𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟏𝟎

The next morning, my sleepiness disturb when I heard my phone ringing beside the lamp. I immediately reached for the phone, and I saw on the screen that Ford was calling me many times.

My eyes widen in surprise after I realize the time, "Ai' Shia Fourth."

I hurriedly got up from the bed and put on my bathrobe to went straight to the bathroom, whilst Gemini was sleeping soundly on the bed.

I was doing a facial wash in the bathroom mirror peacefully, not until my eyes widened when I noticed the red marks and bite marks all over my neck and chest. I was trying to rub it, but it couldn't be removed.

"Ai' Gem!" my blood went up.

I came out of the bathroom and I saw Gemini still asleep. I was fixing myself in front of the mirror and putting on a necktie, when Gemini suddenly appeared wearing a bathrobe behind and hug him.

"Ai' Gem, I'm getting late,"

"I don't have a shoot today, I'll drop you to school." Gemini offered ashe leaned his head on my chin.

"Just stay here. I made a breakfast in kitchen for you, so you can eat,"

"I'm not even hungry yet."

"Not hungry? You didn't eat last night." I complained.

"I'm done eating. You want to feed me again, let's go to bed." he teased.

He lossen his hands in my waist and pull me towards the bed. Gemini push me onto the bed to lay down.

Gemini put his knee between my legs and placed himself on top of Fourth.

"Ai' Gem, I still have class. My uniform is going to get messed up!" I demand.

He avoids looking at Gemini or even facing him because he already knows what Gemini will do.

"Look at me," Gemini whispered.

"What if I don't want to?" I teased as my head was tilted.

"Don't come to school today. You'll leave me alone here at home." he pout,

"Stop making a face like that. I'm late, P'Gem,"

I added, "Just later. I'm really late, I'm sorry."

I placed my open palms on my husband's cheek and raised my head slightly to kiss Gemini on the lips. I move him aside and lift myself to get up and leave the bed.

I was stunned by the wind while sitting on the campus bench, and later I felt someone apply a cold stuff to my cheek. I looked up and saw Mark standing in front of me with the bottle of drink he was holding that attached to my cheek.

He sat next to me and opened the bottle of drinks before handing it to me. There were many students who were looking at us and gossiping, there were also others students who were just passing us by or were just not among them.

"Why are you here?" I asked firmly.

"It's our last shooting here at school, can you invite me to the cafeteria?" asked Mark.

I couldn't speak to what Mark said, but I just looked at him with surprise. I don't know why he invited me to eat in the cafeteria among the many people in Chulalongkorn. I didn't think twice about accompanying him to the cafeteria since he said it was their last shoot here, so I agreed.

While we were eating in the cafeteria, we couldn't help but laugh because of what we were talking about. My stomach hurt from laughing at Mark's stories. I was no longer aware of the people around us, the only thing I could think of was that it was like the two of us in the world.

"P' Mark, stop! Please, my stomach hurts now." I tried to hold back my laughter.

"Then his appearance is still..." Mark still imitated funny faces, which was the reason for my laughter.

There are many people who are grabbing attention from the two of us laughing, there is not much crowding and asking to take pictures with Mark, but I can see on the faces of the students that Mark will criticize and glance at us.

After a while, Ford and Prom came to us; they sat next to me. So I introduced both of them to Mark.

"P' Mark, by the way. This is Ford and Prom, my friend." I introduced them.

"Sawadee Khab." Mark greeted the two of them.

"There is a problem, let's go back to the room." Prom whispered to me.

"Huh?" My clueless reaction.

Ford and Prom immediately dragged me out of the cafeteria, and Mark was left alone at the table. Mark was planning to follow but the students started crowding him and causing confusion.

When we returned to the room, the two made me sit on the chair. It was still break time at that time, so there was no one in our room. I'm wondering because they didn't even say anything or give a hint.

Ford sat next to me and showed me what was on the screen of his phone, "Look, you're trending with Mark again. Look at the comments, the ones throwing stones at you are all criticism and judgment!"

"then?" I was clueless.

"Yesterday you just said that Mark was your only friend. And now if you laugh in the cafeteria, it's like the two of you are the only people there. You didn't even think about the students staring and judging you?" Prom scolded.

