Friends to be

"Next time?" Henry asked in disbelief, "candies are yummy, I like them!" Hazel replied.

"Look at your teeth so many dental caries," Henry said while helping her, picking the walnuts from the floor.

Frankie came home from work and Eric told him everything, during lunchtime, "Go to apologize to Hazel with me after finishing the meal, it was rude for you to treat her in this way" Frankie said.

"No need to do so," Ashley said while leaving her food.

"Sweat heart, they are our neighbors, they know nothing about our past, your conduct is a mystery" Henry replied.

"Mystery for you?" Ashly shouted, "I didn't mean that, I mean the mystery for others" he calmly replied.

"So they can hurt me? I'm the only one who suffers," she again shouted, while Eric was silently eating his food.

"Fine let's stop, don't fight before the child," Frankie said while stopping her.

"Pretend to be a good father? why pretend so late?" she shouted and started crying.

"okay, forget it, we have made a deal not to mention it," Frankie said.

"Did I mention it?" she angrily asked.

"Okay okay, it was my fault, I apologize, now eat, I've to go to work" Frankie replied.

"To work? why don't you care about us? why always work, work and work?" she was just shouting while Eric was looking at his mother than his father.

"Are you crazy?" now Frankie was tired of her so he shouted.

"Yes!!! I am crazy, It's my daughter, I gave birth to her, why Can't I be crazy?"

Hazel and Henry were eating their lunch when they heard their noise, Henry started looking upward while thinking something, then looked at Hazel, who was already looking upward "eat your meal" he said while passing him more food.

The next day, Cookie and Jack were sitting in Henry's restaurant with aunt Noah, "Henry is a nice person, and if you two can be together, you can have a son and a daughter" aunt Noah said while drinking tea.

Cookie took a sip from her cup "I want some time, I just passed by to have a meal here," she said. Jack turned around while sitting on the chair and saw a toy on the table behind her, he found it interesting and went closer to it, picked it up, and started playing with it.

At that, Hazel came with her father from outside, as she looked at him, playing with her toy, she shouted "That's my little fairy", they all looked at her.

"Well, here you are," he said while giving it to her, "I don't want it anymore," she said while throwing it from his hand.

"What happened to you? how can you talk to him in such a manner? "How can you hit him?" Henry said while picking the toy from the ground.

"He is our guest, don't you know how to behave?" he again scolded her.

He went near the table, picked up a watermelon, and gave it to her and Jack, "You are sweating, C'mon eat it" he said while giving her the watermelon.

"She's younger than you, as you are elder, could you please forgive her?" Henry said while looking at Jack.

"It's all my fault, I shouldn't have touched her toy" Jack replied.

"What a sensible boy!" he said while looking at Cookie while imagining his daughter.

"You are a real man, let me award you, tell me what do you want to eat?" Henry asked.

"No spicy, food" Jack replied.

"Okay, sure," Henry said while touching his face.

"Don't touch him," Hazel said while hitting her dad.

"Hey, it's not a big deal, she's always like that," he said while looking at Jack and standing from his seat.

"Okay let me make something delicious for you guys," he said while looking at Cookie and Noah.

"Hazel, you wanna go out to play?" Henry asked.

"Sure!!" she replied and went outside. In the park, Eric was sitting on the bench while reading a book, Hazel smiled and went near to him while eating ice cream.

"Have a bite, brother Eric" Hazel said while giving him the ice cream.

Eric irritatedly closed the book and started walking toward his house, Hazel started walking after him,

"Brother Eric, Let's go to see Duo's cats, her cat gave birth to four little kittens," she said while holding his hand,

"I'm not your brother," he said and left.

Hazel was watching cartoons on TV and Henry was sitting behind her while reading something, when they heard Ashley again shouting at her husband.

"Why did they quarrel every day? will they break our roof someday?" Hazel said while resting her head on the table in front of her.

The next day, Frankie was standing outside Henry's restaurant, thinking should he go inside or not, but eventually get in, aunt Noah was sitting there on the table with some old ladies and Hazel was eating her food at a separate table,

"Frankie, you can come and sit with us," she said while waving her hand toward him.

He come and sit with them, "Aren't you eating your lunch at home?" aunt Noah asked,

"No, actually, there was an emergency at the station, so I came here in a hurry to eat my lunch" he replied, then Henry showed up while wearing an apron and holding a tray full of dishes,

"Oh, Frankie is here, what do you want," he asked while passing the food to aunt Noah. "Well, the same will be fine" Frankie replied, Henry, nodded and left.

"let me tell you something Frankie, although spouses may bicker sometimes, it does hurt the feeling of quarreling every time, as you are a man, humor your wife" an old woman spoke up causing Frankie's facial expression into a serious one.

"I see, it means you all already know the matter," Frankie said while smiling.

"Floors cannot deaden sounds, the whole building could hear the sound of breaking bowls, there is a kid at your house, you should care about his feelings too" aunt Noah replied while eating her food.

"Sorry to be a nuisance for you" Frankie replied while smiling politely.

