Missing The Sun

Chapter I: Sun

"Sun."

Kongkwan shouted loudly, making the bright, happy pill named Sun, Prawtawan Ampanlert, glanced with her signature warm smile.

"Chai. You all waiting for me?"

Vee, the other girl, smirked while glanced at the taller one, Deer.

"Are you going home with Mint?"
"Nah. He's going to play football with his friends." Sun smiled. "Boys time."
"Then let's have girls' time now!" Kongkwan clung her hand. "Next year we will enter the fifth semester, it will be even busier. We rarely play together lately."

Sun threw another smile. The four friends entered their dream university together, at Chulalongkorn University, but Sun, who entered the Faculty of Communication Arts, had to be separated from Kongkwan who chose the Faculty of Economics and Deer and Vee who entered the Faculty of Psychology. Despite this, their friendship remains strong even though they often have difficulty arranging time together.

"I heard there's a cool exhibition at Faculty of Architecture." Vee said.
"Yeah? Should we go there?" Sun was interested.
"Let's go. I heard there's  some food bazaar as well." Deer convinced.

Along the way to the Faculty of Architecture, the four of them chatted casually about several things, something that Sun felt she needed the most, a little piece of happiness, after being overloaded with assignments and final exams for the semester in the past two weeks. The small conversation was enjoyable, until it was her turn to be the topic of their conversation.

"You and Mint are doing good, right?" Kongkwan was the first one to ask. "You've been dating him for almost two years, but you've been so quiet about him."
"It's because everything's just perfect. He's nice, smart and caring. I don't really have things to complaint or rant about him to you." Sun smiled. "So, yeah."
"You two indeed a perfect couple. The pretty popular Sun, who studies Communication Arts, and the handsome popular Mint, from Faculty of Medicine." Vee teased while chuckling. "Guess it's an easy path for you, huh? I always envy you though."
"Yeah. Who doesn't envy Sun though?" Deer jumped in. "Even since high school."
"Hey. Stop teasing me, will you?"
"Let's not ask Sun's life, it bores me how perfect it is."

Kongkwan teased her too, but better, or in a sense, deeper. 

Two years ago, when she was still a freshman, Sun met a guy who seemed to shine the brightest among the crowd, someone whose name was mentioned by female students and even seniors. Mint, is that guy, a student at the Faculty of Medicine who was trying to win her heart, a Sun who is also very popular from her faculty. For all the kindness shown by Mint, Sun felt she had no reason not to try to put her heart in love with this guy.

But Kongkwan's words seemed to knock on her head, making her aware of the small voice she secretly had in her mind, of a feeling she had pushed away many times, of her curiosity about a search for who knows what. Because in fact, his flawless perfection might not give her a chance to admire him, Mint.

"Deer, that's Pearl." Vee whispered.
"Pearl who?" Sun was curious. She stared at the pretty tall girl who stood in front of a stall.
"Our faculty friend. She's so famous recently."
"Why?" Kongkwan asked.
"She's a girl kisser."
"And?" Sun seemed so confused.
"She got caught making love in the class last month with a junior." Vee laughed. "I have no idea how many hearts are broken for that. I mean, she's quite popular amongst the guys."
"Yeah. She has a lot of fanboys. But she declares that she's a lesbian."