FISH UPON THE SKY CHAPTER 3

 

Co-translator : @chococharol

The boy in front of me Mueang Nan, The Star of Pharmaceutical industry major that being constantly talked about by everyone. The more he moves his hips or just moves around the table in the floor, the hotter his aura, and the louder the cheers from all the people around him till it’s deafening and can even beat the loud music in the club.

Is that the guy which I secretly in love for a year?

Where is the soft, lovable, and the simple guy that I used to see? At this moment, Nan who is in front of me is no different that club dancer who dance to tease the guys around him/her.

(T/N : I knew it!! Behind that gentle façade, Nan has another face. Sorry guys, I have soft sport for lil Uke who turns into Succubus in sheet. *wink wink.)

“Let’s wait until the Start comes down from the dance floor, then we can start the game.” My friends who conduct stupid bet is still not stopping his game. Of course, I am not involved in that bet, and beside not like my friends care about me join or not.

“It’s very tempting, to just attack and eat him up.”

“Raise your head! You need beat those other competitors and maybe you will be dead even before touching your prey.”

(T/N : Guys, sudden sexual move is only hot when it’s consensual (such as role play or something), other than that it’s easy slippery to sexual harassment and rape, okay. I don’t like these guys thought.)

This means the guys who are watching Mueang Nan has urge to devour him. One thing for sure, if they’re carelessly come and try to kiss him, guaranteed they will taste the comfort of hospital bed. Because the other guys will definitely prevent that to happen. Nan is like teasing everyone to get close to him, but he is actually unattainable.

(T/N : You know who’s pop up in my mind while I work this chapter as Nan? Cooheart, as if this Nan character screaming his role to be taken and act on it in series. Haha.)

“Pee, if you’re going to just stand there, just go home.”

“Err, yeah, guys, you should stop this game now.”

“Who’s asking your opinion? You just don’t want to lose a face in public because your stupid face like yours, even though you join this game, he will never take interest in you. Now, move your ass, because today we will hunt the star.” After saying that, he chugs his alcohol drink but the eyes are still staring at that slim slender fragile body guy in front of him.

Right! The fragile body, the sweet innocent face, the enchanting beautiful eyes, and all of those belong to Mueang Nan. I protect them, I will protect them right, but I don’t have right to do that.

But if I do that, I might be can not go home. I have worked hard to be able come here and meeting them tonight. Whatever that is, I am ready to accept the bad consequence. Come on!

(T/N : I think Pee means he’s ready for getting beaten up by his asshole called classmates. Poor Pee!)

Yeah!!

That’s right! I chug the drink from my glass, close my eyes tightly, and wipe my mouth.

Who is he? Who am I?

Bastard! I only clench into a fist, feels like want to punch face of these bastard friends, one or two punches. Does you father never taught you how to treat your friend right?

“Hey, it’s okay if you want to say it. Don’t throw the alcohol on me.”

“Your face is quite clear, dumbass. You quietly curse me, right?”

“So what? If I did curse you, what will you do?”

Damn!! I become hot headed because of these bastards.

“You dare to raise your voice towards me, Pee? Dumbass like you dare to think climb and reach the star? I know you quietly like him, but sorry… face like yours won’t even get him any attention.”

I can only swallow those bitter words and sadness to myself. So many words from Duen is still lingering on my heart today. Why I am not as strong as him, be brave, and confident? Even to pull his collar and spit on his face, I am not brave enough.

“You can just sit still. Understand?”

Honestly, I want to answer with F*CK to his face, but I can only answer… “Yeah.”

“Mueang Nan already back to his seat. Let’s go. Who will go first?”

I shake my head to sort my thoughts, lift my hand to wipe my thick lenses in my glass because there’s some vapor left behind from the previous cold drink I chug. Now I silently focus on listening what these mad bastards plan to do.

“Let’s do it together, to see which one is the best.” They wink with each other.

Each of them takes one glass of wine and walk towards the VIP seat where that slender slim kind of guy sit with his other friends. What do you think their friends do? Only sit and watch. There’s some guy who’s sent to talk previously, but then he quietly returns with head hung so low.

“Can we join you?” One my friends open the conversation. That little guy can only raise his eyes impatiently and gives little smile.

“Go ahead.” What he said.

“Look! He’s successfully getting invitation to sit.” One of my friends kick my other’s friend leg to start who brave enough to make a move first. And me, you may ask? Forget my existence because I have no confidence and can only look from a far. Even, I don’t even feel worthy to sit in that sofa, and there’s no room for me.

