Arthit sat in his brother's office, his feet tapped nervously as he waited for King to return from his meeting.. He hadn't prepared any speech for explaining this the right way...he hoped tat he could get his brother to agree to their plan..his mind wandered again to Tuan, whom he had left at his apartment. He had insisted on leaving him with some company, and so Rome and Bright were babysitting him now...

This morning had been one of the best in his life..he had woken up to find Singto's arms around him, the younger slept like a baby his lips partly opened, breathing out short puffs of air... He had looked so cute that all he had wanted to do was kiss him awake tat minute...it took him a great deal of effort to control himself..but he had made sure to kiss him once he woke up...His Tuan's lips were the softest of all things, they felt like silk....smooth and sweet..

Arthit shook himself mentally, reminding himself of where he was, and the task at hand..he started planning out how he was going to inform his brother of the events tat happened..

10 mins later P'King walked in...

"Kit!!! How are you?" he said pulling him into a hug as he stood to greet him..

"I am fine P'..how are you?? Heard you're working so hard now a days tat you only reach home after midnight?"

"Ahh, Mae's been complaining I see" he said shaking his head.."the job description of a ceo has no set timings kit...if we set the time we incur losses..can't have tat can we?"

Arthit nodded understandingly.."still I hope ur taking care of urself.."

"Sure baby brother..now wat brings u here? I am dying of curiosity since u called."

"I have something to tell you in private P'..are u sure this s a safe place?" Arthit asked looking around at the glass walls of the office..

P'King frowned.."wait a sec.." he walked to his desk and turned on a switch..

"What's that?" Arthit asked.

"I just turned on an electrical device jammer..any device within ten feet of the jammer stops working including our phones...so the room s safe, it's soundproof too.....u can tell me anything you want now "

"Wow..you seem to have such cool stuff P'...ok..so where do I begin?"Arthit sat down and pushed his hands through his hair..

P'King raised a brow at this..he had never seen Arthit so stressed..but he kept quiet, waiting for his brother to gather his thoughts and begin...

Arthit narrated the story from the beginning, since he met Kong at university till the discussion with P'Lee..

King's expression throughout the narrative had been stoic and unreadable..He had learnt so well how to keep a poker face in front of business rivals during meetings..So Arthit couldn't guess his reaction until he spoke..

"So that s why Uncle Philip was so stubborn in getting Nam engaged to you..Did you know he tried to get his elder daughter Alice engaged to me?"

"He did???"Arthit was shocked..he didn't know this..

King nodded.." U weren't old enough tat time..He pulled a stunt during one of our family reunions..but Alice didn't go with his wishes..I already knew she was in love with someone else and I could refuse him..but he threw Alice out from his family..She s happy though, married to the man she loves.."

"So that s why P'Alice stopped coming to the gatherings.."Arthit mused

"Yeah..I doubted him those years ago when he insisted on your engagement but he was open about merging properties and Nam was crazy on you so I didn't think too deeply....I didn't realize they set Singto up for business reasons, I thought he was supporting Namtarn's crush on you....the poor boy must have suffered a lot..How is he?? Is he staying with you now?"

"He's fine P'..Yes, I left him with frens before coming to meet you.." Arthit blushed slightly..

"Aww so Mae was right..you do love him..!"

"P'!!!!..when did Mae tell you tat?"

"She was so upset while Singto left Kit..it was all dad and me could do to calm her down..she kept repeating how u both would suffer cause of this..but u know how grandpa s once his mind s made up. And Uncle Philip had given grandpa an entire fake account of Singto's misdeeds tat nothing we said registered in his mind..seeing his health condition dad had to stop pressuring him.."

On hearing about his Dad's concern for grandpa Kit fell silent and gazed at the floor..

"You should talk to him Kit..he did his best..he tried to protect Singto always..."P'King said..

"You knew....you knew he was alive!!!"Arthit raised his head to look at his brother, tears brimming the corners of his eyes..

