Arthit's POV
"What the hell!" I scream at Prem, who just smacked me on the back of the head, "I am not fvcking Ai'Bright!"
"I know who the hell you are," Prem hisses at me, "And you are the one I wanted to hit!"
"Why the hell do you want to hit me?" I ask as the rest of the gang sits down, glaring at me. "Why are you all pissed at me?"
"Why?" Knott scoffs, "Who was the one who ranted at SOTUS for them to know all of their batchmates?" What? That is what I was supposed to do!
"Out of how many students?" Prem asks as he looks around the canteen for someone. He smiles when he spots our nongs studying at a table. "0062?"
"Yes, P'Prem?" Kong looks up. He has a fvcking name, asshole.
"How many students in Engineering?" Prem asks with a smile. I just bang my head on the table. Does he have to remind me of this? Why is he bringing up the past? I knew this shit would bite me in the butt.
"1,118," Kong answers, then glances at N'Jett and corrects, "1,119. Do you want me to tell you how many in Industrial Engineering?" Kong looks at me with a smile, "Or do you want me to count how many are in the canteen and figure how many are missing? Are you going to make me run..."
"KONGPOP!" I shout, "DO YOU WANT TO DIE?" Everyone in the canteen is laughing.
"Did I miss something? What is so funny?" N'Jett leans over and asks N'Aim, who is laughing. N'Aim sees me glaring.
"I will explain later," N'Aim tells him. N'Jett is confused by this whole exchange.
"Get back to studying," I tell our nongs as I turn and punch Prem. "Why the hell did you do that? Why did you have to bring that up now?"
"To make a damn point!" Knott growls, and Tutah nods, "That's why!"
"What the fvck is the point then?" I growl right back at him. He tosses a folder at me. "What's this?"
"Just read it," Tutah rolls his eyes. I open the folder and gape.
"That is why!" Prem mutters, "0062?" Prem calls over his shoulder. HE HAS A NAME!!
"Yes, P'Prem," Kong says as he rolls his eyes.
"Who is that?" Prem asks, pointing at a random student sitting in the canteen. I notice the student is beginning to panic.
"Thorn," Kong sighs, "Do you want their full name? Thorn Kawrungruang. Anything else?"
"That student?" Prem points to another grinning at me. The student stands up, trying to get out from in between her friends, but they won't let her as they laugh at her.
"Cat," Kong frowns at me with a 'What the Hell!' look, "Catchada Willapana."
"Thank you. Study hard, 0062," Prem waves over his shoulder as my boyfriend looks at me questioningly. I shrug at him before he begins studying again.
"Remember when you made a big fvcking deal about knowing people's names? This is the result! They know my boyfriend's name!" Prem hisses.
"And mine!" Tutah pouts.
"They know my nongs, too," Bright glares at me. Why is he upset about that? N'May should be the one killing me. Not him. Hang on. He said nongs. Shit! The girls are on here, too. Even scary Maprang! Damn it!
"My boyfriend is on there, too," Knott frowns at me.
"Shit! N'Oak is on the list, too," I look up, astonished. Knott reaches across the table and smacks my head.
"Not the point, Ai'Oon," Knott grumbles.
"Hang on," I say after I flip to the next page, "Ai'Knott! What have you done? Why are we on this list?" Prem grabs the paper out of my hands and looks at the page.
"I thought this was just supposed to be First Years," Prem asks as he reads our names on the list.
"You assholes wanted P'Dear on the list," Knott explains, "So I had to say everyone was included." He scratches his head. "I didn't even think about us ending up on the list."
"And you guys are mad at me for your boyfriends being on the list?" I snark, "I am madder that I am on the list!" Bright snags the paper from Prem, reading out our names.
"Wow! I was against this kissing booth thing at first, but now I think I love the idea," Bright giggles.
"Pervert," Tutah smacks Bright.
