AMY'S POV:
Oh gawd! Why is there no one when I want help!
I saw a few freshmen laughing and chatting.
Naaah, I can't go to them they still had a long life ahead of them.
Suddenly, I saw someone wiping his hands with a paper towel looking around... in concern. Tall angel!
I ran to him. "Excuse me!" He looked surprised to see me.
"Please, help me." I was desperate and he just looked around and then at me. Does he work slow!? Should I ignore him and look for someone else? No, I don't have time and he look strong too. "Please, come with me. Someone was following me but now my friend is in danger... I... I don't want him to get hurt." I requested in a way that almost felt like begging.
He nodded finally. He walked a step behind me, looking around. He pressed on his ear pods. Maybe he was talking to someone, I didn't catch what he said.
I didn't realize that I came this far while looking for help.
Please let him be save, please, please...
I kept chanting in my heart.
"What's going on!?" I heard a cold deep voice, my head shot up and I saw dark familiar eyes.
"Senior?" I was hella surprised. I looked around and found another familiar face, "Arm?"
Senior just stared at me while Arm nodded that looks more like a bow. He's weird. Anyhow, I was so very happy to see them. I ran ahead making them follow me without even explaining anything to them.
I ran and ran, and they ran behind. Same group of freshmen stopped to look at us. They might be wondering that I was chased by three well built-up guys. I want to laugh but this is not the time for that.
We finally stopped at the place where I left Tankhun with the stalker.
"..." I was shell-shocked to find him, sitting on one knee.
My eyes widened. Did he get stabbed or something? Where is the bad guy? Don't tell me he stabbed Tankhun and run away, leaving him dying in this dark parking area.
My legs gave up, I hit the ground looking at him. He didn't even look up to see us. I wanted to say something but nothing came out.
How can I live now with the fact that I was the reason that he...?
Please let it be a nightmare...
I closed my eyes and open.
I did this once, twice, thrice...
Nothing happened.
I felt a ball building up in my throat. I opened my mouth to call his name. He always stared at me strangely whenever I call him by his name... and I low-key liked the way every time he did that.
"Tan-khun...?" My voice cracked.
He looked up.
Oh gawd!
He looked up from his...
Is he...
Was he...
"I see... You brought a whole force with you! Good job!" He said in his usual amused voice. "But you're quite late. Silly girl!" He clicked his tongue in disappointment.
My eyes forgot how to blink, I kept staring as his fine figure raise from the ground. There was no blood, no wound.
I looked at him from head to toe. For the first time in all the previous drama, I noticed what he was wearing... shirt, leather pants, and long boots - all in black. As if that was not enough, he was wearing a long grayish black fur coat. He looked like a Viking dressing like this.
"Why are you sitting on the ground? Did something get into your eyes? Why are they turning red?" He leaned forward to examine my face.
Suddenly all the sadness vanished, but the ball in my tears remain, aching oddly. Making me furious for some reason.
"Are you going to keep looking at me like this?" His lips twitch at one side "Does my sparkle burn your eyes!" He asked in husky voice, giving me a complimentary grin.
I want to wipe that grin off his damn face. So, I raised my hand.
SLAP!!
I slapped his stupid happy looking face with the same hand that got scratched earlier. He placed his hand on the side his face, looking at me in astonishment.
Well, you didn't see that coming, did you!?
I stood up from the ground, looking at him fiercely.
If only looks could kill...
From the corner of my eyes, I saw two guys stepping away unconsciously while looking at us, and the senior just raised an amused brow at the unexpected turn of event.
"How dare you!!!!" He shouted in irritated high-pitched voice.
"No! How dare you! I told you to let me go, that someone was following me... Even the stalker told you to leave! He freaking held a knife on you neck." I shouted in a voice that I didn't know ever existed in me. "Something serious could have happened to you. How can be you so careless?" My hands were shaking too much.
"Why do you even come here in the evening, huh? There was no one around... I ran and ran till the end of the damn faculty for freaking help. You have any idea what I go through. I bloody begged a guy I never met before only to found you like... this."
He looked stupefied to hell and back but that doesn't make me feel any better.
"After all the wild happenings, you still had your stupid humour left in you! Does your sparkle burn my eyes!? Yeah, it did. It did so very well that I'm burning with hell fire. I'm literary seeing everything red now... Oh, I wanted to kill you myself."
