WhyRU สายฟ้าซน : Special Chapter [Part 1]



Author : Candy Onn

Translator : Haruhi

Proofread : Wendy


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Special By Saifah

Thoughts 

 "I know it already na P'Fight, but... Okay, wait, can you say that once again? Krub... I got it."

 

"But Hwa... the project should be submitted soon enough... Hoie, I don't want it either... Please don't get sulky na Hwa... Hwa!!! (sigh)... she hung up on me." Day murmurs whilst shaking his head, exhausted.

 

At the same time, Tutor acts not much different either. Even though he just slips a sigh, I know that P'Fight becomes paranoid of him as well.

 

It might turn out this way because right now, three of us are suffocating ourselves doing a project together until it feels like there's no time, which makes some people feel upset.

 

However, what could we do anyway, when this project is crucial because twenty marks from here could be measured for the grade of this subject. 

 

And due to that, right after school ended, both Tutor and I have to drop by at ai'Day’s house, hurrying to get the project done, even though currently there's not much left. But the situation right now might delay the project for about three or four days. 

 

"I would say for this weekend is it fine for us to put a rest on this project first? Then, upcoming Sunday we will slowly get ourselves back on this project." Ai'Tor begins to speak up about delaying this project even though he never acts like this. 

 

"That's good. It is nice if I could rest this Saturday. Right now, Hwa is really sulking with me. Just now she called, saying that she will wait at the cafeteria. If today, I still don't bring her to watch the movie together, I will be ignored for sure." 

 

"If that’s the case, let's put a rest on it first before we send the work to the prof next Friday. I think we could manage it on time" I respond to both of my friends in such way because actually, the work is nearly a hundred percent done. It just requires a few last touch-ups. 

 

"If that’s so, let's do this. Today, there is no need to do the project at my place. We should just go our own way, right. Ai'Tor must want to rush to look for P'Fight. I also need to hurry to look for Hwa, and you... does ai'Zon call you for anything?"

 

"No, he's not. He said he understands it."

 

"That's so good, having such an understanding lover." Day mutters. "If Hwa could understand as easy as you that would be nice."

 

"..." I remain quiet and didn't say anything in response. I don't know whether I should feel happy or the opposite, that ai'Zon understood me like this. 

 

"Then, I will go back first. P'Fight is waiting."

 

"Sure, go back safely." Right after I'm done responding to both of my friends, I walk back to my own room without any rush. 

 

Honestly, since Zon moved to the next room, our relationship is slowly getting better and improving except for that frustration occurring every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, where Zon would spend the night at his house, seeing ai'Namtaan (Brown), a dog, who is so excellent in begging for being first, that whenever we meet, I would be so furious. 

 

Whatever, at least since the moment Zon moved next to my room, we could spend more time together. Plus, he slept in my room more often actually.

 

It’s just that recently, where I often come back late so Zon already fell asleep by then, and it happens that Zon has morning classes which make us not talk to each other much. 

 

Afterwards, he decided to sleep in his own room and I don't want to argue or bother him much, and because of that I really want to get this project done as soon as possible so that I could have time to be with him, like before. 

 

I want to have him in my embrace so bad.

 

Rrrrrrrrr

 

The loud sound of the phone interrupts my thought when I just reached my place.

 

"Have you reached your home?"

 

(Yeah)

 

"What are you doing?" I ask while laying down on my bed. Eyes begin to feel heavy, exhausted.

 

(Playing with ai'Namtaan na)

 

"Namtaan again, bored of it."

 

(It just a dog Saifah)

 

"A pretended dog."

 

(Why are you saying it like that?)



"..."



(...)



"Zon."



(Say it...)



"These days, we rarely talk and go out together right."



(It can't be helped since you have that project which you should get done quickly)



"You, this... really understand me well na."



(Why you are making such voice?)



"Nothing, just thinking why you understand me so well."



(...)



"You understand me so well, that sometimes I secretly feel... hurt as well."



(What did you say Saifah?)



"Nothing. I think I should take a shower and then go to sleep. I feel so tired."



(Today, you didn't go to get the project done?)



"Yes, ai'Tor and ai'Day got themselves in trouble with P'Fight and Hwa, complaining about not having time together. So, this weekend we decided to put the project on hold first."



(Is that so?) 



Zon's voice sounds so faint that I could barely hear him.



