Prompt by MrsTaraFujitatsu: Can you make a story where Tian Heart Transplante is not going well (the time is where phupha and people mad at tian after finding the truth)
And then Tian is passed out alone in his house. Is up to you with the happy or sad ending.. I just mad at phupha at that scene and want to give him a *something* hahaha
Btw thankyou
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When Tian came back to the teacher's hut. All he did was cry nonstop. He knew the risk of having this heavy emotion but he didn't care. All he wanted was to make things right but when he saw the disappointment, the betrayed, in pain faces of everyone. He knew that he messed up big time and deserves all the hate they are giving. Especially Phupha. He knew he broke Phupha's trust for lying about Torfun. He knew that Phupha can never love him and that breaks him even more.
As Tian sobbed harder and harder, he felt his heart retracted and then sudden pain came. It was happening again, but this time, he didn't overwork himself. He knew it was because he has been sobbing hard for hours now. Tian clutches his chest as he breathes harder and cried even more. He tried his best to gain everyone's trust but he knew he broke it. He may not have been the one on the wheel that night but he gave the car keys to his friend. It was still his fault since he arranged that illegal race. It was for the best that he didn't tell the whole truth and just let the blame be on him. He deserves it anyway. He caused someone, maybe two people's death.
As Tian tried to breathe, his heart was beating hard and slow that it was making his legs weak. When he tried to stand up, his legs gave in and he fell hard on the floor. He wanted to scream for help but he knew no one is going to help him after what he revealed. No one is going to save a murderer. As Tian's breath goes uneven, his visions blurred, and in his last breath before he blacks out, he said without a noise. "I'm sorry. I deserve this."
The next day, Yod, although mad at Tian, waited for him at the school. Meejoo even came, saying she escaped her mom and wanted to see her beloved teacher. But alas, Tian was nowhere to be seen. Meejoo gave a sad look and went back home. Yod scoffed, guessing that Tian was too ashamed to show himself. But in the back of the ranger's mind, something was wrong. Very wrong. He wanted to ignore it but it was loud and he was getting nervous. Rang came by, he checked inside the school but Tian wasn't there. He asked Yod but Yod wasn't sure either where Tian is. He did go back to the teacher's house late at night and that made the two rangers nervous even more. They decided to go to the teacher's house and check if Tian is there but if on their way and they see Tian's bag on the dirt, they will know Tian was captured.
They walked at first but each step felt heavy and the feeling of nervousness was stronger that they ended up running. Longtae who was just mindlessly standing outside, trying to make sure that if Tian came up, he'll hide right away, noticed the two rangers running. He followed after them, he grew worried, despite his anger towards Tian, when he notices the two are knocking hard on the door of the teacher's house. When no one answered, he watched as Yod opened the door and they looked inside only to shout "TIAN!" afterward.
Longtae ran up the house and went inside. He looked shocked to see Tian on the floor, passed out and he wasn't sure if Tian was still breathing. Rang went to check Tian's breathing but it was so faint that Rang barely felt the air coming out of Tian's nose. When he went to check Tian's pulse, he almost couldn't feel it beating but eventually, he did.
"I couldn't feel his breath, but he has a pulse, but it's very faint," Rang informed the two. He started pumping Tian's chest.
Yod was clumsily getting his two-way radio. He shakingly pressed the PTT button and called Nam.
"Doc? Doc!" Yod didn't know what to do. This was the second time that he saw Tian passed out but this one looked severe.
The two-way radio made a static sound before Nam's voice came through. "Yod? What's wrong?"
"Khun Tian, he's..." Yod couldn't finish his sentence because of the shock.
"He's what? Yod, what happened?!" Nam's panicking voice can be heard. Because Yod was still in shock, Longtae took the radio from him.
"P'Nam, we found P'Tian passed out on the floor. Help us, please. He's barely breathing and according to P'Rang, P'Tian's pulse was faint." Longtae was about to cry seeing Rang desperately trying to get Tian to breathe properly.
"What?! Rang, Yod. Take Tian here in the clinic. Now!" Nam commanded them and Rang started lifting Tian as he, Yod, and Longtae run to the clinic.
