O-Negative (Ong-art makes a grand entrance at Foon's birthday party)

That depends on whether you consider the beach a bed or not

Episode 15 of the Thai TV show O-Negative (Episode 14) starts with Foon and Peun on the beach, back in their clothes and holding hands. Apparently their love making occurred between episodes 14 and 15. She tells him it was her first time, and he says it was his first time as well. Considering the amount of lies these two have told so far I wouldn't bet the farm on that.

Foon tries to act lovey-dovey with him, but Peun, in his usual dickish manner, starts waffling. Foon guesses it is because of Prim and assures him she'll keep their tryst secret. Yea Foon, secrecy has worked so well for you so far, hasn't it?

At this point Prim shows up looking for them. A few minutes earlier and she would have gotten an eyeful, instead the two are lucky and she doesn't suspect anything. They decide to head out and get some food to eat. They get to a street lined with shops and when Prim goes to buy some corn Foon asks Peun to buy her the pill. Since Peun's a dunce he wonders what pill she's talking about. She has to whisper in his ear that it's the morning after contraceptive pill.  

The pharmacist has to explain to Peun that men don't get pregnant

The pharmacist on duty is a woman. Peun is embarrassed and nervous as he deals with her. He hems and haws a bit before asking her for the emergency contraceptive pill. She asks him "pregnant?" Hilariously he tells her that no, he isn't pregnant. She's professional enough not to break out laughing as she tells him she's asking about the girl. That she can't be pregnant and use this type of pill. She then explains that the dosage is two pills, and that Foon needs to take them 12 hours apart.

Peun sneaks the pills to Foon. Foon and Prim return to their room. While there Chompoo joins them. Chompoo catches Foon taking the first pill, but Foon claims it is just pill for acne.

Meanwhile Peun joins Art on the beach where he initiates one of his annoying man-to-man chats with Art. He asks Art if he should go for the girl he likes, or the girl who likes him. Art knows exactly what Peun is talking about so he tells him to go for the one he likes, because he thinks both girls like Peun.

Peun, being Peun, naturally equivocates and says he feels sorry for Prim. This disgusts Art who asks him, "what the hell is wrong with you?" We all want to know the answer to that one. He reminds Peun he had  tried to tell him to slow down. Peun says he knows that, but then tries to make himself out to be a sensitive hero by saying he doesn't want to break anybody's heart. Art looks like he is considering clocking Peun, but sadly he doesn't.

The next morning Art, Prim and Chompoo are at breakfast. Peun supposedly slept in and Foon is feeling dizzy. Foon is actually throwing up as a side effect of the pill and Peun is with her. Prim brings some apples for Foon to eat and catches the two of them together. For the first time the perpetually oblivious Prim has a glimmer that something odd is going on.

Apparently Peun and Foon had an audience

Eventually they all gather for breakfast. As they are sitting at the table talking Pakwan runs up and tells them there is a scandal brewing. The night before some Freshman saw a couple on the beach. From his hand gestures the couple was engaged in some horizontal hula action. The kids are already running around trying to figure out who the couple was.

Needless to say, Peun and Foon look horrified. Surprisingly, oblivious Prim picks up on their reaction. You can see the wheels turning in her head as she watches their reactions and remembers that she met them together on the beach last night. She asks Peun, who looks like he is about to faint, if he is alright. She doesn't look convinced when he says that he is fine.

At the last second Peun and Foon are saved from disgrace by Chompoo. She blurts out that the couple must have been her and Go, who were doing a bit of necking on the beach the night before.

On the bus home Peun has boarded first. Prim joins him, wondering why he didn't wait for her. Art and Foon sit elsewhere while Chompoo, as is her wont, is doing some wild Chompoo dancing in the aisle. Foon goes to take her second pill and manages to drop it on the floor. I think we can all take a wild guess where that storyline is going.

That night Peun calls Foon. He's worried about the pill she missed because she dropped it. She's worried about it as well. However, the two of them try to convince themselves that, even though they're living in a soap opera universe, nothing bad can possibly come of it.

Isn't young love grand?

The next day they have a photography class. Foon skips it because she is sick. They get an assignment to take 10 pictures with different shutter speeds and F-stop settings. Art, Peun and Prim head out to field to take pictures of wild flowers. Well, Art takes pictures, Prim and Peun fool around with Prim drawing a picture that starts on his arm and moves to hers.

Having drawn it, she gets around to taking a picture of it which she posts to O Group's chat with the caption "I can go on because you are by my side. Babbling." Of course Foon is on her phone looking at the picture and is not happy that Peun is still spending time with Prim.

