Together With Me (Thai Novel Fan Translation)

Chapter 12B

Knock seemed startled by my honest answer. He didn't move away from me, but he was rubbing the nape of his neck again.

I knew it. He was feeling shy!

"What is this..." He murmured, his voice full of uncertainty. I went to grab his wrist and pulled, forcing him to turn to look at me.

"Don't think about it, if you think it's wrong."

"But this feeling is really uncomfortable!" Knock's answer hit me as solidly as if he'd hit me with his fist.

I grabbed his shoulders. "Is that true?" Knock frowned, but didn't look away from my eyes.

"I... I really don't know, I'm in a dilemma..." Knock seemed like he really couldn't answer for himself, but that was still better than him punching me, or kicking me out of his room. His dilemma meant I stood a chance; and the more unsure he was, the higher chance for me to win his heart!

Err.. Was this love, or just luck of the draw? 

"Let's sleep together." I curled my arm under his neck putting him in a loose headlock, then arched my body towards him until he was laying on his side with his head on my chest, my other arm across his strong shoulder, the arm under his neck now curled tightly around his back. His body emitted the mixed scents of his cologne and cigarette smoke; his personal scent made me smile.

"Why?" He asked, confused.

Knock used all his might to push me away, but I locked my arms around him tightly so he had to give in and relax in my embrace.

"I just want is to hold you close while we sleep. That's all." I said.

"Really?" He rolled his eyes and raised his brows, his disbelief written on his handsome features. I leaned down and kissed his temple affectionately.

"And a good night kiss."

Knock smiled and saying nothing, but gave me a middle finger.

Just for one night~

After doing this and that, we were both tired. We took turns showering, I had to hold him up to help him back to the bed.

Calm down, don't read too much into the situation. We only slept. I will definitely tell you if something more interesting happens in the future. 

"Ouch!" He expressed dissatisfaction when I held his leg to the bed. Knock pressed himself back into the bed, while I leaned my head towards him.

"Why were you so crazy? How could you go to the movie theater with her in this condition!" I said, and just Knock looked at me blankly.

"I don't know." He replied, "It's none of your business!"

Ouch! Such a retort, my heart stung!

"Yeah, you're right, it's none of my business." I retorted and turned away. Now I wanted to sleep on the couch, my pride was bruised.

Yeah I'm the third wheel; how could I compare myself to the girlfriend?, I thought to myself, full of self-depreciation.

"Hey!" Knock grabbed my hand as I sought to get up, "I didn't mean it like that."

"Then what did you mean?" I turned back to ask right away.

"I just said it, I didn't mean anything." He replied bluntly.

"Yeah, right? Then please think twice before you blurt something out. Think about how the listener would feel, don't just say it, ignoring my feelings."

When I told him this straight to his face, Knock was stunned. This was not the only thing I felt wronged about; there were many other things, but this one had stung a lot.

"Err.. Please don't be mad, I'm sorry... I don't know how to comfort people."

"I don't need you to comfort me." I wanted to leave, but Knock had again grabbed my hand.

"Wait, Korn sweetheart~" His singsong tone pleading with me.

"Sweetheart, my ass!" I was both annoyed and really hurt by his earlier words.

"Hey, I apologize, I won't say it again na?" He swung my hand back and forth and smiling sweetly, as if trying his best to show me his sincerity.

"You remember what you swore to me when you stood me up that time?"

"What... What did I swear?" Knock seemed blurry on the details of his previous promise now.

"Heh, you don't remember do you?" I laughed bitterly and prepared again to take my leave.

Though he was still sitting on the bed while I was standing, Knock pulled me close and hugged my body, his strong arms draped around my waist. I turned in the circle of his arms to face him,  and he rested his head on my belly. "Hey, don't be like this, okay darling? My bad, let's reconcile okay~" Knock tried to comfort me with a soft lovely tone, as if I were a woman.

"No way!" I retorted with a snort.

Knock let go of my waist and tossed a pillow at my head. "Reconcile now, asshole!"

"Sure, we can do that." I nodded to him and smiled, he smiled too. Suddenly, we couldn't stop smiling at each other. 

I laid back down beside him on the bed, Knock turned to ask. "So, what did I swear to do?"

"You said you will treat me to food and let me sleep with you for a whole week."

After telling Knock that, he smacked my head so hard my neck almost broke. "Don't try to con me, I just said I'd treat you food for a week."

"So you do remember, afterall!" I raised my eyebrows.

"Sure, but I'm so broke now, can I borrow your money to treat you?" Knock asked.

"To what end?"

"I'm so broke now~ "

Ha!

He bowed down and made a cute face, poking me with his fingers, his voice all soft. I couldn't take it and threw a pillow at his face. Ha, he was acting like a cute little boy.

"Hey, throwing pillows at my face, now I'm angry." Knock pretended to be mad and turned his his back to me in a huff. I smiled, grabbing his waist to make him turn back, and he used the opportunity to retaliate, smashing a pillow into my face.

I held his waist and tackled him to the bed.

"Hey!!!" Knock shouted and that freaked me out.

"Hey, did I hurt your leg?", my words full of sincere concern,  then Knock snatched the pillow in my hand, and smashed it against my head.

"It's so fun to fool the idiot, still so gullible after so long, hahaha!" Knock sang, he didn't only tease me, but also used the pillow to hit me twice more. I immediately took another pillow to fight back. We played so long, so hard that the pillow fell out.

At last, we laid on the bed face to face. I saw his smiling face, I couldn't help but smile in return.

"Why are you smiling?" Knock asked.

"Then why are you smiling?" I retorted.

"I smiled because you did." He said.

"I also smiled because you did." He again threw a pillow at my face as I said it, but it was a halfhearted blow.  He'd exhausted himself, our pillow fight had wiped both of us out. I moved my body closer to him again; it was not my imagination, he really smelled good, it's the scent of his daily shampoo, this time not mixed with the scent of his cologne or anything else.

Knock was wearing an ordinary old white tank top along with a pair of dark colored boxer shorts because of his intolerance to heat. I was bare chested with long pajama pants. I pulled him to me by clasping my hands behind his neck.

"Please hold on, hold on sweetie Korn, please be aware that my leg is in critical condition, you can't jostle me so roughly! Move yourself this way instead of tugging on me!"

He had used the tone of broadcaster, and the formal tone amused me to no end. I took the lead, and leaned in until our faces were mere inches apart. I used the tip of my nose to touch his, causing him to smile.

"Hey, it's time to sleep, you know!" He seemed exhausted. I leaned closer, putting my arm under his neck, so he could use it as a pillow. I brushed away the hair on his forehead, kissed him lovingly between his thick brows, before moving back down, nose to nose again, tilting my head in search of his lips... 

So close that we  could feel each other's breath...