3Kings : Jakkapad [English Translation]

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Translator – Subhii

The thin eyelids of the injured person were droopy as if the person was sleeping while dreaming of something. Many times he pretended to open my eyes but after a while, it became calm once again. Jakkapad could not tell if it was a good dream to let the little kid sleep or a nightmare to wake him up. So he could only intervene by stretching his hand and gently touched his forehead; to see if the other party had a fever or not. Because if there was, he would have to wake up to eat and take medicine but if there wasn't to let him sleep for a little longer, it would be alright.



"Well, No fever," the person who woke up early came to watch the injured person mumbling as he raised his slender hand to his lips. But it seems that the soft, flexible touch in the middle of the palm will make the sleeping person wake up in the end.


"Phi’ Jakk ..."


"Did you wake up?"


Peempad shook his head until his hair was scattered. The beautiful pair of eyes looked quite dazed as they woke up to an unfamiliar place. But knowing that there was someone by his side, all his worries faded. Only doubts were flashing in the eyes.



"Are we still at Ashawin farm?"



Even after seeing Jakkapad's face last night, he couldn't control himself. His body was in pain until he became completely unconscious. But the young man was still reasonably aware of the matter. And of course, he remembered what he said. While thinking about it his face rose in shyness, for speaking like a child who was afraid of being abandoned.



"What's the matter?" Jakkapad touched the white cheek which was still slightly bruised. He also flipped back and forth after seeing Peempad’s strange expression. Not only was he completely red, but he also kept dodging. He was worried as he had forgotten that he had seen this kind of attitude often. Until the moment the thin hand touched his arm, it seemed to tell him to stop. The consciousness that had almost faded due to his anxiety returned.



"Phi’ Jakk last night ..." Peem's mouth tightened up to a straight line as if wanting to speak, but didn't want to speak in that place. Jakkapad looked at that expression but frowned, being unable to understand. But when he heard the next sentence, a humorous smile appeared on his face, "Peem said."



"Which story?"



"Well ...Peem said he was a bad boy," replied Peempad while mumbling. The voice was so quiet, he seemed to be talking to himself rather than letting someone else hear it.



"Oh ... I think there was another story."



This time the sick person had big eyes and almost sprang out of bed to shake the person who was talking. He was trapped in a lot of body pain and was without strength. In the end, only the gaze of the eyes was stressful.



"What else did Peem say!"



Except for saying that he is a bad boy he is also afraid of Phi’ Jakk being angry. Peempad could not remember what he said again. Because the image in his eyes had been cut off since he had finished speaking. He couldn't imagine what he might have slipped out accidentally.



"It's not a big deal."



Just confessed his love ...



"Phi’ Jakk!"



“Let's talk about bad kids, shall we?” Jakkapad cut it short because he didn't want the injured one to think too much. And because there were still things that needed to be discussed with Peempad to understand each other beforehand. Another thing was... to say it honestly the little boy might get embarrassed and refuse to talk to him again. So he picked up the bad kid's topic to divert his attention. "Phi’ will ask and Peem has to answer honestly, okay?"


Peempad looked like he was reluctant but nodded and tried to sit up to facilitate the conversation, with the help of Jakkapad on his side.



"Phi’ Jakk, what are you going to ask?"



"First of all... Peem, tell me about what happened yesterday to me."



“Peem went to water the plants in the rose house ...” The beautiful eyes dimmed a little when he remembered that the last sight he saw at that time was his blue rose falling on the ground and being trampled on.



Peempad started telling Jakkapad everything without skipping a single thing. Although there were some secret glances at the person who was acting calmly with a little worry when talking about what he did to Mintra to escape. But he continued to tell until the end.



"Peem is a bad boy, right?" He ended up asking the same question.



"Why did you say that?" Jakkapad lifted the chin of the one who was bowing to look into his eyes again before asking. "Tell me, what is Peem thinking?"



"Err, Peem hurt other people ..." The young man replied with a trembling voice.



"She hurt Peem first."



"Not only that ..." Peempad shook his head. His hand pulled a blanket to cover his face. Only his eyes were staring indecisively at the person beside him. "Peem did not even feel guilty. There was no hesitation. Then he also thought that ... if he had to hurt her more so that Phi’ Jakk would not go anywhere, he would do it too."



"…"


"Actually, Peem thought of many things. When I came to know new things I also thought that I would contact Tee and ask for help. I thought about how to get rid of her and not even letting Phi’ Jakk get hurt."



