I sat on the bed, held the bed sheets and crumple them with my own hands. Still looking at the wall aimlessly, I tilt my head; trying to analyze what just happened.

I hissed and then bit the fabric that it almost got wet with my own saliva.

“Do people normally kiss someone on the forehead?” I ask the wall, waiting for a reply and then I face the lampshade besides my bed. “Is it normal?”

What spirit does possess him that made Khun Vegas act that way? Why would he even kiss the forehead of the Main Family’s head bodyguard?

Is that some sort of weird habit? If it is then he probably once kissed P’Chan.

With a full fighting spirit and convinced, I nodded. “That’s right. Maybe he adores good fighters and head bodyguards that he unintentionally kiss them.” I lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling. “Maybe he also kissed P’Chan as a sign of adoration.”

My nose inflated, eyes narrowed as I sigh heavily. “That’s weird.”

Why am I even thinking about it? It will be really that weird if he just does it to anyone! I heard that Khun Vegas is somehow aloof from people and would only be ‘friendly’ for business purposes.

“Ai Pete.”

What if he hit his head that much that made him gone crazy? Should I suggest to Khun Kinn that they should look after him and let him have some medication? Woah. I’m so smart. Yes. That’s the right thing to do.

“Ai Pete!”

“Shit!” I cursed and was about to punch the person who kick me almost out of the bed only to realize that it was Khun Kinn.

I pursed my lips even before all of the bad words escape from my mouth. Porsche who is standing beside Khun Kinn was smiling like an idiot, teasing me as he knows that I almost punch Khun Kinn with my fist.

“Yes, Khun Kinn!” I said and greeted him.

“I will be gone for a while. Can you just look after Porsche?” He requested.

I glance at Porsche at the back, giving me a sign that we will drink later.

“Yes, Khun Kinn.”

Ohoi! We will definitely drink later! I will also find beautiful girls! My single life will be over!

“Alright.” Kinn went to Porsche, kiss his forehead and leave.

I covered my face. Please, don’t let me remember it! I don’t want to remember it. My heart and mind is already confused as hell. I wanna cry.

“Are you sick?” Porsche asked me but I can only stare at him with pitiful eyes.

“Porsche.”

“Pete.”

“Porsche.”

“Pete.”

“Porsche.”

“Pet—fuck you!” He raises his middle finger on me. “Just say what you wanted to say.”

I went close to him as he also tries to listen on what I wanted to ask.

“Why did Khun Kinn kiss your forehead?”

I saw how his curious expression turns into something confused and mad.

“Is he not allowed?” Porsche ask all of a sudden. “Of course he is my boyfriend. Wait. Do you like Kinn?”

He glared at me and almost ready to attack that I sat farther away from him.

“No! What are you even thinking?” I pouted.

I am just asking.

“Why are you asking?” He asked.

I watch Porsche fix his shirt that I can clearly see those marks in different sized and hues of red, pink and even violet. Wow. He didn’t even bother to hide it.

“If someone kisses your forehead, what will you feel about it?”

“I think it’s normal if you love the person or you are close with them.”

He answered without hesitation.

“Normal?”

Porsche nodded. “Yes and forehead kisses are special.”

My eyes widened in disbelief. If forehead kiss is special… why did he give it to me?

“Can you kiss someone on their forehead and not feel anything?”

When did I even become curious about this? Let me answer it. I’ve been here for how many years that none of my friends or colleague has did it to me. They never do those forehead kisses that gentle and if they will, it is definitely a form of joke or because of excitement while watching games, nothing more than that.

“You can kiss someone on their cheeks and lips and still feel nothing.” Porsche said and continued. “But forehead kisses hits different.”

When I heard that, I didn’t ask for more and let Porsche takes a nap on the empty bed.

A part of me agrees with his statement. Unlike kiss on the cheeks which seems to be cute or a kiss on the lips that exudes romance, aggressiveness and passionate emotion; I also see forehead kisses as conservative but expressive at the same time. It is the mixture of showing off what you feel but also giving them assurance that they are safe in your arms.

That kind of kiss will bring those butterflies in your stomach grow wild but will also calm your heart like the ocean assuring the seashore that it will do its best to reach for your soul.

“Pete! Are you awake?! Wake up, damn!”

“What’s happening?” I ask in panic when I heard Pol’s voice from the outside.