P'King nodded sadly.."I am sorry Kit.I had given my promise to Mom and Dad..so I couldn't tell you..but I did my best to see if he was ok..when P'Wave asked for help with the bullies I used all my political influence to get those boys transferred..it was not easy having Danny's son transferred you know, but I got it done.."

Arthit laughed sarcastically.." Yet, You failed to protect him P'...Jay broke him before u could get him transferred..he's not ok..he cringes at my very touch you know...."a lone tear trailed down his cheek..

"What do you mean?? P'Wave said it was bullying and tat he was only beat up.." King asked shocked..

"Tuan didn't tell P'Wave the whole truth..he was afraid he would worry..he suffered in silence P'.."

King walked over and hugged Arthit.."I am so sorry Kit..I didn't know..had I known I would have had those bastards killed.."he fumed..

"It's ok..we'll do it now..So are you willing to help us?I want revenge P'King!......Uncle Philip, Namtarn, Jay, each one of them, I want to make them pay for making Tuan suffer..five long years...I want them to pay for each fucking day.." he said through gritted teeth looking at his brother with a maniacal gleam in his eyes...

King looked at the person in front of him...he could see how bad Arthit was hurting for the person he loved..he sighed and nodded.." I ll help you Kit..but remember, it's dangerous so I want you to be well prepared and have back up..you are not only risking your life but also ur frens, you ll not be able to forgive urself of anything happens to them..also ask inspector Lee to meet me, I wanna go over ur plans with him..send me the details of ur frens and their hospital of preference, I ll get them placed there..also for Tay, I ll talk to mom and the orphanage staff.."

"Thank you P'King..for everything.."Arthit said smiling at his brother..

"Anything for my cute lil bro..you know I can't refuse you Kit..and...tell Sing I said hi..and..." he cleared his throat, like he was hesitant over saying something...then he said "use protection, you know....if..."

"P'!!!!!! For God's sake am 25...not 15..and a doctor...you don't need to give me safe sex lectures.."Arthit blushed...

King laughed seeing his brother blush again.."ya ya ok..take care..and don't worry about anything. We'll deal with it.."

"Sure P'...thanks again...oh and I didn't want to tell Mom and Dad yet..they may worry...soo..."he hesitated..

"My lips are sealed.."King replied smiling...

Arthit hugged him..and waved good bye. As he opened the door to leave.

Arthit reached his apartment..on the way he had got some take away from KFC, his favorite now s days...

Bright opened the door..Rome and Kong were in the living room couch watching a movie..they had a tub of popcorn between them..

Arthit dropped his stuff in the kitchen and joined the others watching the movie..it had ended and the credits were just running..so Bright just turned it off and everyone turned to Arthit...

"So wat happened, did P'King agree?"Bright asked him..

"Yes he did..he ll help us in anyway he can...he just asked us to be careful...he said hi to you Tuan...asked how you were too..does ur leg hurt? Did these two look after u fine?" he said fussing over Kong...

" I am fine P'Kit...its just my ankle you know, not like am bedridden.." Kong blushed..

"Awww, too much sweetness here..come on Rome let's leave them be...don't wanna be a third wheel here.."Bright said teasing the two...

"Really, look who's saying tat!! He didn't even know someone loved him till I pointed it out.." Arthit teased back...

"Yeah, yeah, Arthit you saved me from celibacy..I am very grateful to you pal.."

"I wanted to thank you too P'Arthit..if not for you I would have grown old before P'Bright even noticed me.."Rome folded his palms in genuine gratitude..

Arthit patted him in the back.."it was nothing nong, I just wanted to see my fren happy and settled as all the others are..I don't doubt tat u ll make him deliriously happy..so go on and enjoy the evening..thank u for looking after Tuan for me.."

"We enjoyed it too Arthit, he's great company especially with marvel movies.." Bright smiled at Kong "take care Kong, if this fellow troubles u ,just give us a call and we ll rescue u.."

" Ok tats enough now, get going love birds...scram.." Arthit said shooing them off to the door..

Kong couldn't help but laugh at Arthit's behavior...

"So it was you who pushed P'Bright to accept Rome..." he asked Arthit smiling..