Phuphawho was writing some files, heard the whole conversation. His heart dropped hearing that. He quickly stood up and ran to the clinic. When he reached it, Rang came with Tian in his arms, they went inside, and Rang immediately put Tian on the bed as Nam started aiding him.
"What happened?" Phupha asked.
"We don't know! Tian didn't come to school this morning and I figured he probably was too ashamed to show up but I got a gut feeling that something wasn't right so when Rang came, we ran towards the teacher's house and Longtae was following us. And then we knocked so loudly, but Tian never opened the door. When we went inside, we were greeted by an unconscious Tian." Yod explained shakingly.
"Chief, please tell me that he'll be fine." Longtae shakingly said as he was crying.
"I don't know if he will be, Longtae. His condition might be serious." Phuphasaid.
"Phu, get me my syringe! Fast!" Nam said. Phupha ran towards the cabinet and took one of the syringes. He gave it to Nam and they were told to leave the room for a while. They all left, Phupha being the last to leave, and closed the door. They were very anxious about this. Especially Phupha, since he made the younger leave the base out of anger. He let his emotions get the best of him and humiliated Tian.
Nam came out after a dreadful 1 hour and a half. He looked exhausted and looked gloomy. Seeing the doctor's expression, Phupha couldn't help but imagine the worst. Nam looked at Phupha hard. Almost glaring.
"What the hell happened?! What did you do, Phu?! Why was Tian back at the teacher's house?!" Nam pulled on Phupha's collar as he shouts.
"Khun Tian lied to everyone about Torfun, Doc. Everyone was mad at him. As you know, Chief confronted him in front of everyone, holding Torfun's diary. And after that, Chief made Tian go back to the teacher's house." Yod said.
"He lied or did you people even try to hear the whole story?!" Nam shouted.
"he told us the whole story, Nam. He killed Torfun." Phupha said, his voice in a hard tone.
"Phu, I told you to talk to Tian! I wanted you to talk to him privately but instead, you humiliated him in front of everyone!" Nam scolded.
"Everyone deserved the truth, Nam!" Phupha snapped.
"They deserved the truth?! Then why the hell did you not tell the villagers in the first place that Torfun is dead?!" Nam snapped back.
"Wait... What? You guys knew that P'Torfun was dead?" Longtae was shocked by this revelation.
"Yes. We knew. But Chief Phupha over here didn't want to tell you when we came back a few months ago. He refused to let anyone know that Torfun was gone." Nam spat as he glared at Phupha.
"Then why are you rangers getting mad at P'Tian for?! You knew in the first place that P'Torfun was dead but none of you said a word! You should have been the one to tell us, not P'Tian!" Longtae shouted in anger.
"Longtae..." Phupha said in a warning voice.
"No! You shut up, Chief! P'Tian took the hate from all of us. He protected you rangers from our anger! And all of you stood there in silence, in so-called anger towards P'Tian when it was your responsibility to tell us! P'Tian was a shield to you, wasn't he? You used him as your shield!" Longtae couldn't help but be in tears once more at the thought of Tian protecting the rangers by not telling anyone that they also knew Torfun was dead.
"He wasn't a shield! He didn't just lie to the villagers but he lied to us as well! We asked him so many times about Torfun and he made up lies!" Phuphasaid.
"He made up those lies because he doesn't even know how to tell us properly, Phu! He lied protecting our feelings!" Nam said.
"He still should have told us!" Phupha snapped once more.
"Like how you should have told us about P'Torfun's death? Don't be a hypocrite, Chief Phupha." Longtae was not letting Phupha blame everything on Tian. He may be mad at Tian for not telling him the entire truth, but he will not let the chief blame Tian for everything.
"If he told us early on. We know you would have made his days here harder, Phu. You would have made him suffer until his dying breath." Nam said.
"You think I would let him die like that? You all think I'm going to kill him of exhaustion?" Phupha didn't understand why they were mad.
"Isn't that what you already did?! You made him suffer the very first day he was here! The only time you started protecting him was when he stood up againstSakda's men!" Nam retorted back.
