"Aim, your eyes are making me dizzy so stop creeping me with your stare! What's with you?" Kongpop questioned his friend while reading the files in his hand.

"Then tell me the truth, what's with you?" Aim retort back standing in front of his friend's desk in his cabin.

"I don't understand" Kong let out in his soft voice keeping his concentration on his files once again. Aim slammed one of the books on his friend's desk gaining the latter attention solely on him.

"If you don't understand then let me be clear! Why are you behaving like a manic for the past 3 weeks?" Aim asked in his cold voice.

"I am not" kong replied calmly not getting offended by his friend's words.

"Yes, you are! You were working almost to midnight every day, and starting work back in the early morning too! You are not smiling at others until it is for professionalism, and most importantly you didn't bug me with tears during your break-up, that's so not you! Don't tell me you are crying behind the doors alone!"

"If that will make you stop nagging at me at every chance then be with it, I am crying, in fact crying every night, enough? Satisfied? Now go and kindly get me a coffee if you don't want me to mess up our upcoming meeting in the evening since my head is close to exploding!" Kongpop said pressing his temple with both thumb!

Aim glared at him with a look, 'I won't leave you alone!' But kong knows how to break his friend's mulish behaviour. He held his emotions to his face before pleading with him, "Aim, please go and bring me a coffee, I am tired, damn tired."

Aim walked out with a defeated sigh and his reaction instantly changed to dread when he received a call from Kongpop's father who don't call him personally until he was concerned with his son.

"Kong."

The said latter stopped claiming the stairs and walks to the couch which was present in the living room where his parents are waiting for him.

He bowed at them both and stand in front of the elder couple. "Take your seat, my baby!" Kong's mother pulled her son and make him lay his head on her shoulder.

"Kong why don't you take a vacation to your second sister's house for some time?" His father suggested startling kong.

"Dad, if it is not urgent shall I skip the trip? I have many pending works on my plate!" Kongpop reasoned out with an earning eye.

"I will take care of that dear, you go-.."

"No, dad! I already made you work too hard, so let me take care of my responsibilities from now on," Kongpop said cutting off his dad's words.

"We wanted to stop you working kong," his mother interrupted while his father joined, "Yes, It's not like I am sick for you to ask me to stay still, I will take care of it, if I am exhausted I will ask you to come back, so..." his father stopped at the end hesitated how to open the topic, but his wife did it, "So you go and return after you feel free of your burden."

Kong jerked his head away from his mother's shoulders and gazed her with a deplorable look. He doesn't need to ask how his parents knew about it, afterall his parents know no one except Aim from his friends' circle.

"I...I..."

"Kongpop please don't reject our offer, go and stay with your sister for some months," the elder couple pleaded at their son by taking his hand to their hold.

"But...I prefer to be alone if I have to go" Kongpop voiced out his choice which was rejected by their parents hurriedly.

"We can't be in peace if you are not under any good eyes, you are not trustable now, your unhinged mind might do something regretful."

Kongpop sighed after seeing his parents determined look. "Then shall I go somewhere else?" Kongpop asked with a hopeful eyes since he is not ready to show up at his sister's door with the heart-rending look and pitiful love, moreover, he won't want to worry his sister too.

"Okay, I understand, I already prepared one more arrangement," the father figure said with a proud smile and his wife continued, "do you remember the Park industries? We were clients 2 years back, your father is still in contact with him so what do you think about working in his branch which is located in Chiang Mia? This way we will be able to visit whenever you desire and you can also keep yourself distracted with limits."

Kongpop feels cornered and he too feels his parents already suffered enough from his moody and gloomy behaviour so he decides to be not selfish and agreed with his parents without knowing his unselfish decision going to bring him a selfishly unconditionally love.

"Yes, dad I reached the hotel, tell uncle Kim I will visit his office tomorrow."

"...."

"Okay, I promise I won't go out and take my well-deserved rest, now happy?" Kong asked with a sulking puff and earned a satisfied laugh from the other end.

After a nap and quick shower kongpop decided to have his dinner at the restaurant present at the hotel lobby. Now that he is alone without any work to stop him from thinking about someone special he feels naked with his heart broken emotions dancing on his skin.

He wants a fire to burn himself and free of this failure itch. So he thought to go for a drink since he believes that is close to fire which can reduce his itches.

And that's how he end up gulping strong shot one after another. He slowly walks back to his hotel which is 5 mins away. He stumbled on his way to bump on a stranger.

"P'Arthit" Kong hugged the stranger calling his senior name. The stranger pushed kong away with a harsh comment. Kong apologized and continued his walk, he stopped at his hotel entrance with welled up eyes after seeing his senior standing behind the large glass window.

