Fortuitous

Fortuitous - 02

Chapter 02

Suthiluck Household:

Suthiluck Mansion – Like the name, it is truly a castle. A traditionally constructed well maintained beautiful house with its own huge yard, pool, and garden. The name Mansion suits it.

Arthit loved the Suthiluck Mansion a lot from his childhood. The house is a labyrinth of its own with so many spaces to play. He always felt a warmth in there. Nevertheless, when he stepped out of the vehicle this time, he felt an unexplained eerie vibe; especially on the path towards the outhouse at the back where the pool is located. He shrugged the feeling off and walked into the house with Jack and Jane.

"Thank You very much for coming with us Oon. We feel that you coming here will bring peace to all of us and bring our Kong back. You can do whatever you want and however, you want to bring your P'Kong back my dear. Now you can use this room as yours while you stay here. The next room to yours is Kong's and the one on the other side is Stud's. We stay in the Master Room downstairs dear. You can freshen up and come down"; saying all these Jane left Arthit.

Arthit POV:

Arthit looked around the room, he liked it. He kept all his belongings in one corner and went to open the windows. The window opened to a beautiful grove with the outhouse in the middle. Arthit always felt ownership towards Suthiluck Mansion than his own home and he never knew why.

He understood his aunt still remembers his partiality towards the grove. His mind wandered to those lovely memories. He always loved to hide out in the outhouse.

When he was a kid, it was always to play with P'Kong. He preferred his P'Kong over P'Tharn and especially Stud. He smiled thinking about how his P'Kong always protected him from Stud's bullying. He never knew why Stud always picked on him. So, he and Kong used to be in and around the outhouse and grove.

Later on, it had to do more with the feeling of spending time with your crush. Arthit still remembers how he will come up with weird reasonings to be at Suthiluck Mansion and spend time just watching Kong reading or taking photos. He never knew when his crush turned to serious feelings.

He vividly remembers, the day when he finally gathered all of his courage to talk to his parents about his feelings toward P'Kong. Arthit was scared more thinking about his parent's reaction to his feelings and he was worried if it may have any adverse impact on their relationship with Suthiluck's. After a long pondering, he decided to talk to his parents. As he walked toward his parents, he heard them mentioning about P'Kong and marriage. His heart was shattered like a mirror when his parents revealed the news about his P'Kong's marriage getting fixed with someone named Thun. He recollected how he escaped to his room making a silly excuse. He did cry for a long period and then he consoled his heart and was contented that if his P is happy, he too will be. He still wonders whether his parents bought that excuse, but he is glad to date that he was not questioned.

A small breeze from the grove brushed Arthit on his face. He felt a slight force pulling him towards the outhouse. He shakes it off and walks back to unpack his luggage and heads to the bathroom.

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Stud POV:

Stud on the other hand was getting irritated tad a little too much. He has been getting all the irks off late, especially with everyone on a roll to get Kong back to being Kong, why can't they let him be. Now his mother and father have brought Arthit to stay with them.

"What are they thinking?", loudly alleged Stud with annoyance.

He did not want to spend more time in the room so he quickly got ready and stepped out. As he was reaching the stairs, he saw Arthit also stepping outside.

He could not ignore that Arthit has grown to become an attractive adult. Even in the simple white t-shirt and 3/4ths, his body shape is very visible. Stud was giving Arthit a depraved look.

Stud always liked to irritate Arthit, and he enjoyed making him cry with frustration. Picking on him purposely during their childhood days, just to see Arthit flustered.

With an evil smirk he called; "Hey Arthit – long time no see. How are you?"

Arthit was taken by surprise by the sudden calling. He turned to see Stud walking towards him from the other side.

"Hi Stud, how are you? Yes, it's been quite some time." – replied Arthit in a conservative tone.

"I know you don't favor me. We were kids back then, why don't we re-start. Come on Oon. Oon is your nickname, right?"

"Ok and please don't call me Oon. Not everyone can call me that, especially not you". Last part Arthit whispered in his mind.

"That's good and I won't call you Oon." – Stud answered even though he was displeased.

"Come on, Arthit let's go down. I can see you too are heading down." – invited Stud.

Arthit and Stud started walking down the stairs. Arthit could not hold back and he asked Stud.

"Hey Stud, where is P'Kong?"

"Ha Ha Ha, you are so predictable. I was anticipating this will be your first question." Stud continued laughing. Then mockingly he said: "It is not yet morning for your P'Kong. He might be lying around somewhere in the house drunk. He might even have forgotten you, darling. Maybe it is time for you to look for new love. Ha Ha Ha"

Arthit was badly hurt and maddened by what Stud said, yet he chose to be silent and not to respond thinking he is yet to understand what has happened to P'Kong completely. He thought to ignore and later check with aunty Jane.

At the foot of the stairs, Arthit said bye to Stud and went in search of Jane. Stud stood there for another couple of mins devouring Arthit and walking away.

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A strange figure, invisible to the naked eyes too was eagerly looking towards Arthit. It grinned as if it was waiting for the moment as if it got what it needed. No one is aware of what is to come.

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From the Author: That's Chapter 02 of Fortuitous. Hope you like the story.

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