Phupha wanted to fight back but his words were stuck in his throat. Nam andLongtae made a point. And the fact that Yod and Rang were silent this whole time, while their heads were down, made him realize they were right. After that silence was the only thing there.
"I checked Tian's pupils as I was trying to save him. It was obvious that he was crying so much since yesterday. It looked to me that he never stopped crying until his heart started failing him due to the emotional stress that he put onto his body." Nam informed them.
"If he did cry the whole time since yesterday, nonstop. It was possible that he could have had a heart attack, there and then. He could have died. I managed to save him but barely." Nam continued.
"What were the things that P'Tian wasn't supposed to do?" Longtae can't help but ask.
"Eat anything spicy, exhaust himself, put a strain in his body, put any stress in his body. He can do a little bit of walking exercise but it shouldn't be too much or else what happened last, last week, and even today, will happen again. Or worse, he might actually die for ignoring any of these instructions. With his transplant, he easily gets tired, is out of breath most of the time. Which you guys probably noticed." Nam said.
Phupha and Yod were suddenly frozen from their spot. The first day that Tian arrived, Phupha refused to fix the car and said that the teacher can handle a bit of walking. Although Yod didn't think it was a good idea, he didn't fix the car, as a result, it broke down and Tian had to take a long walk that exhausted his body. After that Phupha made Tian eat spicy foods. Never-ending spicy foods that made Tian cough so much and it was nonstop that Phupha thought he never ate anything spicy. After that a series of memories came flooding to them like a river, memories of Tian always out of breath, easily gets cold, sits down after a few runs with the kids. Collapsing all the damn time. With that Phuphacursed in his mind.
"The only reason that I never made Tian go back home was because he told me he promised someone, and I can guess it was Torfun, that he will fulfill her wishes for her." This made Phupha look at Nam.
"Not only that, I can see how desperate he was not to go home. I don't know how his lifestyle is back in Bangkok but the fact that he never talks about his parents when talking about happy memories, I figured Tian was not happy with the life he has there." Nam continued.
"Tian did seem like a soulless person when I first met him. He was smiling but the happiness never reached his eyes. It's like he's..."
"Trying to fill the emptiness in his heart which is happiness." Rang continued Yod's words.
"He seemed to never have experienced being happy. And that's an awful feeling."Longtae said.
"Yeah, when time went by, Tian's demeanor seemed to change and the happiness he put on his face finally was reaching his eyes," Yod said.
"But now it all shattered. Phu, you should have waited for me to confirm things. But you went on and hurt the person you like." Nam said.
"What do you mean?"
Nam sighed. "Tian... he lied about killing Torfun."
"What?!" All four men reacted.
"Why would P'Tian lie about killing her? Why was he protecting the actual killer?" Longtae asked.
"Why he was protecting the actual person who drove that night, I don't know. OnlyTian could give that answer." Nam said.
"What else did you find?" Phupha asked.
"Well, if you had let me find more to ask Tian before you humiliated him so suddenly, you would have saved us all from the damn drama."
"Nam." Phupha was desperate to know what really happened.
Nam took a deep breath and went to his desk. "Tian wasn't the one that drove that night. He got to the hospital way before Torfun was taken there." He showed them the time on the papers.
"From what I gathered, his friend was the one driving and fled the scene after he realizes he hit someone. They paid the authorities to keep quiet about it and even Torfun's aunt had confirmed this when I talked to her." Nam said.
"Then, P'Tian was never at fault. But he took the blame. Why?" Longtae can't help but feel guilty for turning his back on the teacher.
"I'm guessing, just like how he is shielding the rangers from the hatred, he knew the villagers needed to pin the blame on someone for their grief. He probably didn't want anyone to look at his friend in a bad light so he put everything on him when it was never his fault, to begin with." Nam said as he took a seat on his chair.
"He may have been the one that arranged that race but he never wanted to hurt someone. When I was giving Tian permission to drive when we went to the city center, he didn't want to drive. He has a car, yes. But according to Tul, his best friend, when I called, he said that Tian always made his friends drive for him. Tian didn't want to cause an accident if he drove so he gave his keys to his other friend." Nam added.
