Karmanami Series

Horror

Karma was engrossed in watching horror movie on his laptop which he borrowed from his co-worker that he forgot about the existence of his phone. It keep flickering its light to indicate someone was calling him.

Moreover, he even put the phone in silent mode but still vibrating just in case because prior, he was in serious discussion with his colleagues. He totally forgot to turn off the mode.

Since he turned off the light to make it like he was in a cinema, the only source of light was coming from his laptop screen. He decided to ignore the phone but when it keeps disturbing his concentration with its loud vibrate, he picked up almost too quickly but then, the screen fade to black.

Confused, he tried to turn on the screen but it won't on causing the red-haired man to wonder why.

A light bub flickered in his head.

"Ah, I was playing game in the train while waiting for my stop until my battery drain. But then again, who was so persistent in calling me?" He mumbled and proceed to charge his phone.

Then, he continued watching the movie as if nothing happened. The scene he was currently watching is where the character mother got lured with a clap sound which is part of the hide and seek game her daughters played that evening. And then, she followed the sound which she ended up heading to the basement.

A smirk slowly tugged his lips.

"I think I know what's going to happen next." He muttered.

By the time the door closed behind the poor mother, the same sound was also heard behind him causing the young man to jump on his seat. His finger quickly pressed the space bar to pause the movie. He was trying to adjust his sight to figure out where the noise came from but due to darkness, it was hard to adjust and see the movement of someone or something.

"It must be my imagination. There's no way the door closed by itself. Eh, was it raining that heavily?" Karma commented when his gaze fell outside the window before resuming the movie.

It only last for a few minute when he sensed someone was shuffling behind his back. He shifted his back almost instantly but he only meets with silence and darkness.

He pressed his lips in straight line.

"This is so frustrating." He said while diverting his gaze back at the screen when he noticed a figure in white cloth sat next to him which he swore his seat was empty. His posture went rigid and he tried to see through the corner of his eyes in case his mind was playing trick.

But then, the figure was bending along with he suspected a long black hair. He swallowed a nervous gulp and slowly shifted his position to see the actual identity. No, he wasn't scared – he only believed in fact and he had to see with his own eyes whether it was real or not.

At the same time, the figure was also facing him as a loud of thunder booming at the sky – lighten up the room for a second. He caught a quick glimpse of a person – a familiar person whom he known very well.

"Manami? When did you get home?" Karma inquired with surprised look on his face.

Okuda was drying her wet hair with white towel. She was just taking a bath after running under the raining to get home quickly. She smile sheepishly as she fixed the glasses on her bridge of nose.

"A few minutes ago. I called you so many times to pick me up at the train station because I forgot to bring umbrella with me." She complaint with cute pout.

Karma scolded himself mentally and immediately apologized for making her running in these kind of weather and promised it won't happen again.

She shrugged it off with a soft laugh. "It's okay. By the time I got home, you were too absorbed in watching movie so I don't want to disturb you. By the way, what kind of movie are you watching?" Her eyes fell on the screen which the husband just came home and open the basement door – only to meet with his wife terrified in fear.

Karma quickly closed the movie and changed to another light genre movie. "How about we watch The Emoji Movie? You're going to have a nightmare if we were watching this movie. At least we can see what kind of emoji suit us." He casually changed the topic to erase his loud racing heartbeat.

Okuda merely agreed as long as they get to spend time together.