The Prince First Love

Chapter 37

"Tsk, such a drama queen." Can shook his head as Tin's antic. His cheek started to hurt as he smile genuinely again. It felt forever since he smiled like this. Like he have nothing to worry.

Tin laughed too when he realized Can is not buying his acting. He looked around and just like before, the area is void of other students because it's hidden by buildings and trees.

The Prince leaned down to the sitting Can and captured Can's lips into a quick but lingering sweet kiss.

Can's eyes involuntarily close on their own as  he savor the kiss. It's not planned but enough to make their pulse quickened.

"I'll - I'll go..um, please answer my call." Tin's cheeks lightly turned red with his sudden action. It is like his body move on its own, like it is a habit.

"Okay." Can nodded as he watched the retreating Prince. His mind is settled, maybe enjoying the moment even for a while, even away from the proving eyes of those people that judging them. Just for awhile.

Can touch his lips as it tingled like Tin's kiss is still pressed on it. The warm feeling of the Prince's lips is like a calm water of a morning dew..it's nice.

Can haven't checked his Facebook ever since the news exploded about him and Tin and he is fine with that. He can live without social media but Can is hurt when some of his teammates on the football team acting like he has malignant sickness.

"Don't treat Can like he is a cancer you dumbtards, if you are going to looked at your teammate like he don't belong you are free to go." Techno for once said something intelligently.

The three boys looked down in embarrassment.

"I can leave the team P' if - if I am causing the team some tension. I'm fine ..you guys needs them and I'm just one." Can swallowed the lump on his throat. He love football and saying that, is like torturing himself. But he can't watch his team breaking because of him.

"If Can leave,...I will go too." Good who always just in the side listening said suddenly.

"No, no Can..I am sorry..we are sorry." Em told Can. "We are just acting like pricks without con sidering your feelings as our team..Captain is right..you are our brother, no matter what we should have your back."

Can almost jumped his friends in happiness but he stopped himself for the last minute.
"Thank you."

"Can, don't think too much..you acting like this being quiet is not right..we already have Good for that ..we want our Can back." Techno said with his arm around Can's neck.

"Alright, let's go  after school my treat." Type said making the group hoots in happiness.

"Wow Type, you voluntarily sacrifice yourself.. Had a fight with your husband?." Techno found something to annoy Type but Type just rolled his eyes.

"You are just sad Ai'No because you are the only single in here." Type chuckled.

"That's not true! Champ is single and Good too." Techno pointed to the other two.

"Who said Champ is single..he is dating that girl from St. Fatima college and Good have a love he just don't know yet cause he is slow." Type laughed mockingly at Techno.

Can laughed as he watched his friends. He is still lucky for having them. And he should be thankful for that.

After school, the group gone to a bar that Type seems to know very well saying He and Tharn often go there when they wanted to unwind.

The noisy group rented a booth where there's a videoke machine. Can forget everything as they sing out of tune and they get drunk like it is new year.

Ae sat down beside giggling Can offering a chicken skewers.
"Can, you are drunk." Ae told Can. Ae is not that drunk he handled himself just fine.

"I am not drunk." Can slurred while giggling. "You are drunk Ae."

Ae chuckled while rolling his eyes. He watched their friends dancing while singing out of tune.

"Can, are you okay?." Ae asked.

Can paused from drinking from his glass while his smile momentarily frozen but just like an imagination his smile shine back almost blinding Ae.
"Ae, I am okay...are okay?."

"Are you sure?." Ae probe.

Can nodded repeatedly before standing up and proceeds on trying to get his hands on the microphone. They are so noisy that the next room is complaining already but the group only laugh at that.

Ae pulled out his phone as he replied on Pete's text message.

To Pete 💓: He is acting even more weirder than before.

To Ae 💓: what do you mean?

To Pete 💓: like he is acting too happy which made it like it is fake.

It's one in the morning when the group laughingly leave the bar, intoxicated and walking on zigzag mode. But who will thought that even in the middle of the night some shameless reporters will be up and about to find a headline they are thirsty about. And because Can is the hot issue they found ways to follow the teenager around.

Flash of camera is the first thing that met the group upon stepping out the bar and even intoxicated, Can's friend shield him from the vultures because the boy is too wasted to even looked up.

Pete anticipated that it will happened, the drunked part not the reporters that is why Ae's boyfriend volunteered to send a car to fetch the group.

After sending everyone home, Ae is wondering if it is safe to send Can home but Pete think that there will be people waiting there so Ae took Can at Pete's place.

Pete and Ae help Can to Tin's room at Pete's condo. Can kick his shoes off as he snuggled on the soft pillows.

Ae sighed when Can suddenly sobbed on his sleep. It's not loud just a quiet cry. Ae's finger trace the trail of tears from Can's eyes sadly.

"He shouldn't act tough when he is having a hard time." Ae told Pete.

Pete just squeezed his boyfriend's shoulder sadly. What should he say? That it will be better? Isn't that lying?

If only things is not as complicated then maybe, just maybe this will have different ending.