“Mueang Nan.” One of the best-looking guys in that group of class mate start first.

By the way for you guys, we’re in the dentistry has so many handsome guys. I just have bad luck to be with these guys so I look worse, these guys hate me and want to kick me from his group if they don’t remember they still need me for academic purpose.

(T/N : I am sorry guys, I am going to start writing down Pee’s asshole classmate on Death Note that I borrow from Raito Yagami. Only for these scums.)

“Do you know me?”

Oiiiii. Why his voice sounds so sweet? It doesn’t match with his move on the dance floor just now.

“Of course, I know. We go to the same university, I often see you and cross path several times.”

“So why you never say hello then?” Nan replies him in teasing manner. It’s all gone now, all of my personas of my ‘star’.

“I see you with your lover. So I don’t dare.”

Hah! I saw you prepare yourself to eat him up for long time a go, and now you are pretending to be some innocent lame duck.

“Have some courage.”

“If you open your heart, I will teach you what is love.”

Hueekk, I feel like I want to throw up hearing those words. That damn bastard… Not only use sly method, he silently kicks his friend’s feet to give them kiss sign, because he knows those fragile body will be ruined once being kissed roughly.

“Watching you talking like that makes me curious, how love is being taught?”

“I can teach you. Want to try.”

“Sure, I would like to try.”

Nan… Nan.. What is Nan doing?

After say that, that slender boy stands up and sits in that meatball head’s lap and round his hand on that bastard’s neck, making everyone gulp their saliva. Added with all those cheers around them who’s being jealous. What is happening right now? Where is the Nan that I thought I know? Why he become like this?

“You got the right person. So, how would you like me to teach you?” that meatball head is asking with sly laugh.

“No, enough here. Because I already have two husbands. Sorry.”

“You have two husbands?”

“Sorry.” Said Nan with unapologetic and mocking look.

Wah!!

Do you understand the phrase “eat me like there’s no tomorrow”? yeah, Nan seems like offer himself? Yup, my ‘star’ just did that, he comes to provoke that bastard, but after that, he walks away arrogantly, leaving that meatball head and his gang who sit still, unmoved, like a dog see a can of fish. Want to eat it, but don’t know how.

Should I laugh or cry right now? Laugh because these bastards lose faces, or cry because my ‘star’ claims has two husbands.

My heart almost breaks when hearing that news.

“Are you in shock? I major in Pharmaceutical Industry, I will prescribe some medicine for you.”

That comes from one of Nan’s friends. They are also good-looking guys and girls. But Nan is more stand out, way much cuter. I also like him for very long time.

One by one, my classmate walks away and go to the dance floor, dancing together with whoever new leader on the floor. Because the first trial is broken hearted and dead. I crawl my way to the dance floor, watching that slender body dance wilder than before. Lots of whistling sound and cheers is surrounding his moves without stop.

“It’s my turn now. I will take 10.000 baht today.”

“Haven’t give up yet? He said has two husbands.”

“Eh. This guy is pissed me off.”

“Do you want get beaten up by his husbands or what?”

“No way.”

Those two bastards are still arguing their next strategy to continue the “want to kiss Mueang Nan” agenda. I can only stand and scratch my head. Not so long after, someone bumps on me in this club. The more I am getting pushed, the more I am getting deeper in the crowd. I don’t want to be pervert, but…

BRUGG!!

SHIT!

Haha. I heard loud laugh before, in the next moment, I get pushed so hard to the dance floor. I am shocked because I fall on the small body who sprawled on the floor, under my body. Our faces are almost touching each other. Oh God! I am so dead. Falling on top of him makes my breath getting quicker, I don’t even realize if I am breathing or still holding my breath.

“Uhm. So heavy!”

That’s the last word I heard from my ‘star’ before so many hands and feet drag me away from him.

“Damn it! How dare you touch him without any shame and grope him like animal.”

I didn’t mean that, bastard.

“Hah, me?”

Bugh…

A foot kicks my body like a ball in the penalty time with full energy. I am really damned. Let alone can ‘eat’ the star, I bump him accidentally causing my death in this horrifying situation.

I raise my hand to cover my face and arch my body inside to protect my vital organ in stomach area, but it seems doesn’t work well. Because they keep kicking me and I can only groan.

This situation causes my ears ringing for certain time. I will be dead under their feet if I can get out from this situation soon. Suddenly there’s a hand shows up to rescue me and successfully pulls me up from those ten pairs of feet who doesn’t stop kicking me.

