A week has passed, after Boom moralized Dome..
Everything seems to be normal, The students are all enjoying the holidays of this month and feels like time itself has flown by incredibly fast.
Which is true, Because tomorrow is christmas.
“I’TAR! How the hell did you stir the rice and it fucking burn!?”
“You told me to stir it slowly, dumbass!”
“The fucking spatula ain’t even reached the bottom of the fucking pot, you idiot!”
“Sorry, chef!”
Right now, class 4/7 is in the middle of home economics class. In this last class of the day, the teacher let the student form a group to cook together.
Boom’s group consists of him, Lifa, Chompoo and Tar. The main gang of this story.
It doesn't sound like much, But because Boom's group somehow chose to make risotto(Which is really hard to make)…The other groups seemed to choose the local food.
If you want to change something, you must be different. Chompoo said.
It was quite difficult to find the ingredient. But at least the teacher told them last week, giving them some time to prepare.
Now all that is left to do is make the food.
Boom is already known to be a good cook. Lifa and Chompoo have also eaten it and seen it in cooking videos. The rest is up to Tar.
“Just let I’Poo do it, you go cut the sausage. I’Li, you chop the bacon”
“Got it”
“Why didn’t you just do that in the first place, damn it…”
The ingredients of risotto consists of mozzarella cheese, bacon, butter, garlic, sausage, soup cube, onion, japanese rice, salt and pepper.
If you are asking, Why didn’t they use Italian rice instead? The answer is quite simple, because they can’t find it anywhere, even in the online shop.
Boom, which is someone who has made it before, not just seen someone made it. Has become the boss by default.
After they are done with the rice. In the meantime, Boom proceeds to cook the onion, garlic and bacon in the pan. Later, Chompoo added the cutted sausage to the pan.
Lifa puts water into rice to make it more liquid. After that, they put everything into the pot with rice in it.
Chompoo exerts more force to stir it. Tar, who doesn’t know what to do, goes to pick some parsley and ground some pepper then add it into the pot.
“Boom, the plate”
“Ok, I’Poo, I’ll do it myself”
Boom scoop the risotto onto the plate and decorates it beautifully. All that is left is to wait for the teacher to judge it.
Their dishes are the most unique. So this caused the student from the other group to come and watch the grading process.
“10 out of 10”
After hearing the good score, everyone in the group clapped their hands with joy. And Tar screamed ‘Woo!’ before hugging Chompoo.
Making all the single classmates very upset.
“We made it, Boom”
“Yeah, because I’m the best”
“Sure, You’re really the best”
Lifa patted Boom’s head, causing everyone in the room to focus on him.
“I’Boom, You too!?” Said one of the classmates.
“Any more word from your mouth and I’ll fuck your mom”
The ‘Goddamn!!!!’ erupted from the classmates because Boom's counter attack was quite a critical hit.
The bell rang right after the scoring finished. So the teacher then allowed the students to go home.
After taking out the trash. Boom stopped by the cafeteria and met with Beam.
“Your class is over?” Beam asked.
“Yeah, wanna go home now?”
“Nah, I’ll go eat shabu with Tid and his friend. I’ll go home myself”
“(I’tid, you again, you idiot)Ok, Then I’ll go back before you”
She should be fine. Boom thought. Because Beam uses the word ‘and his friend’ So she definitely is not likely to go with him alone. Maybe.
Ok, So while he’s on the way home, Boom will stop at a station to fill up with gas because it is almost out.
“Wait…”
Boom suddenly thought of something.
He brings out his phone and opens up a platform used to buy and sell games before realizing that…
(Shit! It's fucking Christmas sale!!!)
How the fuck did i forgot that!? He thought to himself because in the past month, he has been busy with other minor things. Including the fact that he spent most of his time with Lifa, making him forget about the games sale festival.
(God fucking damn it….This game is 80% off. I want it!!!)
Boom, go sit at the bench under the tree. He kept scrolling down through the home page, and found that most of the games he wanted were heavily discounted. Like the platform is about to end or something.
Plus there are games that are discounted up to 90%.
There is some money left in his bank account. Which is enough to buy all the games he wants at once.
But the problem is that this money is for gas money.
Even though the discount period will last until after the new year. But if he puts the money into gas now, he won’t get any more money until the end of January.
Meaning that If Boom uses this money to buy games instead. He won’t have any money to fill up his gas tank. On the other hand, if Boom uses this money to fill up with gas, he won’t have enough money to buy all these games and will have to wait until the end of January before his parents give him more money.
Tbf, There’s still more festivals that offer discounts on games like this. However, only during this period does it have the biggest discount and it’s the most worthwhile. This made Boom think very hard.
“Boom, What are you doing?”
