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TYPE's POV:
I haven’t heard from him all day, I look down at my phone for what feels like the hundredth time. My Mae looks at me worriedly over video call, “Why don’t you try calling him?”
I frown saying, “I have, I tried to call him 10 times today and sent at least 30 text messages.”
She smirks a little, “Wow, aren’t you a little too worried, didn’t you talk for a couple of hours just yesterday.”
I frown very worriedly, “That is why I am worried that was yesterday. Mae, ever since we started long distance we talk multiple times throughout the day. Before you even ask, I know he isn’t in class or out with friends. I know his schedule, he doesn’t have any big projects or tests coming up this week, and if he doesn’t tell me that he is hanging out with our friends, Tine will.”
She smiles reassuringly, not wanting to tease me anymore since she knows how genuine my worries are. She even seems worried a little bit, ever since I came home with him, and she met him, she thought of him as another son. Honestly, I think she is secretly planning our wedding with Man’s Mae just waiting for one of us to propose. Usually, that would make me so happy, but my worries are taking over my happiness over the prospect of having Man by my side for the rest of my life.
I get taken out of my thoughts, and because I am so worried I don’t even realize that it’s not my ringtone for my boyfriend. I pick up my phone and Mae gestures for me to pick it up, so I do. Before I answer I hear my brother saying hello, and I feel frusturated and worried about it not being Man, so I say, “What do you want Tine?!” Mae looks scoldingly at me for snapping at my brother, and so I settle down a little.
Tine doesn’t seem to take offense just teasing a little, “What, if I was your beloved boyfriend you would never answer that way even if you are angry. However, since it’s just your beloved brother, you snap at me right away.” I roll my eyes at that since I know he is just teasing, but then my worry multiplies with what he says next, “Have you heard from Man?”
Right away I get worried because of the concern in my brother’s voice, “No I haven’t, he hasn’t talked to me all day.”
It shows Tine’s worry when he doesn’t even take the opportunity to tease me on how clingy I am and how whipped I am for Man, which of course makes me worry. He just says, “I was worried that he wouldn’t.”
I frown concerned, “Tine, tell me everything you know, right now.” I demand it, and my face seems to make Mae worried as well.
I hear a deep sigh from the other side of the phone and then in a small voice he starts, “Before I start I promise I didn’t know how bad he was. I know that is not saying much, but I need you to know that.”
I interrupt him and snap, “Tine tell me what the fuck happened, NOW!!” I see Mae doing a gesture meaning to turn it on speaker for her to hear as well. I nod and do what she asks.
Tine takes a second to continue, “Okay, so it started a couple of days ago, did he tell you that his group for debate has been taking advantage of him?” I sigh and knew a little bit about it, but not as much as Tine, luckily he continues, “The one who was the sort of leader just stopped coming to meetings. Another has not done any work for it and the last member expects Man to do everything since he is the youngest member of the group. Then having to work twice as hard during football practice since Wat hasn’t had enough time to be able to play anymore. Now, it’s Man who is the best player on the team, and so he has taken on a few more duties than usual. Oh, and Boss fought with his dad again so wanted to go out drinking almost every night this week, which didn’t help at all.”
That makes me sigh more, since, I know that on top of that, he puts everyone in front of himself. I know that he also was taking care of the preparations all week for his niece’s birthday. Plus, I know that it is hard on both of us when I have to leave for a couple of months. This is the main reason I was so worried, my thoughts get interrupted by Tine saying, “With all the things he had on his plate it makes sense he was so stressed. Plus, he never can tell people no, so he had a hard time taking care of himself. I tried to help him, though you know how he is unless it’s you, he won’t listen to anyone. When he didn’t show up to lunch and Fong and I went to look for him. We found him slumped over some notes for his debate team on one side and the other at his niece’s party, we got him up and drove him home. After we got up with him, he just started swaying and looked ready to pass out. So we helped him into the bed and I went down to get him some noodles from the cart by your apartment and drinks, but he seemed pretty awful. Then, when I tried calling him today, and he wouldn’t answer any of my three calls, I called you.”
I digest all the information I get as I feel on the edge of tears with worry about my boyfriend. I'm internally debating if I want to kiss, cuddle, and coddle him till he feels better or smack him, for not telling me and not taking care of himself. As I think about it, I look at my laptop screen and see the worry and genuine concern in my Mae’s eyes. Then I get interrupted by Tine asking if I am still there. I take a second, so I don’t start crying in the middle, and then speak, “Thank you for telling me. I honestly don’t feel angry or frustrated with you, well a little, but I know it’s not your fault. I just wish people told me this all before. Anyway, I will talk to you later I have to find a last-minute flight back.” Tine tries to argue how can I do that for work, and I explain, “I am only required to be here for about two months at a time and I can do the rest remotely. Also, P’Ting already told me yesterday that they don’t necessarily need me for any more of the meetings for right now, and I was already planning to come back early, just not as early. So, It’s okay, and I will be fine, I have to go now, I will talk to you later.”
