King's College Survival 101 - Fake Dating (BohnKing RamKing)

Chapter 5

The workshop went better than they thought. When he said 'they', that was with the exception of King himself. Turned out only five of them showed up for the project- that being King, Mek, Boss, Ram, and Tee, the president of the said project. It was embarrassing to say the least. After all, it was open to all the faculties and any age group even without any gender boundary. Tee scratched his head with a tight smile as if he was constipated.

"You guys....you're free to invite your friends as much as you want. Don't be shy"

King had no one and he doubted Mek and Boss did either. Those two were 24/7 glued to each other. Finally it was Ram who persuaded two of his friends to join them. Tee had no choice but to help some of their chores himself seeing no one else was going to join in.

"Ai'Tee, where are the cute juniors you promised?" Boss droned stirring a bucket of paint. "At this rate I'm gonna die single"

Somewhere in the back Mek started sawing a wood plank vigorously.

"Uh.. I can order take out?" Tee smiled toothily.

Boss kicked his legs whining.

"Okay okay drinks too then! What do you want? I'll buy you anything... under 200 baht. I'm on a tough budget"

"Forget it! I knew this was a waste of my time" Boss dropped the paintbrush with a thunk and scrambled up to his feet, Tee desperately following his tow.

"OKAY! I'll think of a backup plan! Just stay Ai'Pheun~ okay na?"

Meanwhile King was struggling with a rack of spray paint. Originally he didn't expect it to be so heavy. With a firm tug he was able to lift it at last, but that victory didn't last for long when he clumsily back stepped on a plank of wood and lost his balance. A pair of hands caught his fall just in time. King craned his neck back and came face to face with Ram's blank face.

"...."

"...Thank you"

Ram helped him to stand steady on his feet then wordlessly took hold of one side to ease the weight. King hissed in distress once they put the rack on the designated place, his black T was smudged with bright red paint.

"...."

"It's fine. This is an old T-shirt anyway" He waved his hand dismissively when Ram looked at him with concern. At least that's what King thought it was. Ram let out a tired sigh.

"What?"

Was it on his face too? King unconsciously lifted his hand to brush his cheek but was abruptly stopped by Ram's grip on his wrist. Before he could open his mouth for the second time Ram turned his wrist so that his nose was centimeters apart his paint-covered palm.

"Shia!"

His entire palm was thick with gooey red paint too. Where did all these come from?

"Ai'Bohn! Thank god just the man I was looking for!"

Tee enthusiastically raced at them waling like a goat. Upon seeing the zooming paint bucket and swaying feet Ram's eyes went wide like a pair of soccers while King scrunched up his face and screwed his eyes shut waiting for the onslaught.

The onslaught came, just not the kind he expected.

King yelped when a hand came out of nowhere rudely yanked off his wrist from Ram's hold, spun him around in a full circle so hard he almost got dizzy and dragged him away with long strides.

"Hey-! What!-"

King immediately shut his mouth seeing Bohn's murderous scowl. Where did Patpasit come from?! Tee chased them halfway with his paint bucket but stopped once he realized Bohn didn't want them to be followed.