Chapter 05 Safe Walls

It was late Friday night and KK had a stomachache. Only then did he realize that he hadn't eaten this morning, since the morning he only ate the pork buns that a medical assistant brought for him. He has seen many patients today and had four minor surgeries. He was going to order lunch at lunch time, but he only had twenty minutes, so he knew his lunch wouldn't be ready for him because he didn't have time to call ahead to place the order. He picked up the phone on the table and called the cafeteria to order dinner. After placing orders for himself and another colleague, he hung up. He wondered who would bring his meals. He sat at his desk and continued working on his charting.

Fon hung up the phone and frantically walked back to the clean kitchen. She took out the pan and complained, "Uh... wish he didn't call so late, we've all packed up and are ready to leave."

Aisoon, who had already put on his coat, looked at Fon and said, "Pi Fon, I won't stay. I have made an appointment with my parents. Today is my mother's birthday."

Fon looked at Aisoon and said, "Aisoon, last Friday, Santichai had already stayed late. This time it's your turn."

Aisoon frowned, "Pi Fon..."

Fon said, "Not this time."

Aisoon said sadly, "But my parents are already waiting for me in the restaurant."

Santichai loaded the last batch of dishes into the dishwasher and walked back to Fon and Aisoon. He watched Aisoon, who stared at the last order slip in disappointment. He took the order slip from Aisoon's hand and said, "Don't be late. Go and enjoy your evening with your parents."

Aisoon happily looked at Santichai, "Really?"

Santichai nodded, "Mmm..."

Aisoon patted Santichai's left shoulder, "Thank you so much, I will stay next week and next week."

Santichai said, "There is no need to change the shift, it will confuse Pi Fon. Anyway, I have nothing to do after work, you have a plan, I don't mind staying."

Aisoon said, "Oh...Santichai, if you are a woman, I will date you completely."

Santichai smiled and said, "Even if I were a woman, I wouldn't date you."

Aisoon asked, "Why not? Am I not handsome enough?"

Santichai said, "Aren't you in a hurry to see your parents?"

Aisoon looked at his watch, "Oops... I'm late. Thank you Santichai. Next time I'll treat you to ice cream, okay." He waved at Santichai and rushed out the door quickly.

Santichai takes out the frying pan and places the frying pan on the stove. He turned to Fon and asked, "Pi Fon, what should I make for the late order. It says anything is fine?"

Fon quickly came out of the refrigerator and looked around the kitchen. She asked, "Where is Aisoon?"

Santichai said, "I'll stay in his place."

Fon frowned frantically, "Santichai...don't be too good, by letting others take advantage of you." She sighed and was disappointed.

"It's okay...I don't have any plans for the weekend anyway," Santichai said, smiling at Fon. "So, what should I make?"

Fon said, "He said made whatever that is still available in the kitchen."

Santichai said, "You can go do your bookkeeping, and when I'm done, you can send the food out. I'll stay to clean up and throw out the trash."

Fon looked at Santichai, "Are you sure?"

Santichai nodded and took out the cilantro and scallion from Fon's hands.

Fon asked, "What are you cooking?'

Santichai said, "There's nothing else but rice and chicken breast, so I will make chicken fried rice."

"Okay, let me know if you need anything," Fon said. She walked back to her small office and started counting today's money. She put it in the storage bag. Then she put on her coat and walked out of the office. She saw Santichai put the boxes in a plastic bag, and she walked towards Santichai.

Santichai said, "Pi Fon, I just finished and was about to come get you."

Fon said, "Hand me the plastic bag."

Santichai smiled and said, "Pi Fon, thank you so much for taking care of me."

Fon smiled and said, "Aiyo, if I don't take care of you, I will lose a very important worker. Forget it...Give me that plastic bag. I have to quickly throw this stored bag in the finance department before it closes at 8 o'clock. "

Santichai hands Fon the plastic bag. "I'm going to clean this up and take out the trash," he said with a smile.

Fon said, "Remember to lock the back door. Be careful on your way home."

Santichai, "Mmm..."

Fon walked out of the back door, and from a distance, Santichai saw Fon walking slowly towards the doctor's office.

KK waited for nearly an hour when there was a soft knock on the door. He raised his head and said, "Come in."

Fon opened the door and walked in. "Room service," she said.

KK asked, "Why is you?"

Fon said, "Dr. Suwannarat, your dinner."

KK asked, "Mrs. Pricha, you don't need to bring the food yourself."

Fon smiled and said, "When you called, everyone had already left."

KK stood up and walked to the table. He sighed and said, "I apologize for the late order."

Fon smiled and said, "No problem... I walked here from the cafeteria only. Compared with Dr. Suwannarat, who saves people every day, it's nothing at all. I'm sorry, I'm going to the finance department to put down the deposit bag."

KK said, "Thank you, walk slowly."

KK took out one of the boxes and walked out of the office and put the lunch box in Doctor Lou's office. He walked into the office, took out the second lunch box, and opened the lid. He chuckled lightly, "Chicken fried rice..." He looked at the chicken fried rice that didn't look delicious to the eyes. He took the plastic spoon and tasted a little bit of the fried rice, but the plain chicken fried rice tasted delicious in his mouth. He scooped a spoonful and quickly ate it. He quickly finished his fried rice in less than ten minutes. He wasn't sure if it was because the fried rice was really good or because he was too hungry.

Before nine o'clock, KK. finished his charting, turned off the lights in his office, walked out of the doctor's building, and into the parking lot. He saw Santichai walking in front of him. He hastened to catch up with Santichai.

KK shouted, "Hey you..." Santichai stopped and turned. "Did you just get off of work?"

Santichai said, "Yes."

KK asked, "Did you cook the late dishes?"

Santichai asked, "How do you know?"

KK smiled and said, "It was my late order."

Santichai said, "If it doesn't taste good, I'm sorry. My cooking skills are not good, and the two chefs have already left."

KK said, "I think it tastes good."

Santichai said, "Well, I'm glad you liked it." He looked at KK. "Who are you visiting? I thought you couldn't visit after six."

KK smiled and said, "I got a special pass." He stared at Santichai. "Do you want..."

Two nurses and Doctor Lou approach from behind. One of the nurses said, "Dr. Suwannarat, would you like to go karaoke with us?"

KK turned around and saw Dr. Luo and two nurses walking towards them. "I have some charts to catch up. Thank you for the invitation," he said with a laugh.

One of the nurses said, "Let's go have fun."

Santichai slowly backed away from the four people who were discussing in depth the medical term they were referring to, which Santichai did not know. He got on his moped, put on a helmet, and started his moped and drove forward towards the front gate. He noticed that KK didn't notice him gone until he started the moped. Without looking back at the group of people, he dragged his moped out of the parking lot and came to the main entrance of the small clinic.

Driving past numerous streetlights, Santichai found that people on the sidewalk lived the life of green streetlights, walking freely holding the hand of their lover. His life is like a yellow streetlight, you have to walk slowly behind your lover while making sure you don't go too slowly, suddenly stop or cause an accident. Life in the yellow lane is cruel, and no one knows it better than him. He wasn't jealous of them, he had walked similar streets himself, but he was someone who always had to walk some distance behind his beloved. Back then he wanted so badly to walk side by side with Asnee, but now he's built a solid wall around him. He assured himself that these walls were stronger than the Great Wall of China. These walls will protect him from others who want to harm.