MYMOON, Chapter 9:
Ding!
Many people probably love the sound of the elevator chime, signaling they’ve reached their destination. Klai used to like it too. But now, he didn’t like it at all. The loud ding! was a signal that…
Klai’s time with Moon was over.
“Which building is your class in?” the taller figure asked as they stepped out of the elevator together.
“I have class in Building Eleven…” Klai paused to say goodbye, assuming Moon had classes in a different building.
“Actually, I have class in this building too,” Panli said. “But it’s not time yet, so I’m heading to Building Eleven for some errands first.”
“Oh… same building as me.”
“Yep,” Panli nodded, giving him a faint smile.
This time… extend the moment yourself, Klai. If you want to stay with him a bit longer… you’ve got to try, Klai. “Want to walk to
Building Eleven together?” “…”
“And then we’ll part ways.”
Moon smiled and nodded. “Sounds good, kha.”
Klai nodded as an invitation to the other, then walked out of the Faculty of Law building. His steps were steady—not too fast, not too slow. The person clutching the report to their chest stole glances at the one walking beside them.
His thin lips pressed together as his blank mind scrambled to find a topic to keep the conversation going with Moon while heading to
Building Eleven. Klai didn’t know where they’d have to part, but before they did…
…he wanted to talk just a bit more.
“Panli…” His heart, afraid of missing the chance to talk, rushed to call out despite not having any good conversation topics in mind.
“Yes, kha?”
What to say next… might as well go with the most basic topic. “The weather’s really nice today, isn’t it?”
Panli looked up at the sky before turning to him. “Does that mean you like sunny days, kha?”
“Uh…” The sun wasn’t too strong, but honestly, it was still pretty hot. Why didn’t you think before speaking, Klaijai? “To be honest, I’m starting to feel hot already,” he said, giving the other a sheepish smile.
At that moment, Moon flashed a bright smile that even the sunlight couldn’t rival. Their large hand moved to hover over his forehead, as if shielding him from the sun.
“I’ll block the sun for you, kha.”
Klai gave a small smile while looking at Moon, then nodded firmly.
“Thanks, Panli.”
“Actually, I could use the report to shade you, but since the sun’s not too strong, I think my hand is enough.”
“…”
“Klaijai…” Moon called out. In the next second, their playful gaze turned warm. “I’ll protect you.”
Klai broke into a wide smile, understanding the meaning of the
English phrase Panli used. “Translate it for me.”
“It means I’ll protect you, KhunKlai, kha.”
“…” Now Klai was insanely shy. Hearing Panli’s perfect English accent made him even shyer—so shy he didn’t know what to say next.
“Walking with your head down and all quiet like that?”
“No way… I’m not shy.” Sorry for lying, Panli, but if I didn’t say this, it’d look too suspicious.
“Then what’s wrong, kha?” Moon asked with a laugh.
“I…” I’m out of ideas. I don’t know what excuse to give Panli, T_T. “I was just thinking that Panli’s hand does a pretty good job of blocking the sun.”
Panli chuckled before saying, “Should I lend you my hand to block the sun every day, kha?”
“No way… I’d feel bad.”
“But I’m happy to do it.”
Klai felt like he’d been hit with nonstop punches from the moment they started walking together, leaving his brain completely foggy. He couldn’t come up with anything to keep the conversation going. Klai pressed his lips together to suppress a smile, then lowered his head to stare at his black leather shoes.
“…”
But because Moon was a playful person who excelled at keeping conversations alive, he started a new topic without letting silence creep in.
“How’s the cactus I gave you doing?”
The person being asked flashed a wide smile at Moon before replying,
“It’s growing strong every single day.”
“Really?”
“Mhm.”
“Must be because you take such good care of it.”
“Panli, you went out of your way to pick it as a gift, so I have to look after it well.”
“Thank you.”
Klai nodded firmly, his almond-shaped eyes widening as if he’d just remembered something. His slender hand reached into his pants pocket to pull out his phone before he said, “Hey, I have pictures to show you! I took some.”
