Lately, It's Winter Season.

Chapter 5- Our Gang is Ruthless

"Tiger, wake up."

"Umm.." I was awakened by the sound of someone's alarm, which gently shook my arm. The force swept my eyes and made me look around, reminding me that I had come to sleep in the cold house last night. Now, it's Nao who wakes me up.

"I'm sorry, I'm going to hurry from here," I said, ready to put my feet on the floor.

"Where are you going? Let's have a meal together first. Breakfast is ready."

"Ah... It's okay, I don't want to bother you."

"No, I cook a lot of food."

"Eat together first."

"... Okay," I replied in a low voice. Nao walked into the kitchen, and I walked out of the bathroom, turning to look at myself, who was standing there, confused.

"Standing numb, mocking rice."

"Is it good?"

"What's not good? My mother saw that you came to sleep over and cooked in case. It's a lot. If you don't eat it, it's leftovers."

"Okay," I replied before following Nao into the kitchen. There was a dining table and rice in the middle. I saw Aunt Mao bringing another side dish to the table.

"Hello," I raised my hand to salute. Aunt Mao smiled at me.

"Yes"

"I... Where are you sitting?" I pushed and asked Dan.

"Anywhere, on my head."

"Then sit on a chair. The chair is still higher than your head."

"Wow, it's so strong, asshole." Nao pulled a long face in dissatisfaction. I sat down in the position closest to me. Soon, everyone got all the seats. Aunt Cat sits opposite me, and Dan sits next to me.

I can only sit still and don't dare to do anything because this is the first time I've come to eat at someone else's house. I hate eating at home because it's a terrible time for me. I try to avoid eating with people in my house. Because the topic of talking never makes me feel good. It's so uncomfortable that no matter how delicious the rice is, I can't eat it.

I know that other people's houses are not like mine, but I can't help but feel upset. This is probably because I have remembered since childhood that eating what I will encounter at home will make the body automatic.

"Are you allergic to anything? Or are you not feeling well?" Aunt Cat immediately asked. When I saw that, I refused to eat. "Do you want me to make porridge for you?”

"Oh, it's okay, I'm just a little sleepy." I excused myself before scooping the rice into my mouth. Aunt Mao's skill is still as delicious as ever. It's more difficult than swallowing.

"Try this curry. It's a southern curry. Have you ever eaten it?" Aunt Mao asked again and scooped the curry into my rice plate. I nodded in gratitude. "Duen, scoop the stir-fried vegetables for Tiger."

"It's reachable," Nao complained. But I scooped the stir-fried vegetables for myself as Aunt Mao said, "Normally, there are not many side dishes in my house. Because there are real guests, Mom made a full table."

I just noticed that the table is full of rice for eight people.

"There are guests. I'm sorry that you have to sleep on the sofa. We don't have much room in our house. Receiving guests, my back hurts so bad," Aunt Mao said in a soft voice as if she felt guilty.

"No, it's not difficult at all. I'm even bothering you. I'm sorry for staying without asking for permission first." I quickly said it out, feeling full of consideration.

I felt a little better when I saw that Aunt Mao also intended to cook for me. And others were not embarrassed that I came to the dining table with my friends. I rarely worry about things like this. But when I was a child, I would be suspicious immediately. Like Field Tower, I dared to sleep all the time. But I didn't even dare visit when it was Mick's house. Because only my family doesn't want me at all, let alone anything with other families

It's just a surplus in my own family. That's bad enough. That's why I don't want to stay here. At first, I intended to hurry out before everyone woke up. But I woke up late because I was hurrying to return when Nuea came to wake me up. The more I knew I had to bother eating for free, the more tense I felt.

"What's bothering you? Don't bother at all. Try to taste this—my mother's special recipe. I didn't put it on the restaurant's menu because it was difficult to make. Can't make it in time, customers."

"Yes," I nodded and scooped another bite of rice to eat.

"I'm Duan Dan. How are you studying? It's been a while since the semester started.”

I immediately stopped when I heard Aunt Mao ask that. I swallowed the rice but felt that it was stuck in my throat. It was one of the questions my father often asked Sing and me. No matter what I answered back, my father's words always made the atmosphere at the dining table worse for me.

The feeling of being sick returns when thinking about what will happen. I continue to go up. I want to get up and walk away as soon as possible.

"Oh! Mom, I don't know anything about studying," Nao said in a soft voice. I frowned. The eyebrows turned to look at it. In my mind, I can only think about how to express that.

