Chapter - 4 - Introducing each other..
There was only silence on the way back to the dorm.
"I'm going to see my girlfriend…"
Htin Lin left on the half way. Wine looked at the leaving man up and down. He was tall and his body frame was big but he was dark. He even has thick glasses on his face.
"Wow ... .even senior Htin Lin has a girlfriend. It won't be too hard for us to find girlfriends, right?"
'Which girl would want a boyfriend prettier than her? You won't even be sisters because they are jealous of your beauty.' Anawar wanted to retort…
He glanced at his face and thought, this boy is a little pitiful. The small face was pale, tortured by the dinner. How will he live two years in college? Nevermind,he will take care of him a little…
They entered the dorm one after another. The roommates are outside, gazing at the gate and commenting on the girls coming and going. He found one of the seniors, Bo Bo, lying on the bed with a pen and paper.
Wine pulled out the bag containing bed sheets, quilt and pillows. He had two bags and one luggage when he came. One bag contained some necessities and snacks. Another bag was filled with pillows and quilt. The luggage was for clothes.
"Senior Bo Bo, do we have a rule for the bed?"
Wine asked while spreading the bed sheets on the thicker quilt. The bed board is hard but he had two thick quilts. He could spread the thicker one on the bed board and use another as a quilt.
"No, just don't leave a mess on the bed. Our dorm head is not very strict unless the vice principal wants to do a surprise check…"
Wine's place was the innermost part of the hall. His table and locker are leaning towards the wall. To get some space to move around, the two beds are put together in the middle and Anawar's locker and table acted like a wall from the other roommates.
So they have some space to move between the bed and locker. If the beds are separated, they don't have space to open the locker's door.
Why?
Because the doors are not slide type…
Wine took a peek towards the other roommates' beds and then Anawar's. Thank god…and thanks senior Htin Lin, for giving me the cleanest bedmate, Amen…
Anawar's bed was also padded with a thick quilt. At a glance,it was new. Wine had two pillows, the extra one was used for hugging in sleep.
It was 5:30 p.m. when they were done preparing the beds. The wanderers came back and lay lazily on their own bed.
"Hey! Introduce yourself…We are gonna live the next four months together. Hall leader, start from you…"
One of the seniors started the conversation…
"Okay…"
Lifting the glasses with his forefinger, Htin Lin introduced himself..
"I'm Htin Lin… 21 years old…Representative of Riverside Township. Northerner.."
"I'm Kyaw Swar…20 years old. Representative of Bluewater Township. Northerner…"
"I'm Myo Ko...20 years old. Representative of North Island Township. Northerner…"
"I'm Kyaw Myo Myat...19 years old. Representative of Petrol River Township. Southerner…"
"What is a southerner doing in the Dhanya dorm? Among a bunch of northerners…." , Htin Lin said while patting Kyaw Myo Myat's shoulder.
Wine remembered what security uncle said when he came. Did northerners dislike the southerners?
"I'm Zaw Min….21 years old. Representative of Red sand Township. Northerner…"
"I'm Bo Bo...20 years old. Representative of Black Stone Township. Northerner…"
"I'm Anawar...20 years old. Representative of Warless Township. From the Central plain…"
All eyes are on him, asking him "What the hell are you doing here when you are from Central plain?"
"My father was stationed at Warless town and I passed the college entrance exam from there…"
The southerner gave a thumbs up to the man from Central plain.
"I'm Wine….17 years old. Representative of Khamar Township. From Bamboo Hill… Southerner…"
This time, the eyes are on me.. Kyaw Myo Myat ran to me and pulled my hand to shake….
"Wow! We are both fellow southerners…"
"Wait ! Did you just say 17?"
Myo Ko's focus was there..
"I skipped some grades…"
"Then, you are the youngest in our dorm…Oh, and the smallest one too.. It's fine. Your big brothers will take care of you.."
Anawar also nodded. He doesn't want to take care of another man but it is another matter if the one that needed his care was a minor.
"Thank you, big brothers. You are nothing like the security uncle said…"
"What did the security uncle say?"...Bo Bo asked curiously.
"Um…he said the northerners in the Dhanya dorm are very scary. And he said I should change the dorm if I were bullied.."
The six men laughed, feeling very funny…except Anawar. He didn't know about the disputes between the north and south.
Wine knows about that..
The northerners have darker skin tones, robust bodies and heavier accents. While southerners have lighter skin tones, lean body types and softer accents.
The northerner called the southerner 'Sissies' and the southerner called them back 'brutes'.
Htin Lin said while laughing…
"Haha…Maybe he meant these words for the hall opposite us. There are trainees from a small ethnic group called 'Kumi'. They are disliked by the security uncles because of their crazy behaviour…"
He said it in a low voice, afraid of being heard by the opposite hall.
"What did they do, seniors?"
The juniors are very interested in the deeds of the guys from the opposite hall.
"Not much, they run out occasionally after the dorms are closed. And they kill the stray dogs occasionally to add meat dishes when their allowances are gone…They are the headache of the dorm head and security uncles…"
Wine wanted to say 'Why do you want to eat the dogs? Dogs are so cute..' but shut his mouth because it was inappropriate.
"But they are not bullies. They have straight forward tempers. It's just…they are rude so, a few can stand this."
Shrugging his shoulders, Kyaw Swear interjected.
"Didn't you say you represent the Khamar Township, youngest? They are from Khamar Township. But why did you represent Khamar Township when you're from Bamboo Hill? They are not even in the same District…"
"My class teacher said the overall scores of Khamar Township in the college entrance exam are too low. So, I was pulled over to fill in the allowed vacancies…"
"Trainees in Dhanya dorm! Assemble in the lobby…."
A loud voice broke the friendly conversation in the hall…
"Shit ! The dorm head is coming…"
Small theatre..
Wine : I'm a man with muscles and brain 🥳🥳
( Wiping lotion on his arms and toned abs )
Question….
Mr.Anawar, what is the most unforgettable moment in your life? The first time you saw your lover's body or first kiss?
Anawar: None of the above… This moment is when my wife took out the skin care products and wiped them seriously all over the body. To be honest, the only one I saw using cosmetics in front of me was my mother…
The catch is, he had more bottles than my mother…
Unforgettable….