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by hanaayukii_

by hanaayukii_

Co-translator : TofaRumman

Chapter 17 When it's done The consequences must be accepted.

The manager was sitting stressed out while looking at the messages on the tablet. When he finished reading, he slid it sideways, clasped his hands, folded his eyebrows, and sighed heavily.

"What's that ?"

Lalin asked with concern. Manager clenched his mouth and his eyebrows almost tied in a knot, glancing towards Phat with a flawed eye.

"Confirmation to take matters seriously"

"How can you deal like this? He was wrong, ” Lalin angrily argued. The manager shaking his head said, “Even if it's in the wrong direction, we shouldn't have done that. It is in the scope of physical harm "

Lalin objected, "Phat didn't do anything to him."

"Almost. If Nong Ran didn't catch him, Phat would have punched." The manager argued back and turned to look straight at Phat.

"Well, that guy thinks dirty of Ran"

It was Lalin who responded, being looked at by a higher-ranking person with scolding eyes.

“I asked the question,” the Manager said in a smooth voice before turning back to Phat who was sitting still and didn't open his mouth.

The young man clenched his mouth. He felt guilty for causing the company to suffer but did not regret what he had done. It's a pity that Ran had forbidden it, or else he would have stomped on the man's arrogance until all his teeth had fallen.

"Phat"

When his subordinates refused to speak, the manager ordered in a commanding voice. Phat exhaled gently before answering.

"He kidnapped Ran"

"Khun Winchai, just wanted to take him to feed the rice." Manager resolved. Hearing this, the young man became furious.

"Should I tell you first?"

The voice was so harsh until Lalin was dismayed. She wanted to warn him to be careful about his behavior, but because she couldn't because they were sitting far apart The young man's answer made the boss alert

“You shouldn’t hurt him either,” the Manager said, but when he saw the other person clenching his fists, he shook his head. “I understand that you care about Ran but it’s not an excuse to do that. “

It was a warning that gave Phat a correct idea of power, no matter how much he worried about Ran, he should think carefully, not just with emotion. Impulsive to act until the consequences were beyond fixing.

Phat felt guilty about the company but not winning against that scum.

“Excuse me,” said the young man with such a real feeling, looking nervously at the Manager's tablet. “What’s the solution?”

“He will take action against us.”

“But I haven’t done anything to him yet,” Phat said, recalling that incident. Winchai’s insult made him so angry that he forgot to actually throw his fists. But it was stopped because Ran had intervened. Instead of Winchai, he realized that he hurt Ran, and Ran asked him to calm down. Everyone thought that the story was over, but it turned out to be victorious, and continued to fight him by sending a message through the manager. With forming various matters until the meeting was urgently called.

“I know because Lalin has confirmed that you don’t do anything, but …” His expression was more serious than ever. Lalin thought that the other parties might jump into the police station.

“If he wants to report, he can report. We can report back.“

“It’s not that,” said the manager. “Winchai threatened to post it on social media that our people behaved so aggressively that their work was almost ruined."

Hearing that, Lalin was furious and said, “Liar. Our presentation made its products sell out. Where did you say that it fell? “

“We know, but others don’t. Those who will see his post won't care about the truth. They just want to have a drama to be cursed at. They will type anything that satisfies it. “

“With this reputation, the company has all hope of shattering,” Lalin said angrily. “Boss, do you know about it?”

“I know. You said that you are busy, but let's finish this matter.

The manager replied, Lalin frowned

“So what should I do? Let the Phat go and apologize to that guy? ”She asked as she thought. The manager shook his head slowly as he looked at Lalin and then Phat and sighed heavily.

“He has more advertising plans and will let our company do it, but …” The manager stopped speaking as he shifted his eyes to Phat. “Ran must become the model”

“I do not allow”

Phat suddenly broke out because while in the event, he heard Winchai talking about this advertisement and still praised that the skin was beautiful suitable for half-naked to show off the use of shower cream a lot. Lalin agreed with Phat but to reject in a hard voice was not a good result.

“Have you made a contract with him yet?”

She honestly asked the manager, fearing that the other party would sneak a deal. The other party shook his head.

“I might be condemning you guys, but I’m not so crazy that I will send the boy into the mouth of the wolf like that,” he said with a smooth voice as he saw Lalin’s unthinkable gaze. “I have been in this industry for a long time. I know who is like what “

“So what should I do? Refusing that would damage the reputation of the company. But if…" he answered, Lalin swallow throat as well, not wanting to make Phat more worried.

