"Guys do you know the purpose I gathered all of you here for this emergency meeting?" asked P'Wad, the senior head hazer from their fourth year of engineering.

This meeting was for the hazers in sotus. Starting from the second year till the last year of engineering.

P'Kongpob, the third-year head hazer, Forth, the second-year head hazer, and all of his men were there. The first year is not chosen as hazers yet.

All of the people gathered had a bit of an impression of what this meeting was. But they are not sure about the whole picture.

"Let me tell you something. We engineering students have enemies everywhere we go.

It doesn't matter if it is within our university faculties or with outside universities.

We can create a whole damn long list for that. We fight all the time, so this is not something that is not predictable.

But for the last few months, there have been fights around our faculties. Has any of you know about this?" P'Wad asked angrily.

One of the third-year hazers lifted his hands to talk.

"Say it, Nong Mork," ordered P'Wad.

"Phi, I heard it from a friend of mine from Ritya University that their head hazer has been ordering his men to be extra harsh on our kids in competitions.

At first, we thought it was common for engineering students because we have the spirit to win. But, during the last soccer game, they even purposely injured our kids.

After that game, they even tried to fight us outside the campus as revenge for us to win the match," he explained.

"That does not seem like something serious nong," stated the senior head hazer.

"No, P'Wad, It is serious. All of their revenge attacks happen during the end of our sotus training right in front of our campus.

We even had to make Forth change the sotus timing to avoid the junior nongs from being involved by mistake," added P'Kongpob.

"That is true, P'Wad. Even though we come up with different training times and spots, the fight seems to happen right at the ending time, like someone is leaking the news to them," explained another third-year hazer.

"Do you suspect anyone, Nong Forth?"

"It could not be someone from the second year till the last year, P'Wad. It's because they don't even know the sotus training time. It has to be someone in our new freshmen," Forth pointed out.

"How many days are left before the sotus flag ceremony Nong Kongpob? Sorry, you are not in charge, am I right?

It's due to the ban on third and fourth-year involvement.

So Nong Forth, how many days left?" questioned P'Wad with his stern voice.

"We have exactly a week, P'Wad. Last week the moon and star competition had come to an end. Now, all we have left is the nongs to go through the flag ceremony and bring them to sea for the gear-giving ritual," explained Forth.

"Okay, let's keep it down for now. Please, make sure that none of our men is involved in any fight, not even a quarrel between faen.

We don't know why they are targeting us.

Is it to stop our sotus ceremony or to take an act of serious revenge on certain someone?

Whoever that is, they are still one of us.

We have to protect them. We cannot leave our people behind.

Do you understand?" questioned P'Wad with his leadership tone.

It is not a fight between universities anymore. Everything is a hell of serious.

"Nong Forth, make the freshmen go through the flag ceremony soon. I want both the flag ceremony and gear giving ceremony ended by this one week time," ordered the senior head hazer before ending the sudden meeting.

"Noted, P'Wad," replied forth with a nod.

The meeting ends with a few more warnings of does and doesn't to the hazing team and the rules to be followed by the other engineering students.

It was the hazing team's role to pass the news to them without making a fuss. Forth purposely made the freshmen an exception. If the so-called spy is in between the freshmen, then everything will go wasted.

For the next three days, the freshmen trained hard for the sotus flag ceremony. Forth and his gang come up with the competition for the flag ceremony.

Forth and his team scheduled the flag ceremony for Thursday. The freshmen will have the gear-giving ceremony by the sea on Saturday afternoon, and they will reach the university by Sunday evening.

The misfortunes that fall upon them will be gone, If everything goes well as planned. If they are lucky, the hazing team can find the spy within them in this one-week time.

~

What you see is not always what it is, like the pain it may not seem visible, yet deep within is so much to take. Tears are a sign of strength. That no matter how hard or how painful everything is after crying, you still manage to stand up and hold on.

Things have been different since the last day of the moon and star competition. Kit managed to gather himself after crying his eyes out in the arms of his best friends.

Beam and Phana did not mention Ming to Kit, not even in a teasing way. Kit is known for being cold and closed. He could be sweet and kind at the same time could ignore you like you don't exist.

Since that day Kit heard the conversation between Ming and Yo, he decided to distance himself from the younger.

He avoided meeting him at all costs. If being with Ming spells that he has to be a replacement, then Kit would rather not be with him.

He was compared and used as a substitute since birth. So now is the time to stop helping and taking care of other peo