"Technic! Nic! Are you flirting with that accounting student?"
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"Nic! Are you listening to me?"
Now, at a coffee shop, Technic was bored when his current girlfriend was yelling at him because she saw him with a beautiful girl from other faculty.
Technic sighed secretly, look at his girlfriend who was forcing her tears and crying, then he shook his head.
It's time to break up.
Technic told himself while looking out the window, waiting for his girlfriend to stop crying, and then he could dump her. Technic was also thinking about his brother and his best friend because since that day... Kengkla was depressed.
Kengkla used to look happy and smile in every situation. His junior called him a guy with a 'bright-like-the-sun-smile', but now that person disappeared. The smiles that used to stick on his mouth were gone. It was hard to see his charming cuspid as if he defanged it, put it in a safe and threw it into the ocean.
It was because of... his brother.
His brother had nothing special but could change Kengkla, the liar, that much so Technic wondered... if it was because of love.
Love that changed his brother to a hardhearted person who wouldn't listen to anything.
Love that changed his lovely best friend to a depressed guy who was busy with his phone, writing something on the paper, erasing it and then writing it again.
Technic felt pity for him.
It was how Kengkla tried to make up with his brother.
No one would believe that a high-tech guy who used a GPS tracker device to follow his brother, would use this old-fashioned way... maybe, he couldn't find any other way. Besides...
"Don't come near me."
Techno was angry at him too.
Now, his close brother, who he could confide everything, became estranged. Techno looked at him frighteningly and said something which made Technic want to return everything he got from Kengkla back.
'I never thought that my brother will do this to me.'
It really hurts.
SIGH.
"Technic! Did you just sigh at me?"
The girl in front of Technic was still yelling at him, but he didn't answer.
He thought that love could change people this much, and if he fell in love, what would it be?
It was the thought of Technic who was looking at the girl in front of him and found the answer... not this girl.
When Technic looked at this girl crying with mascara running and blaming him with her eyes, he felt that she wasn't the right one. He was just having fun like a guy who just entered the university, flirting around.
When the girls flirted with him, he just toyed with them, but now... he was bored.
"Technic! I can't stand it! I won't stand it anymore!"
"What? Are you done?"
When his girlfriend cried out like she couldn't take it anymore, Technic smiled at her. It made the girl bite her lips tightly, looking back with those eyes full of tears and hurt, but... he felt nothing.
If she isn't the right one, I'll find another.
A guy who never fell in love shrugged but there was something out of the corner of his eyes.
"Hmm?"
Technic intended to turn around, but his girlfriend acted like she was about to scream, so he smiled and said calmly.
"If you can't stand it, let's break up."
"How can you say that?!"
It seemed like she didn't understand him at all, so Technic told himself that... he really needed to explain.
The picture of Technic and his girlfriend draw attention from everyone in that coffee shop but, in fact, no one really paid attention. They were just a couple who was about to break up. Also, Technic was so popular that everyone knew that this quiet guy was a Casanova who changed his girlfriend more often than he went to a copy shop to copy his study sheets. However, the person who drew everyone's attention just came in.
No, he was the person who was going to change Technic's life.
Clanging.
The wind chimes rang gently so Technic took a glimpse of it then he opened his eyes widely.
"P'Type!"
His brother's best friend just stepped in, so Technic called him surprisingly.
Technic was surprised and curious about why he was there. It seemed like Type already knew that Technic was here too because he was smiling and it made his piercing tanned face became more attractive. After that, Type, wearing a casual shirt and jeans but still charming, walked to him.
It was strange because Type once said he didn't like wearing sunglasses because it wasn't convenient, was now wearing ones.
"Err... hello... P'Type"
Technic knew that Type was smart and could handle everything by himself so... Technic was a bit scared.
Technic was afraid of Type, standing next to his table and smiling, who looked at his girlfriend then looked back at him.
"I just need a few minutes, Nic."