"Hmm... Did you have plans to help Phi’ too?"



"Well ... I think I will at least hire a bodyguard to watch quietly and not let Phi’ Jakk know. If you come in to find me, you will be arrested and sent to the police." Peem confessed and then rolled his eyes downward. “I mean actually I’ve contacted them already. But he will send someone the next day.”



"Huh." Jakkapad didn't know whether to smile or laugh first when he heard it. In the end, it turned into a hissing sound in the throat; then the red-faced turned around and stared at it.



"Don't laugh at it ... it's only possible for Peem to help this way." As someone with no power, what could I do aside from spending money to solve problems?


"Pretty good."


"If you say that Peem is a bad boy, just say it. Peem isn't the way Phi' Jakk thinks, isn’t it?"




Actually, I am worried about this... Can I say that I think the same or not?



“Phi’ only thought that Peem is just Peem. So it doesn't matter whichever kind he is,” he replied honestly because he didn't want the little one to overthink, "A child, a stubborn child, a bad child; whichever kind it is he will be Phi’s Peem, right?"



Peempad slowly emerged from the pile of blankets. His eyes seemed to be asking if it's true; over and over again. How can a person look this lovingly? After being conscious once again, he reached out and pinched his nose with fangs.



"Phi’ is happy that Peem is trying to do everything for Phi. Thank you na~."



As for the matter of doing something bad with Mintra; apart from not being angry with him Jakkapad also wanted to thank him for helping him to do the things he could not. Probably it was because of the mother-son status. No matter how much he wanted to kill her to death, he couldn't do it anyway.



"Peem is willing." Upon hearing the sound of the young man repeating, he pulled the thin shoulder loosely to hug him. Then he lowered his head to speak gently beside the other ear.



"Phi’ is also afraid of Peem getting disappointed."





Peempad did not understand what Jakkapad's words meant until he had seen it with his own eyes. The clear figure even staggered slightly after seeing the image in front of him. The images of the people who attacked him were bound to a tree with their heads hanging in such a fully damaged and blooded state that he wasn’t able to look at it.



“Phi’… Phi’ Jakk”, the young man swayed his hand to the side, calling for the owner of the name without his eyesight being able to depart from the image of those people. But when the person on the side had already grabbed his hand the tremors of his body softened.



"Phi’ will not hide from Peem."



"Phi’ Jakk..."



"Phi’ is the one to order it." Jakkapad slightly wrinkled his hand when he finished speaking as if to allow his little boy to pull his hand back at any time. But apart from the force that was holding his hand becoming tighter Peempad did not move anywhere.



"They didn't die ... right?"



"No, just injured to recall only."



It was the charges for daring to touch his people...



Jakkapad knew very well that even how brave Peempad was, how sensible he was but still, he was a good ordinary person. When he was kidnapped, there was no way he was not afraid. This kid was just hiding his fears as deep as possible waiting for them to explode. And the time he said was the time when he held his body to hug to soothe him. All the negative emotions that passed through then let the young man know how much hurt his little boy was. It was not just the body but also the mind. Half of Gray's subordinates are the trusted people he helped bring. Even if Gray didn't order those people would agree to help him; if it did not affect his boss anyway, a simple command like giving back or remembering to death was not even a bit difficult.



"And then ... how about Phi's mother, krub?"



"I think that her condition is unable to be looked at anyway, just tied her up in the house." He explained in a low tone yet showing quite a lot of contentment. There was no need to ask, Peempad knew who it was caused by.



Inside the same house where a young man was held, there was a figure of a once beautiful woman strapped to a chair. The sweet face that used to be arrogant was now covered with dried-up blood. The cause was most likely from a wound around her head. There was also a prominent purple bruise on the neck area. When counted along with the wounds on the body, they were almost as messy as the ones on the outside.



"Bastard ..." despite how hoarse the voice was, Mintra still forcibly spoke until the end of that word. The red and bruised eyes fixed onto the tall, tall figure of a person on the wheelchair who remained silent and unresponsive. But then the person who argued instead was the owner of a figure that had just looked at her with pity.



"Do not say that to Phi’ Jakk.."



"Huh ... he was brainwashed." She stretched out with a smile that hurt all over her face. It was as if I hadn't pulled the mask out, she would die with a grudge and her eyes would not sleep. "Do you know... what he has done?"


