173 My Feelings

Noticing his grandson's silence, Aloysius Ming furrowed his brows and wondered what was wrong.

"Did you fall asleep on me, boy?" He questioned in anger and would have smacked Reuben with his cane if he did not get any answer.

'He woke me up and fell asleep all by himself?' The elderly grumbled but paused when he heard a sound coming from the other side.

Reuben sighed deeply and then looked out at the stars shining brightly in the midnight sky.

"I am not talking about the past, Grandpa. I am talking about the present. Well technically still past because it already happened. But you get what I mean." He let out an awkward chuckle after he was done.

"If you are done with your absurd rambling about the concept of time then please do elaborate on what exactly happened!" Grandpa Ming yelled out by the time he reached the end of his sentence.

Reuben moved the phone away from his ears and winced when he heard the loud roar from the old man.