The months passed quietly.
School became busier as examinations approached.
Even so...
Whenever we had free time, Narin still invited me to his uncle's house.
At some point...
No one needed to invite me anymore.
His family always welcomed me as if I already belonged there.
"Phawin!"
Narin's aunt smiled as soon as she saw me.
"You've gotten thinner."
"Have you been eating properly?"
"I have."
She laughed.
"I don't believe you."
"Come inside."
"I made your favorite dessert."
I looked at Narin.
"My favorite?"
He grinned.
"I might have told her."
"You tell everyone everything."
"I only tell them the important things."
While everyone was inside eating, Korn stepped into the garden.
I followed a few minutes later.
The evening air was cool.
"You like being outside too?" Korn asked.
"It helps me think."
He nodded.
"I understand."
The two of us stood quietly, watching the sunset.
Unlike Narin...
Korn never felt the need to fill every silence.
Sometimes we talked.
Sometimes we didn't.
Strangely...
Neither of us found silence uncomfortable.
After a while, Korn looked at me.
"Can I ask you something?"
"Of course."
"How did you and Narin become such good friends?"
I smiled.
"It started with a pen."
"A pen?"
I nodded.
"It sounds strange."
"It probably does."
Then I told him the story.
How Narin had borrowed my pen.
How we started talking.
How our friendship slowly grew.
Korn listened without interrupting.
When I finished, he smiled.
"So a single pen changed everything."
"I guess it did."
"Phawin!"
Narin called from the house.
"We're about to play cards!"
I looked at Korn.
"We should go."
He smiled.
"Yeah."
As we walked back inside, Korn quietly glanced at me.
He had always known Phawin as Narin's closest friend.
But now...
He was beginning to understand why Narin spoke about him so often.
Phawin wasn't loud.
He wasn't the center of attention.
He wasn't trying to impress anyone.
He was simply...
Himself.
And somehow...
That was exactly what made him unforgettable.
Korn didn't realize it yet.
But admiration was quietly turning into something deeper.
A feeling that would soon become impossible to hide.
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