"This is going to be a fvcking nightmare," I growl, "How the hell am I going to kiss random ass people when I have a mental meltdown when I kiss my fvcking boyfriend in public? I, at least, like him!" This is not going to end well. I need to find P'Jay and P'Pin and kill them. This all their fault. I snatch the list back from Bright and write their names on it, too.
"Who did you add?" Knott looks at me as he takes back the folder.
"The two bastards who created this hell," I snarl, "If I have to do this, then so do they!"
"They will probably be thinking like Ai'Bright," Tutah laughs, "They will love it."
"Crap. You are probably right," I grab for the folder, but Knott holds it out of my reach, "Give it to me!"
"I will just make a new list," Knott laughs, "Do you know I didn't have to add P'Dear on the list? He made it on his own."
"Really?" Tutah laughs, "Let me text P'Win." Prem takes the phone out of his hands.
"No," Prem orders, "If we tell him now, P'Dear will make us do the survey over." He tosses Tutah back his phone. "So nobody says anything until the last minute."
"Yeah," I huff, "If we all have to do this nightmare, he sure the hell is not going to get out of it."
I look over at my boyfriend. He catches me looking and winks, and I feel my face flush. I am going to die at the festival. I blushed because of a wink. I look around the canteen at all the students. I am going to combust with embarrassment at the festival.
"Hey," Tutah starts but comes to a stop when N'Jett walks up to the table.
"P'Tutah, so are we still on for tonight?" N'Jett asks. I almost choke on my drink when I see Tutah blush.
"Shit!" Bright exclaims as he holds his nose. I laugh, knowing that has got to sting since he snorted his soda up his nose. "Not funny, asshole!" He says in a hilarious nasally voice.
Prem and Knott are looking hard the other way, but I see their shoulders shaking.
"Yeah, we are still on FOR. THE. MOVIE." Tutah answers glaring at us. "See you at 7."
N'Jett grins before he begins to walk away. Stopping, he looks at his friends before he runs back and drops a kiss on Tutah's lips.
"Bye," he says with a smile and runs to catch up with the other nongs.
We are all looking at our friend. I think N'Jett broke him, and I am trying hard not to laugh at him. Bright begins waving his hand in front of Tutah's face. I do laugh when he just blinks and tilts his head.
"Anyone have a nasal inhaler?" Bright asks. We all shake our heads no. Bright scrunches his face up, thinking before he leans over and takes off his shoe. Before we can stop him, he waves it in front of Tutah.
"What the fvck, Ai'Bright?" Tutah screams, grabbing Bright's shoe away from him. "What the hell died in your shoe? Let me make you fvcking smell it!" Tutah tries to shove it in Bright's face, but he begins running towards the classrooms. Tutah is chasing after him, yelling at him.
"Grab their backpacks," I say, grinning. "Let's go save... Hell, let's just go to class. Ai'Bright can save himself." When they don't follow me, I turn and find them pouting at the table.
"Are you guys coming or not?" I ask. "What is with that face?"
"Why didn't our boyfriends do that?" Knott pouts.
"I don't know," I sigh, "Ask them the next time you see them. But if either of you two gives Kongpop any ideas. I promise I will kill you. Dead!" That boy does not need any more help in that department. He is hard enough to handle now.
Aim's POV
"Do you know what that survey was for the other day?" I ask Kong, pulling out my notebook.
"I believe it was something to do with the upcoming festival," Kong answers. "Wasn't it to pick the people who would work on whatever booth we are having. Who did you pick?"
"I picked our gang, of course," I grin, "Even the seniors. If I am going to work with seniors, I want to be the ones I know. Who did you guys pick?" I ask everyone.
"I picked the same as you," Maprang answers.
"Our gang," Wad says as he sticks his earbuds in to listen to music.
Prae and May nod as they say, "Same." at the same time. They start laughing, yelling 'jinx' at each other. I shake my head as I look at my other friends.
"I voted for our group, too," Kong says, laughing at May and Prae.
"I did, too," Tew mumbles as he digs through his backpack. Oak just nods.
