Just a Favorite Friend

"If you ever get a girlfriend... I'd probably die of loneliness."
For Poom, it might have been just a playful joke from a best friend afraid of being left behind.
But for Chanon, that sentence was the rope tying his heart down, drowning him in the word 'friend' with absolutely no escape.
For years, Chanon played the role of the 'favorite friend' flawlessly. Caring for him, worrying about him, and enduring the sight of Poom smiling at someone else time and time again.
He hid his 'love' beneath a mask of playful teasing and sarcasm. Because he knew perfectly well... if he crossed the line, he might not even have the status of a friend left to stand on.
But when a ridiculously hot senior started circling his best friend with undeniable, blatant intent, the fortress of restraint Chanon had spent a decade building began to crumble.
The more Poom seemed to sway, the more 'possessive' Chanon became, until he could no longer hide it.
The problem was... he was going insane with jealousy, yet he lacked the absolute right to demand a single thing.
How much longer would he have to endure being just the 'favorite friend'?
Or was it finally time to gamble everything, to shatter the boundary and become the 'only lover'?