beer & apologies
(buddie) (722 words) (7x04 coda)
It’s late, later than any reasonable person would show up on a friend’s doorstep, but Buck’s got this bright, warm feeling in his chest and all he wants to do is apologize so he can share it. For a split second he thinks about knocking, but that feels a little too much like going backwards. Instead, he lets himself in and hangs his key on the hook.
“Eddie,” he calls quietly into the still house.
“Kitchen.” The reply is soft, easy, like Eddie was expecting him.
Buck steps into the room and holds up the beer he brought.
Eddie looks up at him and grins, soft and warm in the glow of the lamplight. “What’s that for?”
“This is ‘sorry for acting like a teenager and spraining your ankle’ beer,” Buck says, scrubbing a hand through his hair. “Seriously, I’m sorry.”
Eddie sighs and pushes an empty chair back from the table with his foot, gesturing for Buck to sit. “I’m sorry too,” he says.
“No, no, you don’t—" Buck starts.
“Yeah, I do,” Eddie interrupts with a wry grin. “You should definitely be sorry-er, though, so I’ll take the beer.”
Buck snorts and sits, setting the six pack on the table between them.
“We didn’t—well, I didn’t…”
“I know,” Buck says. “I was just—”
“I know,” Eddie says softly.
A few, quiet moments pass, and it’s comfortable, exactly what Buck was missing the last couple of days.
“Hey,” Eddie says suddenly, sitting up a little straighter, “at least now I know why you always said no to basketball.” He smiles, loose and just a tiny bit mischievous.
Buck splutters. “What? No! I wasn’t that bad,” he protests.
Eddie lifts his injured ankle and raises an eyebrow.
“Okay, well maybe, but—”
“Uh-uh,” Eddie says, “no buts. You haven many talents, Buck, but basketball isn’t one of them.”
Buck ducks his head and grins. “Maybe I’ll get Tommy to teach me, then I can beat you without playing dirty.” Saying Tommy’s name out loud gives birth to a few giddy butterflies in his stomach.
“You two make up?” Eddie asks.
“Yeah,” Buck says. “He uh—texted me.” The butterflies turn to little rocks.
“Good,” Eddie says, “that’s good.” He grabs a beer and twists the top off. “I really think you guys will get along, if you give him a chance.”
“We, um. Yeah. We probably will.” Buck grabs a beer of his own and stares at the label.
He doesn’t—he didn’t mean to lie. It just kind of… came out. Which, it’s Eddie. Buck knows he could tell him exactly what happened, right now, and it’d be fine. It’d be completely fine because it’s Eddie and he knows Eddie would be cool about it, probably even happy for him! But when he goes to open his mouth it just. Doesn’t.
“How’s—uh. How’s Marisol?” he asks instead, tripping over his words.
Eddie shrugs. “She’s fine, same as always. Apparently Christopher got her to play Fortnite, which, according to him, was a disaster.”
Buck laughs, shaking his head. “That kid,” he says softly.
“That kid,” Eddie agrees. He takes another swig of beer and sits back.
“Hey, wait,” Buck says suddenly. He lurches forward and snags the bottle out of Eddie’s hand. “You can’t have this, you’re on pain killers.”
“It’s my apology beer!” Eddie protests.
“Nope, two sips is plenty. I can’t hurt your ankle and your liver on the same day.”
“It’s after midnight, it’s tomorrow,” Eddie pouts. “Give it.” He makes a halfhearted attempt to grab it back, but Buck holds the beer aloft.
“Nuh-uh, absolutely not,” Buck says. “You can drink your apology beer this weekend.”
“My apology beer is going to be flat and stale,” Eddie replies, unimpressed.
Buck rolls his eyes. “I’ll buy you a new apology beer, alright?”
“Promises, promises.”
“I will!”
“Yeah, yeah,” Eddie laughs. “You better. Want to bring it over on Saturday? We can watch the game.”
Buck’s grin falters a little bit, even as that warm feeling bubbles up in his chest all over again. “I uh- can’t, sorry.”
“What, you got a hot date or something?” Eddie asks with a laugh.
Buck takes a long swallow from the beer he stole from Eddie. “Yeah, something,” he says with a hollow laugh.
He feels like a liar.
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~ Monthly BL Breakdown: April 2023 ~
🌼 Happy May!!! 🐝
Disclaimer: ALL shows can be streamed here or here, as well as on Youtube and other platforms. For more info on where to watch what, check out this post!
