053 Troubles (1)

After the Christmas holidays, I returned to school. This time, there were some small changes.

"Priya, Prince, Listen to your elder brother and be good kids. If you make any trouble, I will punish both of you when you get back home." Mom warned both the kids at school step.

"Can Piya punch Achu?" Priya asked her doubt.

"No." Mom rejected her idea.

"Can Pichu... bite Achu?" Prince wanted to know whether he is allowed to bite me.

"No. Both of you, if you fight, there will not be any ice cream for both of you. Achu is your elder brother listen to him." Mom warned the kids.

"But Achu dumb." Piya complained.

I'm standing right here! I wanted to kick the little devil. She was learning all the bad words from Anuchi.

"No. Don't say like that..." Mom was helpless.

"Iyamma, don't worry. Achu will take care of the kids." I assured mom.

"'Kids'? You are just one year older than them." Mom murmured. She was still worried. I cannot blame her. Unlike me, who was a good kid, Pichu and Piya were just kids.

During Christmas, mom and dad decided to send the babies to the playschool with me. They were going to their jobs every day. Also, they couldn't find a satisfactory babysitter. After a lot of discussions, they decided that it would be a good idea to send the babies to the playschool.

I took my little babies to the class. It was a proud moment for me. I felt the pride of an elder brother.

There was an important change in the class. The cameras in the class had disappeared. I wasn't entirely happy about mom and dad keeping a strict watch on me. So I started playing some tricks at the camera.

For example, whenever a kid does something stupid, I would look at the camera and show an expression telling 'Are you seeing this dumb kid?'. Or I would blow kisses at the camera once a while. Mom told me multiple times that she is not watching the camera anymore. But I didn't stop this habit.

In the end, dad removed the camera. According to him, I wouldn't grow up if I believe I'm always under their protection. Thanks to that, I could do anything without the worry of my parents judging me.

For example,  there was a girl in my class who always licked her snot. She was messy and careless. But I knew that she would become the most beautiful girl in the school in future. So I did my best to be friendly with her. I also made sure that she will remember it for the rest of her life.

Don't judge me.

Just because I have Meera and Aani doesn't mean I have to reject all other girls. After all, no one knows what happens in the future. So it wouldn't hurt to make sure that the future beauty queen would see me as a cool guy. The only drawback is the judgy eyes of Aani. But I had learned to ignore it a long time ago.

"Listen. You are a big boy and a big girl now. So be responsible. You have to first greet your elders. Come." I guided the kids to greet Meera and Aani.

Except there was no need for me to guide them.

"Elder sister..." Priya and Prince ran to Meera the moment they saw her. They hugged her tightly. The kids loved their elder sister Meera. They liked her more than Aani. Meera was also very nice to everyone.

I waited by the side patiently so that I get my hug. But the kids had no intention of letting off. So I turned to Aani. She was with her little brother who joined us after the Christmas holidays. He was born on the same day as Pripri.

"Go hug a child born from a porcupine and snail." As usual, Aani rejected me right away. It felt refreshing to start a new day with insults from Ani. At the same time, I wondered how that kid would look like. Slimy and thorny? Or slimy squills?

I'm actually amazed by her talent to come up with new ways to insult me without using any bad words.

"Meera..." I called for Meera who had finally regained her freedom.

"Haappy... New... year.." she greeted and hugged me.

"Do you know what New year is?" I asked.

She shrugged. She didn't even know what it was and she didn't care. I was happy to see her as a dumb kid. A par of me didn't want her to grow up.

After greeting them, I guided Pripri around to show her our territory.

"Don't sit on that chair. Last week Chinnu peed on it. Avoid that kid. She uses her hair to cover the nose whenever she sneezes..." I introduced the new friends to my little ones. They looked around curiously.

"This is our teacher. We cannot sacrifice her to the rain Gods." I introduced the teacher.

"Prince and Priya... Are you good kids like your brother?" The teacher playfully asked the kids.

"No. We are normal good kids." Priya answered without any hesitation.

The teacher was a bit taken back.

"Did you get a hair cut? Something looks different." I changed the topic. Priya had inherited Anuchi's talent to make troubles. So I didn't want her to talk more.

"Yes. I cut it a bit short. Did you like it?"

"Yes. You look more beautiful now. Your new ear rings are also pretty."

