------KINN-----
I sat down leg crossed and arm on both sides of the sofa. Staring at the dragon-patterned wooden door. Waiting for someone that I play thug of war with recently.
"He's here"
Big announced opening the door. A tall figure entered glancing around in a tight robe uniform. The tattoo under the white shirt was so strikingly beautiful that I have to take a second glance at it.
His eyes roamed around the surroundings.
"Sit"
Big forced his shoulder down to sit on the sofa in front of me.
Silence surround the room. No one dared to speak, neither did I. We stared at each other and no one gave up.
"What do you want?"
Porsche asked, still in a smooth voice.
The confidence in his eyes turned into wryness which I have never seen before. He stared at the bodyguard behind the black mask and he was clearly afraid.
"Come and work for me"
I kept eyeing him.
"NO!"
He says in a harsh voice.
"Huh... You're more stubborn than I thought"
I laughed looking at his attitude and analyzing his behavior.
Porsche is a stubborn and aggressive person. Trying to stay tough to hide his inner feelings. I can see past his facade.
Although I am only in my twenties, I learned how to read people.
"Why? Why are you doing this?" "Huh... What did I do?"
A smile lifted from the corner of my lips.
"You are bothering people around me, messing around. Hunting me down to just work for you?"
"Ohh.. yes, that I did.."
"You intend to destroy my workplace so that I get fired."
"I just intended to teach you a lesson. You, who deceives me"
I raised an eyebrow at him.
"Don't bother the people around me!"
"If I don't do that... Will you come to work for me?"
It has to be like this, a trap for him. Because if you use force with someone like Porsche he'll never give up and fight, with all his heart.
Don't get me wrong, I tried persuading him in a proper manner. But he really is a tough one to deal with. If I hadn't encountered an imminent issue, I wouldn't go such lengths just to get him. But since he gave me a hard time, I'm gonna teach him a lesson.
"Why me? Why do you want me so bad?"
Porsche asked angrily.
"Because people like me didn't want something and not have it."
At the end of my sentence, I grinned. He threw a glance at me. Selfish words, I know, but they are true. Because at home, my father has the kind of power that goes all the way up to the government, so I grew up comfortably. If I want something, everyone prepares to get it for me. Even if what I want is hard to get and requires effort, it only adds to my interest in owning it. Like this time.
"And why should I follow your wishes?"
"Let me tell you. If you offend someone like me, what do you think will happen?"
"Who do you think you are?! Just who are you to talk so selfishly like that!!!"
Suddenly Porsche rose from the couch.
All my subordinates entered and surrounded him until he stopped and looked around; his eyes were terrified before slamming back onto the couch seat. It does not matter how strong he is, but if he had to take on ten of my bodyguards who surrounded him, anyone would naturally be afraid. Because this is my place, he doesn't dare to go on a rampage.
"Porsche, I know people like you don't like being forced. But since you are such a good person, I just wanted to get along this way. "
I changed my position as he put his arms down onto his lap. I intend to talk seriously.
"I won't do it."
He said stubbornly.
"All of you, out."
I sent my subordinates away because after they leave, I will discuss the details of my offer with him and don't want my subordinates to learn of it because they will feel inferior to me being biased.
"But... Khun Kinn..."
Big protested and I immediately looked back with fierce eyes, not letting him finish.
"Hey... you!! If you do something to hurt Khun Kinn, I will definitely kill you!"
Before he left the room, Big pointed at Porsche's face and told him that. Porsche was getting frustrated, he lifted his leg to kick the couch nearby, chasing after my other subordinates and shouting curses.
"Of course, you and your scumbags"
He scoffed, making Big look away slightly and shut the door.
"Hey, I really like your courage."
I said while shaking my head.
"I'll say it again, I really want you to work for me. Plus, you can say how much salary you want."
I thought this easier to accept as Porsche needs money.
"...One million per month, can you pay me?"
I saw him say with a smile. He really is something.
"So cute! What do you have to offer, based on the situation?"
"It is based on reality. You want me so badly, so I think a million a month makes sense. A footballer makes up to ten million, so I guess a million is accurate."
He changed his sitting position to a more relaxed one, leaning back on the sofa comfortably.
Hmmm, so he thinks it is negotiable now.
"But you're not a footballer... you must be thinking that you will work for me for a month and then redeem your house. After that, you will leave."
I realized what he was thinking until he turned around with a slightly surprised face. I was not surprised by the expression he put on. I can read everything. Do not even think of messing with me!
"Then I won't..."
"I wonder, with a paycheck of three hundred and fifty baht a day at your tavern, when are you going to raise enough money to take your house back?... Hmmm, ten years? Forty years?... I can't even count it." I already feel like a winner here.
"I have my own way!"
He spat at me.
"Own way??!"
I smirk and phoned my subordinates who were already getting ready in front of the new liquor store where Porsche works.
"Do it!"
I ordered someone on the other side of the phone. Hearing that, Porsche looked at me with curiosity.
"What are you doing?" "Wait and see, "
I said, standing up, walking to the opposite table, and tapping the coffee machine quietly as I glanced at the clock. Inside the room there was complete silence, I just looked at his back with a smile. He was sitting in the same place, but then he looked at his cellphone screen.
