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7AM, Monday.
Por woke up to the sound of his alarm, as always he sat up from his bed, turned off the alarm and stretched.
A new day, a new week.
He actually enjoyed his job, running a design company, he was happy with his life, his single life.
All his friends had boyfriends or girlfriends, and he was happy for them but he didn't understand how thy could trust someone that easily, with like everything. Sure he did trust Thomas and Auau but that was different, what they share with their partner is like selling their soul to them.
At least that's what Por thought when it came to love.
He just hasn't been in love, he has had his flings and all, but loved someone like that? Not exactly. He didn't quite understand that feeling. But he was fine without it, his friends tried a lot for him to get a partner but he has repeated a million times how he likes being alone and that he doesn't need a distraction.
He got dressed, brushed his teeth and grabbed his bag, he only had to walk to work like 10 minutes and he would be there, that was his routine. Until..
Would you like to get some coffee?
Smiley eyes came into his mind, making him smile softly, and as he remembered, he looked to the other side of his building, and there he was, Teetee was opening up the café once again, as always. He hadn't noticed before that he was always there, even though he was a regular at his café for over a month already, but.. why would he have to notice?
So they would get coffee together, it's not a big deal, unless Teetee thinks it is, because he did seem quite nervous when asking to go out for coffee.
Also why would they even do that when Teetee works making coffee and Por comes everyday to get his usual, how would that work?
And why was Por thinking and worrying too much about it? Were they even friends even if they didn't know anything about each other?
Maybe that's what the coffee date was for.. wait.. date? Why did i think of date?
Por shook his head at his thoughts, walking into the building, to start the day with work, like always.
He sat at his desk and checked his itinerary, he only had one meeting. Well.. technically he didn't have to be there, he could easily work from home, but he got used to going to the office and at 1 PM go to his café, he forgot he could work from home. Besides he was going to meet with TeeTee after his meeting, for coffee.. So it wasn't a bad idea after all.
Patji, his assistant, walked in at 11 AM, "Hey my lovely boss.. so you're meeting starts in an hour, should i have anything prepared?" While Por rolled his eyes, looking up from his laptop, "Well obviously the presentation i made for them, and some water, like all my meetings, Pat." He sighed and shook his head, he knew Patji was capable of doing things alone, he just liked to bother his friend slash boss from time to time.
"On it, ice king."
"Close the door and don't call me that again, or i will fire you."
"As if you could fire someone as kind as me, P'Por." Pat stuck out his tongue before closing the door, leaving Por in complete silence with his thoughts. Alone with thoughts of.. Teetee.
He seemed to be okay with serving coffee's all his life, and as he had said at the party, he didn't go out as much, his life was pretty much work, and he wondered if he was actually happy with that life, if he was comfortable with being an workaholic. He shook his head again and looked down at his lapötop, to check the presentation for like the ninetieth time.
The meeting was over, Por was done, and now.. he had to meet Teetee, and talk abou-
"Excited to leave, are we boss? While everyone here keeps working?" Patji interrupted his thoughts before he could step into the elevator. He sighed and looked back at his friend. "I'll still work, just not at the office, it's not like you need me here, do you?" He crossed his arms and raised a brow, mockingly.
"Well no, but normally you would stay until late, because you're a workaholic.. but you seem a little too eager to leave the office, have a date or something?" And of course Por's ears and cheeks had to betray him, turning a light shade of pink and before he could even answer his friend with a lie, his body had already answered.
"Noted, you do have a date, have fun and tell me all the details.. and if not well.. i'll get them from P'Au." He winked and went back to the office, while Por stood there, embarrassed that his body would always betray him when it came to lie, and he was always honest, so it wouldn't have been a lie if he said it wasn't a date.. right?
Right?
It looked like a date though, because when he saw TeeTee, a little more stylish than normally, and.. a bouquet of flowers, and he expected him to be a rose type of guy but.. they were irises, his favorites. And oh the way his face lit up the moment he saw Por, did something to Por's chest, or maybe he ate something bad, because he barely knew TeeTee to feel any kind of butterflies or.. feelings. Yes he was cute, and he liked the way he said P'Por in such a high voice, like he was always happy that Por was there.
Also why does he look so good?
"P'Por.. are you okay? Do i have something on me?"
Has he been staring at TeeTee for at least 3 minutes straight, with a frown on his face and without saying a single word? Well yes he has actually.
Fuck.
"Sorry, don't know what happened, just not used to seeing you out of your work clothes, kind of."
Teetee just laughed and shook his head, "But you saw me like this at the party.." And Por genuinely hated lying, he didn't understand how liars did it because, it wasn't that Teetee looked different, it just kind of hit the realization that this was an actual .. date. And he didn't really hate the thought of it. "Right, well this is a different outfit.. anyways, what's with the flowers?"
Once again, Teetee was just endeared by how quickly Por could get shy, because he noticed, Por's ears were pink, and so were his cheeks, and it looked like he was trying to stop himself from smiling. "Oh they're for you.. i.. heard they're you're favorite.." He offered them to Por, a smile cheek to cheek.
"From who?" He raised a brow, accepting them but wanting to know how on earth did Teetee know that Irises were his favorite flower.
"Well.. At first it was my intuition, because Irises represent royalty, and well i feel like you're like a prince- u-uhm.. but then i heard from P'Au, well more like Save, because he was talking to Auau on the phone and well, it slipped out, so i kinda just- yeah.."
Por smiled a bit, he was doing that way too often around Teetee, and maybe, he felt at ease with him, but he wasn't ready to admit that to himself yet, so he cleared his throat and nodded, not commenting on Teetee's mention that he thought Por was like a prince, which was the reason he smiled. "Shall we go in?"
