“KINN… KINN! KINN!” I called Kinn for the millionth time since he’d brought me here. We were going to get something to eat at the mall, but as soon as he parked his car, he just sat there staring blankly ahead for some reason. If you didn’t want to go out, then why did you agree to it?!
“What is it?” Kinn turned to ask me, unbuckling his seatbelt.
“What’s wrong with you?” I muttered. Kinn just sat there watching me, motionless. “Fine, what do you want to eat?” I changed the subject. I didn’t want to bother him too much; these days, his awareness seemed to constantly drift in and out until he’d practically become a second Tankhun. Well, they were brothers, after all.
“What about you—what do you want to eat? You’re the one who invited me out,” Kinn said.
“Oh, uh, one second.” I took out my phone and quickly opened LINE, texting the person responsible for encouraging me to do so many strange, confusing things.
PORSCHE: We’re at the mall. What do I do next?
YOK: Go one round in the parking lot
PORSCHE: Are you crazy?! Give me actual suggestions
YOK: Ugh! Eat something, watch a movie, do karaoke
PORSCHE: Eat what?
YOK: Go to a restaurant. Whatever you want to eat, just take him there! Argh! Is he your top or mine?
PORSCHE: I told you, he’s my bottom!
YOK: Hee hee
“So fucking annoying,” I muttered quietly.
“Who are you talking to?” Kinn leaned over to look.
I quickly twisted my phone away from him. “Don’t be nosy!”
“Hah…” Kinn raised his eyebrows. “When you invited me out, what did you want to eat?”
“I don’t know. Let’s just go in and see.”
“Oh,” Kinn said. I opened the car door and got out, irritated. I didn’t know what I was unhappy about. What was I even doing?
Fuck! Everything Madam Yok told me to do was bullshit! If only I could go back in time to this morning and not read her LINE message…
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YOK: Oh! One more tip to hook your top. If you want him to really fall in love, you have to add sweetness to your life together.
PORSCHE: He’s my bottom! Not my top!
YOK: Fine, fine. Do you still want to know?
PORSCHE: Yeah
YOK: lolololol you have to bring excitement into his daily life. Go to places he hasn’t gone so he feels excited and challenged, like you’ve got depths for him to discover. Think “you make me feel like when I was fourteen, when I had my first love”25 or something like that
PORSCHE: And why do I have to do that?
YOK: You looked stressed out. What, are you afraid he won’t love you or something?
PORSCHE: No. I don’t feel anything
YOK: Yes, then whatever
PORSCHE: Wait, what you just said…explain
YOK: Hee hee ^_^
PORSCHE: I’m just asking for Tem, he seems worried
YOK: I know, but fine, I’ll tell you. What’s daily life like for the two of you?
PORSCHE: He works all day
YOK: Where?
PORSCHE: In his room
YOK: So stuffy! Why don’t you try taking him out. Go eat, watch a movie, listen to music. Flirt like a Siam boy!26