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It started with just a couple of beeps from his phone, and then it got more aggressive. He and I looked at it, and probably if anybody saw us, it would seem like it was a bomb. However, we weren’t scared of it, we were frustrated about it, and angry that people would keep interrupting us. I looked up at Yo and see that he is looking at me, both of us trying to decide who should just look at it to see who it is.
Yo is the one who seems to just finally get the nerve to look at his phone. He seems to look through the notifications and see something that brings a significant frown to his face. He looks at the phone and then looks at me and then back at the phone, the cycle happening a few times. Honestly, I am confused so, I finally ask, “Yo, what is going on?”
I see his brow creased in worry and him biting his lip, something he only does when he is worried and trying to decide something big. I get even more concerned about it, but when I am about to ask again, he interrupts, “Do you have your phone with you?”
I look confused and kind of chuckle because I think he is just trying to joke with me or something. However, when I look at his piercing gaze, and the anger within his glare, I nod and take the device out. Before I could put it on the table or do anything with it, Yo leans over and snatches it from my hand, and puts it in his pocket. Now I am really confused, what is going on, and why won’t Yo tell me anything? He seems to just change his tune then and go back to eating his food, which was interrupted. I want some answers, so, I try again, “Yo?”
He is about to eat, the chopsticks almost to his mouth when I say that. He looks at me and seems to see the question I am not saying out loud so he sighs and sets his chopsticks down. I watch as the piece of shrimp flops down on the plate. Then I look up at Yo, to try and see what is going on, but he seems to be avoiding my eyes. Then he gets another beep and he looks at it quickly, “Oh, Kit is here, I am sorry Ming, but there is something I have to do.” I look as my best friend stands up and I think he is just going to leave, but he gestures for me to get up as well, and he hugs me. Now, he hugs me all the time, but it was the kind of hug that was full of comfort and protection, and it just confused me more.
It’s about 5 minutes into the hug that I feel worry start to build inside me. This hug is full of comfort and protection for me, but it also seems to be for Yo. Though as I hold on to my best friend because I can never resist a hug from him, I feel the sparks of anger that are coming off him. I just want to know what is making my best friend feel this way, my love, and protection of him makes me want to kick whoever it is’s ass. I lean away to kiss the top of Yo’s head to hopefully give him some comfort. That is when I hear a clearing of the throat from behind us, and I start to pull away from him. However, I can’t because Yo won’t let me go, and still keeps holding on, like I am his lifeline. This is when I feel somebody pulling him off of me and look up to see Pha, who looks briefly concerned at me and then looks down at his boyfriend.
Okay seriously what the hell is going on, I need to know right now. I turn as somebody else turns me and I barely get a moment before I feel somebody else hugging me. I look down to see the slight curl of hair that I would know anywhere, why is my boyfriend here? I look down confused when I try to pull away, only to have him hold on tighter, and then feel the stare from somewhere and see my four closest friends standing right by the table. They all show different emotions Beam seems to smile, but there is an undercurrent of significant anger, very similar to how Yo was. Then I see Forth, who has his arm around Beam’s shoulders, not romantically, but like he is trying to keep Beam back. As I look at his face I see a fight between anger and sadness, like he is planning to murder someone and on the edge of becoming a sobbing mess. Then I see movement right beside him, where I see Pha on the edge of tears and what I like to call his, ‘Dad Gaze.’ A gaze that he only gets when he wants to either, protect or scold, one of us, by the feeling in the air it really could be either. Then of course there is Yo who seems to not even hold back his angry sobs.
I feel then how Kit backs away a little and smiles up at me like I hung the moon and stars just for him, and then leans up to kiss my cheek. I close my eyes briefly, wanting to memorize the feeling of those lips against my cheek. Though then he pulls back all the way, no longer hugging me at all, and I can’t help the little whine that comes out until I feel two other pairs of arms around me. I look to see Yo nuzzling himself in my chest while Beam seems to be scanning me with a sense of worry and then gives me a huge hug while resting his head on my shoulder. I smile as I feel so comforted, but then frown and worry when I feel wetness on my chest and my shoulder. I step back slightly as I see two concerned and crying faces hugging me. I feel stuck in the comfort and confusion of the moment until I get startled out of it by my ringtone going off. I watch as Yo steps back and takes the phone out, and I hold out my hand waiting for him to hand it to me.
