[ GunKrist ] The Story of Us

01. What Should I Call You?

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bold, italic: characters' thoughts
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Gun just finished the autograph session for his latest book at Siam Paragon. Spending over three hours signing, his jaw already felt stiff because of smiling too much. As soon as the event was over, he said goodbye to everyone there and left. Gun himself knew that his condition was not good recently. This book made him stay up late all night since he needed to submit the manuscript before the deadline, fortunately, it was finally published. 

Since today's autograph session was the only one, he could reward himself more time to rest now. 

Driving his SUV out of the mall, Gun decided to get takeout and then headed to L'âme Sœur*.

(L'âme Sœur: soulmate)

L'âme Sœur is a nice café, located on Nonthaburi Road, owned by Rueangritz Siriphanit (Ritz), his close friend from the college. The shop is always crowded but has only three employees - Ritz is the boss and also the bartender, Title and Mike are two boys that Ritz recruited as his employees.

After parking his car at a nearby building, Gun walked to the shop with the lunch on his hand. Just at the moment he pushed the door, the bell hanged above jingled a few times, successfully drawing everyone's attention. Mike was standing near the window and watering some pots of tulips on the doorstep. When seeing Gun, he smiled, revealing his bright and shining teeth. And Title, who was cleaning the cups inside, quickly ran out once hearing the sound, staring at the food in Gun's hand. 

"Is this for me, Phi?"

Gun handed the food to Title, looking back and forth for awhile before answering. 

"I bought for the three of you. Where's Ritz?" 

"He just went out, saying that he needs to buy some ingredients." Title replied while his hand started to unbox the lunch box, he waved to Mike, asking him to get something to place the food on. Mike put down the sprayer and obediently went inside to help his friend, casually asked Gun. 

"Didn't Phi have an autograph session today?" 

"The event ended so now I come back and buy food for you guys. Save some for Ritz, and you two can eat it the rest." 

Seeing Gun heading toward the stairs after the reply, Title quickly asked. 

"Want some drink Phi, I'll bring there for you?"

"Do you know how to make it, the one I usually order?" Gun answered back.

"I know. Okay, go upstairs...I'll bring it to you right away." Title then moved to the coffee counter to make the drink for his special customer.

Why Gun asked that question? 

Well, all of the drinks in this shop were completely prepared by Ritz. Those two boys were not allowed to do it, so even though they knew how the recipes, Title and Mike have never got the chances to serves their drinks to the customers yet. 

Since Gun often comes here working for the manuscripts on his laptop, Ritz had prepared a quiet corner for his friend on the terrace, a small white table with some jars of dried lavender placed next to the railing, that is his working space.