"Son," Macau lifts his head as Mrs, Chaimongkon calls him, "Leave that and go help your Phi. See if he needs anything."

Well, this is awkward. Macau squirms a little as he says, "Phi is taking a bath, Mae."

"Then you can go and pick his clothes for him."

"Or Khun can help Khun Boss take a bath," one of the maid aunties blurts out with a laugh. All the room follows her, including Mrs. Chaimongkon.

"Tsh," Mrs. Chaimongkon pushes them, still with that knowing smile. "They haven't married yet. Don't give them ideas!"

"I don't think Khun Boss minds that Khun Karn," one of the maids says again slyly. The room once again erupts with laughter.

Macau laughs with them. He also doesn't think Mae doesn't know how her son behaves, so he is not sure why Mae is driving him in Kai's direction. But he goes anyway.

He can hear the shower sound after he goes a little deeper into the room and follows it. Kai doesn't close the glass door, ever. He rarely even let people into this room. His bedroom is his personal space, whether in his family home or his apartment. For hook-ups and sex activities, he used hotels or his partner's accommodation. He uses his bedroom for Mac only.

Mac opens the door and just silently appreciates Kai's figure. After a while, Kai notices, he laughs and shouts, "What?"

Damn, this man is delicious and all his.

Mac shakes his head. "How do I get you?" he asks, bewildered. In terms of boyfriends, Macau never even thought he would end up with Kai of all people. He usually stirred clear from people like him. All of his exes, male or female, are the 'safe' kind of lovers as he leads a very different lifestyle from Vegas. Good girl, good boy, someone who won't cause him a headache. For him, Kai is too aggressive, too wild, too bold, too handsome, too sexy, too in the spotlight. Just too much.

He once thought that he would have a partner like Pete or Chay if he was lucky enough to have something that lasts a lifetime. Someone who has a gentle appearance and demeanor. So not a hotheaded guy with a hotter appearance.

Kai rolls his eyes. "You don't get me, Nong Mac," he says teasingly. "I chased after you like crazy!"

Macau smiles. What Kai says next makes him dimmed his smile and gives the a scolding look. "Bath me?"

Bathing Kai is sexing Kai also, Macau knows that too well, and they will do that song and dance over and over until they both don't have the strength anymore. "Your mother is downstairs."

Kai frowns, "So?"

"I'm not touching any of your parts sexually under the same roof as your parents."

"That is just ridiculous!"

"My hia has that rule. Every time Yai comes, they don't have sex. They even took down their toys. Who knows when Yai barged into the room."

"That's Yai. I'm sure my mom and dad will understand if we got ... busy or a little louder."

"No," Macau takes his foot down, "What if Ara comes? Are we going to traumatize your little sister?"

"We lock the door then."

Macau chuckles. "Then she or Chan is just going to bang the door until we open it. You know that. Your sisters are spoiled like that."

Kai gets that, but it doesn't mean he is happy with it. "Is the rule going to stay after we get married?"

"I'll think about it when the time comes."

"Damn! I knew I should've taken you to our apartment first."

"Why didn't you?" To be honest, Macau misses the sex with Kai too.

"Mom called."

"Oh."

"I guess she just missed you."

Macau smiles fondly at that. Kai finishes his bath and throws the towel to Mac. He is stealing kisses as Mac dries his body gently and thoroughly but doesn't do anything more than that. He even sits obediently as Mac blow dries his hair.

He decides to wear a comfortable black sleeveless t-shirt and dark grey jogging pants. Mac ambushes him with a forced piggyback and makes him laugh as his boyfriend clings to him like a lost koala.

"You're heavier," he jokes, pretending Macau makes him off balance.

The answer to that joke is a hit to his arm. "Are you calling me fat?"

Kai laughs again, "I'm joking, Baby. You're as light as a feather."

Macau rolls his eyes. "That's a lie also."

"It's not," Kai gives him a serious look. "You've lost a lot of weight."

Macau gulps. He doesn't know what to say. His appetite is dwindling fast to nothing with the Porchay situation. He just can't seem to want to put food in his mouth no matter how tempting the food is. Both Vegas and Pete now supervised his meal time, inviting him to eat whatever food was served before him. They even get help from Kinn. Do you know how scary Kinn is if he has that serious look on him? His aura can wrestle the final boss. All Kinn has to do is stare at him hard and say, "Eat!" or "More!" Luckily, Kinn is super busy. He only supervised Mac twice.

Macau hides his face on Kai's neck crook. He doesn't want to talk about it. Talking about it means talking about Chay. He is not ready for it.

Kai sighs as he kind of guesses what is troubling his little boyfriend's mind. He already said to Porsche and Kim that he is more than willing to assist them regarding Porchay. But he also knows the Theerapanyakul has wider connections and more resources than him. So his help will not be needed.

And that Nao's situation is not helping either. Kai has checked the security footage that Vegas sent. They didn't do or say anything particularly concerning, but the fact that Nao comes to Thailand with the sole purpose of seeing Mac is concerning.

It's too weird to simply chuck it into a revenge plot. Called it intuition, but Kai thinks Nao has feelings for Mac, whether he wants to admit it or not.

