THE
70-YEAR-OLD KID
'He's going to be angry ',
I cried out to dad. he was supposed to take me to the bazaar. 'I
want the golden playing cards or else do not come back to me asking
for chocolates and no talking for 2 days 'his words kept haunting
me. 'what will I do now dad? ', asked my dad out of frustration,
'I don't know, you know him well, you take care of it ', I can't
believe he was laughing while saying that. I turned away to the other
side looking at the vehicles passing by, but my mind was murmuring
about the way he's going to react.
I knew this was going to be
the scenario, he sat right next to me doing nothing but just kept
staring at me for almost 30 minutes now, I even promised him to get
it the next time when dad takes me out for shopping, but nothing
seems to convince him. I looked straight at the television right in
front of me to ignore his look, I know what will happen if I turn and
look at him. '48 hours and the time starts now ', is all he said
after knowing that I haven't gotten his golden playing cards and all
his taunting tricks have started already to let me know 24/7 that I
have not got what he wanted and also that he's angry.
so I chose to ignore his
taunting tricks and watch my favourite show on TV , but yeah I'm on
48 hours no talking punishment by my cute little 70-YEAR-OLD-KID so
it's not going to be easy for me to watch what I want , and the
channel changes. I look at him finally who is so engrossed in the TV
news which is hated by him on normal days , he's actually very cute
when he's angry , my father used to tell me , my 70-year-old kid used
to be a strict dad before but that doesn't look like it, I was 15
when I realized that no matter how old you are, everyone has a
childishness behaviour within themselves, I thought about it as I
stood up smiling at his cuteness and went to my room and chose not
close the door completely and decided to have a look at what he's
going to do next , and it made me smile more , he changed the channel
back to what I was watching and departed to his room . oh, my
70-year-old kid loves me way too much.
and that's not the end, I
went out after some time to fetch my favourite snack to eat and I
couldn't find it, I knew it must be his work, I went to his room to
see him eating all my favourite snack and feeding some to my dog, he
looked at me and took out the snack box and flipped it upside down to
let me know that it's empty, I couldn't resist smiling of his
cuteness, my 70-year-old kid is definitely angry and I was called by
my mom for dinner, followed by his call for dinner too .
I was
waiting to see where he's going to sit because on normal days, he
sits next to me and I serve him the food and I was not surprised, he
sat right opposite to me and asked mom for the plates and the food to
be served. I looked at dad to see him looking at me, we smiled seeing
my 70-years-old's cuteness. he had his dinner really quick and stood
up to wash his hands and I could see him looking at me and turning
back in a second to check if I'm noticing all his tricks of staying
angry with me, but he suddenly halted before entering his room as if
he realized something, It took me few seconds to realize that it's
his medicine taking time after dinner and I'm the one who knows what
medicines to give and where the medicines are kept at.
he doesn't take it otherwise
so my dad made me responsible for his medicines and I started
laughing realizing that.
I stood up to wash my plates
and hands and came out to see him walking up and down the hall. he
stopped and looked at me, I decided to ignore his look and walk past
him and sat on the sofa to watch TV and could sense him continuing
his walk up and down the hall behind me. I was having a good time
seeing him like this but was called by my dad to his room while my
70-year-old kid was still walking up and down and I know he wouldn't
quit until I give him the medicines, I gave a glance at him and went
to my parent's room.
I came out to see him not
there, I was surprised to see him quit. I smiled again looking at my
hand holding the golden cards he asked for, dad went back after
dropping me to buy them and kept it as a surprise, I kept it on our
playing table and opened his door, he looked at me and I smiled at
him and left to my room, he must have been confused I guess. I kept
my door half open to see how he reacts, he came out to see our
playing table light was on and as he went closer I could see his
expressions change, he smiled, he was in joy, he had turned really
into a kid just like how I would have reacted if I've got my
favourite ice cream. I went near him with the medicines in my hand as
he looked at me, 'can we play a game before I have the medicine? ',
is all he asked with happiness.
oh, my cute 70-year-old kid,
the joy of staying as a kid forever is a blessing, I realize all this
now, only when I sit in front of my grandson as his 70-year-old kid
with my own set of golden playing cards in my hands.
I love you, grandpa. thank
you for making me stay as a kid forever.
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