(P'Zon, mom calls to eat)



(I know, wait for a moment)

 

(Be quick na P'Zon, dad returned already)

 

(Yeeesssssss, I will come later)



"Just go to eat Zon. We can talk later." I tell the person on the line because I heard the loud voice of his younger sister.



(Okay, if that’s so I will go to eat na)



"Hmm, eat deliciously na."



(I will)

 

"I... miss you na Zon."

 

(...)

 

(I...)

 

(P'Zon!!!)

 

(Yesssss I know and I'm coming already.  Damn, what a troublesome)

 

"(Laugh) Well, you sister is a person like this. Just go already. Good night for tonight na krub."

 

(Same goes to you)



With that, Zon hung up on me and as for me, I could only beam thinly at the thought which makes my heart pump hard right now. 



I miss Zon, even when he might not feel the same, I couldn't help but to miss him.

 

I miss everything about him. I miss his touch, his soft moans which slip out from his small lips. However, this is considered much better than what ai'Tor experienced during the time P'Fight went for his training. Because if it happens like that, I think I would probably go insane first. 

 

(Sigh)

 

I breathe out heavily before I walk away for a shower and then return to lie down, even when I didn't eat anything for dinner yet. Maybe because I don't really have enough sleep these days. And that's why this time when I fall asleep, I really go to that deep kind of sleep so I couldn't hear anything. 

 

However, the reason which wakes me up late at night is the smell of alcohol from someone sleeping by my side. 

 

The small figure which I always think of is embracing me tightly, with a strong alcohol smell all over him as if the small guy went to sleep soaked in it.

 

"Zon."

 

"Euu."

 

"When did you arrive?"

 

I ask while reaching for the light by the bedside, and the sight of my room I witnessed now is all beer cans, which I secretly bought and stocked, scattered around the room.

 

I scratch my head hard before I turn to glance at the drunk guy who is mumbling something.

 

"So drunk oie."

 

"Not a bit. I'm not drunk, not even a bit." I shake my head to the person who says he's far away from being drunk, somehow feeling pity before I get up to a sitting position.

 

At first, I thought of collecting the beer cans which are scattered around the room, but there is a person who sits up as well, with both of his hand clinging on my waist. 

 

"What?"

 

"..." He doesn't reply to my question of why he’s embracing my waist, but the thing Zon does is resting his head on my shoulder instead. 

 

"At nine." He speaks suddenly, without any notice. 

 

"Huh?"

 

"About the time I arrived, like you asked earlier."

 

"Ohhh."

 

"I've been here since nine p.m already. When I reached your place, I saw that you were already sleeping deeply on your bed. No matter how much I try to wake you up, you just didn't. And then I saw these beer cans in the closet, and the result..."

 

"You drunk it all up, isn't that so?"

 

"Yessssss, I finished them all, finished everything in the fridge as well... (giggle)."

 

"Still can laugh huh." I shake my head at the person who is chuckling. "Do you think you are good at handling alcohol, to drink this much."

 

I really can't help but to complain at Zon. I don't know what is there is in his mind when he had those beer in the closet, drinking them all up. 

 

"..."

 

"See? When I ask, you can't even answer." I brush his head which nestled on my shoulder again. 

 

However, Zon’s still not answering, instead he shifts to sit on my lap. 

 

"What's it?"

 

"I plead."

 

"Plead what?"

 

I ask the person who is now bringing both of his legs to hook my waist. His face then snuggles closer to my shoulder, like a cat, pleading at its owner. 

 

"I plead you, that's it."

 

"And why is that?"

 

"I miss you."

 

"Huh?"

 

"Well, I’m saying that I miss you because when we talked in the phone this evening, you said that you miss me right?"

 

"That's true."

 

"And I didn't say it back because ai'Zol cut me off first. Then when I think about it, I felt strange that I couldn't say that I miss you back." Zon confesses with a babble tone, before he gazes up at me with pleading looks.

 

Can you believe that this look of him right now, is so damn cute. Seeing him like this makes me really want to have him



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T/N: Comment are appreciated, and if you have any thoughts of this chapter, do comment in Twiter with #whyrunovel na kha












   


Sex Friends (20+) : Intro



Author : NU

Translator : Haruhi


⚣ Sex Friends ⚣



Swiftly 

(Kissing)

"Euk..." The moaning sound from the throat of Vine, young, black-haired, and good-looking face a perfect sculpture is not as same as the drowsy moan escaped him when there is something inserted him. 