"It's challenging. I don't know anything. I think about it. Chemistry, physics, biology, chemistry, and atomic studies. Learn things that are so small that you can't see them. I'm going to study things that my eyes can't see. What did I get from here? Physics, driving is driving. You can still consider it when thinking about speed. Anyway, it will reach its destination and arrive by itself." I accidentally nudged the cold man once and let him stop talking. He turned around. Looking at me in a daze.

"What the hell?"

I didn't answer. I just looked at Aunt Cat with very uncomfortable eyes.

"That's it!" Aunt Mao said, "When I was studying, I thought. I didn't understand that I was studying. Why did you go to high school? In the end, I'm so busy. I don't know what math is. It's not just numbers anymore. The exam is difficult. Mom secretly copied the teacher's friend and still caught it."

Aunt Mao's words made the twins laugh, but I was still Helpless. It's enough to know that other families are unlike my family, but I've never experienced it. So I can't help but worry. But when I see this, I feel a little relieved.

"But I have to ask Dan. What do you think, Dan?"

"It's easy. I've read it in advance since the semester break. I don't know how much more difficult the entrance exam exercises are than this," Nuea said. Nao sighed immediately. "If the moon thinks the atom is difficult, you must meet the acid-base."

"Hey, the acid-base in high school. At the beginning of the month, I'm still dying." Nao said, "What about you, Suea? How is the special math room? I heard that the class schedule is intense."

"Oh, is Tiger in the math special room?" Aunt Mao asked curiously.

"How are you? Are you studying hard?"

When asked that, I accidentally held my breath without realising it. I decided to answer. It's an answer that I don't dare give at home.

"It's very boring. The normal room has only two math classes, but my room has three. There are almost no free classes. The special math teacher is very much. I can't take a nap. Although I've just started the semester, the homework has come quickly. The old university exam. We just went to the fourth grade." I complained in my heart. Aunt Mao frowned and nodded in understanding.

"It's too cruel. The homework is just right. I said that the children could review enough. At the parents' meeting, I had already written an opinion. That's enough to give the children homework; it's enough to spend all the time studying." Aunt Mao said, "Like Dan, I always read books. Mom told me to find other hobbies to do."

"I don't just read books. Business books are read," Nao said to argue.

"Mom must understand that Dan's hobby is reading books," Nao said. Nuea nodded in agreement.

"Do you want to play music? Mom will buy you a guitar on your birthday this year."

"Take it, moon, take it," Nao raised his hand, "Dan, do you want it?"

"No," the other party refused. "If you want it, take it."

"No, if you want to buy something expensive like that, it must be a gift we both want. Otherwise, it's not worth it," Nao said. "Take something else, okay? Take a guitar, but I can't play."

"I can play," I immediately interjected.

"Really?"

"Field used to teach me" because I can't have a guitar. At home, I rely on Field's play.

"Will you teach me?"

"No, I just want to show off that I can play." I raised my eyebrows at him. It's Cold. He’s making a face, breathe until your nose blooms, "You can teach me; I just hit the D chord. Hot subject"

"Good, let's play with Tiger. Then come play for Mom."

"Why does Mom want me to play so much?"

"In the past, my father played the guitar and sang to flirt with my mother. The month took it to sing and flirt with girls." Aunt Mao's words made Dan laugh a little. So I laughed along.

"What, what is Dan laughing at?" Nao asked.

"It's the month of ah, singing the craziest song."

"How can I hear it!"

"I like to sing loudly when I take a shower. It's so loud."

"Is it that loud? Did you hear it?" The person next to me looked like I didn't believe it. He looked helpless when he realised he was caught singing in the bathroom.

"I heard it. It's okay, baby. People have to be good or not. It's Normal"

"Mom... Don't try to comfort me."

"Oh, Mom, I'm serious. I may not sing because singing is like a person who will die. Studying homework is lazy. Since childhood, I have liked to fight, quarrel and tease friends regularly. Growing up, he was a gangster but was also good at playing football. See, we have to be good and bad."

"Mom tried to comfort me. But why do I feel worse?" Nao frowned and wondered. I accidentally laughed, too. How is it? Singing like a person who will be heartbroken. "Laughing, Tiger, you sing very much."

"It's not the size of a person about to lose his heart."

"Don't believe me, I'm crying."

"Why do I have to sing? Eat all of a sudden, let me sing."

"Take this. Shall we continue playing the song? Let's start with Mom first, then go to Dan, Tiger and then Nao,"  Aunt Mao offered. When no one refused, we started playing the game. We continued the song without a flute, starting with Aunt Mao, who sang quietly, singing a country song, followed by Dan and me. "I'm a Tiger; I can use it. It is considered because it is not distorted. Then next month."

