3Kings : Jakkapad [English Translation]

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TL/PR - Subhii

When he was away from someone important Jakkapad thought of the early days. Probably he missed until he couldn't do anything. After that, he should start getting used to it by itself. Even if he didn't lose his thoughts, those emotions would have softened some of them. He doesn't have to suffer as much as in the beginning but until when? …He despised the word *Miss* too much. Because anyway it will not get any better. Day by day, the symptoms were getting more and more severe. It became so hard that sometimes he has to sit and stare at the phone for hours, wanting to have a call coming in. And it was inevitable that the same person always knew when to interrupt the rhythm.





"Do you miss that path again?"




"…"




"As they say, Uncle… I also miss the kid." The blue-eyed young man shrugged his shoulders and complained in Thai. But at least he got the attention of the person sitting stunned with the phone for thirty minutes.






"Stop speaking Thai. It's a headache," Jakkapad said in French. He furrowed his eyebrows, reprimanded his friend for a moment, and then continued to bow down to look at the phone.






"Okay." Gray gave up his hand but was still unable to put his face in because he wanted to know what his friend was looking at. Then he got the answer when he saw a secret photo of a man appearing on screen. "I miss you so much."




"…"




"It's not strange. This was over a month ago."






That's right ... It's been a month since we haven't seen each other. Although I talked on the phone most of the days, it didn't help me think anything less.






"How is it about that child?" Jakkapad put up the phone and asked him about the job.






"Still adjusting. It's good that your stepfather has handled everything entirely already," said the young man simply before glancing at his friend with a slightly more serious expression. "King ... are you sure you want to take it like this? I can help if you need anything, that is my own right to return."






The listener sighed, despite being grateful for the help a friend tried to give. But playing and asking each other every day, it seemed like he might want to change my mind like this. Because he knew that if he did that, he would definitely become a bad guy. Or not ... he has to go back to being the same as before.






"Don't talk like you don't know anything, Gray. Whatever that you thought was mine wasn't mine in the first place and you know it.





"But you created it with him."




“I was a piece on his board. Just like he was a piece on my board, ” replied Jakkapad in a smooth voice. He knows best what he was in the days before the accident. For him and his stepfather who have the same personality, both of them look at each other as just a piece on the board that doesn't have any love. He would have been involved from the beginning if there was no accident until the whole situation would have changed. Believe it, Jakkapad would never have allowed a stranger to take everything from him. Even though that child was known as a genuine child of the stepfather, including the owner of everything according to the will. Only this time he has changed …






"I want to finish everything as quickly as possible. I'll be able to go back home."






Returning to Peem ... is the only purpose at this time.






"As you please. So be prepared ... You're going to see the store, aren't you?" Gray stood up, wriggling after seeing the gesture of a friend who is still sitting calmly, he knows that it still confirms the same answer. He let out a light sigh. He had a bit of regret not continuing to do fun things. But let's face it, the kid knows that he is trying to lure his Phi' back to his old self by stealing the treasure from his real heirs. The kid must have been so angry that the smoke had come out of his ears.






“Hmmm,” Jakkapad accepted as he looked out of the window. Hearing Gray walk out of the room, he looked back at the phone again. His mind recalled a conversation with the little boy a few days ago after he told the story of his will.





His stepfather is not a good person. What did the guy want? Jakkapad might not know for sure. But he was confident that the person does not love or hope for him innocently. When he opened his will and realized what was hidden, he understood everything. Jakkapad was a representative to support the emotions of Mintra and the dangers of those around him. The stepfather already has a real child, a boy raised in a foster orphanage. The will clearly stated that the child was the one who had the rights to all of the stepfather's property. The only caveat is that the person will have the right when he reaches twenty years of age. And the time of the opening of wills was last week.






