Love In The Air

Chapter 3

“Phi?????” Rain exclaimed confused by what had just happened. “What are you doing?” Why was this doing things to him that he was not used to? “Oy!” Before Rain could pull himself from the heat that was Payu’s chest he found himself being pushed into the mattress and the towering muscular figure straddled over him and Payu’s face was hovering over Rain’s. Shock and confusion ran through Rain. “Phi Payu what are you doing?” Rain asked with his voice trembling as he tried to push the immovable wall that was Payu’s chest away from him.

“Well....” Payu started with a very sultry tone to his voice. “How are we going to talk about expenses?”

“Expenses....” Rain’s brain was struggling to follow what was currently happening. “Payments.....” Rain realised at what Payu was hinting, Rain’s inner monologue took over. “Phi Payu was not talking about money anymore he was talking about my....body” How was his hero this type of man. “Huhhhh????” He asked with hurt and anger in his voice. “Phi are you gay?” He asked nervously, he was still hoping that Payu would climb off of him and laugh that he was joking.

“To be honest” Payu replied. Rain expected him to jump off and tell him it was a prank. “I have to say that I am Bi.” Payu told him nonchalantly. Rain was still in astonishment and didn’t know what to say or do in that moment. Rain realised that he wasn’t joking anymore. Payu bent closer to Rain’s ear. “You’re responsible for this because you were the one who kept approaching me.”

“ME?????” Rain asked in utter astonishment.

“The sudden radiator leak” Payu started to explain. “Your car breaking down and then at the party you couldn’t keep your eyes off of me.” He smiled down at Rain as he continued to explain how Rain had made him uncontrollably sexually attracted to him. As Payu continued to explain the situation Rain was left speechless. His inner monologue scolding him because when Payu explained it seemed that he was right.

“When you look at it that way it must have looked like I was trying to seduce him but that wasn’t my intention at all!” Panic now began to set in. “It was all pure coincidence.” Rain took a hard swallow as he tried to speak to Payu now. “I....”

“Well, everyone knows we have crossed that bridge now.” Payu told him. Before Rain could object to anything he felt the warmth of Payu’s breath on his neck and the softness of his lips as he kissed the crook of his neck. Right below where his jaw bone sat. Payu’s warm mouth was attached to Rain’s neck as if he was a vampire attempting to have his first taste of human skin before taking the first bite to quench his hunger. Payu’s hands slid under his shirt. He started from his collar bone and slowly started to trace down the warmth of his chest trying to memorise the texture of his skin, the rough palm that was torturing Rain in the best way. He caressed his stomach and Rain felt his skin tingling and flushing red the further south that Payu’s hands travelled.

“Phi Payu let me go.” Rain told him through his heavy breaths. “This is a misunderstanding.” He was trying to tell him while dragging air into his lungs and was trying to make excuses because the further this went the more confused he became. He tried to push the big shoulders that he could feel near his hips now but it was as if his strength had been zapped from him. Had Payu’s strong arms, hands and kisses taken all of his strength from him, Payu started to trace gentle kisses from his torso up to his shoulders.

“Are you sure this is a misunderstanding?” He asked, muttering a word and then placing a single kiss on a different part of Rain’s body.

“Please, please”, Rain was begging in his head. “Don’t put your hand there!” Rain was nervous he was no longer going to be able to control himself. When Payu’s hand moved further south to cover Rain’s member he was lost. He closed his eyes delving into the pleasure; when confusion set in again he reached up and covered his mouth. His head started to shake in denial. He can’t enjoy this. He is attracted to women! “Phi...” Rain uttered. “Phi...stop.” The dizziness had set in fully and he felt Payu’s warm lips place delicate kisses up his neck and onto his cheeks. Payu pulled away finding Rain’s eyes again. He could see the desire rising up in them. He didn’t think this was a mistake. He continued to kiss Rain’s chin and brushed their lips against each other. Payu moved down again but instead of using his mouth to figure his way around Rain’s body it was now his tongue. Rain tried to turn away but couldn’t, he felt so trapped that he couldn’t escape. Why he was unable to talk anymore, was it the shock of what was happening to him. He was eternally grateful and deeply admired the man that had helped him on so many occasions, but he had to stand up for his dignity as a man.“STOP!” Rain exclaimed. “This is not funny Phi Payu.” He pushed with a harder force and was crying out loud. When Payu’s eyes met Rains this time it was a different look, the passion and desire seemed to be slipping away and cold shivers ran all over him.

