Eric Lalrinzuala POV
“Eric!" Ka harh zawk,zing dang ang bawk in ka bawihi chuan ka mumang atang bawk chuan min lo koh leh,ka awm ati nuam veng veng bawk.
Dar zat ka en chuan 6:00 a.m. alo la ri lo deuh,ka thawh hun chiah ani thin,work out tih vel hi ka ti mi teh chiam lo,ka pian hi a dik sa hrim hrim vang hi ani pakhat,mahse hrisel na tan chuan weekend vel ah hian ka walk thin.
Phone chu ka ban vat a,ka bawihi last seen ka en nghal vat,nizan dar 12:00 daih kha ani,tu nge maw a biak em em le,kei in inthlahrung in ka be ngam lo a mahse ani chuan dar 12:00 thleng tu emaw alo bia chu ania
Ka thil ngaihtuah avang chuan ka thinrim nghal der,tlawm hi ka in ti ngawih ngawih,ami biak kha mipa emaw hmeichhia pawh nise ka thin ati rim vek,mipa lo ni ta se!
Tho chhuak in ka inbual nghal a,zing atang a thinrim hi chu a tha ka ti lo mahse tu nge thinrim lo bik ang. Kei in inthlahrung in ka be ngam alo a,ani chuan min be lo in midang a be daih awm chu nia!
Ka inbual zawh pawh chuan ka thinrim na in min la kian san mai lo,khum ah chuan thu in in beng daih ka tum a har lam hret ani,ka thinrim na hi ka control theih angai mahse ani bawk hian ti thei lo ah min siam leh thin,ka bul a lamp chu ka vawm chawrh.
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Vanlalruatpuii POV
“Ruatpui tho rawh le" ka nu chuan ka tukverh parda rawn keu mawlh mawlh pah chuan arawn ti sawk sawk a,rum tiah tiah in ka in let thak,a eng lutuk chuan mit men ati har,ka blanket in ka in khuh leh nghal thak,mahse ka inkhuh rei lo teh e! Ka nu chuan rawn pawt in a thlep chhunzawm mawlh mawlh.
“Ani ninawm! Ala hma si, school ah mut ka kham lo leh dawn nih hi!!" Thu chhuak in ham bai bai chuan ka ti,engah mah ngai lo in ka room hnawk lai chu ati fel mawlh mawlh
“8:00 ah i tho a,mut ka kham lo e te chu ti reng reng suh" arawn ti kei lah duai duh bik lo chuan “Lalnunpui an min rawn call a,a rui deuh aniang dar 12:00 thleng min be leh nghal ka ngei tak tak ani" ti nuah nuah in bathroom ah inbual tur in ka lut.
Thil hre chhuak thut in inbual lai lai chuan ka rak thawt a,kei hi bialpa ka nei! Awi ka duh thei lo,kei ve teh lul hian kan school a mipa hmeltha ber ka nih pui ta mai chu nia,hlim hle tur ka nih lai in ti nge ka hlim miah loh
“Ka puar tawhh byee!!!" Ka nu nen chuan kan in um chhuak ani ber,tuk thuan hi ka ei tam vak ngai lo, school kan thleng anga period 2'3 vel ah chuan luch kan ei mai thin vang ani.
Pawn ka chhuah chuan Eric chu bike ngheng hian thatchhe zet hian alo ding,min lo en reng bawk,mahse nidang ang lo tak in a lungawi hmel chiah loh.
“Enge i lo tih dawn?" Ka tih chuan min chhang lo hian min en ngur a,a mitmeng chu ka sawi fiah thiam phak bak hian a dur
“Lo kal teh!" Ti cool ruih in a kut arawn phar a,kan inlam ka hawi let chuan ka nu ten min lo en lo hlauh,mahse kan driver arawn thleng chiah thung “Ruatpui kan kal thei em?" Nelawm lutuk hian Pa Dama chuan arawn ti, Eric chu arawn rum nghut
“Ka rawn thlah mai ang kal rawh!" Ati hmuk,Pa Dama chuan zawhna mitmeng hian min rawn melh a, Eric thinrim ka hlau ve tho si chuan kal mai tur in ka hrilh,ngaih ngam lo hmel deuh chuan min kal san ta a.
