Boor suspected that his mother schemed to change him or "fix him" which frustrated him.
Boon went to the side after meeting Boor's siblings.
He didn't know who Abia meant when she had said he should make friends with Boor, because he didn't know his appearance. The fathers just sat and ate the food from the table ladened with food and the mothers talked happily with each other. Alba looked around to see Boor and pulled him out of the corner, where he wanted to remain unnoticed.
"Look, they're the same age but have such a height difference!" Alba tried to spark a conversation between the two.
Boor declared his unwillingness in his face and that didn't help Boon's little bit of motivation to befriend him at all. To Boon, he looked like he wanted to spit on him.
Boon wanted to escape the situation somehow. He saw Boor turn on his phone and tap on it, his concentration was now fully on the screen and not on the real world. Boon was relieved that they were on the same page and wanted to walk away until he saw Boor's mother's expression.
Boor's mother, his own mother's friend looked so desperate, you would think she was about to start crying, at least for him it looked like that. She bit her fingernails hastily and her eyes were wide open as if she imagined this situation a lot of times and feared this would happen.
'but I don't want to'
'Do I have to?'
'She seems stressed, I should…'
Boon stretched out his hand and signaled 'give it to me'
Without thinking twice, Boor's cell phone fell into Boon's hand.
"Hey! Wait a minute!"
Boon added himself to Boor's contact list and gave him the phone back.
́Confused, Boor stared at him.
he thought to himself: 'Do you honestly think you can change me?'
"Fine," he said, and crossed his arms.
Boon stated "I'll write to you when I have time"
Alba watched the scene unfold, she relievedly exhaled and smiled at them both.
Boors siblings were a little stiff, unsure of what to do they went one by one back to their rooms except Jaelyn.
Jaelyn was Boor's eldest sister, she stood next to her mother and also talked to the guests. Jaelyn talked a bit, but mostly she just nodded and listened until she found a moment to jump in and ask Abia if the Fayez family wanted to be invited to their wedding party that would be next month. Abia's eyes widened and she clapped Jaelyn's hands together "Oh.. Wow!" she could only say at first before she processed her brain into what she had said.
Boor who was also in his room flinched when a boisterous noise erupted from the kitchen
"what the.." he muttered
The loud noise was indeed coming from Abia who congratulated her.
"That's the real beginning of your life!" she exclaimed, smiling giddily as she listed preparations you had to know in a married life. Alba looked befuddled about the change of subject. Abia laughed, ruffling Jaelyn's hair, and warned her, "Remember to always think carefully and find logical solutions before making a decision! Arguments happen from time to time, sometimes about small things, but also about big things. Try to remind you both that it's not worth it to fight over something like this and communicate calmly. Marriage is not perfect and you sometimes have completely different mindsets but your life together isn't over after one fight, yeah?"
The lucky girl shyly nodded "yeah, yeah i know.."
Boon also said, "congratulations"
Jaelyn : "Thank you guys, really.." with a fond look in her eyes.
She knew how much her mother always thought too much about all kinds of things, whether her friends were really confidential, whether someone had schemed something against her. That's why Jaelyn wanted to quickly make an invitation to one of her friends before she would overthink it again, because then almost no one would be at her wedding party except her and her husband's family.
Their conversations were full of gaiety.
Boor stayed in his room for about two days more or so. Alba knocked on his door
"Dear, I'm sorry about what I did.. just come out, please? i want to see how you're doing"
He turned the volume down before scrolling on his phone again.
She muttered to herself, "Is he asleep? I'm sure I heard a noise in his room… Should I knock again? no. If I wake him up, he will certainly be more angry."
Alba heard the door unlock and snapped out of her thoughts "Boor..!"
She switched to an affectionate tone and coddled him "Oh my poor sweet boy.."
Boor wrapped his arms around her waist when she opened her arms and she put her hand on the back of his head, caressing it under the volumes of his hair. He snuggled into the embrace and listened to his mother's tender praises. A tear fell out of his eyes but he didn't know where it was coming from.The scum didn't know it was the guilt trying to work its way through his petrified. Boor quickly tried to wipe it away but Alba noticed right away
"Boor?! whats wrong?" She gripped his arm and lifted his chin in panic "don't hide from me! tell me what's wrong!"
He hastily released himself from her grip "it's nothing, probably from looking at the screen for too long"
she calmed down for a bit but still was skeptical and tilted his head to see if he had swollen or puffy eyes.
"..mom?" he asked, slightly annoyed
She let out an fatigued sigh and let go.
She looked awkwardly at the floor and said "I'll go then"
"Mom" he called before she turned around.
He rubbed the back of his neck and asked her "can you maybe look after Ivan, he gives me a funny feeling"
He didn't say exactly what it was about because he knew she would be hysterically worried. She nodded and thoughtfully "you're right, something does seem off about him"
Then she kissed his forehead
"thank you dear, I'll be going now"
As he lied on his bed, Boor mentally decided to go to school tomorrow. He missed talking to his friends from school.
{Ding!}
Just before Boor fell asleep a loud notification reminded him to silence his phone.
He checked his messages and saw an unknown number on his notification bars. He opened the message, reading
<[ In case you forgot whose number this was; its the guy from two days ago. your mothers friends son. My name is boon. Hi. ]
"oh i totally forgot about him" Boor whispered under his breath.
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