[16. Junior]
Dae had an innocent smile plastered on his face as he walked towards his department after buying the textbooks from the college store. He was so happy that Aroon treated him somewhat nicely after years. His face was as bright as the sun."Hey boy..", He heard someone call. He turned to the left and saw four boys sitting on the railing of the basket ball court."Me..?", he asked confused."Yes you...come over here.", one of the boys said. Dae's smile disappeared and he walked to them nervous.“What's your name?", another guy with greasy hair asked. "Dae.""Are you Korean?", the third guy stood up from the railing and asked grabbing Dae's ID. He was tall and built. His face was intimidating and he had blond hair. “ Kim Tanawat Duangporn ?", he read the name out confused.“ Yeah..I am half Korean, half Thai.”“ I see.”, he smiled looking up at Dae's face and then again averted his gaze to his ID[17. Lollipop]"Please..don't hurt him. He is my friend.", Dae said as Chau took step towards Phet.Chau turned back. "Friend? really..!? ", He asked.Dae rushed towards Phet to help him stand up. "yes, he is my friend.", he said and grabbed Phet’s hands. He then turned and walked away with Phet without another word.&nb
[18. I am seriously done with you !]Dae woke up to someone calling his name softly, running their fingers through his locks. As he slowly opened his eyes, the person took his fingers from his hair. He sat up rubbing his eyes. And he was shocked to see the people in front of him. Right in front of his face was standing the college basketball captain, Chau. On his left was Chen and on his right was Mike.“ Oh....Seniors ! Why are you here ?”, Dae asked confused, looking around. There were now a few girls and a very few boys in the class and all of them were looking in their direction, confused. Dae tilted his head and looked at his watch. T
[19. Protein tablets ]Aroon parked his car in the college parking lot and walked to the football ground with a water bottle swinging in his hands. He looked at his watch and saw the time as 6: 25 Am. He started walking briskly, taking long steps. He is the captain and he can’t be late to practice.The previous day, they had called a meeting of all senior and junior football players and decided to practice everyday from 6:30 to 8 Am, giving one hour before the cla
[20. Jacket]During Lunch break, Dae went to the canteen near the basketball court. When he arrived at college, morning, he had met Chau and talked to him for a while. He thanked him for the previous day and Chau asked him to have lunch from the canteen near basketball court, where he and his friends usually have lunch.The canteen was almost the same size as the other canteen. It was also crowded with students. Dae went to the counter and ordered lunch. To his surprise, when he turned with his lunch, he found Phet sitting at a table with
[21. Locked out]The dimpled smile, Dae had on his face, immediately vanished as the black rolls royce rolled into the porch of their mansion. He understood the reason why Aroon drove him home as he saw Dad's car in the porch. Aroon drove him home not because it was raining heavily and he cared for him but it was because Dad was home.Aroon looked at the wet shivering Dae with a smirk as he opened the door and got out of the car. He walked to the living room and Dae followed him. Kobsook was in a hurry, picking his suitcases. Dae stood near the door, shocked as he saw Kobsook with luggage, all set for a journey."Oh..Aroon, Dae..what took you so long? I was waiting for you guys. I am already late. I ha
[22. Pills]Dae woke up and sat up on the bed feeling hungry. He looked at a clock that was on the wall and found the time as 10 : 50 Am. He slept peacefully for almost 5 hours from the effect of the pill. Now he was again feeling tired and also extremely hungry. He had not eaten anything after yesterday's lunch and he couldn't even finish that lunch.Dae slowly crawled out of the bed and walked to the kitchen. He roamed around feeling weak. There was nothing in the kitchen. He opened the fridge and examined, but only found some leftover cold soup and vegetables. He was shocked. Usually their fridge was filled with fruits and juices. But now there was nothing. He opened every tin and can in the kitchen but didn’t find anything to eat without cooking. There were flour and rice and other things. But he didn’t have the strength to cook.