“Where? Let me see!”
The black phone was raised, and he opened the photo album to show Moon the pictures of the cactus he’d kept.
“Here it is… sitting next to the old one I’ve been raising.”
“Did you buy that one yourself?”
“Yup~”
“They look so cute together.”
“I thought the same as you, Panli… so I placed them side by side on my desk.”
At that moment, Moon moved closer while they walked along the path. The taller person closed the gap between them by lowering the hand that had been shielding the sun and gently touching Klai’s head, pulling him even closer.
Klai swallowed hard while staring at the phone screen displaying Rak plant. They were so close now that he didn’t dare move. But for some reason, Klai chose to turn his face and look at the other.
In this moment… Klai saw Moon’s smooth face leaning down slightly, a faint smile on his lips as he looked at the photos on Klai’s phone. Though their faces were a reasonable distance apart, Klai, unaccustomed to the closeness, felt they were too near.
His unruly heart, beating fast and hard, was already troublesome enough. His teasing mind made it even worse, conjuring up a song stuck in his memory—a melody that made his heart tremble even more.
In Klaijai’s ears,
Only this song echoed…
“I knew it instantly, and loved instantly. You’re the luck that came to me. Since meeting you, life feels like a dream that happens when I open my eyes.” “…”
“I want to stop time right now, from the moment my life had you in it. You make a weary person dare to open their heart. Stop, stop life, stop with this person… no matter how great anyone else might be.”
“KhunKlai, let’s keep them together like this forever, okay?”
“Stop, stop love, my whole heart will stop with you alone.”
“We’ve decided to place them together… so we’ll keep them like this.”
Panli smiled while meeting his gaze, then turned back to the photos on the phone. He pointed at something in the image and asked, “That book… it looks really interesting, KhunKlai.”
“Oh, it’s a fairy tale about a lonely moon. This moon travels everywhere to find someone to stay with it at night, since most people are asleep.”
“And then what? Did this moon find a friend?”
Klai gave a shy smile. He loved how Panli seemed so interested in what he was sharing. “It did… moon found a star to keep it company at night.”
“In the story, moon has a star as a friend… but in real life, who’ll be moon’s companion?”
“…”
“Because there aren’t many stars in the sky these days.”
Klai pointed at himself with a confident expression and said, “Me, of course… I’ll always be there for the moon. I might sneak off to sleep sometimes, but I never abandon the moon, not even for a day. I still go out to look at the moon from the balcony every day.”
Panli laughed delightedly, then tilted his head to rest it close to Klai’s.
“KhunKlai, you are so adorable.”
Right now, it feels like his heart might stop beating…
“…”
“It seems like KhunKlai really loves the moon, huh?”
Klai nodded while slipping his phone into his pant pocket. Moon gave him space by moving back, the large hand that had once shaded him from the sun now resting at the tall figure’s side.
“At first, I just liked you, but now…” Klai glanced at Moon briefly before looking down at the ground. “I’ve fallen in love with the moon.”
“Have you ever thought about falling for the sun or something else instead of the moon, KhunKlai?” Panli asked.
The question slowed Klai’s steps. He looked up, meeting Panli’s eyes to find an answer for himself. But just seeing the sparkle in those eyes and the smile beside him, the answer flooded his mind.
“If it was just liking, I could probably change my heart. But I’ve already fallen for the moon… Taking that love back from the moon wouldn’t be easy.”
The listener smiled, seemingly pleased with the response, before saying, “I think… if the moon knew someone as cute as you had fallen for it, the moon wouldn’t give that love back. Instead, it’d find ways to make you fall even deeper.”
Klai let out a soft laugh at Moon’s adorable thought, unaware that someone had fallen for him.
“Honestly, the moon doesn’t need to find ways to make me fall deeper. Just being the same moon already makes me love it more every day.”
