When Sud heard what happened, he was not within the school premises, and the boys had to wait for him to return the next day. Between then and Sud's return, Anurak had overthought things, but couldn't come up with a single way out. If everything Sud told him about the rich kids of Bangkok had anything to go by, Anurak knew that Sud might not be able to protect him.
From what, exactly? Protect him from himself or from King? It wasn't like King would harm him, right? He was the one harming himself by liking a fellow man. At the same time, being King's friend could also mean being King's lap dog like Wan Lee and Smooth. He wasn't willing to do that either. Maybe he should just join Redhawk. That way, he could be King's friend from another Gang. No matter how he looked at it, he needed protection from himself, not the other way round.
Anurak's night was restless and filled with self disgust