'That's good. Phi' Jakk will not be tired. You don't have to carry anything heavy.' (*T/N - carrying burden)






Those were the words that made Jakkapad smile. He has indeed lost interest in these things. There may be sometimes at first that he feels regretful because of the old memories, thinking of what he had plus there was a burr like Gray beside him. But when receiving a long-distance call, hearing a carefree voice asking if it was cold and murmuring while blaming himself for misplacing his clothes; Only then, those ridiculous regrets would easily go off the head.






Kring Kring (T/N- *Phone ringing tone)





The name displayed on the phone screen made the young man smirked. Because it's been like that for a while now.





[Did Phi' Jakk exercise yet?]




That's it …




"Completed," he said and looked down at both his legs that were not as motionless as before. In fact, after having to deal with many matters here, Jakkapad didn't have much time to spare. Maybe he was even forgetting to worry about himself if not for that someone who kept warning every day.





[Very good.] Another end of the line complimented with satisfaction and quickly transformed to a suspicious tone, as if Jakkapad was an immature child. [What are you going to do today?]





"I'm going to see the new store opening."




[Store?]





“Hmmm, it's a restaurant that Phi' invested in Gray.





[And then like this ...]





"And like this, don't you have to work there? Are you going to ask like that?" The young man chuckled. When silence was given as an answer "There is already someone to handle it. Phi' just waiting to get his share.  Taking time to help the boy Peem to work better."





The cheesy giggles from the end of the line made much of the nostalgia that was already much more abundant than before. Jakkapad smiled. His eyes looked straight ahead aimlessly.





At least ... we're still under the same sky.





[Tired of the rich without actually having to do anything.]





"Is Peem not like that?"





[Not a bit. That's dad's money. There is so little money.] The little boy argued.





"In that case just stay silently, together. Phi' will mentor you."





[This Phi' Jakk! Don't talk like it's easy.]





"It's not that hard."





What was said from Jakkapad's mouth were not unreliable words. If he dared to speak up, it would definitely mean he was sure he could. So even if he pretended to joke with someone, if the little boy answers when it comes up he doesn't expect to change his words. Because he may definitely do it.





"I've become a little thinner. I don't know how to eat food."





[Do not say that to Peem. In the past, Phi' Jakk used to be very thin and weak because he refused to eat either.]





"Dare to argue with you, if you are nearby, will you squeeze that red mouth to keep them tight?" But surprisingly, the other party did not reply in the way he had thought. He only heard a whisper like a murmur, what was he saying to himself alone?





[So... Hurry…]




"Huh."




[Then hurry back! That's it, Peem is going to help father's job.]




"Wait ..."




[Eat rice for every meal. Sleep with a blanket. Exercise and take a rest. Understood? Bye.]





"Is this ok?" Jakkapad glanced at the phone screen that had just been pressed to end. Yet the smile still won't fade away from his face.




Hurry back? ...





You see, I have to hurry and finish the work as soon as possible. Let's say this and who will be able to endure it?





Jakkapad traveled to a restaurant with Gray in the afternoon. The young man looked at the finished shop with a satisfied expression. Every pattern that was in his head was flawlessly created. The luxurious restaurant was in the city's prime commercial district. Just the distinctive spherical appearance could attract the eyes of people who have passed by a lot. If it was actually turned on, there were lights to help. This work that he and Gray have been able to create would be quite successful.





"Take good care according to the plan. Do not let anything go wrong." The blue-eyed man turned to the store manager, who was his employee, very seriously. The playful young guy shook off the spot like the time when he was with friends until it was done.




"Yes."




Gray waved his hand, allowing him to continue to work. The young man turned back to Jakkapad who was sitting on the wheelchair but then had to raise an eyebrow in surprise when he saw a close friend who had never cared about any social media picking up the phone to take a picture of the restaurant with no face





"Take it for Peem." The person stared at the air, as if he was aware, when he had sent the picture to the little boy, turned to Gray. "The shop opens tomorrow, right?"




"Ah…"



"I will ..."



"You! Sir! "



A shout from the back made the two men who were about to get inside the restaurant stop their feet. Gray, who turned to look earlier, emitted a faint sound before stretching and laughing enjoyably while Jakkapad did not change his expression, even though he could see who was running towards him.




