Mew's POV
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His words kept echoing in my mind, I didn't know that he was such modest ordinary person letting others talk about his work whatever they want, he give it his all to captivate his readers and that's what matters to him, he looked so normal unlike any famous people, so different from me truthfully and he is so honest.
The food he cooked was extremely tasty and he seem the kind of person who take care of his health and himself, his house is always clean and he looks fresh, he must be planning well his every day, when he wakes up when he works and when he sleeps, the writer is a patient person too, he never looked annoyed while I kept asking him, I can't hide that I'm feeling a little ashamed right now.
Since I became well known I only relied on my talent and skills while acting, I never asked anyone's help nor even someone's opinion, looking back I don't thing that I have ever tried to completely understand the character I'm playing, I always follow the script and imagine the rest on my own, no one have ever advice me about acting since middle school, well it's more like I've never let the chance to anyone to do so.
Unlike me who always felt superior and at the top, Gulf was so open and humble, living a simple life, he looked like he does enjoy writing, it wasn't just a source of living for him, he keeps his books well arranged and maintained, he is friendly and he always get surround as soon as he appears, like now, the moment he came to the workshop all the actors jumped greeting him and asking him while he welcomed them with a soft real smile.
Ah, I can't believe that I kept thinking about him, although his words hit me hard, almost slapped me awake, realizing those things at this age is kind of embarrassing but it's better late than never... I looked to my script reading the inspector's lines, memorising them by heart, I still have a lot to learn about this man but I already got the general idea about his personality.
I kept training on my scene with the camera man who was searching for the perfect angle yet I was watching Gulf from the corner of my eyes who was walking for group to another explaining things to them and helping them during performing, honestly I couldn't ignore him; Before leaving we talked and decided to meet on Friday
Days passed quickly and I'm sitting in his living room right now waiting for him to finish taking a shower, as soon as I finished I came straight to his house to find myself one hour and half earlier than our initial time yet he welcome me and even told me to feel free to use anything I want.
"sorry for making you wait"
"you know you can go and wear you clothes, I don't mind waiting for another 10 minutes" I said after seeing him standing just in his boxers and drying his hair
"I told I always go around like this at home especially after a bath" he said walking closer
"or is it you are so aware and shy about seeing another man like this" he said mockingly
"stupid, I don't mind if you even walk around completely naked" he smirked
"good then, what do you want to drink?"
"anything strong to keep me awake and focused"
"alright" some time later, he came putting a tray in front of me, I took my cup sipping a little bit from the still hot tea, it was rich and had a malty flavor that woke me up
"it's a good tea but a little bitter"
"I didn't add sugar in it since I put some cookies to go with the tea" he said pointing to the small plate that has chocolate chips bite cookies, I leaned to take one piece of biscuit yet I misjudged my position and the tea slid down my shirt making me jump since it was hot, I held my shirt to keep it away from my skin yet I could feel it sliding down making me groan in pain
"are you alright?! Quickly take off you shirt" he ran to the kitchen and came back a cold wet towel and started gently wiping my chest
"this part turned so red, I hope it won't burn your skin, I will go bring the cream"
"it's fine, it's already cooling down"
"still, let me apply this cream just in case" once his fingers touched me I shivered feeling them so cold against my chest, I was looking down to him while he softly smeared the cream around the red part and even down my side where the tea slid earlier, he was blowing making me flinch even more
"I can do it myself" I said after realizing that I actually could
"just shut up and stay still, I will add some more around here, is your hand fine?"