“Run, damn it!!” That low voice shouts to me quickly while drag my battered body and direct me to his car. The silence covers us. Need long time for me to recover and realize the latest situation. Until I realize the familiar scent of this car, the voice of someone who just rescued me sounds like…

“Duen!!”

“Yeah, it’s me. Who else? That star won’t save you or anything. Hah?” Right, I actually think that he will help me escape like in those romantic comedy movies. And that dream is shattered. Why this albino buffalo can come here? Pissed.

(T/N : Little thanks would be suffice, Pee. To Duen.)

“How come you’re here?”

“I follow you. I heard you’re going to the club. And I know this is your first time. How come I miss it? So are you ready to be transformed?”

“Yeah, I transform as four-legged animal.”

“Why you didn’t tell me that you’re going to hang out like this?” His both hands hold steering wheel, and his eyes looks straight ahead on the road, but his words are emphasized each of them so I can hear them clearly.

“What do you mean?”

“Like Mueang Nan matter, why don’t you tell me, damn it Pee? Aren’t you tired for keeping up your feeling to yourself?”

“How do you know about Nan?”

No. Don’t tell him he likes Nan too. Hoi! We shouldn’t like the same person. But it’s okay, I will never give up, regardless after what happen with me today.

I learned the fact that Nan is basically like a cat who’s like being patted and indulged.

“My friend has been chasing him since the first year but never got him.”

“Who is your friend?”

“Already graduated.”

“So, after what you see today, do you still consider him as star like the one you describe him in your little diary?”

“No need to mind me.”

“I think, you should forget Nan. At first, I think he’s a good person. But, hah. Who knows he has two husbands.”

Damn it, Duen! Let’s say he has two husbands, how come I never know. I have only seen him with P’ An, Moon of Management Faculty who often with him for these past one year.

“Then what?”

“Is that even acceptable for you?” Duen asks me.

“Sure. Why not?”

“Nan’s husband is very scary and fierce. The first guy is called Nuea, handsome, rich, also cruel. And the second one is An, everyone at the university knows who he is.”

“Sorry, there no will be the day when he will get rid of them. Those two husbands are the defensive protective excuse that he will always use to reject anyone who’s making move on him.”

“…”

“Are you confused? I say, there will be no day where Nan will break up with his two husbands because Nuea is his older brother and An is his older cousin. But not many people know this matter. This is good! I will help you because your star hasn’t been touched or eaten by anyone.”

“What?”

There has been no one who ever ‘eat’ Nan?? Wah! Looks so sexy and flirty but still virgin? Noooo…

I feel like I want to faint. The more I want to get closer to him now.

“What do you think? Hoiii. We have arrived. Get down!”

Duen kick me out from his car, when we return to my room, he brings first aid box and treat my wounds. I am still dumbfounded from what I just heard and sit in front of TV. Damn it Duen!! Now the more I am thinking about Nan.

“See you tomorrow in Engineering faculty.” Naturally, I don’t understand what he means.

“Bullshit, Duen. Why would I meet you?”

“Introduce you to someone.”

“You have another friend?”

“hey, Bastard! I am helping you to create your chance. Do you want get kick? Hah?!”

“What chance?”

“I don’t want to have brother with thick glass anymore, OK!” Enough you’re being bullied and looked down. Whatever it is, it’s too pitiful to watch. Even in distance away from you in the club, I can still hear you’re being bullied.”

“…”

“If I am not the one who help you, who else?”

Plak!!

He hits my head so loud. Duen holds my face, move it left and right, observing my wounds on my brows, jaws, lips and my broken nose. Shortly, this ordinary face now become a mess.

“So what are you doing now?”

“Prepare yourself to go somewhere in the afternoon. You must transform yourself.”

Have you ever seen cartoon with face full of hope and glowing aura from above? Yeah, that how Duen looks right now. How good his guys that claim can transform me? I need to say it I can not guarantee, because perfect life depends one good looking face. Shit Duen! What have you done?

“Do you mean it, Duen?”

“I am worrying about your future, Damned Pee!”

“Enough.”

“Oh Yeah. Who’s first year name tag that hang on your bathroom?”

“Nametag? Hah?”

Oh! I ask you for answer not for eyed roll. Now I imagine myself and transformation. Oh Lord!

(T/N : Everyone! Follow me to say this, please! Thank you, Duen! We love you, Duen! I think Duen and Pee could brothers or cousins. They seem knows each other places.)

