Ram and King woke up entangled in each other's arms.
Ram kept staring at King, the whole time without saying anything because he was still feeling the after effects of the mental breakdown he had the night before.
King touched his forehead shifting in his arms and smiled at him. He felt like his heart was going to combust any second then.
"You are still running a fever", King said pouting a little as he stood up holding his hand out for Ram to take.
Ram was reminded of the day when King held out his hand for him and asked to dance. Suddenly he became aware of the reality and he frowned.
"Why?", He whispered.
"Will you push me back again after pulling me closer like this?", He asked a little louder.
"Ram", King said sitting infront of him.
They stared at each other taking in all the details of the other's face that they haven't seen for so long.
"If I asked you to be my boyfriend now, would you say yes or no?", Ram asked.
"I would answer that only when you ask me nicely", King said flicking Ram's forehead and left the camp.
Ram wondered what the senior meant by asking him nicely. He decided to ask Thara or Mek for help.
"P' I need your help", Ram whispered to Thara at the breakfast.
"Sure Nong Ram, tell me what do you need my help with?", Thara replied smiling at him.
"Suppose I'm going to ask somebody to be my partner then how should I do that?", Ram asked trying to be as discrete as possible.
"NONG RAM IS GOING TO ASK SOMEONE OUT", Boss announced as he overheard the conversation by chance.
"WHAT?"
"WHO?"
"WHEN?"
"SHUT UP BOSS"
"P'"
Ting, Phu, Tee, King and Ram said simultaneously.
"It's obviously our dear friend King", Mek added joining the party to make Ramking more flustered then they already were.
"Wonder what happened at night that helped them in reconciliation", Bohn and Ting said together and others laughed.
"Ram must have shown him his skills", Duen said out of nowhere and everybody looked at him like he has grown two heads.
"What? Why are y'all looking at me like that?", Duen asked innocently and then he recalled his words and his eyes widened comically when he realised what others must have interpreted from his words.
"I meant his skill in persuasion", Duen added blushing furiously and hiding his face in Bohn's chest.
"We get it nong", Frong said laughing at the junior.
"Well your doctor must really have some nice skills to turn you from serious jerk to a ball of sunshine", Boss said and everybody but Frong laughed.
Frong threw a spoon towards Boss which was easily dodged by him as he jumped into Mek's lap before the spoon reached him.
"I'll get you back on that", Frong said glaring at Boss who simply stuck his tongue out at him.
"He just called you 'ball of sunshine'. Is that a bad thing now?", Thara softly asked Frong, reaching out to hold his hand to calm him down.
"Isn't it?", Frong retorted.
"No.. it just means you're a changed person now. You used to frown a lot in the past. Now whenever I see you around P'Thara, you're always smiling and well that's a good change", Boss added smiling at Frong who was suddenly blushing due to all the attention on him.
"Let's talk about something else", Frong added looking flustered as the tip of his ears turned red.
"Now back to Ram and King, have you both really reconciled?", Thara asked looking between the two as Ram stared at King with the same question in his eyes.
"Well....we.. we still have a long way to go", King said not meeting Ram's eyes.
Ram kept looking at him to speak more, to let him know if he still has a chance or was he just messing with him?
King kept quiet because he was shy but Ram took his silence as a 'no' and he abruptly left the table.
"Did I say something wrong?", King asked as he watched Ram's back who was walking towards the camp, probably.
"Did you not make it clear to him?", Bohn asked.
"What?", King added.
"That there's still a chance for him", Mek replied.
"I...well he asked me my answer if he asked me out so I told him that I'll answer him only when he asks me nicely", King added remembering the events of the night and the morning after.
"He probably thinks you were messing with him", Tee said.
"Why?", King asked oblivious to the look of absolute hurt on Ram's face before he left.
"He was asking for help from P'Thara just now and then when P' asked if you've reconciled, you didn't give a direct answer", Tang added.
"I don't understand. Why do I need to give an answer?", King asked.
"Wait! Don't answer that. I don't want to know anymore", He added walking angrily towards the camp.