"yes, it all fell on my chest" there was a minute of silence, I kept staring at him while he kindly rubbed the cream against my skin, seeing him this close felt so strange, his little pointy nose, his thin pinkish lips and mostly his small ears, after starring at them for a while, I suddenly got the urge to touch them and I almost did (A/N try to actually imagine them like that ^^)
"Ehem!" suddenly I heard an unfamiliar voice coming from my left side close to the door, I slowly glanced to find an old man, an old women and a young man standing there in shock watching us speechless, Gulf quickly stood up facing them
"mom! Dad! Chai!" he looked to himself, to me then back to them
"it's not what you think it is!!!" he said out loud while his family kept staring at us, I was also shocked and froze for a minute facing them in that state
"we are sorry for visiting suddenly, we will come back next time" his mother said
"nononono! Wait, I swear it's nothing, he burned himself with the tea and I was applying this cream for him, as for me I just took a bath so you know I like staying like this" he explained looking flustered, I also felt embarrassed being starred like that by them, but why is he so worked up about this? We are both men so it's fine right? We are not doing any bad thing to make him and his family look like that
"it's true, it's just accident" I said backing him off
"wait a second, your 're kind of familiar... ahhh, you're the famous actor, Mew Suppasit right?" The young man said noticing me
"yes, I'm sorry for meeting you like this, I'm the main actor for the drama that... that Gulf is writing right now, I visited him to hear his story about his trip to Italy and Learn more about the inspector" I explained feeling a little weird saying the author name's out loud
"oh my, son why didn't you mention that you are working with him?" his mother asked
"I forgot, sorry, now come in, I will go wear my clothes and come back, euh... P' Mew, I just finished applying the cream so stay like this until it dries and I will bring you a new shirt" I felt even more weird hearing him say my name.
"ah no it's fine, bring me a shirt now, I should leave"
"huh? But we didn't talk about the inspector at all"
"your family is here, I will visit next time"
"won't be hard considering your full schedule?"
"I can make time"
"wait, Mew, it's fine you can stay today, we are going to stay over anyway, besides you do look hurt so let the cream dry" his father said walking closer
"but I don't want to bother you during your family time"
"we can have our family time tomorrow, work come first"
"you also must stay for dinner, you are my son's guest after all" his mother said
"we are already lucky for meeting you in person so stay here alright?" Chai finished
"Gulf, go wear your clothes and come here to start telling him your story, we will take care of dinner"
"but father you are all tired from travelling all the way here, I will cook and tell P' Mew at the same time, he won't mind joining me in the kitchen"
"of course I don't"
"we are not tired so do your job and let us do ours besides I already brought some cooked dishes" his mother said taking off her coat and getting in the kitchen followed by her other son while his father took their baggage inside the rooms, Gulf gave up and went to his room to change while I sat down feeling so awkward
"Mew, son, is there anything you don't eat?" I quickly turned around standing up
"no, Mrs. Kanawut, I can eat anything"
"so you're not a picky eater, that's great unlike my two sons, btw, you don't have to be so tense and formal please fell comfortable and call me aunty"
"thank you aunty"
"mom, I'm not a picky eater too, I only hate onions and broccoli"
"yes, and you hate boiled eggs and cooked carrot and you always try to avoid peas, the same for your brother who hates cucumbers and cauliflower and keep avoiding any type of sea fish and especially hate celery" she stated making me giggle while her son was pouting
"everyone has something he hates, I'm sure even Mew has smth he doesn't like" the father came joining us
"I'm really not a picky eater, but if I have to make a list sour things will be the last ones"
"oh, I also can't handle sour things although my wife loves them a lot"
"everyone has smth they love"
"come on take a sit Mew" his father said as I slowly sat down, I'm a little surprised by how they are behaving in front of me, they are talking and acting normally as if I'm a normal guest, no not just a guest but as if I'm already a part of their family which made me relaxed and a little cozy, Gulf came back and sat in front of me
"so where did we stop last time?"
"umm... oh the accident on your way to the airport"
"ah, yes, that mafia group actually send two motorcycle and crossed the car path so suddenly making the police driver hit the brakes abruptly that made the car lose control and stray from the street hitting a pole so hard, of course I lost my consciousness and the next thing I found myself tied with a rope to a pipe in a basement, the same one I told you about during your audition, it was a little dark large basement, two flickering light bulbs, hanged rusty chain, some trash on the far corner on my left, flies buzzing around and the clear sound of water droplets falling slowly from a roof pipe near me echoing around" he described the terrifying place while everyone went silent, I'm sure his family is feeling restless hearing this
"and then you were saved by the inspector right?"
