(Not So) Hidden

Chapter 5: Punishments and Misunderstandings

Chapter 5

Author's Note:

Sorry this is late! I became weirdly busy all of a sudden, but please enjoy this chapter!

Look forward to the hazing next chapter!

"I can't hear you!"

"WE ARE ENGINEER!"

Several seniors in the standard red engineering shirts coldly stood as they watched the group of hazers in training perform squats and yell out the engineering mantra.

"How are you all gonna order the first years to this when you all can't even properly do it?! DO FIFTY PROPER ONES AND I'LL LET YOU!

After the fifty squats, the group of incoming hazers trudged slowly back to the room to get all their things.

"Damn! P'Deer didn't hold back at all today. I'm gonna be sore for weeks. And I even had to cancel my date today." Right as he finished talking, Bright got four hits on the head from his four friends that almost made him fall over.

"Shitty Bright! If you hadn't fucking decided to answer the call from the girl you were gonna ditch anyway then we wouldn't even be here!" Arthit was the angriest since he was supposed to see Kongpob who came to visit to see the dorms. But they had gotten punished towards the end of the training session and forced to relive their freshmen days.

"What went up your ass, Ai'Oon?" Bright was rubbing the shoulder Arthit hit particularly strong, and he felt himself getting hit by him again, and this time he really went down.

"Shut up, Bright! And don't call me that!" Only Kongpob gets to call me that.

Bright got up once more, and the group continued to walking. Despite being tired from the session they just had, there was an air of excitement that only a bunch of college boys about to start the weekend would have.

"Guys! Let's go for a drink! And finally get our dear head hazer drunk!" Bright put his arm around the still changing Arthit who instantly shook him off.

"I'm in. I'm too single to be sober right now." Toota welcomed the one man hug from Bright who pumped a fist in the air for successfully getting at least one person to come.

Prem agreed and Knott too with a sigh and shake of the head. But their head hazer and resident pink milk monster wasn't even paying attention and texting on his phone.

"Arthit! Call?" Prem asked the hazer who finally looked up from his phone at his friends who were looking back with expectant stares.

"Uh...I actually can't tonight, guys. I made plans already...w-with...my cousin! Who just came back from Pattaya. Where he was on an extended vacation from school. Because he was sick. For a while. And...yeah."

There was an awkward silence, and Arthit was close to bashing his head at the shittiest excuse he could have come up with till Bright surprised them all.

"Okay, maybe next time then."
Every single other person including Arthit whipped their heads to look in complete shock at their friend. But while everyone was still shocked, Arthit took that chance to slip away and yell out a quick bye.

Toota held Bright's head like it was fragile and said, "Bright, I don't know how to say this. No, I know exactly how to say this. Have you really managed to finally break your head and get even stupider?"

"Ai'Toot! What the hell? No! Wait, you thought I was already stupid?!" The two got in a slap fight with their hands until Knott finally couldn't take the amount of idiot in the room and slapped back both their hands away.