“Quit” Payu warned him. “Playing hard to get is becoming annoying!!” Rain laid frozen, his mouth wide open with the shock at what had just come from Payu’s mouth. He felt his eyes stinging with tears and the lump rising, he was determined not to cry. He wasn’t scared of the rangy man that laid across him but the comment had hurt him. When Payu noticed that he had stopped fighting him he leaned in and pressed his lips against Rain’s pink inviting lips. Rain picked up a pillow that was next to him.

WHACK!

He had actually taken the pillow and struck Payu across the head with it. Payu was stunned. Rain took the opportunity to slide away and get out of the bed with his hair dishevelled, and his face held as if he was about to throw a temper tantrum. His lips were swollen and he had the beginning of a love mark showing on his fair skin. As he straightened his clothes he screamed at Payu. “GOD DAMN YOU!” He couldn’t fight back the tears anymore. “GO AND DIE”The situation had hit him hard and he was not coping with it well. His eyes were streaming and he had to swipe the tears from his cheeks. All the admiration that Rain had built up for Payu since meeting him was melting away. “I never thought you were like this. Even if you paid me, millions of Baht I shall never sleep with you” Rain shouted as he hurried to the door. As he could see his freedom getting ever closer he forgot his bag. He turned and asked Payu where his bag was.

“Where are you going?” Payu replied.

“I am going home.” Rain snapped. “Who would want to be with a psychopath like you?”

“It’s in the closet.” Payu told him. Rain ran and grabbed his bag making sure he knew where Payu was at all times. He glared as he turned to make his way back to the front door. It infuriated Rain when he turned to see Payu sitting in the bed acting like he had no worries in the world. Looking like he had actually enjoyed what was happening. He actually looked amused with himself. “I hope with the way that you are shouting you haven’t woken the guys from the garage up” Payu teased. “Looking at you it’s going to be a lot more difficult for you as well.” Rain looked down and it infuriated him even further that he was aroused by what had happened. He was embarrassed all over again and felt the redness rise.

“What the hell are you looking at?” Rain bellowed his voice becoming incrementally louder each time he spoke to Payu. “You.....you psycho!”

Payu let out a sigh as he stood up. “Not in the mood anymore.” He rubbed his head in boredom ignoring Rain’s tantrum as he watched Rain struggle with the door. “Go home” He told him. “I’m not in the mood anymore.” Rain looked at the weather outside and it was still storming outside, he had no way of getting home. This was not an area that he would be able to get a taxi and his car was still broken. He hesitated. Payu made his way back to bed with a smirk on his face. He had already laid an extra pillow and blanket along the sofa in the living room, he acted as if nothing had happened and turned off all of the lights without paying attention to Rain. Rain was stood in dismay as he watched Payu climb into bed and pull the blanket over him. Rain however was now stood in darkness.

“What the f**k are you doing?” Rain called out after him.

“Oh!” Payu said feigning surprise. “If you are staying you better keep quiet and sleep.”

“Huh?” Rain was confused. After he stood in the darkness for a few minutes he looked around and made his way slowly to the sofa, making sure his bully wasn’t moving and was definitely asleep. Rain hugged the pillow tightly as if it would protect him from any advances that Payu made and tried to sleep. He didn’t find it difficult to fall asleep. Probably with everything that happened he was emotionally drained and needed the rest.

Around 3am Payu woke to check on Rain. He was still using the pillow as a bodyguard. Payu couldn’t help but giggle as if that would protect him but he couldn’t help but sigh at how cute Rain looked with his hair covering his forehead. His lips were pouted and his cheeks were rose red and just waiting to be kissed. “I am starting to like you.” Payu whispered as he slowly put his hand underneath Rain’s small body to slide him closer.He very gently lifted him from the sofa and brought him towards the bed. He laughed that he had never been so gentle with something in his life. He cautiously slid him into the bed moving slowly as not to wake him up. Another smile came across Payu’s face as he raised the blanket over Rain and climbed into the bed on the other side. He tried to fall back to sleep when he felt an arm wrap around him and felt Rain’s face snuggle into his chest. He opened his eyes to see Rain’s tiny little body curled up into him. “I have seriously started to like you Rain.” He hugged him and slept in thought of the wrath he was going to get in the morning. He had to laugh about how his twin was going to react; he would probably mourn the guy in pity because Payu was determined to have Rain now.