Phupha just felt dread the entire time. He had spit on Tian, blamed him for Torfun'sdeath without listening to the entire story, let his emotions get the best of him, and had judged the poor teacher so easily. Now, here they are. At the clinic. Not knowing if Tian will ever wake up.
"I... I got to tell the villagers about this. He doesn't deserve all that hate!"Longtae said.
"Longtae, wait." Nam stood up and held on to Longtae's arm. "But—" Nam put his hand up making Longtae silent.
"A lot of things happened since yesterday, but let's tell the truth to the villagers later. If Tian doesn't wake up soon and you told the villagers now, they'll just feel immense guilt and pain for turning their backs on Tian." Nam said.
"But that's exactly what we should feel! P'Tian... H-he never was at f-fault. He shouldn't s-suffer l-like t-t-this." Longtae just started sobbing.
"Tian did what he did knowing full well he will be breaking everyone's heart and trust in him. He understands that the villagers needed someone to put their grief to and he was willing to be that target until you all can heal." Nam comforted him.
"B-but the r-rangers should have said something first! Not P'Tian!" Longtaeresisted as he cried harder.
"And we know we were at fault at that. We will tell everyone the whole truth but right now, we need to make sure Tian will wake up and that he'll live." Namreassured him.
"Right now, we need to make sure his condition is okay. After that, we'll follow your lead on this." Phupha said.
"But if P'Tian wakes up and we tell everyone the truth, won't P'Tian try to stop us from saying anything? He's trying to protect the rangers and trying to help us heal by blaming himself."
"We'll make sure that Tian won't stop us from telling them the whole truth. I promise." Phupha put a reassuring pat on Longtae's head.
Longtae nodded and Nam told the rest of them to rest, he'll watch over Tian in the meantime. They reluctantly agreed and left Nam to do his job as a doctor.
Nam went back to his sit and figured to call Tul again. He dialed the guy's number and it only rang one time before the call was answered so quickly.
"Hello? Did you need more information?" Tul asked.
"No, I don't but I think we, as in us in Pha Pun Dao, owe Tian an apology." Namsighed deeply. He seems to be doing that a lot today.
"What happened?"
"I ask Phupha to talk to Tian about the truth of Torfun's death. And why he is here. But my idiotic friend confronted him in front of everyone and humiliated him."
"Let me guess, Tian took the blame?" Nam was impressed with how smart Tul was.
"Bullseye. Tian won't be able to tell us the real reason why he is here since he uhm... collapsed in his house."
"He what?! What the hell happened?"
"He was in a emotional stress since yesterday, he was crying nonstop until he passed out on the floor of his house. My stupid friend made Tian go back to the teacher's house and Tian was very isolated."
"That chief hurt my friend that much?! I'm going to kill him!"
"Understandable. But I'm to blame as well. I should have tried to learn the whole truth first before talking to Phupha."
"Well it's partially your fault but your friend made that damaged bigger! Tian went there for Torfun's sake because she loves the people there and the kids! He wanted to fulfill her wishes to make them happy and help them. At some point I think he was unconsciously doing what Torfun does that may have been familiar to you but he learned to do things his own way. I saw how happy Tian was and that's all I could ever ask for since he never gets to decide things for himself that much. When I visited him, he can't stop talking about Pha Pun Dao, the villagers, the kids, everyone. He learned to love everyone there so instantly, he found, for the first time, a family there. But hearing what is happening there... Is it still right to let Tian stay there?"
"I don't know either but as you said, Tian never got to decide things for himself that much so it is up to him if he wants to leave or not. Torfun will always be part of everyone, even a part of Tian but he is not her. They are different and if I can go back to the past to prevent everyone from comparing them all the time, I will. Right now, I need advice on what to do here because I'm desperate right now to make things right for everyone and finally hit my stupid friend for his decisions."
Tul chuckled at that.
