Volume 1 Chapter 42 (2/2)

Huh! He's right. I was about to change my mind indeed.

If he hadn't parked his car right as soon as possible, I might have told him to just drive me home.

I don't feel like eating anything at all. I'm so angry.

”What's the matter, khrub?”

”...”

”You look mad... I'm worried.”

”Don't you have anything to tell me?”

”Khrub?”

”Really? Like nothing at all?”

Ming looks confused for a while and then... ”OOOHHH!!!” He says out loud. ”It's about Moo'Wan, right?”

Who on their right minds would put up such a name? 'Moo'Wan'? As in Sweet Pork?

”She's my ex-girlfriend.”

I stopped playing with the chili powder cup I am holding immediately.

”She doesn't sound like an 'Ex' to me.” Why the fu... Why did I chose such idiotic words to respond to him?

”f.u.c.k! s.h.i.+T s.h.i.+T s.h.i.+T!!! I forgot.” Ming pulls his hair with both hands all of a sudden. ”I used to talk to Moo'Wan like that. I forgot how it might have hurt your feelings... Oh, thank you, khrub.” He takes the first bowl from the waitress and handed it to me. ”Listen P'... Moo'Wan is the longest relations.h.i.+p I have ever had out of about... How many?” He counts mentally using his fingers. I'm sitting listening carefully. ”Thirteen...”

I spurted out the water I just drank. Thirteen!!!

”Hold on... or it's actually Fifteen?”

What?!?! ”Doesn't matter.”

”I'm really sorry... I never counted them before.” Ming pa.s.ses on the napkin for me to use. ”I'd dated Moo'Wan for more than a year before we broke up. She was the latest girlfriend I had. We were so close to each other that after we went on our separate ways, we still kept the same type of conversation we had. Moo'Wan calls me with a lot of pet names and we think of it as our way of keeping our friends.h.i.+p.”

”Why did you broke up with her, then?”

”She caught me falling for someone else.”

”Why are you being such a p.r.i.c.k?”

Ming only shrugs it off. ”I really didn't think about taking another step forward at first... But I also don't like Moo'Wan enough to push our relations.h.i.+p further anyway. Cheating on her is not an option, so I decided to just stop whatever is going on between us and remain single.

This guy is a f.u.c.king complicated one. Ai'Pha had never been in such a complex situation. He's got a girlfriend yet he likes someone else, but doesn't have the gut to make another move... What kind of a f.u.c.k is that?

”It's really not that complicated, see? I'm trying to date that person.”

”...”

”In fact, he's eating noodles sitting right in front of me as of the moment.”

I almost choked on the noodles upon hearing his confession. s.h.i.+t!!!

”Are you alright?'

So was it because of me? I was the reason why they broke up? Between Ming and that Nong'Sweet Pork. ”You're joking, aren't you?”

”I'm not joking. It's true I am such a player most of the time... But whenever I tend to get serious, I can stay focused on that person only.”

”That's enough...”

”Why?”

”Stop.”

”You're misunderstanding things, aren't you?”

”I'm not misunderstanding anything.”

”But you're getting so mad at me.”

”What? Of course, I'm not.”

”You must be thinking I'm still in a relations.h.i.+p with Moo'Wan, aren't you?”

I dropped the chopsticks into the noodles to make him stop. I think I'm looking angry by the moment.

”Okay... I'll stop talking to her from now on.”

”Hey, wait...” I was shocked, looking right at Ai'Ming.

”She told me before that she'll try to forget about our relations.h.i.+p, but she couldn't. So maybe I'll just stop talking to her from now on.”

”Hey... You're about to make that girl upset.”

”How about your feelings?”

I was stunned hearing his words.

”If I'll keep talking to Moo'Wan and dating you at the same time, how would you feel?”

Strike again. I'm having mixed feelings between him being straightforward about his feelings towards me and him thinking about Moo'Wan at the same time.

”Just do whatever you want to do.” This isn't me at all. This is embarra.s.sing... I hid my face by turning my attention back to the noodles I was digging in. I thought I wasn't hungry but now, I am so ready to order another bowl of noodles.

”Then...” Ming speaks softly that's why I have to look up at him which turned out to be a bad decision because the idiot is staring right at me in his sweetest smile along with his deadly charming looks. ”Date me...”

Now he's even wriggling his eyebrows at me. It's so annoying. He's even smiling with those small eyes half closed. s.h.i.+t!!! I hate myself now.

I showed him my fist but he didn't seem to get intimidated by it so I decided to stop and use it to scratch my head instead.

”Are you granting me permission now?”

I still kept on scratching my head. ”Don't you want to eat? The soup is getting cold now.”

”Give me your answer first.”

”Ai'Mng... Are you eating or not? If not, I'll take that bowl then.”

