A/N: Excuse me for the cheesiness. Blame it on the song I was listening to while writing this song. Pangako by Silent Sanctuary. (Nod to my filipino readers)
Anyway, I have here one of the official theme song from Lakorn to bring back the GRGR vibes.
Chapter 2 - The Promise
"Nang Fah"
A gentle voice tried to call her from her deep slumber.
"Wake up Nang Fah"
The person tried again, feeling a warm hand tap her on her shoulder as she ignored and pushed the hand away, trying to get some more sleep even after hearing a soft yelp from that person.
Can't she have a little bit more rest? Cause honestly, she felt like she havent gotten back her strength from all the stress the past week, not to mention her moving into her new house.
Silence passed for a few minutes and she was on her way to another deep sleep when another voice, much louder and more annoying rang through the air, calling her name like a mad person, it could only belong to Mami that she had no choice but to get up.
With a sigh, Nang Fah went straight towards the door and opened it only to find Taeloy, she had to raise her eyebrows at the guy who was standing straight like a statue with his eyes wide open like he just got petrified by some creature.
"Nang Fah!" Mami's scream caught her attention as the girl push Taeloy away holding both of her shoulders in a tight grip and shaking her worriedly, "You had to help us! Nang Fah! The stranger's-"
Mami suddenly stopped babbling, her eyes going wide as saucers staring at something behind her, she too had to turn around to find a topless Saichon staring at them innocently. Before she could react though, Mami's very loud shriek brought her back, she honestly thought she's gone deaf for a second.
"Shut it"
Nang Fah tried to stop the girl, asking Taeloy's help who stood still shell shocked that she head to resort in covering her friend's mouth to no avail as the other villagers started on going in her house to check what's happening.
"What is wrong here?" her grandma suddenly entered along with several elders, her eyes stopping at Saichon who quickly went and stood behind her, trying to hide his large frame behind her small one.
"Why are you shouting so loud in the morning?" Auntie Niam asked Mami.
"When I wake up this morning, I was waking up the stranger when I noticed the bed empty and looking unslept" Mami started that she felt Saichon trying to shrunk himself to avoid the wrath of the girl while holding her arms from behind, "I tried to look everywhere only to find him here without his clothes on"
There was a collective gasp from everyone as they stared at her and Saichon back and forth accusingly, Nang Fah cringed inside and tried to laugh it off rather nervously in an attempt to pacify the situation.
"T-that's not it. Look!" she exclaimed, holding his hand and pulling him from behind her awkwardly, " He still had his erm- some of his clothes on..."
The elders though looked unconvinced just as her grandma raised her eyebrows at her and shake her head in disapproval.
"He is wearing a shirt earlier" Taeloi added thankfully, Nang Fah had to breath in a sigh of relief, "When he opened the door to get the food I brought"
"Then why are you topless?"
"The f-food s-spilled on my shirt when I was waking up Nang Fah", Saichon could only shrug, scratching his head and looking for her help before he started speaking, "So I took it off"
"So... does that mean that you sleep here?" Arifa, one of the villager asked the question nobody dared to voice out.
Saichon though nodded his head happily, "I slept with Nang Fah"
His statement once again brought everyone's attention back to her, staring at her like she committed a crime with her grandmother now glaring at her.
"He meant that he sleeps here in the floor of my house" Nang Fah retorted, pointing at the unkept blanket on the floor beside her bed while slapping his chest with slight force that Saichon groaned softly and stared at her in confusion, "You know after the accident he still sometimes cant think straight right?"
"But didnt we agree that he'll stay at Auntie Niam first?" Mami argued back.
Before she could answer though, Saichon hold her hand tight saying, "Saichon do not want to stay away from Nang Fah. Saichon will be better if he's with Nang Fah"
His statement made everyone silent as she turn her gaze and met his sincere eyes as if he is promising her something she do not dare think of, her breath hitch for a moment at the sudden feeling of something she can not explain.
"Who's Saichon?"
Their moment were cut short as Taeloi asked Saichon who didnt even spare a glance at the guy but instead smiled that dimpled smile of his, she had to look away as she felt her cheeks goes red.