Prim and Peun then get in a conversation about tattoos. Peun considers them tramp stamps, but Prim argues they are pieces of art with the body as the canvas. Still, she says she is too timid to get one. I think this just may be a "kids, whatever you think about 'em, don't get tats" message added to the show.

We cut to Go's bar that night where Peun comes out of the bathroom to join Art, Prim and Chompoo. Prim noticed that Peun washed his part of her drawing off. She mentions it and he givers a rather feeble reason why. Prim looks like she is increasingly sensing something is wrong.

They then start talking about Foon's upcoming birthday. They decide not to have a surprise party, but to buy her something. Instead of directly asking Foon what she wants, they think the question needs to be subtly asked. Peun volunteers to do the asking and that really catches Prim's attention. I do believe our oblivious one is slowly starting to add two and two together.

Foon is not a happy camper

We cut to Foon at her house. She gets a call from Peun and, considering all the time he's recently spent with Prim, she isn't too happy to hear from him. He says he is outside and has medicine for her. She goes out, but is still snapping at him. Then she notices that he washed Prim's drawing off his arm. She chastises him a bit for washing off Prim's artwork, but you can tell she's not that bothered.

He then just blabs all their birthday plans to her. I guess that is what passes for subtle with Peun. She makes fun  of him for doing that and he asks for her to pretend to be surprised by what they get her. However, she never actually tells him what she wants. Instead she tells him anything they get her will because it will come from her friends. She adds that she'll tell Peun what she wants, but only on her birthday.

The next morning they all message Foon to wish her happy birthday. She is turning 19. She invites them all to her house that night where she'll provide the food and drinks. When the messaging is over Prim calls Peun and tells him to come to her house because she has an idea for Foon's present.

Crib? Stroller? Bassinet? Haha, I kid, I kid. I'm sure a soap opera would never, ever go down the Foon is preggers storyline.

Peun gives it his all while working on Foon's present

Anyway, when Peun arrives at Prim's house she is folding a piece of cloth to prepare it for tie dyeing. Peun is basically doing nothing but flirting with Prim. Does it even cross this idiot's mind what Foon is going to think when she finds out about this?

We cut to that afternoon at Foon's house. Art arrives first and Foon joins him on the patio. The maid comes and, unlike Ong-art, she serves him coffee. Foon asks him where Peun is and he tells her he's with Prim. Foon pulls the ol' "sooo… you and Peun share everything" card on Art and starts pumping him for information about where she and Prim stand with Peun. He, not wanting to get in the middle of that lunacy, dodges her questions.

Finally Chompoo arrives. Art thinks he's off the hook, but Chompoo soon starts babbling about all the time Peun and Prim are spending together. That gets Foon going again. She directly asks Art if Peun and Prim are dating. He says he doesn't know, to ask them that instead of him. At that point Prim and Peun arrive. Prim gives Foon her present as Chompoo observes two people came together with one present. Foon has noticed that too and doesn't look thrilled.

They all move inside where the sing Happy Birthday, in English, to her. Foon starts opening presents. She opens Art's first. It is a drawing of Foon. Chompoo's is next. It is a gift certificate for 1,000 baht (~$30) to Go's bar for food and drinks, but not alcoholic drinks. I'm not sure what that joke was, but they all thought it was funny. Last is Prim and Peun's joint gift of a tie dyed shawl. The 'joint gift' part has the expected effect of dismaying both Foon and Art.

Fake tattoos isn't the only thing these two have in common

Then Chompoo brings out some temporary tattoos she bought. Prim and Foon each put one on and are delighted that they both have the same star pattern. Feh, what's a mere tattoo? You've got the same boyfriend as well ladies.

How to win friends and influence people

They are soon interrupted by the noise of a motorcycle revving outside her house. They all go outside and see somebody burning rubber on Foon's driveway. It's Ong-art, who gets off his bike and swaggers up to Foon and tries to hug her. She pushes him away.

She tells O Group he is her ex-boyfriend and she tells him that he is annoying. He's burned a heart into her driveway. I'm sure her parents will enjoy paying to get that eyesore removed. He tells her he flew all the way from London to do that, and he seems puzzled that she's still mad at him.

Then he notices Art and Peun. Art has an absolutely murderous look on his face while Peun is just standing there looking stupid as usual. Ong-art latches onto Peun and, as the episode ends, he asks "does Mr. Beanpole here have a problem with me?"

[Episode 16]

Ong-art's masterpiece of true love