BLANK ซีรีส์ 2024 (Original Story)

CHAPTER FOUR: Mother's Day

This is the first time I've brought a stranger into my room. Strangers to me, mean anyone who isn't related to me by blood. I'm a bit arrogant, so I don't allow anyone to enter my personal space. And also, I feel that those people don't deserve to breathe the same air as me. I'm overthinking everything.

But right now, the cheerful child I met less than two months ago was breathing in my bed while I sat with my arms crossed looking at her. In particular, I curiously looked at her legs, which were covered in whip marks. She was probably whipped by governess. And if I were to guess, that is her grandmother.

Honestly, I'm quite familiar with the situation and can easily do it guessed it because my past experience was not much different from her. It seems that I can see myself when I look at this child. She said she lived with her grandmother. Where are her parents? Did they die just like mine?

"Ar-Nueng is quite generous. I thought Ar-Nueng would leave me to wither on the ground there."

A-Nueng lay on her side and looked at me. She didn't seem awkward at all, even though she was allowed into my room for the first time.

"That means you have feelings for me, even just a little."

"I don't have any. You babbled as soon as you realized, Oh my. How could you pretend to faint and have everyone look at me with such disapproval?"

"I didn't pretend to faint."

The cheerful child sat up so quickly that I was surprised.

"I suddenly lost all my strength and wanted my lover to carry me to her room. Ahh if I think about it, my head hurts."

Good for you, of course, I didn't say it out loud because I would show my emotions too much if I did. That's not cool.

"You're crossing the line too far. How old do you think I am?"

"26."

"Don't sweet talk me."

"28, then."

"Don't be so polite."

"Okay. 30."

"34."

I revealed my age, and that made A-Nueng put her hand over her mouth.

"You're that old? You're the same age as my mother."

"How old are you?"

"18."

"Your mother gave birth to you when she was a teenager?"

I laughed mockingly, and that made A-Nueng immediately fall silent. It made me feel guilty for insulting her mother.

"Don't be silent. I'm just teasing you."

"Actually you are right. My mother gave birth to me at a very young age and left me with my grandmother.".

"I'm sorry to hear that."

"Ah-huh."

"How could your mother die?"

I asked understandingly, but the petite girl frowned and twisted her face.

"My mother is not dead."

"Ohh."

"My grandmother sent my mother abroad to reform herself and has raised me since I was born."

A-Nueng sat with her shoulders hunched and sighed.

"Argh! Life is full of tragedy."

"Are you really sad? You don't look sad in the slightest. And did you get to meet your mother?"

"No. I only saw her photo and heard her voice when she called to ask how I was doing. Honestly, this is sadder than being an orphan. At least orphans know that their parents have died and can imagine that their parents loved them very much. My mother is still alive and I can only hear her voice but I have never met her."

"She must have visited you."

"My grandmother told my mother to live abroad and never come back to embarrass her."

A-Nueng shrugged as if she didn't care.

"Based on what I told you, it's clear that I didn't come to this world on purpose, right? My mother almost got rid of me, but I was too stubborn."

"Huh?"

I looked at the girl in front of me, surprised as she casually told me her story. The smile on her face caught my interest. She looks a lot like me. Very similar to me. It's not her appearance that resembles me but the way she hides her feelings behind that smiling face. It takes someone to figure it out. I've been through what she's been through, I just don't smile much. I put on an expressionless face so my grandmother wouldn't know what I was feeling. That was me.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Have you fallen in love with me?"