Vine is a good-looking young man, a third-year student from Engineering faculty. His excellent feature could be claimed as remarkable because he is the former Engineering faculty moon, and also the university moon three years ago.  

His fine looks make him being scouted into the entertainment field and until recent times, he has become a famous model who works with a lot of well-known magazines in Thailand. 

With his looks, his posture which looks perfect every inch and his talent in modeling walk in a way that no matter what angle he is being shot and pictured, either in a still image or animate, this young Vine totally nailed it. 

All of the photoshoot directors who get the chance to work with him are all infatuated and pleased with his gift. 

And it is not limited to his photoshoot works with magazines which makes his name bloomed and causes everyone to recognize him, but this person also born to be a representative of products and goods. In which, after the advertisement aired for only a short period, the sales of the represented product is at its peak. 

With a fine feature like an angel slips out from a novel, his white flawless complexion, a positive aura which comes along with a smile which attracts girls' heart causes everyone to easily fall in love with his charms. 

Right now, regardless of where one goes in Bangkok, all the posters, boards, and banner which placed at vary spot, there is only his face all over. 

Especially when the long queue of work he has, which need no mention of how long it is, there is this good-looking young guy with gray cloured hair, pressing the tip of his prominent nose on the white neck of Vine is equally hot. 

Both undefeated with each other because this young Kay is a leading actor of Y series, in which no matter what series he participated in, the rating will be hit always. And the support from his fan club are always warm and overwhelming.

 Moreover, the series Y he plays in and currently on air right now is creating a phenomenon in the series Y arena when the producer cast a famous young model named Vine, a closed friend of Kay to be the leading actor of the series. 

And this is totally the first acting works for Vine. 

Vine a pill of delight, a famous ads model where there's no one that doesn't know him. 

The reason this series becomes famous like hotter than the sunrays in Thailand is that apart from the fact people could see Vine's acting performance, everyone could also witness the role played by the young, hot Kay in which this is his first time being in a Y-series. 

In simpler words, this is his first time taking the defensive roles.

Because of the works that he has accepted and plays where young Kay is also a leading role, it has created a buzz since the series made its first press conference and also their worship ceremony, especially the trend for their couple.

As soon as their fans knew about the news where both of them will act together in a series, even though at that time, they still clueless who would act as hero or heroine, but only at the fact that they will act together in a Y series is enough to create a tsunami in the online world. 

From the non-stop mention of them until getting them trending with their couple hashtag, that they always got the first spot in trending at Twitter with the tag called...

#เคไวน์ #KY

As soon as the producer informed of this news, he immediately calls in for an urgent meeting because of the trend related to them both. This causes the organizer to rush things, adapting the novel script to a series script, and add a few episodes into the aired series. At first, they set the series to be a nine-episode series, yet not until they add another three-episode which set the series into a twelve-episode instead. 

After the meeting had succeeded, they rush to find a day for a press conference, and there is no need to say about the day of the press conference, all of the press media and journalist are totally set their interest on them. 

A day after the press conference, newspaper from all publishing companies had them as the headline news where the series press conference day set on the front page. It was a day where such a phenomenon trend created until they crowned a top spot in Twitter world. 

However, at that moment they didn't get the chance to shoot yet. Just while later where they reach the day of their first shooting and release their very first episode. 

Only with one episode being aired, the channel rating hits its peak and set a new record for the digital television industry with the highest average rating nationwide.  A few days later, several international television channel companies contacted them, showing their interest in buying the copyright in which now, this Y series already went international. 

The change of roles taken by the young Kay causes the queue of his works and event to become packed until the middle of the next year. Whenever Kay appears in any event, the department store is nearly collapsed because his fanbase is not only consisted of Thai girls, but also fangirls from foreign country. They would follow him everywhere, tailing the young Kay back to each place he goes for work.   

With his manner and his looks which seems so cool, like a good-looking playboy, yet he is always since with his fan club. 

Whenever he meets his fans who are waiting and asking for his signature right after he's done with his event works, he doesn't mind to fulfill their request. This young Kay would sit, signing down and taking a picture together with his fans no matter how many fans are there, asking for his attention. 

