it as a chance to finally go out on a date again.

"Hello N'Khongpob and N'Arthit! We missed you, the usual?"Jae Sunny, who they've gotten used to calling simply 'jae' mused as she made her way to her favorite costumers, she was a huge BL fan and this couple just so happened to be her favorite. She lives and breathes to see their moments, and she was not ashamed to say that out loud. "Yes please"Kong says and she smiles before walking away again and she told one of their chef's the usual order. "I missed this place"Arthit says. "I missed the person I go to this place with"Kong blurted out, thankfully Arthit didn't mind as he was looking around

"There's so may people today"Arthit says, looking around at the jam-packed restaurant that was filled by mostly students. "I know right, thankfully we still have a table to sit at"Kong added. They sat quietly for a while until one of Kong's juniors, N'Khaofang was her name, approached the both of them. "Sawahtdee kha P'Kong"She greeted and Kong smiled at her. "Aw, N'Khaofang! What a surprise to see you here" Kong says. "Yes, my friends and I are here to study. I saw you and decided to come by and greet"She answers shyly as he smiled at her senior. Arthit, particularly hated these kind of smiles. The smiles being sent to his boyfriend by other people in an innocent looking but flirty kind of way

"Sawahtdee kha P'Arthit, I didn't know you and P'Kong were close friends"She says and Arthit mentally rolled his eyes at her before forcing the most genuine-looking smile he could muster. "Yeah, we also wanted to unwind a little"He answered. "Anyway P'Kong,I know you're here to rest but my friends and I are kinda stuck on an equation we need help with. That's if you don't mind?"She asked and obviously, being the sweet gentleman he was, Kong nodded. "Yeah sure, P'Arthit this will only take a minute"Kong says, smiling at Arthit before following his junior to their table

"I didn't know tutoring the juniors off-campus is part of the head hazer's role"Arthit says, rolling his eyes as he watched them. He shook his head before directing his attention to his phone instead. He opened his facebook and decided to check the university's page, then immediately wished he hadn't. The #1 trending hashtag was #PhiNong and under it were photos of Kong and Khaofang. Arthit scrolled through each of them and realized this wasn't the first time Khaofang had asked for help, but this was the first time she asked off-campus. Then there was a video. Arthit clicked on it and again, wished he hadn't.

It was a video of Khaofang and Kong, it seemed like Kong was teaching her as there was an open book and he was wearing his specs. Kong was teaching Khaofang and writing down notes on a piece of paper but Khaofang was intrested in something else. She was staring at Kong with almost visible heart-eyes. She only stopped staring when Kong faced her again and asked her if she understood. Arthit groaned at how clueless his boyfriend can be when people start flirting with him, then he read some comments

user1543: They are so cute! Could they actually be dating?

user1778: P'Kong always has a soft spot for Khaofang! I'm so jealous >

user1294: I heard there was this one time P'Kong was studying for the midterm exam, he looked so stressed but when Khaofang asked if she could sit with him as all the other tables were full he looked so happy!

user1382 relied to user1294: I heard he also helped her study!

user1693: P'Kong always says yes when it's Khaofang that asks, no matter how visibly tired he is

Arthit grew frustrated upon reading the comment, but his frustration grew worse and worse as he read another comment and a reply to it.

user1424: But doesn't he have this thing with P'Arthit?

user1932 replied to user1424: I don't think so, but they seem like they're just friends.

Arthit groaned as he looked up from his phone to the direction of his boyfriend just in time to see him laughing with them. Kong was having way too much of a good time to remember his date.

"Just friends huh??"

'Well, "just friends" don't steal secret glances at each other

"just friends" don't get jealous when the other one talks about someone else

"just friends" don't get butterflies from each other

"just friends" don't hold each other the way he and Kong do.