"Mr. King!"




This tall, thin, and ordinary-looking boy was the boy who had received a tremendous inheritance a week ago. Behind him, to the one that chased closely was the personal attorney and the secretary of the stepfather who was likely to be commissioned to continue taking care of this child. Jakkapad didn't care much because it was not related to him. Since a month ago, he has managed to settle everything with his stepfather's family. Even that company was being run by the people that were known to have administered it before.





"I don't want these treasures. Can you take it back?" The youth quickly began to speak out of himself, ignoring the person in the background.





"What are you talking about?" Jakkapad was not a gentle person. He will only be kind when he is with Peempad. And it is a pity that at this time the child was not there. So the young man showed a bad side of himself completely, especially those sharp eyes that wavered at the person in front of them as if they were just a pointless item.





"That's it ... I remember last week you were still very excited, right?" Gray, standing beside him, smiled.




"That's ... I ... I don't want to go into the company for those jobs. I don't want to bother with those people who keep staring at each other all the time. You can take it back. I don't want it anymore."





"Get the hell out of here." Jakkapad used only glances in order to make the listener shut up. He didn't care how frightened the youth was or how he trembled. What drew even more attention now was the phone in his hand shaking again. The number that appeared there, weakened his fierce eyes for a moment.





Whenever he was to use the old habit, the young boy had to intervene …






“Listen carefully.” He looked up at the boy who was trembling like a baby bird without answering the phone. "What you received is what your father gave me. It is your pleasure or not, even if you are happy or not, however, it is inevitable. Let's think carefully about how to shrink your head like a turtle and bring people to influence like an animal or to keep the head up, accept it and manage it with your own hands."




"…"




"I am not involved in anything. With your last name, if you still dare to be busy... Don't say you were not warned."





Jakkapad answered the phone as he pushed the wheelchair into the store, ignoring the person behind him again. So Gray shrugged. He approached the red-eyed youth gazing at the person behind him who pretended to be guarding with cold eyes for just a moment, the two of them retreated for good.





"This youngster ..."




"Yes ... krub."




"If there is a chance, just go thank the person who called your Phi'. Otherwise, you would not have received such kind instruction. And let me tell you, you will only have one chance to hear the teachings as his brother. So just keep this in mind."






Gray patted the little man on the shoulder repeating himself before turning around, following his friend inside. Seeing a gentle and smiling face that was completely different from the previous one, only shook his head.






Love... Love ... I can't help but miss the lamb. [T/N - as explained in previous chapters Gray refers to Pramuk here. He calls him *lamb* (๑•﹏•)]






"What's up?" Jakkapad gave out a gentle voice and asked the person who had called him. He didn't seem to be angry even if the other person made a phone call without telling him first and was still considered to be in his office hours.






[Peem saw the picture that Phi' Jakk sent. It is very beautiful. And what is the inside like, on what day will it open? Peem would like to see it and want to go there on a trip, no matter what kind of food you sell ...]





"Questioning like this, how do you want me to answer, huh?"





[…Forget it]




"Huh," the young man laughed in a good mood, every time he heard a clear voice speaking non-stop, "you miss Phi', so you said a lot, right?"





[Narcissistic] the person at the end of the line complained murmuring.





"Well, when we meet each other after a while, I'll tell you everything, OKAY?"





[Okay, sorry for calling too many times while working.] The little boy's sincere remorseful tone made the listener smile more broadly. He couldn't help but think that his habit was first doing the deed and then coming to repent later like a baby. But if he keeps teasing this time, he will probably be hung up on his ears again.





"Peem can call," he only replied.





[Phi' Jakk, don't overdo it. Go to work first.]




"Peem is the same."




[Acknowledge me!]




