Chapter 02

A few days later, Boun returned home from socializing again, when he saw the big TV screen advertisement on the way, he remembered that he had forgotten the third anniversary, he scolded himself, but it's too late to buy flowers and gift.

Back home, Prem has fallen asleep, Looking at Prem frown when he is asleep, Boun rubbed it with his fingers. He feel guilty when he go home with empty handed, and he feel even more uncomfortable thinking about ignoring Prem recently. When Boun wake up the next day, Prem is not in the room, hearing the sound from the hallway, Boun hurriedly chased it out.

"Prem, where are you going?"

"Go to work. You woke up."

"Sorry, I forgot about the third anniversary, I'm damned."

"Oh... it's okay, I forgot too." when Prem said this, the bitterness in his heart poured into his mouth.

"I'll be back early tonight, let's go out for dinner."

"Ok."

Boun breathed a sigh of relief and worried all night finally solved it. He quickly changed his clothes and left for the company.

Prem just got home in the evening, he got a call from Boun.

"I'm sorry Prem, I have a dinner appointment with the leaders of the cooperative company tonight, I forgot about it. Can we have dinner another day?"

"Can I say no?" Prem's mood is down to the extreme.

"Ah,"

Prem can feel that Boun on the other side of the phone is a little at a loss.

"Hahaha, I'm kidding. It happened that Sammy and the other made an appointment with me for dinner, and they are now ready to go."

"Ok. Then you go with them."

Prem hung up the phone, and the tears of grievance could not be controlled to fall down. while wiping, he laughed at himself how he became more and more sentimental, it's just a meal. but he knew that he was sad not because of a meal, and the sour feeling blocking his breathing. Finally give up, lying on the floor staring straight at the ceiling letting tears flow.

After the tears were over, Prem washed his face, changed his clothes and goes downstairs for a stroll, then walked to the coffee shop near his home. The facade is not big, but the environment is very good, the decoration is also the style that Prem likes, and the coffee and cake produced by this shop are good. Prem pushed the door and went in, probably because it was mealtime, so there were no customers in the shop, only one clerk who hadn't seen it before. The clerk saw Prem and gave him a warm smile.

"Hello, what would you like to drink?"

"Iced coffee, and strawberry velvet rolls."

"Sorry, the strawberry velvet rolls are sold, do you want to try Swiss rolls?"

"No, that doesn't match with the iced coffee."

The clerk who was seriously ordering on the computer was amused by Prem's words and looked up at Prem.

Prem was embarrassed and smiled awkwardly,

"I think the Swiss rolls are better with Americano."

The words of Prem the clerk curious about him:

"Do you came often?"

"Um, came often during this time." Prem also looked at the clerk.

"Are you new here? I haven't seen you before."

"Actually, this coffee shop belongs to me. Today is the holiday for the staff, so I will come to work on duty."

"It turned out to be the boss, then can you make coffee?"

The words of Prem made the boss feel fun and laughed.

"In this way, you sit down and give you a try on my craft."

Prem nodded and sat down on the coffee bar. The two began to talk one by one.

"My name is Kao, what is your name?"

"Prem."

"Do you live nearby?"

"Yes," Prem looked at Kao's movements as if they were quiet professional, unlike the usual boss who only invests and doesn't care.

"You don't usually come to the coffee shop? Haven't seen you."

"Less, I have other jobs." Kao knew that Prem questioned his level and explained with a smile.

"I have a barista qualification certificate, but I am too busy at work and can only hire someone to take care of it, but I choose the coffee beans by myself. Here, try my craft, this is a new bean that has just went on the market."

Prem take the cup to his nose and smells it, then tastes it.

"Umm\~ there is a slight green apple flavor, not bad, it's smooth."

Kao thought to himself, that this is a handsome little guy who knows how to taste the coffee. The two chatted casually, but as soon as the mealtime was over, the coffee shop had more customers. Kao started to get busy, Prem also moved to sit outside, and the communication between the two ended here.

