Invisible Moon
Chapter 11
A Rose From The Moon
"A Chance of seeing the shooting star.
It was as rare as a change of getting a rose from the moon"
#WINisWIND
The feeling of condensing from the air into the vapour, to be existent. I hadn't gotten used to that yet.
"Ahhh Are you in P'In's buddy-code family?"
"Where did P'In take you to eat?"
"Can my buddy-code family join yours?"
"I envy. Can you help me ask for his signature?"
"How do you contact P'In?"
After finishing the activity. Even though I was able to get myself out of the third-year's attention, I was still in the middle of first-year attention though. Everyone kept babbling, I barely followed.
"Hey, hey. Please calm down everyone. Win, are you okay?" Boss saved me.
God. I was relieved.
"How was it like to be close with P'In? So envious." Parn asked me.
"P'In...smelled nice." I wasn't sure what I was saying.
"Ahhhh!"
My answer made all the girls almost die from screaming.
"Wait...How could you smell him? Or he just always smells nice?"
"But my friend used to get Hi-Touch[1] with P'In. She said P'In really smelled nice too."
"OMG! I want to sniff him now."
"I'll sniff his whole body, from head to toe."
"Idiot. Such a pervert."
Still, I was surrounded by many friends desired to see P'In's signature. Many had asked how did P'In treat me as a buddy-code family. I told them we had eaten suki. They thought it was a shabu hot pot in the shopping mall and kept babbling. I thereby wasn't able to correct that it was just a simple local Thai suki.
Besides, many were pleading me to get P'In's signature for them. I wanted and didn't want to help them at the same time. As I didn't know when I would be able to meet P'In again, and I was afraid this would bother him.
Boss probably could read my thoughts. So he asked friends to calm down. Boss also said we should collect the seniors' signatures by ourselves. They eventually understood and didn't request me anymore. Still, some secretly asked for help getting P'In's signature on their photo-books or wanted a handmade carp fish from P'In.
"Are you alright? you must be tired." Boss comforted me.
Afterwards, Many freshmen were leaving. Boss persuaded me and his friends to a steakhouse nearby, which wasn't too expensive. So now, I was eating with Boss and his friends, without being invisible for the first time.
Anyhow, besides Parn, Boss's friends weren't into the Unistar thing that much. So I could set myself free from the Unistar topic. We literally started to get to know each other. Most questions were like: what's my name? Which high-school did you graduate from? Where do you stay now? And many of them were in the same dorm as me.
"Oh right! Tomorrow is the Rose day." Parn said, excitedly.
"Rose day? Wait. Like the Lily day?" A male friend asked.
"What is the Rose day?" Some friends hadn't known about it.
"It's our XU university's special event." Parn explained.
"Rose day usually holds in the first semester and Lily day holds in the second semester. On the Rose day, all the Moon candidates from every year and every faculty gonna have a rose with their name tag on it, they walk around the campus, when the Moons meet someone who is the most beautiful for them, they just give a rose to that person."
"Oh, right. The Lily day also." Boss added. "Just...in contrast, the Stars candidates gonna give a lily to the one who they think that he is the most handsome."
"Wow! It's heavenly. I wanna have a rose from the Moon too." Parn made a dreamy expression.
"Wake up! You're daydreaming."
I was curious about what they were talking about.
Rose day...the Moon gave a rose?
P'In was also the university Moon and the business faculty Moon.
Whom did he give a rose last year?
"Uh...last year, who had received a rose from P'In?" Boss asked the question that was just in my mind.
"Hehehe." Parn, somehow, she was giggling so loud.
"Hey. Why are you laughing so hard?"
"Sorry, I've just recalled it. It's super funny."
"What's so funny? P'In gave a rose to whom?" Boss was wondering. Same as everyone.
"The one who had received a rose from P'In. She is the noblest woman of our business faculty."
"Huh? noble? senior? faculty Star?"
"God. No." Parn said then brought up her phone.
"Friends. You should watch it by yourselves."
Parn was showing a video on YouTube, P'In wore XU university uniform with a tiny Unistar logo's pin. His hand was holding a fresh rose hanging a small name tag. The tag was too small. But I could guess it was written 'IN, Business' Moon, 2nd year'.
