if @nanonstits wasn't the one who sent this prompt, then I guess I'm making at least two people happy with this

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Pat loves making out with Pran, he's discovered quickly, the taste of Pran's soft lips against his own, panting and eager and not very much practiced. Pat can't get enough of him, even though they just ate dinner, even though Pran's mouth tastes a little bit like chicken, like curry. Pran had invited him over because his skin was dry and he needed help using the Nivea Micellar Water--which was just code for come over, let's eat dinner and make out on the couch and maybe exchange quick handjobs like we have been for the past month. So Pat had only been so happy to oblige.

Now with their skin smooth and dinner eaten, Pat happily slides his knee between Pran's thighs as he devours him on the couch, arms and legs bracketing Pran's body that Pran has nowhere to go. Not that Pran's protesting much, kissing back and with his hands beneath Pat's shirt, on his stomach and waist. When they'd first started this... arrangement... of definitely not dating, Pran's motions were so noticeably hesitant, when all Pat wanted was for Pran to do whatever he wanted to do to him. Whatever he dreamed of doing to him. Pat finally recognizes what the light in Pran's eyes mean when he looks at Pat now, the fondness and adoration hidden behind his eye rolls and dimples. He knows that Pran's thought about him, probably even more than Pat can imagine, and for far longer. But the few months of being like this have already given Pat so many ideas for what he wants Pran to do to him, for what he wants to do to Pran, and he just wants one of them to give in already so they can be boyfriends.

Of course, he can't give in first. He can't let Pran win (for now), because it's fun teasing, knowing that there's more to come and that they can do together, and Pran's stubbornness is something Pat's always loved. With his tongue in Pran's mouth, and Pran sucking on it like he's starving for it, Pat thinks, this is gonna be so much better when we're boyfriends. He grinds the bottom half of his body against Pran's, and smiles when he feels Pran groan against his mouth in response.

Pat slides his body up, admiring the work beneath him. Pran's cheeks are flushed and his hair is a mess. The pillows on his couch have fallen to the floor, but the skin of Pran's tummy from his shirt riding up is too enticing for Pat to care to pick the pillows up for Pran's sake. He tickles Pran's stomach and Pran giggles and scolds, "Pat."

"Can you take your shirt off?" Pat asks.

Pran's look is withering. Pat pouts. "Please?" he continues. "I'm asking nicely."

"You're not behaving that nicely," Pran points out, because Pat's hands are crawling further up Pran's shirt. He presses the heels of his palms against Pran's soft belly, squeezes. Skates his fingers up Pran's ribs. Pat thinks about fucking the fat of Pran's stomach and his cock twitches.

Pran's not really resisting as Pat continues pushing his shirt up. "But I wanna see," Pat whines. "I wanna see you. You wear your shirt all the time... I never protest when you take my shirt off."

"That's because you do it yourself half the time," Pran says.

But he lifts up his arms accordingly when Pat rolls his striped shirt up to his armpits. Pat slides Pran's shirt over his head so he can see all the brown skin there, and his mouth waters. He tosses Pran's shirt to the ground.

"Ai Pat," Pran complains.

"I'll pick it up later," Pat promises, and readjusts himself over Pran so he's crouching over him more comfortably. One of his knees is digging into the back of his couch, but as long as Pran doesn't move, Pat's totally happy to be stuck here for a bit. He eyes the expanse of Pran's skin, to which Pran noticeably fidgets.

"Can you do something already?" Pran asks impatiently.

"Hold on," says Pat. "I'm drinking you in."

And he is--with his shirt off, Pran's a sight to behold. He's dark and smooth everywhere, belly jiggling a bit as Pat rests his hands at Pran's sides, feeling the fat between his fingertips that Pat just wants to bite. Pran's chest heaves with each breath he takes, making his stomach twitch and bounce the longer Pat stares at him. The ball of Pran's throat bobs as he swallows, pressing his neck back that Pat can see his second chin, and he wants to bite that too. His bellybutton is so cute, and Pran's nipples... Oh, Pat can't resist himself as he reaches up and pinches them, large and brown, on larger lumps of fat that Pat scoops in his hand. He wants to fuck Pran so bad, anywhere and everywhere, wants Pran riding his dick while the rest of his body bounces, his tits and tummy while Pran looks like this, red-cheeked and hair-tousled and breathless.

"Are you done?" Pran asks, after a long moment.

Pat's hard. "Define 'done.'"