"Saichon is my name", he stated proudly, "Nang Fah gave it to me"
"B-but", Suay suddenly intervened, getting the attention back at the issue, "He still cant stay here alone with Nang Fah!"
"But only Nang Fah can calm him down" the voice of reason came in the form of Uncle Sala, one of the elders in their community.
"Nang Fah is still a woman" Taeloi argued back, "A guy and a girl cant stay under one roof unless they were married right grandma?"
Everyone began voicing out their opinion at the same time that it was just chaos she had to look at Saichon who shrunk back behind her again at the commotion, tugging her hand.
"You wont give me away right?" he asked her in a whisper, holding on tight on her hand, "You promised you wont leave me again"
Nang Fah honestly didnt know what to do because for once in her life, she felt that connection from someone else other than her grandma. It is strange how someone like her who usually stays away from guys and foreigners in general to find herself having this unexplainable feeling with an 'outsider'. Like she knew deep inside that he will be an important person in her life.
"I-", she started but stopped midway when she caught her gaze with her grandma who was looking at the two of them quite intently, as if she was thinking deeply before she raised her hand, earning an instant silence among their group.
"I'm sorry Saichon, I know that you are good person but you can't stay with my grand daughter"
Another round of chaos went up as Mami and Taeloi cheered on and went towards them, trying to pull Saichon away from her who only holds on even tighter on her hands, his eyes looking at her as if he is begging her to fight for him.
It's not like she do not want to but... truthfully, she is afraid for herself, of what will be the consequence if she will welcome him in her life.
"But-", Saichon turn towards grandma and argued with the old lady when she dont say anything.
"She is currently having her punishment and we dont allow our visitors-", Her grandma shot back just as Saichon shouted.
"But I can take any punishment with her!"
"I'm sorry but my decision is final-" her grandmother looked at her in the eye while saying the words as if daring her to oppose her decision.
"You cant take me away from my person", Saichon tried to push away Mami's and Taeloi's hands to no avail.
Nang Fah could only close her eyes at the scene in front of her, her mind and heart being torn apart upon what her heart wants and what she thinks is better for her self-preservation.
His sudden scream of pain however, brought her head up and before she knew it, she was already kneeling beside him, craddling his face and hugging him to her chest, whispering her soft calm words again.
"It's okay", Nang Fah began her mantra while combing his hair, "You are gonna be okay Saichon"
She heard the other villagers who wasnt there with them the other day gasped out loud when he had indeed calmed down on her embrace that for a moment, there was another silence.
"Let's take him to our house-", Mami, the girl who still doesnt seem to understand the heaviness of the situation, insisted on moving the poor guy that Nang Fah finally snaps.
"No!", she said quite angrily making others looked at her in surprise at her outburst for this is her first time to fight for an outsider, "Stop it"
"But he will get better treatment-" Mami retorted, albeit with a smaller voice as if she finally get a hint of whats coming if she continue.
"Nang Fah?", She felt Saichon's hand enveloped her smaller ones, instantly calming her down as she looked at him and caress his face, "Dont leave me please"
"I wont", she whispered back, smiling when he flashes his dimples in a joyful smile, "I promise"
"I will take him in", Nang Fah declares to everyone, meeting the elders, the healer, and last, her grandmother's eyes, "From now on, I will take care of him"
Slowly, she gaze at Saichon when she felt his hands intertwine with hers and hold on tight as they shared a look of promise.
Silence passed through them as she and her grandmother shared a look, as if they were communicating something through their eyes.
After what seem like a few minutes, grandma finally sighed and nodds her head in defeat amidst the protest of others that she and Saichon shared a happy look and hugged each other.
"But If you're sure you want to stay with her, you will also bear her punishment" Grandma told them, "And Nang Fah, you will be responsible of him"
The both of them could only stare at each other before nodding happily at her grandmother.
