Hemp Rope (English Translation)

9

Chapter 9. Fear

A large stainless steel pot filled with soft white porridge.The aroma is delicious,inviting the appetite of the person who have just finished from morning jog.Phawin uses a small towel on his shoulder to wipe the sweat from his face.He stops to stare at the appetizing pork porridge which inviting the saliva.

"oh,I'll take two portion of special pork porridge khrab,add eggs too"

Win put his hand inside his pocket pants to keep it warm while waiting for the shop's waiter to scoop the porridge into the packaging bag.With an eye- catching hair-style and bright face,made many people who are passing turn their head to stare.Especially those dormitory girls who seems so familiar with this young boy...

"ah,par please give a lot of liver too" (*par=aunt or a way to call a much older woman)

"thank you khrab,beauty"

"Win,today do you want some khnom krok too? Wait,phi will give it for you later"

"hoo,I have to order this one khrab,can I have one pack?" "Win,do you want some grilled pork na luk?" (*na luk = son/dear)

And then when he is going back to his room,the swimming club vice- president's hands are both full with bags of foods.He stops to give some snacks to the dorm's caretaker.He also shares the grilled pork to the dorm's caretaker until the caretaker uncle hug him tightly and doesn't stop thanking him.

"the famous dog of the dormitory huh" Team who has just finished taking a shower and is now on the balcony in front of his room,is watering his small cactus plant.This cactus was purchased with Pharm from the market behind university.He is panicking when he see the golden head walking into the dormitory and their eyes meet.

Because you are a special person for me.

 

That words keeps replaying in his mind.Team couldn't even remember how that day he got back into his room when he was parting ways with hia,nor remember where the bag of his groceries was.

His mind was completely blown.

His heart which he thought didn't love,was beating hardly until it made him angry to himself.Just thinking about it is making him hot like a summer heat and made him too embarrassed to hang out at hia's room again.The result was he couldn't sleep until his collected points at the swimming practice dropped again.

"it's bad if I leave it like this.Oyy what should I do?"

The boy walking anxiously,sit,and the squatting down in front of the cactus shelf.He stares at the round succulent cactus and then widen his eyes. "damnnnn nong have flowers"

A small bud is sprouting out between the thorns.

His worries soon disappears and then he hurriedly goes to take his cellphone in the room.He hurriedly takes pictures of the cactus from all angles and send it to his close friends to see.

"huhu Pharm,you must be jealous huh.I'm great weyyy! This little buddy will bloom" (* he used "ai jiw" to call his cactus which directly means "little one")

Ddrrttttt

He is not yet sending the message to his friends to show off,the phone in his hand is vibrating,soon his smile of admiration disappeared.His dark eyebrows are slightly frowning upon the name on the phone screen.Team sighing heavily before answering it.

"hello... mom"

[Team,how are you dear?]

"I'm fine,stay strong.How about mom and dad?"