We are...คือเรารักกัน (We are... we are in love)

Chapter 73: Come Back To Me

[*This chapter hasn't been proofread.]

Throughout the past week, we've been quite busy preparing for the exhibition. After being postponed several times, it's finally happening. Today is the opening day, with every faculty and department hosting activities, academic showcases, souvenir stalls, games, as well as concerts by artists and students. It's a chance for high schoolers, friends from other institutions, and the general public to come and enjoy. This year's event is as lively as ever!

Our Faculty of Fine Arts, besides having fun and unique activities for everyone to join, also had the the high-pitched voices of our quirky MCs, Green and Gigi, calling people in through the microphone to visit the faculty since early morning.

Toey and Din were honored by the Department of Fashion Design to walk the runway for them. The two of them got screamed at by girls from early in the day, no different from the band "Fun Fun" of Q, who not only got screams but also laughter when Green crawled on stage while Q was singing. Heh heh.

As for me and Joe, Neung, we had to do the labor work, yelling to sell handmade shirts based on our own ideas. After a while, Neung started slacking off. He wasn't interested in selling the shirts because he was too busy focusing on his sweet and lovely boyfriend, N'Pan, who had come to the event and stopped by to see him.

I just found out that N'Pan and N'Tokyo are friends. Now, not only do we have N'Pan sitting there with his sweet smile, attracting customers, but also the glowing, fair-skinned Tokyo, who's been sitting close by with his big, bright eyes, and sticking to me.

People passing by didn't pay much attention to the shirts at all, they were too busy staring at Tokyo and Pan, to the point that Nueng had to tell them to leave. Seeing Nueng and Pan openly in love and in a relationship now, with their families' acceptance, made me happy for them. But I couldn't help comparing it to my own situation, and it hurt.

[T/n: I'm happy for them too.]

I sighed and smiled to comfort myself. The reasonI tried to keep myself busy, not giving myself any free time, and stayed with friends as much as possible, was in hopes that it would stop my mind from wandering. But it was only temporary because every time I was alone, I couldn't help but think of Phum.

"Tokyo, you've been hanging out with me since the afternoon. Aren't you bored? You can go check out other faculties if you'd like." I told Tokyo, who was focused on painting a shirt. He turned to me with a big grin and shook his head.

"I'm not bored at all, P'Peem. I think it's fun here. Plus, Pan is here too. If I go, I won't have any friends." he replied.

"I thought you wanted to check out the Law Faculty, heh heh." I teased.

"P'Peem!" he muttered, bowing his head, but I could still see that his cheeks turned red, spreading all the way to his neck and ears. My ears perked up when I heard his shy, soft voice reply, "I went to the Law Faculty before coming to see you, P'Peem... Phi Chai, um, Phi Beer, came to pick me up."

"Whoa, Ai Khun Chai is really fast, huh? I'm gonna have to interrogate Beer to find out what he's been up to with my little Tokyo." I teased, and the more I teased Tokyo, the more embarrassed he became, almost pressing his face into the paint palette. I didn't want to tease him too much, though, since I was worried about him. I guess I would have to ask my royal friend if he was serious about looking after Tokyo or if he was just playing around.

As it got later, the crowd grew, and Chai, Pong, and Q, who were managing the game booths, came to help us. They were yelling out songs at the top of their lungs and dancing ridiculously. Nobody was stopping by to buy anything, so they just entertained themselves. Besides being crazy, they were also bothering my little brother, Tokyo, who just lowered his head and blushed.