Utopia: City of dreams (Rebirth) Chapter 1(i)

The wind ran through the trees. Making them whistle as it did.
Startled by an orange falling down from a tree, Chike quickly turned thinking it's an invader.
Hurriedly he ran into the bunker with a basket full of vegetables and fruits he was able to scavenge. The mangoes were almost all rotten but that's all that remained after a squadron of Biafran soldiers collected all their fresh fruits.
Chike had this stern countenance like one seeking revenge.
Tear drops left his eyes seeing his mother eat those rotten fruits.
But there was hardly anything he could do.
His Dad that went searching for food was yet to return. His mother can not bear the thought of not having him near her.
It's harmattan season. And the cold was apathetic.
It felt like everything was against them. It was getting dark. He walked round the compound to make sure they were still safe hiding there before he headed back to the bunker.
"Nwa m, I see how you stare at thin air. God is not asleep. Go to bed. Tomorrow is always worse than yesterday. Yesterday will never happen again but tomorrow is yet to come. O? Inugo?" He nodded in the affirmative.
"A man does not cry. A man is a man"