Registration

Gays, he thought to himself. There are lots of gays in this school.

Was this what P'Eshin and P'Sud wanted him to find out by himself?

So fucking what? As long as they are not touchy, they can look all they want. What's good about looking fly when people don't try to see you naked?

Ignoring the creepy feeling, Anurak smirked with pride and added a few more springs to his steps.

If Sophea could see me now, she would eat me alive!

Within moments, his outlook changed and he even gave one of the lecherous boys a sexy wink. The lucky guy blushed and quickly turned away. He was so carried away, he didn't know he was gawking.

"This is the main office building of the faculty of science and technology. It has eight floors and the Dean's office occupies the last floor. We count from the ground floor upward." Sud started saying. "The other floors have the Bursar's office, the course advisors, and the counselor's offices. Most lecturers' offices are also here. And this is where the final year students hold their lectures." He said.

"See that building over there?" He pointed to another white building that stood just a few feet away from the one they were in. "That is the faculty of science's main lecture building. From freshman to fourth year, students hold their lectures there. The building is also housing some of the studios and garages we use for practicals."

Without waiting for a response, Sud climbed the escalator going up and the others followed him.

"We are going to the top floor, the Dean's office. That is where you will verify your admission before getting directed to other relevant offices. The good thing is that all the offices you need to visit are in this building."

Just as they were arriving on the landing of the first floor, Sud pointed to a well-detailed map of the whole floor painted in green and yellow on the white, shiny wall beside the escalator. "Thanks to that, you can't get lost. It's on the wall wherever an escalator is. It is also well-detailed. If you ever get lost, just find an escalator and check the map. Okay."

"Krab," Anurak muttered under his breath as he focused on the map, trying to imprint it in his photogenic brain.

Sud kept talking about the layout of the school and activities that freshmen were expected to partake in until they got to the top floor. The moment they got there, they saw a very long queue of students in the corridors. Being an old student, Sud knew exactly where to go. He led them to an office just four rooms away from the Dean's office. There were lots of people in the queue outside this office but it seemed that the queue was moving rapidly.

"Join this line. We will wait for you over there." Sud pointed to a sitting area not far from the queue.

Anurak quickly joined the queue and he started pressing his phone as he moved away from his two seniors.

He saw that Sophea had sent him a text. She wanted to know how his registration was going.

[I am already in school. About to start but the queue is long… see]

He stepped out of his space and took a picture of the queue. He attached the picture to his text and sent it.

After that, he started taking pictures of himself. After taking like six different pictures from different angles, he forwarded them all to Sophea.

[This is how I look!]

By now, he had attracted everyone's attention, and could hear the gasps of other students as they appreciated his beauty. Used to such attention, Anurak pretended that he didn't hear or know what was going on…

From where they were seated, Eshin and Sud also noticed Anurak's actions.

"This your brother likes showing off," Sud smirked.

"What if I told you he is an introvert? Never leaves the house unless he is with his girlfriend or going to work. But once he steps out, everyone must know that he is out and about." Eshin chuckled with obvious pride.

"Really?"

Eshin nodded as he continued to watch Anurak.

"It's good that he is like that. With his looks, I might end up becoming a mailman."

"Why?" Eshin giggled as he imagined Sud in a mailman's uniform.

"Once everyone knows that he is with me, who do you think they will go to if they can't find him?"

"Make sure to keep a record of the letters. I would like to read them." Eshin continued to laugh.

A thought crossed his mind and he turned to Sud. "Where can we get a mailman uniform?" He smirked as mischief danced in his eyes.

In response, Sud slapped him on the thigh and then squeezed it.

"You must get one for the weekend."

"Okay."

Just as Anurak joined the queue again, a girl from the front of the queue pointed at him and gasped aloud; "He is so cute."

Appreciating her open admiration, Anurak looked up at her and gave her a gentle smile. "You are not bad yourself. What's your name?"

Anurak was a man who treated women with mushy glove hands. Back in his small town, he was known to be a lady's man.