"just friends"? yeah right

Thoughts started running in Arthit's mind but he shakes them off later. "He's just doing his duty as a head hazer, things were different back then when it was your time"Arthit tells himself. Later on Jae Sunny had brought him their food, she always insisted on being the one catering to them. "Aw, Where's N'Kong?"She asked adn Arthit simply pointed to the direction of Khaofang's table. "Oh, hazer duties I see?"She says. "Seems like flirting to me"Arthit murmurs, just loud enough for Sunny to hear. "Meh, is someone jealous?"She teased and Arthit nodded, there was no point in lying, specially to Jae Sunny as she can easily see through people. And to her, Arthit was an open book.

Arthit tells her the reason for his jealousy and she smiles at how cute Arthit is when he actually shows some emotion. "But don't you trust him?"She asked. "I do, this just wasn't the first time he's seen with her. And I get how naive he can be specially when people flirt with him, just because they think he's single"Arthit answers. "And do they know he isn't?Like, has he told everyone?"She asked and Arthit shook his head. "I told him not to"He answers. "So don't you think you have a fault in this too?"She asked, Arthit jerks his head to the side in confusion and furrowed his eyebrows

"I mean, how are they supposed to know he isn't single if you tell him not to?"Sunny says. "I've seen the both of you around and you reject any kind of skinship from him, when he shows affection especially in public you get mad at him."She continues, Arthit slowly understood the point she was making. "I know I'm in no position to tell you this but I see it in his eyes Arthit, he gets hurt. He wants to be able to show you the same affection other people show their lover even in public. That's how he is, he openly shows affection to the people he loves and to you? He just wants to be able to shower you with love"Sunny finishes.

"But jae, it's not just the both of us in this world. What would other people think?"Arthit argues. "Arthit, to hell with what other people think! The relationship you have with Kong is between you and him, not other people."Sunny answers. She was agitated that Arthit cared about what other people would say. "I know that jae, but it's not for me, it's for him. He is a hazer so he has a reputation to uphold, if people find out that he's with me he would face big problems and dont forget, loss of respect"Arthit answers.

"Look Arthit, knowing Kong he wouldn't care what other people would say about his love for you. He loves you, and that's all that matters to him. Shouldn't you feel the same way?"Sunny says, leaving Arthit alone as he pondered on what she said. He knew he was way too concerned about what other people would think to realize the person he cared the most about was hurting. "P'Arthit?"Kong's voice brought Arthit back to reality and he smiles at him. "Anything wrong?"Kong asked and Arthit shook his head. "Let's eat"Arthit says. Arthit takes an oishi apple honey flavored drink before opening it and giving it to Kong.

"Here, drink"Arthit says. Kong takes the bottle and his eyebrows met as he takes a sip from the bottle. He watched as the older male slice his meat before seasoning it. 'He's being suspicious' Kong thought. "Do you want sauce? I can go get it for you"Arthit asks and Kong simply looks at him. "What?"Arthit asks. "It's weird that you're spoiling me today"Kong says and Arthit laughs awkwardly. "What? of course not"He answers. "Just eat phi"Kong says, and they both began eating their food in silence. Then Prae and a girl walked in the restaurant, noticing Kong.

"Aw, Ai Kong! P'Arthit"Prae says as she greets the 2 men. "Aw, Prae. Who's this?"Kong asked, politely gesturing to the girl beside her. "I'm Lin..Prae's um.."She hesitated for a minute and faced Prae. "Can I tell them?"She asked, at that minute Kong had a hunch he knew what she was to Prae. "Yeah, why do you have to ask me?"Prae says and Lin smiles before facing Kong and Arthit again. "I'm Prae's girlfriend" She answers proudly and Kong smiled, yep he was right. "She's beautiful Prae, got yourself someone as beautiful huh? Pretty girls really do stick together" Kong comments and both of them laugh

"I know right? And get this, her name is also Praepailin. Isn't that crazy?"Prae says. "That's called destiny"Kong answers. "Well, we'll be out of your hair then. Bye Kong, P'Arthit"Prae says, holding Lin's hand as they walked to their table that was just across them actually. "They're cute huh?"Kong says, watching as Prae tied Lin's hair for her and Lin rewarded her with a cheek kiss. Kong wished they could be like that in public but he knows better than to push Arthit. "They can really do that in public, that's some bravery right there"Arthit says but Kong shakes his head.