"I don't care," Peempad replied harshly. He showed his stand clearly but the woman in front continued to speak as if she hadn't heard his words.



“He used to train a poor person to death because he could not work as he wanted. He fired someone from their job because of poor cleaning. Deceived me into doing gambling until I became involved in illegal business and then he swayed his head sideways saying he didn't know about it! When Gray wanted to destroy the company, I had to ask for help and thus proposed a deal. He even collected evidence to use it to threaten me! That damn boy had told me it was you who planned to spread the news that he wanted to build an underground casino until I got stuck! You're so bad! Bastard! I shouldn't have let you be born ... I shouldn't have.” From shouting so loudly that it was almost silent, she became one to bow and sob like a heavily-grieving person.



Peempad did not know what to say, so he turned to Jakkapad to ask if it was true. The smooth, emotionless face of the important person made him quite scared. But when he became aware of his gaze, the young man turned to him and raised a gentle smile.



"Did you see that Phi’ is not a good person?"



The hands that held each other tightly at first now dropped next to their bodies as if there was a thin line between them. Jakkapad did not move a bit. He was determined that if the little boy was going, he would not stop him. If the warmth of his body made his consciousness return, the sharp eyes shining happily were willing to fall asleep. The guard raised his arms to hug him in response to the person who came to hug him from the front.



"Let's go home."



"Good boy ... Let Phi’ say something to that person first." He rubbed his forehead Before pushing the wheelchair forward when Peempad had taken a step back and stood at the back.



"What ..." Mintra looked up at his real son whom she hated with two red eyes when she saw the wheelchairs sliding down in front of her. She thought that when meeting those eyes he would be ridiculous and sarcastic at how she had made a mistake until it turned out to be like this. But then when she saw how smooth and still the look in his eyes was, the angry heart burnt even more. "Don't look at me like that! Stop looking at me now!"




"When I told you that if I left, I would forget everything..." Jakkapad said in an indifferent tone ignoring his mother's furious attitude. "I was telling the truth."




He wasn't being deceitful and didn't want to lure her into a trap to deceive her. At that time, he was only interested in the safety of Peempad. If his mother would have retreated, he would have truly stopped everything as he had said earlier. So, that's why we had really reduced the job of vigilance, so that after seeing that she would take the people out.




“As for everything you have said, I admit that I really do. We know each other well. You don't have to pretend. But the matter of your involvement in illegal business, you did it yourself. I have never been involved in underground matters.” There was no need to deny anything because Jakkapad really did trick her into gambling. At that time, he wanted her to be so busy with other things that she would not have any time to pay attention to all of his plans. And Mintra's friend, who is already a gambling addict; to him, Mintra was a good target. Just by handing out some money that party will agree to do everything, even taking a friend to lose. But who would have thought that the woman would get involved in underground affairs so deep until she couldn't even withdraw?



"It's your fault."



"I was just being careful… thinking of using the underground story with the gimmicky evidence Gray had to threaten you so you don't interfere with my path. Because after all, you are a mother. The story was done as a child; at that time I hadn't thought about it. In fact, thank you for making me this tough. Another thing... you're not terrifying enough to scare me away."



“You…” Mintra gritted her teeth when he saw the unhappiness of the person in front of him. She just came to understand today that the real child had never even seen her as an enemy, even though she had always thought that she was standing there because she was still able to control and manipulate him.



It was actually that he didn't care about her, even a little bit. There was no value to get rid of.



"Maybe I got this narcissism from you. So when I lost my leg, I lost my mind that much. The words you repeated are useless, they resonate in my brain like re-playing a tape. Do you know that it was the cold-blooded smile that brought me back and reminded me of the past?"



Being beaten up, getting hurt, being imprisoned; all kinds of bad things that he thought he would not care about came back to haunt him until he had to sleep in a nightmare.



"I realized at that time that I never forgot about all those bad things. I merely was hit by the money and the power that you and stepfather instilled in my head and piled it up until it completely obscured me. If I did not have an accident until I lost his leg and I had not come back here, perhaps I have become an unconscious demon." The young man sneered as if to ridicule both himself and the hurt person. "It was because I had returned to my senses, for that I must be thankful to you as well."



"…"



"As soon as your goodness and evilness conflict with each other and then I concluded with myself that I will not do anything more than this with you. But I will give you appropriate liability."



"I hate you," the young woman continued to look at her son with angry eyes. Her heart still blamed him for everything.



"I don't hate you."