Panli gave a faint smile before gently pinching Klai’s nose. “Those words… they really make me want to tease you.”
Embarrassed, Klai wrinkled his nose at Panli and poked his thick arm in retaliation. He poked again, several times, when he saw Panli laughing with delight.
“Take that!”
“Getting back at me, huh?” Panli asked.
“Yup… getting back at the tease.”
“Besides Chubby Cheeks… I don’t want to tease anyone else,” Moon said, lightly biting his lower lip as he often did. “Until I met you… let me tease you a little, okay?”
Just imagining himself as a still doll for Panli to tease made Klai so shy he felt like exploding. He shook his head in refusal. “No way… I won’t let you tease me.”
The one who’d just rejected Moon out of embarrassment stepped into the faculty building, heading straight for the elevator, with the tall, teasing figure stopping beside him.
“Just a little…”
Klai turned to the person flashing a smile and asked, “Are you pleading?”
“Yup, pleading.”
Klai laughed softly. “Plead all you want, I’m not letting you tease me.”
Ding!
As the elevator chime sounded, the doors slid open. The tall figure, chuckling with amusement, reached for Klai’s hand, pulling him into the elevator. He pressed the close-door button immediately before letting go. Everything happened so fast that Klai was left dazed.
Right now, Klai is no different from a soft, fluffy doll that Panli carries around…
Sasin can place Klaijai wherever they want.
Just don’t leave him in a dark room… because Klaijai is afraid of ghosts.
“Which floor is your class on, kha?”
“I’m on the eighth floor.”
“Okay, kha.”
Moon nodded and pressed the button for the floor, then turned to give him a smile. Klai furrowed his brows slightly as he noticed the control panel, where only one floor had been selected. Thinking they might have forgotten their own errand, he spoke up to remind them.
“Panli, didn’t you need to select the floor for your errand?”
“Oh… I already did, kha. I have an errand on the eighth floor.”
“Same floor as me?”
“Yes, kha.”
Klai nodded, though he was still curious. Every room on the eighth floor of this building was used exclusively for Aviation Business students, and it was rare for students from other majors to use the classrooms here.
But then he thought that Panli, being someone with quite a few friends, was probably just stopping by to visit a friend in the same major as him. With that in mind, Klai decided not to question Panli further.
“KhunKlai…”
“Yes?”
“The burn on your chest…” Panli said, pointing at Klai’s chest, “has it healed, kha?”
“Oh… it’s much better, but there’s still a mark. I’m applying medicine every day now.”
“Good, kha.” Ding!
The elevator’s chime pulled their attention away from each other. Klai stepped out of the lift alongside Moon, who kept looking at him with a small smile.
“I have classes on this floor all the time… so I’m really familiar with it.”
It’s hard to believe… that Moon has helped the shy Klaijai grow this quickly.
“…”
“If you need to go to a specific room for your errand, just let me know. I can walk you there since my class hasn’t started yet.”
Klaijai is getting really good at extending the moment…
“Which classroom is you in?”
“I’m in room 801, the first one.” Klai pointed toward the hallway leading to the classroom.
“That’s exactly where I have business.”
Klai sensed something suspicious. He asked, “Uh, Panli, you’re not going to confront someone who made fun of my name, are you?”
“No way, KhunKlai, don’t worry,” Moon said with a laugh.
Phew… that’s a relief.
I was so startled just now.
“Then follow me. I’ll lead the way for you, Panli.”
“Thanks.”
Klai smiled at the taller person before guiding him to the classroom area. The small person brought Moon to a stop in front of the wide-open classroom door, where several students were seated, waiting for the professor. When Klai peeked inside, he saw Pie and Mai sitting at the front as usual. Then, someone who wasn’t particularly fond of him walked out.
New’s eyes widened slightly upon seeing Panli standing beside him. Klai wasn’t surprised by New’s shocked expression—New probably didn’t expect to run into Panli so easily like this.
Klai turned to the person beside him and said, “This is the room, Panli.”