Nao frowned and looked serious. He made a pressured face because everyone had set their hopes for him. When he started to open his mouth to cry, everyone at the table immediately laughed, including me.

"It's crazy, motherfucker. Since the first word, where did your key go first?" I laughed and said that Dan laughed, too, but still tried to continue singing.

"Search the place where each other is scared with Hua Jai"

"Huh," I teased in a low voice.

"Why? Is it so wild? I think it's normal."

"You have to check your ears first," I said, even though I can't stop laughing.

"Can I have a high note?" I said the request. When it got cold, the voice was high. It was like someone who was dying. When everyone laughed, he couldn't help laughing. It's like a person who creates colour for a real family.

"Nao, I don't have to buy a guitar yet. Let's practice singing first."

"Mom said it. I sing because of this. If I went to school, the singing teacher would have fired me to release an album. I don't even want to be a famous singer."

"If you can, I don't care, baby."

"I have to leave our house to live in the city. This country singer will lull Nong Pee and her boyfriend to sleep. Sigh, I'm confused."

"Wow, I have a sore eardrum," I said. I couldn't help but put my hand on my stomach. I didn't realise that the discomfort and anxiety about the atmosphere at the table had disappeared. I know this meal was the breakfast I was happy with, having eaten at home the most since I can remember. When I finished eating, I intended to help wash the dishes. But because I had never cleaned it before, I accidentally broke the plate. It was cold, so I sat on the sofa and watched TV. When he finished washing the dishes, he walked over to me.

"Are you going back yet?"

"You can go back soon."

"If you're free, go boxing with me." Nao invited me. I looked up, looking sceptically.

"Do you box too?"

"Yes, every Sunday, my mother's restaurant closes so that I can go to practice. If you're free and have nothing to do, you can go with me. It's a boxing camp of Jabman's father, right in the alley at the end of the temple."

"Is Jab's house a boxing camp?" I asked in surprise. I just found out. It's the same as Jab, who is the son of the boxing camp owner.

"Well, this is the one who invited me to go."

"Don't tell me that it's a training centre for your gang."

"That's right. That's the reason why my gang is strong, everyone," Nao says. Furrowing his eyebrows, "Did you fall?"

"Well, I don't have anything to do," I said yes without overthinking. I say goodbye to my mother and Nao, and then leave the house.

"Don't you go with Nao?"

"Nao used to go with me initially, but he couldn't stand it. There were a lot of people, so he didn't bother much.”

"I love it so much," I said, "How can I go?"

"Do you want to ride your motorcycle? It's fast. Can I ride it? I want to show off to my subordinates that no matter how cool their cousins are, they ride a big bike."

"Don't let the animal be short and not modest. Sit well."

"If you don't give it, tell me not to. You have to bully about Tie constantly," Nao complained, pretending to pout. "In a year or two, I'll be taller than you. Until then, I'll bully you back. I'll look down at you like this." He tiptoed and looked down at the floor. Looking down as if he were talking to me.

"Well, wait and see, bro."

"Eh, is it true that you are my subordinate?"

"Receive me as a disciple."

"Let's see the skill first. I've taken it to the right-hand position."

"Oh, I met Jab. I told you to climb the level gradually."

"Shorten the queue for me"

"Yes, you will find me. I must be the right hand of the gang leader at the biggest in this area!"

When I arrived at the boxing camp, I saw that many people were practising cheerfully. Some punched sandbags, some jumped rope, and there were still people fighting each other on stage. After a while, Jab came to greet me.

"Oh, hello, cousin. Hey! You guys, cousins, come on, show some respect quickly!" Jab turned to shout. The person who was practising turned to shout. Greet Nao in unison. Everyone is a classmate who knows their face is Jab's gang, which has now become Nao's face.

"Well, thank you. But next time, don't, you bastards."

Like a mess, "Jab, Tiger will come to apply too"

"Oh, okay, let's sign here. There's a little application fee. I did it. Business, right? Not doing charity."

"Did I get anything?"

"Catch it first. I like someone to ask for free entry." Jab said that he was ready to take me to apply. When I finished, I got boxing pants. I went to change in the changing room and then went out to practice as Jab's advice. After a while, I tried to punch the crotch with a jab, holding it. I punched while still having my strength because I feared it would blow. It staggered a little.

