Special Throwback: OURS

Throwback to Effour Era

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"Each of our paths will be different. It won't be the same. But let's promise to never forget. My hand is always next to you. So, I'll always cherish you deep inside my heart."

♪ Ours by B1A4, OH MY GIRL, ONF ♪

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Win hung up the phone. He just called his sister to pick him up in the shooting location since he had no more scene that day. Not to mention, he felt that staying longer than he should was not good for his own well-being. He came back inside the room they were using to film the next scene. There, he saw the main actress named Tu. She was reading her script with tensed expression on her face.

"You look nervous, Nong." Win took a seat beside her. He knew what scene that made her uneasy. "No need to worry, actually. P'Bright will find the way to make the scene work."

Tu turned her face from the script to Win. "Oh, right. Were you nervous, too, that time?"

Win narrowed his eyes, recalling his memory. "Of course, the first time I was about to be kissed by a man, who would not be nervous?"

Tu nodded, but then she shook her head. "The last kiss scene... Were you not nervous?"

"Are you talking about Still2gether?"

"Kha."

"I wasn't," Win said. "But I was shocked." He muttered.

"Kha?" Tu did not catch the last sentence.

Win smiled. "Anyhow, it will work out. Just remember your lines na."

Tu nodded again. Not long after that, she was called to prepare for her scene.

Win saw the girl from behind until her back could not be seen by him anymore. He took a deep breath before he got up from the seat and whispered something to Eed.

Eed furrowed. She took a glance at Win.

"Really, Phi." Win said while doing begging posture with his hands. "Na na na? I'm done filming for today and it's already 2 PM."

Eed had no choice but agreed with the young man's request. She reminded Win to be careful.

Win informed the director and some crews before he walked away. He waved goodbye to Dew and Nani on his way leaving the room.

Since the first day of filming, the actors always arrived and left together. Today was the first time Win left before everyone.

The time had passed and the last scene had finally done on 7 PM. Tu immediately went to change his clothes with Som, her manager and Bright came back to Eed.

"You are all in t-shirt. So ready to go home, huh?" Bright teased Nani and Dew who were sitting on the sofa, playing with their phone.

"Just go change your clothes. We are sleepy." Nani did not even take his eyes off his phone.

Bright took his change clothes out. His eyes scanned the room quickly. "Is Win still changing his clothes?"

"Oh, Win we-"

"P'Win is home now," Dew cut Eed off. "I guess, he must be sleeping right now."

"Or drinking a glass of wine." Nani rejoined and both laughed at it.

Bright's eyes popped out. "How could you let Ai Win go home by himself, P'Eed? He didn't bring his car. He came together with us."

"That-"

"His sister picked him up," This time, it was Nani who did not let Eed finished her sentence.

Bright knitted his eyebrows. He clearly was unsatisfied with the situation. "This is the first time he went home before the last scene. He could not wait to leave?" Bright complained to Eed.

"He said he was weary. It showed in his face, too, so I gave him permission to rest. He already got permission from P'Director." Eed spoke up for Win.

Bright shook his head. "If he is tired, he can sleep in one of the bedroom here. Why didn't you suggest it, Phi?"

"Ah, I see."

Bright turned his head right away to Nani who replied at him just now.

Nani was stunned for a second. He was too loud. "Ah, I mean, you're right. We should have suggested it to Nong Win." He lied. He had to save himself from that sharp big eyes of Bright.

"I know, right?"

Nani nodded his head and shrugged his eyebrows, showing his compliance.

Bright sighed, "What the hell is wrong with him? So, he can be unprofessional like this." Bright whined while walking to another room for changing his clothes.

After Bright disappeared from the filming room, Tu came to ask. "What happened just now?"

"Why is he so moody? He was fine when filming." The director also asked.

Eed grinned, "He was a little upset because of me."

The director said "Oh" then went to somewhere else.

Dew exhaled heavily, "That was harsh, calling P'Win unprofessional."

Nani clicked his tongue. He was amazed with what his eyes just witnessed. "I finally see this by myself. Wow."

"What do you mean kha, P'Nani?" Tu was curious.

"How come you didn't hear about this in the company?"

Tu did a little run to come closer to Nani. "What is it, what is it?" Her eyes sparked.

"I've heard from many, like First and P'Guy. They said, Win is Bright's mood controller." Nani whispered to Tu.

"Oh, that's right. I've heard about that!" Tu shouted. She just remembered that her seniors in GTV talked about it before.

This news was new to Dew and he looked confused, so Nani and Tu explained him. Dew's jaw slacked after he knew the details.

"P'Eed, you should have known about this." Tu threw the news at Eed.

Eed shrugged. "This is the first time he snapped. From my previous experience, Win rarely leave the location if there is still scene to be filmed. I heard the kids talk about how Bright is more fun if there is Win around. But for me, this is a surprise."

"Then, we all just watched the proof." Dew concluded.

"Umm," Nani and Tu nodded together.

"Then, what should we do next time if P'Win wants to go home?" Dew continued.

Nani and Tu turned their face to Dew and said, "LOCK HIM IN THE BEDROOM!"

•

"Please stop glancing at me, P'Ming."

