"You guys listen to me!!! I want the pool to be filled with colorful inner tubes. It's better if the inner tubes in shape of Santa Claus, pine trees and reindeers. I want Santa Claus driving a sleigh with reindeers in front. Fill the pool, make it beautiful, make the world remember. Do you understand what I'm saying?" I, Arm and Pol prepared for a barbecue, made a fire, arranged drinks, walking around the pool. Our mouths sucked on cigarettes, ignoring the words of Khun Noo whom was walking around the pool. Just ignored him. When he got tired, he stopped himself. "As for the lights, I would like to have them hanging all around the house. Let it flow down like a waterfall. Get the pattern to sparkle all over the house so remarkable that the fishermen at Chao Pramong can see our house with lights on. I want that."

[T/N: Tankhun is trying to turn the villa into a Lighthouse]

"Wait for the sunlight to get weaker, let's go to the market, shall we?" Pol asked.

"Yes"

"As for the Christmas tree, I want to be at least three meters high. Put it in front of the house. Make it stand out. And you guys have to buy Snowmans. Well, I can't take the real thing. I understand that Thailand's climate is hot. You can take fakes. I won't go crazy. I want it to be like Snowmans standing guard over the Christmas tree. Oh, but the Christmas tree, I'm asking for something weird because I don't want to be like anyone else."

[T/N: How weird? Your definition of weird maybe different from ours ]

"I want to eat tiger prawns. But Babylonia shells are good too. What about you, Pete?" Arm nudged me as he lit the second cigarette.

"Uhm! I want to go. Let's see what is fresh and juicy."

"At the edge of the fence on the other side of the house I want balloons to put it all around. White, red or colorful are all good. But hey!!! It's a flashing light again, better than taking it all over. Get more than a thousand at the edge of the fence. Today's challenge is how to make this house have as much electricity as possible and...."

"Khun, who are you talking to?" I squinted my eyes to glance at Khun Kim. He was leaning against the edge of the door and drank some water in a chilling manner. We all turned around to help each other cleaning and prepare for our party tonight with no attention to our own boss.

"I don't know..." Khun Noo answered Khun Kim and looked at us blankly. Looked like he was talking until he got tired. After a while, he would go up stair and take a nap. The mood was like a battery's charge continuing to get lower and lower. Because since he stepped into the house, he hasn't stopped walking, stop running, stop talking. I'm tired. Please!!!

[T/N: Now we know Pete learned the habit of talking to himself from whom 😂 😂 😂]

Khun Noo and Khun Kim walked around the house. In a minute, they would definitely fight each other again. As for Porsche and Khun Kinn, I saw that they brought documents to work here. So they just bury themself in the room. I didn't know if they really worked because I could hear Porsche shouting and cursing at Khun Kinn from time to time. Probably not much work. So why was the duty placed on Vegas's shoulder on holiday when everyone went on holiday to relax! I was secretly annoyed as well. And at that moment, a LINE sound alerted me from my phone.

Line

Vp Vegas

Just finished eating. I'm going to the company.

Pv Pete

Ok

I replied Vegas back in my habit. Every time I had to go to The Main Family house, Vegas would report to me like this every now and then. To be honest, I felt good, it made me feel like I was important. When he had to go out to meet a customer or attend a big meeting, he usually left me with Khun Noo. When he finished his business, he would immediately come back to pick me up. Life had been looping like this for a while. It was a strange feeling because I did the same thing over and over, not as colorful and fun as when I was with Khun Noo, where the unexpected always happened. But there was happiness that I couldn't explain, like some missing parts had been filled. Vegas and I lived a simple day-to-day life. Even though I still couldn't guess his mood but I didn't get bored. I didn't feel bad, I felt really good.

[T/N: Well, after 2 months together, Vegaspete have been living a long-married couple life... And Vegas put his trust in Tankhun. It made me start a conspiracy theory]

"So Phi Vegas will be very lonely." Porché came and sat next to me and helped me prepare for the barbecue tonight.

"May be not. He's working," I said, raising my head to smile at Porsche's beloved brother. The fight over accommodation seemed to be left off.

"But during the countdown holiday like this Phi Vegas must want to be with you." Porsché helped pick up the things and sent them to me.