However, he ignores me, and looks down at it, mumbling something under his breath that I can’t seem to hear. He then puts in my code (He is my best friend, he will know my code), and dismisses the call, but then it starts ringing again. Yo just seems to get angry so, Beam being the usual rational one out of the group takes the phone and answers it. I feel confused when I hear the words, “Yes, we will be right there.” Then the other person on the phone seems to argue by the sounds of it, but Beam just replies, “No, if you are going to do this, you will either have all of us or none.” That last sentence seems to shut them up or Beam is just angry enough to hang up on them. Beam then puts the phone in his pocket, and then turns to me with a smile, “It will be okay, we will get this figured out.”
Then I see him walk to my side and feel his arm loop with mine, then feel somebody grab a hold of my hand, and look to see Yo on the other side. We start all walking somewhere, I am not sure, since, nobody has told me what is going on. I try to get anybody’s eyes so I can ask what is going on, but Kit, Forth, and Pha, seem to be talking quietly and seriously. I feel Yo squeeze my hand, and I look over, and he just smiles and says, “I know you are confused, but let's wait to see what is going on?” I nod and keep walking till we get to the school dean’s office. We stop right in front, but Beam and Yo stop me from walking more, but Forth and Pha walk in and Kit does too. I look at Yo and he just says, “We are going to wait here, it’s going to be okay.”
That is when I finally get some courage and say, “Please one of you, tell me what is going on. Especially since I am smart enough to know that it has to do with me and something serious. I am willing to wait and listen to all of you till now, but the fact that we are at the Dean’s office, please tell me what is going on.” Yo sees my seriousness and gives a nod to Beam.
Beam sighs and takes my phone out of his pocket, and hands it to Yo, who seems to take it and open a couple of things. I watch and wait as he looks at me and then at Beam and then at the phone, and then decides to speak. He seems hesitant at first and has an undercurrent of anger in his voice, “Before I tell you this, promise me that you will let us do what we need to do.”
Right away I want to argue and tell them I need to know first, but then I feel Beam pat my arm to get my attention. I turn to him and he smiles pleadingly, “Ming, there has been a lot going on since you won Campus Moon, but especially since Muwan left that day. You don’t know most of it, because the five of us have been keeping it on the down low.” I feel hurt and anger rise inside me at the words, they kept something from me all this time.
Rationally I know it was probably to protect me, but from all the secrets today, I can’t see reason, so I snap, “So, you all kept these things a secret from me this whole time?!” I try to not look at their faces knowing that there will be guilt on their faces, and if I look I might forgive them. I might forgive them, before knowing everything that they have kept from me. Also, I want to feel this hurt, and I am allowed to feel this hurt, every one of my friends, the ones I have as my chosen family, has been keeping things from me. Things that are very likely bad and serious issues, if they had to keep it from me this whole time. Also, now we are in front of the Dean’s office, what is he going to do about what happened?
Yo tries to get me to look at him and I sigh when I do, he has tears in his eyes, “I am sorry Ming, we just didn’t want to worry you. We all know how you get if something goes wrong, when it’s others you are protective of them, but if it’s yourself you self-destruct and keep it from everyone. We are your friends, we are a family, and we are there to protect you, and I couldn’t handle that bitch hurting you again.” I look up at that, not realizing that I was looking away and look at Yo and then turn to Beam.
I start to feel worried because I know this is bad now, “Can you please tell me at least the recent part? Yes, before you ask, I do promise that I will let you all do what you need to do. Though, I need you to promise that you all will tell me everything after this is dealt with.”
They both nod and then Yo shows me the phone, not close enough for me to take it, but enough for me to see some messages. They are all messages I sent to Muwan, and as I see they are old from when we were together. They all say cutesy things, you know cheesy things like, ‘I can’t wait to see you tomorrow,’ or ‘My Muwan, aww that sounds amazing.’ Then they get not so cheesy, ‘Your dress looked amazing today, you looked sexy,’ that was mine, but then it changed to messages that are talking about her body in ways that I never would through text. See, I never liked dirty texting, because of things like this, I don’t want somebody like a friend or family to see it. So, I always keep that for the bedroom or when we are in person. Then I see the timestamps and see that somebody manipulated it to seem like they are recent, and then changed it to more recent messages where I told her to leave me alone and stuff because she kept messaging me. Though the messages make it sound like I am cheating on Kit with her and then it turns to sound like I’m stalking her. When in reality the only person who cheated related to Muwan was her, five times until I figured it out, and she is the one practically stalking me now, not me to her.
