He looked at himself in the mirror again, for the millionth times in a span of 15 minutes. He thought he looked good but he was definitely having second thoughts about that. He might be wrong. He prepared a lot for this day and he was trembling, literally. He even slept at 10 last night. No one sleeps at 10. He got his speech prepared which he praticed for like a thousand times eventhough he practically memorized the freaking script by now. His tux was perfect, his shoes are on point, his hair was styled—he was ready. It was the day.

A knock on the door startled Krist as he was, "shockingly" looking at the mirror. He shouted the words 'come in' as he looked at the door through the mirror. His mother's face popped up from behind the door.

"You ready?" His mother asked.

Krist turned around to face her. He opened his arms and showed her his full appearance.

"How do I look?" he asked and his mother smiled, really bright. She walked in and put her arms on his shoulders. She wasn't saying anything in the first minute and just stared at her, with eyes of adoration and pride.

"You look perfect.." she said and she hugged him.

"Are we gonna leave now or you wanna be late for your graduation?" his father's voice was heard appearing behind them at the door. Both of them lets go and quickly depart to the school.

****

The banners and flowers are everywhere, the room was full of seniors in red graduation robes were greeting each other, with a big smile on their face.

"You're gonna be fine. Stop shaking your legs. You're making me nervous too and I'm not even giving a speech." Off said and playfully kicked Krist legs that was shaking since the moment they sat down in their seats. Loud chatters were heard in the ballroom where the ceremony was held and it was obviously making Krist even more nervous than he already is—if that's even possible.

"I'm sorry. I'm just nervous and afraid that I would mess up later." He said, still shaking his legs, not even showing signs that he would stop anytime soon. Krist realised that this was his first time speaking formally to the whole school. It was always just to the team and if there are times, it wasn't formal. He would just give cheers to show the school's spirit and thats it. This is actually a huge deal for him and the whole school. Especially with him holding the title of the school's proud basketball team that is going to be former in a few hours.

"You'll be fine." God said, giving strength to his friend who looked like he was about to pass out anytime soon. God patted Krist's back to soothes his nervousness.

Few minutes later, the seniors were called to the hall to take their seats. The parents are already in the hall, ready with their cameras and cellphones. Krist's heart was beating faster and he swears if this goes on, he would get a heart attack in a matter of seconds. The ceremony was started with them singing the national song and followed by a few speeches from the school's pricipal and few other teachers. Then it was time for the students to accept their certificates. They were called up one by one to the stage until the last student. Some of the students made funny gestures when taking the scroll and some of them just shy smile to the camera. Off, being a goof he is, even did and moonwalk and a flip to the stage, followed with a cartwheel to go down, shocking the whole hall. God who went after Off, tried not to show that he was embarrassed of his friend and just smiled before showing a peace sign to the camera. Krist just laughed at his friends and when its his turn, he just did his signature smile to the crowd before showing off his scroll to everyone.

After the presenting part, it was time for the honor students' speeches. Mew, the Student Body President was the first to present his speech, followed by Aim, his vice president. Then Krist was called up to the stage. He bowed to everyone who was clapping for him. As soon as he was up stage, he took a deep breath. Looking around he saw his parents smiling at him, as his mom tears up seeing him. He tried to savor the moment when he caught a pair of eyes staring at him, with a proud smile on the person's face. Krist was astounded. He was shocked and surprised. He did not expect this. All of the sudden, everything went blank. He couldn't remember anything he was supposed to say anymore. Before he knew it, his eyes teared up. He bit his lips, trying to hold back his sobs. He was brought back to reality when the principal called whisper him to ask him what was wrong. Krist shake his head before taking out his notes. Thank god Gun told him to wrote down what he wanted to say or else he would be up there, standing like an idiot as his mind started to wander off. He took a deep breath and look at Singto's direction and smiled when the latter smiled at him.

"First of all, thank you everyone for coming today to celebrate our graduation. Thankyou to the teachers who always give their best to assist us in class. To coach Khun and coach Guy, thankyou so much for making my dreams came true. To my friends, fellow students of Phisith High, thankyou for making my high school year a blast.

During my years of being here, I learned a lot of things that I never knew about. The value of friendship, family and love. I'm really glad that I get to experience all this with the best people I could ever meet in my life. Being in the basketball team, I found myself and friendship. I've found love, as cheesy as it sounds, in the most unexpected place I could ever imagined. And I guess it was because I'm here, in Phisith High that I could experience all this. So thankyou, to everyone involved in making my years wonderful and amazing." he bowed to the crowd and step down the stage. He received applause and the mc came back to lead the ceremony until the end.

After everything ended, everyone walked out of the hall to meet with their parents and families. Krist took photos with his friends and rush out to the front of the building. He saw his parents waving at him with a big bouquet of chocolates and a big balloon in his sister's hands. He ran and hugged them and they were congratulating him. When he was talking with his parents, he felt a light tap on his shoulder. He turned around to find the person he misses the most, wearing a huge grin on his face, holding a big bouquet of roses with a little graduation teddy bear in the middle. Krist smiled happily and got teary eyed before accepting the flowers.

"Congratulations." Singto said with his soft voice making Krist looked up at him, trying to hold back his tears. Their parents greeted each other. Krist got a congratulation wish and card as well as a big huge present box he doesn't even know what was inside.

"Looks like my parents love you more than they love me." Singto said when his mother gave the box to Krist. Krisr laughed and waii before taking the box.

"Come on, let's take a picture." Krist mother said and they gather around to take pictures taking turns with Krist being the main character. Both Singto and Krist stand awkwardly beside each other since they were with their families and the fact that they haven't seen each other for half a year.

"Okay, now you two. Stand close." Krist mother said. The two of them looked at each other. Krist's face was flushed red and Singto was trying not to tease Krist. They stand a bout a few centimetres from each other and they got a glare from their mothers. Singto's mother pulled them together so that they stand close, or rather glued to each other. When the moms are satisfied with the gap, they got ready to take the picture. A second before the shutter went off, Singto put his arms around Krist'd waist and resulted to Krist's face getting red again. The gesture doesn't show in the picture and it wasn't visible to everyone because of the huge robe covering Krist and Singto was happy with that. Its a secret only both of them know.