MOJIBYON LIORA

9. It's My Birthday!

"Dad! It's my birthday." I zoom in on him full speed to tackle him in a bear hug.
"It's just twelve Li!"
"Already third of march! Where's my new hair? My new face? Gahhh! God such stories only if I was not acutely aware of your writer mind. I still can't believe you had me waiting for that. Li you're stupid stupid." I huff lightly hitting my head.
"You took your breath at 3. 30 of third March. It's still not the time yet."
"Keep dodging and creating dramas."
"I still can't believe you saying this when you just saw my reports yesterday. Was that not enough of a proof that I am not a human!"
Li's face pales three shades down at Joe's words. The reports were definitely more than enough to claim the person infront whom she calls dad is an alien.
" Oh come on you are one yourself. Stop being human will you?! "
" Hate to break it to you but I am a human, dad. Else how do you think I'm not in news if I wasn't one. I did the medical checkup both the years in med school how do you explain they not creating havoc at the number of lobes in my head or other God knows what structures in my body. "
He looks smug at my statements proposing his upper hand at the case.
" How do you think Li? " he says as though oblivious to my defeat while at himself with proud.
" You mean to say I have the same out of the world body? The same weird structures and unknown things flowing in my body as yours? "
" Well yours has to be much more complex than mine. I am a mitahoshi and you're a mojibyon. Come on I have repeated it too many times for you to forget. I worked my ass of to change the samples and well compel technicians who were taking your ECG, EEG, God knows what other tests well anyways my skills at compulsion would literally be mojibyon level by years of relentless practice thanks to you! " Dad says sarcastically.
I on the other hand am feeling giddy with his answers. Well I guess I can do nothing but wait.
Bell rings. Who in the world would be here at this time.
Dad looks worried and runs to dash at the eyepiece to look who's there. When he opens the door its Matt.
He's looking stunning in the three piece. He always wished me at sharp 12 am every year I thought it would be the same but he definitely has different plans.
Aww this is so sweet he's dressed in a suit with flowers and a box wrapped in prettiest of pinks, even the ribbons look artwork.
He's looking much more than an eye candy right out of fashion magazine.

"Li stop drooling it's embarrassing." Dad tosses the words to bury me of embarrassment in turn.
"I thought you'd call and come down the balcony like usually.. Didn't think of this grand surprise." I say getting close to him before wrapping him in a tight hug.
"Well unlike all last years I have 24/7 permission so thought might put it to use."
"You look so unlike my nerd Matt."
"Is it too much. I was telling Kevin to stop but he gave me a pep talk saying I don't have electron level knowledge about girls and shut me up."
Li bursts laughing Kevin oh Kevin never fails to amuze.
"He works like female repellent. God the dude has wrong perception about his image but you are looking smoldering hot might I add " I say laughing. From the corner of my eye I can see dad examining flowers and shaking the gift box to get a gist of what's inside.
Matt and I were looking squarely at him when he dared open one of the ends of my gift box!
" Umhm humpf Mr dad I suppose you are invading else's property." I say narrowing my eyes and extending my hand for him to hand me my gift.
"I was just checking." Dad says innocently.
"I'm no terrorist Mr Joe." Matt says nervously.
"Matt just imagine dad playing some fictional, overly dramatic character it'd help you understand him better." I suggest sincerely.
I open the wrapping paper with care and before opening the box eye Matt who has a big nervous smile plastered on him.

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There's a beautiful wooden box, quite aesthetic to look at and when I look closely I see carving.
A poem was carved. I read aloud -

It always starts with attraction
What can I do it's reaction.
Thought I'd give it up as it fades.
Soon mixing in mud as it was made.
Realized I not long ago, it was iron.
The hittings were making it stronger.
I refused everything, my heart, emotions and every bit.
In the end I wonder how our hearts did meet?
- your Matty.

My heart melted when I read it, it was beyond beautiful to me. I felt so loved and happy that I felt like weeping. Dad hugged him before me to which I could do nothing but laugh and join in the hugging session. God I love these two.