You Are My Sunshine (GeminiFourth JoongDunk PondPhuwin FF)

Chapter 5: Smile for Me

Gemini helped the hotel staff arrange the ingredients for the cooking workshop, looking over his shoulders at his dad who was having a 'chat' with the hotel Manager.

He let out an exhausted sigh.

His dad has been in a bad mood since this morning when Hia Dunk hadn't showed up at the breakfast table and he had had to volunteer because he hadn't wanted his Hia to get into trouble.

But now that he was here, Gemini was realizing just how much pressure Hia Dunk was really in, because he had only been helping the staff organize the things around the room, but he was already exhausted. If this is what Dunk had to face before every event...

"Khob khun khab," he thanked the staff who had arranged the table for the contestants just the way he had wanted to. "You can go assist the chef in the kitchen. If there's anything else, I will let you know."

The woman gracefully bowed and left him standing at the table. Gem took the time to look around the main hall one last time, just to make sure everything was set the way he wanted it to be.

One of the worst traits he could've inherited from his dad was that he was just as much of a perfectionist as he was. In fact, he was bordering on the lines of OCD at the moment where he would find that if a certain thing wasn't placed in a certain way or if it wasn't just how he wanted it to be...he would stand there, trying to fix it, even if it took him hours.

Fortunately, only Hia Phuwin had noticed his behavior so far and he didn't want to make it into a big deal because he didn't want others to worry about him. After all, some people just liked being perfectionists, like his dad...it was no big deal.

"Gemini."

Startled, he turned to face his dad with a smile as Tay Tawan lifted his hands to fix the collar of his suit jacket. "Nervous?" Tay smiled at his youngest son.

"A little." Gemini smiled back at his father. "I hope everything is up to your liking."

"It is." Tay reassured him. "I have a feeling that today's event will be great."

"I think so too." Gemini genuinely hoped he could make this event as successful as all the other events that his older brother had attended and organized with their dad. He really looked up to Hia Dunk and how he could manage his studies and learn to manage their parents business at the same time.

Speaking of, he saw his Hia Dunk and Hia Phuwin enter through the main entrance just at that moment, escorted by their Pa New.

There wasn't any specific dress code for the event, but it seems like their entire family had subtly decided to wear blue. Even Hia Phuwin, who had classes until late afternoon, was wearing a navy blue jacket over a grey shirt and blue pants.

Gemini looked at his dad's face, his eyes widening slightly as he saw him frown at Hia Dunk.

"Sawadee khab, dad..." Dunk bowed his head slightly in a wai, smiling sheepishly at his dad, trying to gauge his reaction.

"Natachai Nimtawat!" Tay called his son's full name, indicating just how angry he was. "I'm extremely disappointed in you! How can you forget about such an important appointment that we had made weeks in advance? Where were you? What were you doing this morning? No, don't answer that, let me guess...you were drunk at some party and passed out? Is that the behavior of a Nimtawat family member?"

Dunk lowered his head tensely as Gemini and Phuwin exchanged panicked glances. They were in the middle of the Nimtawat Hotel main hall where there were not only several of the hotel staff present, but also VIP guests coming in from all over Thailand and some even International guests. They didn't want this incident to blow out of proportion, especially when the paparazzi might be arriving inside the hall any minute now.