"Are you sure your mother won’t see us, Jom?"
"You give me that same cold look. I guarantee my mother won’t ask. You’re too scary."
The lovely person looked at me, a little irritated, and asked,
“Do I really look that cold?"
"You’re scary."
"Probably not that scary, or else no one would be so persistent."
"You’ve probably met a stubborn person,” I say with a wide smile. The lovely person’s heartbeat is high for a moment before she turn away from my face.
"Always making that face."
We were talking about trying to get Viramarati-savitrithita to the vet for her vaccinations after a long delay. The big orange cat had gotten fat, so we had to put her in a cloth bag and pretend to walk out of the bullding, past the clerk’s office where my mother was sitting.
"Where are you two going?"
.
Ba-dum...
.
Actually, my mother asked casually, but if I acted coldly and didn't answer, it would seem rude.
"We'll go out for something to eat and will come back to study math later."
"You girls are very close,”
My father, who was standing behind, said, reaching out to touch my shoulder and expressing his thoughts.
‘When will you have time to play cards with me?’
"I’m busy, Dad. I have to study math for my future education."
"Study math with me then."
"Your math is gambling."
Teacher Renu watch our father-daughter conversation with some confusion. My mother, worried that the beautiful teacher might find out about the card game on the rooftop, quickly interrupted.
"Hurry up and go before it rains."
Meow.
"What was that?"
The orange cat in my cloth bag meowed loudly, unable to bear it any longer. Not knowing what to do, I hugged Teacher Renu and squeezed her arm, imitating a cat’s meow to cover everything up in front of my parents.
"Meow, meow, meow. That means I want you. I’m so hungry I could eat you, Teacher."
Everything went silent, especially my mother, who looked at me with a horrified expression because she had never seen me act so out of character.
"Since when did you become such a clingy child?"
My mother blinked. Teacher Renu struggled to keep a straight face and not laugh, nodding before quickly apologizing.
"Can I have an excuse to go eat something first?"
"Okay."
"When will you have time for me?"
My father keeps complaining, but the beautiful teacher and I left, thinking it wouldn’t be good to stay any longer. Teacher Renu’s heartbeat was loud and excited, almost making me laugh, and she knew why.
"That was close. Viramarati meowed so loudly."
"Exactly. I had to act embarrassingly clingy. Mom must have noticed something."
I pouted, feeling embarrassed by my behavior.
"Meow, meow, meow, really?"
"It’s surprising that you can sing the P’ Mos song."