Moreover, he would tease and be cheeky with his fan club in such a friendly way. 

Due to this reason, this young Kay won each of his fans' hearts, earn the praises from each mom and dad, and easily become the sweetheart of his fan club. 

On the television screen, both of them are two handsome guys full of acting talent. Moreover when Vine acts as a leading actor in the series which is something worth the scream of girls nationwide due to his appearance and looks which is handsome, sharp, extremely gentle, melting tone of voice, the glittering sight of his eyes which could yank each girls' heart.   

Plus, he owns a smile which is somehow his weapon. With just a slight twitch of his lips, everyone who witnesses this would turn shy immediately, in which probably some of them had their heart pumped harshly. 

Kay is a young guy who owns quite a mass tattoo on his left shoulder, having a unique hair color, and has a fine taste in styling and dressing. Especially when watching him on television, surely know he acts as a lead character, and now defensive roles which cause all of Kay's fangirl to wriggle at his 'fin' scene while clutching onto the pillow at the moment seeing him in the series. 

On-screen, they are like a couple paired by Buddha in which makes everyone wish them to be a real couple, but off-screen, their fan club realizes that both of them are only best friends which are very close and know each other since childhood. 

Both of them attend the same school; from kindergarten, primary school, and then high school, until they both enrolled in the same university and of course, still stuck together in the same faculty. 

All of their fans noted this but with a mass rumor of Kay going out with girls, both in and out of the entertainment industry, as well as their own respective works in which goes along a different path and also almost no sight of them going out together. 

This causes the current couple trend to stay as only a rumor. However, the moment they receive the opportunity to be in the same Y series, the previous couple trend becomes hit once again and it seems that this time, it goes much hotter than before and wilder at each time especially when there's an episode where they hugged and kissed.

And recently, both of them are spotted to hang out together, going here and there together all the time. This causes their fan club to get a chance to see a light in the of a tunnel, hoping that probably there will be a chance for both of them to be a real couple; both on-screen and off-screen. 

 And yet, none of these people know the dark of side of them both...


⚣ Sex Friends ⚣


T/N: Okay Ruhi's here. First of all I want to say that I used 'Vine' instead of  'Waai' since the author used 'Vine' in of the book's cover, yet I keep the couple tag as #KY. 

Vine = Waai = Y = same person 5555

And I'm only allowed to translate until chapter 4 na kha~

Comments are appreciated ^~^













WhyRU สายฟ้าซน : Chapter 7 [Part 1]



Author : CandyOnn

Translator : Haruhi

Proofread : Wendy


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Today, I finished school early, so I stopped by the room of the acoustic club ahead of the meeting time with ai’Saifah. When I arrived, I sat there casually and lie there leisurely for quite a long time.

I try to strum the guitar like how ai’Saifah once taught me, but when I strum it, there’s still the quaking sound due to my loose hold on the chord, which makes me moody as usual.

“How are you doing?” A voice is heard along with the appearance of ai’Tanthai who opens the door.

“Just like how you saw”

“At first, I thought there’s a dog somewhere, howling around here… turns out, it is actually the sound of your guitar, huh?”

“Bastard” I curse at Tanthai while raising my middle finger to him, “As for you, what are you doing?”

 “Ai’Jay, asked me to come here and give you some snacks. He’s afraid that you will feel discouraged and decide to withdraw from this project. So, he’s trying to find anything to make you continue, like make an offering”

“I’m not a kid”

“Oh- if that’s so, then the snacks I brought is a waste then. Should I take them back?”

“Already bought it, let me have it” I reach out for the snacks from my best friend, “This, don’t you have football practice session?”

I ask while I unwrap the snack as well.

“I do, but he asked me to bring the snacks to you first. Ai’Jay also wants to meet me as well. Damn, dragging me all the way to see”

“I see”

“Well, how are things going? You practiced for two days, is there any progress?”

“Huh someone on my level”

“You already can, huh?”

“Can with a ghost. My fingers are so damn hurt. I really wanted to stop playing for many times, a day”

 “You can’t na woie. You can’t stop playing. You already promised to my guys” 

When it comes to things like this, you are in a hurry digging back what has been promised na.

“Err I know”

“What about Saifah? Still hasn’t come yet?”