"It's just because they don't care what other people tell think about their relationship and they're proud of it, that's why they can do that in public"Kong says, taking a bite off his food.

Arthit watched him and frowned, you really can see the sadness in his eyes. But what was he supposed to do? Arthit pierces the meat with his fork and dips it in the gravy before eating it. A drop of the gravy had retained on the corner of Arthit's mouth, but only Kong had noticed it. "Phi, um you have gravy at the corner of your lips"Kong says and Arthit looks at him. "Oh really? Can you wipe it off?"Arthit asks, taking Kong by surprise. Arthit never allowed skinship in public, what if this was a trap? A lot of thoughts ran through Kong's head but he decided to take the opportunity anyway. "Sure"Kong says, taking a napkin and wiping the gravy off Arthit's lips.

"Thank you"Arthit smiles, pecking Kong's cheek before silently eating his food, feeling a little proud of himself. He turned to look at Kong, who's eyes were still wide and his draw had dropped in surprise. That was the first time Arthit had initiated...well anything! Kong was shocked as Arthit would usually snap at him for doing what he just did earlier, but letiting him do it and then peck his cheek? "Okay, something's up. What's wrong?"He asked, not able to hold back anymore.

"What do you mean? Nothing's wrong"Arthit says, feigning innocence as he takes another bite off his food. "Who are you and what have you done to my P'Arthit?"Kong asked, Arthit swallowed his food before smiling. "Nothing. Seriously Kong you're acting like you hate it"Arthit says and it was Kong's turn to smile. "Well you're right, I don't hate it. It's just that you've never done anything like this"Kong admitted. "Well, let's just say I realized I've never given you that reward for being my boyfriend"Arthit started with Kong, listening intently. "And I thought why not let you do what you want the entire day?"Arthit says, chuckling when he sees the other's grin from ear to ear

"Really? So you mean I can do this?"Kong says, kissing Arthit's cheek. "Yes. I said "anything" right? Don't push it"Arthit says and Kong's smile could literally reach the heavens at this point. "So I can show you how much I love you the entire day?"Kong clarified and Arthit once again nodded. "Then today's going to be the best day ever..next to the day I met you and the day you became my boyfriend ofcourse"Kong says as they continued eating. After eating, Kong had once again insisted on paying while Arthit once again was forced to let him do so. They exited the restaurant with such big smiles on their faces. "Where to now?"Arthit asked. "I was thinking of a walk in the park? If that's okay with you"Kong suggests and Arthit nodded.

Kong smiled before intertwining their hands together as they walked to the park. Kong was so happy his P'Arthit had finally let him hold his hand in public while Arthit on the other hand was blushing like crazy, well he's not used to it so give him a break. Once they arrived at the park they simply strolled down together, admiring the number of children playing with their friends and pets at the free ground. While walking, Kong had spotted one of the pinkilk vendors they had at the university and walked over to him. "2 please"He says giving the man the money, after pocketing the money the vendor had given them the pinkmilk so they walked away-still holding hands the entire time.

Once they reached a free area farthest away from where the crowd was, they had stopped and sat on the grass, only then did they let go of each other's hands. "Just being able to hold your hand in public makes me so happy Phi"Kong confessed and Arthit simply chuckled before resting his head on his boyfriend's shoulder as he takes a sip of his favorite drink. "I love you P'Ai-oon"Kong says, ever so lovingly as he swept away the loose strands of hair off Arthit's face, chuckling when he saw it was tomato red from the blush.

"Just because I'm letting you do it doesn't mean you have to be so mushy"Arthit complained but Kong only laughed at him. The younger was genuinely happy to finally be able to show the older some affection in public, even if it only lasted for a day. "I'm just going all out today as I probably won't be getting a reward like this for a while"He says. "Seriously why do you keep asking for rewards?"Arthit questioned because whenever Kong had done something great, like aced a test, he would come up to Arthit and ask for a reward which the latter always gave in the form of cheek or lip kisses or by simply praising him the former would already be so happy.