“I am looking for a way,” the manager said, with his arms clasped with hands, then placed his chin to think. Phat looked at the two leaders who were trying to figure out how to help Ran and he clenched his mouths. He did not want his lover to be the victim of Winchai. But he didn’t want the company to suffer from his mistake.

“There is one way”

After contemplating for a moment, the young man spoke. When the manager and Lalin turned towards him Phat briefly told them.

“The company must not have me”

“What do you mean? Are you going to resign?" The manager asked unexpectedly. Lalin protested immediately.

“No, I won’t let bad people like that ruin your career.”

“There is no other way here,” Phat said in a calm tone if the eyes were hidden with sadness. He has been here since he graduated. Reaching the ladder from being an assistant to being the main designer of the company until he didn’t want to go anywhere. Everyone was now in a difficult position, which was caused by him. If he was not here, Winchai might not harm the company.

“Resigning won’t help. Let’s think of another way. “

Lalin tried to persuade Phat to take back his decision.

“It will help a lot. Winchai knows that Ran is a freelancer and I am his personal manager. If the company fires me, he will lose the right to hire"

“Do you think he will allow it?” The manager asked and Phat nodded his head.

“For sure, if we tell Winchai that when you fired me Ran returned to study in another province. “

The idea of the young man made the manager sit and ponder carefully. Lalin remained silent and did not argue as if his eyes were dazzling with light, like brooding. The three of them were silent for a moment.

“Since it’s your decision I have to admit." The manager looked at the Phat with deep condolences. “The resignation certificate is effective from today”

“Yes”

“I’m sorry,” his boss said wholeheartedly. The young man smiled and shook his head.

“I am sorry,” Phat said, standing up. The manager stood up and immediately told

“I have friends working in design …”

“Better not. If you find a job for me, he will know immediately that this dismissal is a plan. Then he will come and fight with the company again. “

The reason made the manager nod slowly, looking at the Phat with concern.

“What about from now on?”

“Do not worry about me. I’ll finish the rest of the work, ”said the young man, slightly smiling when his boss slapped his arm to encourage. “Would you like to go collect your belongings''

“I’m sorry.”

The sadness of having to lose the skilled staff makes the manager think of anything, so he could only say that. He bowed her head to thank her and instead of saying goodbye, turned to Lalin.

“I will go first”

He smiled at her and turned around, preparing to leave the room, but was stopped as Lalin spoke.

“He can’t be arrogant for long.”

Phat knew who Lalin was talking about, but didn't understand what she wanted to convey. The young man only walked away. Everyone at the company was alarmed about what happened. Despite how angry he was at Winchai, he did not agree with this. When he had made all his decisions he could only say goodbye, especially Ban and Kriengsak that were very close to Phat.

“Good luck friend”

Ban spoke in a sobbing tone. He had been working with Phat for more than anyone else, so all of them could not accept that his best friend had to be fired for that reason.

“Thanks”

The young man said just that, puffing out and taking a box of personal belongings, and walked away in the sorrowful eyes of a colleague. Phat himself was a little broken when he thought that he would never come to work here again, but he wasn’t very sad. He stuffed everything into the car. Going back to the condo, while walking up to the elevator, he thought of the right words to tell Ran of this story but was interrupted when a beautiful girl cried out loud.

“Wait”

He pressed a button to keep the door open. When the girl entered the elevator, she smiled sweetly.

“Thank you Khun Phat”

“It’s okay.”

The young man could not answer badly. The pretty girl looked at him and laughed.

“Saying like this means you can’t remember, right?” She said and smiled as she saw the other person glanced and frowned. Seeing him not saying anything, the young lady introduced herself, “Kiwi, I’ve met many times, you can’t remember. So hurtful. “

Kiwi pretended, then looked up at the blinking numbers indicating the floor the elevator was moving up. The idea of the Phat was so focused on what had to be said that Ran didn’t pay much attention to it. In fact, he could not remember this woman at all.

“Yes”

Even if he didn’t care, he still maintained manners. He did not know that such a response, even if it was only a short word, could cause another person to continue. Kiwi smiled with joy and looked at the box that the young man had his hands full with.

“Carrying a lot of stuff”

She asked out of curiosity. Phat who did not want to discuss anything with, could not answer badly.

“Personal items”

If it was someone else, they would probably stop the interrogation. But with this young woman who had always been interested in this young man, it was the longest conversation since they had talked.

“Seems to be heavy. Can Kiwi help you carry it? “

“Do not be noisy.”

Phat deliberately used a low voice and was also smooth and emotionless to make the other person realize that he did not want to talk to it, which worked. Just as the bell sounded, she hurried to leave.