"But we do not know his background!", Taeloi looked like he was about to pull his hair from his annoyance just as Mami agreed vehemently, "What if he's a bad per-"
"He is a good person", Nang Fah convincingly said at once , glancing at Saichon as if she is so sure just as the guy smiled at her gratefully, admiration in his eyes, "I believe in him"
She do not really know why but she felt safe and comfortable with him... Like she found a companion, a friend and something she couldnt point out. All she knows is that she felt this magnetic pull towards him that she havent felt before from anyone, not even to someone in their island.
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"Nang Fah", Saichon called her in a worried tone, "Do you need some help?"
"No", she answered back, raising her thumbs as she pat and caress the pig she was just checking, "I'm okay"
Just as her grandmother told her, they were now being assigned of taking in charge of their small communities livestock and they had been at it since early afternoon.
"Are you sure?" his voice once again rang through the air that she had to look up from what she's doing to find him staring at her curiously as he spray the root crops with the hose rather distractedly.
He must have known that he was caught for he scratch his head cutely, his ears turning a shade of red as he now paid attention on what he's doing.
"Dont worry about Nang Fah", Uncle Sala intervened, "She can take care of herself"
Nang Fah had to hid her smile as she watch Saichon conversed with the older guy as he kept on telling him which way to spray for he is awkwardly holding the hose up.
She deliberately put him in that light task for she had this gut feeling that he doesnt know how to handle all the mud and dirt.
And she thinks she made the right decision.
Maybe... he came from a well off family..
Looking at him now, she couldnt help but think right of her conclusion when he doesnt know even some of the simplest household chores when she tried to teach him earlier...
The idea isnt so far fetched though with that smooth and white even skin of his all over his body that she accidentally saw when he goes topless earlier as Taeloi was teaching him how to chop down the woods.
Not that she peaked though, she swore she didnt do it deliberately.
Okay maybe she did took a glance.
Or two.
"She is one independent lady", Taeloi added, "Cause it was only her and grandma that maybe she got used on doing things for them alone"
Well that's true though. With all the advantage she got from being the grand daughter of the head of their vilage, she still tried to be as independent as she can be for she knew that not at all times, she could ask for help from someone else and that she only had herself to rely on.
"Why what happened to her parents?" Saichon suddenly asked what is considered as 'taboo' on their community, earning a slight smack on the shoulder from the elder as she saw at her peripheral vision Uncle whispered something on Saichon's ears and gestured at the guy to keep quiet as his eyes gone wide as saucers while looking apologetic at everyone who was staring back at him accusingly for everyone knew that it is a sensitive topic for her.
She must have been so out of it that she slipped just as she was about to get out from the fence and one of the pigs managed to get through the small crack she had accidentally left open.
For a single moment, everybody paused and stared at what happened in shock before everyone moved at once, trying to chase the pig.
"Get it", she heard somebody screamed aloud but she do not have the time to look at who for her focus is solely running after the pig that she got almost thrown off backwards when someone almost knock her off if not for that someone's quick reflexes, he had been able to catch her just in time.
"Nang Fah?" / "Saichon?!"
They both asked at the same time, each quite surprise at finding each other in the middle of the woods as they stare at each other's eyes.
Their moment was lost though when the pig moved in between them quickly that before they could make a move, it was already out of their sight.
"Damn", She heard Saichon cursed as they stared at the direction the pig had disappeared.
"Well", Nang Fah took in a deep breath and distanced herself with the handsome guy before she felt too comfortable in his arms, "We could still try to look" she said, gesturing at the pathway.
Saichon sighed out loud, scratching his hair, "I guess so"
Their destination though werent quite clear as they tried to follow their instict only to end up finding themselves at the waterfalls, she even heard the gasp of amazement from the guy beside her as he realized where they were...
"Where are we?", he asked her in pure adoration.
"We are at the infamous waterfalls here at Min Island", she exclaimed quite proudly, standing up on top of one of the large roots as she smiled and close her eyes, taking in a deep breath of fresh air, "Beautiful isn't it?"
"Yeah", she heard him whisper back closely. Probably too close for she felt his breath touch her cheeks, she instantly opened her eyes and turn to look at him only to find his handsome face even with all the dirt mere inches from hers, looking at her intensely as he continued, "Very beautiful"
Is it just her or... No!
Nang Fah quickly turn her gaze away from him, tapping her face as she felt her cheeks burn.
