Lover II- ML

237. Realtor Mapi

With mostly everyone in their bikinis and relaxing under the sun, Mapi decided it was a good time to introduce Fabian to the water and sand. 

He was more than content with his makeshift cot for the day, but he didn't refuse when Mapi's hands scooped him up and he was finally able to see all the voices he was hearing, see the sand and the colourful towels and shades they all had.

"Eh." Fabian's little fist lifts to point at the red umbrella above where Leah and Aitana are playing a confusing game of go-fish.

Mapi hums dryly when Leah looks over, gesturing to the umbrella above her. "He is saying 'why come to Barcelona and sit in the shade the whole time?'" She relays dryly.

"I'm still getting the UVs." Leah defends calmly, placing her next card down in thought.

"Come on." Kaia urges Mapi, her phone in her hand and an excited smile on her lips.

Mapi follows Kaia down towards the water, watching the way Fabian's face scrunches warily when they start hearing the soft waves of the water at their feet.

"Ok, we're good here. I don't think it should be too deep." Kaia says as she comes to a stop, turning and almost immediately beginning to record.

Mapi nods in agreement and begins lowering Fabian down towards the water. They're barely in an inch, so it's not deep at all. 

Fabian stares down at his feet, the moving water he's getting close to. He begins to make noises, looking to Kaia because he can't look up and see Mapi.

But the moment his feet touch the cold water, he shrieks and shoots his feet back up towards his body, his face forming into a shocked grimace which has his mothers laughing loudly.

"It's just water," Kaia reassurances as she crouches down, lifting some water onto her hand to lightly drip down Fabian's leg. "Look."

"I think the cold might've shocked him." Mapi says in a lingering chuckle, continuing to lower Fabian until his lifted feet touch the water again.

Yet when Fabian sees the water coming closer again, he begins to smile and he sticks his feet out to submerge them in the cold salt water.

"See?" Mapi encourages happily. "Isn't that nice? Can you feel the sand at the bottom?" She asks. 

"He can." Kaia confirms in amusement, watching Fabian's little monkey feet grip at the sand below him. She ends the video there and simply watches him enjoy the water and sand, still being supported by Mapi's hands. "Maybe we should get a sandbox at the house."

"You know damn well he'll get sand in the pool and you'll hate that mess." Mapi chuckles. "And it'll clog the filters up."

"Ok..." Kaia agrees to the valid points. "Maybe we can just bring him to the beach a lot."

"I like that idea more." Mapi laughs in full agreement. "I can't believe how strong his neck already is." She comments, unsure how long she should let him support it on his own. "And his legs. He kicks like a horse."

With playing in water out of the way, Mapi and Kaia decided to head home again so Fabian wasn't out in the sun for too long. But on the way back they had to stop at their house and collect some mail, they also used it as an opportunity to show Leah and Emilia around since they hadn't seen it yet.

Patri also joined since she and Emilia had dinner plans and needed to go home and shower first, happy to only live down the road for more than this reason today.

The house was fully built now, the outside areas being landscaped and inside getting fitted with electrics. It meant a lot of trip hazards and loose (not live) wires were scattered around, but that didn't take away from the sheer beauty of the Mediterranean mansion.