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They met by accident.
It was a sunny day. Phuwin simply wanted an ice cream. It was like the universe had decided that he was not going to spot an ice cream shop today.
He was agitated.
What should a man possibly do in order to get a simple icecream?
He simply could have ordered in a tub of icecream and enjoyed it at the comfort of his own home. But, he wanted a normal day. He wanted to step out of the house, without the rush of a schedule or the focus of a camera or the spotlight from the fans.
He finally spotted a shop selling Frozen Yogurt. The queue was thankfully small. He wasn't the universe's biggest fan of frozen yogurt, but at this rate, he would whatever it takes to have something cold.
He joined the line.
A man, closer to his height, hair a little slicked back with gel, and definitely very handsome, tried to cut the line.
Phuwin wasn't ready to let it go. Not today. He deserved this yogurt after standing in line.
"Excuse yourself, mister. The line. Do you see it?" He bit the words at the man.
The man simply resigned to himself to stand after Phuwin.
A few minutes passed. The line was moving slowly.
"Seriously, how long are they going to take to serve ten customers. It is all these frozen yogurt companies that are making ice cream companies have no cream to make ice with."
Phuwin complained. It wasn't loud, but the man behind him still heard it.
The line finally moved forward, and it was Phuwin's turn.
"Could I have the Peach Yogurt bowl?"
He pulled out his phone to pay for the bowl, but what the cashier responded back made him want to cry on the spot.
"Sorry sir, we just ran out of the Peach yogurt, but we do have other options available for you to choose from. We are a little short-staffed today, please excuse us."
He dramatically exhaled, trying to showcase his inconvenience.
"Just get me the mango bowl."
He got his yogurt and left the shop, not noticing that the man who cut his line ended up going inside the shop rather than placing an order.
What a weird man in a mask!
The other man thought to himself.
Strangely enough, the yogurt bowl was edible.
Scratch that.
It was extremely delicious. Phuwin hadn't expected that.
He simply kept ordering some or the other flavor from their shop. But, Peach was always out of stock. No matter how many times he refreshed his food delivery feed, it was out of stock.
But, today it was luck.
The Peach yogurt bowl was in stock.
It didn't matter to him that he was almost 25 minutes away from the shop. It didn't matter if the yogurt was going to be more melted than frozen. He simply ordered the Peach flavor to the set.
He wasn't going to miss up on his favorite fruit, just because of distance.
He got further irritated when he realized that there were no drivers to drive the distance and deliver the food.
But, the shop had messaged him saying that they would be taking care of the delivery themselves instead of someone from the app's end.
He decided them to provide a huge tip.
The rider gave him a call, trying to navigate through a film set, the kind of place that he has never set a foot on.
Phuwin immediately rushed out of his makeup seat, alerting Perth nearby who was getting his own make up done. He also left behind Phuwin to see what was so interesting.
Phuwin rushed to find his yogurt.
What he instead found was a man who was extremely handsome, familiar looking.
The rider finally took of his helmet, getting down from his scooter. He was adjusting his dark brown hair, that was sticking to his forehead and the back of his neck. He looked very much like a God in Phuwin's eyes. He didn't dare move his eyes out of the man.
When the man finally spoke, Phuwin fell in love with his voice as well.
"Hi, sorry for the delay. It was just a lot of traffic."
"I am gay."
Phuwin blurted out without thinking.
FUCK.
"Congratulations? Anyways, here is your yogurt."
Oh no, he actually heard me. Shit.
Phuwin panicked.
"Wait." He called out to the man, who was now putting on his helmet.
"Can I have your phone number, to send over a tip? Thank you for the delivery. Peach yogurt bowl has been out of stock for months. Thanks for bringing it today."
Now, Phuwin was over explaining himself, just so that the man forgets that he basically blurted out his sexuality for no other joy than the fact that the stranger man in front of him was extremely handsome.
He could just leave the tip through the app, but he chose to still ask for him number with a lame excuse. The rider probably knew that.
