Mini version of himself
1730 Words
She steps out of her apartment, following the sound of her daughter's giggles. She goes to the apartment across from hers and notices that the door is wide open.
Curiosity gets the better of her and she peeks inside, only to witness the most stunning sight of her life.
Her daughter sits on his back, laughing wholeheartedly with a big, toothy smile, as he does push-ups.
Her daughter looks incredibly happy, like she's never seen before, laughing and giggling with him.
He too is beaming with a genuine smile.
Her face unknowingly transforms into a beautiful smile as well.
Her daughter turns her head towards her mother, her smile widening, and exclaims,
"Mommy...come! Uncle is so strong, he's carrying me on his back!"
Hearing the adorable baby voice, he turns his head towards the door and sees the cute little baby's mother standing there, smiling and looking directly at him.
He was in the middle of his push-ups when her daughter hopped off his back and ran towards her mother.
She held her mother's hand tightly and urgently pulled her inside his apartment, saying "Mommy, come on! Let's play with uncle!"
Feeling her daughter's hand in her own and hearing her sweet voice, she snapped out of her thoughts and looked down at her daughter.
She gently stopped her daughter from leading her into the apartment, crouched down, and held her shoulders firmly, scolding her.
"Anya, how did you manage to leave our apartment?" she asked.
She giggled and replied in her adorable baby voice, "Mommy, yesterday you taught me how to open the door with my finger, so in the morning I did the same and it worked!"
Hearing her daughter's words, her eyes got super wide and her mouth dropped open.
Then she heard someone chuckle and turned towards the sound, only to see him laughing at her. She frowned when she saw him and quickly turned back to her daughter.
"Baby, you can't just go out like that, especially without mommy," she said in a stern voice.
But when she saw her daughter's pouting face, her anger melted away.
She pinched her little cheeks and gave her a kiss before saying, "It's okay, baby, but please don't do that again."
Then she asked her daughter, "But baby, how did you end up in his apartment?"
Hearing her mother, she just innocently said, "Mommy, it's easy!"
She moved away from her mother and ran outside of his apartment to their own apartment door, and in the meantime, they both were standing there, startled at the sight of this little girl doing something.
She again quickly made her way to his apartment, grabbed the dustbin which is beside the door, turned it upside down, and stood on top. Then, she pressed the doorbell of his apartment.
Her mother's eyes widened as she witnessed her three-year-old daughter doing all of this with a stunned expression. She knew her daughter was more mature than other children her age, but she couldn't help but worry about her excessive energy and behavior. This new place was unfamiliar, so she knew she had to be careful with her daughter.
She turned to the man next to her and asked him, "And you, mister? She's just a kid, but at least you could have asked her how she managed to leave her apartment without me."
Upon hearing her, he turned to her and replied, "I thought you were the one who let her out."
Hearing this, she frowned and was about to snap back, but then her daughter ran towards them and exclaimed, "Mommy, see this is how I came to his apartment!"
She sighed, crouched down, and said, "Baby, please don't do that again. Mommy gets so scared when you're not by my side when I wake up."
She watched her daughter grabbing her own ears and cutely apologizing, "Sorry, mommy."
She smiled at her daughter, picked her up, and turned to the man, softly saying, "Thanks."
He simply nodded in response.
"Bye, uncle," her daughter said to him. In return, he smiled and pinched her cheeks, saying "bye, cutie."
Suddenly her daughter grabbed his collar and pulled him towards her, kissing his cheek. He smiled widely and kissed her puffy cheeks in return.
She stood there, her heart racing, standing too close to him.
She gulped when his fingers lightly brushed her neck as he moved his hand from her daughter's face.
She immediately moved back and said, "I think we'll leave now."
Upon hearing her, he straightened his position and nodded his head. They both her daughter and him wave at each other, and she quickly left his place, carrying her daughter in her arms, her heart still racing.
She couldn't understand what was happening to her, but she knew it wasn't right.
