[43. Catch you later]
[44. New Pair of Sneakers]Aroon stopped near the basketball court as he saw something interesting happening inside. He saw Chau crouched down on his knees tying Dae's shoe lace. Dae's hands were on Chau's back. Aroon's blood boiled inside his veins. ' what the fuck is he doing? Don't he have hands to do it himself? How disgusting!' Chau bend up and gently patted on Dae's shoulder and they continued playing. Aroon walked away in anger. Aroon was actually heading to the library to collect some reference texts for an important assignment. He skipped the football practice and decided to work on the assignment since he was fully confident in
[45. Let’s date]As usual, Chau came smiling towards Dae, as he walked into the basketball court. But today there was one difference. Chau had a box in his hands."Dae..this is for you.", Chau said."Me..?, what is it P'Chau ?", Dae asked."Open it and see it yourself."Dae took the box from his hands and opened it to see a pair of new sneakers. Dae was surprised but not as happy as yesterday when Aroon bought him the shoes."Oh..P'Chau, you bought it for me?", Dae asked."Yes. Did you like it?", Chau smiled."Yeah..but..,why did you buy it ? You didn't have to. It looks very costly.""H
[46. You got it]" Dae..., look from below. Oh C'mon..why are you looking from the beginning ? Look from below Man.", Phet yelled jumping up from the chair he was sitting on. He then started biting his lips in anxiety and nervousness." Phet, calm down. Your name will be there.", Dae said running his eyes through the Merit list of 400 students who got admission to the engineering faculty of C.U, consisting of 8 programmes.
[47. Why should I bother ?]Aroon's phone started ringing as he just reached home after dropping Aom at her home. He saw It was Prin. 'Why is he calling me now?', Aroon unbuckled his seat belt and picked the call hopping out of the car."Hey Aru, where are you?""I just reached home. Why ?""Is Dae home? I texted him. But he isn't replaying."'Why the hell is he asking me about him?'"Aru..can you please ask him to reply me? Please..."'What the fuck ! What's with him?', Aroon clenched his teeth. "Mm..okay. Wait let me look where he is.", he said controlling himself and ended the call. 'Is this Prin mad? When did he start texting Dae ?'Aroon headed upstairs to Dae's room. He opened the door and it got struck on something. Aroon looked down and saw, It was the shoes he bought Dae yesterday. It's other pair was lying far away, absolutely like a trash. He kicked the shoes in anger and it happily joined it's other pair.
[48. Rich Kid]Aroon's Rollsroyce rushed past Dae as he almost reached the main gate of C.U. He had managed to catch a bus at 6: 30 like Aroon told him previous night. As the car stopped, Aom hopped out of the passenger seat in a white Jersey and a blue short skirts. She walked round the car to Aroon and grabbed his handsas he got out of the car. Aroon too was wearing a white Jersey matching with Aom. Dae looked away as the older looked in his direction. Then the duo walked away hand in hand.Dae shook his head and walked to the basketball court. The basketball coach was finally present today after his long leave while Chau was on leave. Turns out, coach went for a tournament in Vietnam along with some of his friends and was on it’s practice all these days. But unfortunately their team lost the match. Nothing special happened during the practice. And Phet didn't come to watch his practice even though he said he would come. In fact when Dae arrived at
[49. Mr Kim]Dae was shocked on seeing the time when he woke up next morning. 'How did I sleep this long? Oh my God ! I am going to be late. Aru might have already left. Will I at least get the second bus? What am I going to tell Coach ? 'Dae jumped out of the bed and rushed to the bathroom. He decided to skip bath. He just brushed and washed his face and ran to his closet. He quickly got ready in his basketball jersey and packed his uniform. Then he went to the table to grab his books. Only then he remembered he had fallen asleep yesterday without completing the problems. 'Oh shit..it's second hour.', he cursed and grabbed all the books from the table, throwing them into his bag. As expected, Aroon had already left. Dae rushed out of the house and ran to the bus stop. To his luck, the second bus arrived just as he reached the bus stop.....After the practice Dae quickly ran to his classroom. He sat down beside Phet and took out his physics notebook
[50. Your Pool ?]Dae phone rang loudly on Saturday morning while he was lying on his bed, reading a book. It was none else than Phet. He smiled before answering the call. "Hey Dae..what are you doing?", Phet asked from the other side in an excited voice."I was just reading a book. ""Oh..okay, now come down and open the door.""Wh..what? Phet, Where are you?", Dae screamed through the phone."Here in your porch."" oh no..you..! Phet, why didn't you tell me before you headed here? okay wait.., I am coming.", Dae said and headed downstairs.Aroon was watching TV lying on the couch in the living room. He heard hurry footsteps coming down the stairs and looked up to see Dae running down. On seeing Aroon, Dae stopped for a second on the steps and then slowly walked down. He went to the main door without looking at Aroon. Dae took a deep breathe before opening the door. Aroon was watching Dae's actions. As soon as he ope
[51. Babies]Aroon went and sat back in the upstairs balcony, staring at Dae and Phet swimming and diving happily in the pool. It was making him crazy. He already feel mad just by staring at the pool. The pool was something that caused him to love the little devil, Dae in the past. He really regret liking Kim Tanawat.It was nice to see Dae happy back then. Once, seeing him smile and giggle made his day. He would do something silly to make him laugh. He was an utter fool back then. He should have hated Dae from the very beginning. He should have been able to predict, Dae would eventually become a poisonous snake. But the younger was so cute. He couldn't help but love him and protect him.The day after Dae and his mom came home, six year old Aroon was sitting by the pool alone, dangling his legs in the warm water, feeling upset about the things happening in his life. He never imagined his Dad would bring a new woman and a boy home all of a sudden. He do
[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