ChocoMell Together (English Translation)

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Co-translator : JJG918

Chapter 3

Flirt with one person, and regard the other hundred thousand as enemies…

“How is it?” I scooped the food into my mouth, waiting for my former best friend to respond. He remained silent, not showing any signs that he would answer or say anything.

“Choco, how is it?”

“Mmm.” He was acting as if he was thinking about something, showing a puzzled expression that made me want to kick him.

“Shit Choco, I asked you a question.”

What I have made today is a simple dish of boiled tofu and fried kale with crispy pork. Normally when I’m alone, I only make one serving, but today I made 2 servings because Choco came over.

But look at how he’s treating me.

“Damn, this flavor! I really outdid myself.” I had become completely annoyed and frustrated; in the end I chose to solve the problem by not listening to whether he thought it was delicious or not.

“Delicious.”

“It’s too late, bastard.” I grabbed a spoonful of fried kale and stuffed it into my mouth. As I said, today Choco and I have plans to buy our student uniforms in Siam, and I will also stop and buy a new guitar string.

That bastard Choco said he would be the one to restring it for me. Which is good, because I’m too lazy to carry my guitar and ask other people to do it for me.

Rrrrrrrrr
The phone placed next to me began to ring. Seeing it was a video call, I immediately answered.

“Maaaa” I spoke so loudly Choco raised his eyebrows. I began to feel embarrassed, so I lowered my voice a little. But it was too late because he was already smiling, ready to tease me.

*Mel is saying “Ma”, as in his mom

[Are you home? What are you doing? Have you eaten yet?]

“I’m eating now. Wait a minute, let me plug in my headphones first.” I have to do this otherwise the audio won’t be clear, and I’d have to shout every time I said something. For this reason, I always carry headphones near me whenever I go anywhere.

“Ok, ready.”

(What did you eat? Are you bored?)

“No, I’m fine. I had a friend come eat with me today. Guess who it is.”

[Well I’m guessing it’s not your girlfriend. Or a girl.]

“Do you have to insult me that much?” It’s a good thing I decided to wear my headphones, otherwise the guy on the other side of the room would have caught onto the fact that I lied about having a girlfriend. 

[Hahaha, was I right?] I didn’t answer, but I’m sure she knew she guessed correctly because she didn’t stop laughing.

“Enough.”

[Ok, ok. But Mel, who is it?]

“Guess.”

[I don’t want to guess, I’m tired of playing games.]

“Aw, it’s no fun if you don’t guess.” I said as I stood up and walked to the place Choco was sitting.

[Nong Choco, how are you child?]

Wow, my mom is an amazing woman being able to raise her voice so loud like that. Geez.

“Ma, calm down, he can’t hear you. Wait a sec, I’ll give him an earbud first so he can talk to you,” I said, taking the right earpiece out of my ear. I stood next to him, not removing the left earpiece because I still wanted to hear what they were talking about.