"I mean, will you stop staring at me and do something else?" Pran looks like he wants to cover his chest with his arms, but isn't actually doing it. Likely for Pat's sake, which Pat appreciates. "I'm getting uncomfortable."

Pat laughs a little. "Okay, okay," he says, and bends his head down close to Pran's face. "You're cute when you're uncomfortable though."

"You always think I'm cute," Pran grumbles as Pat goes to slide his tongue into Pran's mouth again.

But Pat had only done so to throw Pran off--Pran loves having Pat in his mouth, whether it's his tongue or fingers or dick (which they've done once), gets so occupied and distracted and hungry that Pran forgets everything else. It's so hot; Pat thinks, when we're real boyfriends, he can do whatever he wants with his mouth. But right now he uses it to his advantage, as while Pran suckles on Pat's tongue, Pat uses both hands to pinch and squeeze Pran's tits, fingers flexing around their roundness and softness, rubbing his palms against Pran's nipples until they're hard and surely aching, making Pran whine into Pat's mouth, "Pat."

"Yeah, baby?" Pat asks against his lips.

"Hurts." Pran crinkles his nose.

Pat smiles to himself. "Mm," he says, then leans his head down. Pran's eyes are dark, and Pat can feel his erection through his sweatpants. They're both hard, but part of this play has been to do everything except touch each other's dicks, unless they're really desperate for it. Pat had already won once when Pran had been so hungry for Pat's dick in his mouth that Pat had let him and afterward said, "One point for me," so it's only fair that he let Pran win this time and take the part of Pran that he wants the most, at least for now.

Which comes in the form of Pat bending down and drawing Pran's left nipple into his mouth, making Pran gasp and his legs twitch beneath Pat's. His tits are so big and round, almost like a girl's, but better because it's Pran, better because no one, girl or not, will ever make Pat as hard as he feels in this very moment. He slides his teeth over Pran's nipple, and Pran hisses, but then Pat gives him a light kiss and licks over again, using one hand to squeeze the fat around it, sucking and jiggling Pran's chest eagerly.

"What's wrong with you," Pran tries to mumble, but Pat doesn't care as he hungrily, greedily fits as much of Pran's breast into his mouth as he can. One, then the other, sucking on his tits like a baby, so round and soft that Pat's pretty sure this is what heaven is like: Pran's boobs in his mouth. He bites and can't stop grinding his hips against Pran's, kissing and sucking his other breast, leaving bruises and hickey where he can. There's so much of Pran and he's so soft everywhere, the taste of his salty skin better than the curry Pran cooked him earlier, the twist of his body in oversensitivity but definitely not trying to move away from him. Pat thinks that if he didn't eat dinner he would be even more hungry for Pran, would've tasted him everywhere, swallowed him whole. He loses himself in Pran's chest, burying his face there, trying to stuff as much of Pran's other tit into his mouth as he can.

It's so much that Pat doesn't realize he's close to the edge until he's almost there, jolting his hips against Pran's so furiously while sucking his breast, fitting the nub of his nipple between his teeth, and Pran ruts against him as his breathing gets faster and faster and that's the end of it for Pat. He groans as he feels himself wet his boxer shorts, pressing his sounds into Pran's skin and the fat of his chest. Distantly, Pran tenses up against him too, though Pat's still busy suckling at his chest and making sure his right nipple gets the same treatment as the left one, if not more, as he comes down.

He feels like a kid with an ice cream bar on a hot summer's day as he keeps Pran in his mouth, until somewhere too close and too far away Pran says, "If you don't get your mouth off me soon I'm going to smack you in the face."

Pat lifts his head up. "I could be into that."

Pran smiles and shakes his head. "Look at you," he says, and presses his thumb against Pat's lips. "Your mouth is all bruised."

"Can you blame me?"

"Yes." Pran glances pointedly down at his chest, where his nipples are covered in bruises and hickies, purple and yellow amid the brown skin and Pran's darker, large nipples. He makes such a pretty canvas. Pat's proud of his work. "You did this to me."

"And you liked it," Pat says. His hand drifts down between their bodies to Pran's crotch. As expected, his fingers press against a damp spot.

Pran actually smacks his wrist away at that. "And you're getting ahead of yourself," he says. "Pick up my shirt, will you?"

"Yes sir," Pat sings obediently, and bends down to retrieve it from the ground. "But next time you better let me do more."

