hooked | brightwin

thirty

bright purses his lips and nods at his senior new when he asks him to find seint and have some papers approved by him. since he doesn't want win to do it, he agrees.

"will these be all, sir?" he asks, and new nods at him. holding the papers, he heads to the building where seint works -- his feet dragging him to move.

while going to the company where seint is, bright can't help but think of win -- how confused he probably is with all that's going on with seint. he sighs, worried of win will take all this knowing well that his boyfriend tends to overthink certain situations. when win's face crying flashes in his thoughts, he grips the envelope full of paper inside. that's the least thing he'd ever want to see -- win crying because he's frustrated and sad and worried. he's rather have him cry on bed for too much pleasure or because of happiness.

when he's told win that he doesn't know what seint wants, it's the truth. they haven't talked for three years straight ever since he asked for the breakup. he isn't aware that seint is working near him. he isn't aware of any of seint's whereabouts and all of a sudden he'd appear like a mushroom out of nowhere.

right when he steps inside the building, he's gone toward the lobby asking for seint's name and where his office is.

"do you have a scheduled appointment, sir?" the woman asks. bright creases his forehead, remembering he doesn't have any and that new hasn't told him about appointments.

"no, i don't have."

"is that so? i'm afraid you can't see him, sir. mr. seint doesn't usually accept anyone who has no prior appointments."

he wants to jump in joy of the possibility of not seeing seint, but he remembers new and the task that's been given to him.

"is there a way to speak to him? i just have to make him look at these papers."

the woman nods at him, dialing someone's number on the telephone while looking at bright as if she's telling him to wait and he takes it with a nod. the next thing bright knows, she's already talking to what seems to be seint's secretary for a few seconds, and even though they're just near each other he can't seem to comprehend what they're talking about.

"his secretary is asking for your name, sir."

"it's bright. bright vachirawit."

the woman nods and tells his name to seint's secretary.

"he's on the 17th floor, sir."

"oh, thank you." bright is dumbfounded, not sure about what's happening. just when he thinks he won't get to meet him, his life is playing with him.

"you're welcome, sir. have a good day."

i totally doubt that, bright is thinking as he walks toward the elevator, punching the 17th button as he sighs.

bright is greeted by seint's secretary as soon as he gets to seint's office. she's smiling at him even when he hasn't officially greeted her yet. just as he's about to greet her, the lady already has her palms touching each other.

"sawasdee kha, sir bright. mr. seint is expecting you inside."

"sawasdhee khap," bright answers, utterly confused as the secretary walks away. in the company where he's an intern, majority of the engineers' secretaries are with them, inside their office, even if there's someone else along them. and he's wondering what she means by 'expecting' when this is clearly not part of bright's plan.

he readies himself but before he can even knock, seint has already opened the door, his face gleaming with joy which bright finds unsightly. what is there to be joyful about? he's thinking.

"i knew you'd come for me," seint confidently says as he pushed bright to sit on the chair.

"i didn't come for you per se. senior new asked me to have you approve this paper." bright fixes his tie, the stillness of the air suffocating him.

bright confusingly look at seint as soon as he hears the door clicking, as if locking it. he stands, shoving the envelope he's holding on seints chest, ready to get out. but seint holds his arm to steady him.

"what's with this attitude, bright? didn't you miss me? i know you did." seint throws himself at bright, letting the envelope fall on the floor. bright tries pushing him away, but seint has his hands clasped at the back of bright, caging him.

"you wish, seint. what the fuck is it that you want, really? stop bothering us, you shit." bright's words are calm, but he can't tell how much he wants to shout.

seint lets him go, "us, huh?" acting like word stings in his tongue.

"stop messing with win, seint. i'm fucking warning you. why did you talk to him? why are you doing this? does it please you when you fuck with someone's mind, huh you fucker."

"there's too much cussing going on with your mouth, sweetie. let me take those away," seint says, his face devoid of emotion, as he leans toward bright aiming for his mouth. but bright moves back, pushing seint away.

"i want you back. i need you back, bright. now break up with that guy. he's not good for you," seint says as he pulls himself together.

bright snorts, "and who's good for me, seint? you? who are you kidding?"

seint frowns at bright, his words like a pang of pain screeching in his ears.

"of course. who else would be. i gave you time. three years is enough don't you think? now get back with me and let's start over again."

seint closes the gap between them, but bright hunches as he takes the envelope on the floor.

"stop fucking with our lives, seint. now check these papers so i can go back to work."

seint chuckles and bright takes it that he's being a challenge. seint opens the envelope and flips the paper, reading its content one by one. bright has his guard up all the while seint is doing that, knowing that one way or another seint would do something he wouldn't want.

when seint is done, he gets a pen from his table and signs the paper. he gives it back to bright and holds his hand in the process.

"i'll have you back, bright. i'll have you back."

"fuck off," bright says, sprinting towards the door.

///notes///

hi! i'm listening to scrubb songs as i'm writing this, and it's totally giving me the 2gether vibes. i love their songs.

another thing, i'm plugging my smut shots ft. thai bl and another brightwin story!! 💘