Prem was not a coffee lover at first, just because he used to find a place to sit down with a group of friends to chat and play games, later he came out more, so he kept this hobby.

Prem sat playing his mobile phone, have some fresh air, time passed quickly, after drinking the coffee, he walked back alone.

Boun hasn't came back, and Prem is used to it. After taking a shower, he lay back on the bed and fall asleep. He don't know how long he slept, and his stomach was very uncomfortable, it should be because he drank coffee without having dinner and burned his stomach. The place next to him was still empty, he touched the phone and saw that it was already 12 o'clock in the morning, Prem sighed with sadness, but think about Boun is not easy, holding his stomach, he went downstairs to the living room to find stomach medicine, Boun just opened the door and came in.

"Why haven't you slept yet?" when Boun walked over, his body was full of alcohol. Seeing that the stomach medicine on Prem's hand was not looking well, he turned and went into the kitchen to pour a glass of warm water for Prem.

"Why do you have stomachache? Did you eat the wrong thing?" Boun drank a little alcohol, but he was sober and cared about Prem as before.

Prem took a sip of water and swallowed the pill on his mouth. He thought "I don't think so, I only had a cup of coffee tonight, and didn't eat anything else."

"Just coffee? Didn't you go to dinner with Sammy?"

Boun realized it when he saw Prem not talking, Prem said tonight that he was eating with Sammy was a lie, he didn't want to let him miss an appointment and feel guilty for leaving him alone. Boun took Prem into his arms and kissed Prem on his forehead.

"I'm sorry."

Prem doesn't think about Boun missed appointment in his mind now, he only sees Boun entertaining and returning home in the midnight of the night, don't know how much he has drank, it's hard work and heartache.

"I'm fine, I'll make you a glass of honey water."

"No need, are you better? do you need to go to the hospital?"

"No need, just have a sleep."

"Then you hurry up and go to bed, I'll come as soon as I take a shower."

Prem was drowsy when he returned to the bed, but he hadn't slept with Boun for a long time, so he sat up and holds his eyelids to wait for him.

"Why are you sitting? Lie down and sleep.

"I want to wait for you to sleep together." Prem lay back under the covers, blinking and looking at Boun.

"I haven't slept with you for a long time."

"Fool, don't we sleep together every day?"

"We are in the same bed every day, not sleeping together."

Boun pinches Prem's face, which is his favorite thing to do before. Think about it, he rarely do this kind of small action, it's not that he don't like it, it is indeed that he spend very little time with Prem.

Like Prem said, although he lay on a bed every day, he came back every time after Prem fell asleep. He got up only when Prem got up in the morning and went to work. The two people have not been like before for a long time, lying in the bed chatting and make trouble with each other, even normal bed exercises seem to have not been done for a long time.

Prem was lying on the bed, but occasionally frowned slightly. It seems that the stomach medicine hasn't working yet, and it's not a good time to do that kind of thing now. Boun lay back on the bed, and Prem moved over.

"Hug," Prem's baby voice, made Boun's heart beat faster when he heard it, but after a while, his heart felt sour again.

"Don't drink coffee on an empty stomach in the future, you know?"

"Um, I was going to have a piece of cake, but it just happened that the one I like is sold out."

"Which one, I'll buy it tomorrow."

"No need, that cake is especially good with the cup of coffee that has just been brewed, and it may not be so delicious to eat alone."

"Then I'll go with you."

"Really?" Prem, who has been buried in the arms of Boun, hears this sentence and suddenly becomes energetic, when he looks up at Boun, his eyes were bright.

"It's just outside the community, it's very close and convenient."

Probably afraid that Boun's going back on his words, Prem also gave out alluring reasons.

"Okay. Let's go another day. Do you often go to this place?"

"Yes. It's close and it tastes good."

"With whom?"

"I'm alone"

"Alone?"

"Yup." Prem smiled secretly, "Why, afraid that I'll secretly ask another handsome guy to go?"

