The door opened as the car stopped. Like a seductress, she put her leg out. It was pretty but not sexy. With beautiful white socks up to her knees, long hair tied as neat pair of braids with red ribbon at the end, she was giving off the aura of a pure maiden, but…
"I won't let it happen again." Aree walked out of the shadow of the pillar. There are more than a hundred feet distance between. 'But where's your bodyguard today?' Aree continued to follow her.
The road was so crowded that it would have been hard for him to follow, 'Lucky for me, I know where you are going.' Aree sped up as he had already lost track of her.
The orange sky had already started to turn black. The bright neon had started to attract people on their shabby building. Aree's steps stopped in front of such a building.
'This is the building.' Before he could confirm that this the right building, someone bumped into him.
"Hey! Why did you stop in the middle?" A sassy voice shouted.
'It is her, but the tone is so different' Aree couldn't help but smile in his mind thinking about it.
"Hey! Aren't you going to apologize?"
Aree turned to look at the face that was covered with too much makeup. But it didn't stop her from putting some more.
"You ruined my makeup." The voice was agitated but she didn't look up from the small mirror in her hand.
Aree was staring straight at the face, questioning himself if she is the right one, the one he had loved till now, the one he had already d…
"I know I'm beautiful, but aren't you staring too much? "
"When did you changed?"
Her hand stopped, big bottomless eyes with long eyelashes was staring deep into his eyes, "Are you a stalker?"
'Looks like she misunderstands.' He felt awkward, thought of correcting it, but, 'What am I going to say?'
"Do you know who I am?"
Aree shook his head, "It doesn't matter, you shouldn't go in."
"What? So gross, you…"
"Hey, Min, what are you doing outside?" The girl was wearing a clean but high-end t-shirt and low-waist denim. Old fashion, but it was increasing the mature charm of the girl who wasn't even 16 without exposing much.
"Come, girl, look at this guy? He is my stalker. See how sexy my charm is?" Min posed to show it without noticing that Aree had left already.
"What are you doing? There is no-one here. I told you not to read too much novel. It's ruining your head."
"What?" Turning around she couldn't find Aree at all. She tried to protest but was dragged by the other girl into the bar.
'Wasn't she the family?' Aree was confused. He didn't think that he would see her here. But he didn't have time to waste.
The clock was showing ten past seven. 'fifteen minutes at most'. He swam through the crowd reached the gate of the building again.
"Hey kiddo, you are too early today."
"Little busy today, Bouy" If it is by legal age he wouldn't have been able to enter the bar, but everything is possible with little money and face.
Just behind the thick door, it was a different world. The man-woman mingled with each other at each beat of the latest chart-busting EDM. Stimulation of light, the fragrance of sweat and perfume was tickling the urges of the young and old minds diluted by the colourful liquid.
Aree ran through the crowd, trying to find her, only to stumble across the girl in denim.
"Sorry" the inaudible apology couldn't be heard but he could see that she was flustered as she ran away.
'The direction she came from…' Aree increased the speed and could hear the angry roar behind him, but couldn't care less.
"Aree? Early today?"
"Oye Brock, excuse me."
With simple greetings, he ran upstairs. The angry mob was stopped by Brock. He could hear Borck was explaining the VIP zone.
It is called VIP zone, but actually, a place for private pleasure. He ran through the dimly lit corridor only to stop in front of the door.
*264*
The number was written on the door. There was a lot of time in his last life she had told her about the incident, the things that happened to her in this small room, the incident that turned her life upside down.
"I can't let it happen to her." Making his resolution he put in the key. It was also the reason why he had made membership of the bar, just to make a duplicate key of the room.
"No! No stop it, please stop." A girl was shouting on the top of her, just the moment he opened it. He charged in the room, "Stop it."
"What? Ahhhhhh!" The girl in her sexy lingerie shouted again, looking at Aree.
"What are you doing here? We didn't order anything." The man shouted.
"Where is she?"
