Volume 1 Chapter 29 (2/2)

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At 7/11 accross the road...

This chain store is the best option around this area. It's a bit chilling since the place is quite near the beach.

Brrr... ? (feeling cold)

I stand quietly inside the store and dare not to buy anything (I don't have the money with me) while P'Pha puts a lot of stuff inside the basket he's carrying. Does he plan to buy it for himself or is he planning to raise pigs inside our room?

”Go get whatever you want.” He said.

”I don't have the money...” Not am I only wearing oversized s.h.i.+rt to the store but I couldn't buy anything too! What a miserable life. ?

”Don't you know that it'll be my treat?”

”Really?”

”Are you too slow to process things in your head or you're that stupid?”

f.u.c.k YOU! ”Your treat right?” Huh! I went to grab another basket.

Smack!

P'Pha hits my head lightly with a Pringles tube. ”We can't even finish these... Aren't you afraid of getting fat?”

Oh! That's right.

”You became quiet all of I sudden... I was just joking... Go pick whatever you want but hurry it up. It's getting cold now and your clothes are very thin.”

”Okay P'... Okay.” I waii my thanks at him.

To be honest, I don't know what possessed P'Pha that makes him treat me a lot better now... But forget it! This is who he truly is. Even though he has a bad mouth and talks as if he's bored or hates the world, in reality he is very generous and fond of helping others.

I only heard about this before but now that I have witnessed it myself, I can say proudly that I didn't choose the wrong person to love.

Even if he doesn't choose me at all...

”Shorty, are you done?”

”Hey, P'Pha!” A voice could be heard behind us. It's Kuk'kai the girl from the room across who tried to rape P'Pha not many hours ago. (Allow me to use simple words here, please. ?) She's at the store with Sai.

I stare at her... Yeah... A beauty is always a beauty no matter what she wears. Kuk'kai still looks pretty with just her t-s.h.i.+rt and shorts on. She's a star after all. She still s.h.i.+nes so brightly even at night.

”Are you here to buy some food? Why didn't you ask for me?”

?...

I become nothing more than a piece of wood behind the handsome Campus Moon. Maybe it's because our elements are just too opposite or probably those ladies don't pay any attention to me.

”I thought you have already gone to sleep.” The idiot replies like a gentleman as he is until I already feel so spiteful.

What am I being so moody about?

”Kuk'kai haven't slept yet... It's barely 9:00pm.” She smiles. ”P'Pha and... Yo. (Finally she recognized my presence. ?) Please wait for me. Let's go back together.”

He looks at me for awhile before nodding his head. ”Hmm... Okay.”

We're staying at the same place so we'll be using the same road going back. We were in the store at the same time therefore it's only natural for us to go together.

Don't mind me... I'm still trying to find some rational reasons to make myself feel better. I become so moody here which is quite strange.

Sigh... It's not wrong for Kuk'kai to like P'Pha but I don't know either why I feel so... Offended... Yeah, that's right.

Maybe it's because I couldn't freely express myself like her. This is the main reason why I envy her until I become this moody. ?

Not long after that, the ladies were done choosing their snacks. The things they bought couldn't even compare to the things P'Pha bought for us.

”Do you want me to carry it for you?” I wish I haven't complimented him for helping others. A small like that, even a toddler can carry it by himself. ?

Never mind though... It's his business. I eat Pocky in the most boring manner I could come up with...

? ...

”Thank you.” Kuk'kai gives him a shy smile then walks to the front so that P'Pha can walk next to her while Sai slows down to walk with me from behind.

”Do you know?” Sai speaks smilingly. ”Kuk'kai likes P'Pha.”

Again... Even a toddler can notice that. ?

”Uhmm...”

”Actually, there's no doubt that P'Pha is very handsome but I don't know. It's like no matter how hard I try to chase after him, he wouldn't budge so I just give up.”

Oh please... Give me a break. ? Don't tell me she's another rival?

”If P'Pha and Kuk'kai stay together tonight, I'm staying at your room.”

What?!

”I won't rape you.” Sai laughs.

It's not about that. ”They'll be staying together?”

