a week passes by in a blur, and seint -- true to his words -- does his best to get bright back. during the past few days, bright gets followed by seint. during meetings, he'd always find a way to either try kissing him or placing his hands anywhere to the point where win starts contemplating if he'd tell it to his seniors and charge seint for sexual harassment -- thankfully he doesn't exactly have to because bright always stops seint in whatever way possible.
just last night before they slept, win and bright talk about seint.
"has he been bothering you?"
"constantly, baby. you have no idea how annoying seint is."
win chuckles, thinking of what he's seen last week inside the meeting room.
"i may actually have an idea, babe."
and they both end up laughing.
today is the first day where they officially get out of the company building and head to the site where every engineering student wants to see and observe. it's as if every bad thing that seint has brought to win's life vanish for a while because of excitement. bright, on the other hand, gleefully supports his boyfriend by smiling with him whenever win tells him how happy he is. bright isn't that much excited because he's got to go to sites before along with some of his seniors.
they're both inside the company car pete has told them to use while pete and kao use a different company car. seint insists he'd go there by his own, and pete just agrees.
when all of them get to the the site, win can't help but purse his lips. he already feels like an engineer with all that's happening. pete makes sure they are wearing their hard hats before they get inside. they start roaming around the place and thought the building that's being built is still in its skeletal form -- gray, dusty, and full of debris -- win ogles at it. this is the beginning of every beautiful infrastructure built, win's thinking as they keep walking inside.
pete and kao then introduce them to the site managers who's strictly told them to be careful while roaming around to observe because everything is under construction and anything can happen. the site manager also tells them that they can only go up to the second floor because the floors above are only for them to get into.
they begin the proposed project by opening the blueprint and putting their hypotheses into a reality. everything is going well. some of the engineers on site even commend them for only being interns but already having the minds of a licensed engineer. win's heart is at peace. seint just listens to everything that's happening without doing anything.
when pete gives them some time off to just roam around the place besides the ones the site manager prohibits them to go to, win takes bright and holds his hand and brings him to where not a lot of people are. upon reaching the place, win takes off his hard-hat, wiping the sweat forming on his temples.
"i didn't know i'd actually love what i'm seeing. it started with me not taking my course seriously - or my life seriously - but now i can see things clear. i want this profession, babe. i really hope we pass the licensure exam," win says as he plays with bright's hand around his waist and leans on his shoulder.
bright tightens his hold on win, placing a peck on his forehead.
"we'll be helping each other every step of the way, baby. we'll get through this. trust me."
win nods, and he can't seem to brush the smile plastered on his face. he doesn't even know why he fees so happy and contented, but he's thankful anyway. bright takes his phone that's vibrating.
"babe, sir kao is calling me there. i'll be back in a few, okay?" win just nods, and lets go of bright's hand.
just a few minutes after bright has left, a hand grips his shoulder so tight he winces in pain. win turns his back to see seint with furrowed brows, his chest heaving and face reddened in rage.
"what the fuck is wrong with you."
"i told you, bright is mine. he's mine. i'll get him back, win. he doesn't even love you. no, he loves me. he's just playing with you and when he's done, he'll crawl back to me."
"did you follow us here again, seint?"
seint goes silent and win sees him clench his fist.
"i should be the one he's holding. i should be the one who gets to kiss him and be with him, but you're there. you're always there and i hate it. i hate it so much. but you know what, i have just the perfect plan to ruin you. pete will know about this. start imagining the disappointment in his face when he gets to know about who his favorite underclassman actually is."
seint turns his back, and win's sure he's going to pete. without thinking straight, panic devours his and he grabs seint's arm, holding it tight like his life depends on it. thinking of all the consequences when seint harshly whisks his hand away, knocking him over.
win falls off his balance and before he can even prop himself with his elbow, his head hits a huge debris of rock -- losing his consciousness. seint looks over his shoulder and sees blood coming from win's head, streaming down the dusty ground. shaking, he runs to where he thinks bright is and tells him that win hit his head. everyone runs after seint, toward where win is.
when bright sees win's body lying on the ground with all the blood, he starts to shudder and run to win. with shaking hands, he starts tapping win's cheek slightly.
"win, wake up." another tap. "baby please open your eyes." another. "babe, please. please open your eyes. please wake up, babe." another tap, but win stays unconscious.
"fucking call 911!" bright shouts at his seniors as tears stream down his face, not minding anything else besides win -- knowing win matters more than anything else.
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hooked | brightwin
Romance"i like girls," win repeatedly says in his head as he stares at bright's bare back, jerking off.