[23. Crush]On Monday morning, Dae woke up to Aroon’s alarm and simply lied awake on the bed for sometime. He had slept a lot the previous four days and he was not at all feeling sleepy. He got out of the bed and walked to his bathroom deciding to take a long warm shower after which he felt pretty energetic. After getting ready, he quickly prepared his bag.While he was about to exit his room, his glance fell on his teddy bear which was still lying at a corner of the room, torn. He averted his gaze, trying not to look at it but he couldn't. He felt his heart ache seeing his friend lying like that. After all what did it do to deserve this? He kneeled down and took it in his hands.'I am sorry. I w
[24. Razor blade]That evening after class, Dae was hurriedly walking out of the university campus to catch a bus at 4:20. There were only a few people here and there. He was late because Miss Anna asked him to help her carry the sonometer to the physics lab. Most of the Students had already left the campus. As he neared the parking lot, he heard some footsteps behind him. He turned just to get harshly pushed to the bonnet of one of the cars parked in the parking lot. He groaned from the pain even though he fell on the car's bonnet with his bag protecting his back.He looked up with a thudding heart to see Aroon and his two friends standing in front of him, circling him. He felt scared, really scared. He looked around. There was no one. The three of them
[167. I will be with you.]The drive to Sky Park is only 20 minutes. The boys sits in the back seat of a cab, peering out of the windows at the bright lit malls and shops on either sides of the highway. It's almost 7 Pm and all the shops has been brightly lit with colourful lights.'Fake Love, BTS' is playing on the radio in the background and Dae tries humming along with the song whilst carefully observing the Seoul city. The driver, who is probably a guy in his late twenties also sings along with the song in a low voice whilst vigorously shaking his head. Aroon just sits and enjoys the cool wind whipping through his cheeks from the taxi's open window." Are you two a couple ?", the driver suddenly asks stopping his singing and glancing at them through the mirror. Both Aroon and Dae is surprised. Not because the driver asked them that question but because he asked in English." Yeah..", Aroon replies. The driver just smiles in response and starts
[166. Ice rink]Dae sits in one of the side seats of a bus to Seoul with the older's phone in his hands, his eyes glued on the phone screen, his lips curved upward and his dimples visible as he reads the rest of the comments under their post. There had been a lot of new comments, the morning and new comments are appearing every minute. Most of them are supportive and Dae can’t help but feel extremely happy. Whenever he comes across a negative comment, he quickly skips it. He doesn’t let his mind get affected by the negative remarks.Aroon sits beside the younger, carefully watching his expression, smiling slightly whenever the younger’s smile widens a bit more. The boys had left Min's apartment only half an hour ago, after having the breakfast Granny min prepared for them. “ Enough Bun.”, Aroon says after sometime. “ You will get a head ache if you read while traveling.”“ Oh..really?”, Dae tilts his head and asks. “ Yeah I think I am s
[ 165. Overcame Fear]It had past midnight. Dae lied awake looking at the dark ceiling above him, his eyebrows scrunched together as he tried to make some important decision regarding his relationship with Aroon. The older was sound asleep beside him, still one of his strong arms caging him protectively from one side." Aru..", he suddenly called shaking the older. He needs to tell the older something urgently. Out of nowhere, he has suddenly got some strange yet strong courage, a courage to do something, something daring. He needs to do it right now or what if he loses the courage tomorrow morning?Aroon groaned in discomfort as Dae called him again. Dae reached his hands to the nearby switch board and soon the lights were turned on. Aroon's eyelashes fluttered in irritation at the sudden lightening that filled the room along with the younger calling his name whilst shaking him. " What bun ?", he asked slowly opening his eyes." Aru, I have took one impo
[164. Baby..patience ]Aroon sat on the bed, staring at the younger, sitting huddled up on the couch watching some cartoon on TV after having the ramen noodles cooked by granny min, his plump lips curved upward at the end and his dimples visible as he peered at the television screen. The younger looked so cute and hot in his new light blue shirt and cream short shorts.Aroon looked at his watch. It was almost 9 Pm. Dae isn't getting bored watching the damn cartoon. At last Aroon sat up from the bed, ruffling his hair and walked to the younger, the sweet smell of strawberries encasing him as he reaches near him.He slumps down beside the younger inhaling his sweet smell deep into his nostrils. But the younger is so immersed in the cartoon he is watching that he doesn't give him the attention he needed.Losing patience, Aroon grabs the younger's chin and turns his face to him, making him look at his eyes. Dae's heart rate suddenly speeds up at the way the o