I shouted at him maniacally. My stupid hands were shaking nonstop, no matter how tightly I clenched them. I saw my nails left thin crescents on my palm.
He took a step and reached out to grab me. Now, he will fight back or take his revenge on me for slapping and shouting at him in front of people. Sure, why not!
What a life to live!
Suddenly he pulled me out of the thoughts - towards him. I slammed on his chest and he...
He hugged me!
"..."
"Don't worry. I'm fine. You did great. You saved me... I'm grateful." He said softly while moving his hand on my head, as if comforting me. "Thank you for bringing help... for getting mad at me... for using a great force to slap me... for passionately shouting at me..." He was saying and I punched his back. "Oww...hahaha..."
This damn guy was still teasing me!
"Crazy, lunatic, maniac, idiot..." Every punch came with a curse.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow..." He just laughed like an idiot he is.
Well, I won't admit in this life but his hug relaxed me, and I felt...safe. I pushed him away, half-heartedly.
"Don't touch me!" I warned him while pointing a finger at his face. He glanced at my hand, then raised his eyes to look at my face, then took a conscious step back while raising his hands in the air. But I saw a sly glint in his eyes.
Drama King! I took a deep breath before facing the others who just witnessed my worse side.
"Thank you everyone." I tried to smile and succeeded only half way.
"...", "...", "..." They were looking at me in awe.
"You guys can go now..." I said in a low voice.
"Khun, where's the stalker?" Arm asked after clearing his throat.
"As I said you were late. He got bored and left." He replied while rolling his eyes.
"What does he want?" Senior asked in a serious tone.
"Her." Tankhun pointed at me with his chin.
"He wasn't after you?" The tall guy asked in his deep voice.
"Naahhh, he was just an ugly guy going after a silly girl in dark alley. Even though I'm ten times more beautiful and charming than her... he doesn't want me because I was not a girl." He was spouting nonsense.
I glared at him. Is it too late to kill him now?
"Why does he want her?" Senior asked again.
"He wanted to put her in a sack, throw it on a boat and send her to another country for a sweet life long trip." He replied in an annoyed voice. I felt a chilled run through my spine leaving goosebumps. The bad guy wanted to sell me off?
"So, he left just like that!?" Arm raised a calculative brow.
"Huh nope!" Tankhun looked amuse at the question. "I told him my name." He grinned hard. "Then he started moonwalking and left."
"What were you doing sitting here when we came?" Tall guy asked again.
"Oh, I was cleaning my boot. That ugly bull stepped on it." He made a disgusting face.
Now they are talking among themselves, and I felt out of the place. Well. its time, I should leave.
"Arm Pol take him to the house. I'll drop her back." Senior said finally.
"Who are you to give order my boys!? And why would you drop her? I am taking her. Savers, keepers." He said proudly like he won me in a lottery or something.
My left eye starts twitching as a caution. I took a step back silently.
"It's not safe. You go back, I'll handle the rest."
"I am not going, if you're in hurry, you go." He yelled back.
Ring!
Senior looked at his phone to see who's calling and that curious idiot leaned forward to peek at the screen.
I was two meters away now, and they didn't even notice. Only the tall guy looked at me. Our eyes meet, he was about to open his mouth when I placed my finger on my lips to shh-ed him.
His mouth was still open, I winked at him and turned to run as a corner came. Haha, the guy was tapping Arm's shoulder to get his attention but got ignored instead.
As I ran, I keep looking around just to be sure. I was running with precise long jumps to land without making much sounds.
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Vegas's POV:
Crazy cousin keeps arguing with me. I kinda wanted to shut him, by cutting his long tongue off once and for all. As if he was not enough, Pol keep trying to get our attention. Arm was quieting him for quite some time but I had enough.
"WHAT!!??" I growled making him startled and took a cautious step back.
"I...I... M-Miss Am..." Before he could finish, I glanced at where she was a minute ago.
Damnit! She ran away.
"What! Where my beautiful Amy?" I heard a voice I hate since birth.
"You were busy arguing... um talking... She w-winked at me and ran away." Pol said making my cousin go crazy as he started kicking him. Lunatic!
"Liar! Why would she wink at your ordinary face!? She didn't even do that to me. Arm catch her. Bring her back, I want her to wink at me a hundred times." He shouted like a crazy guy he is. Arm gave him a certain look.
My phone kept ringing. Macau is calling nonstop. Actually, I came here to pick my little brother up. He was angry at me because I made him attend some mock-lecture thing.
