My Moon, Chapter 18.2 pg 2
My Moon, Chapter 18.2 pg 2
“No need to ask Phii Fah, Phii Babe. This house is mine. No guests are staying here.”
“Oh… then go ahead and spread the mat, Dom.”
“Okay!”
“Panli, I’ll go help Phii Dom and Phii Babe with the mat.”
The smaller guy said this while slipping his hand out of Panli’s and walking over to assist the two seniors. Panli set his backpack down on the sand, intending to help too. But his other hand was suddenly grabbed by someone. Turning around, Panli saw it was Phii Hia.
“What’s up, Phii Hia? Why’re you holding my hand?”
The guy tightened his grip, as if afraid Panli would pull away, flashing a sheepish smile before saying in a pleading tone, “Come play in the water with me, please.”
“Why does it have to be me?”
“I’ve invited so many people… and not one of them would go play in the water with me.”
“…”
“I know you’re too kind to turn me down.”
“You don’t know me well enough, Phii Hia.”
Panli said, pulling his hand free from Phii Hia’s grip before walking over to KhunKlai. The small figure sitting on a brightly colored mat turned to give Panli a smile, but the shouting voice of the person following behind made Panli realize…
“Little Klai… could you go play in the water with me, please?”
Damn, Phii Hia knows Panli better than he thought.
“Uh…”
“Phii Hia…” Panli stopped in front of KhunKlai, who was now looking up at him, then turned to glance at Phii Hia, who had come to stand beside him. Phii Hia put on an innocent face, blinking at Panli as if he had no idea what was going on, even though he was clearly using KhunKlai as a tool to pressure Panli into playing in the water. A breath escaped through Panli’s nose and mouth before he said, “Fine, I’ll go play in the water. Phii Hia, lead the way.”
“Okay~”
The senior Panli secretly wanted to dunk in the sea responded with a cheerful voice, half-running, half-jumping into the water. Panli shifted his gaze from Phii Hia back to the small figure sitting there, giving him a sweet smile.
“Wanna go play in the water together, KhunKlai?”
The one asked shook his head lightly, declining, before saying, “I’d rather sit and rest for now.”
“Okay, I’ll be back, alright? Gotta go play in the water with Phii Hia first.”
“Mhm, have fun in the water, Panli.”
“Yup.”
After replying to Klai, Panli walked to the sea, wading in until the water reached his knees, then stood still. Phii Hia, who was almost in the middle of the sea, kept waving for Panli to come over, but Panli refused to go to him. Panli’s phone and cigarette pack were in his pocket, and if he went any deeper, both would definitely get ruined. When Phii Hia saw Panli wasn’t coming, he decided to wade back to him instead.
“What the hell, Panli… playing in knee-deep water? What are you, a damn kid?”
“Shut up. Be grateful I’m even here playing with you.”
“Why’s my life so pathetic… I wanna play in the water, and no one wants to join me.”
I let out a sigh as I saw him whining and sulking, then splashed water at him. “What’s the point of complaining? Look, I’m here playing with you now. Even if I’m not exactly thrilled about it.”
“It was almost sweet, Panli… you jerk. That last sentence nearly brought tears to my eyes.”
I grinned mischievously and used both hands to splash seawater at him relentlessly. Phii Hia, who had been complaining with a sad, heartbroken expression, started to smile and laugh, raising his arms to shield his face. He acted as if he were a delicate young girl being teased by a boy.
When I paused splashing water at him because he raised his hand to stop me, I glanced toward the sandy beach and saw Phii Fah and Theerak heading toward the group hanging out in front of my beach house. I guessed the reason they were just showing up was that Phii Fah had probably gone to order lunch for us.
Buzz—
The vibration of my phone in my pocket pulled my attention away from everything. Before my senior could splash water back at me, I raised my hand to stop him, pulled out the phone, and checked the name on the screen before answering.
“Tew.”
“What?”
[Man, when a friend calls, you could at least be polite. Imagine if it was KhunKlai calling.]
“You free or what, asshole? Calling to mess with me?”
[Haha, I’m just calling to say… you better show up to my send-off party before I head back to China.]
“Goddamn nag, I won’t forget, you jerk.”
[I’m not worried you’ll forget. I’m worried you’re so hung up on someone you won’t even show.]
Tew’s words made me smirk. “Hung up on Klaijai, huh?”
[You want me to answer, or you gonna answer yourself?]
“Yeah, I’m hung up on Klaijai.”
[Hell yeah, go all in, bro. Stir your own drink and chug it. My friend’s got balls.]
I chuckled and said, “That’s all you called for, right?”
[Yeah, but don’t you wanna chat with your buddy a bit more?]
“…”
[Ever think to ask me, like, even once, if I’ve eaten today? What about some care, huh? Got any for your friend, you ass?]
“All the care I’ve got, I gave to Klaijai already. Sorry, none left for you.”
[You like him that much, you little punk?]
“Watch your mouth, asshole. Only I get to call Klaijai that.”
I heard a loud slap from the other end of the line, and I knew Tew had actually slapped his own mouth.
[Slapped it, you jerk… So, you at the beach already?]
“Yeah.”
[Is KhunKlai extra cute today?]
“You still want to see me at your send-off party?”
[Haha, just asking if your little troublemaker is cute. Gotta cut off your friend for that?]
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