Together With Me (Thai Novel Fan Translation)

Chapter 11B

Knock's POV

I know we had sex, but it was only twice! It's not like it was a big deal. I didn't want him to read too much into it; it was just two no-strings-attached hook-ups. I'm really afraid that he felt guilty for being a little too rough and hurting me, and that was the only reason why he's been being so kind to me lately. It's unnecessary, he doesn't owe me anything because of it; the physical pain had only been temporary. My biggest and only concern was that those two encounters might somehow destroy our friendship.

"Knock!" Pleng shouted my name suddenly starling me, tearing me out of my thoughts with uncomfortable abruptness.

"Yeah, I'm here." I turned my attention dutifully back to her.

"What were you thinking about? I was talking about you not calling me and you were staring into space and smiling!" Pleng's voice had taken on unpleasant angry tone, like a thinly restrained shriek.  

I was momentarily stunned by her attack before answering hesitantly, "Did I?"

"You did!"

"Oh."I laughed awkwardly. "It's nothing really, I was just thinking about a friend." I smiled.

"Which friend? "Do you mean Korn?" Pleng eyes narrowed in anger; she was ready for a fight. Even though I had no idea why she was so angry, I nodded.

"Yeah, I was thinking about Korn."

"Knock!!" Pleng shouted my name loudly,  people were beginning to stare at us. I smiled awkwardly to the crowd by way of apology, I took Pleng's hand in an attempt to console her, but she threw my hand away.

"Why are you yelling?" I asked her in a embarrassed loud whisper. "You asked who I was thinking about and I told you the truth; that I smiled because I was thinking about Korn. It's not a big deal", I tried to explain. Even if I am a kind person, and fairly thick-skinned, I still care about my reputation. She was making such a scene, making us the focus of the crowd, how could I be not be embarrassed?

"It... It's because you're thinking about THAT GUY!" Pleng whined, now visibly upset.

"Pleng, Korn is my friend. The way you're acting, it's like you're jealous about him and I." I narrowed my eyes in suspicion. "I wouldn't argue if it was Yiwha, but Korn is a man, he's bigger than me, you're way overthinking the situation."

"It's because he is manlier than you that I'm worried!"

"What the fuck are you saying?" I found my jaw was dangling in shock from her words. Is Korn really manlier than me? I was just kidding! 

"How could he be manlier than me?" I've gotta challenge this loudly, her proclamation hurt my pride deeply. That was totally unacceptable, I had to stand up for myself immediately.

Girls scream like I'm a movie star when I turn up somewhere; I am even cooler than the group who sang that song, 'I am too handsome'! There are a lot of girls out there trying to catch my attention.

"He's taller than you, bigger than you, though even just slightly bigger." Pleng whined.

"So what, Pleng?" I didn't understand what she was implying at all. "What are you trying to say? You're confusing me."

Pleng grabbed my hand, she seemed almost desperate. "Knock, just listen to me, I don't trust that guy Korn. That friend of yours is not a good guy, he just hasn't show you his dark side." I could feel my anger rising.

"Who told you that he isn't a good, trustworthy guy?"

"It's women's intuition. I can just tell" Pleng said.

"Oh, is that so? Can we leave? I'm tired, I'll get you a taxi, and ask Korn to come pick me up. I'm in too much pain to drive myself."

"No Knock, I just explained it to you! I don't want Korn around you!" Pleng immediately shouted at me. Honestly, I felt Pleng was being completely unreasonable.

"Just drop it, Pleng. If Korn has done something terrible to someone else, I don't know anything about it. He's always been a good, kind friend to me." I ended the conversation angrily, and limped awkwardly away from her as quickly as my busted leg would carry me. Pleng snatched her stuff from my hand and carried it herself.

"Aw!" All her actions were confusing me, her expression told me clearly that she was extremely angry.

"I will not let you go easily, mark my words!"

She stormed off with her head held high, leaving me standing there, bewildered.

What the hell was wrong with her?

Even though I was deeply confused, I didn't have any more time to ponder her baffling reactions. I needed to call Korn for help; thankfully, he picked up almost right away. Following Pleng around all day had me now feeling like I was dying. My leg was painfully swollen from overuse. Why had I been too stupid to turn her down? She knew perfectly well that I was injured!

"What happened to you?" Korn asked me through the phone's speaker, obviously upset.

"My leg..."

"What happened to your leg!?!" Korn worriedly interrupted me before I could finish my sentence.

"My leg is really swollen. It hurts really bad." I continued, my pain evident in my voice.