Mr Wife ☑️

chapter 31: Baby!

Sky's POV

"Eco is taking a bathe, he'll be here in 10 minutes." Uncle David says as he comes back after going to call Eco.

"It's okay, uncle. I'll wait." I smile and relax myself in the couch because knowing Eco, he's definitely going to take a lot of time to bathe and get ready.

"Sorry about that, Sky. He was a little dull since past few days and not doing things on time. He bathes, eats and does everything whenever he wants." Uncle David sighs as he sits next to me.

"Is he fine?" I call out worried.

He must be dull because of me, I know that but I hope he isn't really that bad.

"Yeah, he's fine. He's so stubborn that he won't tell me what's the problem. I hope now that you're here, he'll open up to you at least." He states and I feel bad as I'm the reason for it, "oh, Sky, don't ruin your mood and don't feel down. It'll be fine, Eco isn't really a moody person so he'll get better."

Seeing my mood changing, uncle David encourages me as he smiles at me while tapping my knee. I return the smile with a nod. We just casually talk about things when uncle David starts sharing to me about Eco and his childhood stories. Uncle says Eco was a shy baby when he was a kid but he became stubborn and developed the attitude as he grew up. Uncle narrates me some of the funny incidents which took place during their stay in US. From those stories, I understand that even though Eco was shy as a kid, he was always a naughty boy from a child. We're both enjoying the stories with laughter and having a fun time when suddenly I hear the door sound. It's mild, almost inaudible but my senses could hear. I look at the direction not so immediately but a while later to see Eco standing at the start of the steps and looking at us. And when he sees me seeing him, he turns around and runs back into the room before closing the door back. I frown and get up immediately.

"Oh God! What's with this boy?" Uncle David stresses out while holding his head, "I'll go and bring him. Such a trouble!" He mumbles as he makes a move to go.

"Uncle?" I call him which stops him and he turns back to me, "can I go?"

At my request, he looks stunned for a moment before he glances up at the door which was closed few minutes ago and then back at me.

"Of course, Sky. You can go, no need my permission. I'm just worried that he might not behave well with you." He agrees with doubts.

"It's okay, uncle. I can manage." I assure him.

It's not like Eco never misbehaved with me. More like I can count on my fingers the number of times he actually behaved well with me. Forget it, most of the times it was my fault too so I shouldn't blame him wholly as I was the one who provoked him first.

With one nod at him, I grab the heavy box I brought and slowly make my way upstairs, towards the room to which the door was slammed closed a minute ago. Taking my steps closer, I reach the room and stand still for a moment. I let out a sigh which I didn't know I was holding and gather courage to finally knock on the door. It's just a small knock, loud enough for the person the other side to hear but not loud enough to disturb other people. My palms sweat as I wait for the door to get open. I don't know why I'm so nervous when I'm just meeting none but Eco. It's not our first meet or an encounter, we literally spent 2 months together, like staying in the same house, in the same room, eating together and sleeping together. We had numerous flights and countable happy moments. So why am I so nervous now?

"Eco, open the door, please." I plead in a soft voice while knocking again as he isn't opening the door.

And this time, a while later, I hear the sound and see the door knob turning around before the door gets open. He don't open it wide, just a little and he don't even stand in front of me as he's hiding behind the door.