Even the sleeping Porsche woke up from sleep, preparing himself for the chaos.

Pol almost broke the door when he enters. He is sweating like waterfalls that I am not sure if it’s sweat or just water.

He pointed at me. “You. Come down, hurry up! Let’s go!”

“What? Why?” I asked still looking for my slippers.

He seems to be excited and in panic at the same time which makes it difficult to know what’s going on.

“Are we in trouble?” I heard Porsche ask and followed us.

The three of us ran to the living room and as a person with too much curiosity of things, I almost break my neck trying to see what it is all about.

“Is there a party?” I ask Pol when I saw the different bouquets of flowers- sunflower, roses, chrysanthemum, daisies and some that I am not even familiar with.

There is also a huge, very huge paper bag and numerous shopping bags place on the table.

“Pete!” I watch Khun No stare at me with his mad eyes that made my heart hurt.

Did I do something wrong?

“I didn’t order it, Khun No.” Before getting scolded, I already defended myself.

“When did you even start letting Vegas court you?”

My mouth opens wide when I heard Khun No ask me that. Why? Is it me? And what about courting?

“Here.” Arm handed me the huge paper bag.

With their all eyes focused on me, I awkwardly smile at them. I don’t even have the slightest idea on what’s going on.

I open the bag and found chocolates in there. This is too many! Not just one bar of chocolates but packs of them. Some are small, some are round shaped and there are also bars of chocolates from famous brands, the same as what Khun No buys if he wants to eat something sweet.

“I like this!” I pick one of the chocolate bars and smile yet I pause when I saw them still waiting for me to do something.

After digging, I saw a small card and it is not a printed note but a handwritten one. The penmanship is neat that one can easily read what was written.

You can only eat these chocolates whenever you are stress and if you eat too much, always brush your teeth and drink lots of water. You might feel sleepy after eating them so make sure that you will only eat what your body can take.

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When I read the person who gave them, I don’t know how to react. The confusion is killing me! And how on Earth does he know that I only eat chocolates whenever I am stress and I get dizzy after eating it?

“Is it really for me? Isn’t it for you ,Khun No?” I ask trying to change the topic.

Khun No with his irritated and mad expression handed me a medium sized cat stuff toy from one of the bags. There is also a card tied on it.

.

“Tell me Pete, when did you even start having a connection to Vegas?” Khun No interrogated me.

Porsche, Arm, Pol and Khun No’s eyes were all darted on me as if they see my soul through my body. The four of them walk near me, with judging eyes and they seem ready to pull out the answers they wanted to hear from my mouth.

The only thing I know is Khun Vegas is starting to pay attention on me. That’s it.

“Did Vegas confess on you?” Khun No put his face closer to me.

“Are you flirting with him without us knowing?” Porsche ask.

“Are you secretly dating and chose to come out?”

“Don’t you think he is manipulating you?”

“Pete isn’t Vegas’s type.” Khun No spoke. “Pete isn’t even Kinn’s love interest before so why is he interested on him?”

“Do you like these gifts?”

“Do you think he is targeting you because he didn’t have Porsche back then?”

“Maybe he is treating you a second option to mess with the family again.”

“Are you getting swayed with his lies? He is manipulative as hell!”

.

“That’s enough hehe. Let’s forget about this.” I tried my best smiling after hearing those questions.

With my hands, I gather the gifts and hugged them that I almost cannot carry.

“I… I will just throw this.”

I didn’t wait for more and ran to my room, kick the door close and place these gifts on the floor.

This isn’t the first time I had received gifts. When I was in high school, there are lots of girls who will hand me foods or love letters especially if there is an important event. It has been long ago that I can’t even remember who gave them to me.

However, this is the first time that someone who had a high rank in society would even waste his time and effort to give this like a high school student and asking a chance to be my suitor.

I glance at the person who entered. It was Arm who gave me the card I left downstairs.

“Are you going to throw them?” he asks.

“It’s a waste to throw them away.” I told him honestly. “But if Khun Vegas is just using me to have his way again to the family then I will.”

Who am I to be looked after him?

Khun Vegas is the type of person whose interest will be about popular, cute and rich men. I am not even one of those.

“Is he trying to manipulate me?” I ask and took one of the roses, playing it with my hands.

“Maybe he isn’t.”

I stopped when I heard it from Arm.

