Part 4 Mirror

At the front of the school

"Hah, another day for school."

I said that as I walk into the school and walk to my classroom.

"Six isn't here yet? Guess she sleeps late at night yesterday."

As I said that I heard Six greet me from the door of the classroom.

"Hey Nam, morning."

Yep, that's indeed Six voice calling out my name like that, my nickname is actually Nampru though, but Six always called me Nam I don't know why. It's not like I hate it, because it sounds kinda fun to be called like that by a friend. I look at her and greet her back.

"Morning Six."

Today Six look kinda tired like she hasn't got any sleep at all. Perhaps she was watching some cartoon again late at night. Never change at all.

"Hey Six how was the club?"

I asked her and she replies.

"Great, like really, I'm enjoying it."

She said that with a happy voice and a big smile on her face maybe it was a good choice that I tell her about the club. Oh yeah, I haven't talked to Nung face to face for some time now I wonder how he doing.

"Hey Six, how was Nung."

Six jolts.

"Ah Nung huh? He's fine don't worry about it."

She replies.

"Oh cool, maybe I will go visit him before I go to my club room."

I said that and Six reply with.

"Alright then."

Today is Tuesday again. I kinda hate my club. But I have no choice, the sewing club is the only club that is left available at the time. Maybe I should have acted quicker that time because now I really regret that decision.

As I think to myself the teacher came inside the class and begin the lesson.

Half a day have passed and now it is time for the club

*Back to Six*

Ahh, it is time. I guess I have to go to the club now. I look around for Nam and found her sleeping so I decided to wake her up.

"Hey, Nam walk up."

Still no reaction, she really is a heavy sleeper. Not that I don't understand her though, the history teacher is boring as hell. I continue to wake her up.

"Hey, wake up Nam... Nampru wakes up... WAEAEAEAEKEEEE UP."

Nam finally wakes up with drool on her cheek.

"Huh? He's gone? Wa?"

Her eyes are red and she still sleepy. She wipes her drool with her hand and slurps it up like a noodle, I can't help but laugh when she did that.

"Let's go it's club time."

I say that to Nam. But to tell you the truth I don't want to bring her to the club because of what happening right now. And how Nam wants to check on Nung, did she perhaps know Nung secret too? As I think to myself she speaks up.

"Les go~"

She yawns and said that to me. I just nodded and pick my stuff up. Both of us walk out of the classroom and get our shoes and wear them. Nam and I start walking to the club room then suddenly Nam got a message on her phone.

"What is it?"

I asked her

"Oh, it said that the teacher from my club is sick so we're free to do whatever we want."

She replies. Then I tell her about how good my club actually is.

"Cool, but my club is better though like you can just slack off freely too hahaha."

Nam looks at me and sighs.

"Kinda jelly that you got such a good club."

Hah, she jealous. Now Nam changes her destination and decides to go to my club only and she will go back to our classroom right after that.

We arrive at the art room now. I open the door and look around and it looks like everyone is here except for Nung. Did he get sick? Well, whatever happens, I want to know because I'm starting to feel uneasy.

"Look like Nung isn't here, kinda sad have to walk all the way here for nothing."

Nam speaks up.

"Oh Hello, big sister Nam and sister Six."

Tongkam greets Nam and me. Tongkam stares at me like he wants to know something, don't tell me Nung didn't come to school is related to me, because the look that Tongkam give me isn't friendly at all.

"Awww my little Tongkam look at you all grown up now I still remember when you called me mommy like it was yesterday."

Nam says that out loud like she doesn't care if anyone going to hear what she just said that at all. Tongkam attention change from me to Nam instantly and he starts to blush real hard.

"Hey! Stop stop! Don't you know how embarrassing that was plus I was still a little kid so I don't know what I say."

Tongkam quickly said that out loud. I notice a few people in the class laugh quietly especially Kru Sangob he looks away and put his hand on his mouth so that he will not make a sound when he's laughing. I don't think that it's funny but I think that it's rather cute.

"So Nung is not here Tongkam?"

Nam asks Tongkam and he says.

"He skips school today, he said that he wants to draw something."

Nam now looks disappointed. It looks like she has been looking forward to meeting him, can't say I don't understand though after all they are childhood friend.

"I guess I was right about him."

Nam said that and sigh. Curious me ask Nam what happen.

"Hey what are you talking about? Is something wrong?"

Nam look at me and said.