[ 163. The old couple. ]Dae walks holding Aroon's hands, a smile sits on his face as he amusedly watches the infinite number of shops and stalls on either side of the road. A heavy plastic bag hangs on Aroon's free hand and it swings back and forth as they walks quickly through the street market of Cheonan. Inside it are the little stuff they bought from that market." Aru, walk slow.", Dae whines." Dae, it's going to rain soon. I think we need to walk 15 more minutes to reach the bus stop."" It's going to rain? How do you know ?", Dae asks confused." Look up at the sky."Dae looks up and sees the greying clouds above him rumbling with warning. Out of nowhere an ice cool wind blows and whips through their hair. A drop of water falls on Dae's nose tip." Aru..yeah..it's raining."Soon fat droplets of rain hits both of their forehead and Aroon runs holding Dae's hands to a nearby tiny restaurant. Standing there under the leak
[162. Baby goats]After almost an hour, Dae wakes up feeling hungry. He blinks his eyes thrice before slowly lifting his heavy eyelids, adjusting his dreary eyes to the morning sun rays rushing in through the open window. He slowly sits up straight, lifting his head from the older's shoulders." Why you woke up quickly ?", Aroon asks, his gaze on his phone, his fingers dancing rapidly over the screen. "There's one more hour to reach there. Sleep a little more.", he says slightly turning his head. Dae just hums in replay but looks out of the window deciding to watch the sights outside for sometime. The bus is now going through a city and tall buildings array on both sides of the road. Soon Dae notices the board of a restaurant and instantly his mouth waters seeing the variety food items on the banner. He feels extremely hungry after seeing the photo of the food items. He hadn't eaten dinner last night. But he feels reluctant to tell Aroon that
[ 161. Bus ride ]Dae squirmed on the bed, left and right trying to meet the familiar warmth. But he didn’t hit Aroon's body even after rolling about a lot. So he finally opened his eyes to figure out where the older actually was. He turned his face to his right and he was shocked. Abruptly he turned around to the left and there too was no one. Dae sat up on the bed in panic with a fast thudding heart. " Aru..", He called out frightened gazing around in the room. He looked over at the window and it's still dark outside. Dae started getting more nervous by the instant. "A..Aru..", He again called and this time it came out muffled because of fear. He was about to cry as no reply came.He only remember both of them running into a hotel, actually a motel at midnight after walking through the empty roads for almost an hour. He was really sleepy then and as soon he saw a bed, he fell on it and drifted into sleep, hugging the older. But now where is the olde
[ 160. Eloped ]It was really dark when Aroon landed at Seoul airport. He had changed the time in his phone from 5: 52 Pm to 7:52 Pm. And it had past 8:20 when he finally got out of the airport and got a taxi. Somehow he was able to tell the driver that we wanted to go to Daegu and fortunately the man understood him.Aroon took his phone and called Oak as soon as he hopped into the taxi.“ Aroon..be really careful. We will call you if there’s anything. And if your Dad calls you, pick the call. Or he will get suspicions. Bye then, take care.”, Oak said before ending the call.Aroon then placed the phone in his pocket and leaned back in his seat.The taxi driver, who was an young man, not looking anything more than 25 tried to converse with him in a English mixed Korean. And Aroon was able to comprehend something. His one week stay with Kim family had taught him a little bit Korean. He also tried to converse a little with the driver in an attempt to
[159. Let’s bring back Dae.]Aroon didn't have dinner. He sat on his desk chair thinking what to do next. An hour ago, he had texted Dae ' Are you okay ?' just to see whether he has his phone with him. The message was marked ‘seen’ after sometime but no reply came. So he understood the phone was either in Mr Kim’s custody or with his own Dad.' Dae isn't alright. Right now, he might be crying, lying in that room where we stayed. Or they might be questioning him. He is definitely not okay. He needs me.', Aroon suddenly took his phone in his hands and started searching for the next flight to Korea.There was a flight at 5 Am. The booking was about to close and he hastily went to book ticket. But soon he found that there was not enough money in his card. It was strange as the ticket doesn't coast that much. He checked the balance and found the whole money in his account has been withdrawn a few hours ago. Aroon felt totally helpless. He called O