“This is your classroom, right?”
Klai nodded firmly. “Mhm, is this where you have business?”
“Yup.”
“Li – ~ what are you doing on this floor?”
Their conversation was interrupted by New, who approached them. Klai turned to see New flashing a friendly smile at him. However, the usually playful Panli switched modes instantly. When New smiled, Moon went silent and didn’t smile back at all.
“I’m here to drop KhunKlai off for class.”
“…”
It wasn’t just New who was stunned by Panli’s response. Klai was equally shocked. He stared at Moon, who gave a faint smile while looking at him, then reached out to gently ruffle his hair.
“That’s my business here.”
“…”
“Study hard, okay, KhunKlai?”
“Uh, yeah.”
Klai didn’t berate himself for responding to Panli with such a short reply. He knew well how hard his brain and heart were working right now. Moon had struck him so fiercely that his defenses had crumbled.
That’s why his heart was shattered into pieces like this…
Yet Klai still had enough composure to raise his hand and wave goodbye to Moon, who was stepping back slowly. He didn’t turn away but retreated little by little, waving back.
And that radiant smile, brighter than the sun,
Made Klaijai want to send a message to his moon.
“…See you later, Panli.”
“Sure.”
Today… Klaijai’s message
Has reached his same old moon.
🙂
Klai stood watching until Panli entered the elevator, then turned toward the wide-open classroom door. But New’s gaze, fixed on him, was different from before. Arms crossed, New approached with an unfriendly expression and demeanor.
“When we asked you to get Panli’s LINE, you said you didn’t know him.”
“…”
“This is what ‘not knowing’ looks like? You’re practically best friends.”
“Back then, I really didn’t know Panli…” Klai didn’t break eye contact with New for even a second. He spoke in a calm, steady tone before continuing, “But even if we’re close now… it’s none of your business.”
New’s eyes flickered with confusion mixed with anger. Klai shook his head slightly before brushing past New’s shoulder to enter the classroom. He thought arguing endlessly was a pointless waste of time.
If Klai hadn’t cut the conversation short like that… New would probably keep picking fights with him.
“Klai…”
“Over here!”
Klai nodded to his friends waving him over. He hurried to the front of the classroom and plopped down next to Pie. His two close friends took the report to review without saying a word. Klai guessed Mai and Pie were too busy chatting to notice someone had walked him here. Otherwise, they’d definitely be teasing him by now.
Good thing they didn’t know…
Let him bask in his shyness for a bit.
“How much was the report, Klai?”
There it is… Klai wasn’t getting a break. “I don’t know how much it was.”
“Huh?” Pie furrowed her brow in confusion.
“Because Panli paid for it.”
“What the—?”
Here we go… starting with Mai first.
“It’s nothing. I just ran into Panli at the cafeteria, and we ate together…” Klai paused to suppress a smile as his two friends narrowed their eyes and pointed at him, as if catching him in the act. “And when Pie called me, Panli overheard that I was going to print the report. He had something to print too, so he tagged along.”
“It’s like… everything just fell into place, huh, Pie?” Mai said.
“Right… you sure you didn’t plan this?” Pie teased.
Klai widened his eyes and swatted his friend’s arm. “How could I plan it? I’m not that close with Panli.” “Sure…”
“Sorry for being late, everyone,” the professor’s voice interrupted.
“The professor’s here!”
The conversation between Klai and his two close friends ended as the professor arrived. He turned to see the course professor sit at the computer desk, organizing a stack of papers with a weary expression. She’d probably been teaching all day without a break. Klai was about to tell his friends he felt bad for her, but the looks in their eyes made him want to bolt from his chair.
Just let them tease…
Even if it’s just teasing with their eyes, fine, you bunch of pranksters.
“Let’s dive into the lesson. I’m already quite late…” the professor said.
