Chapter 29

                                    

                                          
Kong's POV

                          
I rolled over to my side and popped open one eye slightly to look at the time on my phone as discreetly as possible. I groaned softly as I noticed it was barely 4:30 in the morning. I have been tossing and turning all night finding it close to impossible to drift off to sleep. Ever since the brief conversation with my mom where she sowed the seed of P'Pim with P'Arthit in my head I have been in a grumpy mood. I kept trying to shake her off from P'Arthit, but apparently she had doused herself in super glue cause she was stuck to his side all evening. And as the day kept progressing so did my ire. In fact I almost blurted out loud that he was gay when she asked for his number. Now why would he go ahead and exchange numbers with her when he has no interest in P'Pim. I mean he shouldn't be leading her on right? My cousin was a smart, successful doctor, and overall one of the coolest people I know. He should really not be raising her hopes if didn't have any designs for her. He definitely didn't have interest in her, right? And that stupid thought has turned me into a night owl while P'Arthit lies blissfully asleep next to me without a care in the world.
                          
I slid out of the bed as softly as possible and stepped out of the room hoping a warm glass of milk might help me shut down my over active brain. Batman briefly raised his head when I entered the living room before laying his head back down to continue sleeping. I was just about to step into the kitchen when my heart almost stopped.
                          
"Holy fuck! P'Nam? You gave me a fright. What are you doing sitting on the couch at this hour?"
                          
"Oh Kongpob, it's you."
                          
"Uhh....yeah it's me. Is everything ok?"
                          
"Come sit with me for a little bit."
                          
Ooookay.....like that doesn't sound ominous at all. Nevertheless I sat down beside her. Looks like it's only P'Arthit that is going to end up getting any sleep tonight.
                          
"Kongpob, can I ask you something?"
                          
"Hmmmm?"
                          
"Where did it all go so wrong? How did I end up with both Arthit and Jay hating me to this extent?"
                          
"How rhetorical is that question? Cause I doubt you will like my answer if it isn't"
                          
"Well, of all the people I can atleast trust you will tell me the truth. So let's hear it then."
                          
"To put it mildly, you are a selfish bitch."
                          
"You really don't pull any punches do you?"
                          
"You did say you wanted the truth. Actually, let me add. You are selfish and blind. You broke up with P'Arthit cause you thought things would be better with Jay. Then you purposely messed things with him cause he wasn't what you thought he would be. You broke two people's hearts. You ruined, probably forever, the friendship between them. You couldn't value each of them for their own merits. And after so many months of everyone getting tortured you are sitting here wondering how it's all messed up for you. That's the selfish part. The fact that you actually need to ask that question at all makes you completely blind."
                          
"I guess this is it then. I had always known how hard Arthit had taken our break up. I guess when things with Jay didn't turn out the way I wanted I had hoped Arthit would be happy to get back together. I know this sounds selfish now, but I genuinely thought Arthit would be happy to reset our relationship too."
                          
"You know P'Nam after 11 relationships I have finally gained some very deep wisdom about break ups."
                          
"Really? Want to share it with me?"
                          
"Yeah, this one particularly might be very relevant to you. No matter how much we think it is true, we really aren't that great of a catch that our partner will be willing to put with everything we make them go through. Now I don't know this for certainty but I am willing to bet that even if you hadn't left P' for Jay, sooner or later things would have ended anyway. You just sped up the inevitable."