P & B || LS SERIES

CHAPTER ten

It's been a month after Phai's birthday party. Finally the time came for the
birth of Phai and Pin's son. Phai took Pin to the hospital to await the birth with her
antenatal doctor. Phai's parents were excited to see the faces of their
grandson. As for Pin's parents, they seem happy at times, but they seem to
be hiding some worries that Phai is unaware of, but he thought that Pin's
parents are worried about her daughter that she will give birth to soon.

"How are you, Pin? Are you excited?" an antenatal nurse asked the woman
lying in bed in the hospital room.

"Very excited" Pin replied, with Phai sitting next to her squeezing her hand.

"Bank isn't coming with you?" Phai asked about Bank because he thought
he would come with Pom.

"He has to work on billiards," Pom replied, lying. Because, Bank didn't
want to come, but he doesn't exactly know the real reason for Bank's
absence.

"You don't need to come right now. You can come and visit later, I don't
want too many people," Pin said.

"So when does Pin have to go to the delivery room?" Pom asked, as Phai
looked at his watch.

"Four o'clock in the afternoon," Phai replied, because he will have a
caesarean section.

"I hope it works out. I'm waiting to hear from my nephew," he said
smiling, before Pom talks to Phai some more and walks off, leaving Phai and
Pin alone.

Pom drove to visit Bank at pool. When he arrived, he found Bank sitting
behind the counter.

"Hey, why are you stressed?" Pom asked when he saw Bank sit down with
a frown.

"What are you thinking Phi, did you just get back from the hospital?"
Bank asked.

"Um, Phai asked about you too, why didn't you go, did he call you?" Pom
asked as Bank shook his head.

"You must have been busy, Phi, why would you call me?" Bank replied
quietly.

Bank knows that today is the birth of Pin's child, which makes Bank
feel his heart ache in a strange way. It was as if something was about to
break. He also had a deep sense of guilt.

"Bank, I really want to ask you, do you have a problem with Phai?" Pom
asked as he sat down next to Bank. Bank stopped when he heard the
question.

"Why do you ask that?" Bank asked.

"I don't know, I feel that since Phai got married, it's not the same, it's not
as bright as before, Ai Phai is like someone who has things to think about
and stress all the time. Also, you and him argue a lot." Pom said.

Bank was
silent for a moment upon hearing this, because he didn't think Pom would notice.

"Everyone has their own duties, Pom. P' phai has a family, he has a son,
he has a wife, he doesn't have time to come and hang out with us like
before," Bank said quietly.

"There's something else, right?" Pom asked, Bank was silent for a moment
and looked at Pom's face.

"More? What do you mean?" Bank asked curiously.

"If you could choose, would you want him to get married and have kids?"
Pom asked, not answering Bank's question.

"No," Bank replied bluntly, before letting out a big sigh.

"But i can't choose. Today he's going to be a father" Bank said with a
slightly bitter smile.

Bank felt his heart wrapped and withered, though he should be happy for Phai. Pom stared at Bank, he felt somewhat annoyed,
but he still doesn't want to think about it. Whether what he thought was
correct or not, he kept it in his mind first. Waiting for the day when he has the
confidence to ask Bank directly, as well as his friend Phai.