Lunch Dates

Part 4

Ohm was getting ready to start warming up that morning when Namtan came marching in with visible disgust on her face.

He just sat there and waited for her to speak, already bracing himself for another confrontation.

"Are you kidding me, Ohm?" Namtan's frustration was apparent in her voice. She knew other people could hear her but she didn't care.

"What did I do this time?" Ohm asked, confused. He glanced around and noticed some of his teammates pretending to be busy but were obviously listening in.

Namtan shoved her phone in front of Ohm's face. Ohm had to step back out of shock.

"Look at that. You just 'liked' somebody's video scandal on Facebook," Namtan stated not as loudly as before but still with enough angst.

"So what? I just liked it. I didn't even watch it," Ohm said while continuing on his warm up. He was expecting a much bigger issue so he was relieved.

"You're disgusting Ohm. And you can even lie to my face now?"

"I'm being honest, okay? I just liked the post. I didn't even watch the video."

"Did you know the girl in the video is a minor? And even if she's sixty years old, you have no business liking such posts. When I saw New's twitter post about some guys in our school sharing this horrible video, I clicked on the Facebook link so I could report it. Imagine how absolutely disgusted I was to see you among the bunch of bacteria who liked the video."

"I'm sorry," Ohm said in submission. He still couldn't see what was so wrong about liking a random post. But with Namtan, he has learned that agreeing to whatever she was saying was much faster way to end an argument.

"No, Ohm. You're not. Do you even know what's wrong about liking the post?"

Ohm was quiet, trying to act cool so the other people in the gym won't think he messed up.

After not getting any response from her boyfriend, Namtan finally had it. She forgot about controlling her voice and began to yell at Ohm.

"Unbelievable! You see, this poor girl must have sent the video to her boyfriend thinking that it would only be kept between them. But then this asshole of a guy posted the vid on Facebook. He didn't even blur the girl's face. And now people like you are having some kind of party over the video. I know you don't have a sister but what if the girl was someone you know? What if that girl was me? Would you like the post, too?"

Ohm gradually felt a creeping feeling of shame after getting Namtan's point. "I understand. I'm sorry."

"You better be. And leave that rotten facebook group now. Wait until I tell Nanon about this. You'll be lucky if he lets you keep your Facebook account." Namtan said before hastily marching away.

Ohm was too stunned to tell Namtan that he and Nanon were not in good terms as of the moment.

But he agreed with her. Nanon would be furious if he learned about his latest booboo.

Nanon had always been a feminist among many other things. He would always correct Ohm every time he made sexist comments.

In fact, Nanon's frequent reminders and lectures have saved him from a lot of fights with his ex-girlfriends and even with fans.

And like what Namtan just said, Nanon did warn him before about not being allowed to have a Facebook account when he does something stupid on that platform again.

Nanon was practically the older brother he never had. He was so much wiser than him. He was always making sure that Ohm didn't mess things up.

That must be the reason why my parents trust him more than me, Ohm thought with a grin.