Ming did not give up. She was asked to pick one of his little brother in his filming location. His brother said hed had done his work. Earlier he sound convincing, happy, so Ming agreed instantly at the request. What was she seeing right now? Win was all drained, emotionally. He entered the car, wai at Ming, and no word came out from his mouth after that.

"Tell me if you are not alright kha, Nong."

"I'm alright khrab," Win replied. "Have you had lunch, Phi?"

"Not yet, what about you?"

"I haven't," Win answered while taking a deep breath and exhaled. The way he did that was sad for Ming, as if Win had a heavy burden on his back. "How about we go to lunch first before dropping me off?"

Yes. Win did not go home. He told Ming earlier on the phone.

Ming had to grant his brother's wish. She did not really know the Mix guy whose house frequently being visited by his brother, but surely he was an important friend for Win. Another thing was the reason why Win visited him that was still bothering her mind.

"Nong Win," Ming called his brother. "Phi know that you don't tell secrets to us, your family. I just want to remind you that whenever you turn around, feeling sad or anything, we are always here for you na kha, Nong."

Win turned his head to Ming. The eldest sister was driving. Her facial expression was emotionless, as if what she said just was not something that will leave a big impact for Win.

The young man nodded. He understood that Ming had caught a sign that Win was having problems and hiding them. "I always know that, P'Ming, but Win is fine. I'm not breaking down yet. I'll set everything to rights. Win will be okay."

Ming sighed. Win's reaction at her was enough to cause her to believe that by now, his Nong was not okay.

•

Mix scratched his head. He offered Win a bottle of beer but the young man rejected it. It was the first time Win did not need alcohol when he faced this matter. The young man was not an alcoholic. He had high tolerance, so he thought the alcohol was useless. He could not be drunk as easy as others.

"But you've ever kissed him, too."

Win nodded at the statement Mix said. Of course Win understood about the work, yet he still felt uneasy and it was uncontrollable.

"Your project has more than one kissing scene for him and nong alone. You are fully aware about that."

"Umm," Win admitted. "But I have no more scene, so I can go."

"Just don't work with him anymore," Mix suggested. "It will be easier for you."

"Easier, but I won't be happy either."

Mix scratched his head again. He believed that the younger man was not someone who falls in love for the first time, yet he acted like one. He did not know what to do nor to feel. "And I can't help you, dude. There's no way you can escape him. You are BL world's sweetheart couple."

"You're gonna be one, too, Phi."

Mix clicked his tongue. He found Win annoying. "We are talking about you, aren't we? Don't bring up my couple. It's not your business."

Win clammed up. He wondered why he had to fall on love so hard. He thought it was all just himself being swayed by his role. But no, he admired Bright as himself. The introvert, the independent, but could be unexpectedly clingy at times. He seemed like a reserved person, but you would know he trusted you when he started talking about everything at you. Win was staggered by the feeling of being wanted by Bright, when reality was probably the opposite.

"Anyway," Mix started talking to Win again. "If you are here and he is still in the location, aren't you gonna trouble others there?"

"Huh? Why is it khrab?"

"Aren't you his happy pills?"

Win was taken aback. "I'm not. What are you talking about, P'Mix?"

"Haven't you heard about this?"

"I haven't and that is not true. Don't believe what others said." Win said. He heard about people's assumption in the company, but everything was only theory. Win was the one who felt it, and none was true. "Now give me that beer!"

"Now, you're gonna drink?"

"Umm," Win nodded. "Now, I'm thirsty."

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On the following week, there were three people staring at each other because the last time they did filming, the situation ended badly. When today they finally met again to continue shooting, whatever happened last week did not seem to be brought up again to the surface since Bright was already in a good mood.

"He is sick," Nani commented.

"Not that sick, Phi," Tu defended Bright. "I prefer... uncanny?"

Nani smirked at her, "I thought you're going to be the heroine."

"It is so easy for him to act normal after calling P'Win unprofessional. What if P'Win knows about it?" Dew commented. He narrowed his eyes, full of curiosity.

Nani shook his head because Dew had been thinking critically after Nani and Tu told him what rumour circled around people in GTV. Nani should not have told Dew about it. Now, the youngest man in the group took it further than Tu and him.

Luckily, they had time to discuss about it because at the moment, Bright and Win was filming their scene.

"Anyway, Nong Tu, what scene is left for you to film today? It will be the last scene for you, right? We can go home after this, right?" Nani diverted the conversation to the direction he wanted.

"Normal scene, with one kiss scene. That's all." Tu said calmly.

Nani felt his eyes fidgeting. It tickled him to find out about something. Therefore, "Dew, come here. I have something to tell you."

"Khrab?"

"Later, when they are filming the last scene. Do you think Win can wait until it finished? Or he will just go home?"

Dew shrugged. "Not sure, Phi. Tell me your hypothesis."

"Okay, listen..."

Tu did not accept that she was not involved in the conversation. Right when she was about to protest the two guys, she was called by the fashion stylist to prepare for her scene.

With Tu preparing for her scene, that means Win was done with his scene for the day. The guy took a seat beside Dew and played with his phone.

