Aftermath

A/N: After reading previous chapter, I have a question for you. Which side are you? 


          Kreepolrerk or Jarujitranon?




Tae opens his eyes when he hears the sobbing. He looks at his side,Tee is nowhere to be seen. He looks at the time on his watch; it's 4 in the morning. Tae's eyes move around to look for the sobbing sound. 


He moves himself and goes to the bathroom. Tae opens the bathroom door and find Tee is crying sitting on the toilet bowl in the dark. Tae switch the light on and runs to hug the boy.


"Tee.." Tae calls softly. Tee immediately hugs his man.


"What's wrong baby? Why are you crying?" Tae asks, completely in persuading tone for Tee to talk to him.


"I dream... I saw fire.. It's hurt.. It's suffocating.. " Tee says in sobbing. Tae hugs the body tightly. 


This is what Tae scared the most. After hearing the truth that evening, Tee must has been trying to remember back everything.


"It's scary, I see them die.." Tee murmurs more. 


The scariest thing for Tae is Tee tried to hide this thing from him. Tae knows how Tee is; he tries to take everything by himself. Even after having this nightmare, Tee came to the bathroom to cry by himself. 


Tae soothes his lover's back.


"I see mama die.. I see papa die.. I see aunty die.." Tee cries. Tae caresses the younger's back more softly.


"I'm here, Tee. I'm here. Please depend on me." Tae says.


Tee ended up sleeping in Tae's embrace after an hour of crying. Tae can feels his legs numb by standing on his knees to hug Tee, but he's sure the numb that he feels is nothing compared to Tee's sadness right now.


Tae lifts the body and put his precious one on the bed carefully. Tee is still sobbing in his sleep. Tae wipes the tears on the cheeks, kissing the wet forehead. He caresses Tee's hair until the sobbing gone. 


Tae keeps Tee accompanies until the sun rise, he is afraid Tee will get the nightmare again.








Tae goes downstairs to the kitchen. They are still in the safe house. All of them.


He looks at the couple in the kitchen. He puts his smile on his face.


"You're awake." Tae greets.


"Yes, we decided to cook some breakfast." The grandma answers. Tae nods.


"Thank you for making breakfast for us." Tae says. Grandma looks towards Tae, into his eyes.


"How is Tee?" She asks.


Tae bites his lower lips, he shakes his head.


"He had a nightmare."


The couple nods, hanging their heads low. They know Tee is trying to recall his memories.




"How are you guys coping after last night?" Tae asks.


The couple looks at Tae.


"We are used to live in fear. We just grateful you found us; grateful that you found Tee." The grandpa says earnestly.


"Thank you, Tae. Thank you for everything."












Dome looks at the man beside him. He caresses Pavel's hair. Pavel is known to always being strong, but now Dome is seeing the fragile Pavel. Dome wipes the sweating forehead. He ensures that Pavel is in deep sleep before moves out of the room.




"How is he?" Tae asks once he saw Dome out of the room. Dome looks at Tae, he closes the door quietly.


Dome shakes his head. "Not good at all." He answers.


Tae nods.


"How's Tee?"


Tae shakes his head on the question too. "Not good."


Dome nods understanding. 


He looks at Tae after a moment.


"It's the first time I saw Pavel to be this fragile. To be scared." Dome says, tears are falling from his eyes.


"He looks hurt." Dome says more. Tae brings Dome into his embrace.


"It's hurt to see him like this." Dome says, sobbing in Tae's shoulder.


"We need to be strong for them." Tae says.


"I will always be here for you two, Dome." Dome nods in the hug.








Tae and Dome walk downstairs.


"Morning grandpa, morning grandma." Dome greets the old couple.


"Morning Dome." They greet him back.






One by one of them coming downstairs and sit around the dining table that has been set for breakfast.


"Thank you for the breakfast." Chimon thanks the grandma. The grandma smiles.


They eat the breakfast in silent.






Tae looks at every faces at the table. Dome, Singto, Chimon, Pluem and Krist. Then, he turns to look specifically to Chimon.


"For the time being, I need you to handle the company." Tae says to Chimon. No objection, Chimon nods. 


Tae turns to look at Singto. Singto nods.


"I will help you every time I had the chance." Singto says to Chimon.


"Please help him too, Pluem, Krist." They both nod to Tae.


"Dome will need to focus on Pavel's recovery and I need to focus on Tee. We need time."


"Anything happen, you can call Dome or I. And please report to me once a day." Tae says, everyone nod. 


Tae doesn't give the responsibility to Singto since Singto is occupied with Kreepolrerk's business. He is sure Chimon can handle it with the help of others.


"Pluem, please tighten the security at Darvid Corporation." Pluem nods at the mention of his name. Since Pavel is still not himself, the security measurement will fall on Pluem.


"We are currently on the good side of Jarujitranon. No problem will cause by them." Tae says.


"I will keep more eyes on Kreepolrerk." Singto says, everyone nod in agreement. They can't afford any type of disturbance as of now. Nothing from anyone. Not now.


"I will move to the mansion. I will bring grandpa and grandma to move in with us. It's much safer there than here." Tae says. The mansion is a 200 million worth of real estate and has the biggest security that has been set by Pavel. It's an estate that Tae built for all of them.


Tae leans himself to the chair after ensure everything has fall to it place, for now.




"How are you doing, Tae?" Singto asks after a long silent. Everyone looks at Tae. They have been eager to ask the same question. Tae has a lot on him right now. He doesn't look good himself.


Tae asks about everyone. He ensures everyone is okay. But, how about him?


Tae smiles to everyone. "I'm okay."


Singto sighs in silent.


"Please know that we are here if you need anyone to talk to."


"Thank you." 




A/N: Short update.

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