We end the call after Tine makes me promise to keep him updated on everything and then turn back to my Mae. She smiles, and before I can say anything, “I sent your flight to your email and you better visit with Man when he feels better.” I try to argue that I can’t ask her to do this, and she just says, “Yes I can, I have more money than you, and this is my way of taking care of my son and more importantly my future son-in-law then looks stern, “So, you better come back and take care of my son-in-law. I love you and will talk to you later, and make sure to keep me updated as well.” I reciprocate that I love you and we both say goodbye, and then I look at my email and see the flight. Knowing that if I don’t get ready soon I will be too anxious to remember everything before going to the airport so, I start to get ready.
MAN’s POV:
“No, the part of the debate that is best for you is the closing argument. I practically wrote what you are going to say, you just have to do it.” I listen to the other side, “No, I don’t want you to go get a drink with you to discuss this, I have a boyfriend, no, no, no.” Suddenly I open my eyes and look around sighting that nobody was there, wow clearly this is what they call fever dreams or something like that. I try to drag myself up, especially since I feel so sweaty and feel as if a piece of my hair sticks to my forehead like it’s glued. As I try to swing my legs over I feel like the whole room is spinning, so I fall back on the bed and feel like crying. I feel like I can’t do anything, I feel like I want to die, but then think of Type and could never do that to him. I shouldn’t have thought of him though, because that is when the sobs come out.
I have to tell myself every time that he is gone for a few months, I feel myself dying a little bit. We talk every day, but that is just how you feel when you are in love I think. I remember when we started this and Tine told me, “I know how much you love my brother, and he loves you. There is no other couple I can think ofthat has been through so much but would never separate. I know my mom already considers you a son-in-law and anyone can see the love that comes from you two. I know that it seems impossible right now, but I believe in you two, and remember it’s two or three months at a time only.” At the time it was hard to listen to his advice because it was after me sobbing after finding out that they didn’t have any som tam left in the cart, and he found me hiding. I know now that we can make it though since we have been doing it for almost three years now.
It’s just at these moments, when I am sick, stressed, overwhelmed, or hurt, I feel the distance between me and Type. The biggest issue with distance like this is when the person you are distant with is the only person you trust enough to take care of you in those moments. It is something we promised each other even before he got this job, that we always will be there for each other in these moments. Since that is another thing we love about each other, is that we both are anxious and stressed-out idiots who have a hard time taking care of ourselves when we feel that way. However, that is why we have each other, which makes it hard when I didn’t even tell him that I was feeling so bad that I can’t have him take care of me.
I start to feel the tears streaming down my face again, and turn to my side while cuddling into his pillow, wishing it was him. That is when I hear the lock click in the door, and thinking that it is probably just one of my friends, I try to bury myself further in the pillow. I hear the person coming into my room and then the bed dip as the person sits down and doesn’t do anything. That is until I feel a hand on my cheek and that is when I move and open my eyes. I look up to see who it is and see my boyfriend standing there looking worried, slightly mad, and slightly hurt, but even more than that I see the love. I smile slightly, saying, “Babe, what are you doing here? Don’t you have work till next week?”
I watch as he just leans down to kiss my forehead, then my cheek, flicks my forehead and slightly taps my cheek, and leans back with a lovingly annoyed face. He crosses his arms, “Yes I did, but then P’Ting said that I can leave early, I was going to surprise you. Though then I got a call from my brother and guess what he told me.” I try to look away, but he softly lifts my head, “He told me that somebody forgot the promise that we made. He told me that somebody didn’t tell their boyfriend that they were so stressed that they got sick from it.” I try to look away again, but he just says in a voice that is full of hurt and worry, “Man? Hun? Baby? Why didn’t you tell me? Did I do something wrong?”
I sigh, knowing that I can’t let him blame himself, I get up slightly with his help and takes a hold of his face. I make sure he is looking into my eyes when I start talking, “Never blame yourself for something like this. I didn’t want you to worry that it would hurt your work, I also didn’t realize that it was this bad.”
He smiles back and put his hands over my hands, “I worry because I care and love you. I told P’Ting at the beginning of me starting this job that if you get hurt or something happens I have to be able to come back. My job is important, but I can do it remotely, and honestly, I have a more important job here. It’s a job that I love and would never stop doing, and that job is being your boyfriend. As a boyfriend, I am supposed to worry, love, care, and be there for you in every moment. You are the love of my life, don’t you dare think that you are not my most important person. You don’t even know how scared I was, hurt I was and worried I was.”
I rub at his eyes to clear away the tears, “I am so sorry that I scared, hurt, and worried you, I never wanted to do that. By the way, you are my most important person and the love of my life too. Honestly, I am so happy that you are here because Tine and Fong were helpful and nice, but they are not you. They don’t know how to take care of me when I am like this.”