"Because it's the only way for you to initiate atleast SOME affection, it helps me know you still love me because you don't say it alot"Kong says. "I love you"Arthit says, shocking Kong. "Saying it or not, I love you anyway"Arthit reminds him. These were the exact words he'd said when Kong had told him he wished for Arthit to tell him he loves him everyday, but still the former had insisted that saying it makes a big impact. Those 3 words for Kong,especially if Arthit is the one who tells him that, makes him feel so....loved. Loved in a way only his boyfriend can make him feel.

A while later a cute little dog had made its way to the couple, jumping at Arthit more happily than dangerously. The dog began licking his face non-stop, it had only stopped when the owner began calling it. When the dog had stopped licking Arthit, he had wiped his face off with his arm and sat back up. When he looked at the dog, only then did he recognize who it was. "New?"He says and the dog barked. "Oh my gosh I am so sorry-wait, Arthit?"The owner of the dog says and both he and Arthit's eyes widened. "Pete? Is that you?"Arthit says and the said "Pete" had nodded before hugging Arthit.

Kong on the other hand was glaring daggers at this man he didn't know who hugged his phi. "Oh, who's this?"Pete asked. "Kong, my boyfriend." Arthit answers, shocking Kong. "Oh really? Hi Kong"Pete smiles at him, Kong gave the most realistic looking smile he could muster. "Kong this is my friend Pete, he was my classmate back at highschool"Arthit says. "But where's Kao?"Arthit asked. "I was actually looking for him when New jumped on you, sorry about that by the way. He just missed his uncle Arthit"Pete says, petting the cute dog. "P'Pete! P'Pete About Aboyz where are you?"Kong's voice resounded through the park as Pete groaned

"He's never gonna let you live that down, well better get going then before the entire park finds out the almighty Pete About Aboyz is here"Arthit teased his friend as he watched him pick up his dog and running over to his boyfriend. You can see them bicker as Pete playfully hits Kao's arm before linking hands and walking away. Kong has never been so happy. Because some people cause happiness WHEREVER they go, while some cause happiness WHENEVER they go. And Pete? he had to go. "You seem really close with your highschool friend phi"Kong says, unintentionally emphasizing "friend".

"Yeah, he and I were in the same band before. Because of how close we were a lot of people had started to assume we were dating"Arthit says, laughing at the memory. "Mhm, you must really like him then"Kong says, shifting his gaze from Arthit to the setting sun infront of them. "Are you jealous?"Arthit asked, amusement evident in his voice. "What if I am? I have to work hard to get to even poke you with my finger in public without thinking you'll bite it off but he just pops out of nowhere and easily hugs you"Kong says, rolling his eyes. "Kong, there's nothing you have to be jealous about. The reason why I let him hug me is because he's just a friend, so it's no biggie. But you're not just my friend are you?"Arthit asked, but Kong simply pouted.

"That's exactly why I get jealous, because we both started off as "just friends" too"Kong answers but Arthit chuckled. "And honestly, I get jealous whenever you give someone else the attention I want from you"Kong finished. 'He's so adorable' Arthit thinks. "You don't have to be so jealous you know, you're not perfect but you're all I want"Arthit says, scooting closer to Kong and once again intertwining their fingers."I'm not jealous, I'm territorial.Jealous is when you want something that's not yours"Kong stops to look deep into his lovers eyes before speaking "Territorial is protectiong what's already yours" and kissing his forehead. "Come over here you jealous baby"Arthit says, pulling Kong in for a hug. "I'm sorry phi"Kong says, sobbing as Arthit grew confused. "What for?"

"I'm sorry I have trust issues, but when you give someone everything and they throw it away, something inside of you breaks."

"You don't have to worry alright baby? I'm not going anywhere"Arthit says. "I trust you, but I'm just scared that if people see what I see in you they'll try and take you away from me"Kong sobbed as Arthit hugged him tighter. "Kong baby, listen okay? Even if other people try and take me away from you they'll never be able to. You wont be able to get rid of me that easy, you're stuck with me for the rest of your life"Arthit teased as Kong simply smiled before breaking the hug and cupping Arthit's cheeks as he looked deep into his eyes, Arthit was almost sure Kong could see his soul