"P'Win," Dew started a conversation. "Should we order coffee from Starbucks? We need to drink something while waiting for them to complete the sce-"

"I'm about to call my sister to pick me up."

"Oh, no no no no no," Nani got up from his seat, pulled Win's hand to make the younger man stand up beside him, leaving the sofa. "No, boy, you won't do that AGAIN."

"Khrab?"

"Khrab," Nani replied shortly, ignoring Win's concern. "Dew, come on!"

"Khrab!" Dew followed Nani's instruction and put his arm around Win's shoulder. "P'Win, let's do this."

"Huh?"

"Yeeeaaaaahhh!" Nani shouted happily.

"Wait. Do what?"

"P'Eed, we are gonna be upstairs, in the bedroom." Nani ignored Win again.

"Okay."

"P'Eed, don't okay them."

"She said okay. Come on, Win." Nani pushed him from the back. "We're gonna have fun."

"No, I said wait. What are we gonna do?"

Dew nodded. "Sleep, if you are sleepy. Probably, we're gonna watch movies. Well, basically, let's do what P'Win wanna do."

"I want to go ho-"

"Not that one," Nani interrupted. "That one, you know, it has disruptive effect for this universe. Can you not do that again? We all want to live longer in this world, right? Earth is the only planet we can stay at. That's why you..."

The sound of Nani blabbering, trying to distract Win for asking too much, was slowly disappeared. And there, Eed, watching them from behind while smiling at how fast the youngsters at handling the key person.

"I'm sorry, Win," Eed mumbled. "But it's for world peace."

•

Win ended up sitting on the bed with a big pillow in front of him. The pillow was used as a shield from the television screen. He did not want to watch horror movies, but there were two people sitting on the sofa, watching it. Now, it was the second horror movies they watched.

Nani and Dew already turned the volume down. Win could not hear the scary sound effect, but he was too anxious to show up from behind the pillow. He heard Tu bursted into the room and shouted,

"What are you guys watching? Oh, that's interesting. Let me join in."

Win bet that Nani, Dew, and Tu had almost the same taste at many things. With Bright, too. They were getting along fast and well.

"What are you doing there, Ai Win?"

Win was startled. He looked at the source of someone calling him this instant. "They are watching horror mov-"

"They are not," Bright cut Win off while snatching the big pillow from him. "Look at them!"

"Aw," Win knitted his forehead when he saw the television screen showing animation movies. "Aren't you guys watching horror just now?"

Three people in the sofa turned to Win and shook their head at the same time.

"Why aren't you watching horror?"

"Because Nong Win doesn't like it," Nani replied shortly.

"Right," Dew agreed. "We don't watch what P'Win doesn't like."

"Tu said, the horror one was interested."

"You... heard it wrong kha, P'Win" Tu denied it. "I love animation. Love. So. Much."

The three turned their back at Win, watching the animation that was served for them.

"Go home with me, will you? Uncle Kik is picking me up today. We are gonna take Ame to Vet." Bright invited Win. "We'll take you home after that."

Win furrowed. He bit his lower lips. He peeked at the three people who were ignoring him. "The thing is, they said going home is not safe for the universe."

Bright looked at Win and the other three friends simultaneously. "Huh? Say it again."

"Of course, if you go home with Bright, it won't be a problem." Nani replied. He knew Bright suspected the situation in front of him right now.

"Universe...?" Bright mumbled. "Did you say 'universe', Ai Win?"

"Just go home now, P'Win." Dew supported Nani before the situation got bad. "Aren't you tired, sleepy, or something like that?"

Win sighed. He had no idea why suddenly everybody wanted him to go. "Okay, okay. I'll go home with P'Bright." He, then, climbed down the bed and followed Bright leaving the bedroom.

Nani, Dew, and Tu could only watch Bright and Win's back as the bedroom door closed while what happened a moment ago was still clear on their mind.

A moment ago...

Tu bursted into the bedroom. She was all smiley because the filming for that day had finally finished. "What are you guys watching?" She checked the television screen straightaway. "Oh, that's interesting. Let me join in." Tu sat between Dew and Nani in the sofa. Unfortunately, she only had a chance to watch for a few seconds because suddenly the television was turned off.

They were still stunned by the sudden dark screen when it was turned on again. They took a glance at the person who was standing, with a remote control in his hand. After he finished, he put the remote control back on the table and looked at them. They were about to complain, but Bright, with his eyes widened, his lips mouthing...

"Don't you see him? He doesn't like horror movies!"

...that successfully silent the three.

And that was how Win did not see the horror movies when Bright snatched his pillow.

"Now that I think about it again..." Nani took a deep breath after reminiscing that brief time of period. He was speechless

"Whoa," Tu shook his head. Her jaw was slacked in amazement. "That was incredibly sick."

"Huh," Nani made a smug face. "You said that they were just uncanny."

"People change, P'Nani."

Nani and Tu was startled when Dew taking a deep breath and exhaling heavily. The sound he made caused Nani and Tu to divert their attention to him.

"What was that?" Dew mumbled. "They were insane."

Tu nodded. "Dew said it. I didn't."

Nani agreed. "Okay, end of discussion. Let's watch the horror movies."

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