"Nang Fah", Saichon called out her name before she heard his groan of surprise followed by the loud splash of water. Nang Fah turned just in time to find Saichon resurfaced from underneath the water.
She tried to hold it in but try as she might, laughter still came out from her as Saichon glared at her before he suddenly smiled with a glint on his eyes, she knew he was onto something as she quickly made an escape to no avail for he had already scooped her up in his arms and jumped, the next second, they were both underneath the water.
"Goodness!", Nang Fah slap his chest lightly when they came up with her still coughing as he laugh it off while caressing her back.
"I'm sorry I couldnt help it", he said, leading her towards the roots they were standing earlier and holding her on her waist to lift her up on it.
"Well I'm sorry I couldnt help this either" she retorted before splashing him with water, ignoring his weak protest for he seemed to be just laughing it off and even threatened on pushing her back towards the water which immediately stopped her.
"I'm sorry", Nang Fah heard Saichon apologize again and sat beside her as she twisted her long hair, trying to dry it.
"It's nothing", she replied back, turning to find him holding up a flower on his hand.
"I meant about earlier when I asked 'that' question", he said while scratching the back of his ears, she could see his cheeks turn a bright shade of red in embarassment, "I'm sorry I was too insensitive... Forgive me?" he asked, holding up the flower as a peace offering.
Who would turn down the guy though, when he is looking so adorable right now she couldnt help but smile and pinch his cheeks as she accepted the flower.
"I told you it's okay", she said, smiling at his thoughtfulness, "I already accepted who I am a long time ago"
"Well", Saichon took in a deep breath and smiled at her, taking another flower he was holding from his another hand before he leaned in and gently placed it behind her ear, "I'm here now. You can rely on me for I wont go anywhere without your permission", he said, caressing her cheeks and smiling at her with sincerity before he holds his right hand up, "I promise."
Nang Fah felt a tug on her heart, a warm hand that embraced the deepest of her fears at Saichon's words, and the strangest thing is that of all people, she is having this unexplainable feeling towards a stranger and an outsider...
"Nang Fah! Nang Fah!", Suay suddenly emerged from the forest, screaming her name like a mad woman that their moment got lost once again as the girl stopped short in surprise at finding Saichon with her, the poor girl looks at them in confusion back and forth, taking in their flushed cheeks and wet clothes, "Erm- I have both good and bad news"
"The good news is that the pig is already caught!" Saichon and her shared a guilty glance as they forgot their purpose for a minute, lost in their own world, "The bad news is that there were outsiders and they are on their way here!"
"What?!", Nang Fah asked in surprise as she immediately stood up and pulled Saichon with her, "Why didnt you say so earlier?!"
"Where are we going?!", the poor guy asked as she dragged him towards the path she had already become familiar with through the years.
"We'll go fishing at the other side of the island", she explained at the clueless guy, willing him to hurry up.
"What? Why?", Saichon asked to which Suay happily answered and share gossips about her like she wasnt there.
"Our resident beauty here dont like outsiders cause she sometimes attracts too much unwanted attention from them.You know once? One was so amazed by her beauty that he asked for her hand the minute he saw her"
"What happened?", he asked, interested at where the story is going although his eyebrows where beginning to fuse together in she didnt know if it's confusion or irritation. But why would he be annoyed though?
"Shut it", Nang Fah shook her head at the two tugging his hand to make him walk faster, "Dont listen to her"
"Well he got burned with her words and then chilled with her icy glare", Suay wont be dettered though, the young girl still continued rather animatedly, "But that's not the end of it cause others who glimpsed at her would also try and get close that our Nang Fah here get tired of it and would always went away whenever they are here"
"Oh", Saichon went silent for a moment as the information sinks in on him that he surprised her when he suddenly take the lead, tugging her hand as he asked, "Where is that other side? Come on Nang Fah, we need to get there faster"
Nang Fah could only tsked at the duo as she obliged and walked faster.
That is what she wanted after all...
After a few minutes of walking and
hiking, they finally reached the other side with him, holding his hand on his chest as he tried to catch up some air.