"Well after Nung starts to draw more and more I feel like he starting to become more and more distant from me. Kinda sad though if you think about it. He even starting to speak weirdly, can't say I don't understand him though since people tend to get into stuff that they like. And he also-"

Nam starts to rambling on and on about Nung.

"Oh sorry I start to rambling again, well guess I will go back to my classroom now."

Nam said that as I have an idea.

"Hey Nam how about you stay here with me, I mean the teacher wouldn't mind though since you have nothing to do today because your club supervisor got sick right?"

Nam looks at me with a happy face like a puppy looking at its owner.

"Is that fine? I mean like I'm not a member right and there'll probably more members coming to the club too right? I'm not going to annoy them right~"

I sigh and say.

"This is everyone I heard that there's some problem for the rest of the members so they won't come to the club. Something like that. Did I get that right?"

I look at Tongkam wait for his answer.

"Yes, pretty much. Oh, I want to ask you something in private too sister Six, hope you don't mind."

Tongkam asked me with a serious face.

"Oh, uhh... Fine then."

Nam gives me an ugly smirk I knew that she must be thinking about something weird. After that, I take off my shoes and walk inside, but Nam still standing outside. I gesture my hand telling her to come in and she immediately takes off her shoes and walks inside the room.

"Oh hey, Six who is that? Your friend?"

Kru Sangob asks.

"Oh it's my friend Nam, I ask her if she wants to stay here with me since her club supervisor got sick and she doesn't have anything to do so I hope you don't mind having her here."

I politely say that to Kru Sangob

"Alright alright. It's fine but just don't do something like this often or bring people here often because the principal starting to get pretty strict about this stuff and it could get your friend in trouble though. But I don't mind, just try to not draw any attention that's all."

After Kru Sangob said that he went back to watch something in his notebook. Probably movie.

Nam walks around the room and it looks like she found a book, looking at it here it probably a manga. Nam rush at me with a huge smile on her face.

"Six, hey hey! Look at this."

I look at the book that Nam was holding.

"Oh that, 'Two Side of The Coin' my fav."

As I said that Nung came into my mind. I shake my head and focus on what's happening now, I don't want Nam to worried about me. I look at Nam and it looks like she was already reading the manga and she's really into it judging from her face. Then I remember that Tongkam wants to ask me something, so I look at him and ask.

"Tongkam you want to ask me something right?"

I ask Tongkam. He looks at me and says.

"Yeah, come closer to me for a sec."

I move closer to Tongkam. Then he talks to me quietly.

"Hey, did you know something about Nung? Like something you shouldn't know."

My eye widens from what Tongkam just ask me.

"I take that ask a yes then. Now next question what did you do or talk with him?"

Now Tongkam stares at me with that light pink eyes of his. But right now I wouldn't say that it's pink, I would say that it's red. Like he was ready to end me.

"Di-did something bad happens?"

I asked Tongkam.

"Depend on how you answer me."

What did he mean by that? Is he threatening me? Whatever it is my body is telling me that I should lie if it means that I could get out of this situation fast.

"Uh-ah, I just talk to him about stuff... Like normal stuff and all."

I said that as I smile at him and look away. Tongkam grabs my wrist and squeezes it very hard, it hurt but I don't want to let the voice come out, because if I do I probably cause a scene and Tongkam will surely view me differently.

"Lair..."

Tongkam looks at my face and called me a lair. Now I starting to sweat.

"Say it one more time, big sis Six."

I made a wrong move. I have no choice but to tell him what happens. Let hope that he will not do anything to me or say any bad thing to me.

"Alright alright, I will tell you. But how about I text you. after all it's Nung's secret right? So I think doing this is better."

Tongkam nodded and give me his Linking ID. I look around and it looks like Nam is looking at us. She notices that I know that she has been looking at us then she gives me a thumb up with a smile and looks away. Gosh can you at least read the mood, she always so bad about stuff like this.

Tongkam then walks to his bag and sits waiting for me to text him through Linking. I slide myself to Nam and look at her.

"Oi, it's not what you think okay? Don't you dare get the wrong idea."

Nam looks at me with a smirk and says.

"Alright, fine I trust you~"

Nam now continues reading the book. Now I add Tongkam on Linking and tell him all of the detail.

After I tell him about all of the detail I look at Tongkam and I see him holding his head with his right hand. Then he texts me.

-"Nung is an introvert you know? You say that you were trying your best not to cross the line but you have gone way further than crossing the line already."

-"To tell you the truth I don't even know why did he tell you about his secret to a complete stranger. The last time I try to bring him to therapy he almost punches that damn therapy because she just asks him too many questions even though that was a woman."