“Are you supporting him?” I ask wondering.

The initial and expected reaction would be annoyed to Khun Vegas with what he is doing but how weird it is for Arm to react so calm as if he is expecting it already.

“What I am trying to say is that I am not surprise anymore that he is doing this.”

“This?”

Arm nodded. “Yes.”

“What do you mean?”

Arm cleared his throat, ready to explain things. “You know that every time the two families meet, there is always tension between them, right?”

.

That’s true. A warm welcome isn’t warm at all because everybody is alert. Even the bodyguards at the lower rank feels the aggressiveness in silence, what more to us who have a great responsibility?

“When the second family arrives, they all have this stoic expression. No one dares to smile or even be friendly.” Arm continued. “But among all bodyguards, you are the only person who has the guts to greet Khun Vegas with a smile.”

I am not really aware with that kind of behavior. I always see Khun Vegas as someone with the same rank of Khun Kinn. So the way I treat Khun Kinn is the same as how I do it on him.

“Everytime Khun Vegas enters this mansion he never smiles as if his face is made of stone but when you greet him that is the only time he will smile too and his aura looks calm.”

“Maybe you’re not referring about me. I’m Pete not Porsche.”

“I observed that even Porsche came here.” He explained. “I know that Khun Vegas haven’t notice it yet during those times. He is busy messing with Khun Kinn that he isn’t aware with his own feelings.”

He isn’t aware?

“When he will come here and would see us in training, I notice that he will glance at you and smile whenever you joke around with others. Sometimes, his reaction with things will only be natural if it was you who said it.”

I let Arm told me everything he had observed. I wasn’t also that aware since it has embedded in me that no one especially someone with a high rank will look at me like that.

“During those times, I know Khun Vegas have a crush on you but his mind and everything about him is conditioned to defeat Khun Kinn. He maybe not aware that his subtle reactions everytime you’re near already means something.”

“But he is tricky.” I still refuse to believe what Arm just said but it is already lingering on my mind.

“Even the worst person in this world could still have a good side. Their bad side isn’t one hundred percent of them. There will always be a side of us that is natural, real and unpretentious.”

Arm then left my room, leaving me here in constant debate.

Khun Vegas is someone we are all should be cautious about due to his cunning nature as what they say and keeps on telling us.

In this household, they will refuse to believe that he had a good side. Khun Vegas is labeled as a villain and was coax to receive misfortune and bad lucks in this world. It is difficult to trust someone whom you never saw their good sides at all.

I stop thinking about it when my phone rang and an unknown number pop out.

Do you still remember me, Nong Pete? I am White. I got your number from a bodyguard at the mansion. Are you free? Can I meet you at the mall and hang out?

Ow. It’s Phi White. I named his number as White and my eyes glances on the next contact number. I put Khun Vegas’s number here and just named him Vegas.

It will be confusing if I wrote Khun at the first one and might accidentally send something to the three young masters.

Does he want me to be his friend?

I accidentally click the back button that I have to type my reply again.

Sigh. This is for the better and so I could forget what Khun Vegas has been trying to say.

Not even looking at my phone, I just scroll and press the very last person on my contacts and sent the message.

Yes, Phi White. At the mall near the amusement park, right? See you there.

I place my hand above my head, taking some time to fully gain my consciousness.

“Damn.” I cursed when my phone just suddenly rang multiple times.

Shit!

I sent the message to Khun Vegas! Damn it! Their names are just next to each other!

Who?

Whose White are you meeting to?

Pete!

Is it the assistant of Khun Ja? Don’t meet him.

Don’t leave the house! Stay there!

What? Why is he behaving like this? And he knows Phi White too. What a small world it could be. Phi White doesn’t seem to be a bad person at all.

He just wanted to hang out and I also wanted to relieve stress.

Don’t meet him and just stay there.

I took a heavy sigh and replied to Khun Vegas.

Wrong sent, sorry.

I then replied to Khun White not minding the messages sent by Khun Vegas. Why is he behaving like a strict boyfriend?

A jolly yet sly smile forms into his face as he puts his phone back in his pocket.

White, who’s face seems to be someone who’s intention is pure and with all honesty just smile as if his prey has fallen into his trap.

“He accepted it Khun Pat,” he told the man who’s playing with a snake, crawling into his shoulders.

“It will be easy to get Pete since no one will be there to protect him.”

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