"Here we are", Nang Fah breath a sigh of relief as they entered what she called as her private sanctuary.
"I'm sorry I must not be used to that kind of walk", Saichon exclaimed, laying down straight on the sand after they reached their destination.
"I'll leave you two here now", Suay stated that made Saichon widen his eyes and stared at the young girl who was bitting down her laughter while she walks away from them.
"Dont tell me she just went with us here and she will go all the way back again?", he asked bewilderly, staring at the disappearing shape of the young girl.
"Uhuh", she agreed and nodded her head before she too lay down beside him on the sand, breathing a sigh of relief at the success of their sweet escape.
"Where are we?", he asked as he finally got his breathing back, turning to look over at her side.
"Hmmmm", Nang Fah hummed and smiled first before she answered him with a smile, "Welcome to my paradise"
"Your paradise?"
"Yeah well I already claimed this cause this is a hidden part of the island. I discovered this place accidentally and then it became my hide out", Nang Fah took in a deep breath while telling one of her secrets at the stranger, "This is where I go to whenever I want to be alone so consider yourself as one of the few lucky ones who got to enter this place"
"I am honored then", he shot back at her teasingly to which she only smiled back as she sat up and began talking.
"You know, whenever I envision my future, this place would always comes in my mind" she said, sighing out loud while looking around, taking everything all at once, "For the longest time, I had wanted to build a small cottage right here where I can rest... and then there will also be a hammock beside that tree" she said before she began pointing at different direction where she wants everything to be as the guy beside her slowly sat up, listening to her eagerly.
"Look! I'll show you something", she suddenly shot up, walking towards the part beside the rock formation and vegetation, she heard him gasp after she pulled away the leaves that she deliberately placed to hide her boat.
"You are really prepared for this huh?", Saichon asked her in amazement, "Resident beauty of Min Island?"
"Dont believe Suay, that girl is just exaggerating", Nang Fah rolled her eyes at his flattering words. It is good then that she's already used with those that she wont get easily swayed.
"But I think she is saying the truth", Saichon told her sincerely, she almost believe him, "I am so lucky to get washed here in a beautiful Island, with a beautiful goddess"
"Nice try", Nang Fah could only sigh and shake her head, "But you wont get away with fishing. Come on. I'll teach you how"
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"Damn it!", Saichon cursed impatiently, "Why cant we catch these damn creatures"
"Stop cursing, they have a name you know", Nang Fah stated calmly for she could honestly understand his frustrations cause they where going at it for almost a few hours and yet they havent made even a single catch, "We have to catch even just one or we'll go to sleep with empty stomach"
"Hello Nang Fah!" A strangely familiar tone suddenly rang through the air that both of them looked at the direction of the voice.
They must have gone too far from where they came from for them to encounter other fishermen at the area, "Fancy seeing you here Nang Fah"
"Who are they?", Saichon asked Nang Fah with his brows furrowing as they stare at them.
"I am Yasa", The guy answered him back while smiling at her, "We are friends of Nang Fah from the town"
Friends?
Well that is debatable...
"I thought you dont like outsiders?", Saichon asked her in a whisper but before she could respond, Yasa already shot back winking at her, "We are an exception... right Nang Fah?"
As if it wasnt enough, Yasa continued talking, "I'm sorry we havent reached our destination last time like planned"
"Its okay-", Nang Fah glance at Saichon's direction worriedly and tried to end their conversation but the guy wouldnt stop and spat out rather bitterly, "Still, it is a wasted opportunity if it werent for him"
"What is he talking about?", Saichon went towards her to ask what he is talking about.
"Oh you didnt know?", Yasa laugh out loud that Saichon's brows furrow a little bit more, if that was even possible, "Nang Fah shouldnt be here by now"
She could feel the tension rising that she decided to step in, "I was supposed to study at a university but I chose to back out and not continue"
"Still... I'm sorry for your scholarship", Yasa spoke with a low voice, aiming to be sincere, "Here" he said, lifting up a large fish from his net and handing it to her.
"No it's okay", Nang Fah immediately refused while shaking her head furiously, "We're fine"
It is not part of her nature to take gifts from outsiders when she could provide things on her own...
