Self Rival • Completed

xv. the parents

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"Uhm P'Arthit. Meet my Por and my Mae. Mae, Por, P'Arthit" Kongpob awkwardly smiled at Arthit as he presented his supposed 'parents' to his senior. Arthit merely wai'd at his parents then proceeded to look at Kongpob with skepticism in his eyes. Kongpob couldn't translate it clearly but one thing's for sure, Arthit is doubting at 'Kong's parents'.

Kongpob couldn't blame him. Who could've thought that these two are his parents? Certainly no one.

With Mr. Khan, whom Kongpob asked to pretend to be his Por when they weren't able to find a fitting father for him and a local theater actress as his Mae whom Mr. Khan picked up to goodness knows where, none of the two looks like Kongpob. Even just his nose or just a speck from his eye. Nada. Zilch.

The four remained looking at each other's eyes, waiting for someone to move.

The actress, named Rochana sensing the awkwardness surrounding the room cleared her throat and gave Arthit a sweet smile as she hugged Arthit in her arms. "Oh Arthit, finally, you're here in front of us, you know, my baby has been telling us good things about you and we're just so excited to see you here. You're so handsome"

Arthit blushed. "Thank you Khun. I'm glad to meet you too. Kong has been telling me great things about you"

Kongpob cringed at the word baby but he let it passed especially because Rochana is a convincing actress. She's a natural, speaking to Arthit and she really seemed like she is Kongpob's Mae.

Kongpob subtly looked at Mr. Khan and raised his thumb at him. Mr. Khan raised his thumb at him as well and smiled.

Mr. Khan cleared his throat and smiled at Arthit. "Same here Arthit, I'm glad I have met you now since Kongp- Kong here really really likes telling me about you"

Arthit tilted his head. "Didn't I meet you somewhere?"

"What?" Mr. Khan looked at Kongpob then looked at Arthit then at Kongpob, his eyes asking 'DID WE MEET?' and Kongpob could only shrug.

But their eyes simultaneously widened when they remembered that Arthit DID meet up with Mr. Khan already when he had to veer him away for a while the first time Arthit went to Kongpob's apartment.

Arthit snapped his finger when he remembered Mr. Khan clearly. "I did. You're the man who asked me for the direction of the library. What were you doing there?"

"YES. Yes I did. I-i was... I went to my son's apartment and I was hoping maybe I could read a book or two before I went home to my wife"

Arthit nodded in understanding, satisfied with his answer. Kongpob sighed in relief.

Rochana smiled. "Anyway, how about we continue this talk while eating, yeah? I have made several dishes just for you, come here Arthit. Come taste this"

"You go first, I'm just going to talk to my SON" Mr. Khan and Kongpob hung back for a while and let the other two walked to the kitchen first.

Mr. Khan pulled Kongpob closer to him and frantically whispered, "I'm so nervous right now. I should've never agreed to you to pull me along with this plan of yours. I don't want to lie to Arthit, he's such a sweetheart"

"That's too late for now Loong" Kongpob smirked. "Oh I'm sorry, I meant por"

"Wish me luck"

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"So, how's the province?"

Arthit asked tilting his head at Kongpob's parents.

Mr. Khan and Rochana looked at each other and found identical looks of agitation. They weren't able to practice their answers in any of Arthit's question, heck, they didn't even know each other until 2 hours ago when they met up through a recommendation from Mr. Khan's friend. Mr. Khan then gave Rochana a brief explanation on what she needed to do and the reason behind all these shit lies they're making up.