"That's what he said! He invited me to eat at the cafeteria because it was their last shoot here, and I just gave in. What's wrong with that?" My fierce expression,

"What's wrong? It's wrong because you're becoming abusive. Fourth, we support you in everything you want, in everything you want to enjoy, but fourth... It's too much." Prom scolded me.

"We didn't even know how to approach you earlier because the students thought of you. At first it was okay, it was okay for us to meet Mark... but fourth, the wind is blowing differently." Ford's voice was gentle.

"Wow! So you're thinking bad things about me too? What's the matter? Are you working together against me? What's wrong with being friends? Is he an actor? Is he famous? That's why he's not allowed to be friends anymore?" My voice trembled as I stood up to defend the two.

"Fourth, we are your friends! We are only protecting you because we don't want you to harm Mark's career." Prom stated,

"Friend? I didn't feel. I thought I was your enemy. I know what I'm doing, and you have no right to dictate to me what is forbidden or not!" I yelled to Prom.

"Oh, go ahead!! Keep up your friendly shit with Mark! can't get you with one word? Oh, go ahead, go there!" Prom yelled at me as he pointed at the door to let me out.

"Prom, that's enough." Ford weaned him.

"Your life looks so sad, that's why you sympathize with me in your sadness! You know I feel sorry for you because you don't have any friends. Be thankful because somehow I persevere with your attitude!" I dictated to Prom.

Prom suddenly punched me so hard that I was held on the chair, and I was almost out of balance because of the force of the punch. Ford quickly blocked him to pull him away, when I touched the side of my lip and I saw blood on my finger.

"Prom, don't." Ford weaned.

I threw Prom a punch to retaliate, and he fell down on the chair because of the force of my punch. Ford pushed me away, and he helped Prom stand up and say, "Stop! Ai' shia Fourth!"

"Wow! favoritism. Go ahead and join him. Ford, maybe he lacks the attention of a friend. I felt sorry for him when you took my side! Prom is okay? Are you happy?!!" I said, full of resentment.

"Ai' shia Fourth!! You're really going to throw away our friendship just because of that fucking actor! What do I lack for you as your friend? Why don't you understand what Ford is saying? You don't want to be dictated to? Oh, okay! I'm easy to talk with." Prom yelled and quickly left the room, slamming the door shut.

Ford turned to me and looked at me with disappointment.

"You're too much, Fourth." he calm voice,

Ford left the room to be followed by Prom while I was left alone in the room, Because I was annoyed with myself, I kicked the chairs until it was messy. "Ai' sat! Bullshit!"

During a class, I couldn't help but feelguilty because Prom and Ford weren't there yet. Only half a minute later, Prom entered the room after Ford. He took his bag next to me seat and switched seats, just as Ford followed Prom and sat at the back of the row of seats.

I couldn't help but glance at the two behind. Ford focused on listening and writing, while Prom was just stunned. I saw Prom took his phone from his pants pocket, which in turn vibrated my phone.

I thought he sent a message on me.

But when I peeked at the screen of my phone and saw a notification on my phone that Prom had left the group chat of the three of us. I was very frustrated because of the ongoing argument with my friend, but let it go and calm down Prom's anger first, before talking to him, because we might not understand each other and get worse if I insist.

Dismissing the class, I was putting back my things in bag when I noticed that Prom and Ford had stood up and leave without saying a words. The two of them just passed me as if they not noticed me,

When I got home, I saw Gemini preparing dinner in the dining area. I quickly stepped closer to him, and he gave me a hug from behind, but I was stunned when he forcibly removed my hand from my waist. I noticed that Gemini kept ignoring me, so I felt like something was wrong.

"You see?" I asked in the middle of eating.

Gemini didn't pay attention to me, instead, he just gulped a glass of water and dropped it, which made my body startle. He couldn't even look at me while eating.

"P' Gem-

"Be honest with me, so we stop fooling each other here. Do you like Mark? If yes, it's okay with me. Let's file for divorce." He gave me a straightforward question.

"Ai' Gem."

"Because I haven't seen that laugh when You're with me. Your laugh with him looks like I'm not existed in your world, Are you having fun with him better than with me?" He asked me so serious.

"No. Don't compare yourself to Mark, you're different. He just invited me to lunch because it was their last shoot at school."