The rider put his helmet back down and moved towards Phuwin, stepping into his personal space.
"If you really just wanted my number, you can just ask." The man had a small smirk playing on his lips. The late evening sunlight, reflecting off of his hair, made him look so much more ethereal.
Seriously, how can someone look this good. I just want him, now. OH GOD, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING PHUWIN, GET OVER YOURSELF AND SAVE FACE NOW.
Phuwin was looking similar to that of a Peach. He was blushing like a mad man. But, he is not known to loose his arguments or back down from any teasing.
Phuwin looked back at him, eyes straight and head held high. He was going to get that number no matter what, he had already embarrassed himself, he wasn't letting that go to waste.
"I am asking, are you going to give it, or not?"
Phuwin knew that playing a little innocent look would get him things done. So he did just exactly that. He titled his head a little to the side, bringing in the look of a saint in his eyes, and holding out his phone cutely.
And, it was working. Phuwin could see it.
The man in front of him was turning red. The sun was making it worse. He stuttered a little but he recovered, pretty quickly.
He took the phone from Phuwin's hand and entered his number.
"Name is Pond Naravit."
He quickly exited the set.
Perth witnessed the entire thing.
"So, congratulations on coming out of the glass closet. Truly inspiring moment." He immediately started his tease. He wasn't going to let Phuwin live down the fact that the basically confessed to a rider on a random Tuesday that he is gay.
The moment Phuwin realized that Perth might have witnessed the entire thing, he lost all the color on his face, that he gained from blushing.
"Perth, you better shut up now, or you will be not alive to confess your undying love for your Ta tomorrow."
That immediately shut up Perth. He acted as if he zipped his mouth shut and threw away the keys and left to his trailer.
"Wow, I can't believe that actually worked." Phuwin muttered to himself in disbelief.
The past six months days has been amazing.
Phuwin was successful in getting the man named Pond Naravit to be his boyfriend.
He learned every little thing about Pond, Pond learned every habit of Phuwin's. Cozy comfy sleepovers, fancy restaurant dates, simple home cooked meals. They were a textbook couple.
Pond was a secret that Phuwin cherished.
Pond would sleepover whenever Phuwin's schedule allowed and help him with breakfast, before leaving to take care of the shop.
Now, Pond has cultivated a new habit. Dropping off a Peach yogurt bowl, whenever Phuwin is on set for long hours. Phuwin would sneak out of the set. Enjoy the bowl with Pond. And come back with smudged make up. This has already happened twice.
So what if it took his makeup artist a few extra minutes to fix his lipstick. He just had the best kiss of his life.
The rumors started when Perth decided that he wanted to risk his life. He simply mentioned the fact that Phuwin had started eating more Peach yogurt bowls in the past few months than necessary.
Fans had seen him tag Pond's brand a few times. It didn't take them long to connect the dots.
It all started with a single comment.
"I have seen the owner of that place, he is so gorgeous. No wonder our man keeps going back there. He is 300% going back only for the face card. Source: Trust me bro."
It was such a simple comment, yet his entire fan page decide over night that they would be starting to ship him with his own boyfriend, without ever knowing that the handsome man behind the shop was indeed their idol's boyfriend.
Phuwin didn't notice what was going within his fan spaces. He had stopped doing that when he started dating Pond. He simply had no intention to snoop around with his fake accounts. Unfortunately, this meant that he didn't realize the frenzy going around his yogurt addiction.
It was another long day in set, and Pond had a full schedule himself, he was going for bulk shopping. This meant that he couldn't go to deliver yogurt for Phuwin late in the day. He was sulky.
He was hugging Phuwin and not letting him go.
"I wish, I could come to the set with you today. So, that we can be together the whole day." He was simply a sulky puppy today.
Meanwhile, Phuwin was having the time of his life. The man he developed a small crush on, was now head over heels for him. And was loving him endlessly.