"He's working. He's so busy that he forgets it's time to count down to the new year," I said what I thought. When Vegas was serious, he was very focused. Even when hungry, he also forgot that he was hungry.

"Actually, Phi Vegas has changed a lot." Porsché said with a smile.

"A lot."

"Really good! Change to be better like this, P' Pete can definitely feel happier."

"But I don't know how many waters I can endure*." I said jokingly. I didn't know if Vegas could really be good like this or not. It might be a short period of time when he was thinking of something that made him seem human. But I didn't know when the evil that he had controlled would come out again. It was scary.

[* จะดีได้สักกี่น้ำ means how long I can endure. Derived from cockfighting, a coconut shell which was drilled a hole was put in water as a replacement for a stopwatch. When the shell sunk, counting as one round.]

"How much what water?" Pol leaned forward into the conversation between me and Porché and spoke out of ambiguity.

"Damn! Nong is here!" I push his head away.

"The Nong that you're talking about has been spoiled rotten for a long time ago?" Arm said, smiling.

"Really Ché?" I turned to ask him. Porsché was now like my real brother. When there was something going on, sometimes he called me to talk before talk to his brother. Well, it looked like Porsche had to work every day just like Khun Kinn.

"It's not true. I'm still a virgin." Porsché smiled cheekily.

[T/N: Do you guys understand the 'water' Pol is talking about? 😂 😂 😂 And I don't believe every single word you said Ché]

"Oh! There is thunderbolt out of clear sky. It's raining soon." I said sarcastically.

"Wait a minute! I will plant the lemongrass myself." Ché proudly puffed his chest.

[There was an ancient belief that you can stop the rain by having a virgin planted the lemongrass. Ché, are you sure??? 😂 ]

"Huh!" The three of us looked fed up. Porsché only smiled till his eyes closed. But no matter how much he smiled, a line of emotion flashed on his face that looked bright, but has a raw and savage personality, looked like he was copying his elder brother exactly. Porsche seemed to have some concerns that I had been pretty sensitive since I had been with Vegas most of the time. I was terribly good at observing.

"Wanna go to the market together?" I turned to asked him.

"Yes." He hurriedly nodded in response.

"Then go ask Khun Kim. We are going to leave now." I, Arm, Pol, who was responsible for managing the lives of everyone here, had to take care of their bed and board. Even if I no longer worked for The Main Family, I would do whatever I could do to help. Moreover, Khun Noo brought only two bodyguards. I didn't want to let my friend took all the responsibility and did it themselves. At least I used to stand in the position where I was their leader. So I didn't want to create more burden or behave differently.

"I don't have to ask. I can go." Ché straightened his chest and nodded.

"Are you sure? Otherwise, we will be cursed. Fed up with our ear being numb because of Khun Noo, we are nervous enough." said Pol.

"Really," Porsché repeated. This was even more strange. Porsché seemed to be so troubled that I could feel it. But I didn't want to ask him right now because if he wanted to say it, he would say it himself.

We bring Ché when we drove to a nearby fresh-food market to buy seafood to cook in the evening. The area we stayed in was so private that there were almost no restaurants. Besides, Khun Noo probably didn't want to eat anything fancy because he asked us to go out shopping since midday. It was good that now he should be exhausted and went upstairs to sleep. If that prankster wanted to follow along, we didn't have to buy anything because the market would be messed up.

That was our secret trick. Making Khun Noo talk a lot. Talk a lot. When he got tired, he had to go to bed. So that we didn't have to go to the market together. It saved us a lot of Headaches!

"P' Pete..." When we arrived at the market, Ché and I walked behind. As for Arm and Pol, they led in the front.

"Yes?"

"Do you think Kim will give me a Christmas present?" Che asked with an extremely worried look on his face.

"Well... should give it." I still couldn't figure out what this trouble maker boy really meant.

"What about the New Year's gift?" Ché tilted his head questioningly. I didn't know, I was not Khun Kim. What the hell were you asking!!!

"How should I know? May be Yes" My mouth was as fast as my thought, I spoke with a puzzled expression, not defeated by the doubt on his face.

"But I say No." He said in a low voice.

"Is it important?"

