The Gamer and his awkward boy (English Translation)

13

Co-translator : babibubego

13. Drink a Coffee and Smile Like an Idiot

Soh used to think that the game could heal everything, but he knows today that it’s not true. When the person who used to be cheerful because he had been chasing people for three hours was sitting still and gloomy in the sadness that only someone faced with it would understand.

He didn’t worry about how late it was, because the only thing that Soh worried is P’Thee’s feeling that should not be left alone. But even so, the other person went to put the clothes in the bag before walking up to him, stretching out his hand and saying

‘Better go to your condo, it’s not fun here.’

Soh didn’t ask a word, he just looked at the other person’s face and held his hand before pulling himself up and standing up. Thee would be worried or afraid, but choose to put clothes to sleep together instead of drowning in sadness alone is a way for Soh to be comfortable with it.

Soh turned on the small lamp so that the room would not be swallowed up by the darkness. Soh hopes that P’Thee will not bother with the light, because he doesn’t want the person next to him to see only black in the night that still puts pain in his heart every moment.

They both lay looking at the ceiling without anyone saying anything. Soh didn’t dare to fall asleep for fear of P’Thee would cry or maybe walking outside to breathe air, not sure how much it will help P’Thee. Worried, but he don’t know how to do ‘time heals everything’ how true this word is. How much strength does P’Thee need to force to return to being everyone’s cheerful Thr33Gamer?

The vibration of the alarm clock held in had throughout the night made people in panic. Soh doesn’t turn on the sound for fear of interfering with the bedtime of P’Thee. Claiming that the alarm clock at the head of the bed is so light that it is whispering, so afraid that he won’t wake, which the other person had borrowed without asking any questions.

The first thing Soh does is not stretching like every day, but turning to check if P’Thee is still sleeping on his side or if he has gone out, which he saw the big man still lying in the middle of bed and the eyelids are completely closed breathing in and out rhythmically. It really made this kid relieved that he couldn’t help but smile.

Get up and take shower, make everything as quite as possible. Put on the student uniform until it is finished before arranging a towel moistened with water into a small basin. The youth sat down beside the bed, gently holding up the same hot hand on the towel. Even if P’Thee’s heart still hurt, but Soh will take care of P’Thee’s body until it is recover.

The fever went down, thank you P’Thee for choosing to sleep instead walking downstairs to buy five or six can of beer. Thank you for not hurting yourself anymore, thank you that P’Thee is a weak and strong person.

“….” The sick person started to move, probably because he felt the chill on the skin. Soh stop for moment, until he sure that P’Thee not moving anymore before wipe his face, neck and arms and pressing the towel over the crook to absorb the heat.

Apply the antipyretic gel as the last thing before walking to open the refrigerator. Take out the ingredients that have been bought and stock a little bit and put them in a row. The he made six sandwiches with vegetables, lettuce, tomato, tuna and boiled eggs, because he thought he would be better off with the rest than not being full.

After that he went down to the coffee shop downstairs to but an iced Americano before a young boy in college uniform sat busy on the desk doing homework, smear handwriting with a magic pen on multiple sheet of post-it.