"Really? Thank you."

"Yes. You look like a teenage girl now." I complimented her a bit more. Don't judge me. Although I'm only four years old now, I had already lived a life of 35 years.

"Hahaha... You are such a smooth talker." She was slightly embarrassed by the compliments. By then, some kids made some trouble and the teacher went to handle it.

I turned to Priya and Prince. Priya was looking at me with judgy eyes.

"What are you looking at? You will understand the world of adults when you grow up." I dismissed her and sent the kids away.

Then I went to greet my underlings. In the past few months, I found my old friends. In my previous life, they were a bad influence on me and we all walked the wrong path. This life, I won't let it happen.

I will make sure that they won't become the bad influence. I will do anything to make sure that they will walk the right path. For that, I will be the good influence on them. It's not that difficult. I just have to beat them up whenever they do something wrong.

For example, they didn't want to acknowledge me as their leader. So beat them all till they submitted to me. It felt really refreshing to do good deeds.

"All of you... Don't make a noise." a loud roar came from the entrance of the class.

"Wha.. What?" The teacher was shaken and she stared at the uninvited guests.

There were three strangers at the entrance. They had masks on their face and guns in their hands.

'Kidnappers again? This is kind of becoming a cliché.' I was a bit taken aback.

"Everyone, Hands up." The tall villain screamed.

The teacher was scared and raised her hands right away. But the kids just ignored him.

"Can't you hear? I said 'Hands up'." The tall villain repeated.

I was scared. But at the same time, felt a headache coming.

"We are kids. We don't know English." I explained the situation to the tall villain.

"Ohh... My mistake. All of you kids, raise your hands." The tall villain ordered in Malayalam.

Some kids obeyed. The rest continued doing what they were doing.

"Uncle, can you give one gun for vava?" One kid even had the audacity to request a gun from one of the villains.

"Umm... Yes. But return it ..." One villain almost passed the gun to the kid.

"What are you doing? We didn't come here to play with kids." The tall villain warned the guy.

In the meantime, I looked around.

Meera was hiding behind Aani. Aani grabbed her younger brother and Prince by their hands and slowly withdrew to the back of the class. As for Priya, she was standing right behind me.

"Just grab a kid and let's leave as soon as possible." The fat villain said.

The other two villains looked around.

I realized that the situation was bad. They didn't look like kidnappers. It's as if they wanted to take some kid as a hostage.

"Uncles, do you know that you will go to jail for a lot of time if you kidnap kids? Also, the kids cry a lot and make a big mess. So it won't be good if you kidnap a kid." I decided to reason with the villains.

"You seem intelligent." The tall villain turned towards me.

"Huh..." Suddenly, I felt something wrong.

"Grab him." The tall villain ordered to other villains.

"No no no... I'm not intelligent. I still wet the bed at night." I tried to correct the misunderstanding.

But it was too late. Despite my protest and attempt to run away, the fat villain easily caught me.

"Let go off me brother you poop eating fatty." Priya screamed and wrapped her arms around me.

'This is bad.' I realized that the situation was getting worse.

"Piya, let go. I will be fine." I tried to free myself from Priya's arms. But she was too strong. Even the fat villain couldn't free me from her clutches.

The teacher was crying and begging the villains to not hurt the kids. She was under at the gun point of the tall villain. There was nothing she could do to help us.

"Just grab both the kids. We don't have time." The tall villain was running out of patience.

Soon, my worst fear became a reality.

I had tried my best including even kicking Priya to make her let go off me. But she didn't budge. In the end, the fat villain grabbed us both and ran out.

Within seconds, we were in a car.

I was truly scared.

I wasn't that scared of getting kidnapped. Because I am an intelligent person and could always save myself. But this time, it was different. I got caught and accidentally dragged Priya into it.

Aani didn't try to be a hero. Instead, she prioritized the safety of herself and her brother. She was selfish.

That was the right thing to do.

I should have dragged my little ones away and hidden ourselves at the first sign of trouble. Instead, I tried to protect others and got my little sister into the trouble.

While sitting behind the speeding car with the villains, I regretted my actions.

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Hii all,

Sorry for the delay.

I have my job interview on March 8. So I'm kind of busy preparing for that.

About the arranged marriage, nothing happened and all the stuff are temporarily paused because of the interview.

Thank you.