"YO YO YO YO!!"
"I'Pond! Go catch it!"
"Call the teacher, you idiot!"
*Screaming!!*
A loud noise of the student behind causing everyone to turn to see what's happened.
Turns out, a 2 meter long monitor lizard has appeared at where the blue team is meeting.
For some reason, the team president chose this area for a meeting on the west side of the sports stadium, which is close to the field area of home economics.
And around that area, There's a boundary wall of the school and behind that wall is a rather humid forest with a canal. As a result, there's a number of these creatures living together.
Due to the wall being quite old and may have some decay, these monitor lizards sometimes sneak into the school.
*Hiss*
The animal is walking back and forth between the cheering training zone and the cheerleader practice area. Causing everyone to panic and screaming in terror.
"What the hell is all that noise?"
"No idea"
Boom and Lifa in the blue sport shirt spoke in confusion while carrying water and snacks. The other staff are also confused.
When arriving at the futsal field next to the meeting area. They saw a 2 meter long monitor lizard standing and staring at them.
Everyone backed off because of fear or shock, but Boom just stayed still as if nothing had happened at all.
"Why y'all scared?" He turned and asked the other.
"You're…not scared at all?" Lifa asked but Boom just simply replied 'No'.
Boom put his stuff down before going to pick up a nearby stick.
All the blue team are now curious what Boom is gonna do next.
"Hey you, Get out. We're busy"
*Thud thud* Boom speaks as he hits the ground with a stick like that thing is just a dog.
Funny enough, that monitor lizard kept staring at the end of the stick the entire time. When Boom turns the stick in any direction, it'll look or even follow.
He then lure the animal off as far away from the other as possible.
"Go, Now's you guys chance"
"O- Ok"
"Damn, Thanks Boom"
"Great job, lil bro"
They thanked Boom before quickly grab their stuff and running to the gathering with the other. Boom, seeing that everyone was gone, he threw a stick off the wall, causing the animal to rush after it. Boom picked up a nearby brick and closed the hole in the wall before walking back to everyone as if nothing had happened.
"Woo!"
"Bro really came in clutch"
All the members applauded Boom. Boom, who rarely received anything like this, could only wave back awkwardly before walking back to the group and everything returned to normal.
"That's fucking good, Boom"
"You never disappointed us, for real"
Tar and Chompoo, who were hiding behind, came in to tease Boom a lot.
"Are you guys really scared of that thing?"
"What? No way, I just don't know how to handle it"
"Yeah yeah"
They obviously lied about that.
Let's just say that since everything is normal, let's start the meeting.
The main purpose of this meeting is to practice the cheering song and the opening words before the cheering begins. About the cheering dance moves, there'll be another training again in the next semester.
Although reluctant, The cheering groups continued to practice singing until they memorized all the lyrics.
Meanwhile, the cheerleaders were discussing the dance moves at the futsal field next to them.
All the remaining staff work together to coordinate, for example, give the middle schooler a snack/drinks, manage the cheering, practice singing, practice the dance moves and make the cheering equipment, etc.
Like, right now Boom is making blue tassels with 3 other seniors.
"Uh…bro, It's tangled again"
"I'll help you out"
Which is not very smooth. But Boom still tries his best.
It's not like he's enjoying it or anything. But the team president said whoever finishes making the equipment first, can go home quickly.
"Fi-fucking-nally"
At 3 in the afternoon. The meeting has come to an end.
All the cheerers go home (some of them go hang out) and the staff members finish cleaning up as well.
'See ya','Don't forget our trip, ok?'. The staff also start to return home. Boom after throwing out the trash and was about to pick Beam up, but…
"My friend will come to our home today, ok?"
That sentence makes Boom 'Huh?'.
That friend Beam mentions is her cheerleader group. Most of them are around the same age as Beam or a year older. Consisting of 5 girls and 2 other transgender.
The weird thing is, there's no high schooler applying to be a cheerleader. But whatever.
Boom take a look at them before turning back to Beam.
"Today?"
"Yeah, We got another meeting also"
"Why our home?"
"It's the nearest place. Other's home isn't suitable and the Moo kratha restaurant is closed today"
Beam set a trap in every way. Boom has no choice but to follow along.
"Hi, Boom, Beam. About to go home yet?"
Lifa comes to say hi. Boom reply 'Not yet' before explaining everything.
"So, it's a party?"
"I thought so"
"Too direct, bro…So can they come?"
"I'll ask mom first"
Boom brings out his phone and calls out to Tak to explain everything, In which she agree as long as there's less than 10 people (Except Boom and Beam)
"There's 7 cheerleaders. Good enough"
Beam smiled cheerfully and turned to tell the members, and they all showed happy expressions.
(Do they just want free food?) Boom thought for fun before Lifa interrupted.
"So…Can I go too? We're live near to each other after all"
"Yes, you can"
'Yay!' They were all cheering. Beam just agreed without asking Boom a single question.
