Volume 1 Chapter 35 (2/2)
He smiled happily. ”Do you think he pa.s.ses?”
”Pa.s.s?”
”KitKat...”
”What are you talking about?”
”If I want to date someone, I need your approval first, remember?”
Oh. Come on. Your feelings came this far. Why bother?
”When did this start?” There's no need to answer the previous question actually. I'm more curious about his feelings and when did it happen. Now it's my turn to pick up on him.
”During that time I helped you look at P'Pha. P'Kit always comes into my sight... Well, I saw him first.” He speaks with a wide grin on his face. ”He's not my type at all. He's a small guy and he's very rude at me. He's that kind who's always ready to jump on a fight. Honestly, you're more like my type than him.” Hey... Hold on... ”Anyhow. I love seeing him mad. It's funny... I'm such a weirdo, right?”
”Here they come.” Ming points to the three of them walking this way around the hall. They don't look like Med Students at all. If somebody tells me that they're actually from Engineering, Fine Arts, or Architecture other than Med School, I'll definitely believe them right away. Now they're all tucking their s.h.i.+rt off from their pants which made them look more like members of a bad-a.s.s gang or something of the same sort.
P'Pha keeps making a cold face, which I learned to be his typical face most of the time. It's my first time seeing him walking out of the cla.s.sroom still having sheets in one hand, while the other is using the phone. He's walking behind P'Kit and P'Beam, who're busy discussing about something among themselves.
I look at P'Pha for a bit and saw him glancing at his watch before rus.h.i.+ng out like he's going somewhere.
That does look strange... What's happening?
And now my watch shows 12:20PM on it...
I finally know why.
f.u.c.k! He's going to pick me up at the apartment.
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I have no time to call and let him know that I'm at his school right now. Ming speeds up his car but it still isn't fast enough because we already saw his Audi at the parking lot.
”Gotta go.” I grab my backpack ready to leave.
”You owe me some updates.” Ming protests.
”Sure do.”
”Tonight!”
”You nosey p.r.i.c.k!”
”Only about things happening with my best friend.” Ming is back to his smart a.s.s self again. ”Hurry up. Don't make him wait and get mad at you.”
”Thanks... Dork.”
I waved and turned. He's right there standing beside his car.
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He's still catching his breath... But he seems more curious about who gave me the ride going back.
”Come here.” He says. I'm catching my breath too from running earlier. ”Who's that?”
He sounds mad which is why I'm kind of stunted a little.
”Yo... I'm asking you.”
”Ming khrub.” I tried to turn back to stop him from leaving but it's too late. He drove away already. s.h.i.+t!
”Where did you guys went?”
Should I tell him?
”Yo...”
”Khrub?”
”Where did you go?”
f.u.c.k! He's really mad. I have to tell him now. ”Med School.”
”What?” P'Pha seems surprised ”What were you doing there?”
”Ming wants to see P'Kit... He took me along, so I can see you too.” I was facing downwards hiding my face away from him.
P'Pha scowls and looks at me curiously.
”Why were you playing with your phone inside the cla.s.sroom?”
Looks like that question helped. P'Pha already seems to understand about my explanation earlier. He's like he's not mad anymore.
”It's kind'a boring.”
”How did Professor Auntie punish you?”
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”Look...” He shows me his right ear. It's so red. ”I met her downstairs and she pulled my ear in front of everyone. It's more embarra.s.sing than feeling hurt.”
”Hahaha.” I laughed my a.s.s off.
P'Pha seems really embarra.s.sed. ”Hey... Hey...”
I'm still laughing.
”Cut it out. This happened because of you.”
I stopped. ”Why was that?”
”You're the cause of it.”
”What?”
”Nong'Yo made me want to call you.”
”What did I do?”
”You made me think of you all day. I missed you.”
There... There you go... ?
He no longer whispers at my ear with any sweet words, but he speaks directly to my face instead. It stunned me and made my face blushed... Now it looks more red than his ear.
”Flirt...” That's all I can say. ”Ain't you hungry? What time does your break ends?”
”I'm not flirting with you. I'm saying what is true.” He grabs my backpack from me and opens the door, letting me get inside his car first.
”What do you want to eat? I'll take you there.”
