Fear of death(2)
The sound of dried leaves accompanied every step of dexter and his uncle
"...."
"..."
The two remain silent for half a minute when the kid's uncle finally said something breaking the silence
"umm, hey kid what is the secret your talking about?"
"....."
Dexter didn't answer he's uncles words even though he heard them very loud and clear making the man holding the gun extremely terrified of what will happen when they go back home
'What if this kid said something weird to his dad, won't I get beaten up!!'
His uncle thought, guilty that he might have said something inappropriate in their whole conversation but has forgotten about it
"Hey kid"
He said to dexter behind him who is still in silent
"Hey kid"
"..."
Not a single sound has left the kids mouth as it keeps on staring at his uncle with his eyes saying the opposite thing to the silent air he was putting in
"Kid...kid"
His uncle said calling for the boy but it didn't answer
'What is this boy thinking to be in this kind of state?'
His uncle thought as he look behind him just to be welcomed by the kids gaze full of curiosity
"sigh~, hey kid if you tell me that secret.....I'll give you a candy later, what do you think"
The kid stood still hearing he's uncle words and slowly raise his hands showing his three fingers
His uncle smiled as he realized what the kid is thinking
"So you want three candies?"
"No, no uncle"
Dexter shook his head sideways making disapproval of his uncle's words
"I want this number!!"
He said with a big smile on his face while he showed his three little fingers up to his uncle
"So...isn't this three?"
Dexter shows a frown face, as he rise his small hands toward his uncle reaching the man's large belly
The kid then put off his three-finger showing a fist, with a second, he shows his three-finger once again
For some reason, the kid's uncle has a clear understanding of what the kid wants maybe because they are related to each other
The uncle can't help himself but let out a small laugh and a big smile, as he said
"haha, so you want six candies? why didn't you just say so earlier"
"Uncle I showed it earlier, see"
The kid said as he raise his three-finger proudly showing it to his uncle
"three plus three is six!!"
The man burst into laughter as he patted the kid's hair
"Hahahhaa!!, what a genius nephew I have right here!"
A bright smile spread in the kid's face as he felt his hair being in a complete mess, he then heard his uncle saying
"So six candies for hearing our little secret, do we have a deal?"
"Yeah, but uncle wouldn't you know this secret more than I do?
Asked by dexter to his uncle, the uncle brush the kid's words and said
"Well, you see I want to know if you know my secret?"
But behind he's uncle words is
'Kid I have no fucking idea on what your secret is, and I don't give a shit about it, but for my survival, I'll play along with you'
The young kid believe the little lie his uncle has said to him and willingly said his little misunderstanding to his nervous uncle
"I know your secret, uncle, I know you are a superhero"
Dexter said with his face saying *I know it all*
"woo~, so I'm a superhero how did you find out"
His uncle said relief that the secret the kid is talking about is not a thing he was thinking about
"Uncle I'm a genius so I know you're a superhero when you said you beat up bad guys!"
Proudly said by dexter
"Bad guys?"
His uncle said and whispered
'When did I say I beat bad guys or something?'
Even though the uncle has no idea what the kid is talking about he just played along and said
"So you know I'm a hero, remember kid this will be our little secret cause bad guys might hear us"
Dexter hurriedly covered his mouth and nod to his uncle
With their conversation comes to an end silence filled the air once more as they hurry toward the deer's corpse, considering how long they are talking to themself it's no surprise if someone beside him has already snatched the deer's body
While in a hurry the little kid pulled he's uncles trouser who is ahead of him
Feeling a slight pressure the uncle said
"You tired?"
The kid's face can be seen full of sweat and its little limb tremble uncontrollably but because of being in a hurry situation the kid's companion didn't even take a glance at his condition
"..uncle I'm fine"
Said the kid while huffing all the air around him, lying about his condition for some reason
Hearing the tremble voice the uncle can't help but take a glance behind him just to see his nephew having a hard time following along
The man has no idea why the kid never said anything so as an adult, Dexter's uncle said
"wooo~, kid, I'm already tired how about we rest here for a second?"
The kid's uncle approached the dead trunk near them and said to the tired child
"Hey kid let's stop for now"
"But uncle...huf....f...how about our lunch?, what if it got snatch by the bad guys"
"....."
The kid's uncle didn't answer with a single word and just smiled at the kid covered in sweat and bruise ruining its almost perfect skin
"Well I'm already old so I get tired easily.... how about you asked me a question while we're on the rest?"
"A question"
Dexter said as he sat down beside his uncle on the old trunk of a tree
"Then uncle what's a the fuck?"
Dexter's uncle felt his heart being torn to pieces hearing the kids word
"Holy shit, where did you hear that, kid ?!"
Hearing what his uncle had said dexter remembered a word cause he felt curious about what its meaning is
"Uncle what's a, holy shit!"