HEACANON TIMEEEEEE! Okay, this exact scene happened but Ley is spying on Tin and Pete because they are looking mighty suspicious together. They seemed to be discussing about something important but for goodness’ sake, must they walk that close to each other? For the sake of her idiot brother who has placed too much trust on Tin (”Na, listen here Ley, I trust Tin and he’ll never cheat on me!”), she shall snoop at the happy couple just to confirm. Also, it never hurt to record Tin’s infidelity, just in case. She’s going to get him!
She’s a good sister, she thought to herself.
Ley watches Tin and Pete walking together in the IC parking lot. It’s been a while now since Tin and her idiot brother got together. How it happened, Ley isn’t sure she wants to know. But despite how her first ship has ended, she is happy for Can.
Ley has seen how they both change around each other. How they fit together.
It’s odd how she ever thought Tin and Pete were a match when she sees how Tin chases after Can, and how Can chases after Tin. A partnership in many ways, different but equal.
And yet… Tin and Pete remain as close as ever. If not closer.
Ley has brought this up to Can only for Can to sigh like the older brother he was and give her a look like he was lecturing someone. “Na, Ley, I trust Ai Tin. He won’t cheat on me. He’ll never cheat on me.” Can’s soft and gentle tone were like a shock to Ley’s system.
Still, Ley had her concerns. The image in front of her being one of them.
Do boys really just walk that close all the time?! Most of the boys Ley has seen are so rowdy and rough (Can included), and they walk so far apart you could drive a car through them and not hit a single one.
Tin and Pete walk shoulder to shoulder, talking casually, as if no one is watching. Smiles are on their faces, their gestures are casual and effortless. The product of high society perhaps?
Ley starts recording. Even if Can doesn’t think Tin will cheat, it doesn’t hurt to start compiling evidence. Can is stupid sometimes, but Ley loves him. And if it’s to protect her brother, Tin will die in a ditch despite how woefully handsome and rich he is.
Ley might also have to take a page out of Can’s book about cursing people.
“Are you going home tonight?” Tin asks.
“No, I’m staying at my apartment,” Pete says. “It’s closer.”
“Oh, can I come take a look? I’m thinking of getting one as well.”
“You should! You can even sleep over tonight. Ae is away at a game and so is Ai Can, right?”
Ley wants to scream. Perfect evidence!
“Yes, he’ll be away until tomorrow. Perhaps today is a good day for this. Should we pick up some food for dinner?”
“Oh, I’ve been learning how to cook. I can make something.”
“Learning to cook for yourself or for your Thai Program boy?”
Pete’s cheeks turn a faint pink and Ley fights the urge to be charmed. He’s cheating, damn it! “You should learn to do something for your Thai Program boy too.”
“I think buying an apartment is enough, don’t you think?”
Ley drops her phone in shock. It clatters to the ground, alerting the two boys.
“Ah, N’Ley,” Tin says as he walks over. “What are you doing here today?”
“Swadee kha!” Ley offers a wai quickly. “I was looking for Chompoo actually…” Pete’s face seems to darken at the mention of Ley’s friend and Ley briefly remembers Chompoo’s crush on Ae.
“It’s good that I saw you here today actually. I have a present for you and your mom.” Tin opens his trunk and pulls out two expensive looking gift bags. Ley is torn between squealing in joy and feeling like she’s being bribed. She briefly wonders if Tin is on to her. “To thank you for your support for me and Can.”
“Oh P’Tin! That’s not necessary!” Ley waves her hand. “Please don’t.”
“I insist. Can told me these are ones you and your mom have been wanting for a while.”
Ley catches sight of the designer tags and wants to faint. “O-oh P’Tin… If you’re really insisting…”
“Of course. You’re like my family now too, aren’t you? I should spoil my younger sister once in a while.” Tin smiles and Pete smirks a bit behind his hand, as if he knows what’s really going on.
Ley reaches out and accepts the bags, she feels blessed and damned at the same time. “Your little sister thanks you, P’Tin!”
“It’s nothing, really.” Tin shrugs. “But, I hope you’ll support me later. I have something important to ask Can when he gets back.”
“O-Oh? What could you ask him, P’Tin?”
“Help me ask him to move in with me, N’Ley.”
Tin’s expression is so open and earnest that Ley can’t help the next thing out of her mouth. “But you and P’Pete!”
Both of them blink. “Ai Tin and I?” Pete asks gesturing between them.
“A-Are you-”
“We’ve been friends since we were this big, N’Ley.” Tin gestures to about knee height, which for the two taller boys is not very short. “I think we’re allowed to be personally close, don’t you think? Besides, I love your brother.” Tin’s smile becomes the kind of soft that Ley has only seen in the really good BL dramas with the hottest actors. Ley wonders what horrible thing she’s insinuated after she sees that smile. “After all the trouble I went through to woo him, do you think I’d throw it away?”
“O-Of course not P’Tin!”
“Okay, so we’re agreed, Pete and I are just friends. Please don’t worry, N’Ley.” Tin carefully pats Ley’s shoulder. It feels like a proper gesture of affection from an indulgent older brother and admonishment from a father at the same time. “You’re being a good sister, aren’t you? Looking out for Can.”
“I thought I was…” Ley looks down at her feet, kicking the asphalt.
“Thank you. I hope you and I can work together to keep your idiot brother out of trouble.” Ley’s head snaps back up again. “He’s a troublemaker for sure. Let’s work hard, okay?” Tin offers Ley a hand.
Ley takes it. If it’s for Can, Ley will even work with a suspect.
She can always curse him later if need be.
@weilongfu I love when you add ficlets to @andwebegin‘s ask replies 🙂
@weilongfu And know that I’ve never taken you for granted. I want to confess that you are the Tin to my Can but know that I will never dare to hurt you. I just want to give you loads of kisses and be the big spoon in bed so that I can hug you all night.
@andwebegin I love you too ❤
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