"Yeah well, all of us except Bright could see that Rome was smitten..so I just nudged him in the right direction.."Arthit smiled proudly.." So it's just past 3 in the afternoon...wat shall we do?"

"It's kinda warm outside, a perfect day for a swim..I wish this leg of mine was fine and I could swim...u have an awesome pool P'Kit " Kong looked wistfully at the pool through the glass...

"If you want to swim go ahead..I can change your bandages later..or we could wrap it up in plastic too.."

"Really P'Kit?? Oh ur the best."Kong hugged him and got ready to swim..

His leg was wrapped in plastic and he had borrowed Arthit's swim trunks as his were back home..Arthit carried him to the pool deck and put him down at one of the recliners..

"Remember no moving your leg ok?"

"How do you expect me to swim with out moving my leg?"

"Like this..."he said and carried him piggy back..he got down into the water and started swimming with Kong still clinging onto his back..

"Try to relax urself so tat u can float with me Tuan..tat way I won't feel ur pulling me down..remember how u did it when I taught u to swim?"

Kong nodded and focused on floating...

After swimming awhile Arthit laid him on a floater bed in the middle of the pool, hanging onto its edge as he leaned towards Kong's face..

"Tuan..."

"Hmmm.."

"Has anyone told u how hot u are when u're wet?"

Kong felt his breath get stuck in his throat..he looked at Arthit who was gazing at him with lust glazed eyes..as their eyes met, Arthit moved forward and captured his wet lips, sucking in the water drops tat were resting on them...

Kong closed his eyes, savoring the feel of the kiss..he moved his head closer to Arthit, letting him push his tongue into his mouth..Arthit's teeth grazed his lips, slightly nipping and licking as he kissed.and Kong gave back as good as he got....they let go only when they were almost gasping for air..

"Tat wasn't bad for a start was it? Where did u learn to kiss so well?"Arthit asked grinning in pleasure..

"You know a lot of girls have a crush on me..and in return I might have kissed a few to practice.." Kong said, a sly smile on his lips..

Arthit's mirth died and the smile on his face turned to a frown.."Oh! So how many did u kiss exactly??"

"Let's see, there was Leah, Erica , Rose, Jessica...." Kong pretended to count on his fingers..as Arthit was fuming at the list of names..

"Really? you could kiss so many, but u were cringing at my touch??" he sounded so upset and turned away in a huff..

Kong hugged him from behind.."P'Kit since the day we shared our first kiss, my lips were always urs..no one else has touched them..I was just teasing you...u look cute when ur mad u know.."he whispered in his ears..

Arthit turned around.."Really??"

"Truly...pinky swear.." said Kong extending his finger..

Arthit instead picked him up and carried him out of the pool..

"P'Kit, where are we going? I want to swim some more.." whined Kong..

"You're going to get your punishment for lying to me.."

"Awww, P'...come on don't take it so seriously..na na na".

Before Arthit could reply,  his phone rang..he put Kong down on the deck chair and wiped his hands before reaching for it..

" Sawadee khrap, Dr. Arthit speaking..wats the emergency?" He asked clearly irritated tat the hospital was calling now..

His expression changed as he heard wat was said on the other side...

" Can you ask her to wait right there..give her refreshments or something but don't let her out of ur sight ok? I ll be there in 15 mins.." he said excitedly into the phone..

"Wats the hurry P'Kit?" Kong asked as Arthit hung up,seeing him so excited..

" The lady whose ring fits urs, s back looking for me Kong..you ll finally know who your family s.."he said as he hurriedly dressed...

"P'Kit take me also with you na..I wanna meet her too " Kong pleaded..

"I can't Tuan..if anyone finds out ur alive then it's the end of the game for us..now be a good boy and stay here..P' ll find out all about her and if possible bring her here ok? I promise..now give me ur ring..I may need it to convince her ur the one. "

Kong sadly nodded his head as he gave Arthit the joined rings and saw as he rushed out of the apartment..he ll finally know his family...he smiled at the thought excited..

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