2 Moons The Beginning

There Is Always One

Trigger warning: There is a theme of sexual assault in this chapter. You have been warned.

A/N: I am not from Thailand and do not know the actual statistics for their graduates in any of their universities so please keep that in mind when reading this chapter. Thank you and as always I hope that you enjoy.

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     Mingkwan Daechapanya, Ming to his friends, had entered K University's Engineering Faculty full of excitement. He had been wanting to be part of this program for a long time, as they had such a good reputation with their Seniors and Community. It was reported that 95% of their graduates entered into the work force with one of their top three job choices .

     However, his introduction to the University was vastly different from what he had been expecting. Everyone knows that the SOTUS system has been in effect in virtually every university in Thailand for generations.

     The first day of attendance the Freshman were ushered into a huge gymnasium where they were shuffled along getting registered for classes, name tags and physicals performed by the second year engineering students. All of this information was stored for the hazing activities that would start that day.

     Once each student had completed the gauntlet they were asked to sit in rows on the gym floor. It was here that the new students first met potential new friends. They were also being entertained by the second year engineering cheerleaders and being taught the cheers for their faculty. Some were roaming around talking to the new students and answering questions. Others were tasked with keeping order.

     After all of the students were seated the second years went to the back of the gym and lined up along the wall. The freshman were talking amongst themselves when there was a loud noise from the back. They all turned as one to see what had caused the commotion.

     What caused the noise was the rear door being thrown open and banging against the wall. In walked five seniors wearing red jackets over their black t-shirts, black jeans and black boots. They walked down the center aisle and spread out across the front of the gym facing the freshmen.

     The man in the middle stepped forward and addressed the new students. "Today, I look out across this room and see a sea of faceless individuals. To me, you are no one until you have earned this." He holds up a gear cog that is dangling from a leather strap on his wrist.

     "This gear signifies the journey that each engineering student takes to become my junior. Without this gear you are no one." The speaker then looks across the room and sneers.

     "From the looks of this group and their inability to STAY QUIET WHILE A SENIOR SPEAKS! I don't foresee any of you becoming my junior." The man then turns to the people behind him and signals them forward.

     After being yelled at the freshman have become deadly silent, too afraid to even breath loudly. When he turns away from them and signals the others they flinch. From the corner of his eye the senior sees this and smirks evilly. He then stands there looking around with his hands clasped behind his back.

     The other red jacket seniors motion for the second years to come forward. They do so rather reluctantly as they were shocked with how this head hazer addressed the freshman.

     One second year, in particular, pauses to look at his two friends before walking forward to talk with his seniors. He is instructed to pass out booklets to the freshman. With that task completed they turn back to the head hazer, who is still looking menacingly over the assembled students. He glanced to the lead second year and tells him to instruct the students on what the books are for as it is beneath him to do so.