“I don’t know. I didn’t see him”

“Then give him a call”

“I don’t have his number”

I respond honestly, because I didn’t ask for his number. Even when I spent the entire day walking around to buy a guitar pick with him, I still forgot to ask.

“How can it be like that? Do you want it from me? Wait, I can give you it”

“I don’t want it”

“Such an arrogant bastard. Or do you want me to call him?”

“There is no need”

“Then, if it so happens that he doesn’t come?”

“I will return home of course”

“You are so damn stubborn. Wait, I will give him a call”

Just when ai’Tanthai is about to reach for his phone, trying to call ai’Saifah, the door is pushed open.

“Annoy your friend again huh?” It is P’Jay’s voice along with his unpleased expression.

P’Jay is not feeling unsatisfied with me, but it is actually Tanthai that makes him feel that way.

“Annoy how huh P’Jay? I brought the snacks just like how you asked me to”

“You already gave it to him, then can’t you come out?”

“I wanted to chat for a while, is that also not allowed”

Ai’Tanthai complains softly under his breath but still get on his feet, standing up. The phone which he was supposed to use to call ai’Saifah, ends up being put back in his pocket. Maybe he already forgot who he should call, at first.

“Then, I will go for practice na”

“Sure, focus on the practice”

“You too, fighting!”

I nod at my friend and give a smile to P’Japan. He pushes my friend’s head once before he leads the way, stepping out from the room.

Honestly, it is amusing to see ai’Thai become scared like this, because usually, he is damn showing off with his own swag until I thought there would be no one who could stop him.

In the end, from sitting to strum the guitar, I chose to sit while eating the snacks and also play games on my phone whilst waiting for him.

Seriously, the reason that I wait for this long just for him is actually to see the guitar pick bracelet that he made. And that’s how from sitting to wait, has changed to a moment of napping on the sofa instead.

I’m not sure for how long I’ve fallen asleep, but the next time I wake is because of the noise, like someone did something and it dropped to the floor. And as soon as I wake up from my drowsiness, I see Saifah staring at me.

“When did you arrive?”

I shift myself up from the arm-rest, looking at the person in front of me, with one of my hands brushing away the sleepiness in my eyes as if it will help wake me up faster.

“Just now. I’m sorry that I woke you up” Saifah apologised and picked the guitar up which probably, he is the one who accidentally kicked it till it fell to the floor just now.

As for me, who is still feeling so exhausted and don’t have the will to fully wake up, I end up laying down once again.

“Are you okay?” Asked Saifah when he moves to sit on the floor, next to the sofa I lay on.

He might think that I am about to take a nap once again.

“I’m fine” I answered him that but my eyes are not fully awake.

“It seems like you are a person who can sleep all the time”

“It because I’m exhausted and sleepy. Last night, I slept late”

“What did you do?”

“I watched movies continuously”

“Is it porn?”

“I’m not like you”

I give a slight push on Saifah’s head who said I watched porn, even though actually last night, I sat down to continue writing my novel in which only three lines could be added for the entire night. I did give a thought to stop writing like how my parents told me na, but in the end it can’t be stopped anyway.

Right now, I can only hope that playing guitar can fill the happiness in me without any mix of pressure on me.

“Who knows~”

He still has the gut to ask ‘who knows’ at me. I shake my head at him, before I tilt my body slightly to the side, looking at the person who is sitting in front of me and having his eyes on me.

“What time is it?”

“It’s night already, at what time does your van leave?”

“Nine”

When I answered him, there’s nothing in my mind, but as soon as I see the smirk on Saifah’s lips, I immediately feel something chilly and hot at the same time.

“Oh- Why did you leave early the other time? It was only eight then”

There, I thought of this already. A person like Saifah would dig into one’s matter in order for him to tease.

“Well, that time…”

At that time what? Damn, I don’t know how I should answer him because at that time, I lied to him because suddenly my face and his were so close and it made me recall about the kiss. If I give this excuse as an answer, surely he will continue to tease me.

“A-At that time… I had an appointment with my mom, so I had to return quickly. And what about you? Why are you so late today? I waited so long for you that I fell asleep”

In an instant, I changed the topic as I realised that I fell asleep in the acoustic room since 6 p.m. Honestly, the reason I changed the topic is because I don’t want Saifah to ask further about the matter of going back home early at that time.

