“Embarrassed about what? Oh, you mean Pond? You’ll know him when you talk to him later.” Ae said simply, this is how it is between men. There are not too many complicated expressions, after a few words of chatting, it will naturally become familiar.
Who knows? Maybe he’s afraid he’ll run into something again when he’s here alone!
Both sides looked at each other as if one was waiting for an answer and the other was hesitating…
Ding thump.
“I said are you guys going or not? I’m so hungry I could eat a whole deer (Deer: it means queer in Thai) right now!” Pond walked in again as if gesturing for the footballer to ask him if he was going or not.
Although Pete was a little embarrassed, it felt as if a force was pushing behind him.
“Go for it”
It shouldn’t be wrong for him to sneer.
Ae looked at him again, feeling that he was an unapologetic Khun-chai, as he said that he had never come to the school cafeteria for a meal, even though it was the second semester, and when he took him to buy a meal, he was also cringing, constantly being crowded by other students, and never making it to the hitting aunt.
Standing and looking at the empty plate in his hand for a long time, he couldn’t help but sigh.
“What do you want to eat?” the footballer asked as he took the plate from him, while the other side just looked at him in a daze.
“Uh, whatever.”
“I am infinitely sick of your random words!” Although his mouth said so, but still squeezed into the crowd to help him buy rice, less than 20 seconds to buy a bowl of curry rice back to stand in front of him, Pete opened his eyes wide and looked at him and asked.
“Oh ooh, how did you do that?”
“One should ask why you can’t do that, right? Can’t you buy food for a man so big?” Pete had a bit of a sullen look on his face, feeling as if he had embarrassed him, and Ae sighed and wrapped his arms around his shoulders for him to keep up.
“I don’t mean to blame you, I’m just a little worried about you,” Ae said simply, then led the way towards the table, a smile finally appearing on the sullen Khun-chai’s face.
The cafeteria is full of people, the dishes are simple, and Pond’s lively voice makes this young man who has never left the International Academy feel more relaxed than ever before, perhaps because… Maybe it’s because… there are people around who want to meet!
By this time, Pete was already on the campus tram, and sitting next to his window was the football player.
“Why don’t you ride my bike to class, Pond, you’re farther away than me this afternoon.”
“Ow, so how are you going to get there? Run over there? Ai’Shorty!”
“Believe it or not, I kicked you to death, it’s the afternoon run your sister! I’ll take the tram with Pete later.”
Just thinking about it like that, there was a warm flow into the heart, an unspeakable feeling. Maybe he was overthinking himself, maybe he was too narcissistic, maybe he just wasn’t comfortable with himself.
“Are you okay? It’s a little hot, oh?” asked Ae as he turned around. See, the voice was somewhat fierce but caring, and Pete smiled at him and said.
“Okay, not particularly hot,”
“I really believe you when you’re all sweaty and say you’re not hot!” After saying that, Ae’s voice trailed off, probably because the car was about to turn, and the breeze was cool on his cheeks.
“Eh…” the car was turning, and the person next to it was bending over because of inertia, and our knees touched together, and the person sitting inside instantly blushed.
This time of year was particularly hot, crowded, and the sun was poisonous, not a hint of romance, but the Khun-chai’s eyes were on the knees where the pair touched together.
An inexplicable feeling of shyness instantly filled his whole body… …
“… …” he didn’t speak.
“… …” Ae didn’t speak either.
But this silence was not at all awkward, only the heart was beating enthusiastically…
“I want to see you.”
“Huh? What did you say?”
He turned to look at me, but the sound of the wind overwhelmed those words.
“No, nothing!”
Ae shrugged, and it wasn’t long after, almost to the time of the International Academy, that Ae stood up with one hand reaching over to ring the bell, the other gripping his shoulder tightly…
“Hey, are you down here too?” Pete asked with a dumbfounded look on his face as Ae pulled him along and got out of the car, Ae didn’t say anything, knowing that after the school bus left, only the two of them were left standing on the curb.
“When you get in a car in the future, remember to look at the signs, see which car goes through which places, get up and ring the bell when you want to go out like I just did, and next time you park far away you’ll know how to ride.”
“!!!!”
Pete froze as he listened to his fierce tone, and Ae ended without forgetting to ask.
“Got it?”
“Uh, well, then?”
“Because you can’t ride a tram!”
This is what the Khun-chai was speechless to say, shyly lowering his head to admit, secretly glad that he had parked his car so far away.
“Will take the tram now… hey! I’ll talk to you next time, I’ll be late in a while,” Ae said as he looked down at his watch and hurriedly opened his eyes wide. Then he makes a goodbye gesture to say he’s leaving… and then he runs off towards the tram.
Leaving Pete alone to stand in front of the International Academy building.
Just now… Ai’Ae was accompanying me… right?
The thought made him feel a tinge of happiness in his heart and made him feel… he was taking care of him.