Brothers, friends, soulmates - call them what you will.
One fact remains - Max & Tul were destined to meet, bond & love.
This is their love story - unconventional, unavoidable, undefined ...
"Max, na..." "Hmmm?" Max was in his favourite realm - dressed in t shirt and boxers, lying on a comfy bed, with a great game in his hands, and cuddling in Tul's warm embrace. "What do you think if I continue my studies?" "You're leaving again?" Max immediately sat up to turn around and look at Tul. Panic rising from the pit of his stomach. Why is he always leaving me? Max silently cried. "No, not really leaving," Tul reached out and ruffled Max's already tousled hair. "Twinning or hybrid maybe. Y'know, online, local classes and then overseas finishing or something like that." "Oh," Max sighed, but only momentarily. "But there'll still be that overseas part, huh?"
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His reply made Tul think of his devastated face when he told Max he was leaving for Spain right after his ordainment. Max's crestfallen face pierced Tul's heart like nothing before. Yes, he tried to run away from Max again back then. He even told Max he was leaving at the very last minute. Even when he knew Max was looking forward to him coming back. Shitty was nothing close to what Tul felt at hurting his bro back then. But it was something he felt he had to do. In order to save himself.
Tul looked at Max's worried face, thoughts running amok in his head. "I love this brat. My affections for him run so deep. I don't know how it happened. Nor did I foresee it coming. I think he loves me too. It's apparent in his actions, his words, his eyes. Sure there are others in our lives. But time and time again, it is each other whom we gravitate towards. So, enough of running and hurting the boy. Because in the end, you'll only hurt yourself."
"You can come visit, any time. And even if I go abroad, it'll only be towards the end of the course," Tul reassured him, squeezing his shoulders like he always does. "We can both ask for an extended holiday then." "Oh, ok," Max smiled, sighing his relief. Relieved enough to recline in his earlier position.
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He did not want a repeat of the early 2018 period. Tul was not with him for a whole 2 months. First it was the ordainment. Then it was a trip abroad. He was so surprised when Tul told him about leaving for Spain, right after his monkhood. He seriously was not expecting it. Max was quite hurt then. Because he knew the decision was last minute. And he had a niggling feeling that he was somehow the cause of Tul going away. So, Max decided to take a trip of his own too.
