War POV:
As I was watching the flames going higher and lower in a hypnotized state, I was thinking maybe it wasn't greed what drove The Fire Nation to a war.
Maybe they just hypnotized themselves. It was so fucking relaxing to watch. It was also boosting my confidence for some unknown reason.
Maybe because I can sit near it in a tipsy state without burning myself. You don't know me but this is a huge success for me.
I couldn't take my eyes from it. Even the roasted marshmallow smells couldn't distract me.
Sarawat insisted that we should join the bonfire as they were gathering again. I really hoped that the bonfire would be connected to some kind of a ritual, otherwise it was just meaningless.
As hours past, we were doing nothing other than normal college students do in a circle. Except, there was a fire, so it was better ?
Couldn't be the victim of some kind of a cult again... maybe next time.
I was sitting by myself as Sarawat was talking to bunch of people. Such a romantic night.
Guess I was the only one who didn't understand the huge appeal of these crowded gatherings. I was mostly invisible at these things as I didn't want to try to have a decent conversation with a drunk person. Tipsy at best. Sarawat was among them.
I decided that I could leave since I already had two beers and had three embarrassing idiotic conversations.
One of the girls tried to read my palm for future, when I hesitated she cursed and threw sand at me, then walked a bit and threw up.
I had a bathtub in my hotel room by the way.
A bathtub, a selection of five great books, a good red wine bottle...
Yeah, I'm leaving.
I got up from where I sat and that's how I got Sarawat's attention for the first time since we got here.
"Where are you going?"
"I'm kinda tired. I want to go and sleep."
"Nonsense grandma. Come with me."
Sarawat pulled me by my hand and dragged me to that group that he was talking. I was sitting silently, then I was standing silently. Improvement.
They were gossiping about some girl I didn't know. Each of them was sharing their own experiences. Whenever this happened, I always think to myself "what are they going to say about me after I left?"
After that they switched conversation to some popular tv program. I couldn't join that either as I didn't watch it. I was feeling more and more of an outsider.
Sarawat and I spent two days together after our first date. It was good because we were alone all the time. We did nothing but swimming, eating, kissing and sleeping. I was going to do these things on my vacation anyways, except for the kissing part, and that was the cherry on top for me.
Sarawat was spoiling me a lot. He prepared this basket so that we can have a little picnic at the beach, which wasn't a great idea because of all the sand and everything, but it was cute.
He was always complimenting me, boosting my confidence. He was always saying things like:
"Where were you all this time?"
"I wished we would meet when we were little."
Etc.
As I didn't have any experience on the whole dating scene, I just figured this was going extremely well. What could be better than this?