Pran eyes him carefully. "Only if you let me first," he says. "Since I win this time."

Pat giggles and sees Pran's dimples in his cheeks, in his chin. "Of course, of course," Pat agrees, and knows that eventually, neither of them will lose at this.

(cont)Mo laughs further down the table. "But when he's not around, it's all 'Wai this' and 'Wai that'! Just admit you miss your boyfriend." He expertly dodges a slap from Korn, but doesn't see the one from Chang coming. "Oww…" complains Mo, rubbing the back of his head.

"Come on, Wai, come and eat with us." Chang scoots down to clear out a space on the bench for him. "You can't tell us that the territory divide is /still/ in place now that you're dating your greatest enemy."

Wai hesitates, watching Korn pat the bench and make kissy faces back at him. The huge grins of the engineering gang were… unsettling, to say the least. He glances over at Pran. "I don't know, the two of us were about to eat together—"

"Ah, he can join us too!" jumps in Mo, before realizing Pat's also at the table. "Er, I mean—"

"No, it's fine," Pat says, voice devoid of emotion. "I can deal with him for one lunch." He and Pran very carefully do not make eye contact.

"So it's settled then!" Korn tugs Wai down next to him, then yanks on Pran's shirt to get him to sit down too. It takes some shuffling to get everyone situated, but once they're settled, Korn smacks a kiss onto Wai's cheek and begins digging into his food. Wai resolutely does /not/ flush.

Under the table, he notices Pat and Pran's knees knock together and linger. Maybe they could do this more often…

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perfect amazing thank you "anon" you are my favorite person

Thank you dear anon! This is my first time writing high school Pat/Pran, so I hope you enjoy!

This mini-fic is not researched on rugby and just from what I've gathered about it from the show/other things featuring rugby haha. Rugby players look away 🙈 Actually soccer players and judo players look away too.

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Pat had joined the soccer team only because Pran joined first. So naturally, when Pat signs up for rugby tryouts, it's no surprise to see Pran there too, even though Pran has never once expressed interest in rugby before.

Pat hasn't either. It's the sport that his dad wants him to play, and Pat happens to be pretty good at it, he finds out, during the tryouts. He'd been pretty good at soccer, too. Rugby's not quite the same, but Pat finds it more fun. He doesn't have to rely on his foot-eye coordination, just has to get his hands on the ball, follow the rules of the game, and outrun everyone else. Easy enough.

The tackling's easy, too. When someone tackles him for the first time during tryouts, Pat does feel a little winded at first. But it's only a matter of getting used to it, not being afraid to throw all his body weight on another boy, both annoyed and challenged when someone else's body weight is all on his. It's especially funny to watch Pran get tackled, because Pran is several centimeters shorter than him and slender and nimble--Pat knows that he got his own growth spurt before the summer of Mattayom 4, while Pran still dwarfs him at eye level.

But Pran is fierce and still doesn't back down no matter how many times he gets tackled. In fact, he seems to get faster to avoid them, slipping away from their grasps, dodging whenever someone tries to throw their body at him in the blink of an eye. Pat tries to pretend he's not watching as much as he is, but it's hypnotizing, seeing how Pran finds his way around things, especially for sports that Pat didn't think he would be particularly good at. They'd taken judo together back when they were ten, and Pran's eye for knowing exactly where to touch and grab his opponent until they were stunned was remarkably sharp. Even though he'll never admit it out loud, Pat knows that Pran won at judo against him.

Pran doesn't score quite as much as Pat, doesn't avoid the other mock team as much as Pat does, but there's still some satisfaction on his face when they break, sweat dripping down his forehead. He meets Pat's gaze and his eyes narrow; Pat smirks at him in response. Pran rolls his eyes and looks away, but when Pat turns to take a drink of his own water, he pretends that he doesn't notice Pran glancing at him again.

A week later, they find out that they've both made the team.

Pat's dad is thrilled--though, less, when Pat admits that Pran did too. Pat's not disappointed, though. Any excuse to compete with Pran is good. Pat knows that his dad wants him to do better than Pran, which includes trying out and getting things that Pran doesn't. But Pat knows that that's never going to happen in this lifetime--anything Pat has tried to do, Pran has met him on equal footing. It's just a matter of who can be a little better, outdo the other by a few points. Even the things that Pran has tried, Pat has discovered that he's not half bad at--guitar for a bit last year, a creative writing essay contest when they were twelve that he somehow won (Pran's glare from across the auditorium had made Pat grin at the memory for weeks), and, well, when he got the hang of his foot-eye coordination for soccer, he knows that he has a mean straight shot now.

