Kabir lost his interest in the rotating charms above.
His tiny nose scrunched, and his wide eyes wandered until they found mine.
He blinked once, then twice as if trying to focus, to find something in me.
His lips quivered, uncertain at first.
I couldn’t make sense of it. Was he grimacing at me?
But then, slowly, those delicate lips stretched just a little more, unfurling into a smile, so fragile, so serene like a quiet tide kissing the shore at dusk.
Something anchored deep within my chest.
It was my Kabir’s first smile. And it was meant for me.
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