Type raised his hand to call Technic closer as he bend down to whisper something to Technic. He came closer, then he widened his eyes shockingly when...
"Thank you for helping me last time. I appreciate it. But for what you've done to my friend, I'll get payback."
GRAB.
"Hey!"
After that, Type snatched his collar and pulled Technic to his side while the younger one was off-guard.
Type looked at his girlfriend who couldn't make sense of this situation then announced to everyone in the coffee shop, most of them were in the same faculty as Technic.
"Don't cry over him. I'll tell you something... Technic is my wife!"
"What?..."
"Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh."
"What did he just say?"
Technic couldn't finish his sentence when his girlfriend suddenly started screaming.
Everyone looked at each other as if they didn't know what to do, but he still looked at his brother's best friend shockingly.
"Don't cry over him. It's a waste of time. Just so you know, Technic has a boyfriend!"
Type repeated again with a louder voice so Technic... was shocked.
The southern guy looked at him, smiled charmingly, but it was so cruel in Technic's eyes.
"Don't cheat on me again, Technic."
After Type finished, he let go of him and walked out, leaving Technic with his life that was about to change.
SPLASH!!!
"Arghhhhhh! You're gay!!!"
His girlfriend, no, his ex-girlfriend splashed lemon soda on his face, scream at him and disappointedly left the coffee shop, leaving Technic, who just knew that he had a boyfriend, standing still as the center of attention so Technic rubbed his face so hard.
I shouldn't have helped you, Kla!
"Technic, are you gay?"
"Who's he? He's handsome"
"Oh dear, Technic has a boyfriend! Oh my god"
The screams and other voices around him couldn't get into Technic's ears because a guy whose hair was soaked with lemon could only think...
So, Karma's bitch. It caught up with me. I just exchanged my brother for a girl, and now I ended up having a boyfriend!
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Meanwhile, the person who claimed to be Technic's boyfriend was walking from the coffee shop to the luxury car that was waiting for him... his real boyfriend's car.
"So?"
Today, Tharn took a half-day free to follow him, in case there was an emergency so that he could stop his boyfriend. But it seemed everything went well as Type planned because now this handsome, charming guy was smiling... like he was satisfied with what he had done.
"It went so well."
"It's hard to believe that a person who hate gays like you is willing to announce to everyone that you're his boyfriend."
The mixed-race guy can't help teasing his boyfriend, so Type laughed.
"Don't sulk, Is that a bad thing? But I'll be only your wife."
"I won't allow my wife to be someone's boyfriend, too."
Tharn confirmed, so Type laughed louder, looking at his boyfriend's fierce eyes and patting his arm.
"So, let's go home, and I can do my wifely duties. You take your leave this afternoon, right?"
In the end, Tharn couldn't help but shake his head to give up before suggesting.
"I think he will remember it for a long time."
"No, not long time... he should remember it for the rest of his life."
Type corrected his boyfriend.
He wouldn't let anyone hurt his friend again, especially Techno, who always helped him. Techno helped him so now it was his turn to help him back.
Techno didn't think that he returned the favor, but Techno was his best friend, a very good friend, so Type was very furious when he knew Technic hurt his own brother.
In the end, it seemed like Techno's good deed in helping this couple would help him back this time.
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For Techno, this morning was the same day as yesterday... as the day before yesterday... as two days before yesterday... as several days ago.
Every morning, there was...
"Techno! Your letter again. Can you tell me who sends you a letter every day? There is no stamp too. Do you have any problem with the mafia or anyone?"
A letter.
His mother, who just picked up a newspaper, was waving a rectangular envelope while asking him seriously. Techno's mother started to worry if her son borrowed money from a loan shark, and that person was trying to collect the debts because there was a white envelope in the mailbox every morning.
The letter without a sender's name but there was the handwriting on that envelope...
Techno.
That's all.
"Mom, what are you thinking? I never borrow any money. It's just my personal stuff. Please, give it to me."