While he was just standing there, staring at them with a weird mix of emotions, as they went inside their apartment. Closing his door with a sigh, he moved to sit on the couch.
Once again, he let out a deep breath, closing his eyes, and took in the smells around him.
He could practically sense his own blood pumping through the air.
He could feel his blood coursing through someone else's veins.
He vividly remembered the first time he laid eyes on that little human. She looked like a mini version of himself.
Her eyes, those stunning ocean blue eyes, were the spitting image of his own, and they stirred something in his heart.
He didn't know how, but he could feel a deep blood connection between them, like his own blood was running through her tiny body.
His whole body jolted when he saw that little girl and heard her call him 'uncle' in her adorable baby voice.
So, he's the one who stopped the delivery boy from knocking on the door. He told the guy that the lady who ordered the food wasn't home yet and took the bag of food, promising to give it to her later.
All he wanted was to see the little girl's face again, so he knocked on the door with the bag and waited to see the little girl with her mother when she was going to open the door.
However, it turned out the little girl wasn't with her mother. After receiving the bag, she was about to close the door when suddenly the baby girl ran towards him and hugged his leg.
In that moment, when their bodies touched, he felt an indescribable feeling of pure joy. So, he got down on his knees and started chatting with the little human.
That night, after spending little bit time with that little girl for a bit, he couldn't sleep at all. He couldn't stop thinking about her that little human.
It was so surreal to him, almost like he could actually smell his blood pumping through her tiny body.
The next morning, just as he was about to catch some shut-eye, that little human showed up at his door with her adorable presence and big toothy smile.
He couldn't help but feel a rush of joy when he saw her standing there. Without wasting any time, he scooped her up in his arms and brought her inside, not even bothering to close the door.
He knew her mom didn't realize she had snuck out of their apartment because he could sense that the little human had literally just woken up and made a beeline straight for his place.
So he figured her mother would come looking for her and left his door open just in case.
He took her to the kitchen and had her stand on the counter while he grabbed a chocolate from the fridge.
After he got it, he walked back over to her and offered it to her, but she shook her head and said, "Uncle, I haven't brushed yet. If I eat this chocolate without brushing, Mommy will scold me!"
It was cute how scared she sounded about her mother.
He took her to the bathroom, gave her a new toothbrush, and made her brush her teeth. Then he again took her to his kitchen and made her some omelet toast and fed it to her.
Throughout the whole time, they were chatting and smiling like they'd known each other forever.
They both plopped down on the couch in the living room once he made her eat breakfast and turned on the TV to a kids channel for her.
She was laughing at the show while he happily watched her adorable laughter with a smile on his face.
"Uncle, you promised me chocolate after breakfast, so now I want my chocolate,"
She whined in her cute baby voice and he chuckled seeing her whining and just as he was about to stand up to get her chocolate, she hopped on his back, giggling, and declared,
"Give me piggyback ride!"
He laughed and replied, "Sure, my princess," before taking her to the kitchen to give her the chocolate.
She looked so adorable while eating that chocolate and he couldn't resist asking her, "Hey cutie, fancy playing a game?"
Her eyes lit up and she excitedly replied, "Yes, uncle! Let's play!"
He playfully picked her up and carried her to the living room. In a playful mood, he lay on his front while she remained on his back, hugging him tightly.
With her on his back, he started doing push-ups, and she couldn't stop laughing out loud.
He smiled, enjoying the sound of her laughter, while continuing to chat with her doing the push-ups.
Suddenly, their fun was interrupted by her loud shout of "mommy..."
He looked up and saw her mother standing at the door, her face beaming with a beautiful smile as she watched them.
She was just staring straight into his eyes, and he was doing the same. But their trance got interrupted when her daughter hopped off his back and ran towards her mom.
But he couldn't shake this weird feeling he had when they were all together. He felt like part of their family.
He wasn't sure what he felt for her mother, but he knew there was some sort of blood bond with her daughter.
He decided to figure out what his relationship was with that little girl and her mother.
He let out a sigh and closed his eyes...
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