after ending the call, Pete looked at his phone pictures, scrolling to the picture yuri just referred to. he was about to delete the picture when he smelled something familar. it was squid.

Pete was walking back to class with squid when he turned a corner and bumped into someone—a limping and bruised earn. deja vu.

“what happened to you?” pete asked.

“i slipped on a banana peel.” earn replied. 

“you really think i’d believe that?” pete said.

“ok i got into a fight with some bullies who were after the angels.”

“glad to see somethings never change.”

they both laughed.

“whats in the bag? is that squid?”

“and cuttlefish. thought you might like them?”

“you got me food?” Earn grins.

“uh-huh” Pete grins back at him.

earn grabs the bag and starts to wolf it down. but he feeds Pete, who was surprised and gobbled it up. Pete tries to get for himself but Earn insists on feeding him.

after finishing the squid and cuttle fish…

“hey lets  get you cleaned up at the clinic.” Pete said.

“so the clinic is our destination? are we gonna make a beautiful journey?” earn asked, tongue in cheek.

“haha. when did you get this tacky?”

“hey that was your speech. you're the tacky one.”

“you lapped it up.”

“yeah i did.” 

both chuckled. earn messed up pete’s hair.

“hey not the hair. it took me 30 minutes to style it this morning.”

Pete headlocks Earn.

“hey” earn said.

as pete releases him from the headlock they both notice how close their faces are. and they re both blushing. they were about to kiss when….

“well look who just got back together.” Phun’s voice came up from behind them.

an annoyed earn replies, “ nice timing phun.”

Pete and Noh laugh..

Noh said, “ well since everything’s okay now. you guys wanna join us and a bunch of friends in Hua Hin this weekend? sun, sand sea. barbecue. floozeball. beer and you guys can…ummm. catch up?"  with a slight naughty grin.

Pete and earn looked at each other and said,  “ okay okay. we’re in.”

earn looks at pete and said “ oh you bet we’re in. and we are never getting out. “

phun says as he and noh walk away, “ get a room!” all the boys chuckle.

when phun and noh disappear from view, earn says, “you know that’s not a bad idea. there’s the old abandoned classroom upstairs…” earn says as he looks away while scratching his head, a familiar twitch.

Pete laughs. “hornball.”

earn naughtily smiles. “come on” as he takes pete by the hand. “what about the clinic?” pete asked as he hesitantly got half dragged by earn.

earn replies, “i’m fine. i’m fine now. “ as he smiled back at pete, who smiles back at him. but stops walking,

earn looks at pete. “pete, what’s wrong?”

Pete looks up. naughty grin.  and starts running. “ last one in the room gets to be the bottom.”

Earn realizing what just happened chases after Pete. “wait till i catch you.”