“…” Looked like one of Mintra's despised eyes were showing signs of resentment. But then it faded quickly.



"But I didn't love ... and never loved you"



It will be like that forever ...



Peempad who had been listening from the back for a long time walked over and helped push the wheelchair out when he saw Jakkapad turn around and nod his head. They went outside where Gray's peers were sweeping the people by strapping them on the floor. The two young friends looked at each other for a moment, as if they were communicating with each other through the eyes. In the end, Gray nodded.



"I'll deal with it myself."



"Thank you."



They just knew that Jakkapad had changed. But the word ‘Thank you’; hearing it might be difficult to get used to...



If it was a normal time Peempad would've always driven by himself and helped to support his own Phi' Jakk in the car first. But only this time, he felt strange when he had to help the person sitting in the wheelchair get in the car first. If he had to accept honestly he must say that it still hurt, especially the feet which were stepped on the barbed wire. But it was not so much that it was unbearable. So he couldn't help but feel embarrassed when he couldn't take control.



"Get in the car by yourself. You're used to it."



"Usual." Jakkapad gathered a dim smile as he turned to rub the head of the person being teased lightly. Then he supported himself to get into the car by himself.




The atmosphere in the car was not that peaceful although this time, there was a person(*worker) of his father to drive the car. Peempad bid farewell to Wiboon who left for work in the early morning after the party said he had to fly back to talk about the next job. He also stressed that the worker must help drive the car if he was not recovered. He did not know how to refuse because Phi' Jakk was pressing on the side. In the end, he could only accept although he was not used to having people drive a car.



"Peem…"



"Yes?" Peempad turned around to answer almost as soon as he heard the caller by his side. He didn't know when he captured the feelings of Phi' Jakk. As for now, he knew that there were many uncertain parts in that tone of voice.



"Are you not afraid of Phi'?"



The audience blinked repeatedly. He didn't seem to understand the question. But it was not long before he realized that the other person was referring to what happened a while ago and then he laughed out loud.



"Peem only thinks that Phi' Jakk is Phi' Jakk. So it doesn't matter what type he is."



"Is this copying Phi's words?" Jakkapad asked, smiling. He wanted to squeeze the speaker's cheek but he was afraid that Peem would get bruised. So he pulled his slender hand to hold it and shake it around with despise instead.




"Well, we were worried as well. So the answer came out too," Peempad replied, laughing. His lips smiled so wide until he didn't know how wide they were. "Now, Peem's turn to explain something."



"Huh."



"Peem admits that he was probably scared when he saw them hanging their heads in a flood of blood. But Peem was afraid because he saw them not because of Phi' Jakk at all. And even if whatever happened to Phi' Jakk in the past, Peem doesn't care about it. To be honest ... It rather feels nice as well that Phi' Jakk is good with Peem only. So you don't have to waste time sitting in jealousy." In the last sentence, he whispered it as if he was afraid that the driver would hear it. "Peem is not a good person. Phi' Jakk is also not a good person. Now we can be together." [*MY HEARTTT!! ಥ_ಥ - Subhii]




Jakkapad chuckled in response, not knowing how to describe his feelings at this time. Because besides being relieved, there was also a feeling of emotion that he never experienced before.




"Phi' Jakk has another question he would like to ask."




“Um,” he nodded, lightly pinched his slender hand, and then began to continue.




"Phi' Jakk... you're really okay with the matter with your mother, right?" I just wanted to be sure. I don't want you to be stressed alone anymore. The young man looked at the sharp face, stunned to hold notice. As long as there was a flinch in those eyes, he would know it immediately but Jakkapad just shook his head. There was no sign of trembling in those eyes as they uttered the words.



"It is the best like this."



It was an answer that was not the same as the answer. But it became so clear that it could erase all the remaining questions from Peempad's heart.



Not like it was okay or not okay if the thing to do is the thing that is chosen and that was the best for all. How is it bound? How to be a mother then? For Jakkapad, Mintra was just the one who gave birth. For Mintra, Jakkapad was just a puppet. Between them, there was no love, concern, or good feelings to offer each other from the beginning. All that was left was only a trace of the relationship between the mother and son that was completely dim now.




"Don't worry about it." Though being with Peempad makes him more gentle it was not enough to be able to spread out to everyone. "She's not important enough to make you think too much."



"Ugh."



"What about the security team that you tried to hire?" Jakkapad changed the story because he didn't want the little boy to pay much attention to Mintra. Even though Peempad is strong, he was still afraid that the other person would go back to remember the bad times.




