Cosmic Somethings- An Ishqbaaaz Collection

ShivIka TS: Superman and his Barbie |Prologue|

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•PROLOGUE•

She looked at her Papa, annoyed. He didn't seem to care at all. She couldn't understand her parents. Didn't her Papa and Mumma miss their home? Their huge home? It had her Dada and Dadi in it too.

Adults confused her.

Instead of sulking, her Mumma and Papa were un-boxing and unpacking their things in their new house in Mumbai. She wished she could say bye to Mumbai and go back home, to Delhi.

She went to the room her papa had told was hers. It was ugly and green. Her room back home was pretty and pink. If she stayed inside these walls for a few more minutes, she knew her seven year old brain would go crazy. She tugged at their driver, Mohan Bhaiya and gestured him she wanted to go outside. When he nodded, she went running to the streets before he could follow her. She'd seen a park across the lane before.

She strolled through park, looking wide-eyed at the big, bloomed flowers until she reached the sandbox.

"What?" The blue eyed boy asked her after a few minutes because she had clearly been staring.

"Can I play with your Superman?" She asked, batting her big brown eyes.

"Don't you have your own toys?" The boy asked rudely.

"I do. My stupid parents decided to come to Mumbai and put my toys in a big box." She rolled her eyes and pouted. The blue eyed boy's expression softened a little and he stood up.

"We can play together. I can't go home because my stupid parents had my baby brother." He picked up his superman and handed it out to her. She looked at him, confused. He shook his head in disappointment as though she had missed an obvious point. "I can't be loud when the baby is sleeping, right?"

She nodded her head sheepishly, "So, you don't hate your baby brother? Good! Can I play with him sometime?"

"He is MY brother. You can play with my Superman instead. He can save anything." He gave her a broad, proud smile and she nodded, unsatisfied. "So, what is he going to save today?"

"Those flowers from those bees! Come with me..." She yelled and ran towards the bushes and he followed her. With running around for quite a while, the two kids were completely exhausted. The boy dragged her to the sandbox and the sat down.

"Hey, maybe we can get your Superman married to my Barbie!"

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