For them, it's always been a matter of playing the competition, not trying to outrun it.

And so when Pat goes to practice for the first time, making his way to the locker room, he sees Pran with his nose buried in a book in the middle of walking down the hallway, and thumps him on the back. "What's up, teammate?" Pat says.

Pran's eyes are wide like a scared animal's. "What are you doing?" he mumbles, gaze darting around like he's not sure if he's allowed to look at Pat or not. "We're not supposed to talk to each other at school."

"No one's around," Pat points out, even though that's not true--plenty of other boys are making their way to the locker room as well, the other guys who made it to the rugby team. "At least no one who's gonna tell our parents."

"You never know," he hears Pran mutter to himself, although Pran doesn't really do much to shrug off Pat's arm from around his shoulder other than a single obligatory attempt.

Pat lets go when they enter the boys' locker room anyway, because three of his other friends made it too and they're not supposed to know that Pat doesn't really mind Pran's company. A couple of Pran's more athletic friends are on the team too, although when they come up to Pran they whine about how rough the sport is, and what tips Pran has to avoid being tackled. Pat smirks; Pran surely just made his friends join the rugby team just because Pran did, just because Pat did. Kind of like how Pat made one of his friends take drawing classes with him that one time in Mattayom 2.

It's easy enough to pretend to dislike each other when they go out in the field, especially when they get split into two groups to practice. They first run drills opposite each other, Pat's friends obviously having more fun than Pran's among all the other boys. The coach tells Pran's team to pick it up while praising Pat's, and while Pat knows that it's more a group effort than anything, that doesn't stop him from throwing a teasing smirk Pran's way. Pran ignores him and plays harder against his friend that Pat doesn't know the name of, who gets knocked down with a swift oof when Pran chucks the ball at him.

"Not that hard, Parakul, he's still your teammate," their coach calls to him, and Pran mumbles, "sorry" before helping his friend back up.

Eventually, their coach has them play against each other to see where they're at as a team, what they need to improve on both individually and together. Pat knew this was coming--he boasts his blue team jersey with pride as he and Pran come opposite to each other on the field, Pran in his red over his gym tshirt.

"We'll need tentative team captains," their coach says.

"I will," both Pat and Pran say immediately.

No one else on their respective teams volunteer. In fact, Pran's friends very obviously roll their eyes, while Pat's friends whoop for him behind his back. Pat winks at Pran, who just turns back and says, "Let's do this," before the coach agrees. Pat watches as Pran makes one of his friends high-five him, and chuckles to himself.

He hadn't really been thinking what it would be like to play against Pran, since they're technically on their same high school team--but now the adrenaline, the excitement overtakes him as he watches each one of Pran's moves. His eyes follow the ball, of course, as it gets passed from hand to hand--it's only their first practice, so several boys fumble and forget what direction they're supposed to go, and after fifteen minutes a few have had to sit out due to mild injury from tackling or exhaustion.

But not Pat. And not Pran, either, who hasn't even been tackled yet, as small as he is in comparison to Pat or to anyone else. He darts and ducks around everyone when he has the ball, trying to find openings before their coach even shouts to suggest it to him.

He's good, but Pat knows he's better. He has to be.

The thing about Pat getting bigger and taller (and, admittedly, bulkier) over the summer is that now certain parts of his body have particular reactions that he doesn't have full... control over, so to speak. So when he finds a way to tackle Pran for the first time, coming at him from the side and not the front so he catches him off guard, as soon as he feels Pran's warm, soft body beneath his, heat through the jersey and t-shirt and cotton shorts, Pran's bare leg pressed against his own, something fizzles in Pat's brain. What, he thinks, or maybe he doesn't think, as his chest meets Pran's as they both get pressed to the ground, faces so close to each other, Pran falling to his side with a small grunt.

For a second, it's all Pat's aware of--Pran's body, smaller than his, beneath his like Pat's caging him, protecting him, more than he's tackling him. The hair on Pran's calves tickle Pat's knees and both their shorts have ridden up slightly that Pat can feel the softness under Pran's thigh on top of his own.

And Pat's dick, well. As soon as he feels it stiffen in his shorts, perhaps too stimulated by so much body contact after having been tackled before, now with Pran maybe it was inevitable that he would have a... reaction.

