Mate by chao Planoy

Chapter 1 I sat in one of the few luxurious cars that existed in the country. But instead of feeling great, I felt uncomfortable with the owner who now boasted about how rich and wealthy he was when he started to work. If he could he, he would show me his bank book. “Na, you're very good at making money. You're still young but you have so much money”. I replied showing without any feeling even when i felt so annoyed. What was i thinking? I should followed my instinct. I should know that i shouldn't give this guy a chance. He has nothing else but his luxurious car. If i have to guess, he must have a shady business that made a lot of money and laundry to them like some celebrities these days. “Do i have enough that you would give me a chance, Genlong?” The driver was quick. I just pretended to admire him and now he touched my leg. I looked at his rough hand with disgust and brushed it out. “You're quick”. “I pursued you in a while now Gen. Why don't you say yes now?” “It has been two weeks. This is the first time i come for dinner. Is this long?” “If you don't like me, why do you get in my car?” Na started to get annoyed but he was calm. I smiled at the corner of my mouth. I felt pathetic toward him. “I wanted to know what will happen next”. “Do you know now?” “You did not pass. Let's go home”. I replied coldly with a don't-care attitude. It seemed like i hurt his ego. He probably never got reject like this before. He was now fussy and turned the wheel to the side of the road. He exploded and hit the steering wheel with his hand. Smack! “I'm not a toy. Are you playing with me?” “Did it hurt?” I looked at him, who tried to be so dramatic. What did he expect from me?Did he want to see me cry? Why was he so angry? I did not understand this kind of person. “You played me! of course, it hurts”. Why was he so stupid? I asked about the steering wheel, not about other stuff.” “When did i play you? Did i ever give you false hope? You invited me out for dinner. Here I am. Now I'm telling you that it didn't work. That's it”. “No one ever did this to me”. “Because those girls could be bought”. I smiled bitterly. I might hit on the spot. Now he looked at me angrily. “Don't you get in my car because i have money too?” “Na!” I sighed with tiredness. “I couldn't dat a beggar. Yes, you have money but in a bigger picture, you're not in my league. You wouldn't pass”. “Do you know who i am?!” All of sudden the guy had amnesia. These new rich men who recently made money from a shady business for 3-5 years, were always hot-tempered. They never had to wait. When they were annoyed, they liked to boasted who they were and how big they were. But it was not their lucky day, they had to deal with me today. “Yes, i knew you have some big connection but do you know what....” I looked at the owner of the car and smiled “Do you know who my father is?” “.........” “If you did not know, someone will introduce themselves at your house today. So you will know me better. Even a son of minister couldn't annoy me this much”. We both stared at each other for a long time, like we were fighting. I caught him nervously diverting his eyes. He wouldn't want to do this”. “I.... I'm sorry”. “Keep your sorry and drop me off at a mall. And stay away from me from now on. I wouldn't let it go, again if this happens”. He finally dropped me off at the mall and drove off. He did not even make eye contact. I wasted my time with something nonsense but at least i got rid of something useless in my life. It wasn't totally waste of time. So he wasn't the one for me. I decided to have a date with Na today because I wanted to proved something that my fortune-teller friend said to me. I had been waiting for two weeks and last night was finally my queue. My friend who was my close friend, chubby and also a famous fortune teller. Fortune teller Pan. I called my chubby tomboy friend. She could read Gypsy card, telephone number, and house registration number. She was good at reading other people's horoscopes, except herself. Girls always dumped her. No, I won't talk about my friend's private life. I wanted to talk about my fortune that shes read. I wasted 500 baht on her and the answer was.... . “You are about to meet your soulmate. She is a girl”. I complained so much to her after i heard that. I did not believe anything she said, even though she was my friend. That's nonsense. I, Genlong, could never date a woman. A silly fortune teller! I was born perfect. If i died wasting myself with breasts, nlt with the p***s how the underworld would react to that! God did not make me with that mistake! I wouldn't give her any review, or comment. She should go fool celebrities, ministers, or someone who would believe her. I wasted my 500 baht and that was it. I shook the idea out of my head. I had many fan things to do today. I had an appointment with my old friends from elementary school. A friend whom i hadn't met for 10 years. I was surprised with myself that I was excited to see her. I might still feel guilty from the look in her eyes from the day when i said it to her face. “leave me alone. You gave me lice”. Her tears and her sadness were still in my mind. It was something so small but i felt so guilty. I did not feel guilty now but i never forgot that. I never forgot that I felt obligated to come out today to see her. I was 2 hours early before the appointment time. I walked around inside a mall with nothing to do. But it was alright. It was better than go out with a loser man. I spent time shopping and bought a bit of clothes that I wasn't sure I would wear them. People always looked at me that would make me feel uncomfortable. I grabbed a sunglasses in my bag and wore them inside a mall. I hate the looks when people stared at me. Even it was a stare from admiration, I still did not like it. I loved my privacy. I did not like anyone look at me or to be near me. If I loved to be in a spotlight, I would be in an entertainment business by now. The sunglasses helped me hind myself a bit, at least people did not know what i was thinking. While I was on an escalator, I met a pair of