Techno, already dressed up and ready to work, walked to his mom while holding out his hand for the letter. His mother narrowed her eyes but put a letter in his hand, so Techno smiled.
"I have to go now. I don't want to be late."
Then, Techno ran to his bike, put the key in the ignition, started his bike, and rode to work, leaving his mom shaking her head slowly.
"What do you mean? Late? It's still early"
However, it seemed that she already got used to the strange behavior of her eldest son, no, both of her sons.
Her oldest son didn't talk to his brother. When he was free, he always went out with his friend while her youngest son seemed to be busy with something and didn't go out like always. When his mother asked, Technic said his girlfriend dumped him without explanation.
However, it seemed both of them knew what was going on, but they just didn't want to tell.
And, another strange thing was... the letter.
"Do people still send a letter these days? They have e-mail now."
But, it wasn't a serious matter, so she just let it go and continued her housework before her husband had to go out of town, and there would be no time to clean up the mess that both of her sons made.
After leaving his mother at home, Techno was supposed to ride straight to the main road, but his motorbike slowly stopped near the footpath then Techno took out the letter.
The letter that he always waited for every day.
The letter that when he first received, he laughed and got angry.
He's such a weirdo. He sends letters to make up with me.
That was right. The letters sent every day belonged to Kengkla.
Because Techno said that if Kengkla couldn't prove his love, then never showed up to see Techno again, Kengkla obeyed and sent letters instead. There would be a letter sent to his home every morning, so it became Techno's routine to read the letter and try to understand its content.
Each letter was written by hand, not typed.
Techno didn't know what Kengkla was thinking. Maybe, he thought it would show his effort, and yes, it did. Techno had seen Kengkla's handwriting before, and it was terrible, but the handwriting in the letter was neat.
The letters that told his stories and his real feelings.
The first one, Kengkla wrote about his feelings when they first met.
The second one, Kengkla wrote about his feeling when he was interested in him.
The third one, Kengkla wrote about his feeling when he fell for him.
Until this one, the fifteenth letter, which addressed... my family.
The content of the letter was a confession that his family had a problem, but it wasn't serious as he lied. When they first met, his family had a problem because his mother caught his father having a mistress, so it was a big deal. Besides, that mistress showed up at his house so Kengkla couldn't stand it. Kengkla explained everything he did to get rid of her.
He showed his father a threatening letter, bank statement, and also a video clip of that mistress having sex with another guy so that his father saw everything clearly. After that, he and his mother became closer. His mother even knew that he slept with a guy.
Kengkla wrote all the details in the letter. He was completely honest with his stories, with no lies.
Techno didn't know whether he lied or not, but the end of that letter made him believe.
... This is the real me. I really don't want you to know about it, but now I'll tell you everything, everything I did and every problem I caused. I admit that I'm cunning, wicked, and I'm not nice, even with women. But I want you to believe that...
Every letter Kengkla sent was full of his feelings and said that... 'I really love you'.
The proof that Techno asked for... to tell him that he loved him and this was Kengkla's answer.
He was brave enough to tell him all of his feelings.
"Fifteen days, should I forgive him now?"
It was the question that Techno asked himself, but when he called his best friend, Type said...
[He fooled you for a month and a half. It isn't halfway yet. It's too soon to forgive.]
"Hey! What if he stops trying?"
Techno really became softhearted and also worried... if he still played hard to get, Kengkla might get bored.
If Type were near to Techno, he would hit his head for sure.
[If he stops trying, it means he doesn't love you. He said that he's been falling in love with you for three years, right? If he stops at 15 days, then you just let him go.]
After his friend said that, Techno could only smile dryly and sighed because he was starting to come around.
Now, his heart was soft... really soft.
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KRAAOOM!
"Fuck you! I have to run away from my ex that kept scolding me. And now I have to run away from gays, too?"