Klai shifted his gaze from his friends to the projector screen as the professor began lecturing on the latest topic. Pie, who was in charge of printing the lesson notes for each chapter, quietly passed a sheet to him and Mai. Klai nodded in thanks, but when he saw Pie still teasing him with his eyes, he couldn’t resist swatting his arm again.
“Stop teasing me already~”
“Klai’s probably over the moon all day today,” Pie said.
The teased one let out a laugh and shook his head lightly, turning back to focus on the content displayed on the large screen. He’d ignore them both and study seriously.
Because Moon had said…
Do your best in class, kha, KhunKlai. He was already studying hard, but now Klai is studying even harder—a ton harder.
🙂
After listening to the professor’s lecture, Klai, as the group representative, submitted their report. This time, their group didn’t need many revisions; the professor only suggested adding a bit more content. Klai volunteered to take the report home to work on it himself since he had listened to the professor’s advice on what to include. Then, he parted ways with his two friends to head back to his condo.
The small-framed guy got into his car with the report in hand. He was about to place it on the passenger seat when he noticed Moon’s neatly folded student uniform shirt already there. So, Klai placed the report on the car’s console instead. He picked up Panli’s shirt, which carried a faint, pleasant scent, and placed it on his lap, deciding to return it to its owner today.
He had to admit…
He wanted to see Moon.
The clock showed exactly 5:30 p.m. Klai drove out of the parking lot in front of his faculty building, heading to the lot where Panli often stood smoking.
But when Klai pulled into the wide parking lot, he didn’t see Moon’s beloved pearl-white car anywhere, even though this was the time they usually showed up. Klai figured Moon must have left early today. Just to be sure, though, he pulled out his phone and called someone.
‘Phii Dom’
Klai only had to wait a moment before his senior picked up, greeting him warmly.
[What’s up, Klaijai?]
“Phii Dom, I was wondering if Panli is still at the university. Could you contact them for me?”
[Panli, huh?]
“Yes. A few days ago, I spilled coffee on my shirt, and I ran into Panli by chance. He lent me a shirt to change into before my presentation.”
[…]
“I brought the cleaned shirt with me in the car… and today, I want to return it to Panli.”
[Oh… got it. I’ll call Panli for you. Normally, he’d still be at the uni around this time.]
“…” He couldn’t tell Phii Dom that he was already waiting for Panli at the parking lot. It’d raise suspicions about how he knew Panli parked there regularly.
[I’ll hang up now and call Panli first, okay?]
“Yes, Phii Dom.”
After hanging up with his older brother, Klai sat waiting in the car for several minutes before an unfamiliar number called. He assumed it was his brother’s other phone, as Phii Dom used two phones, and Klai hadn’t saved his brother’s new number.
“Hello?” [Yes, hello.] That voice…
“Uh, Panli?”
Thump, thump, thump, thump.
[Yes, it’s me.]
“…”
[Phii Dom called and said you wanted to talk to me.]
“…”
[What did you want to talk about?]
“Um… I wanted to return your shirt, Panli. So I was wondering if you’re still at the university. That’s why I called Phii Dom instead, since I didn’t know how to contact you.”
Klai heard a soft chuckle from the other end.
[This is my number, okay? From now on, if you want to meet or talk to me, you can call me directly. No need to go through Phii Dom.]
“Oh, okay.”
[But I’ve already left the university. I had to rush out to buy soccer cleats since I have a match tomorrow.]
“Oh…”
[Where’s you right now? Waiting for me somewhere?]
Klaijai, don’t answer yet. Think carefully first. “I’m not waiting for you anywhere. I’m about to drive out of the university. I just saw the shirt and thought of you. I figured if you were still on campus, I’d swing by to return it.”
Good, good, nice answer, Klaijai.
Nothing suspicious at all…
But wait a second…
[Oh… saw the shirt and thought of me?] Ugh… slipped up again.
How do I respond to that…
“I wasn’t thinking of you like that, I was just thinking about the owner of the shirt…”
Hold on, Klaijai… calm down.