I feel the hands being taken off my hands and then the hands being taken away as Type backs away. I pout, when he even gets off the bed, and he smiles, “I will be right back, I just have to get a few things from the kitchen.” I nod my head still pouting until he returns a couple of minutes later with a bowl of water and a towel as well as a plastic bag. I watch as he dumps the plastic bag on the table beside the bed, seeing honey and lemon cough drops (my favorite), a fever reducer, and the pain medicine I can have. I smile knowing that he is the only one who knows exactly what I want especially since he got help from my mom and sister a long time ago. He smiles at me and starts helping me out of my sleep shirt that is drenched from sweat and gets the towel ready. He then starts rubbing it down my body, making me feel cooler than I felt all day.
It feels so good that I barely register him talking, “When you can, we will get you to the bath, so you can be completely clean, but I bet you are dizzy right now.” I feel my head nod, remembering the room spinning the last time I tried to get up, and he continues, “When you can though, I can change these sheets. Though now, don’t worry about that, I will finish this and then go make you some tea, and then we will try to get you to sleep a little.” I nod in response, happy that I have him. After I drink some tea, he has me scoot over to my side and then lays down as well while wrapping his arms around me. I cuddle into his chest smiling, and then start to shut my eyes.
When I open my eyes again I hear my phone ringing and I realize that I don’t feel as bad, I guess that is the magic of my boyfriend, he just makes me feel better with very little done. No, it’s a lot done because it’s him, and it’s with love. That last thought makes me giggle slightly, waking Type a little, who wraps me up closer and whispers, “Are you going to get your phone?”
I sigh forgetting about that, and then after the ringing stops, I decided to not do anything about it. That is until, it starts up again, and I groan as I answer not looking at the screen, “Hello?”
There is a shift in sound as I hear a voice in the background that sounds kind of like an angry Tine. I feel confused, until Wat speaks, “Hey, are you okay? How are you doing?”
I think about it for a second and then answer honestly, “I wasn’t, but now,” I smile down at Type, and he stares back smiling, “I feel a lot better. By the way, are you with Tine? Can I talk to him?”
I hear the shuffle of something and then hear Tine’s voice which is filled with worry and frustration, “I am so sorry for him calling you, I told him not to.”
I smile, “It’s okay, I just wanted to thank you for all the help that you and Fong did. Thank you for getting me home and telling Type about me being sick.”
I hear him laugh slightly, and then a smile in his voice, “So, did you get your tender loving care from your boyfriend then?”
I chuckle a little and say ‘yes’ smiling, and then I feel a tug on my arm and look down to see Type gesturing to give him the phone. So, after telling Tine that his brother wants to talk to him, I hand it to Type who puts it on speaker. Then he says, “Yeah Tine, thank you so much for all that you did, just next time tell me sooner. By the way, can you hand your phone back to your boyfriend?”
There is a shuffle of the phone, and then it sounds like it’s on speaker because you can hear a lot of background noise. Then finally Wat speaks up, “Hello?” I can hear the worry and fear in his voice looking at Type, I know that he probably should be feeling that way.
Type takes a second and breathes and then in a dangerously calm voice says, “Hi, so I heard that you are one of the reasons why my boyfriend is now awfully sick. I also heard that you didn’t even know he was until Tine told you he went home.” Type takes another breath, but doesn’t say anything more.
I hear a shuffle of the phone, and Tine scolding somebody, and then Wat talks again, “I am sorry. I was in the middle of other stuff that I didn’t realize he was sick.”
Type just glares down at the phone and says, “Wat, what if it was Tine?”
Then it seems like everything changes in Wat’s voice, like the whole idea scares the shit out of him, “I am so sorry. I should have been a better friend and known that everything was getting to him.”
Type slightly smirks because he knows how much he scared Wat, “Next time if you don’t take care of him and tell me about it, I will make sure not to tell you about Tine being sick or hurt. If I can’t take care of him I will just ask my brother to take care of him. Since it seems like Tine and Fong are now on the small list of people who I can trust with him now. There is my mom, his mom, his mae, his sister, and now Tine and Fong. You are now near the bottom of the list, and you know what I am like when I don’t trust somebody. Now you think about that. By the way, bye Tine, I know you are there.”
After some goodbyes from both Tine and Fong, we hang up the phone and I can’t help smiling. I lean up to my boyfriend and just deeply kiss him, and when we part ways, he smiles. I hear in a breathy voice, “W-what was that for? N-not that I am complaining, at.”
I smile and say, “Thank you for being the best boyfriend ever. You are so sexy when you are protective and angry.”
That gets a smirk on his face as he lifts me and says, “What do you think about taking that bath together?” I giggle and nod enthusiastically as he drags me to the bathroom quickly stripping both of us, as we go.
The next day when we go out to lunch with our friends, Tine smirks at the bruises on both of our necks and Fong chuckles at the scratches down my back. I start blushing and Type just smirks back at his brother.