"Come on take it", Yasa insisted before placing the fish on the foot of their boat, "I heard earlier that you havent caught even one so... take it"
"I really dont-", Nang Fah tried to argue back, her brows furrowong in irritation for she really do not like accepting things from outsiders cause she had this thinking that, they would demand something in return.
"Just take it", Yasa though is one insistent man for he wont let her give it back, "Consider this as my peace offering for last time"
With a wink and a wave that the guy thought must have been charming to which Nang Fah thought of the opposite, Yasa left them and they both watch as his boat disappeared from their sight.
"Well... I guess we wont sleep with empty stomach"
Maybe she had spoken too soon though for as it turn out, she cant make Saichon eat the food she had cooked as he instead went on chopping down the woods the minute they got home. Try as she might, he refused to eat a single bite even when she had him sit at their small table with his lips pouting like an insolent child.
"What is the problem?", she asked, her patients quickly wearing thin. Why does it feels like she was talking to a small kid with the way he is acting right now?
Goodness, she swore she is about to burst out in any second if this continue...
As if on cue, he had pushed off her hand away when she was about to put some food on his plate that it accidentally slipped and fell down on the cold floor.
For a moment, there was nothing but silence while they both stared at the wasted food...
Nang Fah had to close her eyes when realization sinks in, gathering all the patience she never knew she had, she took in a deep breath and bent down to clean up what is supposed to be their dinner... Ignoring the guilty and apologetic look of Saichon.
"Nang Fah", His soft voice called her for the nth time that night as they both laid down on each of their bed, "Are you mad at me?", he asked her rather guiltily.
He must have thought she is angry with him for ever since the earlier incident, she hadnt talk to him and went straight to bed instead.
It is not like she is mad at him though, for she knew that taking him in and accepting him comes with both the good and the bad.
Maybe she just expected too much...
Not to mention that she is missing her grandmother too.
Ugh.
She never knew that one could feel homesick in their own homeland.
"I'm sorry for the wasted dinner", he whispered and sighed out loud, continuing his words when she didnt answer, "I'm sorry for making you missed that oppportunity"
Opportunity?
Nang Fah's brows furrow as she took a glance at the man who was looking like he has the weight of the world on his shoulders with the way he sighed deeply.
So that's it? Nang Fah concluded in her head, It is the reason behind his what she would like to call as 'tantrum'
"I'm sorry you lost your scholarship because of me", he continued without noticing that she was now facing his direction and staring at his handsome face, "I'm sorry I am a hindrance on your path-"
"Dont say that", Nang Fah immediately shushed his words cause she knew truth, "It is not your fault cause it is my decision not to go through with it"
"Still", Saichon faced her, his face etching the look of guilt and sadness, "If it werent for me-"
Nang Fah though finally decided to set him straight once and for all as she look at him in the eyes and spoke each words softly, as if conveying to him that she meant every word that she is saying, "If it werent for you, I wouldnt be here", she said before she broke in a wide smile, "Honestly, I think I should really thank you for I really do not want to leave my grandma and this island"
"Well", Saichon finally smiled back at her hesitantly saying, "Your welcome?"
With a chuckle, Nang Fah laid down on her bed properly and closed her eyes as she whisper the words she never thought she would ever felt to anyone, "Besides, I dont think I could ever got mad with you"
Silence followed her confession before he broke it when he whispered back, "Me too"
"Now we really need to get some sleep", Nang Fah tried to change the topic as she felt her cheeks went red after finally realizing what she just said and how he responded.
Good luck to her though for she do not know how she would ever manage to sleep now, feeling butterflies on her stomach and she knew it has nothing to do with skipping dinner...
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"Saichon?!", Nang Fah woke up with a start that morning, turning to her side only to find his makeshift bed empty.
Worry laced through her immediately that she went straight outside to look for him.
"Where is that guy?", she asked herself as she reached the shore and saw a slight commotion from a far as girls were lining up and cheering at someone on the boat from quite a far.
"Nang Fah!", Suay called on to her
"What's going on here?", she asked the minute she reached them only to get bombarded with Mami's happy cheers.