"How about this, I will buy a bunch of yogurt bowls before I go to the set and keep it with myself, so that I can have it after break?" Phuwin suggested an alternative.
"Really?" Pond finally looked up from hiding in Phuwin's neck.
"Yes really, my sulky baby. I will gladly enjoy my yogurt today, do not worry!" He peppered kisses on Pond, forehead to cheeks, turning him into a blushing mess.
"I will see you in the evening baby, now let me go to work."
"Sure!" Pond agreed, but his hands did not leave Phuwin's waist, and he was still burying his face in Phuwins neck and hugging him all of his being.
"You have to let go of me Pond. How about we cook dinner together?" Phuwin was offering options to Pond, like offering candy to a kid, just so that he could go to work.
"Fine, go away, leave me to rot in this cruel world, all alone." Pond pulled his hands back, crossing it across his chest, showcasing a full on pout.
Phuwin so badly wanted to kiss that pout, but he knew that if he did it, he was just going to be late. But, against his better judgment, he still leaned in to kiss Pond's lips.
Pond took it as an opportunity to pull Phuwin closer by the waist for a full kiss.
He took his sweet time in nibbling at Phuwin's lips, biting at them just to hear gasps. His intention was to leave Phuwin flustered. The kind of kiss, that would leave someone week in their knees.
He pulled back from the kiss, to take a notice to the fact that Phuwin was having his eyes closed and lips parted. His hands held onto Pond's biceps for support.
"See you tonight love, bye!" Pond placed another quick peck on Phuwin's forehead, and quickly bolted out to the door.
By the time Phuwin regained a bit of consciousness from the kiss, Pond was long gone.
Fuck, my heart.
Afterall, Phuwin was just a young man, who wore his heart on his sleeve.
By lunch time, the set was bustling up with everyone running around to get work done before sunset. Phuwin remembered the promise he made to Pond.
He simply ordered the entire crew the yogurt bowls and a few drinks, just to show his appreciation. Why should only he enjoy a good snack when he could share his boyfriend's masterpiece creation with everyone.
The few staff and crew, who have been with him for long, were teasing him about supporting his boyfriend and how Phuwin couldn't stay one day away from Pond. They posted various posts and stories on social media.
This just added fuel to the fire that Phuwin didn't know was burning. He went back to shooting, without checking his socials, yet again.
Pond was still with his staff, purchasing in a bulk store, when he felt his phone vibrate non-stop in his pocket.
Comments were flooding under the shop's Instagram post.
Phuwin name, photos and GIFs, filled the comments under a specific Peach Yogurt Bowl promotion. He was confused.
Why suddenly the hype? what has happened to his shop today?
Before he could actually see what has happened, his staff called for him. He put his phone back and went ahead with his business.
Phuwin was finally done with his day. He was heading to Pond's home. To keep up with his promise for cooking dinner together, he went to shop for groceries. It was only when he pulled out his phone to make a payment, that he actually noticed that there were easily 300+ notifications sitting on his chat app.
He quickly reached home and opened to see what his friends were blabbering about.
Perth: It is about time, that I tell you guys that it was 100% because of me that our ever single man has a boyfriend today.
Fourth: why are you claiming stuff man 😭
Perth: Hey! I am not claiming. I am just stating facts. I am the sole reason Phuwin has a boyfriend. I was right there when he came out to Pond.
William: it would be really nice if p'perth wasn't making up lies for just one day :(
Perth: I AM NOT LYING. I AM SPEAKING THE TRUTH.
Santa: sure, and i am your cousin 🥸
Perth: NOOO, NEVER SAY THAT. I TAKE IT BACK. I WILL TELL THE ENTIRE TRUTH OF WHAT HAPPENED THE DAY HE MET POND.
Fourth: he melted faster than Pond's frozen yogurt 🤓
Perth: So basically he ordered something to the set, and then he rushed out to get his order, and then Pond was the driver. Phuwin basically said, "I am gay" instead of introducing himself. He basically threw himself at Pond. But in his favor it worked, and Pond gave him his number and this guy like went on date the very same weekend.
