chapter 2
Editor : JJG918, NomeHodas
From childhood to adulthood, my life has been full of surprises. The biggest surprise was probably when I saw my older sister again once she returned from Work and Travel, wearing all black from head to toe. Or maybe it was when I raised a cat for several years and continuously gave it food and water, just to find out it wasn't a stray cat like I had thought. Its owner was the person in the opposite house. Shit! Or maybe it was the time I found out my first girlfriend had started dating another senior in the same school.
A lot of things happened to me I was sure were the biggest surprises, but no, because right now, right now! This was the biggest surprise.
It's not weird that I wasn't able to tell them apart, but the fact that everyone knew except me is strange. Where have I been?
"Faifah, stand here for now. Let me find my ally real quick."
I do not believe I'm the only stupid one. So I rushed to find my best friend Kong in the minimart, and quickly pulled his neck to face the tall person.
"Kong, do you know who this is?" Without saying anything else, I pointed my finger at the target.
"Uuh, Faifah. The one you asked me about before. Hey, how's it going? I've seen you play soccer with the Sophomores. Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you. If you're free you should come play." Waaiiiittttt. He answered the question but started talking about something else like it wasn't important. I know it's impolite to interrupt someone else's conversation, but the confusion in my mind is still unclear.
"Wait, my friend. Wait! You know Faifah. Ok, I get it. Did you know he has a twin?"
"Ah, you're talking about Ai'Yotha? Who would be stupid enough to not know?"
"Me! Who else?!" Even Kongkiat knew. Why didn't I ever question anything?
* Kongkiat = Kong's full name
"Err. You didn't know?" He meekly asked me with an innocent face.
"You never told me."
"I thought you've known for a while. Everybody in our faculty has been talking about him. Oiiii. You're skilled when it comes to butting into other people's business, but when it's something important, you're stupid."
"I'm not stupid; I didn't know."
"Ok, now you know. Well, I'm gonna go buy a coffee to wake me up so I don't die. See you later Faifah." Ai'Kong is my best friend, but before me comes food. So after talking with us for a bit, he rushed to search for coffee. I calmly stood, confused, in a forest of sweets with my tall friend before deciding to drag Fai to the bench in front of the minimart to explain further.
* Fai = shortened form of Faifah's name
"You have a twin named Yotha." I repeated it again with a firm voice.
"Yes."
"But I'm stupid. I couldn't tell you guys apart."
"You're not the only one. Yotha and I have very similar faces. Most people can't tell us apart. You have to rely on our personality."
"So what's a difference between your appearance so I can tell you guys apart? To be honest, when I met your brother, I didn't have the slightest clue except for his gruff look."
"A difference? ..." The handsome-faced man rolled his eyes as if he was thinking. "I may have to take it off."
"Hey, that's dirty." He offered to take off his clothes to show me; just thinking about it made me nervous.
