Fai pressed the record button, setting her phone close enough to pick up the voices. She hadn’t heard from him in some time, probably because he was stuck out in a cave with little to nothing so it wasn’t like she could complain.
She missed him. And so did akihiro. She wondered if it was the same for him.
She had hit the button just as Akihiro quieted down from a fit. He was left with hiccups and a red face. “My sweet boy…mommy misses him too.”
“Dada….da..” her son mumbled, obviously still disappointed that his dada wasn’t to be found.
“It’s ok! I know mommy can’t play that leg game but I’m still fun right?” Knowing full well the baby didn’t understand what she was talking about. But he did always enjoy the ‘airplane’!
“Upsie daise!! Hehehehehe aaa-bblttttttttttt!” Bringing his tummy to her lips to blow a raspberry. To her delight, it had aki squealing and giggling in no time. Just as she had hoped. She had no resource to send him a letter, she could only just wait till he got the message.
“Can you say ‘I love you daddy!’? He loves you lots and lots.” Bringing the phone closer so akihiro could play with it.
BEEP BEEP BEEP
“Pfft no sweetie. Don’t press the buttons. Can you say I love you daddy? ”
“Wuvoo! Wuvoooo dada!”
“Pffft hahahaha close enough. That’s my smart boy. I love you, Anata. Be safe and come home soon.”
Fai pressed stop. Attaching the file to a message. (Audio attached) (Text) we miss you.