Kan inbul lawk mah nise ka thla hi a muang hlawl lo “Lo kal teh!" Arawn ti leh sup,ka pen hnai dat a,rum nghut in min pawt hrawk a awm ah tak chuan ka in tauh dat.
Nui suk hian “Tunge nizan ah i biak le? Bialpa I nei tih i hre lo ami? Chuan....?" Nui suk mahse a aw chu a chang hle thung
“Lalnunpuia!" Ka ti sup,a nghawng a thisen zam lang tawlh tawlh chuan a in seh ruh a,a thaw chhuak hak,a thinrim ani tih chu a awmdan atang hian a Chiang lutuk mah mah bawk.
“Ka thu i awih lo a?" Arawn ti nghut,ka hlau leh tawh hle engmah pawh sawi lo chuan ka en ngur ringawt,thaw chhuak hrawih hian hnuai lam ah a kun daih,awm ngaihna vak hre lo chuan ka en mawl tawp ringawt.
“Min rawn kuah teh!!" Arawn ti vawt ruih a,enge maw a sawi le,a thinrim teh reng nen a thil duh chu tih chakawm loh khawp in a awm.
“Tun ah!" Arawn ti leh hmuk,pen hnai dat in ahma ah chuan ka va ding a,va kuah tawp chu ka in thlahrung chu bak ah ka zak.
Ka ban ah min pawt hrawk in min kuah bet nghal hmak,min kuah nget em em leh nghal “Min kuah let dawn nge hremna ka pe dawn che?" Arawn ti leh hmuk,rang lutuk in ka kuah let nghal a.
Nui suk in ka bek te chu a fawp thuak thuak,tun ah tak chuan naupang in a nu hun rei tak a ahmuh tawh loh,hmu leh chiah hi a ang ber
“Bawihte hetah lo!" Rawn ti leh nghut,a aw ki ah chuan a lung ala awi zan loh tih a chiang,bike ah chuan alawm vat a, helmet pawh a khum lo,chuang tur in min ti leh nghal nghut.
A hnung ah chuan nghet lutuk in ka kuah,kuah lo vaih ila chuan ka tla thla vang vang tawh ang,a tlanchak dan em em hi a hlau ve lo a maw ni le.
Ramhnuai deuh reuh,hmun reh nuam em em mai ah hian min hruai a,thut na te chu a awm ve thlap mahse tu mah an awm lo,bike kan chuan chhung zawng khan ka mit ka chhing thluan zak kha nia.
“Come!" Ti sup in thut na ah chuan min thut pui,kan boruak in zir se chu he hmun hi ka ngaina viau ang.
“Tunge Lalnunpuia chu le?" Arawn ti leh a,amah ka va en chuan hma lam hi alo melh ding ngar tawh
“Ka cousin" ka ti sup,dawt ka sawi lo miau
“Lawk in class 12 sec E ami kha maw?" Arawn ti a,lu ka bu nghat,thaw chhuak hak in min pawt hnai deuh hrawk a,ka au deuh that,ani a kiai suk thung
“Hei hi a last warning na,kei lo mipa dang be tawh suh,i chhungte,thian te,or other" ti cool leh ruih in min kuah nghal than,ka dar ah a khabe nghat in ka nghawng ah chuan a hmui a nawr vang vang,ka thin han phut ran dan chu.
“I thin phu dup dup te pawh hi ka ta,i engkim hi ka ta!" A mit a khap zawng a a mithmul che chuan ka nghawng chu a hawlh za mer mer a
“School kan.....tlai...." Ka Sana ka en zawk chuan kan school tan hun a pel duai tawh “Eric school kan tlai!" Ding chhuak hluai chuan ti chiam,a nui suk duh lek chauh!
“Vawiin chu ka tan i hun min pe ah ngai rawh" arawn ti,melh deuh vak chuan “Engvang in?" Ka ti leh, nui hawk hian min pawt thut nghal,a awm dan ngai bawk chuan a awm leh a
“Ka fel vang in!" Arawn ti sup,enge maw fel na le, school min tlan bopui a,fel ala in ti zawk ania.