Oh my god, it was that bad? But how did he okay with telling me his secret then? Whatever the reason is I'm really glad that he didn't do anything to me.

-"But just so you know I'm kinda relieved that he didn't do something bad to you like the other club member who asks him too much as you know what I mean."

As I read what Tongkam text me it sent a chill down my spine.

-"Maybe you can try to reason with him."

-"Like, Try to talk to him."

-"I don't usually ask others for help because this is a personal problem but if Nung tells you his secret then that's probably a good sign for whatever reason."

-"Well as long as nothing happens between you and Nung."

I don't know if I should feel good or bad. But whatever it is I want to know how was he doing and where is he right now. After what happened that time he might do it again. There is no guarantee that he will stop doing it.

-"Well you say that he skips school to draw something right?"

-"Did you perhaps know what did he draw at home?"

I ask Tongkam about what Nung. Then he texts me back.

-"He's not at home."

-"He's somewhere quiet."

-"No I should say that it is his favorite place."

At his favorite place? I should ask him where.

-"Can I ask you where is it?"

Tongkam replies.

-"Sorry but no."

-"He wouldn't like it. It may be true that I know where he is but I don't know how to get there, since he prefers to go there alone."

-"Well since Nung let you in about his secret why don't you risk it and ask him yourself?"

This is what I'm afraid of. Like I just know that he did something bad to those people who know his secret and how did you expect me to ask him. Argh... Better try it than do nothing. Since I already got myself into this stuff.

-"Alright I will ask him."

After I text him that, Tongkam send me a thumb up. I look through my friend list for Nung's name. After a second I finally found it, "One&One" that's his Linking name, what a weird and simple name same goes for Tongkam "Gold505" simple name. I send a picture to his chat and wait for his response. Suddenly I start to feel nervous, I feel like I might regret doing this. After a while, Nung texts me back.

-"Ya?"

Just a single word can make me feel nervous. I have to calm myself down, it just a friendly text message after all... Like last week.

-"You Six?"

I type that as a joke just to lighten up the mood for myself.

-"No I'm not Six, I am six minus five."

Hah, at least he plays with me.

-"Well all joke aside."

-"You sick or something?"

Nung quickly reply back

-"No."

-"I just want to draw something that's all."

This is a good start. He doesn't choose to lie to me.

-"You want to do that so much that YOU can skip school?"

-"Nam here wants to see you today and she doesn't find you and now she just sulk over it but it looks like she's now happy."

-"Since there's a manga that she actually likes here."

I told Nung that, now I'm waiting to see how he responds.

-"Oh tell her that I'm sorry I didn't know that she somehow miss me."

-"That was really selfish of me."

He cares about what Nam too looks like. Maybe I should ask him about what is he drawing next.

-"Oh yeah what are you drawing right now? And where are you?"

Nung reply me back.

-"Just some scenery."

-"And who did you know that from?"

Nung ask me that but I have no idea what did he mean by, "Who did you know that from?" Did he perhaps know that I know that it from someone else that he's not home? I will try to play innocent for now and let see if this works.

-"What do you mean?"

Nung reply back to me.

-"Six you are really dum u know?"

-"You just said 'Where are you?' to me even though I never tell you that I'm not at home."

Ah shit. Look like it was my fault.

-"Six what did you want just tell me no need to do something indirectly like this."

-"Since you are pretty dum lol"

I feel a bit angry and embarrassing from him calling me dumb

-"Alright alright you got me Nung."

-"Well I just want to know something that's all."

I ask Nung this way first so that I can know if he's willing to answer me or not. Then he replies back to me.

-"Yeah?"

I guess I take that as a yes then.

-"Well I want to check on you like how are you doing?"

-"How are you feeling?"

-"Did you harm yourself again?"

-"And where are you?"

I hope this isn't way too much.

-"I'm fine and feeling okay, I didn't harm myself today and I'm at my usual spot."

Well, I didn't expect him to respond to me that way. But the way he says, "I didn't harm myself today" can only mean that someday in the last week that we haven't met but I shouldn't ask him about that now it might be a bad thing.

-"Usual spot?"

-"You there right now?"

I ask him and he replies back.

-"Yeah why?"

-"U want to know?"

Ah, he just read my mind.

-"Can I know?"

-"Pretty please."

Let hope that he tell me where he is.

-"Did you always do this to every one Six?"

-"Like take care of a total stranger that you just met."