[…]
“No, no, I meant I thought the shirt must be missing its owner.” […I’ll just assume both the borrower and the shirt miss me then.]
Moon is starting to know too much!
“…”
[KhunKlai… are you free tomorrow?]
“Tomorrow?”
[Yes.]
“Hold on a sec, Panli.”
[Okay.]
Klai reached for the small notebook on the car’s console to check his class schedule. Tomorrow, he had no classes. Klai furrowed his brows slightly while thinking if he had any make-up classes.
“I’m free tomorrow, Panli.”
[Can you return the shirt to me at the football field?]
“Sure.”
[Okay, I’ll send you the location.]
“Oh.”
[KhunKlai… can I have your LINE ID?]
For the first time, Klai forgot his own LINE ID. It took him almost a minute to recall it. He wasn’t mad at himself for forgetting it at that moment, because the person he’d been secretly crushing on for so long had asked for his LINE first.
Others might not be shocked.
But Klaijai was shocked…
“G L A I J A I… and then add one dot.”
Klai heard the person on the other end softly repeat it.
[So it’s Klaijai…]
“Yes, it’s Klaijai.”
[I’ll add you on LINE later, okay?]
“Okay”
[…]
“…”
It feels like our conversation is coming to an end, as silence begins to take over. Yet, neither of us hangs up. Not long after, Klai hears a soft chuckle from the other side.
[Don’t want to hang up, Klaijai?]
“N-No, it’s not that… I just thought Panli might have more to say.”
[Oh…]
“Uh-huh.”
[I don’t have anything else to say… How about you, Klaijai?]
“I don’t either.”
[So, who’s going to hang up first?]
“I will, I’ll hang up first then.”
[Okay.]
Klai is about to press the end call button, but he pauses when he hears the other person start to say something.
“…”
[KhunKlai…]
“Yes?”
[Did you… study hard today?]
The one being asked lets out a wide smile, knowing no one can see him grinning right now.
“Didn’t you say you had nothing else to say?”
[I just thought of something.]
“I study hard every day, you know.”
[Very good.]
“Panli…”
[Does you have something to say to me?]
“Mm… thanks for driving me.”
[My pleasure.]
“I don’t have anything else to say now, so I’ll hang up.”
[Okay.]
The small figure who just hung up with Moon sat smiling alone in the car, head resting on the steering wheel, letting a certain feeling pump into their heart until it swelled bigger and bigger.
LINE, ~
He lifted the phone to check while his head still rested on the steering wheel.
- Panli, added you by LINE ID
Klai smiled even wider when he saw Moon stepping into his world. His slender hand raised the phone to his chest, silently praying that… The moon would orbit around Klaijai for a long, long time.
[Okay, okay, send the work to me, Klai. I’ve refilled the printer’s ink and it’s ready.]
“Alright, I’ll send it right after hanging up.”
[Got it.]
Klai hung up with Pie and quickly sent the updated work file to his friend via email. Before, Klai never felt anything special seeing his own email name, but now he had to suppress a grin when he saw the English letters spelling out his name.
‘Such a cute name.’
The reason he had to hold back his smile so hard wasn’t because of the name, Klaijai.
It was because of the person who complimented his name.
After sending the work to Pie via email, the small figure let out a sigh of relief, having finished the task on time as planned. Klai leaned back in the large cushioned chair to ease his fatigue, then grabbed his black phone to open the LINE app.
8:30 PM.
The chat room with Moon was still empty. After Panli added him on the LINE, he hadn’t sent any messages, and Klai, secretly waiting, didn’t dare to message first, unsure if the other wanted to talk.
Klai sighed again. But this time, it wasn’t out of relief. His mind kept searching for ways to start a good conversation like before. He thought chatting with Panli face-to-face was hard, but starting a conversation through text was several times harder.
Thud!
The black phone lay flat on its back in the same spot, before its owner shifted their attention from waiting for someone by choosing to listen to music instead. However, while selecting songs on the laptop, a flood of thoughts surged in.
