Can found Ae the next day. The guy was having lunch with Pond and sitting next to Ae was a guy Can did not recognized.

He approached them and plopped down to sit next to Pond.

"Ai'Ae, I haven't seen you in awhile. P'No was looking for you."

"Oh. I already met P'No yesterday afternoon."

Can nodded and started to pester Pond for his food. The four of them talked. Pete genuinely seems like a nice guy, all soft voice and politeness. Which was surprising to Can because he thought IC student is just arrogant, mean jerks.

Guess it's just that guy.

He might be staring at the guy sitting next to Ae a little too long. Well, it's hard not to, the guy was beautiful, with his red lips, fair skin, his bangs falling just slightly that almost cover his eyes and his face expression was similar to a baby deer. Can might not be gay (lol) but he sure can appreciate the beauty.

"Ai'Can, why are you staring at Pete like that? You are gonna make Ae jealous. Don't say you start to fall in love with Ai'Pete too." Pond said jokingly.

Pete blushed adorably. Ae swatted the back of Pond's head.

"This is Pete. My..." Ae paused "friend from IC program"

"Friend, my ass" Pond said loudly.

"Oi Ai'Pond, did you swallow a microphone this morning? You are too loud." Ae asked, annoyance evident on his face.

Pond just grinned.

"Pete, I want to buy some drinks. Do you want anything?" asked Ae as he started to stand up.

"Anything is fine, Ae krab"

Ae nodded and smiled at Pete. He was already halfway to the drinks stall when Pond realized the guy is gone.

"Oi he only asked Pete. I want a drink too. Oi Ae, wait for me!"

Pond stand and started to jog slowly towards Ae. Can and Pete were the only one left at the table.

Is something going on Ae and this guy? Ae surely behaving differently. As much as he wanted to ask about it to Pete, his mind decided to ask about the guy who is slowly becoming the bane of his existence.

"Ai' Pete. You are from IC program, do you know this guy. Tall, fair skin, panda eyes and kinda rude." Can described.

Pete tilted his head in question. "What is his name?"

"Tin"

"Ahhh Ai'Tin. He's a good friend of mine. Do you know him?" Pete smiled.

How the hell that asshole have a friend like Pete. They were complete opposite!

"It's good if you know him, then we can all hang out together. I didn't know he had other friend in the campus. It's good that he had other friend." Pete added.

There's no way in hell he wanted to hang out with that jerk.

"Wait, Pete-" Can started. He really did not want to meet that guy again.

"AI'CAN! I don't know if you want drinks but I get one for you anyways" Pond said, effectively cutting off Can's words.

"Here I got you your drinks" Ae said to Pete.

"Thank you, Ae krab" Pete smiled sweetly to the shorter boy.

Pond put a cup of milk tea in front of Can.

"Here is yours, Can. Aish you should see that guys at the stall just now. The nerve of some people!" The loud boy proceed telling Pete and Can about a group of guys cutting the queue at the drinks stall.

They stayed for a bit more talking and joking between them and the thought of Tin had dropped from Pete and Can's minds.

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Can had not bumped into Tin for a week, not that Can was complaining, in fact Tin has totally dropped from his mind.

That's why it was a shock seeing the guy sitting at the stand next to Pete during their football match.

What the hell is he doing here? Is he here to taunt me?

Good noticed his best friend standing still while frowning at the stand.

"Can, what..are...you...doing?" Good asked.

Can turned to his friend.

"Good, do you remember about the guy I tell you?"

"What...guy?" Good asked, his expression very much resembling a lost puppy.

"That jerk IC guy."

Honestly, Can practically can see Good's bulb turn on. Not the kind of bulb that suddenly lights up, no. The kind of bulb that that gradually lights up from nothing.

"Ooh yeah...I...remember. Why?"

"He's here."

Good just stared at Can. He find that was hard to believe.

What did he mean, he's here? Did Can invite the guy? Or is it his friend had finally gone insane and his mind started to conjure up hallucinations? Cause why would the guy be here at the first place.

"He's really here, sitting at the stand."

Good try looking the general direction that Can was looking but he did not recognize the guy, so he chosed to just believe his friend.

"Ignore him. The...game...is...about to...start."

Can nodded and they went to warm up their bodies before the game started. Can had been distracted throughout the whole game, he can't focused as he questioned the tall guy's presence all throughout the game. He almost get hit on the face by the ball and almost scored inside his own team's goal. They did win the game but just barely.

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"Alright everyone. See you tomorrow." Techno waved and left with Champ.

The members of the football team left the locker room soon after, probably going out drinking to celebrate their winning. In the end, only Ae and Can were left in the room.

"Ai'Can, are you okay? You look out of sort today. It's a miracle that we win today." Ae asked.

"Nothing, Ae. I'm okay."

Ae looked like he want to drill Can until he spilled what actually happened today however it was interrupted.

Pete and Tin entered the room. The two of them really looked like the don't belong in the stuffy locker room, with their IC uniform. Pete looked happy to see them while Tin looked like he would sell his kidney at the black market rather than being in the room.

Pete went straight to Ae, clearly ignoring other people in the room.

"Congratulations, Ae, for winning the game. You are great out there." Pete said.

"Thank you Pete."Ae beamed.

The two of them just smiling dopily at each other and staring at each other eyes, forgetting that other people exist in this world.

Can cleared his throat loudly, trying to get the attention of the two. Ae and Pete jumped slightly at the sudden sound. They looked away, a blush tainting their cheeks.

"Congratulations to you too, Can." Pete said.

"Thank you, Pete." Can smiled a little but however, his smile dropped when his eyes directed to Tin. His reaction was unnoticed by others.

"I hope you guys don't mind I invited Tin here."

Can nodded jerkily to Pete. Ae and Pete seemed to be back in their world again, talking and smiling only at each other.

Tin approached Can slowly while the shorter guy was busy packing his things so he can get the hell out as fast as he could.

"At first I don't know why would Pete dragged me to watch the game. Imagine my surprise when he said it is to support our friend's game." Tin smirked.

I want wipe that stupid smirk right off his face.

"Funny enough I can't remember having a friend from the Thai program." Tin continued.

"We are not friends."Can snapped.

"Of course, we're not. I don't have a no-brainer Thai program guy as a friend." Tin countered.

Can's nostril flares at the words. He was doing his best to control his anger. This guy always get on his nerves.

"And honestly I can't understand why Pete like Ae so much. That guy is probably get close to Pete for his money. That's what poor people like you and him want, right? Money. No matter how you got it."

At this point, Can's anger had reached its peak. Tin can say anything about him but Can can't stand when he started to insult his friend.

The shorter guy swing his fist at Tin, and it connected to Tin's right side of face with a sickening sound.

"Watch your mouth, Ai'Asshole." Can spat.

Shock was evident on Tin's face as this was the first time that the boy resorted to physical means. They never physically fight before this, only verbal jabs were exchanged between them.

Can saw Tin's face morphed from shock to angry before finally settle down to emotionless with cold eyes.

"What are you guys doing? What happened?" Pete asked with frantic voice.

Tin just looked at Pete and turned on his heels.

"I'm gonna go first, Pete. It's stinky in here"

Tin left without a backward glance while Can stared angrily at Tin's back, his anger still had not subsided.

-----End of Chapter 3-----

Author's note

Sorry for the slow update. I'm quite busy these days. Don't forget to drop your comment. Would love to know what you guys think.

Sincerely,

adiar_rose