A set of knuckles rapped on door of Arthit's dorm

" Arthit ..."

" Door is open...come in " Arthit hollered, not bothering to even step down from his bed.

Knot dropped heavy stack of papers and notebooks on Arthit's bed and sat on the edge
" Nong Kongpob asked me to give this to you"

" Thank you na Ai Knot, I really needed this. " Arthit pulled out a notebook from the stack and tapped on the book " We have only two weeks till exam... i have so much to catch up on...i seriously needed to start on mechanics. Electronics and IT - "

" Hold on... " Knot cut off Arthit's nervous ranting " Everything okay, Arthit ? "

" Yes. "

Knot eyed left side of Arthit's bed and specifically the silver gear Arthit was toying with , left brow raised in suspicion Knot tried to confront his friend in vain
" You had argument with Nong Kongpob ? "

Eyes averted , Arthit replied with a high pitched
" Noooo.. "

" No ? "

Arthit tried to strengthen his voice "No. Everything is okay between me and Kongpob "

"You are missing Kongpob, then ? Just call him and ask him to come over. "

Arthit turned his head so his lie won't be caught
" I don't have balance in my phone. "

" Here. " Knot dialled Kongpob's number and tossed the phone on the bed, near Arthit " talk to him, call him over. "

" Don't ..." Arthit leapt on the phone and hung up the call in record time.

He tossed the mobile back to Knot " I was about to recharge, then I'll call him." Seeing Knot's suspicious expressions, Arthit added a weak
" really. "

" Arthit ..." Knot started in his ever calm and matured tone but a tawdry song at full blast made him speechless. Arthit chuckled " Ai Bright ? "

" Yeah. You know how he detests studying in library... I think he planned this to launch in library tomorrow, so we will get kicked out of the library. But he forgot to put the mobile on silent. "

Knot picked up the call " Hello, Nong Kongpob. "

" Yes. I just called you to let you know that I passed the notes to Arthit. "

[ Thank you na Phi. Sorry for bothering you ahead of exams.]

" Its okay, Kongpob. No worries. "

[ Phi... can I ask you to do something for me ?]

" Sure, Kongpob. "

[This year, being your final year, I know its a stressful period for all of you phi. I'm being selfish... ] Kong paused due to hesitation

"You are not bothering... Don't worry about it . Just ask ... does your class need tutoring help ? "

Arthit squirmed in his seat, unconsciously frowning at Knot. Why didn't Kongpob come to him for the help ? He should... because boyfriend comes before senior. What he genuinely forgot was the fact that he was diligently avoiding said boyfriend since last four days.

[ No Phi. We don't need tutoring at the moment. Its just that... P'Arthit forgets world beside him when studying... even eating. Can I ask you to see to it that he eats on time, Khrap ? ]

" Ofcourse , Kongpob. Consider your work dome. Its no burden, really. " And after a short bye , Knot cut the call.

He returned his attention to his grumpy friend trying hard to look normal, he smiled knowingly. Though people would say that Kongpob is possesive one in the relationship , Knot knew that Arthit would take the prize on any day.

" Why are you smiling ?" Arthit was unaware of aggression and jealosy seeping in his voice "  What did Kongpob need your help with ?"

" That's between me and Kongpob. " Knot replied firmly " you know senior code. "

" I'm his boyfriend , I have right to know what is troubling my boyfriend . "

" Ofcourse, you have right to know... from Kongpob, not from me. Call him.."

Arthit's shoulder slumped in defeat.
" I will after I recharge. "

" You can use my phone. " Knot offered again, he backed off after Arthit showed no sign to accept the offer or talk about his troubles.

" Arthit, its very clear that there is something going on between you and Nong Kongpob. Accepting that there is a problem is first step to solution... running from it is not gonna do you or your relationship any good.
Instead of letting the argument sit over and cause the rift between you two, talk to Kongpob as soon as possible and sort out your issues. Whatever they are. Don't make conclusions on your own, think from nong Kong's point of view too... "

Arthit nodded but didn't commit anything in words.
" Both your exams are near Thit. I'm sure, as you can't concentrate on your studies...Kongpob can't too. Its not worth destroying your futures over some petty insecurities. Talk face to face and solv-..."