“Oh, I’Li”
While he’s stressing, Lifa suddenly appears with a bag of meatballs in her hand. So Boom steals 1 skewer and then eats it with gusto.
“Saw you doing something odd, So I come to check out”
“Oh…The thing is…”
When he told her the whole story, Lifa leaned back on the bench before thinking.
“Why do you want that game? Is it because it’s on sale?”
“Yeah, But mainly because I want to play it. The story and gameplay are top notch. And I’ll have something to play in the holidays”
“Are you not going out during the holidays?”
“No, I’m not. I’Tar and I’Poo once invited me. But I don’t want to interrupt their time. It’s embarrassing”
Boom doesn’t have many friends to begin with. Because he is always hanging out with Tar and Chompoo. Although he used to hang out with other people. But Boom was always treated like nobody. It makes him not want to go anywhere much.
“If not with Tar. I’m going with Beam instead, But I go with that kid so often that I’m bored”
“So you decide to stay in your home, play games and watch anime all day long?”
“You speak like I’m an unreliable otaku. But you’re not wrong tho”
If it was 3 years ago, Boom would have gone practice running at the field. But Boom quit it a long time ago.
Everytime he said that, Boom’s face would darken. After Lifa listens to the whole story, and realizes something.
“Since it’s almost christmas. I’ll give you something”
“Hm?”
Lifa tapped her phone with his phone. Then a thousand baht of money gets transferred into his account.
“Wait, What the fuck, I’Li!?”
“Christmas eve present”
She smiled and acted cutely✌️
“Are you insane!? Who the hell gives away money like this!? You’ll get scolded by your parents. Godamn it!”
“No, It’s fine. Don’t forget how rich I am. Still got money left tho”
“.....It’s like you spend your money on a man. Take it back, you bastard”
“Relax. Think it’s like I pay for your gas money. Oh, and don’t forget to pay me back, ok?”
“Isn’t that how it's supposed to work!?”
‘See ya’ Lifa waves at him before leaving. Boom who couldn’t do anything but hold his head in his hands and let out one deep sigh.
“What’s wrong?” Tar asked when he passed by.
“Nothing…I’m going home”
And Boom just walked away.
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A lovely morning on Christmas day.
Boom woke up feeling sleepy because he didn’t sleep well.
The ‘Don’t forget to pay me back’ sentence stuck in his head all night.
Don’t know how to pay her back. He buys her gifts too often at this point. If he really had to do something, He’s probably just take her to hang out somewhere.
However, His bank account has almost dried up.
“Buying her a gift would be the best choice”
But the problem is, What should he buy for her?
The bracelet, necklaces, facial mask, dolls and chocolate all have been given to her before.
Right now, Boom is completely zoned out.
That aside, he probably wouldn’t be able to replay her any time soon because he couldn’t think of anything else to do.
At Least I would be able to take her somewhere on Christmas. Ho thought before texting Lifa.
After talking for only a few sentences. She agreed and disappeared. Boom could take her to the usual mall in the evening because during that time the mall will turn on the Christmas lights and decorate with various things in a Christmas theme. Should be enough, right?.
Boom walked down the stairs before laying down on a sofa.
Only Tak and him are in the room. Beam is probably in her own room and Chai should be at work right now.
“What’s wrong, dear? You have been zoned out since yesterday” Tak asked with concern.
“Nothing…I’Li helped me out with something yesterday and I don’t know how to repay her”
“Since when have you become this generous?”
“Since forever. You just didn’t notice”
Tak laughed a little. having raised Boom for a long time, she was sure that something must have happened between Boom and Lifa.
“So, how do you plan to repay her?”
“No idea. Maybe give her a gift? Or taking her to somewhere”
“You’re thinking too shallow, dear”
“What?”
“From what I’ve heard. Lifa seems really close to you, right?”
“Where did you…”
“From Beam”
Goddamn it, Beam…Boom thought.
“If you two are really that close. Meaning that she really trusts you, right? No matter how you repay her, Lifa would probably still be happy about it”
“So, What do I do?”
“Just do it the way you think. take her to the mall, buy her some gifts. Just make it more special than the usual”
More special than the usual? Boom lay down and thought for a while. If he wants to make it more special than special, he has to take her to a place she has never been to before or give something she never received.
Like that, It wouldn't be possible because he has financial problems.
“Um…..”
Boom is still thinking while swinging his feet until…
“Wait a minute”
He thought of something.
If he remembers correctly, Lifa once told him that she almost never hung out with friends before she was always studying.
“I got it”
Seems a bit desperate. But this is the best way. In his opinion at least.
He picked up his phone and contacted someone who should be able to help him.
Tbh, Boom didn't expect anything from it. But he has to try it at least.
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