"It's important, Phi. It will let you know if he cares about you or not. For example, when you come to travel with us back to P' Vegas, he will definitely have a New Year's gift to surprise you." Porsché made an over-acting gesture and face expression before fading again with concern. I knew that he must be stressful about not getting the gifts. You and your brother were both greedy for money's sake. There was nothing wrong with that. I heard from Arm that Porsche asked for a million baht watch from Khun Kinn. Forced him to buy it as a New Year's gift. Was he a wife or a thief? Answered me! [😂😂😂]

"Huh? I don't think Vegas has anything to give." I said with pure emotion. Vegas was not a very romantic person. There might be some, but just say let him not forget the time first. And I was not serious about any special days.

[T/N: How can a smooth talker not be a romantic person???]

"No, Phi!" said Porsché firmly.

"Why? It's not my birthday. I can have it or not." I said as I thought.

"It's an important day, Phi. It shows care. It is to add sweetness to married life. But that's what I'm worried about... Ok. Come here." Ché dragged me out of the group of Arm and Pol who were picking vegetables. "Phi, I and P' Pete will go buy some snacks for a moment." Ché pulled my wrist and turned to Arm and Pol, who looked up to accept the words in confusion.

"Where are we going?" Ché drags me to the other side of the market that sold fruits. And then he picked up his phone to do something and spoke his mind as well.

"Actually, I didn't really want any presents." I stared at his actions in a daze! "But Kim has changed. He cares less about me. You know?"

"I don't know. You've just told me," I replied to him. [😂 😂 😂]

"Huh, that's not what he used to be."

"Did you think about it?" He walked to the fruit stall and took photos without stopping.

"No. He definitely lessens the important of me," Ché said, keeping taking photos of the fruit in the panel.

"What did you use to measure? He might be busy. Recently, Khun Kim has just started working at the company."

"Measure from what? Huh? It's very easy, P' Pete. Now, he doesn't hurry to watch my story. Sometimes he never watches at all. Sometimes he watches but doesn't reply." Che raised his head from taking the photos.

"IG?" I repeated the words to check that I understood correctly.

"Yes! It's a measure of how much does a person who used to care about us care about us now?" Then Che put his head down and typed something on the phone.

"You're crazy. He might not be available. You know, you think too much."

"Huh, let's give him a try, shall we? Right now he's in the house. I think he's lying in bed watching TV. So he's available! I believe that he has changed." Che shared his IG story before handing me the phone.

'Or do you want me to stop loving you. With the fact that just let me was discouraged. Let me forget all about you that I ever had you by my side?' I read the message that Porsché wrote along with a picture that was taken just recently from the fruit stall that was 'Peaches'. Ché, you made me dizzy too.

[Song: เจ็บน้อยที่สุด (The least possible of pain)- ZEAL. Please click comment for the link. ]

"It's a song. I add it to my story. In the past, when he still hadn't have me yet, no more than 5 minutes, he would watch and tease every single one. Now posted for the whole day and he still hadn't come to watch." Ché complained with great sadness in his eyes. [😟 😟 😟]

"Huh?" My brain was continuously processing it.

"When you post a story how many minutes did Phi Vegas come to see?"

"I don't know, I rarely play." [😂 😂 😂]

"New rice with oily fish* like you are probably like me in the beginning. But one day when you posted for more than an hour and he still haven't watched it, that's it, he has changed." 

[original words ข้าวใหม่ปลามัน Kaomai Plamun popularly called the period of newly married husband and wife that the new rice phase. Anything that is new is good 😉]

"Huh, but Vegas is rarely on the phone."

"Then let's try to update a story. I want to see if it will happen like I say." Ché gave a nod of encouragement to the phone in my pocket. And I didn't know why I was so freaking out like this. "Share a photo to your story!!"

"I? I don't know what to take."

"Trust me, Phi, it will measure his care for you. Especially when you two have to be apart like this, don't you want to know how much P' Vegas miss you?" I started to think of Ché's words until I didn't know when he took my phone out of my hand.

[T/N: Why I feel that Ché is trying to wash Pete's brain then burn VegasPete house like Tankhun used to???Tankhun 2.0???]

"If you don't know what to take, I'll take a photo for you." Ché walked and turned around before open the app then walked and stopped at a souvenir shop lined with small stucco dolls. He picked up a male doll with a silly expression and immediately took a photo.

"What's the hell are you doing?"

"Uh huh..." Then Ché left the doll in the same place before he typed something on my phone. "Done." He handed me the phone.