He shake his head to get ride of his illusion but it worsen the situation, he feels every person he see is his senior, he felt the bubble he submerged in, is full of his ex-lover. He went hard to breath with throbbing head.

He did a U-turn and took the passenger seat of the first car which he mistaken as a cab. "Hey, who are you?"

"Sir, please.....take me to any ocean or mountain or.... any place where I can die peacefully."

"Hear me well you drunken fool, first of all, I am not either your driver nor my car is any cab to take you to the place you desire, second, I am not a grimkeeper to help you walk on the death path, lastly, you better stop saying these kinds of things if you are not meant it since some insane people will gladly do what you request earlier."

The stranger eyes went round when handover his purse to him and said in a most fragile voice he ever heard, "Please... take me... take me to a place... where I can end myself p-peacefully.."

The stranger let out a long breath before cursing his himself for being unlucky tonight. He drive away after deciding to go with a flow.

"If death is all you want, then stand in the middle of the road, I assure you will die in a blink without a long pain! Cruel and fast!" The stranger said after opening the passenger door.

Kongpop followed the stranger's hand which is pointing to a road where plenty of cars passing by at high speed.

His eyes go terror for a little before turning to the stranger who felt a blow of angst washed over him by the horror teary look. He let out a long sigh before asking Kongpop to get out of the car.

He walks the other side of the car and sat at the big rock on the road and asked Kongpop to follow suit. The latter face went like a crushed tissue, even in a drunk state Kongpop is a neat freak.

So he opened the driver seat and sat at it hanging his leg outside touching the ground with his foot.

"So? Love failure?" The stranger asked after a moment of silence between them. Kong nodded his head softly staring at the ground.

The stranger knows how much one will feel light after sharing their anguish so he tried to make the latter let out more.

"How long have you been in a relationship?" The stranger asked and received silence from Kongpop.

"Are you from Chiang Mia? or somewhere else?" The stranger decided to change the topic to make the man talk but he still ended up getting none.

With a long sigh, he started to let out his painful failure to make the other have little trust on him.

"I am from here, but I spend 8 years in London for my studies. It's been 4 years since I returned here, cause of my first love." The stranger stopped and let out a bitter smile.

Kongpop lifted his head and stare straight at the stranger giving his ears to listen to the man's words.

"I did succeed at persuading her but.... in the end, we broke up and I moved on," the stranger's voice has no regret just a hurt.

"A year back my secretary asked me out and I agreed, we were happy, then.... it didn't work out, she believes I am not into her because I am still in love with my ex, while I feel insecure with her for unknown reasons so we broke up earlier in a good note." The stranger finished with a puff of defeated air.

The stranger expected Kongpop to start his past since the latter interest and sympathy look on him gave him hope of trust.

"Why did... y-you break up with her?" Kongpop asked with a little hesitation.

"I told you right she was thinking-..."

"Your f-first love? Why did you break up with her?" Kongpop asked even though his mind alarmed him to not cross his limit with the stranger.

The stranger goes silent with tons of memories flowing inside his mind. "We were happy.... so happy... I thought.... she too.... but... she was not completely happy, we have a high age difference... and she was once-..." the stranger stopped before finishing his answer short, "it's started to get complicated and difficult, so we decided to go separate ways."

"Do you still love her?" Kongpop asked with welled-up eyes. The stranger feels weird to see the opposite man feeling pain for him.

"Not sure anymore" the stranger voiced out the truth, "I am still thinking about her but.... at the same time I want to find someone for me who will give and take my love." The stranger ended with a charming smile.

Kongpop eyes welled up more not for the stranger's smile but for the dimple which make him remember his special one, he touched the stranger's cheeks with his finger without control.

The stranger shooed it away with a scowl. Kongpop hang his head with a dejected face, "You also don't like my touch," kongpop stated in low voice.

"I am done beating around the bush man! Let me get it straight, I feel sharing our sorrow with a stranger will ease the throb we are facing, and that's why I am trying to make you comfortable by letting out my past, but if you are still awkward, then no problem let me accompany you to the hotel with your favourite silence!" The stranger burst out before standing from the rock, dusting his pant.

However, before he proceeding with his plan, kong tagged the stranger's pant fabric and started narrating the reason of his sufferings.

The stranger sat back and listened to the drunk man's slow narration without disturbing him, his face coloured in a deep furrow. After Kongpop finished he closed his eyes to make sure he don't shed tears.

"What's your problem man? You are proclaiming you were in love with your ex for years and when he come into your arms you pushed him away?" The stranger questioned with a disbelief eye.

"He doesn't love m-.."