“Will Panli send the football field location today?” …Or maybe tomorrow morning?
“No way… he’ll probably send it today, but Panli must be busy, so…”
To stop the whirlwind of thoughts clashing in their head, Klai hurriedly played a song. Without much care in choosing, just to drown out the new thoughts sprouting endlessly.
“Have you ever been unable to forget someone? At night, my heart sways, wanting to reach out, but scared they won’t reply.”
Here it is… the punishment for not choosing a song carefully.
Because the world loves to tease us with songs that hit too close to home.
All Klai could do was stare at the screen. “When we meet, I can only dream, wanting to say hi, but only passing by, eyes glancing.”
“…”
Because he knew well there wasn’t a single thing that would make him turn and notice. “All I have is this heart, but is it enough for her to look my way? I just watch her, not knowing when she’ll turn around, waiting for her, but she doesn’t know.”
LINE, ~
The small figure quickly grabbed the phone. But the message on the screen slowed the racing heartbeat.
Ppie: Klai, we’ve finished printing the work. glaijai: Okay, ~
A warm breath escaped through nose and mouth before the black phone was placed back in its original spot. Klai turned up the music a bit louder.
“Why do I keep waiting? I really like her, but I still don’t know when I’ll tell her. All I do is wait, wait, wait, just wait, wait, wait.”
LINE ~
The person softly singing, “just wait, wait, wait,” reached for the phone to reply to a new message from a close friend. P. Panli: Asleep yet?
“Because I, because I’m the team waiting for her.”
Now… Klai understood the song Team Waiting for Her with all their heart.
The person on Team Wait-for–Moon smiled widely before swiping the screen to reply to the other’s message. glaijai: Not yet 🙂
- Panli: sent a location
- Panli: This is the address of the football field where I’ll be playing tomorrow. glaijai: Okay, okay.
- Panli: Phii Dom will be playing football too.
glaijai: Last week, Phii Dom mentioned it, but I thought it was
just casual play with friends… I didn’t know it was a serious match.
- Panli: It’s actually an annual match between Phii Fah and his friends… It’s not really about me, but Phii Fah’s friend, Phii Hia, asked me to join to help their team score. glaijai: That means you must be really good at football then. P. Panli: …Not really. Just decent enough.
Panli was being so humble that Klai didn’t know how to respond. So, he chose to send a sweet-smiling rabbit sticker instead.
glaijai: sent a sticker
- Panli: Not good at talking?
- Panli: But good at sending stickers, huh?
Klai smiled faintly before replying.
glaijai: Sorry, I’m really not good at talking, even when texting.
Klaijai truly wasn’t good at chatting.
But if they got closer… Panli would see Klaijai bragging nonstop. P. Panli: Being yourself isn’t wrong… No need to apologize.
- Panli: Tomorrow, my match is from noon to afternoon.
- Panli: KhunKlai, you have to stay and return the shirt to me in person… Otherwise, I won’t take it back. glaijai: Okay, I’ll stay and return the shirt to Panli myself. P. Panli: Okay.
It felt like their conversation had reached its end.
Keeping it going wasn’t easy.
glaijai: sent a sticker
So, Klai sent a rabbit sticker with an OK hand gesture and sparkling eyes to Moon.
- Panli: Klaijai
Thump, thump, thump
Every time Panli calls out “Klaijai,” my heart races… glaijai: Yes?
- Panli: sent a sticker
Panli sends a sticker of a small white rabbit sleeping soundly on a crescent moon. Klai can’t help but smile, and his grin widens when he sees the latest message from Moon. P. Panli: Good night.
glaijai: Mhm, good night to you too.
glaijai: sent a sticker
The final sticker Klai chooses to send to Moon is a rabbit with sparkling eyes, waving goodbye. Moon probably thinks he’s just saying farewell.
But in truth…
If Moon looked deeper into the eyes of that rabbit,
Moon would know…
Klaijai is totally smitten with Moon
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