Chapter - 17 - Movie date..
"Separately. Calculate what we two eat first. These two will pay for the others."
Anawar paid for his and Wine's consumption, leaving Kyaw Myo Myat and Myo Ko to show off. Wine didn't know they were acting or genuine, the three girls wanted to AA. Because of their green tea acts, his good impression of them fell to the floor. So, Wine started to look at them with colour glasses.
"We will pay for the movie tickets ourselves. We don't want to take advantage of others.."
"We are fine anyway.."
They walked to the cinema across the road. Wine felt a little full since he ate whatever Anawar shared in the teashop.
"Mommy Wine!!! Here.."
Su Phyu and her group are already waiting in front of the cinema. Muyar shoved the tickets towards him.
"Here, we already bought the seats."
Wine looked at the two tickets.
"Upstairs?"
"Yep. Upstairs, front row. We don't even have a couple in us. We don't need the back row….heehee"
"It's very considerate of you.."
His praise made the girl very happy that she laughed like a fool. He rubbed her head like an elder. He acknowledged this daughter.The heavy feelings appeared because meeting the green tea was healed by the girls of his Class A.
"How much?"
"Ah?"
"I mean, how much do the two tickets cost?"
"Oh! 1000 each.."
It was expensive. Taking advantage of Anawar going to the snack window, Wine gave the money for the tickets. If that man was around, he wouldn't be able to pay for it.
"Upstairs is 1000, downstairs is 700… But upstairs is cleaner and has a broader view. We won't get it if we are a little later.."
"I see.."
Anawar came back with a bag full of plastic packages. When he knew Wine already paid for the tickets, he said nothing but looked a little unhappy.
"Let's go up…"
"Okay.."
"Hey, Wine .."
Myo Ko tapped his back when they were searching for the seat numbers.
"What?"
"Look at the one with the brown shirt sitting in the second row. It's Lin Latt."
"Lin Latt.. who?"
"The king.."
Wine took a look but lost interest. The king had a standard good boy's face. Couldn't see the rest since he was sitting but his face proved that…
"Not as good as Anawar.."
Anawar, who was walking in the front, paused and pulled him towards the seats he found. He sat at the end of the row and gave the seat inside to Wine.
Truth to be told, Wine didn't have interest in the movie. It was the same old route. The rich girl fell in love with the poor guy in the University. The girl's parents disliked the guy for being poor. The girl eloped with the guy amidst the parent's obstruction.
The rich's lifestyle and the poor's lifestyle collided. The rich girl went back to her family after the poor guy hurted her.
"This cinema didn't even have popcorn, let alone coke."
"Don't ask for what you can't get. Just eat your sunflower seeds and fruit jams."
He didn't know what to feel in this movie. The male actor was too old to act like a twentyager. The male protagonist's friends in the university were all over thirty, with red faces and pot bellies.
The female lead was a little younger but her friends were the same age as the actress who was acting her mother's role.
The poor man who didn't even afford to buy new clothes was always sitting in the teashop with equally poor friends, talking and laughing loudly. And like hell, he didn't work!!! Who was paying the bill in the teashop?
And the female lead's friends, no one stopped her from beginning to end. They matched her with the male lead instantly. The good parents that didn't let her work or cook and love her very much became evil rich people who hindered the true love in their mouths just for saying that the bastard didn't match their precious daughter.
What a mentally retarded plot!!! Where is the foreshadowing? Where is the catalyst? He could only watch until halfway. He fell asleep peacefully leaning on Anawar's shoulder after that, not waiting for the end.
"Wake up. Wake up…"
"Hmm… is it over?"
"It's over."
"Did I drool on your shoulder?"
"No. You never drooled."
Wine looked at the watch. It was already 2:00 pm.
"What a waste of half a day in my life!!!"
He decided not to watch another movie unless it got international fame. The movies that got Academy awards won't work either. The plots are already turned over and over..
"It's not a waste if we are together."
"Tsk… Don't be sentimental. It is still wasted. We can go somewhere quiet to sit with a book. It's much better than gathering and watching a movie."
It didn't feel good to sleep in the afternoon. Wine pinched his eyebrows gently and rubbed his eyes to feel more awake.
Anawar pinched his neck with a little force. He felt less sleepy because of this.
"Do you want to go back to the dorm if you feel uncomfortable?"
"No..no. Let's go shopping. Before that, I have to chew gum. Umm.. Mint flavour will do.."
He guessed the species are not right between his two brothers and his daughters. They didn't have a spark. The group was divided into three.
These two stuck to the green tea group, the Class A's girls were in a group and lastly, Anawar and Wine were sleeping.
"I have some betel nuts. Do you want to chew one, Wine?"
Myo Ko gave him his pack of betel nuts.
"No, thanks. I can't stand tobacco."
He only felt better after chewing some gums bought from the snack window beside the entrance of the cinema.
"Brothers, we won't go back with you. I promise Anawar to go shopping with him today. See you in the dorm. Sisters from Saw Thandar dorm, Goodbye. And… my dear daughters, go slowly.."
Wine said goodbye to all the people presented. Su Phyu and her group shouted 'Goodbye mommy' and ran away. The rest should be returned to the College together. It was only a 15 minute walk from downtown to the College.
"I tell you, bargaining is not my fort. You won't get it cheap if I were the leading man."
"It's fine. I can't bargain either. The clothes don't depend on the price but on the wearer to look better, right? I am confident in your vision…and myself."
Whiterock town was famous for ridiculously overpricing the goods and catching stupid buyers in the trainees' community. Some trainees even dared to cut the price half and still got it this way.
He had to make it clear. What if another trainee buys the same thing with a cheaper price later.
"Ugh..you turtle branded mattock. You dig towards your side only. You are floating."
"I am just stating the facts. Didn't you say I look better than the king? You are responsible for my floating."