"He doesn't love you yet! He needs more time, I don't understand, you say you are in love with him, but you couldn't give him time?" The stranger asked with a crossed arms.

Kong internally released a glad sigh, since the stranger doesn't give him any weird eyes even after knowing about his sexuality.

"I couldn't stay... I don't have the confidence to face the truth," Kongpop said and gazed at the muddled eyes of the stranger.

"If I have to give him time then I need to know the answer for "Why he couldn't love me back?" question, and what if it is because I am a man?"

"But you already know he is straight so what's so timid in this one?" The stranger gave his more confused look to Kongpop who replied with a sad face.

"I am scared I will make him unhappy, I might look decent and soft but inside I am not, I am a possessive lover who also gets furious, I also thought to give deaf ears to what I heard in the club, but then I am also aware of my heart insecurities which will destroy both of our life,

I don't want to live my life every day fearing for P'Arthit to break up with me one day and cry in jealousy every time someone approaches him, he deserves a world which I can give him but only if he is ready to receive it." Kongpop finished with a drop of tears, he wiped it quickly with his sleeves.

"Still I think you should not leave him, your love seems sincere and beautiful, I am sure your ex will soon realise it and be able to show it," the stranger suggested.

"No! It's not about realising it, it's about reciprocating, he knows how much I am loving him, yet, he couldn't return it," Kongpop's eyes once again dropped tears.

"He is straight, of course, you can't expect him to be a Romeo at day one, one of my straight friend is dating a gay and they are lovey doves for almost 2 years, you have no patience!" The stranger shrieked at Kongpop who also sneered back, "Not every straight man's heart is changeable! I don't have any concern with banning intimacy for a lifetime but I don't want to be in hopeless love and torture both of us if it is not for gratitude P'Arthit won't even accept to date me! Everything is about that damn guilt and thankfulness for P'Arthit, whatever I do it doesn't matter as long as his heart doesn't feel love rather than brotherly love."

That's it, after his long outburst kong started to cry harder and harder, "Do...You... know how much... I... I miss him? How much I wanted to ....not break free from his last hug?... do you know how much I.... yearn for him that I even start to live in a delusion?...do you how much it's hard to leave Zeke after dreaming of me as his other dad?... (hik)"

"Do you know how... much I wanted to hate him? I wanted... to erase my memory or turn back time and stop my confession!.... I wanted to punch him for agreeing to be my boyfriend without having love (hik).... yet, my heart understood his situation and feel downhearted for him too!"

The stranger quickly stood from his place and moved close to the crying mess, he placed his palm on the latter shoulder before giving a light massage.

Kongpop who was finally releasing his painful sobs found the little gesture very warm, so with his drunk confidence he wrapped his arms around the latter waist before burying his face in the latter abs and crying his heart out.

The stranger went frozen for a minute before slowly starting to stroke the sobbing man's hair. He feels awful to hear the muffled cries, it's been not an hour since he broke up with his ex, but here he was comforting another man's broken heart.

His one hand continued the stroke on silky black hair while another one rubbed the latter's back. "Stop crying, I won't argue anymore, you did good, so stop crying and move on," the stranger advised in his worried voice.

"And how could you decide to die? Is your ex-lover everything in your life? Don't you have parents who are waiting to see you spend your every day with a smile? What about your friends, relatives and other people who are with you?" The stranger asked softly while patting the latter hair.

Kongpop sobbed more and the stranger continued his consoling with his white words. When kong finally tilted his head towards the stranger, the said man released a hearty chuckle.

"Did you ever cried in front of your ex before?" The stranger asked while wiping kong fresh tears from the latter cheeks with his fingers.

Kongpop shook his head, "Glad, since you look ugly" and the stranger released another chuckle when Kongpop glared at him with his glassy eyes.

He combed Kongpop disarrayed hair with his fingers, "Thank you, if it is not for you by now I might be lost myself in drinks and goes heart-ridden over my love failure, you were a perfect distraction."

The stranger furrows when Kongpop's look changes to something deep, he goes uneasy at heart when the latter eyes lingered at his lips, for an unknown reason his eyes also studied the latter lips.

He was busy staring at the soft and small lips that he lost his guard and allowed the forbidden to happen.

Kongpop doesn't know what is happening inside his cells, because he feels electrified after hearing the stranger's words, he wants to do something to the stranger who helped him to release his pent-up stress too.

He keenly watched the latter face, although he wanted to ask the latter what he likes most and thought to gift it, he goes silent, his eyes unconscious stopped at the lips which are so red unlike his one and it seems super soft.

His devilish mind corrupted his sane heart and he found himself tracing the stranger's lips invading others party' privacy.

The stranger's mind freezes with his all blood stopped flowing for a second, he forgot himself, and have no consciousness, he closed his widen eyes and decided to go with the flow.