Rrrringg..
[Porsche phone is ringing]
"Yes, Phi Q?"
[I am firing you!]
The sound from across the room was loud enough that even I heard it. He smiled bitterly before getting up, his face looked angry that his body trembled. Those ferocious eyes stared at me and I smiled back at him.
"Fuck you Kinn!!!"
He threw the cell phone at me. I didn't avoid it. The solid object slammed into the edge of my brow until I felt blood pouring out. I got terribly angry by now, enough that I rushed towards him.
My feet quickly stepped before using one hand to tighten around his neck and pushed his body against the wall. He seems surprised by what I did to him. He tries to squirm out of my hand, but I can tell that my emotions are soaring up that I have more energy than usual.
"I have been speaking to you politely!"
I said in a deep dangerous voice. I do not know how furiously I looked while glaring at him right now.
When our eyes met, the hand that was trying to push and wriggle, stilled. I saw a flicker of fear in those eyes. I loosened my grip but did not let go.
*Coughs
"If you didn't manipulate things and make fun of me, I wouldn't be so angry with you..."
"What did I do?"
"You pretended to be someone else, beat me, and bit my neck until it wound up, you also avoided me. Even though I swore at first that I did not want to use this method at all, you annoyed me from the first time I
looked for you at the university and at the club where you worked while not finding someone named Jom. Plus, it hurt my pride, while I had not even done anything."
"I have the right to behave however I want ... and ... you can't expect me to fulfill your wish! How foolish!!!"
He spits on me.
My frustration is getting worse, I unconsciously pressed and lifted his body against the wall until he floated in the air. The saliva on my face made me even angrier. I don't care how much effort Porsche applied to get rid of my hand himself, he is choking in my grip. I almost wanted to kill the person in front of me as soon as the liquid ran down my cheek until I had to scrape it off with my free hand.
"Since I was born, no one has ever done this to me!!!"
I gritted my teeth tightly. My hand that was holding him, trembled until his
neck was almost crushed.
"Khun Kin!!!Khun Kinn...Let go!!!"
I don't even know when they entered the room. P'Chan came in and took hold of my hand along with some underlings who were also holding on to me until I let him go. Porsche's body fell to the ground. The sound of his ragged breathing and coughs was so loud it seemed like he was really going to die.
"What the hell are you doing!!"
Pa's voice came from behind. I flicked my arm out from the grip below me and looked away.
"Are you alright?"
P Chan's voice was heard asking Porsche and lifted him to sit back on the sofa.
"Your father asked you to approach him and ask to be your bodyguard, not to kill him!"
------PORSCHE-----
I took a deep breath, still shocked by the current situation, the gaze of the person looking at me horrified me to the bones because I had never seen that gaze before.
The gaze of that terrifying angel of death scared me so much that I could not breathe properly. It was as if everything around me stood still. I could only look stunned when I saw the person in front of me turned into someone that was different from the one I have met.
I was carried by someone to sit on the couch, a tingling sensation in my neck replaces the fear I had felt. I feel the pain that his long fingers left there together with the uncomfortable breathing as if I am drowning and dying.
"I don't know what happened between you and Kinn, but I'm sorry for that."
The deep voice made me look away. My consciousness feels like it will drift away anytime now, and I still cannot understand what is happening. All I know is, currently there is a quiet and scary middle-aged man sitting in front of me.
"Drink this first."
I did not hesitate to take the drink because I kept coughing until my mouth was dry and sore. I closed my eyes slightly as the cold water flowed down my throat and made me relieved.
"I heard you don't want to work for me?"
I lifted my head to look at the figure of the man ahead again. Looks like he is the most powerful from the way he sat and spoke and very respectable; I think this is Kinn's dad.
"No,"
I answered, hardly talking with a hoarse voice.
"Why?"
He asked immediately.
"I don't want to complicate my own life... It's too risky and I don't want to mess it up..."
Now Kinn has changed my view of him, I didn't even want to think about it.
"Your life has been threatened from the first time you saved Kinn... Do you think that the other party will not bother you as Kinn did? I think they might do more."
He said in a calm tone. Those eyes looked at me carefully.
"What do you mean?"
I asked back why my life is in danger. What else might the other party do to me? In fact, my life today is cursed, it is all because of Kinn!
"A great man like you, who won a battle with top boxers from all over the country? Of course, they would never just let you go."
I don't even know what he is talking about. Who will never let me go? Even so, I know he is trying to convince me.
"No... I still won't do it."
"I heard you are Athie's nephew, right?"
"If you agree, your life will be safe."
"I don't care about him, go ahead and kill him. If you try to convince me with this method, you can forget about it, because it won't work."
"Well, your life is bad as it is, you don't appreciate the offer."
He pulled his hand back onto the sofa in a relaxed manner. I remember that incident, the person who brought me to this place, it is all because of Uncle Athie and Kinn!!
"If you will excuse me... and please tell Kinn not to threaten the people
around me again."
But the words I heard next made me look back hastily.
