S. F. - 30

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New.

I threw my bag sideways before slightly pushing Tay away from me. After his announcement, he literally dragged me towards our bedroom leaving everyone in complete state of of shock.

"What shit was that Tay?" I asked vehemently but he just shrugged his shoulders and sat on the nearby chair.

"Aren't you gonna say anything?" I grabbed the slipper I spotted on the floor and threw it towards him.

"Hey! Why do you like hitting me?" he complained whilst caressing his forehead.

"I'm gonna throw everything that my hands will lay on if you don't explain to me what you just did there."

"I already said it. I'm courting you."

"Why on hell would you court me??"

"Because I like you and I wanna be with you. As simple as that."

"Then what about your child? You already have a family for heaven's sake!"

"I told you Frank's not mine. He's, he's the son of someone I know, okay. I just helped him with his operation."

"Oh, stop lying!"

"I swear on my tomb, New. He's not mine."

"You don't have a tomb yet, you jerk!"

"Okay, our neighbor's tomb then."

"Can you be serious for once? I didn't imagine you to be like this. Is there something in the New York air that converted you into a douchebag?"

"What do you mean?"

"This is not so you. I mean. You used to be that strict don't fucking mess with me kind of teacher back then. You won't even lay a finger on me and now your hands are all over me. Are you insane?"

I was already flailing my hands in the air to put emphasis into my words. Heck, I could still remember how he acted like he committed a crime when he kissed me back then.

"Of course, I had to control myself back then. You were still my student. I can't drag you into a mess just because I couldn't keep my hands to myself," he quipped.

"Ugh! I so hate you Tay Tawan."

"Okay, I totally understand the animosity, but can you put down that vase down? I don't want my head cracked open."

I glared at him as I put the vase that I unconsciously grabbed back to its place.

He then rose from his seat and made his way towards me.

"What are you doing? Don't come near me," I snarled at him, hoping he wouldn't do whatever was in his mind.

"I swear. Frank's not mine, if that's what you're worrying about."

He then reached out to touch my arm but I immediately whisked his hand away.

"Tsss.. Get your hands off me. That still doesn't change the fact that you left. And can you quit the act. You can't get me with your fake charming personality," I quipped before grabbing my bag and heading towards the door.

"Where are you going?" he yelled as I headed towards the elevator.

"I'm not staying in the same room with you, you asshole!" I raged. It didn't matter if I had to pay extra cash. I just wanted to be away from him.

I wasn't really expecting him to follow me, but a part of me was disappointed that he actually didn't. Okay, scratch that. I was frustrated.

"Miss, one room, please," I told the receptionist.

"Wait for a while, Sir. I'll just check the available rooms."

She then typed something on her computer. I was checking some messages on my phone when I overheard her talking to someone on the phone.

"Yes, Sir. Sir? I mean we still hav-. Okay, Sir. Yes, Sir."

I was in the midst of replying to Earth's message when she called my attention.

"Excuse me, Sir. May I get your name?"

"New Thitipoom."

"I'm sorry, Sir but we don't have any available room at the moment."

"Can you double check it for me. I mean, I really need a room right now. It doesn't matter what type."

"I'm really sorry, Sir, but we're fully booked already."

"Are you sure, Miss? Like I can take the smallest one. I don't really mind."

"I'm really sorry, Sir. But we're already full for it's a weekend."

"Okay, Miss. Thanks," I sighed and headed back to the elevator.

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I fought the urge to smack Tay on the gut when I saw him grinning like an idiot when I headed back to the room.

"You're sleeping on the couch," I announced before heading towards the bedroom and threw myself on the bed.

"Whyyyy??" he whined and stood beside the bed with his hands on his hips.

"Because I say so."

"But we've already slept on the same bed even before."

"Precisely, before. Not now. It's a totally different timeline. So get your whining ass out of here and go whine elsewhere," I closed my eyes as I wanted to sleep more, but the jerk threw himself on the bed and lied beside me.

"Get off the bed, you buffon!"

But he just grinned at me and I could feel my heart going wild when he abruptly grabbed my waist and pulled me closer.

"What the fuck, Tay?!" I pried his hands off my waist but ultimately failed as he moved on top of me, slightly crushing me with his weight.

"Wh-what are you doing?"

"Don't you miss this? You know, just the two of us together."

I was literally holding my breath as I could feel my heart racing with our close proximity and I was hoping against hope that he wouldn't hear the sound of my heart.

"Wh-why would I miss this? And can you fucking get off me??" I tried pushing him off me but he didn't even budge.

Instead, the jerk just grinned and kissed me on the cheek all of a sudden.

"What the fuck, Tay!" I yelled at him but he then got off the bed and tousled my hair.

"Fix yourself. We still have to join the others."

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I could feel several eyes boring holes at us as we joined them by the beach. Most of them were already in their swimming attires. Some were playing volleyball whilst some were taking pictures.

I didn't know what went through Tay's mind for treating everyone, considering that it looked like we owned the entire place due to our number.

I glanced as he talked to the employees like they had known each other for years and I immediately scowled when he started laughing with the female ones. Tsss.

Kicking the sand with my feet, I trudged towards the nearby hammock and plopped down.

"Sir Tay! Why don't you join us?"

Several heads turned to Jennie who had a volleyball in her hands.

