The Next Day

 The time for darkness passed by in no time, and day came by. The sun hung up high on the sky with it's brightness scorching down on the world beneath it. Emmanuel was currently on his bed with his phone placed horizontally on both his hands. He was currently playing an online shooting game called free fire. Occasionally, he would let out exclamations and words while being replied by a voice seemingly coming from his phone. 

 " Beep Beep Beep, Beep Beep Beep, Beep Beep Beep " Suddenly, Emmanuel phones started letting out beep sounds. Upon letting out the sounds, the phone had an icon displaying " Alarm, 8:00 " pop out at it's screen top. 

 On hearing the sound, he stood up from his bed. And then as usual, the first place he went was the table placed an edge in his room. The table had a bag of pure water on it top. 

 He quickly took out a sachet of pure water from the bag and then drank it. Once he was done with the sachet, he proceeded to leave the room. He left the room. On leaving, the first place he popped out was of course the leaving room where his parent were currently. 

 Joshua was currently seated on a three seat joined chair while favour was seated on a two seated chair placed perpendicular to the one Joshua was on. They both currently had two small table placed at the front of each of them. On top of the table were two trays each which also had a ceramic plate placed on top of each of them. 

 Loaves of bread with reasonable sizes of slice bread was currently occupied each plates. Emmanuel on seeing his parent immediately let out a lovely smile and then spoke " Good morning dad ", ": Good morning mom ". His mom who was already looking at him with a smile so warm that Emmanuel felt like it would be the best if he could just receive such a smile for the rest of his life. Joshua whose back was facing Emmanuel's room was unaware that he had come out until the greeting words invaded his ears. This was the kind of ear invasion that he loved to go through everyday. His pride and future rendering lovely greetings from his heart to Joshua and his wife everyday was something that gave Joshua a sense of satisfaction. One that assured him that he didn't fail in life. He till had his two puddles of joy. His supportive and loving wife, and his little brat who didn't seem to be so much of a brat anymore. 

 " How are you dear " Joshua asked after hearing Emmanuel's greetings. " Am good dad, how was your night ". " Very good " Joshua replied, " I had a dream that you read your books well and graduated from school with a good result " Joshua replied. " Tskkkhhhhaa " Emmanuel let out a chuckle. Favour did the same immediately after him. " How are you " Favour who had yet to answer his greeting previously asked. " Am fine mom " Emmanuel replied with a smile. He thought whether he should tell them about the incidence, but later decided against it as he didn't want them to worry unnecessarily. He felt he had given them enough to worry about of recent and wanted them to have their peace of mind.

 Favour on the other hand said nothing else, but instead had her ears twitching as if waiting for something. Emmanuel just stood there smirking. Not getting what she was waiting for, she raised her head up and looked at Emmanuel with an annoyed look, only to meet him staring at her with a smile. " Humph " She let out a humph and then returned her eye direction to her meal. 

 Joshua on seeing their drama just let out a chuckle while Emmanuel seeing his mom might have really gotten angry immediately ran to her side and sat down. Seeing his action, Favour let out a snort and continued with her meal, paying no attention to Emmanuel.

 " Hey mom, Am sorry, how was your night " Emmanuel said, he knew that was what she was waiting for but just wanted to tease her a bit. Favour on the other hand just continued ignoring Emmanuel. All her focus was still on the sumptuous meal. Joshua on the other hand had his focus divided, one was directed at his own breakfast, while the other was focused on the Mother-Son current drama. 

 It was until after quite a while of Emmanuel pleading that Favour finally answered " It was fine ". She answered in a plain tone. " Go to the kitchen and carry your food " Favour spoke to Emmanuel. 

 Emmanuel on hearing her immediately smiled warmly for a while, and then he said " Ok ma ", not at all minding her nonchalant expression as he knew it was fake.