I Purple You Too

Matt looked at the tray laden with food and thought."Was he not, not hungry?Little brat.worrying me to death and then the first thing he does after reaching the hospital is order food."

Ryu smiled ironically and thought,"His brothers and son are all obsessed with food!"

Soon Ryu and Matt both went inside and the employees with the food trolleys followed.

Ryu and Matt then witnessed the sweetest scene of Ru sitting in Alicia's lap with his head on her shoulder and eyes closed.On hearing the clatter of the trolleys,his eyes opened immediately.He looked up and saw his father and uncle and then the food that the employees had brought.Once the employees left,Ru glared at his father and with a snort of "hmpf" proceeded to ignore him.

"Mother,breakfast is here.I have ordered all your favorite food.And I am hungry too!Let's eat."

Before,Ru could climb down her lap,Ryu had come forward and picked up his son.

"Ru Long!You are angry but have you forgotten your manners?Not even coming to greet and hug your father?"

Chastised by the stern tone,Ru immediately hugged his father and wished him a good morning in a small voice,but then he immediately muttered,"I am not talking to you.!"

Ryu smiled at his son,put him on the chair next to Alicia's wheelchair and brought over the trolley.

"Ok,my little master.You are angry at me but since you are not angry at the food,let's eat.And Alicia,the dragon stories that I planned to tell this little fellow,I guess I should forget them.Right?"

Ru looked at his father who was threatening him and said sulkily,"Father,I am not talking to you but you are talking to me so you have to tell the stories!Otherwise I will be more angry at you."

Ryu looked at his son and thought that his son sounded a lot like Alicia with her you win,I win attitude.He smiled at the thought and continued to banter with Ru.

This chubby round faced Ru looked the cutest when he was ordering around the mighty Ryu Long, Alicia thought.

She looked at Ryu and then Ru who were both 'talking' to each other and had completely forgotten her existence.She looked up at Matt who was still standing at the door,observing the scene in front of him,and they exchanged a small smile while rolling her eyes.

"Matt,come and eat or the food will be finished while you stand there."

Matt came inside with a languid grace and received another snort of "hmpf" from Ru who had heard his mother.

Ryu served the breakfast to everyone and thought to himself,"Ru is really angry at me.He ordered his mother's favorite and not once did he consider that his father does not eat sweet things and this entire table was filled with sugary stuff.They were going to get a sugar rush!

At this moment a knock sounded on the door.Another employee pushed in a trolley of healthy food that Ryu had ordered yesteday.He jad given specific instructions for the nutritious food to be brought everyday.He smiled in relief and served the food to everyone.And encountered 3 sets of puppy eyes that were looking at him accusingly for ruining their fun.He ignored them and picking his chopsticks proceeded to eat the vegetables,rice and dumplings.Ru also picked up his chopsticks and hurriedly stuffed the eww vegetables into his mouth and then turned a bit away from his father lest he serve him with more vegetables.

Soon the family finished their breakfast.Matt excused himself and said to Alicia,"First sister,you must get well soon.My exhibition is in a fortnight and I want you there.And please don't hurt yourself.Ok?"

Alicia nodded her head with a smile and Matt bent down,gave her a small one armed hug and then said his goodbye to Ryu and Ru. Matt had now convinced Ru that since he brought him here,Ru wasn't allowed to be angry at him anymore.Ru agreed..

Alicia's strength was also wilting by now and she was feeling sleepy due to the effects of medicine.Seeing Alicia nodding off on the wheel chair,Ryu interrupted Ru's chatter and pointed towards Alicia.he then said in a low voice,"Your mother is still recovering and the medicine makes her sleep.Let me put her to bed so she can rest a bit."With that,Ryu picked Alicia in his arms,bridal style and put her on the bed.Alicia was already in a deep sleep and did not even realize what Ryu had done.Seeing his mother asleep on the big bed,Ru rushed ahead and picking up the big teddy bear on the table next to it,put it on the bed.As Ru did this,a card which was also standing on the side fell to the ground. Ryu bent down and picked the card.It was a get well soon card that Ru had prepared for his mother. Ryu had just opened the card when it was taken out of his hands by Ru."It is for mother."Ru,then kept the card near his mother's pillow.

With that,Ru went to the couch and taking out a picture book from his bag that his uncle had brought proceeded to look at the pictures.

Ryu was a little stumped.He was pretty sure that,he had read the words"rple you" on the card.But before could have read the entire thing,the card was taken out of his hands.

Ryu looked at his son and decided that it was time to get to the bottom of this mystery.

He went to Ru and sat next to him.Picking his son and placing his son on the lap,Ryu said,"Would you like to listen to a dragon story now?"

Ru eagerly nodded his head and made himself comfortable on his father's lap totally forgetting his anger.After listening to the story for the next 30 minutes,Ru's eyes had turned big and he was brimming full of questions about the baby dragon.However Ryu had an agenda.As he spoke to his son,he said the words,"I purple you."

The cute and innocent Ru did not think thathis father was tricking and solemnly answered,"Me too.I purple you too."

Ryu shook his head and seeing that his question was unanswered,he still did not know the meaning,Ryu asked straight forwardly,"Ru,what is purple?"

Ru looked at his father as if he had lost his brains and answered in a know it all voice,"Father,do you not know that purple is a color?"