I was expecting Tay to decline but the jerk immediately nodded and headed towards the group.

I just rolled my eyes and decided to scroll through my socials when something suddenly fell on my face.

I gawked at Tay who was already shirtless and then at his shirt in my hand.

"Seriously?" I exclaimed but he just grinned at me.

I watched as he played with the group and I must say that he was quite good. I squinted my eyes at the ladies who would scream every time Tay hit the ball and somehow it irritated me. Goodness, the way I wanna fire them right there and then.

With his shirt in my hand and an ounce of remaining pride, I pretended to fall down the hammock.

"Oh shit!" I exclaimed and prayed it didn't sound that fake.

"New are you okay??"

Suppressing the smile that was starting to creep on my lips, I put on a straight face as Tay rushed to my side and checked on me.

"I'm fine," I muttered and stood but bad karma must have wanted to make my show believable as I accidentally tripped on a stone.

"Oh fuck," I groaned as I tried standing on both feet but I must have slightly twisted my ankle.

"What the hell!" I yelped when I felt myself being lifted and eventually found myself in Tay's arms. "What the hell! Put me down!"

But he just turned on a deaf ear and went to the nearby cottage.

I gulped as he carefully placed me on the bench and knelt in front of me to check my foot. I must have looked like a total idiot for gawking at his arm muscles that flexed every time he moved.

"Does it hurt?" he asked as he checked my foot.

"J-just a bit."

Fine. It didn't really hurt. I was just being overdramatic so he'd stop showcasing his body to the entire female population.

"I'll bring you to the clinic. You have to be treated."

"No, it's fine. It doesn't really hurt that much. I'm sure it will be fine after I rest it."

"But still-"

"I said it's fine. And can you put on your shirt? You look like a gigolo."

I was expecting him to be offended, but he just laughed. Clutching his stomach, he didn't even make an effort to suppress his laughter.

"Tsss. You could have just said you're jealous. You didn't have to hurt yourself," he smirked as he got the shirt from me and put it on.

"Excuse me?? I'm not fucking jealous!"

"Come on. Let's go back to the room so you can rest your injury."

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I immediately plopped down the bed and covered myself with the blanket as I could feel my face fluster from embarrassment.

"Hey. Show yourself. Why are you hiding?" he asked as he stood beside the bed.

"Can you get away from me??"

"Oh come on, Neeeww. I was just kidding earlier. I mean why would you hurt yourself out of jealousy, right?"

"Fuck you," I muttered under the blanket and though I couldn't see him, I was sure he was grinning from ear to ear.

"Oh really? When are you fucking me?"

I exhaled a huge sum of air as I removed the blanket out of frustration.

"Oh my goodness, Tay! Have you always been this naughty?? I mean, where's the cold as ice Sir Tay Tawan, now?"

"Hmmm. I left him in New York?"

"Ugh! Why don't you just go back there and stop pestering me. And, did you forget? I still haven't forgiven you for what you did. So stop acting like we're okay!"

I covered myself with the blanket again.

I was expecting him to stop bothering me but at the same time, I was expecting him to continue. Or did I want him to continue pestering me? And then his phone rang.

"Hi baby."

I rolled my eyes as I felt him walked away from the bed and went out of the bedroom.

"Tsss. Baby my ass."

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We joined the rest of the group for dinner and I really wanted to bury Tay alive as we sat across each other at the table.

The nerve of him to not come back after taking the call.

"How long have you known each other, Sir?" Prigkhing asked Tay whilst we waited for our food.

"Hmm. I was actually his professor for a while in college" he answered so casually.

"For real? Did you court him back then?"

Like seriously? Why were they so interested in that matter and weren't even surprised that he actually worked as a professor? Tsss.

"Hmm. Sort of. But I didn't want to create an issue back then so I kinda kept it lowkey."

I scoffed as he grinned after answering, making the others gush over his not so impressive response. Tsss. Lowkey my ass.

We started eating when the food came. I could hear several gasps and giggles as Tay placed peeled shrimps on my plate. I glared at him, hoping he'd stop what he was doing but he just placed more.

"Eat plenty, okay? I don't want to starve my future boyfriend."

I just closed my eyes in frustration as the others at the table started gushing again. Like what the fuck??

I just decided to ignore him and continued eating.

Most of us were already done eating when all of a sudden, the lights turned off. I immediately looked at Tay who was as confused as I was.

"Happy birthday to you.Happy birthday to you.Happy birthday to you.Happy birthday,happy birthday,happy birthday Sir Tay."

I glanced at everyone and then at Tay who was smiling from ear to ear as the rest sang him a happy birthday and somehow I felt sad.

I realized that I forgot it was his birthday and what made it worse was the fact that we didn't even get to spend his birthday even back then.

"Come on, guys. You didn't have to do this. And how did you know that it's my birthday?"

"We always find ways, Sir."

"Make a wish, Sir Tay!"

Everybody kept quiet as Tay closed his eyes and made a wish before blowing the candles.

"What did you wish for, Sir? I'm sure you didn't ask for any material thing as it seems you already have everything. So what's your wish?" Jennie asked and it looked like all of them wanted to know as they continuously nodded their heads.

Everybody seemed to be more attentive as Tay smiled. I cocked an eyebrow when he suddenly stared intently at me and I could feel my heart racing upon his answer.

"You."

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