”I don't know but just be ready in advance.” She said. ”Kuk'kai told me that P'Pha seemed like he also wanted her that time but you came to interrupt so he just hastily walked out of her room.”

Huh...? Is it true?

I become quiet looking at the tall figure with a willowy one walking side by side at the front. They seem to have endless things to talk about and get along well. This scene matches very well with what Sai just said earlier.

It's like a bucket of iced cold water is splashed on my face right now.

”P'Pha looks like he's getting hooked. I can't blame him since Kuk'kai is so pretty. Don't tell anyone if they are really going to stay together tonight, okay?”

I'm telling whom?

... When I myself couldn't accept this information. ?

It feels like my soul has been ripped out of my body when we arrive at our rooms.

”P'Pha, Kuk'kai has something for you... Please come to my room for a bit.”

Both rooms' doors open at the same time. P'Pha stands dumbfounded outside with a confused face while I went to approach our own room.

”What is it?”

”Refreshments... Come first... Come... Come...” She said, pulling him inside.

I don't want to acknowledge any of these things so I just close my eyes and went inside our room right away, Sai follows behind me.

”You bought lots of snacks.” She said. ”Don't forget to leave some for tonight.”

”Hmm...” I replied with a lazy voice and headed for the balcony. I don't even feel like eating anymore. ?

I don't know what's happening inside the room anymore. All I know is that I feel dejected... Dejected about everything I heard and saw. I know P'Pha isn't mine for me to feel this way but I really couldn't take it when he's being intimate with a girl so close like this.

It's like he's trampling my heart severely with his own feet... It's so painful.

”Hia, Shorty...” P'Pha opens the balcony door and approaches me. ”The shrimp dumplings are getting cold.”

I turn to look inside the room. There's no Sai but only P'Pha behind the closed door. He looks at me with his handsome face full of confusion. He's probably wondering what am I being so dramatic for this time.

”Hurry up! Come and eat... Or I'll finish them all.”

”Hey! Those are mine!” I even asked for the storekeeper to heat them up. I rushed inside before P'Pha finishes them. We sat crossed leg on the floor and started opening the dumpling lit up to eat them.

It was the first time I feel so hungry that I already forgot all about the drama.

”So you're not going to stay in Kuk'kai's room?”

”Stupid.” He scolds me. ”How many times do I need to say that she always tries. .h.i.tting on me?”

”That's not what I heard.”

P'Pha catches my hand which is holding a spoon. ”What did you say?”

I hooked my eyes on the carpet. ”That's not what I heard... I heard that you also wanted her but because I interrupted you both, you just stopped.”

”Have you heard it from a drama series in Channel 5?”

”Huh?”

”And you happen to believe it?”

”Or is it not true?”

”Of course not.” He says in a very upset tone. ”You shouldn't have believed in others. You should have believed me.”

It feels like something sharp is pointing directly towards my chest.

”Tell me honestly... What do you think about me as a person?”

I gulped. ”I don't know... A womaniser, a playboy... Something like that.”

P'Pha still hasn't removed my hand. On top of it, he even moves his face closer towards me.

”Shorty...” His voice sounds so serious that makes my hair stand to its ends.

... And to be honest, looks like I can finally believe in him this time.

”... I used to be but not anymore.”

I blink my eyes repeatedly. ”Can you let go of my hand now?”

”I will never lie to you... Do you understand?”

I don't know what to say... And I don't want to meet those sharp eyes of his right now.

”Err...”

”Answer me... Do you understand?”

Man! He's a savage!

”Okay, I understand.” I'm trying to pick up the dumplings as a distraction but he won't let go of my hand. I already scoop one and it's now floating on my spoon.

”This will serve as punishment for your misunderstanding about me.” He lower his face to feed himself with the dumpling I am holding with my spoon.

”... I'll take this one.”

I couldn't feel anything the moment he grabs my hand and stares at me like this.

He's not mine... But I don't know why I feel so happy that he took an effort to explain everything to me... To make me believe in him...

Actually, P'Pha doesn't really have to explain himself to me over and over again...

”Shorty... Aren't you asleep yet?”

”...”

”You're already asleep, aren't you?”

”...”

”Good night... Nong'Yo...”

------------*- To Be Continued -*-------------

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