Teetee just nodded, a little relieved that Por didn't get mad for well.. slightly stalking him? He didn't even know why he decided a good date idea was to get coffee, he worked doing that for god's sake, but he didn't have Por's number to ask him properly for a better location, so he decided to meet at Teetee's old café, where he used to be a regular before opening his own café.
As they sat a table, Por cleared his throat again, then let out a tiny laugh, cause he knew what Teetee was thinking, cause he thought it too, but he thought it was cute that Teetee got so nervous over just asking him out, when his whole job was to work with people and talk to them, but when it came to this it's like he knew nothing. "So coffee, huh?" Por raised a brow.
And Teetee blushed, because ohmygod, he was on a coffee date with his crush, when he could've been at a fancy restaurant or something else. He covered his face with his hands and shook his head, as he looked slightly up, "If you want we can go somewhere else-"
"No, now it's too late, besides, i haven't had my usual coffee for this, so now i kinda need it."
They stayed there for 4 hours, talking about each other, getting to know each other, well mostly Por asking the questions, to know more about Teetee, while Teetee was too afraid to scare por off, by asking too much.
"I met Auau literally in middle school, our mom's became friends, so that's how we became friends too, i saw him cry about Save too, it took them a lot of communication to get together but now i#m proud of him by how far they've come, although i must say that he's genuinely in love with Save, sometimes is gross, but i'm actually very happy for him, that he's finally happy, and it's like his entire world revolves around Save, it's cute." Por rambled a little, deep inside of his mind, he wished someone was a little like that about him, but he was too afraid to even feel something for someone.
Teetee just listened, until he felt his phone vibrate, and saw the time, he gasped, their plates empty since they had eaten cake, and drank coffee, but it had been 4 hours already. "It's 5 PM already?" He looked up, "I'm sorry, i didn't want to interrupt you.."
"No it's fine, i was rambling anyways, do you have to be somewhere else?"
Teetee shook his head, once again, his face lighting up the moment he looks at Por in the eyes, his eyes doing that eyesmile that Por grew a little affectionate to, his cheeks a bit pink, but he looked.. adorable.
"I could walk you home though, we can keep talking.. if you feel comfortable with that." And why did Por stare at Teetee's lips? What was he thinking? Also did he even listen to Teetee's question?
Por just coughed a bit, grabbing the flowers, nodding, searching for his wallet in his bag while standing up, until he felt a hand against his. "I already paid." He heard Teetee say, and all he could focus was the hand against his own, because why was Teetee's hand so.. warm?
They walked, or more like Teetee followed Por, it wasn't that far, but in a way he walked extra slow so he could spend a little more time with Teetee.
"Being friends with two guys in a relationship isn't that annoying, it's just.. well i do feel alone sometimes." Tee admited.
"Do you.. enjoy your life?" That slipped out, Por didn't mean to ask that, even though he has been curious.
Teetee giggled, ohmygosh that was so cute, "Well i do actually, i love my job, and i love my friends, but.. as i said i do feel a sense of yearning, that it would be nice to wake up to.. well something else other than work, yknow? Ah it doesn't matter." He stopped and Por hadn't noticed but they were already at his building, he assumed Teetee knew because it was next to his office and near the café. "Ah we're here."
"Today was nice, thank you for accepting to get coffee with me.. maybe next time i can take you ou-"
"No."
Teetee's face, for the first time in that evening, was with a slight hint of sadness in his eyes, until-
"Next time, I'll take you out, to a nice restaurant, okay?" Por smiled, brightly this time, because well, they were alone and he wanted Teetee to smile too. And he did, even brighter than all those tikme he smiled at Por. "Okay!" Was all he said before getting closer to Por and kissing his cheek, humming and walking away.. at a fast pace. "Have a good evening, P'Por!"
Por's cheeks hurt from smiling so much, he felt like in highschool all over again, because Teetee just kissed his cheek, yet it felt like so much more, his lips were so soft, felt so.. juicy and he bet they tasted as sweet as they looked, and why was he having such thoughts again?
He looked at the contact number,
Tee :)
They had exchanged numbers in those 4 hours they spent talking, but none of them seemed to have the courage to text the other.. until,
Hiii !!
Por sighed, why did he get excited over a text? He really was acting like a highschooler. Yet he texted back, they only texted for an hour before, (probably) Teetee fell asleep, which was good because it was late.
The next day went by, but.. Por didn't come for his daily coffee, and Teetee was worried because he wasn't texting either and yes he had work, but even after work he would just.. get nothing.
I scared him off didn't i?
Yes Teetee was panicking, because it started with the one day he didn't come, to a guy who he had learned that was Por's personal assistant, came to pick up Por's order everyday at 1Pm like Por used to do. So obviously, thoughts went straight to Teetee's head that Por didn't wanna see him ever again. Because why else would he avoid him? No texts, and sending his assistant to pick up his coffee?
And he wouldn't admit it but he cried a few times after work, because he actually like Por, and he felt like he was too much, he showed too much of himself again and Por didn't like it so he ghosted him, like everyone else did.
Save and Kong were worried as well, because Teetee seemed less.. cheerful, less himself and they didn't like it one bit.
Days went by and Teetee was slowly giving up that Por was randomly gonna show up at his front door with Rose Lillies, asking him to change for a restaurant reservation.
Wait what? that was weirdly specific-
"Teetee? Did you hear me?" It was Por's voice.
Teetee came back from his thoughts and realized he was indeed, at his front door, holding a bouquet of Rose Lillies. "Sorry i didn't hear you- what?"
"I said i'm sorry for not texting you or coming by the café the past few days, something came up at work and it was a whole mess i had to fix, so yeah.. but.. i wanted to ask if you would like to do that restaurant thing with me?"
Holy Shit.