He shoves himself off before he can fully think it, before his brain can fully process, I just got a random boner from tackling Pran. Adjusting his shorts, Pat looks down at Pran with bravado and gloats, "Hah, finally caught you."

"Not my fault you replaced all your brain with muscle," Pran says, under his breath.

Pat leans forward, putting his hand to his ear mockingly. "What was that? I couldn't hear you."

"You got dumber over the summer," Pran says, which seems like a nonsequitor. Pat blinks at him. "Now you're just big and stupid." He stalks off.

Pat watches him leave. "What's that supposed to mean?" he calls after Pran, but Pran flips him off without looking back at him.

Frowning, Pat looks back down at the outline of his dick in his shorts. It's still half-hard; he adjusts the cotton again, so the folds make it less prominent. Probably just part of his body changing, he's gotten a few random boners recently. Still, the memory of Pran's warm skin against his own makes him shiver--and does not help with his problem. Pat will have to tackle Pran to get used to it more, probably. Get less boners that way.

(When Pran goes through his own growth spurt that he's nearly eye-level with Pat again, it gets a lot harder to tackle him. It also doesn't get any easier controlling his body's reactions.)

I think this is cuddling? Haha. Takes place during the beginning of ep 11 - bus cuddles!

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Pran's not sure when he fell asleep, but when he wakes up, the firm cushion of Pat's shoulder underneath his head is the first thing he feels. The second is the hard bus seat that's practically made his thigh and ass numb, along with the ache in his back for sitting up for so long.

He doesn't quite stir yet. Yesterday feels like ages ago, even though the memory is still fresh in his mind. The sharp, disappointed press of his mother's palm to his cheek. Pat's father shoving him to the ground, where a large bruise is surely forming on his side--Pran still winces when he thinks about it. Sobbing into Pat's shirt for what felt like ages even though it must've only been a few minutes, clinging onto him like he's the only thing that matters.

And with the way Pran doesn't want to move his head from Pat's shoulder, even though Pat's arm is around him and surely as numb as his thighs, Pat really is the only thing that matters. Pran can see the rise and fall of his chest when he creaks his eyes open, the slow breath of his sure and open mouth, his heartbeat which Pran likes to imagine is on pace with his own. Pran shifts and sighs, wanting to bury his face into Pat's neck like so many times he's done before, even though he doesn't want to wake Pat up.

Pat's fingers twitch from past his shoulder. "You up?" Pat rumbles, voice a bit throaty like it is fresh in the morning.

Pran tilts his head up. "What about you?" he says.

"I'm up." Pat moves his arm from around Pran, which Pran mourns. He has no idea how long is left on this bus ride--it's en route to the eco village, which had been about a seven hour drive, so maybe there's an hour or so left. The sky outside is still a dark blue, although Pran knows all too well how quick morning can come, like the world is shifting--like when their parents found out about them dating in half a second, and their universes turned upside down.

But he still has Pat. "How are you feeling?" Pran asks quietly. "I didn't get to ask yesterday, but--"

"Oh, don't worry about me," Pat says, much too airily for Pran's liking. "I'm fine, just tired."

Pran looks up at him from where his head is still resting on top of Pat's chest. He's all meat and bone and muscle; a long time ago Pran had thought to himself that if he was ever allowed to lie on Pat's body all day, he would. The sentiment remains.

"Tired after about five hours of sleep?" Pran asks cheekily.

Pat smiles down at him, pokes his dimple. "You had five hours of sleep too. And you usually need more."

"I do." Pran yawns. If he was up to it, he would sit up from lying on Pat and stretch. But he doesn't know what will come of this--this running away, this inevitable going back. At least, Pran thinks they're going back. But he doesn't know what will happen then, or what will happen now. So he lets himself indulge in Pat's body warmth, even at the expense of his sore neck.

"I'm going to sleep more," Pran says, closing his eyes. "Wake me up when we get there."

He feels more than hears Pat laugh in response. "Okay," Pat says, and starts sifting his fingers through Pran's hair. Pran smiles, and blindly looks for Pat's hand until he finds it, grabbing his thumb and bringing it to his cheek. Pat adjusts it so he's pressing more into his dimple.

"Okay," Pat says again. "You sleep. I'll let you know."

"That's what I just said," Pran says, but the smile is still on his face as he finds himself drifting off again, nestled so deeply into Pat's side that he thinks everything will be okay, as long as he gets to keep this.