“Enge i fel na?" Ka ti leh vak,a thu sawi tur hi ka hre chak,a fel na pakhat mah ka hre lo
“Nizan ah kei lo i biak vang in punishment ka pe lo che a,mahse a dawt leh ah chuan ana viau tawh ang" arawn ti cool leh ruih a
“Miin min hmu ange,a zahthlak ania?" Ka ti sup,he tiang hian kan veng ho in min hmu se sawi sep sep chu kan hlawh leh tawh ang
“A pawi ami?" Arawn ti leh,hepa hi a â nge a mawl ka hre lo,kum la naupang te nen an in ngaizawng a,a pawi em tih min la zawt ania.
“Pawi,kan awm dan hi a thing" ka ti leh,a rawn nui leh ta hawk hawk a,a nui ri chu a mawi reuh phian
“Bawihte! Ka inbul garden anih hi,chuan mi ven thawn tur an awm lo" min rawn melh pah chuan ati,hepa hi an hausa tih ka hria mahse tiang em em te chu ..
“A ninawm" ti hmak in ka ding chhuak,hma lam chu ka pan mawp mawp,ka hnung ah nui hawk hawk in min lo um a,ka bul alo thleng chuan ka bag ah lai chu rawn la in kan thutna ah khan a va dah a,alo phei leh vat.
“Ka fan pui ang che" ti sup in ka kut chu arawn ban,a kut tang sei leh nalh zet chu ka kut tang te tak te ah chuan arawn rawlh lut a,kan kut chu en in ka then sak,min arawn san ak thung,lu thing nghat in “Kal ang" ka ti sup
Kiai suk in ka hmui ah arawn fawp zeuh,ka meng ling leh hlar tawh,a duh duh hun a mi fawp ringawt zel te hi ka ngei
Nui suk in hma lam chu min pan pui a.
Kan kal na chin chu a mawi in a nalh hlawm hle,a hmun chu a hring deuh nghalh a,a hnah vuai tawh deuh chu a sen deuh dual a,a nalh hlawm hle,chu tah ati mawi zual tur in Eric ka han en apiang in a nui hmel mawi tak min hmuh ziah a.
“Kei chu pangpar hi maw...nalh ka ti vak lo,ka ngainat chi an ni vak lo a,mahse thing te,thingtang ro uk te,chuan hnah thla kawlh vek te hi nalh ka ti......." Kal pah a amah en pah chuan ka ti bawrh bawrh a,min en in arawn nui ve var var
“Anih in inbul a thingkung kha tu phun nge I hria em?" Ka lam a lu thle deuh dat hian arawn ti,nui ver ver in lu ka thing nghat “Ka pian hma ami daih tawh ania maw...chu vang ania a len em em" ka ti leh a,ka biang ah arawn piai vak
“Ah saw fountain!!!!" Kan hma a fountain lian lutuk lo mahse tui lo khawh thla chur chur chu kawk in ka ti vak,ka sawi zawh rual rual chuan arawn nui hawk hawk,awmzia hre lo lutuk a ka han en chuan a mit ko min lo san khum uk a
“Lo kal teh kal ang!" Ti in ka kai nghal dawr dawr,min lo zui ve mai bawk a, fountain chu ka thlir reng,tiang hi Mizoram a ka vawikhat hmuhna,ka pa hi a hna vang in hmun hrang hrang ah a khal thin a,a zui ve thin,mipang chunglam vek an ni thin bawk,mahse tiang em em a fountain nalh hi ka la hmu lo.
Tui luang thla chu a en ve reng amaw tih lai in min lo en char char “Hei en ta che!" Ka thil hmuh vang chuan ka nui tawp thei lo hi ani mah zawk “Ka Bawihtei hi a mawi fe zawk!" Ti sup in ka hnung ah min lo kuah nghal than a
“Aih hei hi a mawi daih zawk!" Tiin hmalam chu ka hawi leh a,a mawi dan em em hi! Ka nghawng chu arawn fawp zeuh a “Aza!" Ti in ka han hawi chho deuh a,a san zia hi,sang tak ani,Mizo leh American thlah pawlh anih vang te pawh ani mah na.
Ka hawi chho lai chuan min lo fawp a,a hma ai zawng in min fawp rei,a tawp na ni awm tak hian a hmui chu arawn nawr vak a,inla hrang in a kiai suk “So sweet!" Arawn ti sup bawk.
Ka lo dah khat deuh a nih pawn min lo hrethiam ru aw