"All I can say is have patience with him. Tian does reckless things for the right reasons all the time. He may be young but he thinks clearly on what to do, and most of the time t's reckless but effective. You may not believe me but Tian learns a lot easier than most people, he could have graduated earlier than me, academic-wise, but he chose to stay because he has a pure soul and couldn't leave anyone behind. He learned to love and care for the people there so expect that he's not going to leave any of you that easily. Unless his confidence finally crumbles completely. He kind of overthinks sometimes."
Nam laughed at that.
"For a smart person, he is reckless and clumsy as hell. But you're right, Tian does things for someone's sake all the time. This time, when he wakes up, we'll make sure he does something for his sake. But he is the opposite of Phupha, he may be older but he is not smart when it comes to emotions."
Tul chuckled once more. "Stupidity has a knack of getting its way; especially when it comes to emotions and we can get wrapped up in ourselves sometimes."
"That's true. Anyways, thank you for telling me Tian's reasons to come here and stay." Nam said.
"No problem but that friend of yours hurt my best friend once more, I am going there to punch the hell out of him."
Nam grinned. "Understood."
After that, they end the call. A week passed by but Tian barely gave a sign of waking up. Nam was worried that Tian just silently die in his sleep. Nam, Phupha, Yod, and Rang took turns in watching over Tian. Phupha was having the hardest to watch over him because it breaks him that he caused Tian's almost demised. Tian's motionless body was heartbreaking to look at. The only thing that was proof that Tian's alive was his breathing. Nam made sure to check his vitals every morning and afternoon. The evening is when he just checks up on him for any signs of waking up but ultimately leaves Tian alone in the room to give him space. He might get overwhelmed to see he is in the clinic again with Nam beside him. Again.
Longtae on the other hand told his dad everything. Khama agreed with Nam andPhupha to let the rest of them blow off some steam until Tian wakes up. The kids, who easily forgave Tian after 3 days, were pestering their parents to let them go to school but they were instead scolded harshly and told no.
Meejoo, again, escaped her mom and ran after Longtae who wanted to visit Tian in the clinic. Longtae, of course, caught her and told her that Tian needs rest right now and to tell the other kids only. Meejoo nodded and told her brother and the rest of their friends. They waited for Tian to show up but he didn't. They were worried that they'll never see him again just like Torfun but Longtaereassured them that Tian will be fine and that they should just pray for him. They did as what they're told and although the adults thought they were praying to Torfun, the kids remained silent about Tian resting at the clinic.
1 week and 4 days passed and Nam caught Tian finally awake. Nam immediately checked his vitals and he was relieved to see everything was normal. Tian never spoke up even when Nam helped him sit up. He never looked up to look anyone in the eyes. He just looked blanked.
Nam called Phupha, Yod, Rang, and Longtae and told them that Tian's awake. In an instant, the four came, losing their breaths as they ran to see for themselves that Tian was really awake.
"P'Tian!" Longtae called out as he hugged Tian. Tian just gave a pat on the back with no emotions showing.
"Do you need anything, water or something?" Yod asked. But Tian shook his head without meeting anyone in the eyes. This worried the 5 men. But Longtae wanted to stay positive so although he was crying again, he hugged once more before holding his hands.
"We already know the whole truth, Phi. Since you're awake now, we'll tell everyone what really happened to P'Torfun." Longtae shakingly said. Tian's hands tightened his hold on Longtae's hands.
"Don't." Is the only thing Tian said but this already worried them.
"Tian, they need to know the truth. You shouldn't be shouldering this heavy secret." Phupha said.
"Aren't you guys mad at me?" Tian whispered but was loud enough to be heard by them.
"At first, yes. But Tian, you lied again to protect, not just your friend, but us too, the rangers from everyone." Rang said.
"But it is my fault."
"Tian, no it's not. It was never your fault. Don't blame yourself. You trusted your friend to drive safely in that race, you couldn't have known what would happen."Nam said as he put a reassuring hand on Tian's shoulder.
"But—" Longtae held on to Tian's hand tighter.
"But nothing, Phi! The only wrong you did was lie about your connection toTorfun but her death wasn't your fault! Please, let us tell the whole truth to everyone."