He smiles when he feels the light feather kisses that Mac plants on the skin of his neck, his thoughts are pushed to the back of his mind. He needs to take care of his boyfriend first, all things will be put aside. "Hey, don't be naughty! You know that I can throw you to the bed easily."

Mac laughs and continues his wandering. Sometimes he licks or lightly bites or just puts his nose and whiffs it deep. He likes the smell of Kai's skin. Even without perfume, his smell is exquisite. He doesn't know how to describe it but the smell is so manly and addictive.

Kai presses Macau's head with one hand, forcing his boyfriend to meet him halfway for wet kisses that get both parties light-headed.

Just when Kai is about to throw Mac to the bed, Ara bursts into the room without knocking. Never does Macau feel as relieved as this that they haven't got to the dirty side of the relationship.

"Phi!!!!" Ara is screaming while opens her arms wide with the biggest smile on her face. "I miss you, do you miss me?" she says as she plants herself on the side body of the still-hanging Mac.

Mac pats Ara's head gently as he also smiles. "Of course, I miss you, my muffin."

"My present?" Ara asks sweetly with sparkling eyes.

"In my car, but your Hia is sending the car back to my home. So let's go to my house later, ok?"

"Can I?" Ara is now screaming excitedly and moving her body parts around to show how happy she is, until Kai is clicking his tongue dangerously. Ara is instantly going rigid, all excitement is wiped out from her face. Macau slaps Kai's chest hard, his boyfriend is making a hurtful noise for real. "Stop it!" Macau whispers dangerously and Kai instantly smiles at Ara, but still, his little sister is not moving excitedly again.

For a teenager with lots of money and resources, Ara is tilting to child-like more than want-to-be-mature. She is so innocent that sometimes Mac is worried about her.

Macau goes down from Kai's hold and wraps Ara in his embrace. "Don't mind your Hia, Baby," he says softly. "Old people are like that."

Ara giggles while Kai shouts at him and slaps his ass playfully. "There is a kid here, old man!" Macau protests.

"Old man?" Kai looks playfully shocked. Ara giggles harder. Kai smiles at the nice picture that Macau and Ara give him. He is happy that Macau treats his sisters just like they are his. Macau once said perhaps one of the reasons the deities made them together is so that Macau can have sisters of his own and a set of loving and living parents.

"Hia, Pa is downstairs," Ara says, "He is waiting to talk with you if you're not too tired or 'busy'," Ara gives an air quote.

Macau is giving a hike brows. "Do you even know what that means, Muffin?"

"I know!" Ara says proudly. "Phi Chan often talks about this with her friends and I can follow their conversation just fine."

At 15, Macau talked and did worse than Ara or Chan or them combined, so he knows he better not to judge the girls badly. He is not sure, but he thinks he needs to talk with both Ara and Chan separately about the birds and the bees and the consequences behind it since Kai doesn't seem to know how.

"Ara, answer Hia honestly," Kai says, "Do you have a boyfriend?"

The answer comes in a deep blush. Macau smiles fondly at it and Kai looks horrified.

"Who?" Kai asks again.

Ara suddenly looks alert. "Why?"

"Hia needs to make sure he is safe enough for you."

"I don't buy it. You're just going to bully him."

"If necessary."

"Hia!" Ara runs after screaming that.

"You're so gonna check him out, aren't you?" Macau asks as he watches Ara's retrieving figure.

"Oh yeah, of course."

Macau nods. "I'll help. Phi Kim has exquisite intelligence webs. I think he can even find out how many zits he has."

Kai laughs.

"We need to keep our girls safe."
***

Nao is not sure how he ends up in one of the Theerapanyakul's living rooms. But here he is.

Since he knows that he can't talk with Vegas, he decides to talk to the head of the family. Right now that position belongs to Kinn since his father is pretty much in a vegetable state. From the information he gathered, Kinn is a level-headed man and an excellent businessman. He, probably, can talk some sense with him, business-wise.

When Kinn enters the room, Nao thinks the Theerapanyakul has better genes when it comes to looks. He is followed by a tan-skinned man, who is equally as gorgeous, and Kimhan. He offers them a smile. Everyone reciprocated, except Kimhan.

Kim and he had a few altercations before. The guy may look quiet, pretty, and small-ish, but he can beat the guy thrice his size easily. Nao himself has met the end of Kim's gun more than once but didn't die because of their family treaty.

"Just state whatever it is that you want, Hayama, then get the fuck out of here," Kim says in an emotionless voice. Nao raises his brows, while Kinn smiles.

"Excuse for his rudeness, please sit down," Kinn says. All sit, but Kim chooses to stand still with his hands intertwined in front of his chest. Nao can't read a damm thing from his face.

After a sip of a drink, Kinn asks, "What pleasure that you honor us with this visit, Mr. Hayama?"

"I like to make a proposition."

"Oh. What is it?"

"As you know, my father has been closing our borders for your goods for more than a decade now. I can open them some for you, and after my father's passing, I'll open all for your businesses. We can even create profitable businesses together."

Kinn's eyes flash a different light but his smile stays the same. "And for what price?"

"Only one. I want to marry your cousin, Macau Theerapanyakul."

***