“I’m sorry. Just now the prof called for some work”

“…”

“But honestly, if you a saw that it’s already beyond 6 p.m and I didn’t show up yet, you can just return home na Zon. This, if I didn’t stop by here, who knows you might be here still”

“Well, I want to wait” I look at the person before me, who is gazing at me first. “Can’t I?”

I asked in a bit of an imploring tone, my intention of doing this is because in my mind I thought ai’Saifah would probably show an annoyed expression or maybe a guilty face. This, if he really makes any of these faces, I might be able to continue teasing him.

However, I was wrong… because the face that Saifah expresses right now, it doesn’t cause me to act up, the expression he shows is surprise mixed with slight happiness. He acts like a person who is pleased when I said that I want to wait for him.

“(chuckle) I’m just kidding”

In the end, it was me who changed the weird atmosphere first.

“Even if you didn’t come here, if I wake up and see no one around, I will return home anyway. I didn’t intend to wait for you before I fall asleep na”

“Really?”

“Yes”

”If that’s so, it’s good then” His tone of voice somehow makes me feel guilty.

“Damn your tone of voice”

“Why?”

“It makes me feel guilty”

“Well, you should…”

“This, you are teasing me right?” I ask while positioning myself to sit up.

“Yes”

“Bastard” I swear at him while using my legs to shove him away.

Damn, again he annoyed me. I can conclude that every moment in your mind, there’s only a plan on how to annoy me, for sure.

“(Laugh)”

“Laughing my ass”

“The person who should feel guilty here is supposedly you. Letting me wait for a long time”

“I did feel guilty” He makes an upset voice at me again.

I hate it when he damn does something like this, and someone like me who easily becomes soft-hearted doesn’t really want to hear him saying it like this.

“Sorry”

“Yes. Just damn let it go already. And you, did you bring the guitar pick which I asked to be made into a bracelet or not?”

“I…”

“With a face like this, don’t tell me that you forgot?”

“Sorry, I really forgot it. Tomorrow, I will give it to you”

“Why are you being like this Saifah?”

“I’m sorry”

Apologizing again and again until I feel guilty that I demanded you to make it.

“Yeah, forget it”

I nod before I pick up my phone, glancing at the time displayed once again.

“Right now, it’s only half-past eight. How about me going to your dorm? I’m scared that you will forget again”

“…”

“Can’t I?”

“You can!”

“Are you sure na, that when I go to your place, I won’t meet a girl with long hair? Sitting and waiting in your room na woie. If it is like that, I won’t go”

“Well… maybe”

“Are you for real?”

“And the person you mentioned may not really be a person also”

“You dick! Do you think I’m scared huh?” In which in reality, this is so scary!

“Aren’t you scared?”

“I am. But, there’s nothing like that in your place right? Both physical and non-physical?”


[T/N : Zon refers ‘both’ for ‘girl’ and ‘ghost’]


“Nope”

“Who knows? Maybe there’s someone physical, waiting for you at your room”

“I don’t bring girls to my room”

“Why?”

“Why should I? Just thinking that they are not my girlfriend or my close friend, I don’t really want them to interfere with my place”

“Oh-and what about me?” He and I are not really close either.

“I didn’t include pet”

“Damn you!”

“(Laugh)” He still dares to laugh at me again.

“I think the point of not bringing girls to your room is because you are still virgin, isn’t that so?”

“Think carefully about what you just said. Does it refer to me… or you?”

As soon as I encounter this question, I turn quiet in an instant. “It is not me!”

“Are you sure Zon?”

Ai’Saifah stands on his feet and leans both of his hands on the sofa before he whispers something next to my ear.

“Only from one’s hands, you can know that they are virgin na krub”

“You are really good at being mental. I told you already, it is not me”

“…”

Ai’Saifah doesn’t respond, but there’s a thin line of a smile he gives instead.

“Damn you!” I say while throwing the pillow toward his back.

“I didn’t say anything though. Hurry up, pack your things and let’s go… young virgin father

Even when he didn’t say the last words clearly, I can still damn read what he mouthed at me.

However, rather than turn hysterical, I pretend not to see it and just go with him together.


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WhyRU สายฟ้าซน : Chapter 9 [Part 1]

Author  : Candy Onn Translator : Haruhi Proofread : Wendy ♫   “You’re frowning all the way.” “Yeah.” I respond monotonously to the person ...