"Even if Kinn didn't do it, someone else will. You will have tougher problems... I heard you have a younger brother?"
"Don't mess with my brother!"
I answered in a stiff voice, looking at the old man's face.
"No, I wouldn't do something like that."
"..."
A distinctive laugh like Kinn's made me believe that what I was expecting was true.
"But if you accept this job, I will give you fifty thousand a month ... it will make your lives comfortable ... or do you want your brother to have a hard time...? "
Words that seemed oppressive, seemed inversely proportional to words that looked weak when looking at me. Eyes that are hard to read make me clueless ...
"Because I don't want my brother to be sad, so I don't want to."
I said honestly. Because even though I did nothing wrong, I and the people around me are always facing conflict.
"A great person like you probably won't die so easily. Do you think about how to make your brother feel better? Before thinking about life and death, I want to make you another offer. If you agree... I promise to take good care of your brother. He won't get in trouble and I am going to send him to graduate school."
"..."
I do not understand why the offer is bigger than before. Why do these people want me so badly? Is it just because I really have a good foundation in self- defense and combat?
"Accept the offer, because I really want you to, or do you want something more?"
He opened his hands as if I could ask now for anything.
"Home! I want my parent's house back."
Because I know that it will be difficult and impossible to pay it back. I am not sure why I said that, but the response surprised me.
"Yes, I can return it to you now."
"..."
I could hardly believe my ears. My request was easily accepted by a man who looks scary but has kind eyes.
If I am not mistaken, I think he seems very fond of me, which was different from his personality.
"Do you want anything else?"
"My salary can't be fifty thousand. I am asking one million baht a month."
I want to reinforce the thought that I can ask for what I want and forget that I am being cajoled.
"Wow.....that's expensive. Eighty thousand can you accept?"
he said with a laugh.
"..."
I closed my mouth. The stressful atmosphere that was full of worry at first,
transformed into a calm atmosphere. I came to think that this man in front of me is like my own father... both the aura, speaking accent, and the look in his eyes. The image of my father and brother flashed across my mind. I once promised in front of my father's grave that I would take care of my brother and would not make it difficult for him. But now I don't even have my father's house. I think about what he said and glanced at the eyes of the guards as they threatened me.
Then I think of more needs and know I need to negotiate again.
"I must be their leader."
The bodyguard in charge prepared to open his mouth, but Kinn's father stopped him.
"Ha-ha, it was destined to be like that."
The bastard was even angrier. I lifted the corners of my mouth slightly at him. How can I not be satisfied with this victory?
"And I am not going to wear that crazy suit either! I am going to wear normal clothes."
"What position are you implying? As a bodyguard or company president...? Hahaha, I like it."
He pointed at me and laughed really loud. I am so relaxed that I raised my eyebrows to ask back ...
"So, can I do it like that?"
"Yes, but only indoors. When outside I want everyone to look the same because it won't look good."
"Mm ..."
"In short ... like this time, right?"
Then I remembered something ... being a bodyguard, means being Kinn's
bodyguard, right?
"What if Kinn kills me?"
"I definitely won't let him do that."
"How can I trust that you will keep your promises about keeping my brother safe and about my house?"
"Huh ... you should already know by now who I am. Until now, I have never hurt my dignity by not keeping my promises ... What else should I say?"
Said his stern voice. This is not the same as claiming property and he is more trustworthy than the bastard Kinn who was sitting silently beside him.
"..."
I am still thinking about everything, trying to find contradictions to take this position so I will never accept this job.
"If your brother's comfort and safety come at the cost of your life, it is very risky. So, do it now."
"... I need to think."
I will take the time to think things through. Right now, I am confused, I do not want to accept this offer, but I am very tempted by the offer. I want to see Che' eating and living comfortably. But then his image of crying that day repeatedly swirled in my head, making the decision even more difficult.
Your brother's comfort and safety come at the cost of your life, it is very risky. So, do it now.
"When can you provide me with an answer?"
A dark voice asked, before I even made up my mind, I realized another aspect. Even though I do not want to count my uncle in this, at least he is the person who my father loved.
"I will ask for one more thing."
He gestured for me to speak.
"If I agree ... give me some time, ah, can you delay the repaying of the debt?"
The man in front smiled before nodding his head. "Certainly."
He said.
"Tomorrow ... tomorrow I will give an answer."
After that conversation, I returned with my motorbike. Leaving all the questions that keep repeating in my brain. What should I do? The choice I am going to make will be life-changing. If I agree, my brother will have a better life. Ah, I will be relieved to see his inconvenience. But if I answered no, I just have to find a new job and save up to reclaim the house back, cut our relationship with Athie and my brother will go through hard times, but at the expense of peace of mind.
Which one should I choose?
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[ Conversation between Khun Korn and Khun Chan] * Khun Chan is Khun Korn's secretary*
"Why are you giving him so much? He is too demanding, just take the offer away. Great people don't seem to be the only option."
"At first I thought like that. If it is difficult, I don't want him to become a serious nuisance."
"So, for what?"
"Because I know whose son Porsche is..." ...to be continued.