"Who are you looking for? This is my..." The man in underwear stopped in a mid-sentence only to turn towards the girl, "Jane? You cheated…"
The rest of the words didn't reach Aree's ears, his head was blank. 'Where is Minki? Can't I stop it even if I came back, can it be due to chain effect created due to me.'
*Slap*
The arguing naked couple stopped in mid-sentence, only to look at the man who just slaps himself.
"Think Aree think, even if I came back, it doesn't mean the past can be changed so easily. She came here, the day is right, the time is too. Where can she be? Come on Aree." Looking at the inconsistent mumbling of the boy the couple didn't dare to ask him to leave, "She had said it to me many times, it was room no 264. It is the room, she told me she had seen it when she came out, she was… wait, if she had seen it when she came out, that means…"
The door of the room was still open, he can still see the door opposite his room. 'It wasn't 264, it was 272, the room opposite of 264.' No moment to hesitate, he charged straight at the door.
*Boom*
The door wasn't made to protect, it was just cheap door that broke easily, still, Aree could feel pain spread from his shoulder. 'I have to stop them.' He jumped from the ground to the man closed to him.
The closest one was the latest to react, grabbing his hand, Aree bent it in an awkward direction before kicking him in the groin.
It was painful, even for Aree it was. But when he saw a naked woman on the bed, with one holding her down with another one with pants on his knees he couldn't control himself.
"Help me." A weak voice pleaded, the eyes red and tear gland had already lost its effectiveness.
"You bastard." The man with pants around his knees became his next target. With a punch at his solar plexus, there was not much he could do. Right at the next moment, he pulled his hand back to elbow the man behind. Due to his height, it hit his jaw rather his nose, forcing to step back just enough for Aree's kick to land on his neck.
'I am training for the last three years just for this day'. Aree had no intention of basking in the glory of winning, and quick to take off his jacket and covered her.
"You…" Looking at the sluggish eye movements he knew that she was drugged. It was painful but he couldn't help but curse himself, "You idiot. Can't you do one thing right?"
The rage intended towards himself made Minki shudder and it didn't escape his eyes. "Sorry I am not scolding you." When he tried to explain he had noticed that there was nothing but his jacket which was covering her.
'Where are clothes?' He looked around to find all her clothes were tattered, not in a situation to be put on. He grabbed the towel and closed in. The girl shuddered in fear.
"Don't worry, I am closing my eyes." But, she was not in a position where he could move her waist so he could put the towel around. So it was quite natural that Aree needs to peek from time to time.
'Even the touch of her is too alluring. I have waited for her for so long.' Even with the desire of last life he controlled it, 'It is not like I could waste this chance due to moment's desire'
Little did he know the beautiful pair of eyes were attached to his every movement. The lazy eyes couldn't help but look at the blushed face of the boy who she had thought to be a stalker.
'Why are you helping me?' She wanted to ask, but…
"People will be coming soon. I should put the jacket on you." There wasn't any fear any more in her. As he closed in he felt she was staring at him or at his chest. He put her hand through the jacket. Rather than closing it up from the front, he tried to close it from the back.
'I love you, I have been waiting for you so long, I want to…' He wanted to say many things but none came out, as he hugged and supported her to close the chain of the jacket. He put her down again the bed with a gentle touch, "I am sorry."
'Why is he sorry? Is he the one behind all of this? There is no way, I have never seen him before. His badge was of my school but…' The questions in her mind were many more but her mouth was disobedient.
"Don't move, Police." The shout broke the trans for both of them.
"Hey, what are you doing? Move now." Unable to control her body, all she could do was to lay and watch as the police rushed in and pulled him away. He wanted to say something but with a hit in his belly he fell on the ground and dragged out along with the other three. She wanted to protest as a policewoman came in to check on her.
"Min, you are ok? Tell me you are ok." The girl in denim and t-shirt came in as she supported her. The tear gland that was wasted rejuvenated again, and the cry of pain, anger, regret and happiness broke into chaos.