Let me love you!

n't be his first time staying with them. When he was young, before his mother's death, he usually traveled down from 'Surin', his hometown,

half scholarship at Sunny University; a private school that costs an arm and a leg, — in the city of Bangkok. Half meant th

arrived in Bangkok. P'Eshin, his cousin, — took him around town

ature eyes now noticed things and places only 17-year-olds would care about; The theaters, the flashy restaurants he was sure his girlfrie

ls! Not that he was going to c

ule, he was already planning to invite his girlfriend over for his next birthday. He was going to hol

d to dream about back at home. And to think that the

ut as it was, he didn't arrive on time and would be

to all the places you wanted to see.” Eshin, a tall, handsome

her school and make sure she was well settled b

scrunched up his face after seeing

hool together but unfortunately, she failed the scholarship's qualifying exams. The thought of stayi

ee on weekends?

pends.

few months. I need to

ain? Didn't you clo

are still in June.” Anurak scrunc

till 17.” Eshin s

e entered January, I clocked 18.” He said with defiance. “I am 18 as far as I a

head. The tap was forceful enough to make him s

dult the moment the new year was here, and now it's turnin

hs old.” Eshin threw his hand out to h

er bike that was parked beside a Toyota Yaris, In front of the Natakorn's duplex,

He usually got away with that back in Surin. But this is Bangkok, he heard that the cops here have no joy. Anurak begrudgingly thrust h

e, Eshin called out to Anurak from inside his car, “Make sure

the attention of the pedestrians. “No matter how fast

sed smile on his face before tur

ch Anurak enjo

they hit the Bangkok Monday morning traffic

g up to this gate was a series of road bumps just like 20 meters from each other. The bumps started from the moment you turned into Sunny Street and continued until one entered th

In the middle of the circle was an intricate design of a yellow sunflower with all the petals and some bits of pores. It was so realistic that Anurak, who happened to like colors,

trying to gather money. His deadbeat father had promised never to

rs or clean up newly brought-in, second-hand ones. Because his town was close to the Cambodian border, this kind of job was common.

etter in Bangkok. He muttered to himself as his bike got cleared an

d be seen, either jogging or playing. On the right side was a standard football pitch encased in a spherically shaped mini stadium. The field couldn't be seen

basketball, badminton, volleyball, and more. From the road, one wouldn't see m

ew, Eshin took him around the part of the school they could access. The pitches and the stadi

details such as when the school was founded, the name of the founders, and a road map that helped navigate the major

in the middle of the flower was an open book. On the opened book were miniatur

as the roundabout was tucked in the middle of a crossroad. Two roads, one on the right and the ot

g he was allowed to enter on his last visit. This was the administrative buildin

ide and drive back to the Admin building, but when Eshin kept driving right, Anurak b

. I am allowed to

d be male or female. It

endearing way of cal