[60. Let’s fix it]
"Hey..get up, Aroon...get up."
Aroon opened his eyes to see Preed and Oak standing in front of him. Oak's expression said he is in high degree anger. Aroon tapped on his head as he felt a severe head ache. He slowly sat up and looked at his friends."Where am I ?", he asked."My home.", Preed said."How am I here?""SHUT UP ! ", Oak roared and Aroon flinched. "Don't you remember anything? What the hell is wrong with you, Aroon ? Do you even remember today is our match? "Aroon suddenly remembered the things from yesterday. His face went down at the thought of it."You called him from a bar yesterday.", Preed said. "Oak called me and when we came to pick you, you were all drunk and was creating a big scene at the bar. And we took you here. My parents are not here now."Aroon sat looking at his lap. He nodded at his friends with his head hung down."Look at me. Why did you go to that Go[61. Don't think that your cheap tricks still work with me.]"WHAT ! What did he just say ? I am sorry !? And did he call me Dae..? No..no way. Am I dreaming? But why actually did he call me? It was him.., right? It was his voice, right? And he was stammering? But why would he call me from an other number and cut the call soon. Maybe it's someone else and I got confused. Or... maybe, someone is trying to prank me through some voice changer or something..but who? Only Phet knows..Oh Hell ! what is this? Let me call back and ask."Dae dialled the number and waited for the person to pick the call."Hello..who is this? ", he asked as the call was answ
[62. Sorry]"When can I get it ?" , Aroon asked the man at the studio."3 days later? We have a lot of customers.", The man said."Uhmm..can you make it a bit more faster? , Can you frame it by tomorrow ? Money is not a problem.""Uhm..okay. Tomorrow after noon ?""Okay..Thank you.", Aroon said and turned, walking out of the shop to his car.Right when he hopped into the car, his phone started ringing. It was Aom. Aroon sighed. Aom's badminton match is at 11 Am. He had told her yesterday that he would definitely come and cheer her. It's almost 11 now. Aroon picked the call and placed it near his ears." P'Aroon..where are you ? Are you here ? My match is about to begin?"" No..I am not there Aom."" You are on the way ?"" No..", Aroon said running a hand through his hair."Then, where are you ? Will you come ? What's with your sound ? ""Aom, I am at home. I am no
[63. All the best.]At the changing room, the basketball players were changing themselves into their Jersey. Dae put on his socks after he wore the jersey and shorts. He stared at the two shoes in front of him, one bought by Chau and the other by Aroon. He was still confused which one he should wear for the match. Right then Phet managed to somehow sneak into the room."Dae..are you ready?", Phet almost shouted in excitement."Oh Phet...which of these shoes should I wear ?", Dae asked."Oh..why did you bring two shoes? Wear the one which is most comfortable. Oh wait ! This is the shoes Aroon bought you, right ?"" Yeah..he asked me to wear it for the match.""No Dae. Don't wear it. It will definitely betray you in the match. Wear the other one.", Phet said sternly."But..I examined it. There is nothing wrong with the shoes.""Dae..why do you need to wear the shoes bought by him ? I can't understand. Ahh..you are....ok
[64. Congrats]Dae stood at the three point line watching the atmosphere in and around the court. He was confused about what to do next. The whole school was clapping and whistling and being part of their victory. Chau and all his team mates were hugging each other. They had already started to celebrate. Gun and his co players huddled with their coach at the other end of the court. Gun was consoling one of his co players who was at the verge of tears.What should he do? Whether he should go and celebrate with his team or he should go to his long time crush and tell him that he and his team played well? Or should he run to the football ground and watch the second half of Aroon's match? What is he supposed to do? Why can't he be just happy like everyone else in his team and enjoy with his fellow team mates? Before he could decide anything, all of his teammates except Chau came running to him and hugged him."Dae..we won ! ", so
[65. He still cares.]Dae sat in the upstairs balcony of his house, looking at the stars, thinking about the sudden change in Aroon's behaviour. There was no one at home. Servants had also left and Aroon hadn’t arrived yet. It was almost 10 Pm. Suddenly Dae's phone rang. He saw it was Phet."Dae..what are you doing? ", Phet asked as he picked the call."I am just....simply sitting in the balcony. There's nobody here. ""Oh..Aroon didn't arrive yet?"" No."" Maybe they are still celebrating. Okay, did you get it ?"" What ?"" Is there some specific reason why Aroon suddenly apologized and started behaving nice to you ? What happened yesterday ? Did you think thoroughly ?""No. I don't know. I don't even know whether this is real."" Yeah..maybe he is acting. Don't put your hopes too high. Okay forget it. Tell this, did you message Gun?""No.""Oh..why?""Phet...should I message him
[66. Class Prefect]" Phet..I don't know what to do with Aru. What should I do ?" " What happened? He got drunk ?"" Yeah..too much drunk. He didn't have any consciousness yesterday night. He was blabbering something. And then at morning he was standing in heavy rain, crying. I can't understand what happened to him. I asked him. But he is not saying anything. He is just keeping on telling sorry. Phet, do you have any idea why is he suddenly behaving like this?""Dae..I don't know.""Phet..tell something..Is he acting? Why would he act? Dad is not here and isn't he actually supposed to use this situation ? Phet, I think he is not acting. No..he is not acting. Something happened to him.""Ahmm..maybe he started feeling guilty. Maybe he understood what he did to you all these years were wrong. Yeah..maybe he got enlightenment Dae. I also feel like that. He was looking really upset yesterday. He even came to see your match. And then h
[67. What's going on ?]After lunch, Oak was standing in the study hall of industrial Engineering block, talking to a group of four guys from his class. First year students were introducing themselves to seniors in groups and were writing down their names. Oak saw Phet with a group of girls and boys writing down the names of seniors on a piece of paper. He felt like calling him and he called." Hey...19026"Phet at first didn't realize Oak was calling him but then Oak again called the number and Phet remembered ' 19026' is his ID number. He turned and looked at Oak." Come here.", Oak motioned. Phet immediately walked to him." Why are you writing the names in a piece of paper. Don't you have the money to buy a book or diary. Are you that poor ?"" No..I don't have an extra book with me now. I will write the names to a book evening."" Hmm..You are again proving yourself stupid. You are wasting dou
[68. Chance]Phet took his clothes out of the washing machine and went to the back parlour of their room to hang them on the railing. He moved Art's shirts a little to make space for his clothes. Then he saw someone on the opposite building, the third year dorm, picking their shirts which were kept for drying. He looked carefully and soon he realized it was none else than Oak. Phet was more than surprised. ' God ! The opposite dorm is Oak's ? Oh why ? I am already tired of him at college ? Here too ? Shit ! I was thinking to sit here and study. Now I can't.'Oak then went inside with his clothes and Phet started to hang his clothes. But soon Oak came back with a bucket and started hanging wet shirts on a hanger. Phet moved back and stood hiding behind one of Art's shirt. He peeked from behind and watched the older hanging his shirts.Oak was doing the task very neatly. Phet found it funny that Oak was search
[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