The Twisted Fates | First Khaotung

A misery

"Don't touch! You guys are so evil! Just leave me alone" khao pleads more. They all laugh. "Look at him ...now he is crying?"

"Crying like a girl..." The boy removes the belt from khao's high school uniform shorts. But as he proceeds to unzip, his hand is brushed off followed by a strong punch over his face. The boy falls hard on the ground.

"WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING ?" A stranger shouts at the bullies.

The man looks at them with eyes filled with anger and annoyance. "Hey mister! Why are you butting in?" Another boy says but other three boys try to shush him. "If you come near him again-" the man raises his hand to hit but stops giving them a chance to run. "No no we won't" the boy who got the punch, wipes the blood over his mouth. They give a look to Khao but run off eventually. Khao looks at them scared, tears falling from his eyes. They had been always teasing him at school but he never thought they would go to this extend!

The man turns to Khao and supports his shivering body. "Are you okay nong?" Khao finds the words so comforting he pulls the arm and buries his face against the stranger's chest. The man is little taken back but immediately takes him into embrace circling his back. Feeling the embrace Khao can't stop himself from crying loudly now. "It's okay. You are safe now...don't cry" The man says awkwardly.

"T-thank you" Khao says feeling grateful for this man to showed up. The man doesn't say anything more. He just let khao hug him for some more time.

"Are you okay nong??" A lady asks them. The man looks at her as Khao still closing his eyes. "I saw from my terrace. I was about to shout when you showed up. So I came down" she explains. The man nods. "Let's get him inside? This shop is mine" she offers a help pointing at the nearby flower shop. "Actually can you take it from here? I'm really in hurry. I need to find a Moonlight tattoo studio urgently!!!" the man says and the lady agrees. "Yes yes sure. Go ahead. I'll take care of him. Don't worry". After glancing at the lady and believing that she is just another kind human, the man delivers khao from his embrace to hers. And when Khao realizes that he peeps outside and tries to see the face of the stranger once again who saved him. But it was too late. The stranger had left. "Don't worry kiddo! You are safe now. Let's go inside the flowershop. I'll give you warm cup of milk. My name is Dara by the way".

------End of the flashback------

khao comes back to reality as a car honks at him. "Khao! Get in" Cake shouts. Khao looks at him confused.

"Oww phi. What happened????" He asks as soon as he sits in the car beside Second on the back seat. Cream on the shotgun seat says, "Calm down Khao, your phi is fine. He had just minor accident"

Khao takes gently his hand in his, looking at the crepe bandage. "I am fine khao. Don't worry. Just have to wear this for a month. But yeah I can't drive anymore." First answers before Khao can ask.

"Does it hurt?"

"Only if I lift something heavy or move in certain position" First bites his tongue.

"And that too your left arm" khao pouts sadly.

Interestingly Second is lefty so First had to wear bandage on left hand while he himself is righty. So now he can just use his right hand and don't have to worry about using left hand to eat or work etc. He doesn't have to pretend using left hand in front of everyone anymore! plus he is exempted from driving Khao to work and do tattoo work. Second's perfect plan!