The Life Observation of The Fifth Year of University Student.

Remind me that I must invite Pee to meet with my friends this Afternoon. But first, I need to beg to my friend who from University Student Body Union to come and review the material for the Welcoming Ceremony and Orientation program for the new student or first years.

Not only that, I also need to go to Medical Faculty. Just like I say, I took that kid’s nametag with me for two days and refuse to return it. I don’t know what will happen to him right now.

One thing for sure, he said that if he loses his name tag, he will be kissed or need to take off his pant as punishment. Of course, I choose not to believe him.

That boy is sly, how can I believe him. But this kid also said the worst side of the welcoming ceremony and orientation for new student in his faculty. So I withhold his nametag to give him a lesson, to prove myself whether the punishment is just like what he described or not.

Me as an outsider, together with the University Student Body Union member walk to the cheerleader room, sit on the back side and watch. The Leader of Medical Faculty Student Body Union questions these first years without going overboard or anything, there’s no blaming aura coming from them, just remind these new students.

Um… I will wait and see. But what I see is way much easier and lighter than what we do in Engineering Faculty.

Me when I was First years, tease a senior, we’re forced to take off our clothes in front of banana tree. Damn! Until now I still respect my senior and can not eat banana anymore.

(T/N : Okay, this part got me laughs the loudest so far.)

“Anyone who breaks the rules today, stand up!” The discipliner seniors start to make their around.
(T/N : Or Hazer if it’s Engineering Faculty. Sawadee, P’Arthit khrab! Hello to my Sotus watcher/reader!)

These seniors also wear thick glasses like my Nong (ref. Pee). No matter how I see. This naughty kid.

“No one stand up? You! Where’s your nametag?” those elite’s eyes watching him like a Hawk, aggressively stare at this small guy who’s trembled like little chick. That’s the boy I met yesterday.

Because he is the youngest, should he become the first?

“Lost…” That trembled little voice answers as if he’s going to cry. Yeah, your name tag got lost. In my bag.

“How come it lose again?!”

“Someone took it.”

“Have we told you before, right? Keep your name tag well, but you let a person take it away just like that? Stand up at front and raise your hand and your feet.” Said that thick glasses guy.

That kid walks to the front side. Watching that little dwarf’s face seems so pitiful. I want to go and return his nametag, but now I am just an outsider. If I go in, I will not know what kind of punishment that his seniors prepare for him.

Doctor Mean (this boy name) right now is at the front. His eyes get teary so he wipes it with his hand. Then he bends down and staring at the surface of the floor, raise his hands and his leg just like what his senior told him to.

He looks tired because he has done it for quite long time.

I sit and watch these discipliners together with other’s seniors. After the session is finished, the dwarf who looks tired can rest and return to his line. After that, everything is finished and all first years are dismissed.

Personally, I need to find a way to return the name tag to that kid. But when I search for him, he’s surrounded by the second years.

“Nong Mean, are you tired?”

“No, I am fine khrab.” He answers. This kid, is he lying or just chit chat casual?

“Do you want me to massage you?”

“No, it’s okay. I will go home.”

“Wait a minute. Can I ask you? Do you know that if you lose your nametag, there will be punishment from second years too?”

Wusss!!!

Hmm. Right in front of my eyes, that little dwarf is dragged and kissed in his cheek just like what he said. I doubt him and took his name tag for two days and now I know it is truly such a mistake.

“Ah…What are you doing?”

“Are you scared?”

(T/N : Yeah, who doesn’t? Kissed by stranger, randomly at that matters.)

“No need to be scared. Yesterday, why you don’t report this matter to committee so you won’t come to today’s gathering without name tag like this.”
“Because they don’t give me new nametag anymore. Because of that, I still don’t have name tag.” Said that little guy while crying. I stand quietly and can only look from afar like a thief.

Bastard?

I will wait and listen what they will do to him today.

“Whatever that is, it’s too late now, you’re still need to be punished.”

“What will you do?” he looks so white as ghost now.

“No need to feel scared. Come here.” He takes that dwarf’s wrist, but that little guy shakes his head as sign of protest.

“What are you going to do? This is not nice na~”

“It’s okay. I will just kiss you. This is will be lesson for Nong Mean.”

“This is going overboard, kid!”

In the end, I can’t hold myself anymore and quickly jump to the battlefield.

“That kid’s first kiss belongs to me.” A Duen will never stop.

“Damn it! Who are you?”

“Why should I tell you?”