"What do you mean by 'is that all' did you just forget about us?" Yai asked before introducing himself "My name is Yai , Tarn's friend."283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7zegAZUJG
"Uh , and my name is SIngh." SIngh wanted to join the party too
Yai sighed
"Doesn't everyone know that , nerd?" With such a posture , everyone questioned how he managed to qualify to be here283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiK4q6unwsI
"So , you can't remember me?"
Phaya knitted his eyebrows even tighter. Did he ever get to know him? Even though his face rang a bell , he really didn't know this guy.
"Why do you keep beating around the bush , asking if he can remember. you? Why don't you just tell him you are his rescuer from the Mekong."
His rescuer from the Mekong?
Huff! You can swim , can't you? Why didn't you swim back to the shore?283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDZVeYRKS7
Phra Rod necklace , i'll give to you.
Phaya looked at Tarn astoundingly. The picture of their first encounter flash backed , overlapping the slim , tall man right before him. The sweet smiled boy back then grew up to be this man right now?
"....You"283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVGeaIgFfJ
"Uh huh , it's me."
Tarn said light heartedly while mischievously raising his eyebrow once. Phaya smiled in delight and astoundingly laid his eyes on the man he hadn't met for fourteen years. Thank to the Phra Rod necklace that Tarn gave him. Otherwise , they couldn't recognize each other. He. beamed from ear to ear in elation to run into his life saver again and even become the competitor in joining the DSI team
"Hey time's up for smile trading affair. Go take a bath now , then we can go to the canteen."
Yai interrupted both of them , who kept ogling each other like forever. Have you guys no shame?
SIGH
20.30
Tarn had too many questions to ask Phaya , as well as Phaya had too many questions waiting for Tarn to answer. After their evening meal , the two kept chatting all the way back to the barracks. Even after getting into the bedroom ,t hey were still talking as if they had been bonded for their entire life despite the fact that they met only once fourteen years ago
"Where is your bed?"283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Lk60D88sK
"There."283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3Zg31jLC5
"Hey. Do we sleep next to each other?"283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWFHeHU7FS
"Don't you know that?"
By the time Tarn chose the bed , Phaya had been changing next to him. Tarn put on a derpy face
"Hehe"283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTNgIvyTVh
"A guy like him never notices anything." Said Yai.
How his brother was topnotch in supernatural sense , but it came bundled with a whole lot of superficiality
"Phi Yai , get lost in you own bed , will you?" Chased Tarn
Don't you throw shade at me. Yai wrung his mouth. He knew how much his nong wanted to talk to Phaya , so he set himself aside on his own bed. Phaya and Tarn reached their own bed and talked to each other in a low voice
"You said you have something to ask me. What is it?"
Tarn was eager to know as Phaya didn't spill his guts when Yai was with them. Phaya cast a thoughtful face in reluctance if he should ask it out. It was long ago , and Tarn might have already forgotten , but he didn't. That thing... Had turned into a nightmare that kept haunting him every single night. Tarn shifted his body to Phaya's bed
"If you're afraid that the others would hear , you can whisper it in my ear." Said Tarn , turning his ear toward Phaya
Phaya looked at Tarn's posture and smirked while hitting that shoulder once. No sooner had he said anything than a sound came for all the cadets to go to sleep , so Tarn was back to his own bed and collapsed himself onto the mattress in a swift manner , as well as Phaya. Both of them turned sideward to one another. The light bulb from the outside lit up both faces.
"When you rescued me in the Mekong river." Tarn was all ears to every word Phaya was going to say "....Did you see anything?"283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2LMIkCMep
Tarn furrowed his brows "See anything?"
When he plunged into the river , all he could see back then were the water plants. That was all he could remember...
Phaya startled. Right... If Tarn had seen anything , was it possible that a guy like him wouldn't talk about it? Since Tarn didn't say anything at the time. Supposedly , Tarn didn't see it , indeed. Phaya swallowed the saliva down his throat and faced up the ceiling instead. He might have hoped far too much... Hope that anyone would see it like he did , that he wasn't the only one out of his mind.
Seeing Phaya fall into silence , the side of that puzzling face worried Tarn. To ask a question like that could imply that he must have seen something underwater. Luang Phor said the Mekong is a sacred river with many mythical stories. Tarn didn't believe it because he didn't witness it with his own eyes , only Luang Phor , who was apparently very anxious when Tarn was near Mekong.
Consequently , Luang Phor insisted he must not say anything about what he saw in Mekong. Otherwise , he would be swallowed down by the sacred river. Even though he didn't believe it , he always did what he was told strictly... Even if one does not believe it , one must not profane it
Looking at Phaya ,w ho fell in silence for so long , Tarn called out his name.
"Phaya..."283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpqQ167lMD
"Nothing. It might have bene just an illusion."
Illusion my ass. The illusion that stuck in his head until the present?
"i believe that you may have seen something under the water."
Phaya cast a glance at Tarn and beheld those bright , round eyes with an unwavering gaze. Just a word from Tarn believing him. He didn't know why his heart had to swell by delight this much. Tarn smiled and continued
"This world still holds a lot of thing we don't know. Anything is possible because nothing is certain... If you did see something under the water , i think that stuff might have been true , but they just couldn't see it but you. And even though no one else could see it like you did , it doesn't mean it isn't true."
Just like his ability to see the signs... His clairvoyance , his sixth sense
"Thank you."
Oddly enough , every time he met or was with Tarn , Phaya always felt safe and sound to have Tarn around , just like this time. Tarn comforted him so much to the point where he felt astonished. Even though they had met only a few times before , it felt like the two were old acquaintances
"Hmmm... Get to sleep. Sweet dream , mate."
Tarn couldn't handle it any longer. Both eyes were forced to shut.
YAWN
Phaya nodded to Tarn and resumed his gaze back to the ceiling. He pondered over his dreams throughout these fourteen years. Every single picture of it was still vivid in his mind. Praya assumed it might have bene that creature...
The one that people worshiped. But why did it keep replaying , extorting something from him in his sleep for all these fourteen years? Did he take anything form it? As Phaya kept diving into his own thoughts for a moment , soon enough , he sank into the darkness...
Phaya felt as if he suffocated. He opened his eyes and swept his gaze around. Again... He was here again...underneath this Mekong river , with the same old monster
Phaya widened his eyes as he looked at the enormous figure advancing towards him. He was striving for his life to emerge himself front he water , but he could not. That red eyed figure stared at him full of loathing , as if it came after him to take his life.
My precious... I shall reclaim it
What is that precious?...Phaya shook his head. No! He did't have it!
I shall reclaim it
Phaya wide opened his eyes. It rapidly swam towards him. he tried hard to escape but couldn't move.
JOLT!
No!
"Phaya!!"
GASP!
Phaya's eyes flew open wide as he sprung up and sat on the bed. He swept his gaze around and saw everyone else was hurriedly folding their blanket and picking their own water bowl and left , so he did it as well before turning to Tarn , who was waiting for him at the bed end and looking at him with worry
"Let's go."
Tarn nodded in approval. The two rushed out to catch up with the other fellows. Phaya clenched his jaw tightly. That dream again... When would this crazy dream ever let him be?
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