Him making strong voice made the listener laugh again before laying down. And it's not just this time, because, during the past one month, Peempad has done this every day. Whenever Jakkapad was frustrated from work, just a call and getting encouragement from someone far away and then he will smile every time. The little boy said that he will not stop if any day Phi' Jakk does not laugh. And even if he tried to hold back to try and see it many times that side still could find something to make him laugh anytime. Just a low voice yet crying, cheering cutely like that, who can endure his frowning?





Jakkapad spent the afternoon at the restaurant with Gray. After that, he visited another site that was under construction after he had left it for years. The external condition was completed but the interior still lacked many points of decoration. And the time has come to speed it up.





"Is this the house that you designed yourself?" Gray, standing beside him, looked at the house in front with admiration.





The modern house built almost entirely from bare cement was not as bulky as compared to the owner of the house, it was warm and inviting. Gray was surprised. He remembered that the sketch that his friend had shown at some point was different from the real thing. But he had to admit that when it comes to being like this, it made this house look more inviting than before.





"You made some adjustments, right?"





"Do you remember?" Jakkapad said. "It's just... someone recommended it."





"Your little child?"





The silence was the answer to that question. When Gray turned to see the tenderness radiating on his friend's face he could immediately understand what the answer was.





"Peem said that a home is a place for the family. It is a place where we eat and do various activities together with the people we love." He still remembers how much admiration he had when he saw his sketch. But after looking for a moment, he frowned and shook his head. "Phi's sketch is so perfect that it doesn't look like a home."





'Peem wants Phi' Jakk to have a warm home, not a beautiful house.'





When he came to see the almost complete house, the real thing, Jakkapad understood the meaning of that speech. But anyway, it is still missing one more thing. Something that is the most important that he has not let that person know yet.





My warm home ... Peem must stay there.





"What are you still missing?" Gray turned around and asked.





"A little decoration on the inside. Here I will come to see what is lacking and then quietly order people to buy them."





"This Jakk ..."




"Hmmm."




"You built a house like this ... You want to stay here forever?"





"I thought that in the past," Jakkapad replied honestly. "But ... My house already resides in two places."





One was a house where he lived together with his two brothers. Despite being a small house, it was the home where the boys took care of him as a moody person. The other house is a house that is going to be widened by the owner, which is next to Rose House. It's a house where he lives with his own significant other.






"I continued to build this house because I wanted to follow the original intention. But probably not the place to stay like a permanent residence as I originally thought."





"Is it a vacation home?"





"It might be like that."





Calling this 'House' would not be so wrong. Because if he brought his younger brother(Nong) or brought Peem to come here when he would stay here, they won't have to book a hotel or anything to regret the money. Like that, the sight would be happy to look at.






"Let's go inside," Gray persuaded the owner of the house because he wanted to go in and explore the interior to death. The real French man managed to act in place of Peempad, pushing the wheelchair inside without waiting for an answer. When he arrived at the destination, he left the owner of the house alone. He left the words only that was ... "Wait a moment to let me explore everything."






If you want to leave to walk, just say it straight away.






Jakkapad did not care about his friend. Knowing that there was still nothing for him to mess around within this house, the young man pushed the wheelchair to the guest sofa, where a cardboard box stood. Once he moved to sit on the sofa, he lifted the crate and put it on his lap to open it up. His heart expected what he was looking for to remain in that box he left under his bed in the old house.






He recalled that once the items contained here were all important items that were picked up before being brought to France. At the very beginning, he picked them up every day. He thought of the old stories every day until one day he started to lose hope of going back home. These items were therefore forgotten as well until today. He could hardly remember what was inside. Only that ... when remembering that there may be something important an image of the face of the little haughty boy Peem popped up and he came. to his senses and brought it back.






Maybe this box really was his memory drawer …






"This is ..." A large hand picked up a paw-sized orange ball and looked at it before his lips popped out with a ridiculous smile. "Isn't this a dog toy?"





'This dog's name is Kathi.'
[T/N - the literal meaning is coconut milk. Who names the dog coconut milk!? (• ▽ •;)]





'I said the name will be Manao!'
[Manao- The literal meaning is Lemon/lime... The kids are tormenting the dog (─.─||(─.─|| - Subhii]





'Kathi!'




