malay language // phan au

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dan was not excited for secondary school the next day. the thought of needing to pick another language made his stomach churn. he could barely read tamil or chinese so he opt for malay since his grandmother was malay.

though he cannot read the language he still could understand it as sometimes his mum and grandmother would converse in that language.

his school attire was already hung neatly on his bedroom door knob which consisted of a white short sleeved button up shirt and white shorts. he had to paired it up with a tie since it was monday.

he had already went got orientation that meant he knew his classes already. sadly he couldn't get into the express stream so he was put in the normal academic stream.

phil on the other hand was excited than anyone else. the thought of being a senior of his primary but junior at his secondary school was overwhelming. he had already ironed,hung and washed his white shoes. he was so giddy and excited. he was a little down as he couldn't get into the express stream with his two best friends,chris and pj.  but he did not let that fact make his mood go down.

the next day bright and early at six am, phil was already awake and getting into the shower. as he was showering he thought of the ways he could befriend his classmates. he had gotten alot of feedback that in primary school many people thought of him as a weirdo because he always was happy and cheerful and just sun rainbows and unicorn.

"maybe i should go like 'hi im phil!" he thought. he didn't want to seem too straight-forward or too friendly.

phil just shrugged it off and decided that when the time comes, he'll think of something. he put on his uniform and tie and straightened his hair. after doing so he went to get breakfast. phil's mum made some toast and tea before heading off for work.

phil devoured all of that in the span of five minutes before washing the dishes and putting them on the drying rack. he put on his socks and shoes before grabbing his bag and headed to school.

dan on the other hand woke up at six-ten am and got into the shower. he did all the necessary stuff to be done in there before heading out of the toilet to wear his clothes. he put on his neatly ironed uniform and tie and sat on his bed contemplating whether he should straighten his hair. he decided just to straighten it so he could make a good first impression.

he grabbed a banana and a granola bar before heading to school. he decided he'll eat a proper meal during recess.

both boys reached school exactly at six-forty am. both headed to their class at the fourth level and saw a handful of people were in there. there was a total of thrity nine pupils and only quarter of them were here. dan decided to seat at the back while phil sat two rows infront of him.

dan saw that seating at the back wasn't a very good idea as the boys were talking about getting onto the football/soccer team in the school and arguing about manchester united and liverpool. dan wasn't a big fan of these things so he was about to plug in his earpiece when a girl about 5'1 came over to him.

"hi! i'm siti. this are my two friends anisa and malisa" siti said referring to the girl with jet black hair and ombre hair.

dan looked at her and said hi back. he didn't want to seem rude or selfish so he just decided it was best to actually communicate.

"so.. do you want to eat recess with us? you don't seem like the type to actually seat with them" she said pointing to the group of boys.

dan just shrugged in a way of saying yes. when he was about to to plug back his earpiece in, when he heard the pa system going

"good morning dunmanites. please proceed to the parade ground for the morning assembly. thank you" 

dan took his book and went to the parade ground.

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when phil sat on his seat, he saw three girls coming up to him. they introduced themselves as siti,anisa and malisa. they asked whether he wanted to eat recess with them. he gladly accepted and told them his name.

"eh rambut dier cantik sak" anisa said.

phil could sort of register what she said. 'rambut' meaning hair and 'cantik' meaning nice. so he put the two and two together which meant anisa complimented his hair.

"thanks. i just recently dyed it" phil said blushing.

the three girls looked at him astonished as he said that.

"you kno-" malisa was cut off by the pa system.

"yes i do and i dont think we want to be late for assembly so lets head to the parade square shall we?" phil said knowing what she wanted to ask. the three girls nodded and the quadruple went down.

as they were going down the stairs, they saw dan walking alone. the girls went up to him and introduced him to phil.

when the boys locked eyes, phil saw his beautiful brown eyes while dan saw his swimmingly blue eyes.

yo guys!! so its been a day since i posted the prologue and four people and one vote has been received yayayayya. its not much but i appreciate every read :-). sorry for the shitty update though

in the story i will be using sort of broken malay i guess you could say and a little of singapore slang. translation will be given at the end of each chapter. thanks :-))))

oh and yes when they mean dunmanite they mean dunmannite not dynamite. im in that school soooo yaaaaa