Desires

On a sweltering day, people made a beeline to the air-conditioned confines of the shopping mall. The mall was bustling with activity with end-of-season sales and numerous promotional activities. 

Tucked away in a corner of the massive mall was a shoe-store, that was seeing a huge rush owing to its tempting discounts. Customers milled in and out of the store with bags laden with shoe boxes of all sizes. Near the entrance was a shoe rack that was strategically placed to entice the female customers. It was arrayed with a range of baby shoes, from the medium to the small to the really tiny. 

Two friends walked in and one said to the other, "Look at those cute shoes! I am going to buy those one day." A woman walking past them heard her and gave a cursory glance at the colourful rack. She thought, "God, I hope that day doesn't come for me for the next 5...no, 10 years."

Meanwhile, a few metres away, a woman began to drop subtle hints, "If I had a grandson or granddaughter, how much I would have enjoyed shopping for them," oblivious to her daughter-in-law's rolling her eyes in a mixture of amusement and annoyance.  

A young woman in her early thirties looked longingly at the aww-inducing shoes and sent a silent prayer hoping for a miracle, while a hassled mother of a rambunctious boy dragged him away from the rack as fast as she could.

An elderly woman smiled at the playful boy and looked at the small blue crocs. It reminded her of the time she had one young boy who had now become so tall that she was no longer needed for picking the right shoes. A mother walked by and noticed a beautiful pink slipper. She picked it up wistfully and then put them back with a wide smile as her two boys came running towards her.

After a few minutes, a man walked into the store and headed straight to the baby shoes section. He stood hesitantly in front of it, apparently unable to make a choice. A salesman approached him and said, "May I help you, Sir?". The man replied, "Yes. I need some baby shoes." "For a boy or a girl, Sir?" The man suddenly grinned and said, "Actually, I need both." And he took home two pairs of the cutest and most adorable tiny shoes from the store.

This post has been written for #BarAThon Day 5. Prompt - Tiny shoes