bitu'un

BITUXUN. twenty-one. southeast asian. she/her/they. semi-selective, multiship, multimuse, multiverse.

he couldn’t help but laugh at her seemingly freak out at the news . hunter and kamatchi didn’t spend a lot of time together since they ran in different groups . he being a school dealer and her , well , she wasn’t popular by any means . he actually wasn’t sure what’s she’s been up to , but he liked seeing her around and the small conversations they had . “ you were smart and funny . it wasn’t hard to like someone like that . “ he admitted with a shrug . it was kind of a cop out to her comment on her looks . hunter couldn’t lie . the girl did have a massive glo-up , however , it was always in her . “ plus , i really had fun with you when we did that science project . we just never really hung out . “

“it’s…” lily shrugged, “quieter than here. the kinda place you could just pass through, blink and miss.” hence why she’d been in a rush to get out of there as soon as she was able to support herself. even then, she couldn’t really support herself; she just managed to get by. “do you go back often? even if it doesn’t feel like home?” she didn’t complain when their fingers slid together, giving dew’s hand a small squeeze. “where is your favourite place to go?”

he wrinkled his nose, firing back, “you? ‘poor self esteem?’ nah. didn’t think you knew what that was.” and that had to be one of the things that he found so damned attractive— that she had this sort of confidence that could put almost anyone to shame. the thought made him blush harder, then even brighter at the compliment. “thanks, but uh— you know. gotta give props to the designer and all.” still conscious of the jacket he had not — not wanting to ruin a piece that looked far more worth than a week’s salary — he scratched at the back of his neck. “you got anything else you wanna test on me?”

“thanks,” she echoed, looking away from him for a moment. although the word came out curt, she hoped that her bout of shyness conveyed how much this really meant to her. she could hardly believe it: this designer gig was something she picked up simply because she could. her early adulthood, so far, was a bit of a chore. not bad, but that upper-class ennui was getting to her. she wasn’t sure what she wanted to do.

“it would make me feel better, dew.” she shot back and pretend to be offended by what he said,“ouch, the famous dew srisuwan doesn’t want to flirt with me?” rose cut the act and laughed,“ don’t worry, i’ve seen you flirt with others so much, i can easily point it out.” rose also seen how his lines work on those he flirts with, it is a bit entertaining to her, actually.

dew looked a little better when he wasn’t so teary eyed and upset, lily could almost convince herself he’d genuinely perked up. she hoped that spending time with him today might help things. her heartbeat stuttered a little at his honest words but she did her best to remain cool. “it’s really not, huh? we’d be better off walking, probably.” considering what they were looking for, it shouldn’t be that hard to find a place in town. “i definitely won’t miss it.”

“never? really? you’ve never had a crush on me?” he isn’t arrogant. well, relatively. he likes to think he’s about as humble as you can realistically hope the son of two famous actors, who’s been working in the industry since he was a child, can be.

aiden had agreed to this modeling thing because… well… erica had asked. simple as that. as unfriendly as he could be toward others, as unfavorable of an impression as he typically made, she was (somehow) a friend, and the rarity of such connection always equated to a strange side of himself that most never knew. and then, you know, there was also that small crush to consider.

anyway, he tugged against the sides of the jacket, lifting his shoulders and adjusting it, really getting into that mindset of ‘look good, feel good’ that they were aiming for. “i uh— thanks.” god. how stupid was that? he turned to show off how well the fabric fell down his back, although it was also to hide his goddamned blush. “should definitely include it in your line.” glancing down, he shook his head. “dunno why you doubt yourself so much.”

“if she kept staring, i would have smacked her.” rose mumbled under her breath as she followed dew to his car. she raised an eyebrow when she heard his suggestion and nodded her head,“alright, but you are watching that new drame with me, and no complaints.”

lily had to bring up the conversation sooner rather than later. she couldn’t pretend everything was fine and then suddenly leave dew with a fleeting goodbye. as tempting as it was since it sounded so much easier, it wasn’t fair and she wanted to be fair to him. “yeah?” she perked up a little, had been entirely prepared for him to shut her out now. “okay then. let’s do it.”

“hate this.” she told him softly through clenched teeth but kept the fake smile on her face. rose did not like attention at all and she never knew how dew can handle people always focusing on him. she glanced at his hand for a second before taking it, giving him a subtle nod to say, ‘your welcome’ before speaking,“yes, let’s go.” rose replied, doing her best not to snap at his ex who was staring daggers at her back, if they didn’t want this to happen, they should not have broken her friends heart.

tears. that was one way to shatter her already broken heart. there wasn’t a part of lily that wanted to do this but she knew that she had to. “don’t… don’t do that,” she muttered, fighting the urge to reach for him. she wanted to take him into her arms but she wasn’t sure if that would be more a comfort or another twist of the knife. “now? i don’t know. i don’t leave for another week but i couldn’t hold off any longer and pretend this wasn’t going to be the outcome. we can spend time together or we can… not. it’s up to you.”