81 Eternal Summer (1/2)
”Hot”
”So hot”
Those were literally the first words that came out of our mouth as soon as we got out of the airport. This taught me another lesson, which is: no matter where you are going, you should check the general climate of that region first.
”Nee, Onii-chan... Let's go back...”
”Oi! Don't give up yet, Charlotte!!!”
Even though we've only just left the airport for less than one minute, she already gave up and wanted to return home. I mean, the weather is hot, but it's not THAT hot, right?
”D-Don't worry, Charlotte... Tomorrow will probably be colder, right? Here, let me check the weather forecast for you...”
I turned on my phone and googled the weather forecast of Bangkok, the result, however...
”...”
”Onii-chan...?”
Should I tell Charlotte about the result...? I mean... She's going to know it anyway but I still don't want to show this to her...
As I was stuck in a dilemma, Charlotte took the chance and snatched my phone from me.
”Hey, Charlotte!”
”...”
Cr*p... She saw it...
”Nee, Onii-chan...”
”Y-Yes?”
”The flight attendant told us that today's temperature is around 34 degrees, right?”
”Right...”
”So how come tomorrow is going to be 36 degrees?!?!”
”I don't know!!!”
”That's it! I'm going back to Japan!”
”Oi!!!!”
Blocking her from reentering the airport, I tried to console her.
”Hey, Charlotte. Thailand can't be so bad, right? I don't believe that it could be hot all year round... Maybe we can come back in another few weeks. Here, let me check the long-term weather forecast...”
I fiddled with my phone a little before seeing the devastating result...
”Onii-chan...?”
”WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH THIS COUNTRY?!?! WHY DO THEY HAVE ETERNAL SUMMER?!?!”
”That's it! I'm going back to Japan!”
”You can't!!!”
Mustering my remaining strength from the long journey, I dragged Charlotte onto a nearby Taxi before she could complain any further and told the driver to head towards the hotel...
Sigh... Maybe it was a mistake to come to Thailand after all...
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Since we knew that Charlotte's father frequently uses the BTS sky train service, we booked a hotel that is not too far away from the station.
Also, the hotel that we booked is near a cluster of office buildings, which means that there are also many restaurants and services nearby.
However, as soon as we checked in into the hotel, we encountered a problem.
”Nee, Charlotte...”
”...”
”Why did you only book one room with a Queen size bed?”
”I'm so sorry, Onii-chan!!!”
That's right, apparently, Charlotte made a mistake when she was booking the hotel, and we ended up with a single room with only one Queen size bed in it. I already tried asking the Front Desk to get us another room, but since a certain company booked all the remaining rooms, they couldn't provide another room for us.
”T-Then... How about an extra bed, Onii-chan?”
”That's a great idea, Charlotte!”
”Um...”
As soon as Charlotte offered that idea, the Front Desk lady interrupted us.
”Although we would like to provide you with an extra bed, the same company that booked out all the remaining rooms also booked all the extra beds... We're sorry for the inconvenience...”
”...”
”...”
”Nee, Charlotte...”
”...”
”Let's go out to eat dinner first before thinking about this, shall we?”
”Sure...”
Thus, we decided to leave this complicated matter to the 'future' us.
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However... That wasn't the end of our problems...