LOVE SICK : The Chaotic Lives of Blue Shorts Guys

CHAPTER 39 : WITH THESE COUPLE OF ARMS

Ever since that day, I’ve been trying to get Phun’s smiles back despite my busy schedules. I usually see him in the morning by the main office building looking busy and with a scowl on his face. But no matter how much if a hurry I was in (due to running late), I always shoot him a smile and never forgetting to wave at the student council secretary with a scowl expression. Lately, he can be seen carrying a bunch of folders and files with him at all times. And every time he notices me, his facial expression changes from a scowl into a bright smile right away. :) I believe that giving someone a genuine smile is infectious. When you smile at someone, I really do believe that the other party will feel better and also smile along with you immediately. :)

I have not brought up what happened after Phun and I had our conversation at his house that day. I figure that there’s no reason to remind him of those awful feelings. I don’t even know if he has done anything about it or if he has done nothing at all. I always respect the decisions that he makes. If he prefers to forget about everything and pretend like it has never happened, then I’d be willing to do so too. Or, if there’s a day that Phun is ready to face the truth, then I’m also ready…to stand by him. All he has to do is ask.

One evening, I needed to run a huge errand by submitting official forms for my club to the administrator’s office over and over. My watch told me that it was nearly 5 pm, yet I was still running back and forth between the F Building and the administrative building because the request forms that I had typed up and printed out were apparently all incorrect. Damn it! I was so sure that I went over this!

So now, I’m dragging my feet back to the administrative building from the F Building for the fifth time. I’m in a terrible mood and I keep thinking about how if this one doesn’t go through then screw submitting it. (However, I have Art who continues to calm me down and reminds me that if I don’t take care of this today then we won’t have the time to submit the sponsors request forms.) Whatever, I’ll just keep enduring this until I can get it all done and over with. The teacher at the office is already staying late to help me get this done anyway.

I walk while muttering to myself since I keep messing up this form and it’s putting me in a foul mood. I’m too distracted to notice a tall figure jogging towards me. We’re so close that our shoulders touch.

“What’s the matter? Did someone take a piss in your cereal or something?” The tall figure turns out to be Phun who asks me those questions with a smile. I turn to look at him and sigh before I show him the form by raising it up to his eye-level.

“What the heck is that?” He furrows his brows before he reads the words aloud. “Requesting assistance for the LIVE CONTEST event by the music club…? Isn’t it too late to submit your request for sponsors now?” So he’s pretty much just rubbing salt into the wounds because we already know that we’ve been real slow about this stuff.

I exhale before I answer his question. “If this goes through by the end of the day, then we’ll make it in time. But if I don’t finish this soon then we’re fucked. Oh, right. Did the school release the 20k for my club yet? Did your savings take a huge hit??” I’m asking because I’m concerned since I remember who helped pay for my club’s bills in the end (even though it was Earn who helped me out at first). Phun gives me a smile, looking relaxed.

“Pretty soon, I think they’ll give me the money the day after tomorrow. And my savings is doing just fine. I have some money saved up.” Right, I forgot that you’re filthy rich.

I quickly shoot him a cheeky grin once I see an opportunity. “Oh, if you have so much money then maybe you should be a sponsor for the event. I could use around 30k or 40k, heh heh. Ow!” I shouldn’t have said anything. Why did I ask for Phun to smack me in the head by saying that stuff?!