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Meeting

Last chapter before P'Net & James happened.

"Hi P'New. I'm Praepailin, but you can call me Prae. 😊 My mother has given me your picture, so I noticed you right away.

I smile and lift up my hand to shake hers. "Hi, nice to meet you Prae..." I scratch the back of my head; I have no idea how to keep a conversation going. "How are you? I've heard a lot about you from my mother.." 

"I'm doing fine P' New. I hope their all good things" She gives me a wry smile.

"Ah chai khrub, of cour---

"Hello Sir, Ma'am. Are you ready to order?" (YAAAS) I was about to finish my
sentence when the waiter interrupted. 

"Ah Yes. Prae you can order whatever you want." As she looks at the menu, I give my order to the waiter. Once I'm done, the waiter moves to her side. I start to fiddle with my hands while I wait for her order to finish.

Shia how to continue a conversation.

I look up not realizing the waiter has already left and she's back to staring at me
again. I give her an awkward smile.

"Okay P', let's just get this over with. To be honest with you, I don't want to be  here. There is no reason for us to get to know each other. So, I hope you weren't thinking of hooking up after this." She looks at me with disgust.

I look at her with mouth agape.

"Ah- I was also just forced to come here by my mother. I don't have any ill intentions towards you."
She looks at me as if observing my body language to see if I'm lying.

"HMMP, well that makes two of us. So, why were you forced to go on this matchmake?" She asked with a raised brow.

I don't know if I should be telling a complete stranger my life, but since she seems to be on the same boat as me.. I sigh, maybe she could help.

"My mother thinks I'm at that age for marriage. She's been constantly doing this for the past year. Match making me with men and women. I've already told her countless of times to not interfere with my decisions in life and love. She has promised me this was the last one I'll be attending. So, I'm here. What about you?" I gazed at her for a second before I went back to looking at an empty glass of water.

She opened her mouth to speak but the waiter interrupted again by bringing us our food and the Chateau Lafite-Rothschild 2011 wine Prae ordered.

We thank the waiter as he leaves. I honestly had no appetite right now. It seems she had the same thought as she went straight for the wine instead. I grab my wine glass and swirl it for a sec before drinking it. Sweet.

She held her wine glass while slowly swirling it around.

"I guess we're not that different after all. My mother has been doing this for a couple of months now, she wants to expand business so she's hoping to do it through me with marriage." I look up at her and I could see pain and anger in her eyes. "I hate not having live up to her expectations. I'm never good enough even when I do the best I can. At least your mother disregards what gender she wishes you to marry. I like girls to be honest. I've told my mother this, but she thinks it's a disease. She thinks the matchmaking she does will help FIX me. Am I broken?
NO." She drinks her wine in one gulp. Tears start forming in her eyes.

I grab the napkin next to me and held it in front of her. "Slow down naa Prae." Her mom's mindset is fucked up. I'm slightly glad my mother is not that extreme.

She takes the napkin and slowly dabs it on the corners of her eyes. Sniff "My girlfriend, Maprang, thinks we should break up. She doesn't want to be in the way of my future plans and the wishes of my mother. But all my future plans involve her in it. There is no future with anyone else." Sniff She takes another gulp of wine.

This is our sixth glass of wine. We will need a new bottle soon. Whenever she downed her wine, I did the same. As I listen to her story, I can't help but feel depressed. A stranger I don't even know is trusting me enough by telling me her heartache. I can't help but think of my own.

I take a deep breath. "I Like men. It's true my mother doesn't mind my sexual preferences. But that doesn't mean life's good." Sigh "I've been secretly in love with the same man for the past 7 years. You know I always thought I would be fine with just seeing a glimpse of him, even if it's from far away. My heart just feels happy when I know he's around. I used to always visit him at home or at work. I knew he found me annoying constantly bothering him, but I loved-- love him. But now just hearing any news of him gives me a heartache. I found out about his engagement 2 years ago. I decided to leave his life for good. I have not heard or seen him since."

Sniff. Great.

Prae is currently crying for me now. The alcohol might've helped a lot for that. I didn't notice she ordered another bottle and was drinking from the new one.

I down another shot of wine with her. She stands up from her seat and walks over to me. Wraps her arms around my neck and softly sobbing on my shoulder. I chuckle, how did this matchmake dinner end up like this? "Prae stop crying naa, P is fine, really."

As I'm stroking her hair I feel eyes on me. I look ahead from behind Prae and saw someone I never wish to see.

Hia Zee...

Author's Notes- If you haven't noticed yet, I got Prae from Sotus The Series. <33

Still don't know what to type. I have too many ideas that I can't put into words. Plus I also need to think of scenarios for the other 2 couples. UGH. Might cancel this story altogether. Please give me some feedback, it would help a lot. ~~