KongArtWeek 2022 - Oneshots and Manyshots

Day6 - Memento Mori: Caput Unum

AN: Day 6 - Time Loop. 

This is an Paranormal AU. Curious? Go ahead. But I assure you, it's not that scary. This story has three parts, and this is the first chapter. 

Fair warning: flirting in the middle of the paranormal thingy ahahahhahaha

BTW, I borrowed Pran, the Amefurikozo from @geekykwok ' s Bad Buddy Oneshots. He'll appear in later chapters. Thanks a lot PW!!!!

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"Hi."

"Hi. I'm Kongpob. You must be Arthit?"

"Yes. That's me. Thank you for coming."

"Sure. No problem. I'm actually quite thrilled about this."

I looked at my visitor like he was someone crazy. The crazy person just laughed at my face though. Then I caught sight of his companion and the camera that was pointed at me, so I immediately schooled my features back to neutral. The cameraman's shit-eating grin told me that it was too late, and that the face I made was actually caught on film.

"It's okay. Kongpob's built different."

"This is Em, by the way. He's my buddy. We do all these investigations together. Sometimes we do this with other friends, too. But currently, they are doing their own gig somewhere down south, so it's just the two of us for now."

I nodded my head absently at his explanation as I led them inside the house. I gestured at the living room set and I watched them as they set down both of their backpacks. Em fiddled with the camera on his hands, maybe turning it off, before he set it down with his pack.

"Before we start, I just want to thank you for this opportunity. There have been a lot of us in this community that had wanted to do an investigation here but the owners had always been so reticent about it. To be the first one to do this, it is such an honor, really. So thank you. Thank you very much," Kongpob told me sincerely, holding his palms together on his chest. Em beamed at me, nodding his head along.

"I– there's no need to thank me. If anything, I should be the one thanking you since you are helping me find out what's really going on here. For free even," I shyly answered, looking anywhere but him.

If I were to be honest, I couldn't maintain eye contact with the handsome investigator. I would steal brief glances at him and even those were proving to be fatal. So very fatal for my heart.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I was attracted to the tall handsome man. I bet you would be, too, if you ever see him. And I would bet my – sizeable– fortune that half of his followers on Youtube were lured in by his looks.

Now, I'm not saying that that was all there was to him. Hell no. Before I decided to contact them upon the recommendation of my friends, I did a little research, of course. And by research, I meant stalking his Youtube channel, and his other social media. I even joined his website, even going so far as paying a premium for that additional content, just so I could check his legitimacy. What I found so far were all pretty good. What drove me to actually contact them was desperation. After what happened... Instead of running away from here, I found myself desperate for answers. So here I was.

"First, we'd be doing a little bit of an interview with you, about what happened here. We need to provide a little bit of a background about the place so that the viewers could relate. Is it okay for you to appear on camera? It's okay if you don't want your identity to be revealed."

"It's okay. People pretty much know me, especially the ones in your field. They've been hounding me to be able to investigate here pretty much after I acquired this house."