Guardian Angel

Because of Forth

Phana is very surprised when he sees Max, Tul, Park, and Lam standing in front of his dorm room door.

They were engineering students, known as the Fantastic Four, generals for the leader known as the ruler of the engineering faculty since he was a freshman, Forth Jaturapoom. Why are they here?

Phana tried to remember if he made a mistake that offended an engineering student, until they came to him?

"Pha? Why is it taking so long, who's coming?" Kit appears over Phana's shoulder.

They were working on an assignment together when they heard a knock at the door. They thought it was Beam.

Kit gasped at the four people standing in front of him. "Pha, why are they here? Did you make them mad?" whispered Kit shakily.

Lam smiled reassuringly. "Hey, why are you guys so scared? We just came to talk."

Phana was anxious to hear Lam's calm tone of voice. He knows who Lam is. He is the quietest among the four of them, but his ability to make people paralyzed with his kung fu martial arts skills is no joke, not to mention his words that pierce the heart when someone tries to invite him into an argument. Lam is... scary.

"Is Beam with you guys?" Max asked, trying to look into the room.

"No. He said he had something to take care of, so he's going to do his part in his own room," Kit replied palely.

Park nodded and pointed into the room. "May we come in? We brought beer and fried chicken. We have something important to talk about."

Phana opened the door wider. "Where's Forth? Why isn't he with you?" Phana knows Forth, they are friend since freshman.

The four guests sat on the floor in the living room . Kit sits next to Phana, restless. He wanted to ask Ming why his scary seniors stormed into Phana's place, but his cell phone was off.

"Pha, do you know who Beam has been hanging out with lately?" asked Park, passing the beer to the others.

"Beam? What about him?" Phana immediately became alert. "Did he do something to make you guys angry?"

"I thought he'd stopped playing since he started college, Pha," Kit hissed irritably. "Has he forgotten his intention to quit being a casanova and go to study properly?"

"I don't think . . . no, he didn't get into trouble with us," Tul said calmly. "Not directly. He just... kicked Phi Bright and challenged the other three. Phi Kongpob, Phi Wad and Phi Prem."

Phana and Kit's faces were deathly pale. The engineering school is a den of wolves, and every generation has a leader to fear. The names mentioned by Tul include the most feared seniors, who are still active in the faculty. Even Forth and Fantastic Four still bow to them.

"Be-beam kicked Phi Bright? Fuck! Has he gone mad?" Phana said frantically. He can fight, masters taekwondo and master-level karate, just like Beam and Kit, but, dealing with engineering seniors, it's better to give up before they mercilessly slaughter him. What was Beam thinking?

Phi Bright was the biggest and strongest, Phana didn't dare imagine what he would do if he met Beam again.

"Pha, do we need to take care of Beam to transfer to other college?" Kit whispered in a trembling voice.

Phanna swallowed. "Beam must have a reason why he did that, right?" Phana asked the four people in front of him.

They looked at him and sighed almost simultaneously.

"Yeah. He did it because . . . Forth," Max replied.

"Forth?" Phana and Kit asked at the same time.

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