"Longtae, I deserve this. I should have said something sooner but I promised her that I'll fulfill her wish." Tian said.
"Tian, you're already doing that by teaching the kids and helping the villagers. You don't need to shoulder these problems. Especially the ones that we, rangers should have done in the first place. It is our job to protect everyone and that includes you. So, please let us do the right thing." Phuphasaid as he sat on the edge of the bed.
Tian didn't say anything, just looked down. Nam suggested they leave Tian alone for a while to give him space. They agreed and went outside. Nam took a deep breath and just stared at the atmosphere in front of him. It was going to be hard to convince Tian but he knew that whatever Tian says, they'll tell the truth. Phupha, who didn't want to leave Tian alone longer with his jumbled thoughts, went back inside and none of them protested.
Longtae who couldn't take the waiting any longer decided to tell his dad that it's time. The other three wanted to stop him but the villagers needed to know the whole truth. The problems Tian was carrying should be let off his shoulders because, in the first place, it shouldn't have been his problem if they were just honest.
Back with Phupha and Tian. Tian wasn't looking at him but he can feel the ranger's gaze on him. He doesn't know how they found out but he doesn't want to get his friend in trouble.
"Tian..." He heard Phupha calling him softly. He wanted to look at the Chief but he was too ashamed of himself.
"Why are doing this? I killed Torfun, I killed the person you love and care about the most." Tian whispered but his voice betrayed him as it cracked.
Phupha's heart broke hearing that. "Tian, her death wasn't your fault. Yes, you arranged that race but you couldn't have known about your friend hitting her. It wasn't your fault. Yes, I love Torfun but just as a sister. She was family to me but she was never something else. I care about her and it did break my heart when she died but you weren't at fault. I don't blame you anymore. I most likely blame myself."
With that, Tian's head whipped up to look at Phupha. "W-what? Why are you blaming yourself?"
"If I was just honest to everyone and told them about her death maybe they wouldn't have kept comparing you two. If I was just nice to you in the beginning, maybe you would have told me the whole truth. All this mess started because of my stupid decisions of what I thought was for the sake of everyone." Phupha then sat down beside Tian.
"You were only thinking about them, it's not your fault and—" Phupha cut him off.
"And it's not your fault either. But here I am, being irrational in my actions that it caused more harm than good. You got hurt a lot of times because of me. You fainted a lot because of the things I made you do. Everyone despising you was my fault because instead of talking to you about it privately, I went all hypocrite and humiliated you."
"Your reaction was understandable, Chief. You cherish Torfun so much, of course, you'll be mad at the person who did her wrong. You have an attachment to her and broke all the rationality in you because of how much you love her."
Tian's heart was breaking saying this stuff. He knows Phupha is gay. He can tell but he can't help but think that maybe Phupha, deep in his heart, loved Torfunas more than just a sister. Thinking that maybe Phupha was bisexual and not gay. But his thoughts were broken when he felt rough hands cupping his cheeks and making him look at the ranger's eyes.
"Tian, I want you to remember this. Yes, I love Torfun and I cherish her so much," Tian's heart broke at that.
"But my love for her will always be because I saw her as a little sister. Nothing more, nothing less. My reaction wasn't because of who killed someone I care about; it is because of my judgment and resentment towards rich people. I always thought that rich people are stuck-up brats, even adults. I thought they will always use money to get away with anything causing injustice in the society but that was wrong of me." Phupha started rubbing his thumb over Tian'scheeks.
"I should have not judged so easily. Especially seeing how you didn't like injustice yourself. You helped the villagers to get out of Sakda's grasp. You didn't like how unfair those men were towards the villagers. Heck, you can't even accept that you deserve to live because to you, what happened to Torfun was an injustice. And for that, I'm sorry, Tian. I really am sorry for making you suffer. I never meant to hurt you this much. So please forgive me."
Phupha laid his forehead on Tian's and Tian was just silently crying as he heldPhupha's hands. A few minutes passed and Tian wrapped his arms around Phupha's neck and hugged him. He buried his face in Phupha's neck and cried silently. Phupha, of course, hugged back. Glad that Tian isn't mad at him.