His frozen blood slowly start to move, the innocent kiss turned a little hot when he parted his lips and touched the other's lips with his tongue.

The invite was clear, the kiss jumped to the next phase, and both tongues touched sending a sensual shiver to both parties involved.

Slow and steadily both tongues duels, the stranger's tongue moved fast and made Kongpop's tongue goes still, the stranger's tongue swirled around kong's cavern after entering inside, both of their minds is not in control, loud heartbeat, goosebumps and needy tension arises high.

Kongpop's drunk state made him go out of breath soon, he choked and pulled away forcibly. He slammed his head on the latter abs back closing his eyes with a heavy breathing.

The stranger's hot breath caressed kong's hair as a lullaby. The strangers inhale the fresh air and calmed his high before remarking to the person who is hugging his waist like a Kola.

"I felt lucky for our meet, I was delighted you helped me from being in misery after my love failure but now I doubt, since you made me confused about my existence," the stranger creased his forehead when he got a ticklish sensation from Kongpop's nuzzle rather than an apology for the initiative of the beautiful kiss.

The stranger blinked and shake his head to stop the warmth spreading at the remembrance of the kiss. "What the hell? You are damn annoying!" The stranger yelled when he realised Kongpop lost consciousness.

The stranger stopped his engine and glared at Kongpop who is sleeping peacefully in the passenger seat. The stranger took a deep breath, all he has do is, to go and hand over him to the hotel employer, he should not feel guilt, he is already doing a lot even after the latter took advantage of him.'

Yet he found himself rummaging inside Kongpop pant packet for a key. Once he found the room card, he hold the latter waist and shoulders and dragged him inside making Kongpop whine in discomfort.

The stranger rolled his eyes at the opposite person's reaction and continued dragging him, he unlocked the door and tossed the latter to the bed before massaging his own arms to get rid of the kink formed from having Kongpop in his shoulders for long.

When he turned back to move away he hired a soft hiss, which turned into a muffled cry. The stranger couldn't walk away without giving him the necessary console, so he bend down to another train of comfort lines before he goes panicked when Kongpop pleaded at him, "it's hurt, hurt.... please call a doctor."

He quickly dials the hotel medical service and gets him treated. He sighed when his feet goes uncooperative out of the blue.

He keenly observed the doctor who was listening to the patient whispering and groaning to predict the cause of the pain according to it.

After a few minutes, the doctor start to fix IV drops near Kongpop which make the stranger go more worried.

"Is anything series doctor?" He asked to taping his feet nervously.

After the doctor explained of the latter having a stomachache because of the spicy food he has earlier, the stranger get assured little.

Kongpop groaned and opened his eyes, he blinked his eyes to adjust to the brightness, he scrunched when his eyes hit a visual of a man sleeping on the one sweater sofa, with books on the latter chest.

He shakes his head multiple times since the stranger's man's face was a look like his P'Arthit, he feels so sad to know he is still in an illusion.

The worst part is, although he sees the stranger as his ex-lover, he doesn't feel the familiarity with the face maybe the hair, specs on his eyes, accessories and garments are different than his ex-lover.

He start to weep without control, he hugged his knees and buried his face deep between his knees, he is feeling sick for his last night thought of ending his life, how could he think so? when his parents were nothing but doing so much for his happiness, he feels ashamed.

Furthermore, he..... he.... forced a kiss on a stranger who helped him, he sobbed more which startled the stranger who hurriedly moved to the bed.

An alien emotion made the latter envelop Kongpop in his arms and give a solace.

"Usually, after a drunk night most of the people I know either regret or shrug it, but you are peculiar, how could you still have tears after shedding a lot last night? Stop it, enough of the hardship, get freshen up and move on." The stranger advised while patting the latter back in a soft manner.

Kongpop gratitude raised more towards the stranger, he lift his face towards the man, and the stranger took a wipes from the bed table and clean the tears strained cheeks, and running nose.

Kongpop pulled himself away with his eyes down, the stranger knows he is crossing the boundaries of the latter but he cares less, if this will help his heart to be at ease then he will explore it by being with the man who he seems mysterious and pity, yet familiar and lovable.

"Thank you... thank you for your help.... sir-.."

"Weir, my name is Weir."

The end...

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(Cough) I wanted to stop with the break up part, but with me being lovely peraya decided to make Kongpop happy 🤣😂😂😂

I know many people may disappoint with this story but this is it, sorry couldn't help.

Stay safe everyone. Although I am mad at my love, still I wanted to dedicate this chapter to Luckyhari_9294 .

Happy birthday sweetie!!!!!!!!!! Love me more!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️