While Kengkla was sitting alone on the bench with his paper, Technic who just escaped from a male senior from other faculty threw his bag on the table, swore angrily since now he didn't have to arrange his time for his girls because they all dumped him.
But, they kept showing up and scolding him for tricking them into being his girlfriend. Technic also had to run away from those guys, trying to flirt with him because his gay rumor spread very fast.
Now, Technic was gay, the bottom one.
That thought made Technic rub his head so hard.
"Should I find a boyfriend then?"
Technic just muttered boringly, but when he looked at his best friend, who was writing a letter, Technic sighed deeply and knocked the table gently since he saw a lot of crushed papers, which were written untidily, beside his friend.
"Just write something. P'no won't know whether it's true or not."
Technic shook his head because his friend looked so depressed that no one dared to greet him. What his friend said made Kengkla sigh deeply, and when he looked up, there was no trick or deception in his eyes.
"I can't. I just want to confess everything I did. I can't lie."
STUN.
"You've changed."
Technic finally agreed.
Kengkla, looking at the piece of paper with a few lines, sighed deeply, tapped his pen gently and said.
"I've had enough of this. I now understand how much it hurt. If P'no forgives me, I'll do everything he says."
SIGH.
Technic sighed and asked the same question that he already asked his friend so many times.
"Are you sure that you love my brother?"
The question that Kengkla used to answer carelessly that it would be nice if he could get Techno who was always friendly in his bed but now his answer changed. Kengkla only replied...
"I'm sure. I love him. I really love P'no."
Right now, there was no tricky answer.
There was only the truth from his sincere heart. Kengkla really loved Techno, the person who cried over him, the person who left everything and rushed to see him, the person who expressed his love before saying 'I love you'.
Kengkla loved Techno.
That thought stopped his writing.
QUACK.
Kengkla tore that piece of paper and crushed it before writing again. His best friend leaned over to look at it and frowned, shaking his head with Kengkla's obsession on writing.
"You're crazy."
"No, I'm not. You say that because you don't know what love is."
Kengkla responded sincerely while carefully wrote down the story with his heart.
Now Kengkla told Techno everything in the letters. He didn't care if someone would think it was old-fashioned. Since Techno wanted him to prove his sincere heart, what would be better than letters written by his hands because he couldn't meet Techno in person?
Techno said that if Kengkla couldn't prove it, he couldn't meet him, so Kengkla who used cunning and lying, didn't use any trick. If it were before, Kengkla wouldn't wait. He would make up something to get attention and to make Techno come to him. Right now, he couldn't do it. Just thought that Techno might not love him... Kengkla couldn't bear it.
"I have to prove my love to him."
It was what Kengkla told himself earnestly because he didn't want to lose Techno.
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"It's been a month already"
Techno woke up one morning and murmured.
Techno usually didn't pay attention to the date and time, but what happened recently made him count every day. He was waiting for that day. At the same time, the notepad papers that were used as letters increased every day, so Techno put them in his folder.
Every day, and every feeling that made Techno, who was told by his friend to be strong, now became softhearted.
"Fifteen days left."
Actually, now Techno believed that Kengkla really loved him because a guy like Kengkla wouldn't write a letter to him every day if he just wanted sex. Right now, Techno didn't care what Type would think, he knew that Kengkla already proved his love to him.
Besides, it was suffering.
That time, a month and a half, which they were together, although Techno tried to escape or avoided seeing him, when Kengkla wasn't around, he felt anxious.
BROOM.
Suddenly, Techno heard the sound of a car engine... This early morning, no one left home yet, so it was the sound of a car coming to his house, not going. Techno moved closer to the window and slightly opened the curtain then he saw... the kid he hadn't seen for a month.
That person looked up at him, holding a letter.
The moment their eyes met, Techno felt something, so he closed the curtain.
The act that Kengkla could see clearly, so he sighed.
P'no is still angry. He doesn't want to see my face.
