EP 5: Preerata's Birthday Bash Gone Wild
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...Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday
Happy birthday
Happy birthday to…Preme~
"...Phew~"
"Woo~ Have a super happy birthday, our lovely Preme~"
"Thank you so much~" I thanked my friends who organized the birthday party for me at the club. It was so much fun~ There were so many people clinking glasses with me. Oh! The birthday girl was quite the hot topic too. Even though I wasn't dressed as boldly as others, just wearing a simple white spaghetti strap dress my friends prepared for me, it wasn't revealing at all, showing just a hint of cleavage, yet Preme here had plenty of guys asking for her number. Well, what can I say... Preme is beautiful. Haha ^o^
"Preme~"
"Yes~"
"Time for cake~" As soon as Pingrak called me, she fed me cake immediately, and then my friends in the group all took turns feeding the birthday girl a bite or two. Preme here didn't hesitate to accept their kindness because the first birthday cake of her life was so delicious~
Eating sweet cake with bitter alcohol, it's the first time in my life, and why is it so delicious~
-Some time later-
"Cheers~ Glass~"
"Preme, that's enough now."
"Ugh~ Enough of what~ There's still more alcohol~ Burp~"
"Sigh~ What should we do, Ping? We've been trying to get her to leave, but she's not budging."
"What to do? Drag her out."
"Who are we dragging~"
"Drag you, Preme. Come on, the club is closing."
"Ugh~no, It's not closing yet~"
"Preme, stop being stubborn, come on."
"Ugh~ Let go~"
"Preme~ Why are you letting yourself go limp?"
"Let go of her."
Whip!
OoO / OoO
"Ugh~ Let go~ Keep drinking~"
"Let go of her."
"What did you say?"
"Let go of her arm."
"Who...who are you to be ordering us around?"
"I'm a guardian of your friend."
"Huh! / Huh! Don't tell me this is Mr. Inferno, I mean, Mr. Plerng."
"...Inferno?" I wasn't hearing things. I wasn't surprised to be called Inferno, but I didn't think this small-town girl of my mother would dare to call me that in front of her friends?
I looked at her two friends who seemed to be the masterminds behind this crazy birthday party, then turned to the one in the middle, who was being carried and looked like she might collapse to the floor like a vegetable, yet still dared to say there was alcohol left.
...Once we're done here, this bumpkin is in for it.
"Uh, well... hello, Mr. Plerng~ We've heard Preme talk about you for a long time, saying you're very handsome and kind-hearted~ We finally got the chance to meet you in person. You're as handsome as they say. I'm Pingrak, and this is Kiwi."
Heh... as handsome as they say? Rumors from whom? From this drunken bumpkin? I swear she'd rather dig up dirt on me than actually praise me for being handsome. I don't know when she became friends with these two, high school or college, but I bet they knew about my reputation for using a lot of condoms from the first day they became friends.
"Thank you. Hopefully, we'll have more time to talk in the future, but today I need to take Preme home first."
"Um... okay. Then, please take care of her, Mr. Plerng."
"Sure, let's go... Preme." Ugh, saying her name feels like a weight on my tongue.
I moved to take the drunken bumpkin from her friends. She couldn't even stand, let alone hold her head up straight. How should I punish her? Maybe stomp on her until the alcohol spills out? I'm so damn angry.
"Uh~ Who's this~" Just grabbing her arm made her sway and look at me, asking. The smell of alcohol was so strong it almost made me vomit.
"Quiet, and let's go." I scolded softly, holding back my anger because I didn't want others to see me treating this bumpkin poorly, even though I'd been furious since 9 PM!
"...Oh~ I thought it was someone else~ It's just Mr. Inferno Plerng~"
...Don't breathe fire, Plerng. At least not right now.
"Let's go."
"Uh~ No, there's still alcohol left~ Ugh~"
...She's definitely in for it. If she wants to drink so much, tomorrow I'll make her drink until her stomach bursts.
"Let's go, Preerata."
"Uh~ Not yet... uh~"
"Oh!"
"Have a safe trip back," I told her friends just this and then walked out immediately.
...She's so damn heavy!
How can someone so small be so heavy? Is it all the alcohol in her stomach, you bumpkin?
"Uh~ Let go~"
I said "Shut up" softly, not caring if she heard, just to vent my own anger...
-Some time later-
“Get down!”
“Ugh~”
“Get down!”
“What’s wrong, Plerng? Why is she in this state?”
“I should be asking you why you let her go clubbing with her friends.” I turned to ask my mom because as soon as I left the club, I called her in the middle of the night, telling her to come down and see something for herself. It startled her because she didn't know what was going on, so she hurried to the front of the house in the middle of the night.
After speaking to my mom, I stepped back from the car so she could get a full view of her beloved in this state.
“Oh dear, why is little Preme so drunk and a mess like this?”
“Let's take her inside first, then you and I have something to clear up.”
“Clear up? What do you mean, dear?” My mom feigned ignorance, but I'm not a child.
“Hmph! We need to clear up why you let someone under my care go clubbing when I didn’t allow it.”
“Well... she just wanted to go out with her friends. You go out too, dear. She's twenty now.” My mom smiled softly, but I wasn't amused. The more I heard her reasoning, the angrier I got.
“Has she ever gone out before? Do you know that all her friends are girls? If something happened, how would they manage? They couldn't even manage to bring her back. Has she ever drunk alcohol? No. If I hadn't gone, what would have happened to her? Or do you want to take care of her yourself? She's twenty now, so you don't need to entrust her to me if you won't listen to me!”
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