The Red Thread

The Encounter

Despite the calm exterior young man in white presented to those who silently observed him, his inside was doing summersaults. With his hair gelled and neatly comb back, his eyebrows creasing together to give of impression of that of angry bird, the young man was lost in his thoughts.

The four friends that had insisted on accompanying him to the audition were a different story. Despite forming a semi-circle around him as if they were bodyguards, the expression and gestures were pleasant as they excitedly converse among each other.

The young man in the other hand was a mess. His heart was ramming against his chest ready to break through and his thoughts were running hundreds mile per hour on all the bad things that could go wrong and embarrassment he would have to live with.

He did have a little experience with the entertainment industry since he had portrayed a younger version of main actor once in a soap opera and even then, he had no acting experiences.

He had never taken any acting classes nor has any vision to pursue the field.

His dream had always lied with football and wherever that sport would lead him. Currently he was interning in a sport broadcasting company to further his future in that field.

Yet, here he was, auditioning for a drama, and not just any drama but BL of all things. Not that he had anything against the LGBTQ communities but since he was straight as far as he was aware, he had never taken any interest in the community.

And he wouldn't have to if not for his friends.

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Three weeks earlier, along with his friends, the young man had gone to party to celebrate the beginning of spring break and much needed rest from schoolwork.

They enjoyed themselves, partying hard and flirting with anything that moved, be it boy or girl, or even a pole in the club. They were too drunk to distinguish between anything at that point.

Two day later after their body had expel all the alcohol they had consumed, and they were slowly recovering, Rune, oldest of the bunch by 3 month discovered a video of a young man, on his phone, promising to do anything the latter wished for losing the game.

Despite having no memories of the game or having taken the video, smirk covered the eldest's face.

There was nothing more fun than having one at the mercy of other, especially if it's meant teasing the youngest who had always fallen for their pranks despite being smartest of the bunch.

At certain point in their lives, the four friends had concluded that the youngest was only book smart and were little nervous for him on how he was going to survive the real world.

Fast forward, the youngest of the bunch was now sitting and waiting for his name to be called.

His friends had, without his consent, send his resume for the audition. Having had no choice but to keep his word after having seen the video, he reluctantly let his friend do his hair and dress him up in white shirt and denim jean.

His friends were having the time of their life teasing the youngest. However, they had come up with this plan after serious discussion.

Having known the youngest interest in the entertainment industry and his past experience, they couldn't believe the luck when they saw the upcoming drama audition advertisement.

They were a little hesitant at first, since the youngest was shy and never actively mention acting again but the three friends knew that he had a passion for it, even though football would always be his first and most formidable love. So, they took a chance and entered him.

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So, here they all were, filled with excitement and nervousness, even though the youngest refused to acknowledge that he too was little excited being in front of a camera again.

As his friends made themselves at home, conversing with passerby, the young man kept his stoic expression and glanced around.

Suddenly, scream of excited fangirls and boys filled the room. Young man startled by the sudden noise cranked his neck little higher to see who had been at the receiving end of such welcome. 

His breath hitched as his eye took the view in front of him.

Grayish hair, white shirt with red print on his left arm, and gray black pants. There was nothing outstanding about his get up, but aura that surrounded him was extraordinary.

The young man couldn't pull his eye away. He followed the arrivers' every move as he went in front of his fan and waved at them.

He couldn't hear what he was saying but his mouth was moving, and little scream of excitement erupted from his fans.

The young man couldn't deny how attractive this person was.

By simply standing there, somehow, he had commanded the room attentions.

There was no doubt within the young man that he was straight since he had always crushed on girls and dated girls, well dated a girl, but that does not mean one could not find a man attractive.

And simply finding one attractive does not mean one is attracted.

He was still intently staring at the man who stood at the center of attention when he heard his name.

"Gulf, Gulf.... GULF" Man screamed right at his ear.

Pulled back from his thoughts, Gulf stood up, alarmed. He gave his friends a questioning look and the other just shook their heads.

Rune pointed at the door where a woman with a clipboard was waiting with questioning look of her own at the group of friends.

While Gulf was lost in his admiration, his turn had come to audition in form a petite woman with high pitch voice calling his name.

Upon seeing no respond from his friend, Rune had answer for him and told her he was coming as Man tried his best to bring Gulf back to reality.

Finally registering that it was his turn to audition, he took a deep breath and walked forward.

"Gulf Kanawut Traipipattanapong?" the women asked hesitantly.

"Yes, that's me" he responded pointing at his audition number. The women nodded and beckoned him in the room.

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