"If he loves you, even if you just stand still and do nothing he still loves you... What the hell?!!!" I looked up from the phone screen and asked in confusion. Ché picked up his own phone and looked at the time.

[Song ถ้าเขาจะรัก (ยืนเฉยๆเขาก็รัก) (Enough) l First Anuwat. This song is more suitable for Tae. Please check the cmt for the link ]

"I'll count the time." Before Ché finished speaking, the IG app notified me.

Vegas.Korravit reply to your story

"Don't tell me that P' Vegas has already replied." Ché made a disbelieving face as I nodded in response. "Extremely unexpected! This hasn't even been a minute yet. He is madly in love with you."

I tapped to read the message.

Instagram

Vegas.Korravit

Who do you love?

Peteeeeee.eeee

don't know either [🤣 🤣 🤣]

Vegas.Korravit

Oh! Who do you love???

Peteeeeee.eeee

I don't know. Ché just posted it on his own.

Vegas.Korravit

Porsché? Post? Do not piss me off

Peteeeeee.eeee

Really truly

Vegas.Korravit

Who do you love?

Peteeeeee.eeee

Can't you read Thai?

Vegas.Korravit

Pete!

I sighed heavily. Ché, why are you suddenly burning down my house? Vegas was getting harder and harder to understand. Owww!!!!!!

[T/N: See? Tankhun 2.0]

Peteeeeee.eeee

It's just a song

Vegas.Korravit

You told you loved someone through that doll.

[T/N: Oh my... He is jealous with the doll]

Peteeeeee.eeee

I did not!!!

Vegas.Korravit

Pete!!

Peteeeeee.eeee

Ow!!!! What the hell are you doing?

Vegas.Korravit

I'm going to be annoyed. You answer me!

Peteeeeee.eeee

Sit or stand?

Vegas.Korravit

stand

Peteeeeee.eeee

Just stand still

Vegas.Korravit

?

Peteeeeee.eeee

If I love you, even if you just stand still and don't have to do a thing I still love you [😱 😱 😱]

Vegas.Korravit

...

Peteeeeee.eeee

...sit I still love ... sleep I still love... run I still love.

[T/N: Someone hold me 😵]

From the beginning when I frowned because I had to explain to a buffalo like Vegas, it turned out that I was smiling like that now. Idiot!!!

Vagas.Korravit

who ?

Peteeeeee.eeee

You! 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕

Vagas.Korravit

heh heh

"Are you two fighting? I'm sorry." Ché looked up at the screen and bowed his hand with a guilty look on his face.

"No." I took a photo of Porsché and sent to Vegas.

Peteeeeee.eeee

send photo

Vagas.Korravit

hmm, well done

Peteeeeee.eeee

what well done

Vagas.Korravit

No, keep working

Peteeeeee.eeee

OK

I kept my phone in my pant pocket as usual and pulled Porsché's head in my arms. He still looked like he had done something bad but he probably didn't know that it really pleased Vegas because it made me to say what he wanted to hear. Stupid bastard!!! Oww!!!!!

"P' Vegas seemed to love P' Pete very much but this is probably a promotion period like Kim." Porsché said softly, as if talking to himself, but I could hear it. Promotion period? Or maybe it true? Vegas just wanted to reconciled with me or maybe he was really crazy about me? He might be madly in love like Ché said it was just in the beginning. But when we were together for a long time, he might get bored. Looking back, my life was nothing much. It was not vivid or exciting at all. If he was addicted to me at first, he might get boring after a long time.

I and Porché went to help Pol and Arm to buy a few things and then we went home. Along the way, I kept thinking about promotion. I knew that Nong probably didn't mean to say it because in his head he kept thinking a lot about Khun Kim. So he might look a little crazy. He said that in the past, Khun Kim didn't let him go anywhere, but now he didn't care much, rarely followed him. Morover, at first, Ché wouldn't go on this trip with Khun Kim but Khun Kim didn't hold him back. He said like that. I didn't know how to answer him. I could only listen because I didn't know what Khun Kim was thinking. It might be nothing. I wasn't sure.