William: it is truly inspiring to see p'perth actually speak the truth for once :(
Perth: WILLIAM U BETTER STOP TEXTING LIKE I AM NOT HERE.
William: it is like i can still hear his inspiring voice :(
Santa: oh god this kid, something is wrong 😭
The conversation further dissolved into Perth and Santa ganging up on William, but Fourth pointed out something.
Fourth: does phu known that he is trending because he is getting shipped with his own boyfriend?
Phuwin: i am WHAT?
Phuwin: why did no one say anything to me
Fourth: we litr did, fym no one told u anything
Fourth: does the 30+ messages look like nothing
Phuwin: what the hell
Phuwin: 😭😭😭
Phuwin: let me check x and brb
Phuwin: OH HOLY SHIT
Phuwin: Pond's gonna screw me over 😭😭
Phuwin: i told him i will keep this a secret
Phuwin: SHIT
Fourth: u do realize that this is just shipping and ur relationship didn't get leaked right?
Phuwin: ….. oh
Phuwin: oh!
Phuwin: Oh well, tonight we are making spaghetti for dinner
Phuwin: 👋
Fourth: u little POS, come back
Perth: AI PHUWIN. Come back here, and explain this!
Phuwin ignored any further messages and simply returned to relax for the rest of the day until his boyfriend returned home.
Phuwin was a blushing mess looking at all the ship edits that were floating around. They didn't have any clips of them actually together, so all the edits were of their two pictures put together. Fans somehow found Pond's Instagram account, that was unfortunately set to public.
The comments were wild and comical.
"now we know why our phuphu likes peaches so much 😭"
"dawg, someone stole our phuwin 🥲😭"
"that man is pushing 30, its high time he gets a partner, finally 😮💨"
Phuwin was merely 28.
What are these people talking about!
He scrolled further to look at more comments.
"someone is eager to support their bf's business"
"guys, i tried the yogurt, it is like good, no wonder phuwin keeps going back"
"the yogurt is good, unlucky me, the owner is already taken by my own idol. life so unfair 😩"
He heard the door click open and saw Pond enter with an exhausted look on his face.
Phuwin was immediately on his feet, rushing to give Pond a hug.
"Hello, Mr. Yogurt Man!"
"Hi baby!"
"Weird thing today, my shop's page was blowing up, we are at like 45K followers, crazy!" Pond continued.
"We used to be at 20K or something yesterday, not sure what all the fuzz is about. But, hey good business to me!"
Pond ditched off his jacket and settled on the couch. He pulled Phuwin, who landed on top of him, and comfily curled up into Pond's chest.
"I missed you, puppy!" Phuwin mumbled into his chest, hugging Pond's waist. He can wait a little more before revealing what has actually happened to Pond.
"I missed you, love!" Pond smushed his own face into Phuwin's hair and pressed a kiss on his hair. It was an instant regretted it.
"Oh God! It is the hair setting spray. Ew, it taste bad."
Phuwin just giggled and settled a lot more comfortably on top of Pond.
"I haven't showered yet. Besides, don't eat my hair."
"I wasn't eating, I was just trying to be romantic!"
"Well, that worked really well in your favor mister. Now, let's go shower and make dinner!"
"Yes boss!"
Pond agreed and dragged them both to his shower.
Dinner was a simple affair. It was egg fried rice, yet again.
They were both comfortably settled on the couch, random 2000s pop songs playing on the TV.
Pond was finally scrolling through his phone to see, what the hell actually happened to his store's Instagram.
He noticed a few mentions from bigger accounts. They were makeup artists, studios and directors.
"Phuwin!"
"Mmm." He replied mindlessly, his attention on the song playing on TV.
"Did you have yogurt today?"
"Yeah! It was good."
"How many did you have?"
"Just one, why?" Phuwin now finally paid attention to the conversation.
"Then why did my staff just send me a bill for almost 25 bowls, delivered to your set location?"