"why are you rushing? Didn't you say you want to hear all the details"
"I did but..." I averted my eyes not knowing what to say, understanding me he smiled
"don't worry, my family already heard the complete story before too so they are fine"
"it's true Mew, we already heard it before besides our son is safe sitting with us right now and that's what matters" his mother said
"don't hold back for our sake, keep going Gulf" his father added as his son nodded
"at first I was dizzy and it was hard for me to see, when my eyes finally got used to the dark and flickering light I noticed that I wasn't alone, there was the little from before also tied to a pipe facing me, he was unconscious"
"the boy who was searching for his dog?"
"yes, I got worried about him and started untying the rope by biting it and moving around yet the rope was so think and tight around my wrists, so I called out to the boy with a quiet voice, 10 minutes later he finally regained his consciousness, I was waiting for him to freak out and start yelling and crying like any normal kid but he didn't, he looked afraid but was calm staring at me"
"that's weird" I said making him nod
"that's what I thought too, I asked him why he was there and he confessed that he was following me after noticing that I was stalked and that he was close by to the accident place and he was taken when the one of the bad guys saw him, he was worried about me and learned from his police father that he can save people if he follow them and then call the police but he failed to ran away this time and got caught with me, I was so astonished hearing him, he was only 9 years old and he quickly saw that I was stalked while I only noticed that thanks to the pictures I was taking"
"you are always naïve and inattentive P' Gulf, I hope you became more aware of your surroundings after that trip" Chai said as I was holding myself from laugher
"yes, yes of course"
"yeah right, you obviously still the same and will never change" everyone giggled as I gave up and laughed with them while he pouted almost glaring at his brother
"whatever... anyway, that boy used the edge of a broken iron next to him and cut the rope then helped untying me, he looked around to an exit but the door was locked and the windows were blocked by wood planks and small for me to go through that's why I used all my strength to pull some planks and helped the little boy out, he promised to bring help and ran away while I kept searching for a weapon to defend myself with"
"I forgot to ask smth, how come the boy can understand English?"
"I was puzzled by that too but I found out later that he is half American, half Italian so he mastered both languages"
"lucky you"
"absolutely, well I used the iron bar as a weapon and then got the idea of hiding behind the mountain of trash in the corner of the room, the smell was terrible but it was my only way to survive and I'm glad I did, sometime later, two man came storming into the room with their guns and as soon as they entered they started shooting the spot where I and the boy were tied, I was trembling since it was my first time seeing and hearing gun shooting so close yet I kept dead silent watching them for the small gap between the trash, when they noticed that we were gone, they started yelling and looking around, when they noticed the window open they rushed outside not bothering to search anymore, I stayed there until I was unable to hear any close voice and slowly sneaked out of that room, once I got out of there, there was a long hall, on my left was a dead end with 3 more rooms and to my right was another 2 rooms and a long stairs that led upstairs"
"of course you went upstairs and left the building"
"that was my plan at first but then I decided to hide in one of the other two rooms and wait for the police to come"
"why?"
"because it was the mafia we are talking about, I was sure there was a guard or two standing by upstairs, one of the rooms were empty while the others had so many wooden boxes, I hid in one on the side of the hall to be able to hear the movements outside and can go out when I hear the police"
"that was a smart plan indeed" suddenly his brother started laughing
"yeah, so smart that he almost ended up in a worst trouble"
"Chai! It was the only thing I could think of at that time, I didn't know that would happen"
"Chai don't laugh at your brother, he was trying his best to survive" his mother said
"he just forget to check the contains of the wooden boxes that's all" his father said making them all laugh again while I was confused
"you can continue talking later, come on dinner is ready, start preparing the table" his mother said as we all stood up, I was so curious to know what happened next, I did read the book but he modified this part since he used a sniper character instead of himself, I can't wait to hear the rest.
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A cute accident with Gulf's family ^^
What will happen next time?
Keep reading to find out ;)