𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 , 𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 , perhaps it's why he particularly was so fond for all things divinely maddening . it all lasts only briefly , one wouldn't even think it happened at all . these personal preferences were applied to all parts of his life , because as much as it could be upsetting having someone walk away , the mere thought of letting anybody in made the student's skin crawl . it made a particular nest in vesper's more intimate relationships , one where he always stood arms length away from the other . under the constant guise of seeming reachable , but being light years away ; like the sun to icarus .
𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒚 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 & 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒅 , apparently vesper realized early on in life that behaving like a hellraiser would get him on their good side almost instantly . he was able to put away the smolder of vengeance whenever he looked at the pair , because in the same gaze he could see the power they could offer . if it meant being tolerant for a few more years , it was possible . things had been eerily calm among the khittasanga men until the chirping of the birds and blooming of the daisies alerted them spring had arrived , and with that , a new opportunity . as it had been with his father and mother , talks of a possible engagement with the niece of thailand's prime minister began to float around from one edge of the globe to another . vesper made his opinion on any decision like that loud and impossible to ignore , a big no every time it had merely been mentioned from the other side of the phone . on their third try , they notified him calmly how quickly he'd lose his status as a heir if he chose to step away from the chance .
𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 , 𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 , and the whole debacle slipped comfortably to the back of his head , where he soon forgot about it all completely . he had the world to crush in the palm of his hand , there was no reason good enough in the world in which vesper would actually agree to be engaged right now . the cinth's vice president made rounds to a local house party , surrounded by bodies , fingers tugging at him in various directions . drinks are handed over and over and over to vesper , and he soon finds himself tangled up with a pretty girl from nerine . needy hands push and pull , soon finding an empty room for themselves to occupy . the taller males fingers grip tightly in the nameless silhouette's waist , lips intertwined with the last bits of oxygen leaving them . the door slamming wide open isn't enough to make him tear away from the girl , only a small and stern 'shut it' was mumbled out . the word he thinks he heard causes his ears to perk up and brows to furrow , and as he's about to pull away , the boy feels a hand on his shoulder . ❝ who the fuck is asking ? ❞ it's only until he registers the image before him the blood in his face soon begins to disappear , once hot skin cooling down rapidly . the hazy grin he was sporting only moments earlier was soon faltering into a deep scowl , ❝ shit , it's you . ❞
