Part 4: The Exchange Student

She just finished talking to Haii, she haven't asked him yet about what he said last time. She is too afraid of the answer and too coward to clarify things. They talk to each other everyday, they update each other, they let the other person know where they're going and who they're going to meet though the other person may not know who they are and not familiar with the places.

"Have to go Uni na kha, I'm so tired haha" she sent to the other person. She's already near the gate of their Uni but she is waiting for Jeremy who asked her to wait for him since he has something to tell her. It might urgent, she thought.

*Ding*

"Su su na krub! I'm going to an event with P'Leo. The event lasts 2 hours krub, may not be able to reply na" He replied to her, he has some store opening event to attend to and some fan greetings. Usually the event just lasts for at least an hour but sometimes things goes out of control and also since he has to do some testings and introduction.

On the series he is working with, he is paired with a guy. He is okay with it and since they're friends so it's not that hard for him to adjust to the role also he knows that persons real life boyfriend. It's not known to public though. He talked to his work partner about Megan, about getting to know this person. He is warned by Tee (work partner) what may happen and if they get into relationship, if they could handle the long distance relationship.

Haii also think about it too, he is planning to go on a vacation to meet her too but work is holding him up and can't do anything.

"Hey! Did you wait long? Sorry too much traffic" Jeremy tapped her shoulder and he is catching his breath, so obvious that he ran.

"Nah, not that long" she answered.

"Let's go. Almost time for calculus. Aaaaaahh! This subject is so hard for me." she said complaining, she is not that stupid but instead she got good grades.

"We're not going to attend the class, let's go to the deans office. He wants to talk to us." Jeremy said. She don't know why but instead of asking her friend she just followed him to the deans office. She is not afraid since she haven't done anything that may lead for her punishment.

** Deans office

"It's good that both of you are here. I have some announcements to make for the both of you." The dean started talking.

"Since the two of you are the representative of our college, we decided to send both of you as an exchange students. All expense paid. There will be lodging and food allowance and your tuition fee and miscellaneous fees are covered including books ofcourse." They both just stare at the announcer.

"Ofcourse you can decline but this is a good opportunity for you two! You are on your second year, meaning you two will have to stay there until you graduate. We will also provide tickets for summer vacation so you can go back to the country." The offer is good, she thought.

"Which country? And if ever we agree when are we going to leave the country?" Jeremy asked. This guy is okay with everything so he might agree and it's cool too.

"Thailand. In Bangkok University. If ever the both of you agreed then you will leave in two weeks. You will have 10 days of learning their languages and writings also their culture. Then the remaining days you can prepare your things."

"oh, don't worry when you get there someone will assist you two to familiarize the place and how everything works. They will help you two for 1 month. We will add travel allowance to your budget so you will just have to worry about your pocket money." The dean said.

The offer is good, Megan is okay with it. She looked at Jeremy "I'm okay with this, how about you?" she asked her friend. The two of them are are the representative of their college. They are also the President and Vice president of the organization in the whole college. They are taking Bachelor of Science, Major in Mathematics with Specialization in Statistics and Computer Science. No wonder they have been chosen since not only their course is hard but the grades of these two are top notch!

Megan is on work at home setup and they have branch in Thailand so she is not so concern about her work, she just needto bring her laptop.

"I'm good with this as well. Is it just the two us who will fly to Thailand?" Jeremy asked.

"Good. Since both of you agreed. There are total of 10 exchange students to Thailand. We already have a condo where you guys are staying. Ofcourse it's not shared. One each student, fully air-conditioned and with Internet connection. I know you need it (points to Megan)" after all the information relayed to the both of them. They already leave the deans office and waits for the class to end to inform their friends. They're also going to take some special lesson in learning the Thai language and their writings as well as their culture.

She didn't mention the good news to Haii, she wants to surprise him if they're already in Thailand. They still talk to each other.

Time flies so fast and it's almost time for their departure to Thailand. She's on leave from work so she has time to arrange things and get the gist out of everything.

She has 3 suitcase and Jeremy helped her. Someone will also be picking them up from the airport.

* at the taping~

"Someone seems busy with their phone~" Tee teased him.

"Nong Tee! I am just checking my social media" Haii said trying to dismiss the guy.

"Checking social media? Or checking someone instead?" Tee laughed while teasing his friend.

"Hey Jamie! Your boyfriend is teasing me" he called his friends boyfriend to help him stop teasing him and he is successful.

"You said you are busy, what are you doing right now?", "I'm still at the set. We are going to film until midnight again" then he sends a picture of the staff on set and his selfie.

The other person didn't reply or messaged him for at least a day, he is worried and he missed the other person. He never know that, that same day the person he misses is already in the same country as him.

Due to jet lag she didn't noticed her phone. She falls asleep without changing whe she arrived to their dorms.

It's already 2AM when she woke up. She reads the message from her friends and from Haii.

"I was tired, sorry na. Just woke up na kha. You still up? How did the shooting go?" She replied to the person. He might be worried since I didn't send message for atleast a day.

"So tired. You still sleeping? I'm hungry. Let's buy food" She send a message to her friend too.

*Ding*

"I'm still up krub. The shooting goes very well." She reads the reply from the man. "I missed you and a bit worried since you haven't messaged me for a quite a while." She giggled when she read the follow-up message from the person she liked.

