INFINITY: EXISTING TO EXISTED

Episode 24: Ihith & Midnight Today

_____ April 19, 2018 _____

- niha -

And so, we dressed in the most decent looking outfits. April wore a denim long shirt with black jegging, the boys wore T-shirt along with denims, I wore a simple red tunic with black legging. August was impressed. "This surely will make a good first impression." he said.

At 6 o'clock we left to T's place after Aunty told me he has come. We were super nervous and scared as to what to tell him.

We reached T's place by 6:30 p.m. We got some stares from his neighbors. We really didn't care and just walked in. We were welcomed in the front door after a long time of back door entering, by T's Dad. Automatically, everyone hid behind Nick. There was this fear inside us every time we saw T's Dad. Nick didn't have it.

"Good Evening, Sir." Nick never forgot his manners even at the serious of the moments. See, there was so much to adore in him. He was the calm in the chaos, the good in the bad, the understanding among the judging, he was that perfect person one can wish for in life.

"Hello. Come in. Keep a smiling face today, you don't want to scare him." "Sure, Sir!" We all went in.

Oh My God!

My heart came out of my chest, and all I wanted to do was to give it to the little boy standing in front of me. April had tears in her eyes. Two more minutes and even I would start. Right in front of us was a mini version of Doctor Murugan Mohan. Those eyes, those chubby cheeks, those glasses! It was like the photocopying machine used a small sized paper! He was quite tall for his age. He had the looks of a typical well-known scientist. The only thing that happened after seeing him was Hugging! April was the first one to do that. She hugged him so tightly and started silent sobbing. Me next. Later the boys hugged him.

"Why are you crying? Not that you know me. We are meeting for the first time!" He spoke like a professor and his expressions were nothing of a 7-year old! My my!

"Nothing, Boy! Just that you reminded us of someone we know." said April running her hands through his head.

"Oh! I know. Many tell me that." He smiled. Oh God! Doctor was right here!

"By the way. I'm April, this is Niha, that is Avi, Nick and Jake." April pointed at each of us. We were literally kneeling down in front of him.

"Oh! Nice names you've got there. I'm Ihith. Ihith Mohan."

"Hey! You have a better name!" said April. "I know. Dad's choice." This was a smart boy we were handling.

"Now. Will you tell me where's Dad and Manhar? Meera Ma told me you will tell me about him. So, start!"

"Aunty, can we talk to him personally. Please." asked Nick. We were sent to the study. The same place where we spoke to Doc. I felt weak when I remembered those day again. You have to be strong Niha, for Ihith, you have to be.

April made him sit on her lap and we started telling him the scene slowly. Surprisingly, he knew everything about KRI! So, he did believe us. He spoke and asked questions very smartly and to the point! We knew, he will understand everything. So, we told him everything. He just listened. He was far more mature for a 7 year old. Not one 'Oh!'.

"And then, I suddenly heard the screams and they were gone! I don't know how and where, but they were gone. We waited for like 4 hours and till date we never saw them again!" April said, sobbing. Shes till thought it was her fault. Avi said the rest of the story with Nick's help.

"...so, my Dad is involved. Now we don't know what to do. They are going to kidnap you. So, you have to come with us to where we are living so we can protect you and they won't know you're here. We'll tell Meera Aunty a reason."