Nung ask me those questions, but it's normal for him to ask me those types of questions. Like I just care for a total stranger that I just met and have no idea about this person at all so it's normal for him to question me about it. But I can't help it, that just how I am. I always help other people despite me myself being kinda lazy.

-"Ahh it kinda embarrassing to say it but yeah."

-"Even though I'm lazy but I still care for others and feel really bad for others."

I hope that this is enough to answer his question.

-"Alright."

-"And what good about knowing where I am anyway?"

-"Like, you can just check me and ask me here like this I don't mind though."

He does have a point. How should I say it then... I always prefer a face-to-face conversation I guess, maybe that's why.

-"I guess you can say that I prefer a face-to-face conversation."

I hope this is enough to know where he is. I just don't know why but I really want to know where he is so bad and I have this urge that I want to see his face.

-"You are indeed a weird one."

-"Well whatever."

-"I'm at an abandon old house."

-"That enough for you?"

-"Or should I send you my location lol"

Huh, send me his location? that would be great but did he say it as a joke or not, I can't tell.

-"Well how long have you been staying there?"

I ask him that, then he reply.

-"Well from the morning."

From what? The morning... In an abandoned old house... But why?

-"Well I just want to calm myself so I just came to this place and draw that's all."

I haven't finished my thought yet he already sends me his answer. I never find anyone who calms themself by going inside an abandoned house before. But I don't know why I want to meet him so much. Gosh, my heart just keeps on pounding so hard.

-"Oh okay then."

-"Well you feel lonely?"

I don't know why I just type that but there's turning back now.

-"So you did want to come..."

He just texts me that it was a normal thing that happens every day. I have to play it cool.

-"I didn't say that I want to go."

-"I just ask."

Yeah just ask.

-"Alright then"

-"I'm not lonely that's it."

-"I'll continue my drawing now bye."

Wait, I thought he will ask m-... Wait why do I think that way I should be the one asking him, plus from how he just text me it's like he can read my mind. Argh, I'm going to die from embarrassment.

-"Wait wait."

-"Wait okay."

-"You were right I want to go and meet you."

-"So please."

-"I just want to check if you really are okay that's all."

-"Don't worry."

Please respond please respond.

-"Fine."

-"Here"

Nung send me the location of the place. I now have a big smile on my face but I realize that Nam was right next to me so I cover my mouth and look at Nam. Nam looks at me back right in the eye.

"Look like someone is happy"

Nam said that to me.

"It just a funny picture that's all"

I said that back to Nam.

"Really? Alright then."

Nam said that as she gives me a smirk, gosh I hate when she did that. This time my face turn red. Like, come on I just want to check on him if he's really okay that's all.

As I was thinking Nung send me the last message before he continues his drawing.

-"Well I'll be waiting for you then."

-"When you almost here text me or call me okay?"

-"So that I can pick you up"

-"You have to walk on foot for a bit to get here at this old abandon house."

I reply back.

-"Ok."

He just left it on reading and didn't reply to me back, but I guess that was fine. Now let just hope that thing will go smoothly now.

At an old abandon house

Six... she really the same as her... She might not be all like her but a lot of stuff that she did and say she is really like her. No this isn't good at all, thinking of Six as someone else. That's just rude. But there's no denying that her personality is really similar to Mumu... I can't keep on thinking about her like this. She told me to move on but I don't think I can... I still always think about her, and do I think of Six as her too? No, I don't want it to become like this even if Mumu is the one to order me... Ordering me to forget about her and move on as her last word... Even though I almost manage to forget about her... but Six... She just... I... No, I can't fall in love with her thinking that she is Mumu. that's wrong. But I don't really mind her presence around me, it just makes me calm like Mumu. But just right after she's gone I feel like I'm going to lose control of myself again. I just... Don't know what to do anymore.

Can you just tell me what do I have to do next Mumu... I really do love you as much as you love me... But I just really have no clue of what to do now. Except for killing myself right here and now just to end it all so that I can see you again, but you wouldn't want that right? you want me to keep on living so I guess I will just do that and live my life... As best as I can.

Thinking about all of this stuff starting to make me feel weird again. Like my stomach is about to burst, I just feel, sad, happy, angry, annoyed. All of this feeling just come at me at the same time and I don't think that I can take it. I want to cut myself... No, I have to stop and control myself since Six going to come here and check if I'm okay. But I kinda hope that she will stay with me for a while and not just come and go. I don't know why but now I starting to wanted to see her face. I hope this isn't a bad thing.

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