I was going to get my brother when I saw Arm. I was not that surprise to see him as he was coming out from the library. Poor guy! Wasting his sharp intelligence for crazy cousin.
Should I take him too? Then my crazy cousin would die out of anger and hatred.
I was smirking while talking to Arm. Then he touched his ear-pods. Maybe he got some update from Pol. I raised an eyebrow in question he told me Khun is missing and Pol is trying to find him. Then I offered to help, which he didn't decline, of course.
I just don't want Pete to get involved in this.
We were searching the area when Arm got another update from Pol. This time it was about Miss Amy.
Then I took this Khun missing bluff more seriously. I don't want that girl to get involved. I growled inside and felt Arm sharp glanced at me.
We saw Pol from afar, thanks to his good height. We came running and found Amy with him. I inwardly sigh in relief. She looked fine then I saw her hand. She got hurt again.
She looked at us just for a second, I saw relief on her face and then she started to run. She was panting too much but didn't stop to catch her breath. After seeing her like this, I don't want my crazy cousin to get hurt not even a scratch.
When she stopped we looked around, Arm and Pol took their positions but I stand beside her. She kept looking at my crazy brother and finally fall to the ground...
My cousin was too busy in cleaning his freaking boot with tissue paper to notice us. Is this for real!
When he finally acknowledged our presence, he looked up. And open his mouth to speak some nonsense. He put the same tissue paper he used to rub his boot in his back pocket, I narrowed my eyes at him.
I examined his whole body but except his bizarre outfit, found nothing suspicious.
.
Slap!
He kept teasing her and finally get rewarded with a sharp, satisfying slap. I had to bite my cheek to control the laugh building up inside me.
Both Arm and Pol look astonished. I don't know what exactly happened but the slap was hella satisfying.
I stood in a side to saw a thrilling performance. She was shouting fearlessly... Only if she knew who she was ta... Well, no! I don't think it will make a lot difference to her. It's just something about her...
You can't intimidate her with glaring and looking fierce. I've tried it, it didn't work on her. Even she managed to reciprocate my trick a little.
Where no one in the college dare to glance at me, she looked me in the eye. She even hit my head with her freaking file. I'll be lying if I said I didn't get freeze at that moment. She didn't hit me that hard but it was her audacity that left me wonderstruck.
She's like the Blue Fire - look cool but burnt hot.
Her hands were shaking too much not because of fear but of... anger. I saw how she was trying to control herself. Her hands were clenched too hard. At this rate she would cut her own palm with her nails. I'm saying this with some personal experience. Her palm already got scratched for some reasons I didn't know yet.
Our crazy guy stood as if dumbfounded but I know him better. This maniac is enjoying himself inside...way too much.
To conclude, they are perfect complement for each other.
.
Khun didn't even tried to polish his nonsensical lies about the stalker running away just like that. I know he's hiding something. But I don't want to ask in front of her. I bet he knows that I caught him.
I offered to take her with me just in case something happens. He himself got armed bodyguards. But that doesn't guarantee her security, so I volunteer myself.
If something happens his guards would choose his safety over hers - which is a professional choice in my opinion. But I don't have any duty towards anyone, I can choose to protect whoever I wanted.
.
I step back and motion Arm to take their boss back.
"Pol, get the car. Arm, get that silly girl. And you... get lost." Khun ordered everyone like a good-for-nothing King.
I just pretended to be busy on my cell phone as they walked away. I saw when he reached for his back pocket and throw something near a trash can.
I remained in the same place until they were out of sight. Then I hastily walked towards the trash can and picked up what he threw before.
As I opened the tissue paper, I saw... blood!
I looked up at once to look around. What did this maniac do exactly?
I run towards where he was sitting and rubbing his shoes. I looked around in the dim light and finally on the ground. As expected, I saw some blood drops.
Earlier, I missed it because he was standing on this spot. Damnit!
I tried to look around some more. My sixth sense is telling me something is wrong... too wrong. I started to check the few cars parked there, inside and under. Then I looked near the area where trees and bushes were planted.
"..." W-What the...
Behind a bush I found a man. Unconscious. Right side of his chest was bleeding. He had a dagger dangling at his chest. I wanted to slap this guy to wake up and to tell me who in the hell did this.
Because I can't believe that my crazy cousin, first brother...
Bloody Tankhun Theerapanyakul can do something like this...!!!
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