"You can't just avoid her after you quarreled, you should apologize, what if she did something to you, It can break your relationship," the old woman said,

"Noodles are coming!" Henry said while coming towards them with a tray below a bowl, and putting it in front of Frankie.

"Hazel, hurry up and finish your food, eat both, chicken and vegetable," Henry said while looking at Hazel who was playing and eating at the same time, while she just ignored him and started eating,

"Frankie, you only have a child, and he is alone, it's good that Hazel lives downstairs, he can play with her and she can be her sister," another old lady said.

Frankie became serious after hearing the word "sister" and then again smiled

"yeah yeah you're right," he said while smiling.

At night, Henry came to the home and was opening the door with keys when he again heard noise from upstairs, they were fighting again, he sadly looked upward and saw Eric sitting on the stairs while reading a book.

He went upstairs to him, "Eric, why are you sitting here?" he asked while sitting in front of her, Eric didn't say anything, instead, looked at the door behind him from which noise was continuously coming.

"What about, coming to my house and playing with Hazel," Henry asked

"Hazel is watching a cartoon and we have salty shrimp with black pepper, for lunch"

"Thank you, but I already have my dinner," he said while looking at Henry,

"but it's still uncomfortable while sitting here, many mosquitos are here," Henry said but Eric didn't reply, instead, kept on focusing on the book page.

"Fine" Henry said and started going downstairs, then again come back,

"still, if you want to find us, just knock on the door," Henry said while again looking at Henry and left.

The next day, Cookie came to Henry's house, and they were talking about something,

"My father passed away, and my mother lives in a village, my husband divorced me when I was pregnant, so I decided to give birth to Jack by myself" Cookie said.

"You have made such a good decision," Henry said while showing his thumb to her.

"Don't worry, I will raise, Jack" he again said.

Suddenly, they heard a noise from the upper portion, she worriedly looked upward with an inquired face.

"It's our neighbors, they often quarreled with each other" Henry replied. Hazel and Jack were in the park.

At the park, Eric was sitting on the bench, reading a comic book, when some kids show up, a fatty boy among them came in front of her and spoke,

"As your parents quarrel every time, they must hit you too," he said. Eric looked at him and then again at the book.

A girl among them said "Brother Ling, he can't speak, he's dumb" she said in that fat kid's ear, and he started laughing,

"oh, so you are dumb? Dumb!!!! dumb!!!!! try to say something, you dumb" he said while pointing at him, all the kids started laughing while looking at him.

Eric stood up and started walking away from there, "Wait!!!!!" the fat kid shouted and stand in front of him,

"I didn't ask you to leave" Eric ignored her and was about to go when the fatty kid pushed him back.

"HOW DARE YOU TOUCH MY BROTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Hazel shouted while running towards them with Jack and attacked them. Hazel hover over the fat boy and bit him badly with his hand. Jack and Eric deal with other kids who were trying to stop Hazel, then a girl shouted,

"You hit Ling, brother, I'll go and tell his mom" and she left.

After about fifteen minutes fight, Henry was sitting in between Jack and Hazel, who were messed up, and a woman who was sitting in front of them while holding his son's arm

"See how badly your daughter bite my son" the woman said. Cookie was looking at them while sitting aside.

"Looked at Hazel, her hair is plucked by Ling, and looked at Jack's eye, how swollen it is, It was just a kid fight," Henry said while smiling.

"Your daughter bite my son first," the woman again said.

"No, your son was bullying my brother Eric," Hazel said while pointing at him, while Cookie gave her a bright smile.

"Ling, you are in second grade, right?" Henry asked.

"Yes," the kid replied. "So should play with your juniors or should bully them like this?" Henry asked, "Should play with them" Ling replied while looking down, his mother hit on his arm.

"They are kids, it's okay, let me grab some iodine for him," Henry said while standing and was about to go when the woman again spoke up,

"No thanks, we have iodine at our home," she said and started walking towards the door.

"Hey wait," Henry said from behind, "what's about, you come to my restaurant and I'll treat you to a free meal," Henry said giving a warm smile. The woman looked at him with shock, smiled, and left.

As they left, Cookie looked at both kids "wash your hands and have some food" she said while smiling, Hazel angrily walked toward the washroom and Jack followed him.

"It's the first time Jack, fighting with other kids," Cookie said while smiling.

"I'm sorry, it's all Hazel's fault" Henry replied.

"It's not bad, it's more like a boy now" she replied.

Jack and Hazel came out after washing their hands, "come and eat" Cookie said, both of them came and started eating.

Hazel was continuously staring at him with an angry face. "What now, stop looking at him and how can you bite Ling, are you a puppy?" Henry scold her.

But she was continuously staring at him with an angry face, with hairs messed up and cheeks as red as a tomato.

"You will eat only vegetables now," Henry said while placing the plate of vegetables in front of her.

Door knock*

Henry was about to stand for opening the door, then again sit down and looked at Hazel and asked with a suspicious expression, "Tell me the truth, who else have you bitten?"