"Why don't you tell them to go to your house instead?"
Boom whispers next to her ear. Lifa smiled before answering.
"C'mon, To be honest, I just want to go to your home"
"…This little jerk, did you want to rob my home or something?"
"Why would I rob the home of someone with an inferior wealth than myself?"
*!?* Those words make Boom cough out blood.
"You wanna get beat up...?"
Before everything gets more messy. Beam came and grabbed their hand before telling them to hurry up and go back to home. So they complied nicely.
Seems like some of the members got their own bike. So Boom has to lead the way. Beam had offered Lifa her back seat on Boom's bike, In which she agreed.
Boom is well aware that Beam is just teasing him. But Boom didn't have a single complaint and let Lifa hop on. Because at least Lifa is less annoying and prettier than Beam.
When we arrived home. Boom opened the door to find nobody at home. Even though he already told Tak that someone would come. Same goes for Chai, he should be at home right now because today is his day off.
When Beam tried calling to ask Tak, she said that she came to do some business with Chai in the city and they'll return in the evening.
Even so, Beam invited everyone into the house to relax in the living room before discussing the cheerleader dance move.
"This is the first time I see you this serious, Beam"
"Oh, shut up, man"
It is just a teasing word, but deep down Boom knows that Beam is serious about this matter, even Lifa could tell.
Lifa sits on the sofa and joins the chat.
As the only real man right now. Boom didn't really want to join the group, but tried his best to help them, indirectly.
He excused himself to go change his clothes into casual wear before asking them.
"So, you all have anything to eat?"
"Uh…Some snacks and a bottle of water for each of us" One of the members told him.
"Damn, sounds very miserable…"
Very miserable, for real. Boom thought to himself and agreed with the their words.
He opened the fridge with a sigh. If that's the case, the only thing Boom is able to help is…
"I'll make something for you all. What do you wanna eat?"
"Uh…Are you sure, sir?" One of the members asked with consideration.
"Yes, I am. This is all I can do. What do you wanna eat?"
"Want to show off in front of the girls?"
"You'll get nothing to eat, Beam"
"You're mean~"
"You know how to cook?" Lifa asked. Beam volunteered to answer.
"He may look good-for-nothing, but P'Boom is great at cooking. When we're in boy scout camp, everyone there wants to eat his food"
P'Tar told me that. Beam added, But Boom tried to keep his face calm before asking each person a menu.
In conclusion, today's menu is 3 fried rice, 3 pad kra pao moo(Thai stir fry basil with minced pork) and 3 omelet rice.
Boom immediately walked into the kitchen. He took out 1 kg of minced pork, a bag of basil leaves, 5 eggs and a few chili peppers.
Luckily, there's still some rice left in the rice cooker. Perhaps Tak made it at noon, so he used it.
Start with the fried rice. He chopped 15 cloves of garlic and sliced shallot into dice with a chopping knife. Turn on the stove, coat the wok with oil and throw it away once the oil starts smoking. First thing in is garlic and shallot, frying it until it is fragrant, then toss in the leftover rice and an egg. Keep frying it, then add soy sauce, sesame oil, fish sauce, meat, a little bit of vegetable and lastly, add the MSG.
"Wow, you're good"
Lifa, who had been following in the kitchen, muttered as she quietly took a picture of Boom. Upon hearing the sound of frying wok and metal spoon clashing wildly, all the cheerleader members are now quite excited to try the dish.
"The fuck are you doing?"
Boom turned to ask Lifa, who's hiding because he heard a camera shutter just now and immediately knew that someone was secretly watching.
"Uh…I just want to see for myself whether or not you can really cook…"
"I don't believe that. Since you're here, why don't you go serve the dish to them so I can continue on the other dish"
"Ok Ok"
She complied nicely. Maybe because she got ordered by the home owner so she didn't want to disobey much.
The next menu is pad kra pao moo. The first step is to coat the wok with oil and throw in the chopped garlic, chilli and minced pork to stir fry it before adding soy sauce, sugar, oyster sauce, fish sauce, a little bit of water, seasoning power and end it with basil leaves.
Boom scooped rice onto a plate and scooped pad kra pao moo on top of the rice before starting to make an omelette.
"Anything else?"
Then Lifa came in and asked. So Boom tells her to serve these things as well. In which she followed as she was amazed by Boom's cooking skill.
"You're really amazing. It's my first time to see such skill like this"
Before leaving the kitchen, Lifa spoke up.
"What about your maids?"
"They are also good at cooking. But I think you might be better than them. Wanna be my personal cook?"
She said with a giggle. Boom rubbed her head gently in revenge.
"No, thanks. If my salary is a million bath, I might consider"
"Wha~, I really want to try the food you make"
"If you want to, just tell me, I'll make it for you. The price is the same as a normal restaurant"
"Ok then, see you tomorrow"
"What?"
Lifa turned and stuck out her tongue before serving the food.
"Is she for real?"
Boom, confused, and try to compute what she just said.