I feel tears coming to my eyes thinking, how did I ever think that she was a good person? Then I go back to the thought of what is happening in the office, and then the door opens, and Forth and Pha step out followed by the Dean. I automatically straighten up and put my hands together to wai as I see Beam and Yo do the same. When I straighten up again, from the bow, I look at the Dean, wondering what is going to happen and he just sighs and smiles. I wait patiently as he looks at all five of us, but settles back on me, saying, “I apologize for the worry that I gave you and your friends. There was a misunderstanding-” There is a guffaw from Pha and a frustrated mumble from Forth. Though, the Dean continues like they didn’t, “You have a good group of friends out here, and I am glad that they brought this to my attention.” I turn to Pha and Forth in confusion and realize that my boyfriend isn’t there. I look around to see if I missed him, the Dean seems to realize what I am doing and says, “Your boyfriend is with her, please deal with it, and then I will take my office back.” I watch as he walks away very confused.
This is when Forth turns to me, and says, “I am guessing Beam and Yo showed you the text messages and explained things.”
I nod, but then I think about it, “Well they showed me the messages, they also told me that I will be getting some explanations about the secrets you have all been keeping from me.” I see as Forth and Pha both have guilt on their faces.
Though not one to shy away, Forth says, “Yes, we all will afterward, but first, I need to tell you three what happened in there.” We all nod, and so he continues, “So, the Dean was going to strip you from your title and everything for all of it. However, as we explained that this was clear manipulated text and we can prove it, the Dean was interested. He didn’t seem like he wanted to believe her or take your title away so when we asked if we could see Muwan’s phone. She at first refused, but at the Dean’s demand and also the threat of police, cyberbullying, and fraud, she gave it up. So, when we pulled up the three different conversations that she used for the text and showed the pictures of you and Kit when you first got together. We pointed out the dates, and how you couldn’t have cheated as well as, you weren’t stalking her. The Dean told Muwan that if she didn’t take them down that he would call the police, but also told us to advise you to get a restraining order against her.”
I smile, but still, feel confused about why Kit is still inside, so I ask as much. Pha and Forth smirk at each other, and gesture for them all to go inside the office. I smile as I see Kit when we come in, as he hears the door close he looks over and I see anger change to a bright smile. He walks over to me and checks me over, “Are you okay? I was so worried, that this was all going to get worse when I saw the message from Yo that she put up more stuff.” I look shocked at the last part, and he sighs and says, “We will talk about it later, but just know that if I even hear somebody say praise and Muwan in the same sentence I will slap a bitch. Oh, and you are getting that restraining order, if not going after her for cyberbullying and fraud, she deserves everything to come for her.” I smile at that and hug him close, I feel so happy to have my family, knowing that they will do anything for me.
Though of course, the moment has to get ruined by Muwan yelling out, “You know Ming that you love and will never find somebody as good as me. I was the best thing you ever had, and I could still be. I promise that if you just take me back, I will forgive you for all of this.” Before I am even able to respond or Kit, Yo walks up to her and smacks her across the face, loud enough that I feel everyone cringe.
Then Pha walks up anger radiating off him, “You will never be the best thing for him, you are a cheater, a liar, and a bitch. Kit treats him like he should be treated, and they love each other. Ming would never choose you over somebody that cares about him.” Then gets up right in her face, “He is family to every single person here, if you want to mess with him then you mess with us all.” Then as he starts walking away he turns back and says, “Remember our names next time if we cross paths, I am Phana Kongthanin.” He points to Kit, and says, “That is Mongkol Intochar,” and then points out Forth, “That is Forth Jaturapoom Jamornhum.” Then the last two he points to Yo and Beam who smirk, “Then last, but not least, there is Wayo Panitchayasawad and Beam Baramee Vongviphan. I am guessing by the look on your face, you know some of those names, we have the most powerful families. So think about that, next time you want to mess with someone who is ours.”
Then, when he is done we all walk out and I just feel so happy, especially when we decide to go to that new bar opening up down the street. I know now that no matter what is happening, I will have these wonderful people with me, and I don’t want anyone else.