The video was overwhelmed by a screaming sound when P'In appeared. His fans must have been waiting with a full hope to get a rose from him. Or just got to see him was enough though. Only that day, the agency sent him many security guards, so the fans weren't able to get close to him easily. P'In was heading to somewhere, emotionlessly, and that place was my faculty building.
P'In stopped in front of the building. Then, placed a rose on the statue plinth, and raised his hands to pay respect.
"Thank you, Lady Maria. So I've got a place to study."
He only said that then walked away.
As soon as the video showed the full figure of the statue — we were all laughing out loud.
That was Lady Maria Vongz, the founder of the business faculty.
P'In should have given a rose to a woman he thought she was the most beautiful.
Well, Lady Maria Vongz was beautiful, obviously. Also. Somehow, P'In even said 'Thank you so I've got a place to study'.
Knee-slapper! I eventually agreed with another of his title — Numb Moon. Because his numb thing was sometimes freaky creative. I bet, anyone would be barely expected.
This morning, I was almost shocked when walking out of my dorm. Today was overwhelmingly full of crowds. Most of them weren't XU students, there were many groups of girls. I noticed a lot of grey and purple cloth wearers. Undoubtedly, they were P'In's and P'Wayu's fans.
Moreover, when I kept walking until I reached the football field, I saw filming sets, MWTV vans, and many people wearing 'UNISTAR STAFF' T-shirts.
Besides the fans, MWTV staffs came for filming P'In and P'Wayu. UNISTAR summoned the crowd as always, I wasn't surprised though. It was a good chance to see P'In and P'Wayu.
There was no class for today's morning, because of the Rose day. Initially, the university didn't intend to cancel the class, but many students would skip anyway. They would love to see the handsome Moon and hoping to get a rose from some Moons rather than attend the class. The university then couldn't help but officially cancel the class, otherwise, the classroom would be empty, and teachers wouldn't have any students to teach.
Very crowded today. I personally didn't like that, so I kept walking to avoid it until I reached my faculty building. I was hungry. I went to grab something in the canteen. There were too many people, particularly the grey shirt fans, who were DomKati waiting for P'In.
My invisible curse was still on, while I scrambled to buy a butter-bread for my breakfast. Successfully. I looked for the empty seat, but all were full. What should I do now?
"Ahhhh P'Wayu!"
Suddenly, the DomKati fans were screaming and running out.
P'Wayu came? I thought. Since almost everyone had gone out for P'Wayu, left the canteen quite empty, a few DomKati remained, they might only be interested in P'In, and didn't pay much attention to P'Wayu.
Lucky me for taking a seat and eating. Not sure why I also wondered what was happening outside. It wasn't easy to get a chance to see the Unistars. I was curious about whether P'Wayu would give a rose to whom either.
I put the uneaten bread in my bag, using a fading trait to scramble through the outside. I almost freaked out with how crowded it was now. There were a lot of DomKati and DomWhai fans — P'Wayu fandom. As P'Wayu twitter's account was named 'Whai[2] = Wayu @whywayu' I had no idea why he used that name though, because of that, the fans called him 'Nong Whai' and named the fandom as 'DomWhai'.
Oh! I saw P'Wayu now.
I was watching from far away, P'Wayu was standing on the high platform surrounded by security guards and full of purple-cloth fans screaming. The business and engineering buildings were neighbouring. Some P'In's fans were there too.
P'Wayu borrowed a megaphone from staff, then he began greeting fans.
"Hi! Dear my fan krub."
"Arhhh!"
Only that, the fans were screaming, crazily.
"Today is Road day. What? different road? 'Rose' day, not 'Road' day."
The fans were screaming. I was facepalming. It seemed like P'Wayu would have rather died if he didn't make any jokes. Somehow, the fans still liked it.
"Right now, I have a rose here."
P'Wayu said, spinning a rose with his hand. Its stalk was about a foot long with a tag hanging — I guessed it was P'Wayu's name written. The rose was in bloom, beautifully.
"Do you want it?" He asked by shouting. The fans screamed in response.
He didn't even need to ask. It was obvious that his fans were ready to fight hard for it. Either way.