Some high grade choice words made Knot stop mid speech and look towards the door. Arthit recognised the voice as his neighbour and law faculty final year, Dae.

" You wanna to play swealing competition wid me ? I will tow you who d king "
Hollered Bright in a slurry, barely understandable voice followed with some curse words that no would want to utter in their right minds..

" I think , he had had too much or he wouldn't take a fight with boxing champion of uni... let me save him before Ai Dae wipes the floor with him.. "

Arthit jumped down the bed " i will come with you.."

Taking long strides, Knot opened the door only to see a crowd of onlookers gathered around and Dae holding Bright who was still babbling nonsense, by collar.

Knot's eyes widened seeing Dae clenching his fingers in to a fist...

" Hold on " Arthit and Knot hollered simultaneously.

" Ai Dae... he is drunk ... but you are not na khrap... " Knot tried to soothe the bulky guy's ego.

" Ask your friend...." Dae pointed a finger at Bright " He came drunk and started shouting .... I asked him to stay quiet... he started up with me ..." 

" I didn't... He started first, Ai Knot ..." Bright whined.

" He is a trouble maker, when drunk. Sorry for disturbing your studies na khrap ... please go back to your studies.. "

" Sorry na Ai Dae..."Knot gently removed Dae's fingers curled around Bright's collar and took hold of the drunk person.

Meanwhile Bright had other ideas... clinging to Knot's side, he ran his finger over the clothed bulge of Knot's biceps " See... this is called body ... you bloated balloon. " Bright stuck out his tongue towards the boxing champion who lunged to give Bright a taste of his so called bloated muscles...

Arthit's timely jump saved both Knot and Bright. Arthit curled his arms around Dae tightly " Sorry na Ai Dae...You see how wasted he is... don't take his words to heart. "

" Okay .. " said male backed out begrudgingly.

" Ai knot..." Bright slurred.

" Hmm..."

" You have firm muscles...I really like girls who arr in to body building. "

"Sadly, I am not a girl, Ai Bright. "

Resting his head on Knot's shoulder, Bright heaved a dramatic sigh... " Its a shame. "

" Indeed " Knot chuckled " I hope you don't forget this come morning. "

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' Happy seven month Anniversary, Phi.' a silent vibration delivered the text, without any emoticons, cheesy overtone , bold flirting or sincere love note - very unusual for a text weaved by Kongpob's fingers.

Arthit could see the tight lipped smile, tightness in chest and tears in eyes of the younger who must be thinking himself as a culprit destroying Arthit's future career ; Kongpob can be dramatic like that.

Arthit didn't know how to feel. On one end he wanted to run to Kongpob's dorm, simply slide through overhead wires connecting their dorms and jump in to Kong's balcony.

On the another hand, he still hasn't coped up over the shock of discovering his supposed 'seventh anniversary gift.'

Confusion, denial, love, agony, hurt everything churned in his heart causing one bitter pang pricking him deep.
The turmoil brewing inside his chest had no way out.

' I'll make you my wife.' flashed again through his mind... male pride and self -respect dangerously trying to outweigh his love and understanding.

Think from Kong's point of view - that's what Knot has said and he is trying to do since four hours... now its four at dawn and he is restless, surrounded with multitudes of questions and no answers.

There was only one person who could really help him at this moment ...

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" Ai Toot ...." Arthit rapped at Toota's door with full force who opened the door , rubbing his sleepy eyes.

" What , Arthit ? "

" How do you take it ? " Arthit blurted.

" Take what ? "

" It ... "

Finally getting the meaning of it,
" Like a pro "
Toota muttered with chest swollen with pride.

" Teach me ..."

" What ?"

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A / N :  okay, this was supposed to be oneshot . It is a request from one of our lovely peraya, and sotus fan.

Being very bad at writing oneshots 😅... It turned in to multishot ... Next part will be updated soon. Give me one or two days... Part next to it is written... I know I'm weird 😣.

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