ARANYAM

Chapter 9: Insect Sting?

Valli's PoV

"Ammu..." Mama called me again

"Amu... " My baby also called again.

I didn't even have a cent mood to stop playing with the kid, but I neither have courage to irk him too.

So, I lifted the baby into my arms and went to him to take his belongings to pass them again tomorrow.

"Who is he ?" Mama asked while taking off his belt and cap.

"Neighbors son"

"When did I say,  he is our son

I asked his name? " He asked pulling the Chubby cheeks of the baby, to which my shy kid hid himself in my nape.

"Acchaho...  How shy?

And what's your name? " I asked tickling his belly

"You don't even know his name? "

I pouted my lips in no.

Which allured him it seems, as he assualted them by pulling them with his fingers.

"I...  I'll serve dinner. You get fresh, Mama" I distanced him.

But he came close and took the baby into this arms, touching me over the saree in the process.

"OK...  I'll take him up. You bring dinner there" He went upstairs, along with child probably caring for the baby in my buttery hands.

I kept his stuff in their usual position of study room downstairs and managing water in one hand and dinner in other, I somehow managed to climb upstairs to our room.

Baby was in the arms of vested man,  who was busy in playing with chain of him.

This kid! And his obsession of chains!

Talking to someone on mobile, sat in chair in the balcony.

So,  I carried his dinner there and took baby back into my arms while forwarding him the dinner.

"Also include the bounty of 5 crores on that Arasan "

Hmm...

Add two more zero after it and announce... 

Not even then, people would catch him to handover to cops.

People owned him with trust. Your Money can never distance them.

I meekly muttered

"You said something? " Mama asked

I nodded no.  You expect that bravery to speak something infront you.

Never in my life, my lord.

I saw baby pointing and saying something on his cheek and neck. It was dark, so I couldn't see what he was pointing.

But when mama glared at us to stop of chatter which is disturbing him, we both continued our soundless scandals.

But, this baby in my arms was stretching out towards the colourful kannadigas dinner plate, to vex him.

Before, Mama yells and baby whines, only tiny morsels of ghee mixed rice from mama's plate I started to feed him, while listening to all shit of this Director General.

"Valli,  Buttermilk " He asked while washing his his hand as well as mine in his plate.

As he started taking out his ciger, I left the dinner plate there and along with the baby I carefully descended down the stairs to get buttermilk.

Baby again pointed towards his cheeck and neck.

"What happened, putta? "

Now, I closely saw his neck, where red  marks were there.

I got scared and checked him thoroughly on his body, if in the balcony any insect has sting him.

Scared and teary, I went back into room.

Listening my anklets and seeing my teary eyes, mama came throwing his ciger towards me in afraid.

"Ammu...  What happened? "

"Insect sting him, I think. See..." I shown the red marks on baby's cheeck and neck.

Mama took a pause.

"Come let's go to doctor" I said holding his wrist.

Mama his wrist held by me and my face.

"Insect sting? " He asked again

I nodded in yes.

I kissed on cheek and snuggled in the neck.

"Ouch... "

He turned me towards the mirror and again asked

"Now also Insect sting? "

He asked, while pointing my cheeck and neck which turned red due to his prickly beard.

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