I shouldn't have said it. He gave me his bowl of noodles which was left untouched right away.

”You do eat a lot... But that's okay. I can afford to take care of you in the future.”

”Shut up... Who told you anything about the future?”

”You haven't given me the answer yet so I'll take that as a 'yes'.”

I really don't know what to say anymore. This kid is getting into my nerves.

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I ate the second bowl without caring about the flow of our conversation any longer. He makes a step forward to me real fast in a very straightforward manner. It shut me up completely.

I keep on telling myself how I like girls with big b.o.o.bies. In the end, I am shaken by this boy sitting handsomely in front of me.

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That's it for the date. (It's Ai'Ming who defined it to be as such, not me.) He gave me a ride back home. As he pulled his car to the parking lot, he looks up to the building with a mumble. ”Your room is real close to Ai f.u.c.king Yo's. Should I move here too?”

”Where's your apartment?”

”Would you like to pay me a visit soon?” He smiles like the way a spoiled kid has just gotten his candy. I shouldn't have asked him that stupid question in the first place. ”Hahahah... It's actually on the other side of the campus, but I come here most of the time to pick up Ai'Yo to school. Well, I guess he no longer needs me. He got himself a new handsome driver from now on... Hey... Hold on. No, I think I should say I should be around here more often from now on.”

”What are you talking about?”

”I'll be here every day to pick you up.”

”It's not necessary. I have my own car. Besides, Beam lives next door. He can give me a ride.”

”The next semester is going to start soon. Our campuses are located far from each other.”

”So?”

”I want to see you every day.”

What the... ”That's not possible... Unless you're on the other side of the campus, then it might be possible for us to see each other.”

”Hey... That's a great idea.”

”Thanks for the ride.” I am about to leave his car when his phone rang all of a sudden.

The screen on his phone shows the photo of a pretty girl which can probably make Ai'Beam drool. Is she really a girl or a doll?

I know it's his 'Sweet Pork' so I rushed to leave the car to give him some time alone but his long arms grabbed me to remain seated.

He switched it to speaker phone like what he did earlier. Then he starts talking with a smile.

”What's up?”

”Why didn't you call me? I was waiting.”

”I'm on a date... I was having a dinner.”

What?! Why? Hey! I didn't go on a date with you a.s.shole! I was about to say something but Ming covers my mouth with his other hand. He's way a lot bigger so I was having trouble taking his hands off me.

”You're on a date?” She sounds stunned.

”Uhmm.”

”Liar...”

”I'm not lying.”

”Honey, why are you lying to me?”

”Not lying at all.”

”We have been talking lately. I thought we were trying to recover our relations.h.i.+p.”

Ming looks at me before he went on. ”Have you remembered that time when I used to date you...? And Moo'Wan caught me liking someone else?”

”Yeah... What about that?”

”I'm dating that person now...”

I'm still struggling to take his hand off my mouth so I can s.n.a.t.c.h the phone from him and say nothing of what he said was true but it seems like someone on the other line is starting to get mad, like really mad. She's screaming her swears to Ai'Ming a lot. Looks like she's mad at him for giving her false hopes of getting back together and so on.

”No... I'm still talking to you because I thought I can help you solve the problem you're having, and I thought you need my pieces of advice or maybe you need someone to talk to.”

At first, I thought he wasn't being completely honest with me. Someone who'd been in a relations.h.i.+p for over a year should still have some sort of feelings for each other remained, but after listening to their conversation, this time... It's totally different... Because the girl keeps screaming that she couldn't catch a word at all that's why Ai'Ming has to apologize over and over before hanging up.

He finally let go of my mouth as he heaves a long sigh.

I remained seated, blinking. I don't know what to say.

”She's sad.”

”Me too... but I only have you in my heart. What can I do?”

I can say the word 'shock' isn't enough to describe how I feel hearing those sincerity in his words. ”Am I really worth enough for you to do this?”

”Nope...” Wait, what? ”But I like you very much... It's all that matters now.”

It took us a long quiet moment, until it's time for me to leave.

”Hey... Congratulations.” I told him for the first time.

”For what?”

”For winning the Campus Moon t.i.tle.”

”Oh, right...” He takes the sash out from the back seat and hands it to me. This is yours.”

”h.e.l.l no! It's yours.”

”I got it for you anyway, so it's yours.”

”No, are you crazy? You'll still be needing it to take pictures or you might have to put it on during some other activities.”

”I can come to borrow it from you whenever I need it.”

He's making that cute sad face at me again. ?

This guy definitely knows how to get through my weak point.

”Hurry up in taking it back then.” I took the blue sash from Ai'Ming's hand and left the car, but before I got inside the lobby, he slides his winds.h.i.+eld down yelling at me from afar.

”Answer my LINE Messages tonight!!! Okay?”

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

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