“To my floor. See you again. “

The beautiful girl gave a sweet smile and walked away quickly. The young man then closed the door and returned to his thoughts again. Realized again, he found that he was standing in front of his room. When the door opened, a small figure that was waiting came to hug and said in a clear voice

“P'Phat is back.”

Phat threw away all the worries. Dropped the box to grab the smaller person, kissed his forehead and nose, and smelled the aroma emanating from the kitchen. The young man smiled.

“Made something for me to eat!?”

“Omelette stuffed with Bao Chougumueng,” Ran said as he pulled his bag over the table. Grabbed the cold water, poured and handed it to his lover, “P'Phat is tired and drink water first”

The young man waited until his Phi drank the glass of water and asked. “Why did you return so quickly today?"

Phat was stopped with a hiccup. The words he prepared to tell his lover disappeared from his brain. He clenched his mouth, not daring to tell anything until Ran asked again, so he tried to avoid it.

“Please let me take a bath first”

The misunderstandings of the past made Ran anxious, and he could guess that today Winchai came to fight with Phat in the company. Yesterday, he forbade Phat from hurting that man, but it seemed that the other person was still hurt. By learning about the process of working within the company, the young man was confident that Winchai had brought this matter to the higher up and his Phi must have been scolded hard

“Ran would prepare warm water. Will you soak a little to relax ?“

The young man tried to please Phat.

“Fine”

Habitual short answer, as if something was hidden until Ran could detect the disorder. When Ran was filling the tub with water to prepare the foam, he said

“Today Ran was bored so I went down to look at the goldfish, meet Uncle Korn too. Uncle, thanked you for buying snacks.. “

“Why didn’t you say that you are the buyers?”

Phat now with only a towel wrapped around the bottom ask Ran

“If I said that Ran bought, Uncle won’t accept it,” said the little boy, whipping the foam up. “Uncle Korn, had fun teaching me many things, including books to read. Today I have read a book, a story in which the doll lives because of the blessings of an angel. But when she lied, his nose grew longer and longer and didn’t disappear until she told the truth. “

Big eyes gaze upon the eyes of the Phi Phat so he realized that everything should be told to the younger children.

“Winchai threatened to release news that we had damaged his business. But if Ran agrees to be the model, he will end it. “

In a nutshell, Ran frowned.

“I thought he had come to fight with us again,” the young man complained as if he had known and looked at his brother. “Ran, don't worry about it. Phi's company will have no problem “

“No,” the young man answered bluntly. Seeing his brother frowning, he hurriedly said. “That bastard is going to shoot an advertisement, the model is going to use washing soap.” His tone was like an erupting volcano. When he saw his lover, he looked like he didn’t understand. “I won’t let Ran stand naked in front of him.”

Ran understood what he heard and knew that Phat was very worried about him. But Phat's worry for him would degrade the reputation of the person he loved.

"Ran is a man. Taking off a shirt, it won't be anything. "

"If it's a flat bastard or a lute, it's fine. But Winchai didn't think like that. ”The young man slammed his voice in anger but realized that he should not put his emotions on him. Therefore reduced the tone of voice "Anyway, I won't agree."

Ran lightly sighed.

"How about P'Lalin?"

"If she could punch him, she would have done it," Phat said, going straight and shaking his head. "I didn't want the company to be in trouble, so I asked the manager to make a letter of dismissal and to tell Winchai that Ran returned to another province."

"Will he believe it?" Ran asked, feeling that this plan didn't make sense. Phat sighed gently

“The dismissal book is real. And I have all the personal belongings back. Believe it or not, it's the story. "

He spoke like he didn't care about anything. In fact, he felt relieved because when he was changing his clothes Lalin sent a message saying Winchai had made a big outcry, but the manager insisted that the company fired Phat as soon as it has known the problem. And he no longer had the right to bring Ran to join the event. Winchai must give up

Well, the young man told himself. He had a large sum of money, so he would enjoy some free time with Ran for a while and then would go out to look for work.

"Ran's heart is not good at all"

The little boy muttered. The face of constant joy was replaced by worry. So he pulled him to hug, gently kissing the round head to comfort.

“Lalin just messaged me and said that when Winchai realized that Phi was fired, he tried to follow Ran He was thrashing the turkey. But he was nailed by Lalin."

He deliberately joked to make the younger smile out, which worked. Ran looked up and asked.

"Really?"

“Ugh,” the young man answered briefly. The young man smiled with ease.

"That's good, Lalin is my hero."

Ran said with admiration, but Phat turned upside down.

"Oh, how about me?"

He asked because he thought that he should be the hero in his heart. So the young man moved up to kiss his cheeks to please.