”Do we have time to choose anything I want to eat?”
”Not really. I just want to make you happy.”
Ai... Ai... You jerk... Why do you always make my heart feel shaky?
”Let's go to this restaurant then.”
”Which one?”
”Science's Cafeteria”
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At the Science Cafeteria...
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Normally, when school doesn't start yet, there are only few people wandering around, but it's kind of crowded today since everyone came to work.
Now I'm thinking... Maybe it was a bad idea afterall dragging the Soph.o.m.ore Campus Moon here to have lunch... Now, he becomes the center of everybody's attention.
”I've never been here before.” P'Pha babbles. ”What do they have here?”
”No idea. I don't eat here that often.” I'm usually having lunch either at the Compet.i.tion Meeting Lounge or at the Central Cafeteria.
”I guess I have to try them from now on.” He looks at each stall in the food court. ”I'll have them one at a time until I taste all the food they'll serve.”
”What are you gonna be here for that often? Picking up on some Science girls?”
Smack!
He knocks my head. ”Picking up on their Science Moon perhaps.”
There he goes again... ? So direct.
I feel so happy right now. I'm celebrating my happiness by walking to get some drink: One pink milk for me and one Thai tea for him. I remember he likes it. P'Pha bought some rice with different toppings on it.
”I noticed many customers choose this one.” He explains. I can only look at him while he's eating.
This is like a dream come true for me. When we were in high school, I couldn't even sit closer than 50 meters away from him, but now we are sitting together on the same table, right before my eyes face to face with him.
”Don't you want to eat something?” P'Pha asks. ”Or you want me to get it for you?”
”No. I'll go get it myself.” I said, getting up right away. I don't want him to do it like the day I asked him to buy me a can of c.o.ke.
At last, I chose a Steamed Chicken Rice Topping. The moment I came back, he's already halfway eating his dish.
That was fast.
”This is pretty good. I know now what to eat next time.” I can tell how much he likes the food indeed.
”Are you sure you can come here often?”
”Yeah, I'm sure.”
”Med School is way too far from here.” I naively told him.
”I have a car, remember.”
”You only got a very short break.”
”Then I have to make it double time.”
”Are you really gonna come here next time?” I couldn't believe he's so serious about it.
”Yo, whenever you're in public, you can't stop people from drooling over you, you know.” He's quite serious indeed.
”You're exaggerting things.”
”I can feel that the Faculty of Science will have more visitors anytime soon.”
”No kidding.”
”Girls won't be that many. But there will be an army of boys who's gonna chase after you.”
”Wait a minute...” He's back to being a jerk again.
”Don't you think so?”
”What are you talking about? Just top blabbering and finish your lunch.” I said, starting with my lunch too.
I can feel that he's staring at me while I'm busy with my food.
”Hmm?”
”You're eating messy again.” He uses his hand to remove the rice from the corner of my mouth. ”You got a very cute cherry little mouth, do you know that?”
”Dad says I got it from my mom...”
”You'll look intimidating if you took your dad's resemblance.”
”Have you seen my dad before?”
”I saw him from the internet.” P'Pha seems to be a bit scared of my dad. ”He always gives an interview saying how much he loves his son.”
”Because he 'Only' has a son.”
P'Pha finishes his Thai tea, acting a bit strange.
”Where do you wanna go next?”
”Don't worry. I'll help my friends here do some work.”
”You sure about that?”
The picture of those Fairy Angels with Ming this morning scares me off. He almost got torn apart. What more if it's P'Pha whose handsomeness is in a way more higher level adding his Campus Moon t.i.tle which everybody fantasizes about? There's no way I'm taking him there.
Bullying on Ai'Ming is fun, but never for this guy.
”You're not allowed to drive me off to the Science Building.”
P'Pha seems curious. ”I'm not allowed?”
”Yes...”
”But I'd rather know your friends.”
You have no idea what kind of friends I have.
”I told you, you're not allowed.”
P'Pha takes my Pink Milk and shoves it lightly to my mouth. ”You're so cruel.”
”It's just the surface.”
He smiles while I'm sipping my Pink Milk in front of him.
”I can handle anything. You don't need to worry.”
------------*- To Be Continued -*-------------
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