Tine's POV
Seeing Sarawat's face at the airport was heartbreaking. He read my letter and yet he still came to see me. I saw him taking out the bracelet that I returned back to him placed on his heart. Hearing him say that he will never give up and that he will love me forever was the most amazing thing I ever heard.

I felt like I can still feel his heart beating for me. Even now we are miles and miles apart. What a strange feeling? Love is such a weird feeling.

If my brother didn't turn me around in time, I would have jumped over the gate and run back into Wat's arms. But then everything that I prepared, would have been all for nothing and I wouldn't get the chance to start over and leave my sad painful past behind.

P'Type and I just landed and we are heading to his apartment. We are in New York City. My new life starts in New York. The city is huge and crowed with so many people and yet the tall buildings still stand out the most. It's a busy city but still beautiful. The taxi take us all the way to our destination and P'type's apartment complex was huge and kind of glamorous.

I wondered how much money his job pays all of this for him to live here? I'm shocked.

"You're bedroom is on the left and mine is on the right. Later on we will go out and eat dinner in the city so put on something nice." My brother Type tells me. I just look around his apartment and nodded. "Also don't think too much about what happened today. You made the right choice coming to live with me." Type finally said to me.

But why does it feel like I didn't make the right choice? Why does it feel like I left a piece of myself back home?

"I'll go unpack my stuff." I told Type as I go to my room on the left.

I drag my suitcase into my bedroom and I lifted up my heavy suitcase onto my bed. I'm already tired and exhausted. I woke up early this morning to prepare myself for the flight and I barley had any sleep. While Type was sleeping on the plane, I cried almost the entire plane ride because I was so sad to be leaving home.

I applied to a university in New York. Type made sure I picked the best one and to make sure they had law majors for me and I think I found the best school. I don't know what to expect here in America. Everything is so different from Thailand and it's not just the language. The people and the whole atmosphere just feels different.

I feel like I'm in a whole another world here.

Durning my hours of packing and just fixing up my room, my phone rang and I sighed of exhaustion as I picked it up. I saw it was Ohm and Fong and the two dipshits decided to finally call me.

"Tine!" Ohm and Fong said unison.

"Don't Tine me. You guys took too long to call me. I've been expecting your call for hours." I scold them.

"We are sorry. We are kind of busy over here too. Tell us, how was landing?" Fong asked me.

"It was fine. The city here is so big and amazing. Also there are a lot of people in New York." I mention to them.

"We already miss you so much Tine. When can you come back?" Ohm questions me.

"I won't be coming back anytime soon and you know that. Too much money for plane tickets and we don't have that kind of money to travel back and fourth." I tell him.

"You fucking suck Tine. Leaving us like this after the years we've known each other." Ohm complained and I know he's just upset that Ieft so sudden.

I can't even get mad at him. I'm a little upset myself. I didn't mean to leave them behind but I couldn't stay. So many bad memories are at home and I would have never recovered mentally.

"Oh Tine I made you a list of things you can do in New York so you would have stuff to do." Fong said.

"Let me hear it." I told him.

"Number one is to go to Thai Restaurants so you don't feel like you are just eating foreigner food. I searched Thai restaurants in New York and I heard Thai Villa is pretty good. Number two is join a gym so you can exercise and stay healthy. Number three, don't make a lot of friends so you won't forget us. Number four is to travel around the city because I heard New York has many great places to site see......."Fong said to me.

As the listen goes on, I started to get really sad. I wanted to be with Ohm and Fong. This long distance friendship is gonna be so hard for me. I don't even have friends here and honestly I don't want to make new friends if there is nothing wrong with my old ones. I'm afraid I will get too attached when I go to the university here and meet some friends.

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I was starting my first day at NYU School of law. My credits were transferred and I'm in my third year of college in my last semester. I was very grateful that things went smoothly and I wouldn't have to start college all over again. Everyone in New York speaks English so that's the Language I have to speak from now on.

There is no Thai people here and I feel like I stick out like a sore thumb. I'm the new guy here. I was approaching the school building and I'm nervous as hell right now. I was about to open and grab the door handle but I felt my hand being touched by another.

I looked up and saw a guy who was pretty handsome. His eyes were and nicest shades of blue. I never saw blue eyes on a human before. He has a kind facial feature and he looked like a nice person.

"I'm sorry." He said to me but I froze.

I'm not use to the English Language and I froze and almost forgot how to speak it.

"Huh?" Was the only thing that came out of my mouth.

"Oh, do you not speak English? Tell me what part of Asia are you from?" He asked me. I understand him well and I'm sure it's because he is speaking slow and carefully.

I didn't want to leave him hanging on his question. He was starting to look at me weirdly the more I stall.

"T-Thailand. I'm...from...Thailand." I pronunciated for him to understand me.

"Ohh." He gave out a long Oh and he smiled at me. "Swasdi Kub." He said to me.

"Swasdi Kub." I said back.

"I'm not very fluent in Thai but I know a lot of about it. Correct me if I say things okay?" He said to me and I understand.

"Kub." I said. The handsome stranger opened the door finally and he let me walk in first.

"What's your name?" He asked me.

"Tine Teepakorn." I told him.

"Tine is a very interesting name. I like it." He smiled and that smile of his is very welcoming.

"What's yours?" I asked him.

"Thomas Greene but for short you can call me Tommy." He said and I nodded.

Tommy was so helpful to me this morning. He showed me around school and where all my class were for the day. I only had four and I have already two class with Tommy and we sat together. I told him I transferred from Thailand and I have no idea how the work is like so he helped me a little.

It's the evening and it was time to go home. I called Type and told him about my first day at my new university went smoothly.

"Hey Tine!" I heard my name being shouted from afar and I saw Tommy approaching me out of breath. He must have been running. "Let me get your number." He placed me his phone.

I looked down at it and slowly took it from his hand. It's my first day and someone wants my phone number. I typed my number in and returned his phone.

"Thank you."Tommy smiled and I nodded. "Are you hungry? I know a Thai restaurant that you can eat at." Tommy asked me as I felt him grabbing my hand.

"Um....no thank you. My brother already prepared food for me at home. Thanks Tommy for today." I said to him. I watch another smiled appear on his face.

Tommy walks closer to me.

"No problem Kub. Maybe next time when you're not nervous around me, I can take you to that restaurant." Tommy said and I felt him surprisingly patting my head. "You're very....cute Tine." He said and my eyes widened.

This scenery, the way Tommy is looking at me, and the way he pats my hair and says how cute I am reminds me so deeply about Wat.

He use to call me cute all the time and pat my head like this. I feel like a traitor. I let another man do this to me. I step back to create some distance from Tommy.

"I'm sorry Tommy but I really have to go." I told him as I just leave. The sooner I get out of here the better.

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