Me and My eggs (1)

‘’AND THE MOMENT YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR, MAKE SOME NOISE FOR THE 32ND CHAMPION OF DISTRICT 47 COOKING COMPETITION, IVAN… SHAW…’’

A year after failing in the division one robber program, Ivan (Kachi) reached another stage of his life, winning it this time.

With the trophy in his hand, he moved near the mic, hair black with white tips, the dye was losing its command by the force of time.

‘’I… can’t express the happiness I’m feeling, it’s been my dream to be a chef since I was a kid,’’ Ivan halted after his eyes saw something in the crowd, ‘’and I would like to thank,’’ he stopped again, focusing on the crowd once more.

In between the mass crowd, a blurry image of a kid crying could be seen by Ivan, his eyebrows showed his confusion.

‘’I… would like to thank me,’’ the crying image of the kid looked towards Ivan.

‘’And my eggs, for being there every moment of life.’’

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8 YEARS AGO

*sniff*

Ivan, with his red face and crying eyes, was sitting on a park bench in front of his elementary school. Many people walked past him, not showing any interest in helping him or calming him down.

One person however noticed, an old woman carrying a bag full of groceries, came near him, she bent near Ivan and patted his head.

‘’Why are you crying, child.’’

The woman with her wrinkly face, smiled, trying not to scare Ivan in any way.

‘’My… my classmates made fun of me.’’

Sniffing, Ivan responded, still holding his head down.

‘’For what?’’ The woman sat next to him, she was trying to figure out the reason behind Ivan’s tears and hopefully make them stop.

‘’I told them that I wanted to be a chef and they made fun of me, calling me a girl.’’

‘’That’s not something to cry about,’’ the woman looked up, ‘’what you should do is be great at it, people will eventually understand you and accept your dreams.’’

‘’What do you even know, how it feels to be made fun of?’’

‘’I do know,’’ the woman patted him again, ‘’but I learned to be strong.’’

‘’Strong? How?’’

Hearing his question, the woman grabbed an egg from her bag and showed it to Ivan.

‘’See this, you are like an egg, everyone is,’’ she held it in between her fist, ‘’if you protect it from any harm, the egg won’t break, but if you put force on it yourself, because of some random thing someone said, you will break it.’’

‘’What does that means?’’ Ivan rubbed his eyes.

‘’Let me explain it differently then, your emotions are like an egg,’’ the woman held the egg between three fingers, ‘’and its shell is your will, the stronger your will of achieving something is, the less affected your emotions from rejection and fun made by others.’’

As the woman was speaking, Ivan’s eyes picked up something, the egg that the woman was holding, slowly opened its eyes, and soon came legs and arms.

Ivan’s eyes sparkled, ‘’you mean to say as long as I have eggs, I won’t be affected by anything?’’

The woman looked at Ivan with questioning eyes, ‘’sure…’’

The egg in her hand winked at Ivan and gave him a thumbs up, it was now wearing knight’s clothes. All this was of course going on in Ivan’s head, in reality, the egg was as normal as any hen could lay.

‘’Aweeeee….. Can I have it,’’ Ivan advances his hands.

She hesitated for a moment but seeing him smiling she gave him his shining knight.

The woman left, feeling good about what she did back there, helping a kid calm down gave her a sense of joy. But, she had no clue that what she did was going to bring disaster.

Later that day, in his room, with many eggs scattered on his bed, Ivan appeared to be talking with someone, however, no one was present other than him and the eggs.

The eggs in his eyes were jumping around and walking, chanting his name in pure joy.

‘’Ivan… Ivan… you are the best.’’

‘’But my classmates don’t think that.’’

‘’If they are disrespecting you, just kill them,’’ said one of the eggs having female clothes.

‘’But…’’ Ivan looked at the egg with knight attire.

‘’You can’t kill sire, it’s against the law of the egg world,’’ said the knight, bowing down.

‘’Why not burn the school, they let this happen to you, it’s their fault,’’ an egg with a beard and glasses spoke.

‘’Burn… yes… you are right, it's their fault,’’ the knight added.

Ivan smiled after getting a yes from his shining guard.

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‘’THIS JUST IN, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BLOCK 20, CITY U, CAUGHT FIRE 40 MINUTES AGO AT 11:23 PM, THE FIREFIGHTERS AND THE LOCAL POLICE ARE ALREADY THERE, LUCKILY NO ONE WAS PRESENT INSIDE THE BUILDING AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE REASON BEHIND THIS FIRE IS ASSUMED TO BE FAULTY WIRES.’’

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YEAR 2011

‘’Mom! Dad! I want to be a chef in future,’’ entering the room of his parents Ivan told them their goals, ‘’Can I join a cooking school?’’

Hugo who was laying on the bed sat up, ‘’that’s not a career you should be aiming for.’’

‘’I want to do this,’’ Ivan was persistent.

‘’You can keep cooking as a hobby,’’ Sarina came out of the bathroom and gave Ivan her response, ‘’hobby and career are two different things.’’

‘’What if I make my hobby my work?’’ (Ivan)

Sarina came closer to Ivan, looking down in his eyes she stated what she thought of his goals, ‘’do you want people to make fun of us? Son of an actor, grandson of the biggest businessmen in district 47 sells hot dogs on the street. Is this how you want people to talk about you?’’

‘’The chef of a big restaurant is different from what you are saying.’’ (Ivan)

‘’And cook for people who work for us?’’ Hugo rubbed his eyes.

‘’You can keep cooking as a hobby and cook your heart out within the 4 walls of this house, and this is the last time we will talk about this.’’

‘’But!’’

‘’No buts.’’

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Heartbroken from his parent’s rejection, Ivan (Kachi) did what any kid his age does best, get ice cream and watch T.V.

He was watching a drama about two men pranking each other, during which an ad came.

‘’I am a robber, breaks another record, nominated for Fish Awards for 11th time, it has also become the most watched movie of all time.’’

Ivan couldn’t care less about it, evident by his bored eyes. However, what came next changed his attitude.

‘’And the reason was how emotional it got near the end,’’ the ad then showed a clip from the movie.

An old couple was standing near the house entrance, they were crying as police were taking away their son.

The old man looked at his wife with teary eyes and regretted his lifelong decisions, ‘’if only I gave him permission to become a failed singer then… then this wouldn’t have happened, he wouldn’t have become a robber, a criminal, tainting our family name.’’

‘’Woah!’’ a spark of thought entered his mind, Ivan rushed towards the fridge, opened it, and stared at his loved ones, the eggs.

‘’Sir knight, I’m going to be a robber.’’

‘’Why sire?’’

‘’It’s simple, I want to give my parent’s a heart attack.’’

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