Love Between You & Me

Whispers of past -2

"Say hello! He is your phi. You both are siblings from today "

A kid about 2-3 years old, glances up at the other boy who is little just like him, perched in lap of his father, staring back with his brown orbs glazed with tears. His tiny paws peeking out from the pink dungaree, holding a lollipop wrapped in a shiny plastic.

"Phi? ", the little kid can not understand what is happening or what his mother is trying to say.

The kid stares back at his mother with shiny dark orbs swimming in innocence, who gives him a smile and nods her head,"yes! Phi. Your big brother"

The lady takes her son in her lap and sits on the black leather sofa and imitates her husband's posture, keeping her face to him. Taking both hands of the little child, she bends and gives a forehead kiss to her son,"won't you greet your big brother? Are you being a bad boy, Anurak?"

The kid moves his head side by side, looking adorable like a rabbit dressed in a pure white sweater with a Mickey mouse print in the mid. Turning back, he joins his little palms, like he was taught to by his parents,"sateekhab pe!"

The couple fondly laughs at the obviously wrong pronunciation of their son and waits for the reaction of their new son. The elder male, pats the quiet kid sitting in his lap," Karn, say hello! He is Anurak. Your little brother."

But unlike Anurak, the kid in pink remains quiet, his eyes wandering from one stranger to another. His lips quivers and eyes brims with tears," da..daa! daa...dada!!"

The couple's heart squeezed in pity as the kid they had rescued starts weeping again. The man starts to comfort the boy when halted mid air. A proud smile stretches his lips as he watches his tiny bundle of joy, his son, stretching his little frame and wiping the tears of Karn before placing a cheek kiss,"pe don rye"

Karn who himself is only 3 years old stares at the other boy with brown eyes in awe. Remembers how his daa used to give him kisses too whenever he cry and that was when he let out his very first genuine smile. Thinking that the kid know his father and now he can go back to him. As a token of thanks he forwards the lollipop to another kid,"daa..daa"

The elderly couple is watching the interaction with hawk like attention. Shocked to find Karn speaking for first time in a whole week. May be their decision to bring the kid over is the right one.

"Peety. Yoo aar peety"

"mom! peee hate mee", Anurak sobs loudly. He is sad. Today his peee has also gone to his school with him. But like other kids, he didn't played with him or talked to him. "He didn't made hom wid me. dint taak. he hate mee", the boy bursts into tears, making his mother sigh who stares at the tiny frame covered in a baby blues, peeking out at them from behind the pillar. The woman don't know how to console her son. How to make him understand that his brother don't hate him at all and the real reason he don't talk is because the little guy was never taught how.

"HEYYYY!!! LEEV PKAAN!", a small guy steps in between the lying figure and the other kids. Morphing his expression to the meanest, he holds out both his hands bunched in a fist. Trying his best to not let the other party notice the shakiness in his legs. His little self dressed in a chocolate brown sweater and pants, looked much more adorable.