eyes who rudely stared at me. I paused and make eye contact with sunglasses, to let her know that i knew she was looking ate me. Weird, she did not give up. Should i pick a fight with her? A sweet looking face girl, wore a square eyeglasses with a pony tail, old shirt but wasn't dirty, look at me curiously, too curiously and it made me feel uncomfortable. “Is everything okay?” “Beautiful” Stun... She looked at me admiringly. I meant to be mean to her but now I was shy. I couldn't mean toward people who admired me. “Thank you” I smiled and did not complain. “Excuse me then”. “You are beautiful like before”. “Yes?” I paused when I was to turn around and walk away. The sweet-face girl smiled at me as if she knew me for a long time. “It's me Gen.... Aeoy” “........” “The friend who maid you cut your hair because she gave you lice”. I did not know why I was so excited to see my old friend. We were apart for so long that there was an awkward feeling about it. But if we weren't close. I won't out like this. I was happy to see her “Aoey”. My elementary school friend who looked mostly the same cute, except her glasses and her hair that now was longer. Her face structure change because she was older. Her face, eyes, nose, mouth, looked better than when she was young but nothing prominent about her. Why was that? There was something that I couldn't pinpoint. “We haven't met for morethan ten years. I thought you wouldn't want to see me”. Aoey said while we sat at the pizza shop. We did not know where to go. Pizza seemed easy. “Yes, it has been a while. How are you?” I noticed that she paused a bit but smiled to me anyway. “I'm fine”. She nodded. I looked to her bag that seemed to be stuff with clothes. “Did you just come from northeast?” “Yes. I planned to come into Bangkok and stay with my relatives”. “I see”. I did not know if I should ask her anymore questions. I was not good at chitchat. “Where do you study now?” “I took a second entrance exam but I did not get in a government university. So now I will study in a private university. That's good because now I have a more time work, earn a bit of money”. I felt guilty guilty when she said she had to work for money. I never had to do anything like that since I was born. My parents gave me all the money I needed. I felt cheated on everyone who had to work harder in this world. “What about you Gen? Where do you study now?” “I passed the exam, now in the university. My life is pretty normal”. “Do you have a boyfriend?” “No”. “Come on”. She said in disbelief. “Is there any good-looking that are still single?” “Me! I don't have a boyfriend”. “Why not?” “I never met anyone who get me”. I said to her frankly and looked her in the eyes. She looked at me considering. “I don't know how to explain. I never met anyone who get me, who can make me feel sensitive”. “Wow, you don't look like someone with that emotion”. “Her sweet laugh under that square eye-glasses made me laugh too. She gave full attention to whom she was speaking to. She made another person feel good. While when we talke, Aoey took off her glasses and wiped her face with a tissue. I looked at her admiringly. My heart skipped a beat when she looked at me with her light brown eyes. My heart throbbed. Throbbed. There was something in that second that i quickly grabbed my heart and squeeze it tight. It was not pain but I did not know what it was. The beautiful eyes was surprised to see me like that. “Are you okay, Gen?” “I....I don't know”. I turned my face the other way. What happened to me! That was crazy! “I have a pain in my heart”. “That is dangerous. I read it somewhere on the internet. You should visit a doctor”. “Aoey, put your glass on”. “What?” “Put it on”. Aoey puzzled before putting her glasses back on. That made me calm down a bit. We caught up a bit more like an old friend. We reminded each other about funny memory when I stopped seeing her as a friend because I got a lice. We laugh together. “I was so sad then. I cried myself to sleep because you hated me”. “I'm sorry. I wasn't a good kid. I still remembered that”. “I forgave you because you see me again today. Now we are back on the same track”. “Yes”. After a while, it was time to say goodbye...I did not drive today, so i had to call a taxi. But today I did not want to separate with this beautiful eye. So i invited her to share a cab. I volunteered to drop her at her relative's house first. But..... I saw some hesitation in her look. Her face was full of worried, even though it was a slight concern on her face, I still spotted that. “Is everything okay?” “No,nothing. Let's go”. I knew something was wrong but i did not want to press her too much. When I ask her the direction, she sounded so confused. She couldn't explain the direction and finally she said. “Soi Rangnam”. Taxi took as there which was not too far to the mall we were at. Once arrived, I offered to walk her home but she refused immediately. “No, that's okay. I can go from here. Please go, Gen. You will need to find another taxi if you let this one go. “I'll call you later”. “ok”. I replied and let her did what she wanted. I did not believe her because it was obvious that she did something from me. But it was not my place. No it was not....my place. Something or maybe my guilt for blaming her for giving me a lice, I paid taxi fare ang got out of the taxi. I walked back to where she was drop off. She stood there at the same place looked worry. Her lip shut tight. She tensed about something. I guess I know now. Was I a social worker? "Aoey” I called out to her. She spooked and turned around look at me. “I don't feel right leaving you here alone. You don't have anywhere to go, right?” I said. I think i figured out a while ago when we were in the car, But I did not care, until now. “N...No”. “Do you still have a lice?” The beautiful-eye girl shook her head. “No”. “Then, you pass my evaluation. You can sleep at my place”. “But...” “That's it”. I cut the conversation and walked a head, sort of force her to follow me. Damn it! Since when I was such a good person. Well, it was a pay back when I blamed her for giving me a lice.