Together With Me (Thai Novel Fan Translation)

Chapter 19A

Editor's Note: I'm gonna tweak the release schedule a little bit; 'A' Chapters on Sunday, and 'B' Chapters on Tuesday. That is all! ~Noona

"NOW are you awake? You'd better do something about this immediately. What are you waiting for, a wedding invitation?" Yiwha smiled at me with venomous sweetness, her eyes already full of calculations and plans. 

We went back to the dining table quickly; those two were still chatting like THEY were the ones who were childhood friends! I felt my stomach start to churn in a way I'd become all too familiar with; jealousy. I pulled my chair out and shoved it between them, effectively inserting myself into their little bubble, and kicking Cho's chair.

"Move over." I said, forcing them to move their own chairs to make room for me.

Yiwha sat opposite Knock, which was where she'd been sitting originally anyway; but now, her large, bright eyes were fixed firmly on me, waiting to see how I was going to handle this new situation.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Knock asked bluntly, obviously cluelessly. Damn, he is totally lacking in self-awareness!

I guess I can't blame him, though. I only got it after Yiwha's spelled it out for me. We can't help it, men are slow sometimes.

"Shut up." I asked Knock and turned to Cho, "You, go over there to my seat, I wanna sit here now."

"What the fuck?" Cho scoffed, but he sat next to Yiwha, just like I'd told him to. 

Yiwha smiled sweetly at Cho, pushing a plate in front of him and said in a sweeter tone than usual, "Try this one, it really yummy."

"Thank you." Cho expressed his gratitude with one of his cute dimpled smiles, and took the plate from Yiwha. The way Cho looked at her seemed to be making Yiwha feel uncomfortable. I snickered to myself. Even though Yiwha is gorgeous and knows it well, she hadn't had many boyfriends and had been single for quite a long time now. Not many men would be able to handle such a fierce lady, after all!

"So when did you wanna have that soccer game, Cho?" Knock asked, and my eyes narrowed as I  eyeballed him furiously.

"What?" I said, frowning at him.

"Cho and I will are gonna play soccer together." Knock explained calmly, "You wanna tag along?"

"Excuse me?" I asked again. Cho was looking at Knock and I back and forth.

"What is what? Told ya, soccer game." Knock repeated.

"No, I heard you the first time. I want to know when I gave you permission to go?" I glared at Knock, and he gasped in surprise, bewildered at my sudden mood change.

"Why do I need your permission all of a sudden?"

"Of course you do!! Because I am..!" Before I could say 'Because I'm your husband, of course!', Knock put his index finger against my lips, cutting me off.  Yiwha looked excited, even more excited than cheering for the game. 

Knock winked and then smiled at me, flashing his perfect white teeth, "Only we know, na."

"Na, my ass! You can't go!" I was furious. Hold on, who the fuck does he think I am? I'm not one of his stupid ex-girlfriends that he can just charm right out of their panties! I am a guy just like him, I knew exactly what he was trying to pull!

"Why do you need permission from each other? You guys act like a newlywed couple." Cho said clearly amused by the exchange. 

Cho's statement caused Knock to choke and coughed. "What do you mean, a newlywed couple, we're just friends!" Knock explained hurriedly.

OH FUCK, NO HE DIDN'T.

I stood up, twisted my hand in the collar of his shirt, and dragged him along with me into the other room. "We need to talk!"

When I dragged Knock to the bedroom, he whined "Hey, damn it Korn! Why are you being so rough, that hurts!"

I pushed him hard, forcing him to sit on the bed, then poked his face with my finger in anger.

"Is this the kind of wife you're going to be?" I asked.

"What kind of wife? What? What the hell are you talking about?" Knock retorted, still clueless. A fresh wave of fury hit me, and I smacked the back of his head. Not again! I was so pissed.

"Why did you smack me? That hurts!" This handsome and flirty wife of mine was going to be the death of me.

"A wife like this! Already making plans to play soccer with a new man, and totally ignoring me, your actual husband!"

I know well what kind of person he is, but as a wife, he was already so cluelessly giving all his attention to another man, that's the main point! With such a friendly personality, I was going to have to watch him like a hawk. This was so fucking frustrating.

"It's just a game of soccer!"

"So?"

"So, it's not like I'm going on a date with him, why are you so upset? I really don't get it." Knock still looked totally clueless; it really made me feel like kicking him, ahhhrrggg!

"So if I go somewhere with a girl, you wouldn't be mad at all?" I asked.

"I'd need to measure the situation first." Knock pinch his index finger with thumb, to show me how much was 'a bit'; meaning, 'depending on where you are going with the girl.'

"Fine, I'm done trying to explain myself to you!! Maybe you think I don't have a good reason, but I still don't like it, understand?"

"Tsk tsk..." Knock clicked his tongue, and looked at me playfully. He leaned in and whispered in my ear, his seductive tone sending shivers up my spine. "Darling..." He purred to me.

Why did I suddenly feel the hot flush of embarrassment rising? My ears were burning!

"Stay away from Cho." I commanded, hiding my embarrassment with a very straight face and tense tone. I wanted him to understand clearly how serious I was about this. 

"Why, are you jealous?" Knock had the audacity to ask me; he looked so pleased with himself! So I used one hand to cover his forehead, then used my other hand to smack it soundly. Knock keep his eyes shut, maybe he thought I was really smack his forehead that hard?

"Stay away from him," I repeated, serious as a heart attack. "You understand what I mean, right?"

"No I don't. And I won't until you admit that you're jealous." Knock provoked me with his annoying face.

"I'm not jealous." I shrugged.