"…"
"Phuwin!"
"I might have bulk ordered for everyone on the set."
"You could have just told me, I would have sent it over!" Pond was sulking that his boyfriend felt the need to pay for his products.
"Well.. I.." Phuwin didn't have anything else to add, he just sheepishly scratched the back of his neck, trying to find an answer. Pond would have probably sent over an entire food truck of their item if Phuwin had asked him for it.
"Next time, just tell me, I will bring them by myself!"
"Okay!" Phuwin had agreed.
Fans started noticing stuff.
It was simply a picture of Phuwin in the same vicinity as Pond's shop. And then came the picture of Phuwin getting dropped in a sleek black car, that clearly didn't belong to Phuwin.
Then came the photo of Phuwin widely smiling with all his 32 teeth in glory, while texting on his phone.
The final confirmation to fans that Phuwin was indeed seeing someone was the video that Fourth had accidentally shared to his main account on Instagram was everyone to see.
It was a clip from the day of when Phuwin introduced Pond to all his friends as his official boyfriend. Fourth had recorded the video of Phuwin being nervous before the actual meet.
The clip was just a glimpse of Perth and Santa teasing him about Pond, a mere 15 second clip.
But, the damage was done.
There were news articles.
Pond found this entire debacle hilarious, while Phuwin was fuming at Fourth, who conveniently escaped to his mother's house.
"Fourth, I swear to God, that the next time I find you, I will fucking strangle you and then donate your asshole to a fucking tiger. Say goodbye to your mother while you still have the chance you nasty piece of plastic." He was screaming into a voice note that he sent to Fourth.
Pond was laughing loudly through all this.
"Now you! What is so funny about all this? What is there to laugh about? Share it with me." Phuwin directed his anger at Pond.
Pond's smile immediately dropped. He was scared of the endless possibilities that Phuwin could proceed with.
"Nothing!"
Pond rushed off to his room. He heard a scream, muffled through the doors.
God, he is terrifying.
Pond thought to himself.
Now, came the management. They found it funny, but they just gave him the green light to go public with his relationship if he wanted.
That got him thinking.
He should discuss this with Pond.
It's been almost eleven months of them having found each other. Phuwin would rather die than ever live a moment without Pond. The feeling used to terrify him. But, not anymore. He is glad to feel this way. He is happy that it is Pond that he wakes up and looks at. He is thankful that it Pond's arms that he gets to return to everyday.
He wanted the entire world to know that it was him who was lucky to have found Pond in this lifetime.
He planned a huge surprise meal for their one year anniversary. All with a promise ring.
Pond didn't expect to find a whole romantic set up inside his house the night before their anniversary. He had bought a pair of matching bracelets for himself and Phuwin.
He was long ready to be public with Phuwin. But, he always understood, what his job and career entailed of him. Wearing a bracelet at all times would keep him close to Phuwin.
"Phu?" He called out, seeing the warm lights and all the candles.
"Hi!" Phuwin stepped out and handed him a huge bouquet of roses. It was a classic.
Pond pulled Phuwin into a hug immediately.
"Happy anniversary love!" Phuwin whispered into Pond.
"Happy anniversary to you!" Pond said back, voice almost inaudible.
"Come, let's have dinner." Phuwin pulled Pond towards the dining table.
Both their eyes glistened with un-shed tears.
"Oh, I really hope you are on the menu!" Pond said, causing them both to let out a small chuckle.
"What is all this preparation and wine for?"
"It is for our anniversary, duh!" Phuwin answered back.
They settled on the couch, sharing wine from a single glass, curled up into each other.
"Yes, but I think there is something else that is going on in your mind. What is swimming around in that cute little brain of yours? Tell me!"
"I have been thinking."
"You can think? Since when?" Pond faked gasped, acting in surprise.
"Oh, stop with the teasing you puppy!" Phuwin's reply just caused Pond's laughter to fill the house.
"So, I have been thinking, that.. I want to tell everyone about us."