"I picked our group," Jett smiles, "Because that is all I know. I don't really know anyone else. Hey, that reminds me. Kong, what was that with P'Prem in the canteen?"
All of us laugh at this. Jett wasn't here for the infamous P'Arthit-Kongpop showdowns.
"Oh, that is right," Maprang laughs, "You missed that."
"Missed what?" Jett whines. All of us know he wishes he had started here with us, and he is such a part of the group it is hard to remember he was not here from the beginning.
"During SOTUS," Kong begins, "You know P'Arthit, and I butted heads." Jett nods. "Well, one time, he asked me to tell him how many students were in our class."
"Did you answer?" Jett questions. Kong shakes his head.
"Not that meeting," Kong smiles, remembering, "I got punished for that. So I made sure to find out the answer, in case he asked again."
"He asked you again?" Jett asks in disbelief. All of us nod. "What happened? You knew the answer."
"He turned the question," Kong states, "He then wanted me to know how many of my batchmates were missing. So I had to count. There were 54 missing students. He told us we had to run a lap for each person missing."
"And you are dating this monster?" Jett asks in disbelief. "He made all of you run 54 laps?"
"Nope," Prae giggles, "Only Kong."
"Why only Kong?" Jett looks at us.
"They are not missing," Oak says dramatically.
"Say that again," Tew picks up P'Arthit's role.
"Those 54 students are not missing," Oak grins at Tew. By now, the whole class is laughing at the reenactment.
"Open your damn eyes and see if they are here?" Tew demands, "How the hell do you say that they are not missing?"
"They are not missing, really. Though they cannot be here in person," Oak says, "They have sent their heart here." Kong is flushing red at his cheesiness.
"Your missing friends must have a lot of heart to spare," Tew says as he begins to circle Oak, "Then, for the heart they have sent, it should be enough to keep you all running on the track 54 laps."
"NO!" Oak says, "They sent their heart to me only."
"Why did they send it to you only?" Tew demands, trying to look like P'Arthit.
"To replace my heart that was already given to you," Oak holds his hand over his heart as he blinks at Tew.
"KONGPOP!" Tew barks, "Run around the track field 54 laps! Go!" Tew points his arm in a direction, and Oak runs off laughing. The entire class is clapping and laughing. Jett is standing there dumbfounded.
"I am sorry I missed that," Wad laughs.
"You really said that?" Jett questions. We all nod along with the entire class.
"Don't remind me," Kong laughs. "I never knew it sounded that cheesy. Geez, that was bad." The girls are laughing so hard they are crying.
"So why did he ask you to name people?" Jett looks at Kong. Oak starts to say something, but Kong stops him.
"Let's do this without the dramatics," Kong huffs, "Ai'Aim forgot his nametag one day, and P'Arthit was an ass about it. He asked if anyone knew him, so I raised my hand. P'Arthit asked me to name him down to his identification number. Ai'Aim and I have been friends forever, so that I could do that." All of us nod. "That just pissed him off, so he started calling out random people and had me name them." He smiles at May, "That is how we met, May. I didn't know her, and he ripped up her nametag. So I gave her mine."
"After all that," Jett shakes his head, "You are dating that little monster."
"Hey, that is MY little monster," Kong grins, "And hell, yes, I am dating him."
"You are a masochist," Jett snorts. Kong nods.
"Kong, I have always wondered how you got a new tag," Prae asks.
"P'Arthit put it in my locker," Kong smiles, "I made him admit it." Aww. The little monster liked my cheesy idiot friend even back then.
A girl runs into the classroom, "Hey, I found out what we are doing for the festival! A KISSING BOOTH!" Every girl squeals, and as one, everyone turns and looks at my group.
Oh, hell. I look at my friends. They have the same expression I do. Please don't tell me I just volunteered my girlfriend to man a kissing booth. I look around at all the guys smiling at our girls. Fvck! I can tell that Jett, Wad, Kong, and Tew realize the same thing I am. We are seriously fvcked. What have we done?
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