Boun tightens his arm, Prem pretending that he can't breathe and shouted for help. After talking with Boun, Prem felt that his stomach didn't feel so uncomfortable, he closed his eyes and said that he was sleepy. After a minute, he began to hear the sound of even breathing.

Boun pulled the quilt on the Prem side and looked at Prem's sleeping face with mixed feelings in his heart. He remembered that when he was with Prem at first, Prem often went to the coffee shop with his friends, Boun didn't know those friends, and Boun was not an outgoing, cheerful person who would like to make new friends, but he saw that Prem often went out with friends and sat for a few hours as soon as he went, Boun was a little jealous, so he began to follow him several times.

Prem also discovered that Boun was incompatible with his friends. Later, he took Boun to the coffee shop alone and rarely asked his friends. Boun hasn't accompany Prem to the coffee shop for a long time, he thought that Prem has no habit of going to the coffee shop. It turned out that Prem gave up friends for him, but he did not give Prem a good company.

It's not that Boun didn't realize that he was busy and ignoring Prem, it's just that every time work comes, he still chooses to work. Every time he need to compensate Prem, there will be unexpected situations. He will convince himself every time, Prem will understand, and make up for Prem next time.

Boun arranged his work and got off work on time. Prem leaves work earlier than him, and the company was closer to home, so when Boun returned home, Prem was already at home.

Prem nibbled the sandwich and looked surprised at Boun who came in.

"Why did you came back so early? Did you forget something?"

"No. I'm come back to dinner with you."

Boun looked at the sandwich on Prem's hand, distressed and sad. Prem used to hate sandwiches the most, but now he is always alone. For convenient, he can just eat a sandwich for dinner.

"Really? Then I won't eat sandwiches."

"What are we going to eat?"

"You can eat whatever you want."

"Well, how about noodles? We used to go there a lot."

"Okay."

The noodles shop is near the community, they go with walk. Along the way, Prem chirps to Boun about all kinds of interesting things that have happened recently, and he was very excited.

Boun kept smiling and listening to what Prem said, but his heart is filled with emption. It seems that this scene has happened countless times, and it was the same before. Prem responsible for saying that Boun is responsible for listening, and Prem's smiling face is the honey after hard work. It's been a long time since he saw Prem smile so happily, as happy as a child.

Once upon a time, Prem's smile was also a treasure that Boun always wanted to cherish, he hoped that his baby could be a happy child forever. But he didn't know that the happiness of his child depended on him, without his love, his baby would not be happy anymore.

Prem doesn't know how long he hasn't talked, when the noodles are finished, Prem is still sharing interesting things with Boun. It's like the night in this two person world is very rare, Prem always secretly holds Boun's hand under the table.

This scene is like when they first lived together, the salary of the two was not high. Although the house was bought by Boun's family, Prem always said that it could save money. They try to choose noodles every time they eat, which is convenient and delicious.

Since he get busy, not to mention the noodles shop, even the number of times he eats with Prem is very few. Boun suggested to go to the coffee shop frequented by Prem, and Prem happily leads the way.

When got to the coffee shop, he still met the clerk several times, the clerk and Prem are familiar with greeting each other.

"I still want strawberry velvet rolls and Ice coffee." Prem looked at Boun, "I want another iced latte."

"I'm sorry, the strawberry velvet rolls are sold out."

Prem pointed to the corner of the display freezer.

"Isn't it a piece there?"

The clerk bent over and glanced, and said with a smile.

"That piece is what our boss wants."

Outside the door, someone pushed in and Prem glanced back subconsciously. The person who came in was the boss Kao. The two looked at each other and greeted with a smile. Kao suddenly thought of something walked into the cash register.

"I left you a strawberry velvet rolls."

"Ah?" Prem looked incredible. The clerk beside him was also surprised, then he was replaced by a gossip face.

"Okay,Okay, please accept the cake money."

"That's ok, I treat you eat it."

At this time, Prem has noticed the bad face of Boun behind him, and probably guessed the reason, worried that Boun would lose his temper here, he quickly put the money in the cashier and took Boun to sit outside.

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