New breakdowns are coming at the end of every month - feel free to add stuff! -> previous breakdowns
What came out this month? (green = seen/currently watching)
🌟 Bokura no Shokutaku (Our Dining Table) - April 6th (Japan)
🌟 My Beautiful Man: Eternal - April 7th (Japan)
🌟 Eien No Kinou: Complete Edition - April 13th (Japan)
🌟 Naked Dining - April 14th (Japan)
🌟 Midnight Love - April 15th (Thailand)
🌟 My Story - April 15th (Philippines)
🌟 Step by Step - April 18th (Thailand) ❌(dropped)
🌟 Our Skyy 2 - April 19th (Thailand) ✅
🌟 The Promise: Part 2 - April 19th (Thailand)
🌟 Midnight Love - April 22nd (Thailand)
🌟 Stormy Honeymoon - April 22nd (Vietnam)
🌟 The Day I Loved You - April 26th (Philippines)
🌟 Happy Merry Ending - April 27th (South Korea)
🌟 Love Syndrome III (Uncut Version) - April 29th (Thailand)
🌟 La Pluie - April 29th (Thailand) ✅
Monthly likes/dislikes
❣️ Our Skyy 2 - Absolutely loving it so far!!! It’s exactly the kind of lighthearted chaos I was hoping for and especially the NLMG episodes were so much fun to watch. Once again proves that PP just work in a comedy setting. ngl these 2 episodes were better than the entirety of the 12 episodes of the main show for me lmao 🤷🏼♀️ The SIMM episodes were a bit strange plot-wise lmao but JD’s chemistry saved the day for sure. Very excited for what’s to come!!
👎🏻 A Shoulder To Cry On - I was very disappointed by this one. It was my first time dipping my toes back into the kbl world after TMS and I was hopeful as I read good reviews but my god it was so bad. it had a solid start but then the plot started reaching and it got weirder with every episode. and not to mention the lack of intimacy like I get they probably didn’t do it because of kpop or whatever but why even cast them to begin with then??? I have zero understanding for things like that. This was a bromance and I hated it lmao. bye.
New series & movie announcements
🎥 Colorful Melody - Date TBA (Thailand)
🎥 Forever Yours - Date TBA (Philippines)
🎥 Rule No.1: Don't Be Too Emotional (novel adaption) - Date TBA (Thailand)
🎥 Night Dream - Date TBA (Thailand)
🎥 Deep Night - Date TBA (Thailand)
🎥 Khemjira Will Survive (novel adaption) - Date TBA (Thailand)
🎥 Let’s Eat Together - coming June 2nd (Japan)
🎥 VIP Only - Date TBA (Taiwan)
🎥 I Can’t Reach You (manga adaption) - Date TBA (Japan)
🎥 The Bartender - Date TBA (Cambodia)
🎥 Love Supremacy Zone - Date TBA (South Korea)
🎥 Aedan The Series - Date TBA (Philippines)
Other news from the BL world
❗️ Workshops for the upcoming GMMTV BL Dangerous Romance have started. Filming is scheduled to start next month.
❗️ The upcoming Domundi Thai BL Naughty Babe is officially in production. Shooting will commence soon.
❗️ The upcoming WabiSabi Thai BL Absolute Zero (dir. New Siwaj) has started filming.
❗️ The company StarHunter announced their lineup for 2023:
City of Stars (BL)
True Moon (BL)
Sunset Vibes (BL, starring MosBank)
The Taste of Fresh Milk (BL)
Big Dragon the Movie (BL)
Love Senior (GL) -> this will be StarHunter’s first GL drama.
❗️ A movie version for the Korean BL Where Your Eyes Linger (re-edited version) was announced. Details such as plot + air date are still unknown.
❗️ After a supposed casting sheet was leaked in a video, rumors sparked that GeminiFourth will get replaced by ViewJune as the side couple in the upcoming Thai GL 23.5. The actresses were also seen in the workshops to Dangerous Romance, along with Papang and Pepper, creating further rumors about the 2 pairs being side couples in the show along with Marc and Pawin. Nothing is confirmed.
❗️ Actors Billkin and PP (I Told Sunset About You) have registered a joint production company called BKPP Entertainment. It will be managed by Billkin, PP, Bell Supol, Panut (Billkin's dad) and Sureerat (PP's mom). Details about possible productions (film or music) are still unknown.
❗️ Actors Bas Suradej and Copter Panuwat have left Starhunter Entertainment, which resulted in Copter and costar Kimmon parting ways as an on-screen pair. Their upcoming show Boy Never Smiles will still air as scheduled.
❗️ Actor Yacht Patsit has dropped out of the Korean idol program FANTASY BOYS due to a chronic illness. He will resume his acting career in Thailand.
❗️ Kpop group SF9 members ZUHO and Kim In Sung were announced as the leads in the upcoming Korean BL Star Struck. The series will premiere on May 18th.
❗️ The following BL actors won at this year’s Thailand Master Youth Awards:
Zee Pruk and Nunew Chawarin: People Favorites
Gemini Norawit and Fourth Nattawat: Youth Favorites
Upcoming series & movies for May
👉🏻 House of Stars - May 1st (Thailand)
👉🏻 Love Mate - May 4th (South Korea)
👉🏻 ViAn The Series (TikTok series) - May 6th (Vietnam)
👉🏻 My Partner (movie) - May 7th (Philippines/Hawaii)
👉🏻 Star Struck - May 18th (South Korea)
👉🏻 The Luminous Solution - May 27th (Thailand)
👉🏻 Tie the Not - May 27th (Philippines)
👉🏻 Takumi-kun Series 6: Nagai Nagai Monogatari no Hajimari no Asa - May 27th (Japan)
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