Chapter 16

"Why were you there?" Tong seemed confused now. He had asked Pok not to be burdened by him anymore.

"Because it's my habit now. I pick you up everyday. I drop you off everyday. How dare he take my place!" Almost sounding possessive and enraged, Pok lowered his face to kiss Tong's neck.

While he was kissing Tong, Tong tried to push him away but he still had enough strength in that drunk body to grab both of Tong's hands and to keep him pinned down on the bed.

Tong answered, while getting kissed passionately now, "Pok...Pok...listen to me. He just dropped me to the grocery store and left. He didn't stay with me. He is a friend, not my boyfriend."

Pok stopped for a moment, pulled his face up from Tong's neck and looked into his eyes, "And what am I to you?"

Tong looked back into his eyes, they showed pain. So much pain that Tong dropped a tear from his eye. "Pok..." He just couldn't muster up the courage to speak of his love. He was a coward, he thought. Then there was the fear of rejection. If he confessed and Pok got angry at him and severed their friendship, he wouldn't be able to take it again. Being away from him once was too painful for him.

Pok saw the teardrop leaving Tong's eye and rubbed it off with his hand. He then kissed Tong's eyelids and collapsed.

Tong hugged him and a few more teardrops left his eye.

He took a moment and then flipped Pok to the side and with both hands, took off Pok's shoes and socks and took off Pok's shirt.

He got the sponge from the washroom. He gently rubbed and sponged Pok's body with it, cleaning all the sweat and alcohol from his skin.

He then hesitated but went on to take off Pok's pants. He cleaned his lower body, trying to make as little contact with his manhood as possible.

After the spongebath, he picked up Pok, who was a bit agitated as he was being awaken from his sleep. Supporting Pok on his shoulders, he carried Pok to his side of the bed.

He tried to make Pok wear a new set of clothes but Pok just wouldn't. He was blabbering in his sleep.

Tong didn't know what else to do. He just covered Pok's naked body with the blanket.

Sandee would arrive soon for dinner, he remembered.

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"I've brought his car down. Here's the key." Handing it over to Tong, Sandee looked at a sleeping Pok.

"He is naked?" Sandee asked.

"Uhm...I gave him a spongebath," Tong hesitated, shy, "and I tried to make him wear a new set of clothes but he just wouldn't let me."

"Okay," Sandee laughed but didn't say anything further.

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"That is delicious. Where did you learn to make it?" Sandee asked after dinner.

"His mom taught me. I loved her cooking." Tong looked at Pok while answering.

"Too bad this idiot isn't getting to eat it." Sandee laughed and continued, "Why today suddenly?"