"Missed you too na kha, There's a lot going on. Sorry wasn't able to message you" She sent the message to Haii and then she opened the door. Jeremy's there standing with plastic full of food in his hands.

"I was at the convenience store when you messaged me. I bought your share too." Jeremy placed the plastic in the table while Megan is getting utensils.

"What time are they picking us up later?" Megan asked.

"You didn't listen again! (he sighed) it's 9AM but they might get us earlier than that since they have to provide our uniforms. Also we will not attend classes today, we'll do some campus tour and have to meet some seniors and some instructors but tomorrow we will start attending classes. We are on different faculty as the others so it will be just us two." Jeremy explained.

"If we're not attending classes yet, why bother in wearing uniform?" She complained while chomping down the food. Her friend just shake its head.

After eating, Jeremy leaves her dorm and go back to his own.

"They will call us before they pick us up" he said before he left.

Since she already sleep for at least few hours, she can no longer go back to sleep.

She decided to unpack her things and by 7AM, she is finally done unpacking with her things.

*Ding*

"Good Morning" Haii messaged her.

"Good Morning. What time is your shooting?" She replied then after few seconds her phone rings. Video call invitation from the other person.

She immediately answered the call.

"Where are you?" Haii asked when he noticed that the background of the woman he is fond of is not in a familiar and not the usual place he sees when they video call.

"I'm at the dorm. I moved to the dorm just yesterday. Forgot to tell you" she really forgot and didn't know that the other person will notice she is in a different place. "You're still lazing around. Don't you have work today?" She asked the other person to divert its attention.

"I don't. May just have to stay at home all day or will have to go to the mall to meet few friends" He said

"I have class by 9AM" she said, she knows that he knows her school schedule. "My class schedule changed" She said before the other person can say anything.

They've talked for a bit then it's already 8AM. She has to prepare so she said goodbye to the other person and prepared to change.

They tour around the University, meet few professors and the dean all day. They also familiarized themselves with the school map and the classrooms.

"Let me take you two to a famous restaurant here! I already made some reservation for us." Trace said, she is the one who is tasked to assist the two of them. She is also an exchange student and she's also a second year but she is a transfer student since first year.

They both already know how to speak the Thai language, they can already hold basic conversation and read the words written in Thai but not as fast as local does.

"Let me tell you, this restaurant is really good, some actors goes there to eat. You two don't have to worry, you can order anything! It's the college's treat to welcome you two!" she said to the two. She is excited.

They drive for at least 30 minutes and finally they arrived to the said restaurant. Megan and Jeremy were given a car by the the university. They have to share since they stay in the same building and have same class schedule. They both know how to drive so it's not a problem for them.

The three of them sat down to the reserved seats and starts ordering when Megan noticed a familiar figure sitting on the other table. She took a picture.

"Where are you RN?" She asked. She looked at the familiar person. He taps his phone and put in down.

*Ding*

"Home" It's the reply she got from the other person.

"Really?" She replied again, she has to confirm. The familiar person taps at his phone again and put it down. As soon ashe put the phone down, she got notification.

"Yes krub" Why do you have to lie? She thought to her self. She knows the family members of the person in question and the women he is with right now is not familiar to her. She snaps for few more pictures with clear face of the two.

Their order arrived. She asked the restaurant staff "P, that person (points to the other table) seems familiar. Do you kbow who is he?" the staff looked the table she points and answered "Oooh! that's Nong Haii, he is an actor. He is nice if you're his fan, you can approach him to ask for picture" the staff said.

"I'm shy P, it seems he came with his girlfriend" what she said hurt her but she is tried hiding it so her friend won't notice.

"The woman he is with seems to be his ex. I don't know much hahaha" The staff said. I see that's why you have to lie.

"Is there other things you need help with?" The staff asked. She shook her head and the staff left after that.

They're finished eating and the familiar person who is on the other table not far from them is still there. They might be talking, maybe getting back together.

When they settled the bill and is about to go back home, she asked for a favor from the staff earlier.

"P, can you give this to him? Thank you" After that they walked out of the restaurant.

She didn't even bother to look back. She looked at her friend like saying don't ask not in the mood.

She drive all the way to their dorm but they pull over to buy some groceries first.

He just got home. He is guilty that he didn't tell her the truth. He just cleared things with her so he can start counting the other person.

He opened the note that the restaurant staff gave him, he didn't have the chance to do it earlier. It may be from his fans.

~

So this is your home huh?

I see.

- MG

~

The note is written in Thai.

His chest tightened after reading the note. There's Only one person he informed that he is at home that time and that is the woman she likes.

*Ding*

She sent him a photo and to his surprise, it's the photo of him with Lexa at the restaurant. He thinks maybe a fan took the photo and post it online she saw it.

He is typing something to excuse himself but the other person sends another photo. It's a selfie with them on the background. Fvck. That's all what he can think after seeing the picture.

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Again, sorry for typos and grammatical errors.

Also I don't know how to speak Thai and read or write. In general haven't been to Thailand so I'm not familiar with the place hahahahahaha.

I won't dare to put a place or restaurant name. Hahahahabut I'll try to make up some name of the places or restaurants hahahaha.