"You don't have to say sorry, Chief. I forgive you. Your reasons were valid. You did nothing wrong." Tian reassured him.
Phupha chuckled as he tightens his arms around Tian's waist. "I should be the one reassuring you, not the other way around." With that, Tian laughed for the first time.
"I guess we both needed to be reassured," Tian mumbled. "But chief," Tian lets go of him and they look into each other's eyes.
"What are the villagers going to do with their grief if they don't have someone to blame? I'm willing to be hated by everyone if it will help them put out their anger in the open instead of silently getting mad and burying those emotions."
Phupha smiled at him reassuringly and stroke Tian's face before kissing him suddenly. Tian's eyes widen but eventually kisses back. They kept kissing for a while now separating to catch their breaths.
"You don't have to worry about that. You don't have to shoulder that problem, Tian. It's time that we rangers, finally tell the truth and face them. You shielded us from the villagers by not telling them that we knew. But you shouldn't have to do that. We were in the wrong and it was our mistake. Let us face it."
Tian was reluctant and his eyes gave doubts but Phupha looked at him sincerely and gave a reassuring look. Eventually, he nodded and Phupha hugged him once more, putting his chin on top of Tian's head.
"Are you two done there? If we go in and see you doing something else—" Phuphagrowled and cut off Nam.
"Don't make me shoot off your head, Doc."
All they heard was laughter from Yod, Rang, and of course, Nam. Both Tian andPhupha shook their heads at the idiots.
"We should go. Knowing Longtae, he is long gone to tell Khama to finally tell everyone." Phupha said. Tian nodded and they both got off the bed and walked outside. Nam gave Tian a big hug and earned a possible death glare by Phuphabut he didn't care. Let the green giant be jealous. He deserves it.
"Come on, Longtae and Khama are probably telling everyone by now what really happened," Nam said as he put his arm around Tian only for Phupha to slap away his arm. Nam snickered and just led the way.
"Doc Nam?" Tian called.
"Hm?" He looked at Tian sideways.
"How did you find out the whole truth?" Tian asked as he tilts his head sideward like a cute bunny.
"Oh, I investigated a bit more about that night and confirmed things with Torfun'saunt and your friend, Tul," Nam answered.
"So, Tul knows what happened here? Knowing him, he would ask questions first."Nam nodded.
"Yup. He knows. And he is not thrilled with Phupha over here." Nam smirked at Phuphaglared at him.
"It's a good thing Tul wasn't here." Tian mindlessly said.
"Why?" Phupha asked.
"He would have punched you and cursed at you in front of everyone. He's very protective, you know." Tian said.
The two rangers behind them laughed at that. Phupha just silently sulks even though it doesn't appear on his face.
When they got there. Everyone was listening to Longtae and eventually Phuphaand the rangers confirmed as well that they knew about Torfun's death. Everyone was obviously devastated because Phupha, out of all people, lied to them and never told them about it. But of course, Tian came up in the front and defendedPhupha and the rangers. He explained in detail the sides of the rangers on why they lied. And everyone can't help but amaze how Tian was so strong to shoulder this and even have the heart to defend who really was at fault. They also felt guilty and apologized to Tian but he just smiled at them and said he understood why they acted like that. Making everyone feel even more guilty of how pure the teacher's soul was to them who easily judged him.
They promised that they'll learn not to judge so easily when it comes to a person's background and lifestyle. They also learned that day to have patience with people like Tian who wants to learn from them and how they live their life in the mountains.
After that, every day they give respect to Torfun's spirit and although their trust with the rangers was severed, they're learning to see both sides and understand them. Phupha wanted to tell Tian about his father but maybe some other time. Right now, he wants to cherish the remaining weeks with Tian before his last day as the teacher in Pha Pun Dao.
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A/N: This was longer than I thought. My back hurts X( but anyways, I hope you enjoyed it!
"stupidity has a knack of getting its way; as we should see if we were not always so much wrapped up in ourselves" - Albert Camus