Pond didn't say anything in reply. He was quiet. Phuwin took it as a sign to continue.
"I really love you so much. I would really not live another single day without you in this world. I am so so damn lucky to have you. I really hope you know that as well. There is not a single moment in life that goes by without thinking about you. My life has just turned for the better ever since I met you. And God, I feel so loved. You never made me ever think that, whether you love me or not. There has been no space for me to ever have any insecurity. Pond you are my everything. I truly love you. And I plan to spend all of this lifetime and anything else that comes after and every other lifetime with you."
A sob broke through the air. That stopped Phuwin's monologue confession.
Pond was crying. He threw himself on Phuwin, clutching him like a lifeline.
"I love you. I love you. I love you." He whispered back.
"You are my everything, Phuwin!" He managed to get out a few more words.
Phuwin's own words bought him to tears.
"I have something else as well." Phuwin said, as he moved away from the couch, to retrieve a small bag.
"Just to be clear, I am not proposing…. yet. But, this is a promise ring. I just wanted to give you something solid. Just until I am ready for a marriage." He opened the small bag, an pulled out the ring box.
Inside, was a smooth silver ring. Plain and simple.
He slid the ring on to Pond's pinky finger. It sat there perfectly.
"It is really beautiful. I love it, Phuwin." Pond bought his other empty hand to Phuwin's neck, to pull him into a soft kiss.
Pond was in the middle of admiring it when he remembered that he had a gift of his own. He got up from the couch, talking.
"I was going to give you this tomorrow. But, I guess we can just open the present now. I thought that we were planning to keep things private for a little more while, and I had bought these. They are just matching bracelets. It isn't as fancy as your ring, but I thought that you would like them."
He sat back down and opened his own present.
"Put it on for me." Phuwin voiced out softly, a voice that only Pond gets to hear and cherish. He lifted and extended his hand, as Pond wrapped the bracelet around with such care and precision.
Phuwin, without a word, took the other bracelet and put it on Pond.
"Are you sure about this public thing? I can wait, I can wait as long as you need me to."
"Pond, I am very sure about you. I don't want a life without you. I want everyone to know this."
"And I would love to parade you around." Phuwin added, causing Pond to snort out a laugh.
"Okay! I see that you have made up your mind. I am okay with this."
Phuwin pulled Pond in for a quick peck again. Pond just chuckled against Phuwin's lips.
"How do you like do this? Does your company put out a statement? Or how does this work?"
"I don't know about my company, but I surely am going to make a statement."
"What?"
"Just pose for me now."
Phuwin spent the next minute shuffling around to find the throw blanket and get the bouquet of roses and one more glass of wine.
"Why are you getting that glass?"
"It's for the aesthetics, you wouldn't get it. That's why your marketing intern hates you." Phuwin voiced out from the kitchen.
"Great, now just put your hand on top of mine like this. Oh, the other hand! The one with the ring."
Phuwin clicked away a few shots until he got the right one.
"Now, I am just going to post."
The post was captioned: "happy 1 🩵". He simply tagged Pond's account, and closed his phone. The comments were at it again.
"holishee, they have been doing the deed for an year and we were so right about it"
"perth sacrificed himself for today, let's honor him"
"wow, the ship was actually real, wtf"
"damn this boi taken 🥲"
"people in love stink 🙄 (jealous)"
"cringe (WHERE IS MY OWN BOYFRIEND)"
"ship is shipping, sailing, cruising, flying"
"IS THIS WHERE WE CREATE AN UNOFFICIAL POND PHUWIN HASHTAG"
Pond liked the post and posted it in his own story, with a simple red heart. He was having a good time reading all the comments, seeing people be supportive of them.
For fans, it slowly became common to see Pond at every single event of Phuwin's. And Phuwin was there at every single milestone that Pond's yogurt chain had started accomplishing. Supporting each other through everything.
Years later, they would probably get married and have kids, but for now, he has his own yogurt man!