'Manao!'




'It's good enough.' The firstborn elder brother of the younger siblings shook his head, holding the round heads of the two youngsters on each side. Not knowing what to fight about and naming the new dog they brought back after seeing him in the rain outside the house.






Phi' Jakk, tell Tae, this dog's name is Manao.' The little brother of the house shook his arms, round eyes with clear water. Well, well, he seems pitiful.





'Squeaky' [T/N - Whimpering/Whining noise]
Kid Hongtae's mouth was swollen and his dissatisfied eyes stared fiercely at his younger brother, imitating when the older brother got angry.




'How will that be!'




'Why not!'





Jakkapad sighed. The sharp faced boy glanced as he watched the two siblings switch between. One of them looked up to the side. And the other looked like he wanted justice. So what can a middle person like him be able to do?





'Just like that ... let's finish naming this guy.'





It's the worst solution in the world…





He remembered that at that time the two brothers frowned. Pramuk tried to ask him what Kanao means. As for Hongtae, he turned to the Thai dictionary for a long time. In the end, that unlucky dog was called Ka-Nao, according to the rules.
[T/N-Aww! So they combined both the names. Sweet!( ╹▽╹ )]
Father said that the eldest has to take care of the younger ones. And that would be the solution of the oldest brother Jakkapad which should be inscribed."Ka-Nao! What do you think?" The grown-up boy chuckled softly.






When remembering the past he put the ball on his side. The hand picked up the next item and continued to look at the 'toy …'






The strange-looking pink cat doll. No need to imagine, he was sure that it was definitely not his own. Even though he could not remember all the events, the young man could guess that it was the belongings of the young master Pramuk, who was crying peevishly at the time and bent over a bag of things to look at, it was all over his face.






That kid likes pink ... hehe.





He didn't know if Gray knew that his little brother was crazy for pink before. As for the reason why the boy went crazy for pink, probably because he was teased ...by Hongtae when they were kids. Whenever he was a little stingy or whenever he was free, he would find things to prank him. One of them probably was this story.





What did that guy say …





Ah ... He seemed to say, 'Man, he likes pink'? That's all and Er's trustworthy man like Pramuk also chose pink as his favorite color almost immediately.





"I don't know if it's still the same or not. But he needs to be reminded a bit."





Otherwise, the boy must have left all of Gray's words certainly. His friend is not a good person. After all, believing in everything, there would be no rest to getting eaten after getting caught by that crafty person. At that time, if he cries out, Jakkapad probably wouldn't be able to console him.





"Muk ... you put a lot of stuff in at that time, huh?" He mumbled softly when it was found that most of the items in the box were sweet pink. Some of them; he couldn’t even remember how they happened.





Well, it's pink, so he knew who it came from …





Jakkapad was slightly silent as he picked up the two remaining items from the bottom of the box and found it was a piece of paper. He raised a faint smile when he saw the Thai handwriting written in pencil with wavy, short words.





'Tae Loves Phi' Jakk.'




Hongtae was a smart boy from a young age. And he also rarely expressed much like Pramuk. When he came here, he only remembered the tears of his most sensitive little brother whereas the middle man who kept teasing him often stood still as a rock instead as if he wanted to act on an adhesion principle for the eldest brother who was going on a long journey.





The word LOVE on this piece of paper is probably the clearest word of that boy …





And then the last thing ... was what he was looking for.






The wrinkled paper planes were so crumpled that they could not be seen. It was a gift from a little boy in the flower garden given to him, not knowing that it would be the last item to be given before they had to be separated for ten years.





'Let's go on a trip.'




What did he say at that time …




'Okay.'




He seemed to be returning to fulfill his promise a bit late, but …




"Now, we can go on a trip together." Gentle eyes looked stunned at the letters on the tail of the handwritten plane.




Actually, He never forgot …




Never.
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