The Kiss I Never Should Have Asked For - Chapter 4 – The Knock at My Door

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That evening...

I couldn't stop thinking about what had happened at school.

Korn's expression stayed in my mind.

He hadn't looked angry.

He had looked...

Hurt.

I didn't understand why.

He was only Narin's younger cousin.

Why would a simple kiss bother him so much?

After dinner, I finished my homework and lay on my bed.

The house was quiet.

My father, Anan, was watching television downstairs.

My mother, Malee, was washing the dishes.

Everything felt normal.

Then...

Knock. Knock.

Someone was at our front door.

It was already late.

I heard my father open it.

"Yes?"

A familiar voice answered politely.

"Good evening, Uncle Anan."

"My name is Korn."

"I'm Narin's cousin."

"I came to see P'Phawin."

My heart skipped a beat.

Korn...?

At this hour?

A few moments later, my father called upstairs.

"Phawin."

"Someone's here to see you."

"I'll be right down."

When I reached the living room, Korn was standing quietly near the door.

He looked nervous.

More nervous than I had ever seen him.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

He lowered his eyes.

"Can we... talk?"

I looked at my parents.

My mother smiled.

"You can talk outside."

"Don't stay out too long."

"Okay."

We walked a short distance from my house.

Neither of us spoke.

The silence felt unusually heavy.

Finally, Korn stopped walking.

He kept staring at the ground.

His hands were trembling slightly.

"I... have something to ask you."

"What is it?"

He took a deep breath.

Then looked into my eyes.

"P'Phawin..."

"When you kissed P'Narin today..."

"...did you really mean it?"

I frowned.

"Of course."

"I love him."

Korn closed his eyes for a moment.

As if those words hurt more than he expected.

When he opened them again...

There were tears he was trying hard to hide.

Then, in a trembling voice, he asked,

"Can you..."

"...kiss me too?"

I froze.

For a moment...

I thought I had heard him wrong.

"What...?"

"I know I shouldn't ask."

"I know you love P'Narin."

"I know I'm being selfish."

"But..."

He smiled sadly.

"I just wanted to know..."

"...what it feels like."

The world around me seemed to stop.

I couldn't believe what I had just heard.

The quiet boy who always looked away whenever Narin and I were together...

Had come to my house...

Just to ask me for a kiss.

And I had no idea...

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