"Oh, reaaaaaaaaally~?" he dragged his voice, provoking me, made me tensed up.

I cupped his cheeks in my hands and leaned in close. "Don't piss me off. Don't hang out with him, just leave him as an acquaintance."

"I hate people who can't even be honest about their feelings." Knock irritatedly pushed my hands away from his face and stood up, shoving his hands in his pockets, smirking. "It's better to go play soccer after all!"

"Fine, go ahead!"

I shoved him away from me in fury, grabbed my car key, and marched out the room to the front entrance, and pulled on my shoes.  

"Where are you going Korn?" Yiwha called after me loudly.

"I'm angry at my wife, I'm running away from home!"

Without another word, I slammed the front door behind me as loudly as I could.

[Knock's POV]

"Angry at his wife?" Cho repeated blankly, when I came out of the bedroom after Korn stormed out. "Since when did that happen? He's never mentioned anyone to me before."

"Because his wife is sassy and stupid, so he didn't want to tell anyone." Yiwha said.

"Crazy woman!" I accused her immediately. Why'd she always have to be so sharped tongued?

"Why are you yelling at me? I haven't said a word about you, I was talking about Korn's idiot wife!  You're his friend, why are you defending his wife?" Yiwha teased, backing me into a corner with the way she'd worded her verbal barb.  Korn must have been absolutely furious to the point that it even killed his appetite. 

"Cho, can you go back to your room for now?" I asked him, both dejected and exasperated.

"What about soccer?" Cho asked, apparently oblivious to the drama going on around him.

"I'm don't think I'm going to be able to make it, we'll see. Just go home for now." I said.

"Heh, I'll just leave Korn's manga in his room then, I'll get the other ones next time." He stood up and we waved good-bye, he smiled and nodded politely to Yiwha, before letting himself out the front door cooly. 

Once Cho had taken his leave, I rushed over to sit beside Yiwha. "He's absolutely furious with me, isn't he? What do I do now?"

Yiwha snickered at my pleading tone, and pretended like she was going to abandon me in my time of need. I caught her tiny hand, begging her, "Help me out here, aren't you my friend?"

"I am your friend already Knock, though you sorta forced that role on me, but I'm your friend either way. But Korn isn't; he ISN'T your friend, and you both were clear on that. Yet you said, 'only we know' to him. He was nice enough not to kick you under the table, but for him to run away from HIS OWN home, that was extremely merciful of him!"

"I feel guilty enough already, can you please not make me feel any worse than I already do? Even if you scold me until my ears bleed and fall off, we can't change what already happened." I leaned on the couch fretfully. Yiwha grabbed my phone and threw it at me.

"What?" I asked defensively.

"Your phone, you idiot!"  Yiwha scolded again, "Is every man dumb as you are?!"

Ouch! Every word began and ended with idiot, I can't stand it anymore more!

I took her hand tightly, leaned my head toward her.

"Stop telling me I'm dumb, or I'm gonna pin you to this couch! You wanna try it?!"

"You crazy fucker!! Let me go, or I'll tear your face off!!" Yiwha showed me her horrible dagger nails, I could tell that she very well could scratch my eyes out. I released my hold on her grudgingly.

"Then help me figure out what to do!!

"Just call him; call and talk nice to him, then he'll come back."

"It nearly killed me last time I had to prostrate myself like that to him, you wouldn't understand that!"

"Try something like, 'I'll be waiting naked, in bed, when you come back tonight', and he'll reappear instantly."

"You're insane!" I growled and unlocked my phone. When I saw Korn's name was on the top of the recent contact list, I sighed... I'll just call, then!

The phone rang for a long time with no answer; now my nervousness was reaching a fever pitch.

"Let me guess, he's not picking up right?" Yiwha said knowingly.

"Yeah. Fuck!!!" I swore, locked the phone and threw it onto the couch. "It was just a joke. I had no idea he'd flip out like this."

"Hey..." When Yiwha must have been able to tell how dejected I was feeling because she sat down beside me on the couch and put her arms around my neck, "It will be fine. Just keep calling him, he'll pick up eventually."

"What if he doesn't?" I asked in desperation and despair.

"Then keep calling him until he does!" Yiwha shrugged, "A shamelessly thick-skinned guy like you isn't going to be defeated by a situation like this." Yiwha arched one of her elegant brows at me. Urrgh, did she really have to word it like that? Ouch.

So I tried to call again. This time I let it ring seven or eight times; Korn must not have been able to stand the constant irritation and finally picked up.

"What do you want!?" He sounded so angry Yiwha craned her neck closer to my phone so she could better hear our conversation. I was irritated and tired of her scolding me, but maybe she could help me out, so I could only let her listen in.

"Where you at?" I asked blandly.

"You don't need to know." Korn remarked in a dismissive, flat tone; this was really much harsher than scolding me.

"When are you going to come back?" I asked carefully, wondering how long he planned to punish me this time.

"I don't know, I don't wanna talk to you, why, where you at?" He retorted impatiently.

"That's my business, I don't wanna tell you either~" I mocked his tone. Yiwha rolled her eyes and leaned back into the couch cushions, obviously exasperated with our exchange. She heaved herself off the couch dramatically and went to look for food in the fridge.  She must have found it boring; the way I spoil my lover wasn't as fun as she'd hoped.

"Not telling, my ass!! I asked where you're at!!" He growled and I was shocked.

"I never left your room, so stop being mad at me, okay? I'm not going to go play soccer, I will only play soccer with you in this life, I swear."

Why is my husband so fierce!?! Why did I find a husband when I was perfectly fine being alone!!!