The morning sun rose shining through the transparent glass into the room where the occupants were still cuddled up in bed, with the pretty light orange hue brightened the room. The smaller of the two men started to squirm because of the sun rays hitting his face. He felt something that was heavy across his abdomen which made him even more uncomfortable. “Mama, it’s too hot please.” Rain started to complain. “Can you please increase the air speed?” He was feeling the heat because of the proximity he held to a strapping guy who held a higher temperature to him. He rolled to the otherside of the bed to run away from the heat and swiped to find his favourite pillow. When he found that the pillow was harder to find than he remembered it confused him slightly. He couldn’t help but think he had the weirdest dream. When the thunderstorm came storming back into his mind. He darted up in the bed and nothing escaped his mouth as if he had lost his voice. When he noticed where he was sleeping his eyes widened and his body went as stiff as a board.All he could remember was him lying on the sofa hugging the pillow tightly. When the broad man turned over and closed the distance between them. “How in the world did I end up here?” His inner monologue chimed in. He looked at Payu and couldn’t help but feel that he looked like a snake that was sly, slimy and just waiting to prey on whatever he wanted.He had no clue how he ended up sleeping under the narcissist. “NO!!” His inner monologue yelled at him. “NO RAIN! Now is not the time to think that about that!” He continued to scold himself. “Had the deed been done?”He questioned closing his eyes hoping that it hadn’t. He slowly opened one eye peeking underneath the blanket to find anything that gave any type of indication that something had happened. Rain definitely had not drunk anything last for him not to remember anything. He started praying that nothing would have happened and if it had he would never touch alcohol again. He swore as he looked at the snake that was still asleep. As he realised that he was still fully clothed and that nothing had happened he couldn’t help but feel relief. “Phew”.

“HAHA” The laughter came from above Rain’s head and it made him jump. He didn’t need to know who the deep laughter came from as there was only Rain and one other man in the room unless there was a ghost living with them.

“Even though your clothes are on” Payu teased. “It doesn’t mean that nothing happened last night!”

THUMP! Rain rammed both of his hands into Payu to try and escape him. It worked in the opposite manner in fact. Rain ended up on his buttocks in the middle of the floor. When the snake of a senior met Rain’s eyes he was trying to hide the satisfactory smirk that was spreading across his face. “What are you grinning about?” Rain spewed. His words were venomous. “I prefer sleeping on the floor.”

“If you like sleeping on the floor” Payu replied amused by Rain’s attitude. “So be it.” He didn’t bother to help Rain up and moved to the corner of the bed leaning his head on his arm. Rain looked up at the amusement on his face and aggravation ran through his whole body. He stood up while rubbing his back to try and reduce the pain that he felt from hitting the floor.

“You’re so bad” Rain shouted accusingly. Tears filling his eyes yet again while Payu’s eyes sparkled with amusement.

“Why is that?” Payu asked him. Rain’s heart was beating loud and hard, so that Rain thought it was going to bound out of his chest at any minute. As Payu got out of the bed and started to make his way towards Rain, he couldn’t help but take a step back in fear.

“You are really bad!” Rain repeated. “Did you know that?”

“Do you really want to see what a bad person can do?” Payu asked him.

“Don’t come anywhere near me!” Rain shouted. Payu was really messing with him. Rain withdrew again, crying again. Why was the devil in disguise showing him no mercy, standing tall above him with a smirk on his face?

“Are you scared?” Payu asked him.

“Who is scared of you?” Rain responded mustering all the courage and bravery he had inside of him.

“Really?” Payu asked him. “Are you not scared?” Payu couldn’t help but feel he was playing a game of cat and mouse and he was sure as hell going to win. “Then why are yourunning away?” Payuwith a smile on his face closed the distance between them. Rain looked over his shoulder to see his bag sitting on the sofa that he had fallen asleep on. He did the maths calculating the distance between the bag and the door. He was trying to figure out how long it would take him to escape the devil. Payu acted like he was about to attack his prey but he simply the grabbed the towel that was behind Rain. “Good boy but big mouth.”

