Love That's Ugly (Completed)

Precious Tears

Gulf was wallowing in guilt and self pity. After the fight with Mew last night, he had shut himself in the room. Mew hadn't tried to talk to him and had already left for the office. He didn't know what came over him yesterday that he caused such a big mess. How could he slap Mew's superior, that was such a stupid thing to do. No wonder Mew was angry with him, anyone would be. Even though he was in regressed state it's not an excuse for everything he did. He can't just chalk it up to that every time he makes a mistake. He needs to take responsibility for what he did and find a way to rectify it as soon as possible.

He got Tine's number from Mew's phone without telling him. He had asked Tine to meet him for a while at the cafe because he had sort out everything. He was waiting at the cafe rehearsing his apology when Tine cane in looking upset. Gulf gulped nervously, things didn't look good from the expression on Tine's face. And things just got worse when he spotted a guy beside Tine who looked just as mad. Was that Tine's boyfriend? Or maybe a friend? Was he here to beat up Gulf? Should he just ditch the meeting and run away? That won't solve anything. He needs to face it like an adult.

"H-Hello, Tine. I'm Gulf Suppasit." He tried to initiate the conversation.

"I know. Why did you call me here?" Tine said briskly.

"Um... I'm s-sorry for y-yesterday." He apologized.

"Are you?" Wat retorted.

He took a deep breath and continued, "Yes. I'm really s-sorry. That was w-wrong of me."

"Sorry isn't enough. How dare you touch my Tine? Who the hell do you think you're to slap him?" Wat said angrily.

"You can slap me in return. Don't be harsh at Mew for my mistake."

"What-"

"Please. I'm really ashamed of how I acted at the office. Please forgive me." Gulf pleaded.

Tine had been really angry when he got the call from Gulf asking to meet him but now that he was here his anger was already gone. The guy looked like he was going to cry any minute. That's not how he imagined Mew's husband to be. He looked too fragile.

"Bub is sorry."

"What did you say?" Wat asked.

Gulf could feel the headache hitting him as he tried really hard to not regress. He felt so overwhelmed right now that he wanted to just curl up against Mew's chest and cuddle.

"B-Bub is sorry." And then he started crying.

Wat and Tine were alarmed to see Gulf crying like that. They tried to make him stop but he continued crying. Tine immediately called Mew and they took him to Tine's house since it was near. Mew arrived and felt his heart clench seeing his baby crying his eyes out. He quickly took him in his arms and rocked him back and forth. Gulf stopped crying after a while and was sniffling as he clutched Mew's shirt.

Gulf looked at Tine and Wat sitting on the couch, "Is bub forgiven?"

"Yes, you are." Tine said softly.

"Why were you both together?"

"Gulf called me to meet him at the cafe to apologize for whatever happened yesterday." Tine explained.

"Oh, thanks for taking care of him."

"That's fine but what happened? He started crying out of blue."

Mew sighed and explained everything to Tine and Wat. He told them about Gulf's regression and how they ended up living in a small apartment. Tine and Wat were flabbergasted after hearing everything. They couldn't believe someone would be this cruel to such a innocent soul. They felt sorry for Gulf, he was going through so much for no apparent reason. He was being treated like a thing by his own parents while his in-laws threw him out like he was nothing.

"How can your parents be this cruel? I knew they were controlling but this is sick." Tine said vehemently.

"I know that's why I cut all ties with them. I can't stand them anymore."

"Are you getting Gulf any therapy?" Wat asked.

"I have talked with few psychiatrists and we are thinking of starting the therapy soon. He had gotten worse in last few weeks. I don't know what's wrong because he won't tell me."

"You should be patient with him, Mew. He must be under lot of stress to act out like that." Tine said.

Mew looked at Gulf who had completely stopped crying and was playing with the buttons on Mew's shirt, "Bub, can you tell me what's troubling you? I'll take care of everything. Don't you trust me?"

"I do."

"Then tell me bun, why are you so stressed? Please let me help you. I'll protect you, bun. I won't let go of your hand just let me hold it."

Gulf mumbled, "B-Bub is scared."

"Why?"

He continued, "Liam scares bub."

"WHAT? What do you mean by that?"

"He comes to our home and say bad things."

"Bub, tell me everything he said to you."

Gulf told him how Liam had tried to manipulate and threaten him. Mew was absolutely livid. His baby had been worrying about all this alone while he had no idea. He wanted to kill that jerk for being anywhere near Gulf.

"Mew, I think you need to deal with Liam properly. You can't keep running away from him all the time." Tine said.

"I'm going to make sure he never cones near Gulf. I'll handle that scum. I think we should leave now. Thanks for helping Gulf."

"It's fine. I wish you a happy life, Mew. I really mean it." Tine said with smile.

Mew looked at the man he had once loved with all his heart, "Thanks, Tine and I wish you the same. I'm glad you have someone by your side who can love and care for you the way you deserve."