Escapade

1 - Complicated Situations

"I have meetings with several developers next Monday, I can't mae", War was rummaging through his documents to find all of the drawings that he needed while having his mom on the phone.

[Just an hour is enough, we'll adjust to your schedule. Just this once nong]

"I'll send my measurement, mae and phi Ming can pick whatever for me", War said as he put the last layout drawing for the project that he was working on in the file holder.

[Just this once nong, please come. Only for 30 minutes then, spare 30 minutes for this]

War sighed, knowing he lost this one. His sister is getting married at the end of the month and War's mom has been pestering him and making him involved in every 'family related' gathering for the wedding. War had managed to dodge every single one of them but apparently this fitting would be impossible to proceed without War attending.

"I'll see what I can do, mae", War said through the phone. His mom promised to send the detail later before hanging up. War could feel his upcoming headache on the day of fitting but guess he couldn't escape this one.

Don't get him wrong, he was happy that his sister finally found the one she want to marry. As a little brother who always look up to her, he genuinely feels grateful that she met someone who can take care of her. It's just hard for War to be with his family. In fact, he has been avoiding any family gathering for almost 2 years now. He did visit his parents regularly though, but even those visit were quite hard to do for him. The reason is pretty much common. War is 27 now, he's been working as an established independent architect for 3 years. He lives in a good apartment complex, has a stable job and good income. You can guess what kind of problem War has with his family.

"Oh War is here!", his mom greeted him first.

As promised, War made time in between his busy schedule to come to the fitting schedule on Monday. As his mother dragged him into the shop, he could see his sister and her fiance, his little brother and his father present. There were also people from the family of the groom, so it was quite crowded. While trying to maintain an even expression, War greeted them with a wai and joined his family.

"Nong War, here your suit, go change!", his sister immediately gave him a set of grey suit and pushed him to the direction of the changing room.

"Aww, but mae wanted to chat a bit", his mom said.

"Later mae, War said it himself didn't he that he only had a little time, let him try on his suits first", his sister said and winked at War, "Take your time nong"

War gratefully smiled at her and went into the cubicle. Of all of his family members, his sister always understand and supports him, just like what happened. He put his first set of suit on the hanger and stared at his own reflection. Guess he could use this time to actually get the suit that benefit his preference.

"Ohhh that one actually compliments your figure the best", his sister finally said after War already went through two more sets of suits.

The one that War was wearing is a pair of plain black suit with black shirt underneath. He tried grey ones and dark blue before but alas, black is always his color. Plus, this one won't stand out that much.

"Okay, so this is gonna be the suit that you wear during the ceremony. After that you're free to change into other suit or stay in this suit if you prefer for the reception", his sister said. War just nodded already thinking he'd just take off the jacket for reception.

War glanced at his watch, he still had 10 minutes before he had to get going so he decided to sit on the sofa with his dad while watching his mom fussing about his little brother.