"Brother is life. Ran's breath. "

What it meant was that for Ran, Phat was more than anything else. Which, when he heard that, the young man's heart was full of joy and fullness

"Ran is everything for me."

He said, pressing his nose on soft cheeks, inhaling the fragrance of her body skin until it filled the lungs. Ran did not protest, but when the Phi kissed two cheeks, the young man asked.

“What is thrashing the turkey?”

The rising mood suddenly dropped. Phat laughed and did not get angry.

“Means rampant. It is a metaphor for the symptoms of an angry elephant. “

Ran listened and nodded.

“Then why didn’t you say amok? Much easier saying."

Followed by his thoughts, the other person laughed lightly.

“I just want to show the picture.”

“Ran has never seen an angry elephant,” the young man argued. Therefore hit the head

“I agree. I watched a documentary so I think I know”

“Elephants are running amok. I did not use the word to hit the turkey, hit the tusks for a bit. ” Ran did not give up, so he was knocked over his head again

“We are very good at arguing now. Isn't it good to catch a punishment? “

Hearing this, the young man hurriedly stepped aside and shook his head.

“Phi is constantly trying to make fun of Ran. Ran doesn’t want to talk to you. You sit in the water, Ran would go outside and wait. “

After speaking, he walked staggering out of the bathroom. Phat laughed at Ran, mumbling to himself ‘cute’ before releasing the towel and slowly lowering himself into the tub. The warm water and the scent of the bath aroma made him feel better. Emotions that were packed throughout the day were gradually relaxed.

Phat soaked in the water until he was comfortable and had dinner, then he and Ran enjoyed watching movies together. Each day, the two lived together with simplicity. They did not just watch movies in the room, they went to the mall, exercises in the condo, and the fitness center. After a week, Phat began to look for work. Even with skill, luck was not in favor, as most companies already had designers and almost no place was accepting new people to work. Phat was not very concerned. From craftsmanship and work, he could easily accept freelance work. Wages might not be as good as in the company, but he was comfortable because he was with Ran.

Phat and Ran often helped each other with household chores, sweeping, wiping and mopping, washing laundry, and cooking. Whether it’s breakfast or dinner, if any day they were tiring, they would order the delivery or go out to eat. As in this morning, Ran wanted to eat Kanom Krok Patongo and tofu drink therefore he invited Phat to go out to buy. They walked and talked to each other happily until Khanom Krok shop. The kind aunt then said.

“Hello, Nong Ran. Wake up early today."

“I want to eat Kanom Krok, aunt,” the young man replied with a clear voice.

“Ran is a sweet baby. Like this my boyfriend is dead."

When he heard Aunt Kanom Krog making a move like that, Ran made a face at Phat. He smiled when he heard it.

“True”

Perhaps the kind aunt probably didn’t hear well because he was busy picking Kanom Khrok from the stove, arranging into boxes gently before handing over.

“Auntie gives two sets for the couple to be full.”

Aunt told with a smiling face. Ran smiled until the cheeks were round.

“Thank you”

After paying for snacks, the couple walked back to the condo but Ran asked to stop and see the goldfish first. While waiting for them, they heard a woman say hello.

“Good morning, Khun Phat”

A beautiful Kiwi in morning exercise clothes, likely just got out of the gym and came down to eat. Phat raised the corner of the mouth slightly to avoid bad manners.

“Good morning”

The woman turned to smile and ran to say hi, because she was much younger, seeing the indifferent expression on Phat, she tilted her neck and asked.

“Do you remember?”

“Yes, Khun Kiwi.”

His voice was clearly distorted, but the young woman, who was somewhat familiar with her, did not care.

“What have you bought? So many things,” she bragged. Not even before Phat could answer, Ran said it first.

“Khanom Krok and sticky rice with grilled Pork” was just not enough, the young man still pulled a bag from his Phi's hand and handed it over to “Sister Kiwi, are you interested? This grilled pork is really delicious."

To say that Ran was intentionally pranking, because he knew that this beautiful girl kept her figure well, which a healthy person like her would definitely not eat this kind of fatty food. It seemed that Kiwi was not aware. She smiled at the young man and said.

“I don’t eat meat.”

Ran made a disappointed face. He guessed in his heart so he smiled.

“Not naughty.”

Ran smiled, grabbed his arm, and went back to the room. But there was a halt when the young lady called

“Khun Phat,” she hesitated as though she was unsure whether she should speak well or not before deciding to continue. “Kiwi has some people I know in the company you work for. So I got the news that …"

The woman paused her words to see the reaction of Phat. When the other party still had a calm expression, she dared to speak “You left your job.”

