Forever yours

Ch.5

" I thought today is my last day at work when I saw Akira in that man's arms " the cleaning guy was explaining frustratingly to Beam about earlier incident.

" Sorry Kit for the trouble and thank you for taking care of Akira " Beam thanked Kit sincerely.

" You know they didn't let me take Akira to that meeting room . So, I have to leave him with you. I don't know anyone beside you here. I'm grateful,  really" Beam again thanked Kit.

" Aishh ..stop thanking me already . I might start to ask money for taking care of Akira " kit seriously said.

"No . Thank you really " Beam slightly smiled at Kit .

Kit couldn't help but to smile at Beam. Beam was really naive. Kit was not sure how Beam was surviving in this cruel world with his son .

Beam appreciated every little things people do for him.

Currently they were walking to their home . Kit was neighbour of Beam .
Kit was the one who told Beam about this cleaning and dish washing job at that star hotel.

Kit had been living in that rundown building before Beam was coming to the city.

Firstly Kit was irritated with them because Akira kept crying at night but he never complained about it to them. Kit even heard the other neighbours cruel words towards Beam and his child. They threatened that if Akira kept crying then they would have to throw them out of the building.

Kit knew how people can be heartless. He even knew it that Beam can't afford a better living environment. He even saw the gang harrassing Beam.

No one was willing to live like this.

The walls of the building was really thin.

But one night when Kit was returning from his job he saw that Akira was vomiting in the side drain of their rundown building and Beam was shedding tears silently.

They never really talked with each other though they were practically wallmates .

" Is he alright ? " Kit went near them and decided to talk.

Beam was shocked to see Kit talking to him.

" No . Thank you for asking" Beam slightly smiled at Kit.

Kit thought this guy here was really naive.

" Do you need any help " Kit again asked when they were climbing the stairs of the rundown building they called home.

" Thank you for caring but I don't really want to trouble you" Beam replied while patting Akira's back slightly.

" He is running a high fever" Kit touched Akira's forehead.

" Do you have any fever medicine?" Kit asked Beam.

" No " Beam hung his head low shamefully . Tears again started to trickle in Beam's eyes.

" Hey its okay . I will buy it okay " Kit tried to assure Beam gently.

Kit couldn't remember when was the last time he talked to someone so gently.

" I don't want to trouble you really" Beam tried to wipe his tears.

" I said its okay. Didn't I ?" Kit assured Beam.

" Go in and wait for me okay" Kit said and left to buy medicine for Akira.

From that day they became friends. Kit was genuinely a great guy. He maybe grumpy sometimes but Beam thought Kit did it to protect himself from this brutal world. But deep down Beam knew kit was scared too . Beam sometimes could see marks on Kit's body but Beam never asked him because it felt too personal.

When Kit came to know about Beam's situation he told Beam about the cleaning job at that star hotel. Kit too worked in there as a cleaner.

Beam got the job when the cleaning manager saw Beam's work.

After work they always walk to their home while talking and laughing.

Beam and Kit found family in each other.
When they laughed together they felt it was something they forget to do in the past years.

Beam knew Kit too was fighting his own battle .

Akira slowly opened up towards Kit too .

Kit became his uncle Kitty.

They even went to their workplace together but can't see each other that much in the hotel because Beam mainly washed the dishes in the various kitchens of the grand hotel and Kit cleaned the floor of the hotel rooms.

Kit helped Beam to taking care of Akira. Sometime Kit thought that Akira was more matured for a kid but at the end Akira just a kid. Kit could see it clearly that Akira was badly affected by the environment. Akira was a obedient and silent kid most of the time. Kit could even see it that Beam was really trying hard to provide for Akira.

Beam was glad to meet kit because Kit was his only friend and family in this foreign city. Not that Beam used to have friends. In the true sense Kit was his first true friend.

And it was not one sided. Kit too was grateful towards God to letting him meet Beam and Akira. Because of Beam Kit started to think that maybe this world was not that much bad .

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