A GAZE OF THOUSAND EYES

A short story by me

Galga weel never knew what a smile was. He felt, understood, even performed as his mother taught him, but never knew how it looks like. Although he didn’t know how anything in this world actually looks like, it’s just a smile he wondered the most. The next day was his 18th birthday and the clock was showing exactly 11 o’clock when his big sister Elina and her husband Josh started a fight. The three of them sitting quietly after their gorgeous supper and Galga’s mother was taking care of the dishes when Elina bashed the table in demand. “I wanna go tomorrow, I don’t care”, she said. It’s been three months since their marriage, so Josh was still figuring out how to deal with her short bursts. Like an ideal husband, he was trying to be reasonable with her, but Galga sensed his patients were about to wear off. According to Galga, Elina had always been demanding, she could be kind and sweet sometimes but never a sharing person. “It’s okay if she wanna leave tomorrow Josh, you two deserve a holiday”, Galga’s mother came in condoling. “Gal understands, don’t you Gal?” Galga nodded as his mother taught him. People like him if he behaves. Read the full story on https://dustbites.substack.com/p/a-gaze-of-thousand-eyes?r=lumal&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy