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Prologue

Present

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To King,

I've always trusted you in your every decision. I always believed in you, more than my self. But now, my mind is empty. With all that's been happening, I'm confused. I cannot take it anymore.

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It was Saturday, at dusk, he was shrouded by a company of people talking over each other, each person had a face of distress, asking questions he couldn't process and fear he couldn't clasp. He gripped onto the piece of paper, trying hard not to crumple it. He felt almost numb. Why did this have to happen to him? Why to him?

He heard a remote voice calling him out, it took him a while to realise that it was Sarawat's,

"King!!"

"King! Answer me, you bastard. What did you do to him?!" Sarawat asked, pretty outraged. King had no words to answer. He sat down with his head hung low, trying to process the contents of the letter in his hand.

Bohn shouted at Sarawat trying to defend his friend, " It's not Kings fault!"

"Keep defending him like that. Did you see what happened now? The letter explains everything!" Sarawat yelled pointing a finger at King who did not open his mouth until now.

This time it was Tine's turn to speak, "Wat, you have no right to blame him. Don't act like your innocent!" This time Sarawat sighed and turned away with frustration.

"Guys, this isn't the time to argue. It will only make the situation worse. Deun, did you try contacting him again? Did he pick up?" Frong asked,

Deun kept quite.

" He won't. " King spoke for the first time, a tear rolled down his eye. Everyone's expression changed at that. Bohn and Tine sat beside him murmuring comforting words to ease up his state. Frong and Sarawat sat down too, with few juniors who came to help them.

They were all seated in a now-empty bar which was one of their Senior's. They all looked lost in thought, wary and tension evident on their face. The juniors who came to help them looked confused, they whispered among themselves.

One of them wondered to himself " what happened between Ram and King? What is this letter about? "

The other one said, " I thought Ram and king, and Tine and Sarawat were like the perfect couples since college days until now in our University."

Another junior butted in, "Actually, I heard they were from different colleges. They joined the same University now."

"What in the world happened?" The first junior asked a little louder that gained him some attention from his seniors: King, Tine,
Sarawat, Bohn, Deun and Frong.

Frong decided to reply to them, "well nongs, thank you for your help today, you can head back. And about the question you asked earlier, well, " he sighed and continued it's complicated."