The Chiang Mai Escapade | MIR

7. Should I Be Jealous?

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[Tee]

The night had fallen and everything was already set- tables, stage, buntings, you name it and I would say 'YES' to it, and let's not forget the food and drinks as they bring the words 'party' and 'happinness' with them.

Ahh, this is going to be a night full of booze and fun. I said to myself as I accepted the can of beer from Mo.

I thought there was nothing in the world tonight that can spoil my good vibes, but then I saw p'Kram and Keng walked in.

Oh, what the heck? Why are they here? I was screaming mentally. Keng's appearance reduced my happy points from a hundred to eighty. The night would be long and I was afraid I would run out of points. Damn!

We greeted them when they walked to us. Oh okay, happy points went down by five. I draped my arm on Fuse's shoulder to show Keng that this boy was mine. I knew, he had a crush at my boyfriend and I was not happy about it.

I was silently praying that he would go with p'Kram to meet Mo's parents, but then he decided to stay. So, was he planning on ruining my night? Seriously Keng? And I caught him stealing glances at my Fuse! Sixty five points left. But I had to act cool, I just had to pretend that he was not affecting me, that he was not ruining my night although he was about to already! How much longer could I pretend? How much longer could I hold myself? I balled my fist behind me.

"What is wrong? Is there something that bothered you? You look unhappy." Fuse asked.

Yeah right. I would have been feeling good if Keng was not here. I wanted to tell Fuse that it was because of Keng, but I chose not to.

"No, I am fine. Maybe it is just because of my stomach. The beer is making me feel bloated." I lied.

"You should give this a rest." He said, taking the can from my grasp. "You can drink later if your stomach feels fine again." A smile came out of his lips. It made me feel better. My jealousy lessened as I held his stare. Happy points rose by fifteen.

We walked to the pool side, where the party was held and occupied the seats around it. I couldn't focus to my friends because Keng was seated beside Fuse. Damn! I had a wrong choice of spot. Right there and then I badly wanted to exchange seats with Fuse, but they were so busy talking about stuffs, basically just about anything but more of p'Kram's tour agency. So I just contented myself on slinging my arm on Fuse's shoulder, caressing his cheek with my finger.

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[Fuse]

I had noticed Tee's mood changed when he saw Keng. How many times should I tell him that we were just friends and that Keng wasn't interested on me.

I watched his expressions changed whenever Keng was near. I find it funny. Oh Tee, if you just knew.

I blew up when he pushed Keng away while we were dancing. There was too much rage in his eyes, and poor Keng, he looked so scared with Tee's action. I looked around to find our friends, but they were nowhere to be found. Gods, where could they be? Ibadly needed them.

"What are you doing!? I asked after recovering from shock.

"He was flirting with you!"

"We were just dancing!" I was so angry at him. "I am so sorry Keng. Are you okay? Let me talk to him first." I was a bit glad when he nodded. I dragged Tee away from the dancing crowd and onto the villa.

"We need to talk right now!" My anger was beyond my control. I would blow up if I wouldn't let this all out.

"Yeah right!" He was angry too. His eyes became tiny slits on his face and his eyebrows met.

"What was that all about!?" I demanded.

"I already answered that earlier." He crossed his arms over his chest.

"Okay. Then why are you jealous?"

"Jealous? I am more angry! Because you just let him flirt with you!"

"What? What are you saying? He's not and I did not!"

"Then why are you talking to him like there is something going on!?"

"You're unbelievable! Didn't you notice how he looked at you? Everytime we talk, we talk about nobody but you!"

"What do you mean?" He looked puzzled. Maybe he was still absorbing what I justsaid. Alcohol must have slowed down his comprehension.

"He likes you! And for your information, I should be the one feeling what you are feeling right now because I was the one he was asking about you! Did you see me got angry with him? I did not right!?"

He was dumbfounded with what he just heard from me. He must be thinking how did I accept all those things, how did I get through jealousy. I walked away from him, wiping away the tears that started on falling.

I remembered the day Keng asked me about Tee. We were roaming around the night market the last time we were here for our monthsary. He asked me about my relationship with Tee and why we were so close. I lied when I told him that we were just friends and that we were really close because we have the same class together. That was also the night that I noticed Tee was acting differently. Duh, he’s got a lot of issues and most of them were not shared to me. I just thought that he was just pissed by the crowd because we got a lot of pushing and squeezing at that time. So Keng admitted to me that he had a crush on Tee. He must have been so smitten by my boyfriends beauty because he kept on staring at him whenever Tee’s around. Too bad, he was so shy to admit it to him. I felt a little jealous at that time, but I shook it off me because I knew he loved me so.

“What happened to you?” p’ Fing asked me when I accidentally bumped her.

See, I did not see her because of my tears. I just shook my head and she hugged me.

“Was it because of Tee? Because here he comes now, and he seemed so furious. Oh, oh. Boyfriend troubles.” P’ teased, rubbing my back. “Shh, it’ll be fine. You just have to talk it over. Okay?”