"Look!", the girl said while pointing at the direction of the boat, "He must have heard your name"
Now that she's looking at it clearly though, she saw a guy she would have instantly recognized even from this far, waving at her happily that she had to smile back and do the same.
"Oii Nang Fah is so lucky to be able to see his face every morning and every night!", Mami exclaimed teasingly at her direction, she could only shake her head.
It is a good thing that the girl had already apologized with her earlier actions and accepted the situstion that there is no awkwardness between the two of them.
"What are they doing?", she asked, changing the subject from the annoying teasing of the other girls.
"Saichon asked the elders to teach him how to catch a fish", one of the girls answered, "And they had been at it since early morning!"
"Really?" she asked in a bewildered tone.
Seriously?
What's gotten into him?
Just yesterday, he do not have the patience to do so...
"He says he do not want his person to get tired", Suay started while looking at her with a glint of mischief on her eyes, Nang Fah already knew what was coming as her friends look at each other before speaking in chorus, "He wanted to be the one Nang Fah can rely on"
As if on cue, Saichon excitedly jumps out of the boat the minute their boat near the shore, waving at her enthusiastically while he carried his net at his back like a sack of potatoes.
Her friends on the other hand couldnt seem to contain themselves especially when Saichon stops in front of them and flashed his dimpled smile of his that they shake and push her in their excitement, she almost fell down if not for Saichon's arms, quickly surrounding her. She could only shake her head and glare jokingly at her friends antics before laughing it off as she pulled on Saichon's hands to escape them.
"What are you doing?"
Nang Fah asked Saichon, watching him with amusement as he tried to cook the fish he had caught.
The moment they got home, Saichon had made her sit down in front of their table while he goes to the kitchen to prepared their breakfast.
"If this is about last night, I told you it was nothing", she added, bitting down her laughter at seeing the side of his face covered with soot when he raised his hand up to wipe his sweat before she finally took pity of him and went to help.
"No you sit down", he said, pushing her gently back to her sit, "I can manage"
"Well if you're sure", Nang Fah could only shrug but hold his arm to stop him from moving as she went on her tiptoes to wipe the dirt on his face with her hands before patting it.
After a few seconds though, Saichon do not seemed to move and just seem to stare at her quite intensely that she had to ask in a nervous whisper, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
That seemed to wake him up though for he quickly shook his head, stepping far away from her and distancing himself as he instead focused on what he is cooking rather distractedly as he burnt his finger when he accidentally touch the side of the pot.
"You okay?", Nang Fah asked with worry to which he could only nod his head and smiled at her, raising his thumbs up.
After a few minutes of silence, Saichon suddenly spoke, his voice laced with seriousness as he looked at her intensely, his eyes showing his sincerity, "I know that I cant turn back the time but I will forever be grateful that it is you who found me and that I am here with you now"
For a moment, Nang Fah got tongue tied at his words. Honestly, how would she respond to that? She do not know how for this is the first time she heard those words being said to her together with that look of pure honesty and innocence.
She could only smile back at him, hoping he would also know how thankful she is that he came into her life.
Personally though, she thought it is the other way around for it is him who had found her. In a world where she tried her best to hide and blend in with others, he still made his way to her in the most unexpected way. Now, she could only wish for the best and hope that this wouldnt turn out as something she would regret in the future as she had read once in a book left by some tourist on the beach by some author named Paulo Coelho, "Everything that happens once can never happen twice. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time."
If that is really the case, then the history of her parents couldnt be repeated on hers... She wouldnt have to endure the same tragic story right?
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A/N: Havent had time to put gifs here from NY's previous lakorn but anyway... I trust you guys could imagine NY in this set up
@NY2018 Thank you! I try
I think island scene would only be short though.
Miss talking to you gal. And yeah I'm doing alright... I think
I hope you're doing good with your studies too.
@Lalashiie Thank you for your kind words
I'm glad I am making someone happy
P.S. Saw your tweet and it was spot on with my Nang Fah and Saichon
Funny how I think you're better than me in finding those clips that suits my fanfic
