TRANSFER [MAXTUL]

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Tul spent his whole weekend in his dorm, reading his books to prevent his mind wonder about Max. Sometimes it works, sometimes it's not.

Just like this Sunday night. He was lying on his bed after a shower when he begins to think about Max again. They went to the bar last night too but Max never showed up. Last Friday was the last time they have seen Max.

Did he run away after because he's the murder? 

Tul shakes his head. No, there's no way Max is a killer. Moreover, The case hasn't been confirmed whether it's a murder or suicide yet. And as Foei said, the university won't let him wonder if he's really the culprit.

But why is he avoiding them? Tul especially?

He said he'll come to Tul every lunch before, declaring he's Tul's admirer subtly, but he never came for a whole week after. Is he really Tul's admirer ?!

Tul suddenly feels annoyed at Max. He kicks his bolster and blanket then stands up. He takes his phone from his desk and dials Max's number.

Why didn't he think of calling Max sooner?

Tul prepares what should he say or ask Max when he picked up. Should he scream at him? No, that'll be weird. There's no way he'll scream just because Max didn't show up for lunch. Max is just a friend, a childhood friend. He's not even part of their circle, so that would be out of the question to be mad at him.

There's a lot going on Tul's mind too. Either he should ask about why Max ran away from him last Friday and what happened to him with the lecturer last time. However, all his questions pop off when the call connected.

TUT

Tul unconsciously holds his breath.

"Hello, Is this phi Max's boyfriend?"

Huh?

Tul frowns when he heard a much younger voice answered his call.

"Who is this?" Tul asks. He immediately forgot about his annoyance.

"I'm phi Max's brother, phi." He answers.

Tul frowns, he didn't remember Max ever mentioned having a brother. He can hear keyboard tapping sounds from the line. "PHI MAX !! YOUR BOYFRIEND IS CALLING !!" He screams.

"I'm not his boyfriend," Tul states.

"Oh, uh ..." The boy stutters as he answers. "Sorry, phi Max saved your full name here. That's why I assume you're his boyfriend, hehe." He continues nervously.

How could a full name on Max's contact make him Max's boyfriend? Tul thinks, he sighs. "It's okay."

"Wait na, phi. He'll finish showering in a second."

As soon as the boy finished, Tul heard a door open followed by Max's voice.

Tul again unconsciously holds his breath when he hears Max talks, taking how his voice sounds through the line.

"My boyfriend?"

"Yeah, you saved him with a full name here so I think he's your boyfriend. But apparently not ..." The boy paused before he continues, "... yet."  Tul can hear the boy was teasing Max.

"Fuck! Give me that!"

There was a rummaging sound comes and Tul heard footsteps and a sliding door. Looks like Max went to the balcony.

"Uh ... hello?"

Tul's anger builds up as soon as Max said hello.

Hello? Really?