“I don’t have a big mouth” Rain protested.

“Oh” Payu teased him even further turning to Rain as if he was a hunter on the prowl. “Let me give it a try!” He took a step towards Rain, who dartedfor his bag and reached for the door. He glanced behind him to find out where Payu was standing to see him in the middle of the room with his hands on his hips. As Rain gripped the door handle he realised it was locked and he couldn’t open it.

“Oh no” Before he knew the tall figure stood behind him causing a chill to run down his spine , but it confused him to why he felt the heat rise from his core. He started calling out for his Mama to save him in his head.

“Do you know?” Payu’s voice uttered, but it was dangerously low now. He was so close that Rain could feel the heat of Payu’s breath on the back of his neck. As Payu whispered into his ear all of the hairs on his arm were standing to attention. His legs were turning to jelly and he couldn’t concentrate. His brain was muddled. Payu stretched an arm from behind him as if he was going to pull him into a hug but the big hand gripped the door handle. Rain felt imprisoned. “Rain” Payu whispered. Rain’s head was buzzing. Don’t call my name! His inner monologue uttered, wishing he had the courage to say it out loud. Rain felt strange, he didn’t feel drunk but he didn’t feel sober either and it was not just because of the husky dangerous voice that was currently in his ear but it was the warm lips that were currently brushing against his ear. Each time Payu spoke into them his body would shiver with tingles and goose bumps would appear all over his body. “I advise you as your senior” Payu was finding this to entertaining. “Don’t be too good at being stupid.” The door was pushed open. Rain was transfixed where he was holding his breath. He was staring out of the door but he was unable to move. Payu pulled him back into his chest. “Oh, you are not leaving yet?” He asked. “Do you want to continue?” Rain felt the temper rise back inside of him to snap him out of the world he had escaped to.

“Like hell I do!” He exclaimed. “You psycho!” Rain ran away with his bag as if he was roadrunner leaving fire running behind him. He could hear Payu’s deep manly laughter as he ran further and further. The mechanics that were currently working on the cars in the garage looked at Rain funnily because he was limping. He limped because he had fallen from the bed and he had a friend who had still not calmed down. He didn’t have time or the inkling to explain what happened. He retreated after losing the battle this morning but he would develop a new strategy and then Payu would pay for this. He was determined.

Who said Phi Payu was too good? He is a wolf in sheep’s clothing! Rain grumbled to himself. He had been angry since the morning he ran from Payu’s house. “Rain!” Sky interrupted. “I am asking you seriously now. What’s wrong?” Sky was not the type of friend to involve himself in everyone’s business especially Rain who tended to tell him everything anyway. Even when it wasn’t asked, but it had been a few days and Rain was down spirited and kept rubbing his neck as if there was a tick or mite stuck on to him. He was temperamental and having really severe mood swings thatSky could tell he was irritated. He kept getting angry and kept cursing people under his breath, but the alarming thing was that Rain had no filter and was a blabber mouth. Sky got worried because to look at Rain now and he was acting as if he was numb and didn’t feel a thing, this was unlike Rain.

“Nothing” Rain replied. Sky laughed under his breath. Yeah right. He thought to himself. Someone who was always prepared to talk someone’s ear off and had no filter wanted silence. Hmmmm? Sky questioned it.

“Are you sure?” Sky asked him. “Ever since you went to the department party last week you have become really quiet.” As soon as the department party was mentioned Rain clenched his fist, which didn’t go unnoticed by Sky. “You still hate Phi Payu?” Sky questioned. “Even after you met him.”

“BASTARD!!!” Rain yelled. “Don’t mention that name in front of me again!” As soon as the sentence left Rain’s mouth Sky understood what was happening. Sky watched as Rain continued to yell profanity about Payu and punching the air with fury.

“Seriously!” Sky scolded Rain. “What’s going on?”

“You don’t want to know!” Rain told him. “You can all keep admiring Phi Payu, since you all think he is amazing.” Sarcasm was now dripping from Rain’s voice.

“Well, he is good” Sky replied. “It’s not uncommon for him to have fans” Sky knew he was stating facts but Rain wasn’t able to accept that.

“There is nothing good about that guy!” Rain turned and getting closer to Sky. “He has got a foul mouth and he is vile” Rain explained. “Do you know after the party...” Rain hesitated.