Only my enemies call me sissy. They were just jealous. He sneered inwardly as he remembered a time some guys had insulted him because of his looks.

Unexpectedly, the girl came over to his side excitedly.

"I am Hellen. What's your name?" The girl was almost squeaking, unintentionally enlarging Anurak's already oversized ego.

"Anurak." He said with a gentle smile that said nothing about the conceited thoughts in his heart.

"Angel. I like it." She giggled.

"I would rather be called Anurak. I am a traditional man." He smirked sexily.

"Oh. That's so old-fashioned. But with a look like this, you are allowed to get away with anything, Anurak."

It turned out the girl was also quick-witted and goofy.

"Thank you, Hellen."

"So, what engineering is yours? I am in Civil." She asked.

"Mechanical." I like to get my hands dirty.

"Oh." She pouted with a disappointed look then spontaneously pecked up again. "We will have some courses together. Let's sit together in class when we next meet. What do you say?"

"Who says 'No' to a pretty lady?"

Hellen blushed in-between giggles. She quickly passed her phone to him and not needing to be told, he added her on 'Line.'

Just as he handed Hellen's phone back to her, the people with her told her it was her turn. She waved to him before entering the office. Within a few minutes, she was out with a brochure and a blue file in her hand.

"See you around Anurak!" Hellen gave him her best smile before walking into another corridor to continue her registration process.

Sud and Eshin, who were engrossed in their chat, were jostled back to the present when they heard a squeaky voice calling Anurak's name. One can't blame them, that wasn't a common name after all and most people don't use their real names in Bangkok. Maybe except for Sud who kept his native name because he said it sounded cool. Unlike Eshin who believed that his native name sounded like a cuss word. Apart from his family members, every other person called him 'Bright'.

The two seniors watched the girl enter the next corridor before turning their gazes on their innocent-looking junior brother who was presently focused on his phone. With a mischievous glint in his eyes, Eshin sent a message to Anurak. When Anurak read it, his face went pale. He looked up with worried and pleading eyes then quickly replied to the message. When Eshin read the reply, he started laughing and he promptly sent another message. Anurak read it and relief flooded his face. He replied with an [Okay.] but still said it aloud.

"Okay, P'Bright." He gritted his teeth.

"Good." Eshin nodded. "Was it that hard?" He chuckled.

"What happened?" Sud who felt left out asked his friend. In response, Eshin gave Sud his phone. It was the chat between Eshin and Anurak. Eshin had lied that he recorded Anurak's interaction with Hellen and that he would send the video to Sophea, Anurak's girlfriend.

As expected, Anurak readily agreed to call Eshin by his nickname.

Anurak and Sophea were childhood friends who became lovers as soon as they became teenagers. In fact, in their families, they call them husband and wife. While Anurak was easygoing and generous with his attention, Sophea was the polar opposite. She hated getting unwarranted attention from strangers. Before some boys even greeted her, she would straight up tell them that she already had a boyfriend and that they should keep moving. There was even a day some guy insulted her after trying to woo her and getting harshly rejected. Sophea cried home and when Anurak heard that it was a fellow guy that made her cry, he was so furious that he went to look for the guy. That event was one of the most regrettable things that ever happened to Anurak. He was beaten black and blue. Broke a rib and couldn't sleep on his back for weeks because he was badly bruised. The guy he went to confront belonged to a gang and Anurak had walked into their midst uninformed.

That incident taught him a hard lesson. The moment he could move his limbs without clenching down on his teeth, he joined a boxing class. And before they left high school, Anurak had finished the rudimentary stage of boxing and had gone on to register in a taekwondo class. He then bagged the first color on his belt. He was working on the second one when he got admission into Sunny-Uni.

If Sophea sees any girl hanging around her boyfriend unnecessarily, all hell will break loose. She will first deal with the girl and then deal with Anurak himself. To say Anurak was scared of his girlfriend was an understatement.

Sophea scares the hell out of him.

If Eshin should send that video, Sophea wouldn't think twice before she makes her way to this school to wreak havoc.