"Wow, that's a lot of strength," Jab complained before trying to stand more stably than before. I didn't answer; I just put more force into it than that. Intentionally pretending "What's wrong with me? For sure."

Full target: "The right-hand position must be mine!" It's ready to punch clearly.

"Huh?"

"The position of your right hand"

"Oh, the right hand of Dan. Hey, did you come to my camp because of this? I won't give it. I won't give you. I have held this position since high school. Three already!" Jab said that his voice was strong before being punched by me until he staggered again.

 "Come on! I won't. It's the dignity of the right hand! I will protect the reputation of the gang. Our rust"

"Excuse me, what's the name of the gang?" I frowned.

"In your mind, you think it's cool, I know"

"Who set it up?"

"It's me," said proudly.

"Do I have time to withdraw now? I don't want to go to the curry anymore. I don't want to have it, Nicknamed Tiger Rusty."

"If your cousin is Cold, you are one of the gang members, Tiger Rusty," Jab teased. I stopped punching and stood up straight immediately. The person in front of me laughed loudly. "Hey, what's wrong with you, Tiger Rusty?"

"Beg the beast. How is it, you rusty? Kill the enemy with a cut-Tetanus?"

"It's the most potent weapon. The sword doesn't have to be sharp; it must be cut. It's enough to enter."

"Pity the beast," I complained. I wanted to withdraw from the retarded gang.

This is really? No, I shouldn't have joked about wanting to enter from the beginning. Suddenly, someone called Jab and that uncle put on a boxing match. Instead, could you walk up to me?

"I'll be your partner to practice for you. Put all your strength into it." When my uncle said that, I started to pose. I let go of the fist, not too much because of consideration. "Tell me to be full strength. Is this all the strength?"

When I heard that, I put my fist with all my strength on the boxing target. Uncle Sae followed his strength until he almost fell, but smiled with satisfaction. He returned to stand in the same place and told me to punch again. After a while, I had become the centre of attention of others. Until Uncle told me it was enough, I came to sit and rest. Nao came to bring water and a towel.

"It's amazing. Have you ever punched before?"

"Well, I used to."

"Keng, that uncle is the owner of the boxing camp, Jab's father."

"Oh? I don't know."

Then the same uncle came to call me to talk privately. Uncle asked if I wanted to try boxing seriously. Because my posture was good, and the uncle himself wanted to mould me too, but I refused. I walked back to sit in the same place.

"What are you talking about?" Nao asked.

"Uncle asked me if I wanted to fight boxing seriously. He wanted to mould me."

"Wow, it's the first day." He said excitedly. "Do you agree?"

"No," I shook my head.

"Oh, why the hell?"

"I'm not interested in taking it seriously," I answered truthfully, but the main reason is that I never gave in at home. My father used to let me attend boxing class, but I didn't take it seriously. I let him practice my skills and work with my father. Even though I'm stubborn and want to fight boxing, my father would have hundreds of ways to stop me from going out of my way. If I go to this boxing camp, this place may be disbanded. A football club contacted me as well. But for a reason, in the same way, I need to refuse.

"If it were me, I would have wagged my tail towards you," Nao said regretfully.

"So, do you have anything you want to do seriously?"

"No," I shook my head and leaned against the wall boredly.

"What about you?" I asked back.

"What"

"It's a dream. What do you want to do?"

"That's enough. I aspire to be a professional football player. But if you can't do it that way. I want to be an engineer."

"Engineering?" I frowned, "Why the hell?"

"I want to be like my father."

"Oh," I nodded in understanding, opposite to me. I don't want to be like my father at all. "Good."

"What about you? What do you want to be?"

"I don't know," I answered honestly. Never think about what I wanted to do before. Because both the path of life and dreams are predetermined. It's just... Do you want to live your own life?

"Well, I just found out that your gang is called the gang."

"Don't say it's a mess. It's better to call it our gang," Nao grinned. "It's a name that existed before I became the boss. I wouldn't think of a cool name like this."

"Isn't it cool?" I asked in disbelief. "You call me a retard. Is that cool?" The cold guy laughed loudly because of my demeanour.

"It's not cool first. Tetanus is so scary."

"Why didn't you tell me first that the name of your gang is this name, so I can't enter?" I sighed heavily.

"Are you serious? It's not just that I didn't tell you. I don't dare to tell anyone. I just don't want to mention the name. I'm embarrassed." Nao said, "Welcome to the gang. Tiger Rusty. Our gang is the most formidable. No one dares to poke?"

"Well, if it's me, I don't dare to poke. The name is so wild."