"Called to cancel it successfully."




"Well, I trusted Gray's people more. Let them stay with us for a while."



"Okay."



When the car arrived at a familiar place once again, Peempad sighed in relief. He couldn't help but think that he finally returned home even though he was actually less than twenty-four hours away from home. The story of how it happened might be tough enough for someone who has never experienced such horrific events. But with just one moment of thought, the young man decided to leave it behind. Because after all, Phi' Jakk is still here. He didn't disappear in the way that he thought or feared.




"Phi' Jakk?" The smaller person called in a puzzled voice when his arm was held up as he was about to open the car door. Jakkapad did not immediately answer the question. But he turned to signal the driver to leave first. When only the two of them were left, he turned to face him with a smile.




"Come here."



"What?"



"Come here," the man said, opening his arms wide. Both of his hands were wagging frequently.



"Pa... Phi' Jakk."



Peempad, who had no resistance to the man named Jakkapad at all moved back. His face turned red, almost as soon as he understood the meaning of 'Come here' from the other person.




"Peem."



"Yes ..."



"Come and give Phi' a hug." The person was trying to hug while still moving his hands back and forth. He seemed to be leaning in more and more, little at a time without letting the shy child notice.



"Phi' Jakk is trying to kill Peem again?" Peempad moved himself until he was close to the car door. His lips tightened together as if wanting to hold back his emotions and his heart pounding about to explode. Even without hugging him yet, he didn't have to say how big a hug he was going to get.



"Yesterday we hugged and this morning too."



"Not the same!" The mind was focused on other matters. It could be called being unaware and then being hugged. Because of that, it is not very embarrassing, like that time when asking each other.




"Why are you so stubborn?" Jakkapad muttered softly. Before relying on the moment that the other person frowned, he gathered the transparent body into his arms. At this moment, he didn't care if the little boy was so tense that he lost his breath. Because the body was warm with a unique fragrance, it pulled all of his consciousness away.



"Phi' Jakk ..." Peempad wanted to push the cause of his pounding heart until he seemed to have lost his breath. But because he did not dare to hurt Phi' Jakk at all, so he got tortured in that strong-arm instead.




But ... pushing him will count as hurting him or not?




"Stop being stubborn and hug me back." [* ≧(´▽｀)≦ - subhii]




Wait a moment, can I order like this? Is it OK?... The two arms, is it his or Phi' Jakk's? Once when he realized, he just hugged him as instructed.




"Phi' Jakk is teasing Peem."




Jakkapad laughed at the sound of a gentle voice from the man who hid his face to his own chest. He didn't consider himself to be feigning it but chose to gently pat the kid and then rocked back and forth instead.




"Good boy."




"Don't say that," the more he said it, the more his voice disappeared. Peempad hugged him back tightly and then ducked his face down to a firm chest. In any case, he will never let Phi' Jakk see his own face now.




When the atmosphere returned to silence again because the parties refused to say anything, Peempad began to relax and slowly closed his eyes to absorb the warmth now. If not counting the excruciating symptoms of a heart that seemed to be exploding he must admit that Phi' Jakk's embrace feels really good. Because it was both warm and safe making it possible to forget everything, whether good or bad; as if it was an embrace that helped to pass many feelings to each other.




"They stepped on all of the roses," the little boy began to sue the matter he had in mind.



"They will gradually grow again."



"Peem has cared for it for a long time. I wanted Phi' Jakk to come to see the beautiful flower. "



"You already have your rose," the consoler rocked himself, tightening his arms to show him who the rose meant. [*KYAAAA (❁´▽'❁)*✲ﾟ* - Subhii]


"Huh."


"Peem…"



"Yes."



Jakkapad lifted himself slightly before pressing a light kiss on the round forehead. Without waiting for Peempad to panic, he quickly pulled him back and hugged him. A mumbling murmur came from a stupid little boy. But at this moment, the young man did not care. He lowered his head until his breath was close to his red ears. He could not recognize although the person in his embrace was startled and tried to retreat.



"Thank you for coming back to this safety zone."



Thank you very much ...
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TALK: Phi' Jakk is the kindest and doing it right too, leaving it to be a matter of the law. The rest is up to you, Gray. If he did accordingly until he was paired with Pramuk, it might be mentioned. But for this part, let Phi' Jakk be happier. He has suffered a lot.