"Wow! What's that? remembrance? Are you souvenir to give him memories from school? When we shoot at school too, will I have the same souvenir as Mark? Because I'm going to talk to our director right now?"

"I just gave him-

Gemini smirked as if his not convinced by what I said, "What? given or abused? that's different. It's unfair. my own husband can smile at others but not at me. Do you want to feel what I'm feeling now? OK, I'll give it to you too."

"That's because it's true-" I tried to explain.

"I don't want to talk, I might say something bad. By the way, your smiles are beautiful." Gemini looks so fierce.

Gemini stood up and took his plate. He walked straight to the kitchen and put the plate in the sink. He passed me in the dining area and went up the stairs to the bedroom as if nothing had happened.

Later, I noticed that Gemini was coming down the stairs. I quickly approached him and blocked him because he had a car key in his hand.

"Where are you going?" I asked.

"To my girlfriend, I miss her smiles." Gemini's proud voice.

"Gem, let's talk, please." I plead.

He pulled me out of his presence and walked directly out of the house. Gemini got into the car and drove off quickly.

I just sat on the floor because I was so frustrated and didn't know what to do anymore. I tried not to cry, but the tears kept gathering in my eyes. The pain is because, based on what I felt before, I thought everything was okay.

In the middle of the night, I was sitting on the stairs outside the door while waiting for Gemini to come home. I kept contacting his phone, but no one answered. I didn't realize that it took me until dawn to wait for him, but no car stopped in front of me.

I decided to go inside because I also had to take care of going to school. I lost my appetite for everything, I hurt many people close to me.

I was walking on the school campus when I noticed that the students I passing by were looking at me filled of judgement and gossiping about me. I continued to walk on the campus when I accidentally saw Prom and Ford laughing happily while walking but passing me like strangers.

I follow them with my gaze, and I just smiled as if I were happy with my two friends having fun with me.

"I'm sorry."

Me and my friends are no longer able to have lunch together, it's not like before when Prom was the one who invited us to go to the cafeteria to eat. Our friendships change so fast, we don't even go home together like before because Prom went home first.

Ford's POV:

I got in the car to go home, and when I started the engine to drive, I didn't realize Fourth was standing in front of my car and blocking my way. I held my breath when I turned off the car's engine and left the key while looking straight at Fourth.

We were sitting on the campus bench while enjoying the fresh air. I waited for Fourth to speak first because I was ready to listen to him.

"Are you mad at me too?" Fourth's voice was calmly when he looked at me.

"What did you expect? And first, yes, I'm angry - I'm very angry with you. Because I can't quite imagine how those words came out of your lips. It's not about Mark, it's about the friendship of the three of us."

"I'm sorry about what I said." Fourth's swallow his pride,

"You don't need to be sorry, what you need is to realize your mistake. You're my friend no matter what happens, but I don't have a proud friend."

"Ford." he sob,

"You hurt Prom more than me, I can't blame Prom because he has the right to hate you. I have no side with you two, that's why I'm accompanying Prom because I want him to heal from what you said first." I will explain it properly.

I immediately stood in front of Fourth and patted his arm, saying, "I hope you understand, you two are my friends. I don't want Prom's hatred to get worse, I'm begging you to fix our friendship."

I couldn't help but cry while staring at Fourth, so I turned around and walked away. I'm hurt because I don't know how we ended up in this situation, and I don't want our friendships to go to waste.

I know both of them, so I know it's difficult to negotiate with Prom because once he has hatred towards someone, it's hard for him to forget what happened. Fourth is make out, but Prom doesn't eat his own pride.

Fourth's POV:

When I got into my car, someone suddenly texted me. I opened my phone, and Gemini's message appeared,

"Let's have a dinner."

I was wondered because Gemini was suddenly invited me, I knew that Gemini was angry with me. But less than a few minutes later, Gemini texted again and sent the location for the restaurant.

When I arrived at the hotel restaurant, I went straight inside and looked for the private room that Gemini had reserved, I couldn't help but smile while walking in the hallway as I was expecting something.

When I got inside the room number, the smile on my face was disappeared when I saw Mint sitting, I looked around to the room and there was no one else but her. I slowly walked over to the table and sat down to the chair.