“After the party?” Sky questioned why Rain had paused.

“After the party...” Rain responded. “ he tried to have s.”

“S?” Sky was getting more and more concerned, the further his friend tried to explain.

“He’s just pretending to be nice” Rain almost spat out the word s*x, but he decided not to because he knew his friend was a smart guy and would come up with the answer on his own. Also, he didn’t want to lose all of his dignity. Who would dare to claim that they almost made it to having s*x?

“You mean?” Sky questioned. “We are talking about the same Phi Payu right?” Sky didn’t believe that this was possible. “The Phi Payu I know of?”

“How many people do you know by that name?” Rain asked contemptuously.

“I know only one.” Sky told him.

“Well, I am talking about the same person.” Rain yelled towards the sky. Sky couldn’t help but think that if you looked at Rain right now he looked sad and guilty. “I am sorry Sky” he apologised. “I didn’t mean to yell at you. I am just really upset.”

“Well,” Sky started cautiously not wanting to annoy his friend any further. “I was asking you about why you are so upset.” He knew that the next sentence had to be said very carefully. “I have met Phi Payu a few times but he was very friendly and helped me out too.” He continued to explain. “He has even come to the strategic managementand organisation club and gave great advice to students. Ihave seen him helping out a 5th grade senior who was rushing to complete a project.” Sky didn’t want to make it seem as if he was singing Payu’s praises too much. “Many juniors volunteered to help but he came to the rescue as the exam date coincided with the submission date of the project. He told the juniors he didn’t want them to sleep late like he had to.” Sky had repeated exactly what his seniors and teachers had told him in council meeting. “Why do you insist he is pretending?” Rain couldn’t help but feel the annoyance rise up inside of him as Sky kept pressing that Phi Payu was such a good guy. Especially when he thought about what happened that night. He wanted to argue with Sky to prove him wrong but he could only punch into the air a few more times as he knew arguing with Sky was pointless.

“I don’t know how to explain and make you believe me!” Rain bellowed. “He is a bad guy.”

“Who are you talking about?” A female voice asked from behind Rain, he almost had a heart attack. He saw the beautiful girl standing with a guy who looked very similar to her. It was Ple and her brother Phi Som.

“Hello Phi Som” Sky and Rain greeted simultaneously. Som was a fourth year student whose face resembled his sisters. He was good looking but his eyes were so serious that it prevented others from speaking to him much.

“What are you guys talking about?” Phi Som asked.

“Nothing Phi” Sky told him. “Have you rested enough?” Rain spoke trying to flatter the older brother of the girl that Rain wanted to pursue.

“Rest?” Som had forgotten what rest was. “It’s been days since we slept well.”

“Phi Som dragged me along with him” Ple started to complain. “I had to help him with his project.”

“If I can’t get my work done in time” Som started to ask Ple angrily. “Who will take you home?”

“Oh, it must be hard?” Rain questioned, glad not to be talking about Phi Payu anymore.

“Don’t get me started!” Som announced. “Oh, by the way Rain, I heard you’re in the same Frat house as Phi Payu’s.” Rain’s heart sank, well that lasted all of two seconds he couldn’t help but think to himself.

“I heard that you had a late party last week?” Ple asked excitedly.

“Do you know how lucky you are?” Phi Som asked him. Rain tried to keep his temper in check. “Everyone would die to be in your place. I don’t like to brag about knowing him but also his last work was amazing.” Phi Som continued to praise Payu, but Som didn’t notice that Rain’s demeanour had completely changed. Rain looked down and his fists were clenched again in anger.

“I am so jealous!” Ple started to jump at him and pull on his arm. “Even I want to meet Phi Payu and be in his fraternity.

“Your face is to pretty” Phi Som told Ple. “If you manage to entrance Payu I will give him a huge dowry. I would love to have him as family. I would drink endless amount of coffee to stay awake”, He continued. “Just to ask Phi questions until he would clear all my doubts” Phi Som let out a witch’s cackle of a laugh as he finished talking about Payu. “Well, it was nice talking to you” Som told everyone he still had work to finish on his project. “I have to leave.”

“I am sooo sleepy” Ple complained as her brother walked away. “Can I just lie down here and take a nap”, she sat at a bench across from Rain and buried her face into her arms.