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A few months have passed since the last time Porchay heard from Kim.
The video was the last time. The one he didn't have the guts to delete nor the courage to watch again. Not that he needed it. He wouldn't be able to forget about it.
The wound was still too fresh to call it quits though, he was too hurt to be the bigger person. He tried to do the best he could to distract himself from everything that was going on.
His mother, his Hia being a Mafia boss, himself a Mafia member now, even if Porsche tried his best to avoid getting him involved.
At least he got Macau now, the only person that could understand what he was going through. They became close really fast which was very surprising to Porchay given who was his older brother and well, Vegas was still a gray area.
“Khun Porchay, your car is ready and waiting for you.” Aran said as soon as he entered the room.
“Thank you. I'll be down in a minute.”
Porchay still wasn't used to all the formally but he was too tired to fight the bodyguards about the “Khun” treatment so he just gave up at this point.
While in the car, he texted Macau saying he was on his way.
Chay: be ready by the time I get there! don't make me wait like the last time pls it's not like we're going out after or anything
Macau: you never know 😉
Chay: i'm serious 🙄
Macau: dw bro! just messing with you. I'm ready, just waiting for you 🫡
Chay: GOOD!
As soon as they park in front of the minor family gate, Macau storms into the car with a smile on his face that says ‘told you’ and in no time he starts to get down to business.
“I know you said you wanted to go to the nearest one, but the best place to buy gaming gear is the center mall.” Macau said.
“I don't know. I -”
“ Come on! You never leave the compound, like EVER. Besides, we’re safe. We got 3 bodyguards and it’s a public space, nothing bad it’s going to happen.”
“Funny you say that, last time your brother had me kidnapped I was safe and sound in my own house”.
“Can you stop using your kidnapping against me? You can’t be angry about it forever. I thought you and Vegas were good now.” Macau said side-eyeing Porchay while he held his laugh.
“We’re still in progress. Besides, I think he pretty much apologized because Pete insisted."
“My brother isn’t this awful person people paint him to be, you know? You just need to give him a chance."
Porchay rolled his eyes in disbelief, but he partially agreed. He couldn’t help but feel sympathy for Vegas, since he raised Macau like Porsche did with him. Still, he didn’t really like to be around him, that's why he avoided staying over Macau most of the time. Maybe it was about time to give him the benefit of the doubt.
“Change of plans! We’re going to the center mall.” Macau said and turned to Porchay with a winning smile on his face. Porchay didn’t say a thing, because he knew it was useless. He stayed quietly through the entire route to the mall, just listening to Macau’s non-stop babbling about all the things Porchay needed to buy and how he needed to throw his old laptop in the trash and get a new one if really wanted to get into gaming.
It was easy to have Macau around because for a second he could forget all that was going around them. Most of the time, they would just play games, grab some take-outs and go out to pubs, which Porchay normally wouldn’t go free willingly, not after Kim stormed in at his first attempt and, since Porchay always feels like he is being followed, they avoid going out at night and mostly stay in.
When they arrive at the mall, Macau has everything planned out, which stores to go to buy each item, but, as with all and every single thing, he gets way too thrilled and it takes more time than they thought it would so they take a break to grab something to eat.
As Porchay comes back with his food tray, he stares at one Macau in shock with a phone in his hands, but as soon as he notices Porchay is back he proceeds to go back to his usual eating and drinking just not as fast as he thought he did.
Porchay just sits down and keeps staring at Macau waiting for him to spill whatever he is dying to but doesn’t. And they proceed to stare at each other, until Porchay loses his temper and tries to grab the phone out of his hands, but Macau is faster and manages to put the phone away from him.
“Believe me. You don’t want to know.”
“Now I do even more.”
“Seriously, Porchay” Macau starts “It doesn’t even have anything to do with you anymore. I don’t even know why I reacted like this. I guess I was shocked, I barely could handle the information that Kim could act like a normal person and take people on dates and now he is dating the hottest Thai actress I- I mean, of course, It might not even be true, you know”.
Macau stopped talking when he realized he got no answer from Porchay. He just kept staring at Macau. Pretty much digesting what he just heard. It wasn’t the first time he heard rumors, even when they were in a relationship, if he could call it that way, there were rumors about Kim and other celebrities.
"You’re right. It has nothing to do with me.” Porchay said as he got back to eating like nothing happened.
Macau decided to drop it. He knew that Porchay was hurt but it was no use to keep pushing with him. And, of course. He felt stupid for busting all the info at his face like that, so all he could do was to give Porchay some space. He just hoped Porchay would actually leave it behind and not read any of the articles.
Macau hates lying to Porchay but this time he had to because Kim is an asshole.