Chapter - 12 - Friendship or love at first sight…
"I heard the queen is from class A.."
"What about the king?"
"From class B"
It was senior Zaw Min and Myo Ko talking before going to the class after breakfast. Without the need to go to the Assembly hall, they have plenty of free time before class. They are talking about something Wine didn't know.
"Why didn't I know? Anawar, do you know?"
Anawar shrugged, meaning he didn't know either.
"Myo Ko, what is it? Spill it in one go.."
"It's nothing. It's about choosing the beauty queen and king from 15/09. I heard they are already chosen."
"By whom? Aren't these things chosen by the trainees themselves by voting?"
Myo Ko scratched his head hard. He didn't know either. He also wanted to choose one himself.
"It's the Principal who chose them. I heard it from a senior. They are already vying to peep class A to see how beautiful the beauty queen chosen by the Principal is."
Wine was puzzled. He hadn't seen any remarkable beauty that could be called queen in class A. He remembered that his little deer he saw in the Assembly hall was in class B.
Then, the king should at least look better than Anawar, right?
The Principal didn't even say hello, as a trainee, he didn't feel any sense of participation..
He had seen all the male trainees in the Assembly hall. So, he was very sure .. Anawar was the best looking man in WEC, no rebuttal allowed..
His height was as high as 5' 11". His body proportions were very good, and could be called golden ratio.
The muscles were firm and elastic but not exaggerated. Any man would want his toned eight pack abs and V-lines on his body. At least, Wine wanted it..
The sharp eyes, the tall nose, the thin lips, the angular jawline and well-defined contours are associated with masculinity and strength.
In short, his overall attractiveness is off the charts. The black hair that he always combed back made him mature and reliable.
Perceiving the eyes falling on him from time to time, Anawar moved his eyes from the book he was reading and gave him a smile.
Wine moved his eyes away, muttering himself..
'Showing off his charms on me, a man. What is the use? Go smile at the girls.. They will appreciate your smile more than I do..'
"Then, Myo Ko. Do you know their names?"
"The king is Lin Latt. From our class B. The queen is called Nwè Ni. You should know her. Hey! I will come to you in the break time to take a look. Don't go anywhere.."
Oh, it's her. The one sitting beside the female monitor. Wine was forced to become the monitor because he looked the most well-behaved in a group of boys while girls were competing for the position.
Boys thought being a monitor was a restraint but girls thought it was an honour.
"Do you know her?"
Anawar asked when he saw Wine's lightened eyes. This light showed, he remembered her clearly. If possible, he didn't want Wine's memory to be occupied by other people.
"Hmm..I know. She was sitting beside EC Su Phyu."
"I don't know. I haven't looked towards the right side."
The right side was where the females sat.
"So.. you didn't give a look at me either. You know, I sit on your right side."
Wine bumped him with his shoulder and said with a teasing tone.
"Except you.."
The voice was not loud but enough to be heard by Wine.
"What a smooth talker!! You are good boyfriend material for girls, you know?"
Anawar didn't reply to his remark. Htin Lin lifted his glasses..
"If the youngest is chosen as beauty queen, no one would object, right?"
"Brother, keep me out of this mess."
Wine's face was dark. He was called feminine again. He glared at the laughing roommates.The hall was noisier with boos from them.
"Then, I am also quite handsome. I can be the king."
"Geez, Myo Ko. With your skin as dark as the night, you dare to say this. Still handsome, do you have this stuff?"
Myo Ko's skin was really dark. He came from the seaside village that flourished in the fishing business. His skin was tanned since he was born and he could do nothing about it.
As for Kyaw Myo Myat, he looked like a teacher already with a gentle temperament. But his body was thin without muscles and had a bronze skin tone.
"Anyway, I really can't see how she could become a beauty queen. Her skin condition is bad and her skin tone is dark. The facial features are not standard. She couldn't even be called fair. As a man, I shouldn't talk about a girl behind her back but we didn't even have a chance to choose the queen who represented 15/09. Obviously, my little deer is better.."
The roommates' jaws dropped on the floor.
"Youngest, how come you know too much?"
Then, they remembered this boy's crazy routine of caring for his skin from day to night. They nodded, accepting his reasoning.. But in Anawar's ears, he captured the last part..
"My little deer?"
"Oooo!! Your little deer ?"
The first line was said with a questioning tone and a frown by Anawar…
The second line was questioning him with an uplift tone by a group of roommates…
Wine didn't hide it and talked about the little deer and how he saw her in the Assembly hall..
"She is the most beautiful girl in the college I have ever seen, her eyes are as clear as deer."
Anawar rubbed his chest which felt quite uncomfortable. He was sure that he was possessive of Wine.
However, as for how much.. and why, he was not very sure. He didn't have references as he didn't have friends in highschool.
Was his feelings just possessiveness to the friend or something more? He had seen in the books, some people didn't want their friend to have another friend.
In his case, when Wine was making friends, he was annoyed but not much. Instead, when Wine talked about his possible crush, he felt uncomfortable. Could it be that his thoughts crooked as soon as he saw Wine?
The feeling of friendship?
Or love at first sight?
Is this even possible?