"I really wanna give it to all my fan krub, my fans are all beautiful. Really. But...I only have one. What should I do?"
P'Wayu was considering. The fans kept shouting, telling him to look at them. They all made vociferous shouting.
"How about this...let fate decide!"
He lifted the rose.
"I'll randomly throw. Please catch it!"
I was stunned. Did he choose to throw? His fans would fight crazily to get it.
"Ready, I'm counting...one...two..."
The fans were ready for battle.
Badly, P'Wayu didn't just throw it. He bit the rose petal with his lips softly, with a seductive gaze. The fans were overwhelmingly crazy right now.
Oh! he already threw!
"OMG!" I was so shocked.
The crowd of his fans was rushing toward the rose. Crushing each other.
This was indeed the American football of DomWhai!
I watched and bit my nails. It was terrifying. I was worried someone would be injured. Such an aggressive battle! It seemed like if someone could grab the rose by any chance, others would steal it right away. Endless battle. Obviously. It wasn't only a rose from P'Wayu, but also the rose with a touch of his lip. No wonder. This battle wouldn't end so easily unless we got the only strongest winner.
"Ahhh! P'In!!!"
As soon as I heard DomKati screaming, I turned around immediately.
The screaming was so loud. And I saw P'In coming with ten guards. This was the first time I had seen him with guards. He must appear today, no choice, no invisible, and his fans were waiting expectedly.
P'In was walking, protected by his guards who were leading the way. I was standing with my tiptoes. There was a rose in his hand, similar to P'Wayu.
I blinked, as P'In heading toward here. I looked around, the business building was behind me.
"Oh...Lady Maria."
I tilted my neck a little. The statue of Lady Maria was just there. P'In might give a rose to her again.
"Excuse us. Can we get through please?" Guards told the fans to move.
I saw P'In was walking here surrounded by the fans' screaming. DomKati was shouting his name excitedly, and also took the phone for taking photos and recording videos. I was thinking about moving aside.
However, I paused, when his eyes and mine met.
I didn't know what to do, only raising my hand to pay respect, as for manners. Because P'In was my senior and I was younger.
He didn't respond, just heading toward me.
My legs froze. I looked at my back. Lady Maria Vongz was right here. I should move out. But when I turned back, I was surprised that P'In was standing right in front of me, only a meter of distance. His guards also surrounded me.
He was standing still, facing me, looking at me, without any emotion on his face. As always.
"P'In..." I called his name, almost undertone compared to the fans' noisy sound around us. Nevertheless, it seemed like other sounds were fading away, little by little, as P'In was right here.
Right, He was just right here. I was blinking at him.
Until he slowly handed a rose to me.
My eyes widened. I froze. it took a while to say a word.
"This is...why?" My voice was patter.
I wasn't assured whether he heard me, but he replied.
"It suits you."
"Huh?...you're giving...to me?" I pointed at myself. Hesitantly.
"Yes." He nodded, slightly.
The fans were overwhelmingly crazy when they saw P'In was giving the rose to somebody. They scrambled inside, craved for knowing.
I lifted my hand, shaking, to take the rose from P'In. Then, I suddenly was pushed out by the crowd, away from P'In, and I couldn't see him anymore.
P'In was surrounded by plenty of fans, while I fell out from the fans' cordon. Unnoticed, by my invisibility.
I was looking at the rose in my hand, unbelievably.
The long stalk rose, in half blooming, hanging a name tag with XU logo.
'IN, Business' Moon, 3rd year'
This was the rose from P'In — the rose that he gave to me with his own hand. I was thinking about the implications of the Rose day. The Moon from every year and every faculty would give a rose to — the most beautiful one.
"What? Beautiful? Me?" I was shocked.
If he really meant it according to the Rose day, so then...
P'In thought that I was beautiful? Seriously?
Anyhow, I hold my chest tightly.
Just a rose. Why I felt like there were infinitely butterflies flying in my heart. Why?
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Footnote
[1] Hi-Touch is the privilege for the fan to touch the idol's hand for a few seconds. The UNISTAR Hi-Touch privileges can upgrade from fan-meeting tickets via redeeming UNITY points.
[2] Whai in Thai language means Rattan palm.
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