Pete
"What-what are you doing here?"
Kao's prominent frown and surprise were obvious on his face the moment I rolled down the window and stopped my car not far away from where he was standing outside some cafe near his university.
"Oh, hey! Kao! Just as I thought. I, well, Uhm, I had a quick meeting a few blocks away. I didn't know you're around. I just thought of getting myself coffee before I drive back."
The truth was, I just got there.
There was no meeting and Kaleb had to literally hold me down just so I would not run to where Kao was.
But obviously my best friend didn't succeed.
"So. You're still not done yet!?!"
I asked casually, trying to hide the fact that I knew he was done already and was about to head home as per what Gum had reported to me.
"No, we just, wrapped it up. I'm actually on my way-no, they actually offered to take me home."
I labored a sigh before I gave Kao a strained smile.
"Oh? Who are they? Your new friends?"
To whom one of them was the the city mayor's son and was known for being a player?
That was according to Kaleb's initial findings.
I urged him to dig some more.
"They're my group mates."
He corrected.
As if it would cover the fact that he's starting to be friends with the kind of guys I would never allowed him to be with even from a distance-if it were up to me.
"Hmm. I see."
I nodded as if I really cared about his new friends.
"Where are they? Can I met them?"
The crease on Kao's forehead deepened as he weighed the option of answering my question or not.
"Uhm, they're getting their car from the uni. We just walked her to avoid traffic."
Kao answered in the end but he looked as if he just did so I would not bother him too much later on.
"So, you still want them to bring you home?"
I asked straightforwardly and hoped that Kao got the message that I didn't want anyone bringing him home even if it's his new friends or classmates or whatever!
"Uhm, they, kind of insisted."
I raised my brows at him.
"But I'm here now."
Because I made sure that I would be.
"Don't you have somewhere else to go?"
I shook my head as if it was the most important thing to do at the moment.
"I was done. I told you. But I can just go so your new friends could send you home. And maybe have dinner there what do you think?"
I almost was not able to finish what I said when Kao shook his head the way I did beforehand.
"Ah, no. It's-Uhm, I'll just, tell them you're here."
He said as I saw him took his phone form his bag.
"I'll just tell them to head straight home."
I couldn't help but frown at Kao.
"You gave them your number?"