"Today we will have a light meal. Then wait for Tae, Time, Mew to join us. When they come, it's Christmas Eve. We will set up the house to prepare for Christmas." After dinner, Khun Noo bustled, arranging for tomorrow. He commanded us to go to buy lights for decoration because the day after tomorrow was Christmas and Khun Noo would stay here to make it through the New Year. That was why I had to stay at the beach for almost a week.

"Then I've finished my dinner. I'm going to bed now. I'm tired." Porsche raised a glass of water to drank and prepared to get out of the dining table. Today's dinner was cooked by Arm, me and Pol, and Che's help as an apprentice and it was eatable.

"Why are you tired? I said that we would have light meal, that means we still drink alcohol." shouted Khun Noo.

"I'm sleepy. I'm going to sleep."

"Why are you sleepy, it's just nightfall?" Khun Noo said reluctantly.

"How about you try to bring work to do like me and Kinn? I've deal with the customers' phone call until my ears were all ringing. Moreover, Vegas has come to rush us again. Is he hurrying to meet his father or what?" Porsche made a long-complained speech. I listened carefully when I heard the word Vegas. Was he rushing? But it was all set up, there was a schedule of who and when to meet which customers. Actually, there shouldn't be any problem.

[T/N: No, Porsche. It's very disrespectful 😞]

Line

Pv Pete

What are you doing

I spoke to Vegas

Vp Vegas

just get home

Pv Pete

Macau?

Vp Vegas

Staying in his room and watching the series

Pv Pete

Have you eaten yet?

Vp Vegas

I'm going down to eat.

Pv Pete

Just done. Feel full.

I took a photo of my newly-finished plate of rice and sent it to Vegas.

Vp Vegas

how many dishes

Pv Pete

1 dish

Vp Vagas

can't believe

Pv Pete

Why?

Vp Vegas

You are greedy [🤣 🤣 🤣]

Pv Pete

Vegas!

Vp Vegas

go to eat first

don't sleep yet

Pv Pete

why

Vp Vegas

will call you

I finished reading the last sentence and smiled sweetly. This distance was good too. It made me feel like.... It made me feel like I was fourteen. When I had my first girlfriend. Ah!!! What the heck!! Why did I have to be embarrassed!

[T/N: Pardon my golden fish brain! Pete used to have a girl friend??? Vegas, do you know that??? 😱 😱 😱]

The time we were apart made me thought more of the time we were together. Want to talk to him more, want to hear his voice and want to feel his embrace even more...

"What time is Time, Tae, Mew coming tomorrow?"

"I don't know." Khun Kinn replied to Khun Noo.

"How can you not know?"

"Then why are you asking?" Kinn turning to ask.

"I'm going to set up a liquor circle when Tae, Time, Miu are here." Khun Noo made a determined face until the people around him shook their heads. "But today, let's eat lightly first." I helped Arm, Pol cleaned the dining table and washed the dishes. As for Khun Noo, he called Ché to help connect the sound system. I didn't know anything about that, so I used the vanishing skill. Better to sneak in my bedroom.

"Who allowed you guys to go into the room. Come back. I tell you to come back!! I'll sing karaoke." After everyone dispersed to sleep, the noise of Khun Noo rang out through the house. But please kept your energy for tomorrow. Trusted me. Did not punish us from today. Might I have a nap and recharge because I had to prepare myself for the craziness all Christmas and New Year's Eve. Please tried to stay quiet and enjoy the sea and sleep for a day! Ná!!! I performed wai to you.

I didn't listen to any objection and walked straight in and lay on the bed. while closing my eyes peacefully because Khun Noo kept knocking on my room. Arm, Pol didn't stop him. Dammit! How did I make merit in the past life? Why had this life been being so miserable? That damn bastard must have a feud with me TT'

Brzzz Brzzz~ while I was rolling around on the bed suddenly a phone call came in. I hurriedly bounced up and picked it up.

To be continue...

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Translator note: Maybe I'm a conspiracy theorist. But now I believe that when Vegas was in a coma in the hospital, Tankhun stayed there not to sing karaoke and watch series, but to take care and protect all of them Vegas, Pete, Macau and Venice.] 

Translating this part is such a challenge to me. I had to visit Pantip many time to find out why a virgin have to plant lemongrass and what the hell with 'water'. Oh my... their dirty-minded conversation. And their  flirting  conversation as well. I might be the first translator be killed by sweetness.

Once again I really appreciate your support!