Race to you

Chapter 3: 🏍️

The next morning; Kim woke up due to the blaring ringtone his phone is producing. He groaned before turning away from his phone and covering his whole head with a pillow.

The ringing didn't stop. His phone kept ringing and ringing until his ringtone was the only sound Kim could hear.

He sighed deeply before kicking off the sheets covering half of his body. He sits up, leaning his back on the headboard, and reaching out to his bedside table to get his phone.

"Annakin" he mumbled when he saw the caller. Why is his brother calling him early in the morning, it’s only 7 AM!

"Kinn." Kim answered flatly, making his brother know how much he despised him calling this early.

"Come to my office in 30 minutes." Is what Kinn only said before the call ended.

What the hell was that? Kinn made his phone ring non-stop just to tell him to come to his office?

Did Kinn forget how Kim walked out of his office yesterday, their heated conversation, and how Kim hated his words?

Kim once again has no choice but to obey his older brother.

He arrived at the Theerapanyakul Race in less than 30 minutes. Once he steps foot inside; all eyes are on him, eyeing him that feels like they're boring right through his flesh.

He knocked once on his brother's office door and immediately he heard Kinn's voice "Come in." as if he's been waiting for him for so long.

The moment Kim stepped inside his brother's office; he felt papers thrown on his face.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK HAVE YOU DONE, KIMHAN!?" Kinn's roaring scream fills the room. He walked closer to Kim before slapping another newspaper on his brother's face.

Kim felt a sting on his cheek—a paper cut—that woke him up from getting shocked with how his brother acted, throwing and slapping him with newspapers.

"THAT'S CHILDISH OF YOU FOR CAUSING A TRAFFIC DISTURBANCE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT!?"

Kim looks down on the floor where the newspaper that took contact to his face lay flat, on the front page- the main story says "WIK, a national champion causes disturbance at Rama 1 road for swerving and clashing on the sidewalk." And there he saw his own photo while on the gutter with his bike on top of him.

"IS THIS THE BEST TANTRUM YOU CAN DO?" Kinn asked. He took another step closer to Kim and said "JUST BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO WIN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP?" His eyes were hunting Kim's own gaze, wanting his brother to look at him, but Kim's eyes were glued to the photo in the newspaper. "WE NEED YOUR NAME TO BE AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE BEFORE YOU JOIN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, KIM! AND NO, YOU CAN'T MESS THAT UP!"

'At least there's no photo of Porchay.' are the words that's playing in Kim's head. The newspaper only mentioned his traffic disturbance and nothing more. Nothing about Porchay, and somehow, that puts Kim in such relief.

"STOP BEING CHILDISH, KIM!" Another roaring scream from Kinn can be heard, which made Kim look up to his brother.

"Childish?" He scoffs right in front of his brother's face. "I almost hurt myself from that crash, Kinn! And you call me childish?" Kim doesn't know what to feel anymore. Should he be mad at Kinn? Hurt from his brother's words or relief that Porchay wasn't involved.