Robb's Past - Billy Ng

I can't imagine I can still remember his name, Billy Ng. In fact, all of the sudden I even remember his cellphone number! God! It's not in my phone book, but it's in my mind. Lol.

Okay, back to my story.

Billy is the owner of the cybercafe called Triple Net. Well, half of it, cause he's a shareholder with another girl which I've forgotten her name now. How did he get to know me? Funny story.

It was one faithful Friday that I've decided to tell my parents I wanna go to school earlier for some 'extra curricular activity'. Lol. And so I left home and headed out to Triple Net to play games. :P

When I arrived, the cyber cafe was pretty full and available stations were scarce. I walked to the counter and the following conversation took place.

Me : Hi, is there any available PC for me?
Dude : No. We don't allow fat people to play here.


Somehow I missed the sign in the cybercafe that says 'No Fat Kid'
I was like, WTF??? Lol. Bear in mind that I was a fat boy back then.

Dude : I'm just kidding. Here's a PC available for you.
Me : Thanks.

And so the dude passed me a card number indicating my PC. At the same time, I noticed there was actually a list where people who arrived before me wrote their names down so whenever there's an available PC, they'll be taking it. That freaking means, this dude just let me cut queue. Nice!

So I went on to my PC and played my games. Starcraft if I'm not mistaken. I was pretty good with Zerg back then. Knew all the rushes and micro managing. Don't think I can say the same now. :( As time flew past, I realized I need to get to school before it starts. So, I packed up my stuff and headed over the counter to pay. The same dude was there.

Dude : Done playing?
Me : Yea. How much would it be?
Dude : I'll spend you. Where are you heading to?
Me : Really? Thanks! I'm going to school right now.
Dude : Which school?
Me : St Michael's Institution
Dude : I'm going out to the bank. I'll fetch you along.
Me : Serious?

It actually takes about 5 to 10 minutes to walk from my school to the cybercafe. And since it was like 2pm in the afternoon, it kinda sucks to walk under the scorching sun especially in Malaysia where the temperature can easily shoot up to 38 Celsius.

And so I followed the dude to his car which he parked beside the cybercafe. Hopped into the front seat and buckled up my belt. He started the car and we're off to my school.


It was like hitchhiking, but I didn't have to ask. Cool!
Dude : You come to play in Triple Net often?
Me : Yea. I like playing Starcraft and Counterstrike.
Dude : Nice. So next time we can 1 on 1 in CS if we have the time.
Me : Sure.

I wasn't the best guy to play Counterstrike but I'd play it for social sake. A few minutes later, we arrived at my school's front gate.

Me : What's your name? I don't even know how to address you.
Dude : Billy.
Me : Your surname?
Billy : Why? I don't want to let you know. What are you gonna do about it?

He smirked at me. I introduced myself as Pierre (stop laughing!) then and we bid goodbye.

This entire encounter was something special for me. You see, I didn't have much friends and I just lost my school identity. As my family is pretty strict, it doesn't culture me to talk to my parents about how I feel and emotions within me. I was the only boy in my family. My dad is a pretty strict dad which I cannot connect to back then. I was pretty much... alone. I had no one to connect to, to look up closely to nor befriend.

And out of nowhere, Billy was introduced in my life.

The very next day, was Saturday. I attended Taekwondo classes on Saturday morning normally, but due to the fact that my ingrown toenail was hurting me like mad, it made me very reluctant to attend. To add to that, I wanted to play games in Triple Net, so once again, I played truant to taekwondo classes by going to Triple Net. The funny thing about the taekwondo classes are, they start at 7.30am. That's freaking early! So I left the house about 6 something in the morning to take bus but not to school, but to Triple Net.

Triple Net was open for business normally from 9am till 2am but on certain days when business is better, they open longer or earlier. When I reached Triple Net, it was 7am. It was closed but I can see there are people inside because the lights are still up. So I stood around in front of the door, waiting for it to open.

Billy, who was apparently sleeping on the couch inside Triple Net managed to catch me waiting outside, so he opened the door and let me in so I can sit. He was taking a short nap as evidently he spent the entire night managing the cybercafe.


He wasn't lying on the couch like the picture above, don't worry. Lol
Billy : So early, huh?
Me : Yea. I'm addicted to games I think. Hehehe.

He smiled. I liked to see him smile somehow. He suddenly got up from the couch and dragged me to a PC. He switched it on and the one beside it.

Billy : Let's play Counterstrike.
Me : Okay.

And it was a marvelous gaming session due to the fact we put the speaker out loud and, we're the only ones playing the game and no else is. Well, back then the cybercafe was always full, so it was fascinating to be the only ones playing. Billy was rather good in playing Counterstrike but my frags caught up.

Me : I'm not bad, right? :P
Billy : Yea. Not bad at peeping on my monitor.

He was right. I was doing that cause I wasn't as good as he was. Lol. We played from 7am till 9.30am and by then, people were already knocking the door for Triple Net to open. We stopped playing and as he walked towards the door to open for business, I asked how much do I have to pay since I was playing since 7am. Once again, he denied my money.

And so he started managing the counter and I continued playing my games. Till about noon, I decided to call it a day due to the fact that I can't lie that my 7.30am taekwondo classes lasted till 3pm. Lol. So I went to the counter and paid Billy for the usage of the PC.

He accepted the money to much of my relief.

Billy : Where are you going?
Me : Home. Why?
Billy : I'm going lunch and then home too. Wanna join me for lunch?
Me : Okay.

We went to a hawker center next to Triple Net and ordered some food. Curry mee and stuff like that. When the food came, he insisted that he pay for all the food. Once again, a boy at 14 was truly grateful for such kindness showed by a new friend. We chatted and I really felt that I finally have someone close to now who's not from my family, for the first time. Heck, I wasn't even close to anyone from my family to be honest at that time.

After lunch, he sent me home.

Me : Where do you stay, Billy?
Billy : Sitiawan
Me : What? That's the opposite site of where I stay!
Billy : Nevermind. I can still fetch you.

This was not an act that anyone would pull off easily. He was willing to go through all the trouble to send me home and I was shocked since he demanded nothing from me. Upon reaching home, I thanked him for the ride and bid him farewell.

It was no doubt the sweetest thing someone had ever done in my entire 14 years of life. There's so much more that he did for me. But that's going to be shared on the next post. Yes, I'm doing this for my suspense. Lol.

Here's a picture of a cutie to reduce your suspense.


Cheers
Robb

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