It was the thought of Kengkla who was looking at the letter in his hand, then he put it in the mailbox. He wished Techno would read every message he sent and would accept what he gave him. Kengkla was about to get into his car but...
BANG!
"How long will you act like a lead actor in the drama, Kla?"
Turning back.
The person who Kengkla didn't expect to see suddenly showed up at the door, so Kengkla turned around and saw Techno in pajamas with messy hair, panting. Techno walked straight to Kengkla with those keen eyes shining so bright, so Kengkla, who was still guilty, had to avoid those eyes.
"I'm sorry that I show up today."
The dispirited gesture of Kengkla always made Techno softhearted.
"How will you make amends to me?"
I still can't prove my love to him, and now I have one more charge?
It was the thought of Kengkla who was silent because he didn't know what to answer. His punishment now was a severe one so if Techno asked him not to show up again, there was no way he could do it.
But then Techno held out his hand, beckoning his finger.
"To make amends to me, give me that letter."
Kengkla raised his eyebrows but took the letter from the mailbox and handed it to Techno.
"I really don't understand you, Kla. You have my e-mail, my Line and my phone number, why don't you type? You send letters, and now my mom thinks that a loan shark is trying to collect his debt from me."
"I'm sorry."
The way Kengkla looked so miserable made Techno smile secretly then he read the letter.
STUN.
His hand holding the paper was obviously shaking because the letter only said.
"...I love you, P'no..."
The whole page was full of the words 'I love you, P'no' written repeatedly. The words that Kengkla tried to prove, and now after a month, Kengkla could show it to Techno.
Actually, Techno intended to tell Kengkla to stop doing this because he now believed that Kengkla really loved him. But, when he saw this letter, it lifted up his spirits. His heart was shaking and beating so fast. Techno looked back at Kengkla, the handsome guy who was standing there, accepting his fate.
"I'll give you one minute. Do you have anything to say?"
It's been a month and you give me one minute?
Kengkla slightly ground his teeth because there was so much he wanted to say and a minute wasn't enough.
"Thirty seconds now."
Techno smirked while counting in his mind. He was waiting to listen to what Kengkla was going to say, but he said nothing so Techno got impatient.
"Ten seconds left."
"..."
Hey! I just give you a chance.
Kengkla still said nothing so Techno was counting like a team captain who always kept his word.
"5"
"..."
"4"
"..."
"3"
Techno became anxious, looking at Kengkla who still had a blank facial expression, then counting slowly.
"2"
Say something!
"O... on..."
"I love you, P'no."
STUN.
Before the game was over, Kengkla scored the last goal with his final shot. He confessed earnestly, looking into Techno's eyes and repeated.
"I love you."
"Time's up, Kla"
Techno replied, shaking his head to the person who waited for the very last second to say it while Kengkla who thought that his tactic was going to work now turned pale but...
"But I'll give you injury time so say that again."
Now, Techno smiled, to his surprise, while Kengkla opened his eyes widely. Kengkla then smiled, hurriedly grabbing Techno's hand, looking into those eyes to show his feelings and said firmly.
"I love you, P'"
GRAB.
Those words made Techno come closer, grabbing Kengkla's neck and pressing it on his shoulder before he said with a serious tone.
"It doesn't matter if you lie to me. I just want you to tell the truth when you say you love me."
HUG.
"I love you. I really do. I may lie to you about something else, but I never lied about loving you."
Kengkla grabbed Techno's waist and hugged him tightly, leaning his head on his shoulder and said with a quivering voice.
"I won't do it again P'. I won't lie to you again."
One-month punishment was enough for Techno because now he could really feel Kengkla's love for him so Techno replied firmly.
"I love you, Kla. I love you too."
Those words made Kengkla tighten his hug.
He got it. He already got Techno's heart.
After that, there just a warm tight hug, which showed their love to each other. They didn't need to say anything because their hearts knew everything.
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NOTE:
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