"They're both idiots", Thara commented as King disappeared from their sight.
"And stubborn", Mek added and everybody nodded.
"They'll sort this out though. I think them getting angry or upset with each other for little things is a good sign. This just means they care about each other", Boss said and Mek smiled looking at his boyfriend, remembering all the times when they got mad at each other for no reason, they just wanted attention from the other.
"I bet they'll be the most lovey dovey couple out of y'all. Although I already feel like I've eaten a jar of honey whenever y'all are around me", Tee said and earned a smack from Bohn.
"What? I was just telling the truth", He added and this time he dodged the smack and in return smacked Bohn's head before running away as his friend chased after him.
King and Ram were sitting on different sides of the same camp, not talking to each other.
King started rambling out of nowhere and Ram just shook his head before putting on his headphone and listening to a song.
"So now he finds be this irritating?", King murmured looking at Ram's indifference towards him.
"Fine, I don't even want to talk to him", King added pouting a little as he tried to open his bag to take out some notes.
He tried hard but the zip got stucked with something so he couldn't open it but since he was already upset with Ram, he didn't pay much attention to that and just kept trying. He was getting impatient after five minutes of trying and the tears of frustration mixed with the hurt due to Ram's indifference came running down his cheeks so he let out a frustrated sigh.
"Stop", A soft voice said behind him.
"Just go away and listen to some song", King huffed rubbing his eyes to stop the tears.
"Stop", Ram said again, this time taking the bag away from King's hand as the senior fought back and started pushing him away.
"I'm here", The junior simply added before engulfing King in his arms who struggled to get out of his hold for the first few seconds but then gave in.
King didn't stop crying. He cried and cried, for a long time and Ram kept holding onto him.
He knew these were all the tears that King had kept inside for a long time. King cried for all the things he went through in the last couple of months without him, because of him.
When King relaxed in his arms and all his tears dried up, Ram finally let go but kept his hands on King's waist to keep him closer.
"How do you feel now?", Ram asked.
"Feel like shit but it's okay as long as you're here with me", King repld.
He was still the same flustered mess when it came to Ram. He might put on a facade of being all tough infront of everybody but one smile from Ram was enough to make him melt like a snow on a sunny day.
"Your fever has gone down", King said as he softly caressed Ram's face.
He softly moved his hand all over Ram's face, touching his cheeks, forehead, eyes and lips.
Ram simply stared at King letting him do whatever he wanted to do.
King rubbed his lower lip softly before pushing Ram down and kissing his forehead, then his nose, his cheeks and finally his lips.
"King", Ram moaned, breathing heavily as they stopped to catch some air.
"You like it?", King asked as he leaned down and kissed his Adam's apple and Ram let out the breath he was holding.
"I love you", Ram spoke as he kissed King's forehead.
"You do?", King asked with a teasing glint in his eyes and Ram nodded playing along.
"Then show me", King added lying down on his back waiting for Ram to make a move.
Ram didn't need to be told twice. He moved on top of King and gave him some toe curling kisses, one after another till they heard their names being called from outside the camp.
"Lover boys it's time to go back to the resort", Phu said and they could hear their friends chuckling in the background.
They picked all their stuff and checked their appearance before going out.
"You can still make babies in your room of the resort", Bohn's 'unfiltered ass' shouted and King blushed furiously.
"To be very honest that would be way more comfortable", Boss said and Duen nodded unconsciously.
King just glared at the two and Ram stood beside him calmly, not really affected by anything happening around him.
He was too happy to notice other things. He got King back and that's all that mattered to him at the moment while King just wanted the ground to open up and swallow him before he turn to a walking and talking tomato due to all the teasings of their friends.
Ram held King's hand all the way to the resort and rubbed circles over it with his fingers in order to comfort the senior and make him feel his presence.
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A/N :
1) This fanfiction has officially completed a week and I'm overwhelmed by the response it's getting. Thank you so much my dear readers. 🌺
2) I've uploaded a new book in which I'll share English snippets of Ramking from their novel, "Space : The Space Between Us" so do check it out. 🌻
Thanks y'all again! ♥️