“Yes”

Phat answered in short, did not expand much. Kiwi asked with concern.

“Can you find a new place?”

“Right now, I can do freelance work,” replied the young man, pretending to retire, but the woman held back with her words.

“Freelance may be free. But it’s not your style." She looked Phat with frowning. Even though he couldn’t guess that he was not satisfied or was following along, the girl continued to move forward. “Kiwi knows a manager of an organizer company. He’s looking for a designer. If you are interested, I’ll tell him. “

“Thank you, but I’m satisfied here.”

Disregard without care before taking Ran to the elevator, Kiwi then chasing after

“I’ll wait for an answer.”

Back to the condo, Ran and Phat organized the food on the plate. While eating breakfast, they talked until they were full and washed their crockery, cleaned the kitchen, and the couple moved to the living room. While selecting a channel to watch their favorite programs suddenly, Ran said.

“You can go, please.”

Phat looked at his face with suspicion.

“Where are you going?”

“To work that the sister said just before”

“But Phi …”

“Even if you say that you are happy with your job now Ran knows that you want to go back to your old job. Freelance is good where we can do it at any time. But there are limitations. Also, it is not the Phi's style that Ms. Kiwi said. “

The young man raised his eyebrows in surprise.

“I said I don’t like it. Then what is it about? “

“Ran just didn’t like it when Khun Kiwi acted like that," Ran argued and frowned. “But I am worried because I don’t want to see you stressed out"

This time, Phat was stunned. He admitted that every night after his lover fell asleep, he went to his desk with his thoughts. He didn’t think that Ran was always observing.

“Phi”

“Ran admits that I like you with me all the time. But if it makes you suffer, Ran is not okay, ”said the young man, leaning his head wide on his shoulders. “Let’s go to work”

“But Ran has to stay in the house alone.”

“Not all day for a while. Cool, then go back. Sunday we can be together all day." Ran looked up to Phi “You can go and agree to Ms. Kiwi. Ran give you permission".

Phat kissed his lover’s cheek and hugged him to his chest.

“Don’t become jealous of her later.”

“Why will I be jealous when I know that Brother loves Ran alone?”

The little boy flirted with and talked. The heart of the architecture grew. He was pleased to know how much Ran understood him. The problem now was that he didn’t know which room the woman was in. It was difficult to ask other people because he did not get involved with anyone.

“You can go and wait in front of the fitness room. Kiwi goes regularly every morning “

Ran told him like he knew the idea. The young man raised his eyebrows.

“I know”

“I saw it every time I went down to buy Khanom Krok,” said the young man and smiled when he saw the Phi hit him with a serious face “If P'Phat doesn’t dare to go in and say hello You can leave a note with Uncle Korn."

Shaking his head Phat said, “Never talked to him, how can I leave a note with him?”

“I think so too. Uncle Korn also told Ran that P'Phat was shy. I can speak less, count words but never cause problems,” Ran said, smiling and moving to sit upright.

“Will it be good?”

The young man asked with uncertainty. The little boy nodded and smiled.

“Well, write it down so you can hurry and take it down. Will get Kiwi to go to work “

“I know,” Phat pretended to say, but he couldn’t help but wonder that Ran looked close to other people and knew that person more than him.

“When you go to work, sometimes Ran becomes lonely so Ran goes down to look at the fish and talk to Uncle Kon."

It was a corner that the young man had never known before and could not have imagined that a child who was unfamiliar with the outside world like Ran would dare to leave the room. He also never told him.

“Didn’t tell me a word,” Phat pretended to sound ferocious instead of being scared, the young man leaned on his arm and replied in a pleading tone.

“If you didn't tell me, Ran can’t go down,” said as he looked at him with dog-like eyes. “I’m sorry.”

Finding like this, no matter how angry Phat was, he could not stay angry. The young man turned his head, not too strong.

“Wherever you go, tell me first so I don’t have to worry, understand?”

“Understood.”

Ran nodded in response to a clear voice, then left the Phi, walked halfway to get the pen and paper. “Write a note to Khun Kiwi. Ran will take it to Uncle Korn “

Phat took the paper to hold, instead of writing, he put it on his pen, as if looking for the right word but changed his mind to put it on the table.

“Better go down and see you. Can you go with me?"

The young man clung to his arms with clear eyes and was gently squeezed by the Phi.

“What if I said I wouldn’t accept it?”

“I’m not willing.” Ran faked his face, sticking his tongue at it, smiled, and kissed the tip of his nose.

“Okay, tomorrow morning will go down together, but now,” he pretended to chase his gaze at his body and smiled wily before he went to pick up the TV remote. “Let’s watch a movie”