Moving Parts by Prabda Yoon

Author:Prabda Yoon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tilted Axis Press
Published: 2018-08-10T11:53:52+00:00

Part 7: Belly Up

He picked up the nickname ‘Mantique from his friends during his time at university.

Because among the guys in his faculty—all rather busted-looking—he was hailed as the most romantic.

Because he already had the nickname Man.

Because he didn’t like the nickname his father had given him and preferred to style himself more femininely as Tooktique.

Because Man was romantic, because Man was Tooktique, because Tooktique said flamboyant, because flamboyant said femme, because he was she.

Thus, Man was ‘Mantique to her friends.

She was proud of the moniker and fully embraced it when referring to herself.

“‘Mantique thinks… ,” she often started a conversation that way, using her name as the first-person pronoun, because every sound that found its way out of her mouth really communicated ‘Mantique’s thoughts, not Man’s, not those of Apichart Piangwang—the full name on her national ID card. Whenever anyone asked, “‘Mantique, what’s your real name, missy?” the question tended to make her head do a prissy little spin, because it wounded her feelings, being suddenly reminded that her true name was Apichart.

What is true, what is false, what is real, what is fake? For ‘Mantique, ‘Mantique’s real name is just ‘Mantique. As for that Mr. Apichart, that was a technical error, a flub on the part of ‘Mantique’s parents who got frisky before they knew better. But ultimately, the one who’s going to write the script of ‘Mantique’s life is ‘Mantique, that’s what ‘Mantique thinks.

“My real name is Ro-man-tique, darling.”

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