BOUND; jujutsu kaisen

ch. thirty-nine

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE . . .
. . . SHAME & DOUBT !

The walk out of the school was silent.  Immediately after Tsumiki stuck herself back on Miran, holding onto her tightly as Satoru took the lead. He hummed and took out his phone to call up Ijichi. While doing so, Miran took time to look at Megumi, who remained farther away from her. He's grown a little, taller, and has longer hair.

Has he cut his hair since  I...?

She sighed, knowing the answer

Miran did not think about leaving the school at all, putting them in a different one. But, she wasn't going to do so without talking, after all, they do have good friends there. A gust of wind blew by and Miran covered her nose, feeling a sneeze come on. It came, but not from her lips. Megumi sneezed, rubbing his nose and huffing. He and Miran usually sneeze when it gets cold, a strange trait that Miran didn't know was genetic or taught.

A radar blared in her mind when she noticed a deep cut on his arm and with thinking she touched his shoulder, wanting a better look. "Megumi are you hurt-!"

Megumi roughly pulled away, looking straight at her. It was a look Miran never saw on his face, a look of betrayal. His eyes were brimmed with tears, his cheeks reddish as his lip quivered.

Her heart broke, shattering as her son ran off. She thought back to everything.

"Megumi! C'mon~!"

Miran chanted, clapping her hands as an encouragement to his predicament. Currently, Megumi is wobbling in two, clutching the couch for support as he babbles the word he loves, "Mama!"

She smiled, putting her hands out, " Yeah  Gumi, Mama! Come here!" Sitting three feet away, she crisscrossed her legs, patiently waiting for her son to figure out how to move his legs.  For a few weeks  now  Megumi has been slowly wanting to start walking, whining when he fails- though he could stand.

He was  determined,  determined to get to his mama (who was three feet from him).

Slowly  his  nimble legs began to move, hands off the couch as he caught balance.  She  stayed quiet, not wanting to detract his concentration, hands still aimed at him. She counted his steps-

One,

Two,

Three

Four-

Five!

"Oh, you did it! You walked!" Miran picked the giggling baby up, tickling his sides and kissing his chubby cheeks while exaggerating it with a "MUAH!" His little laughs made her start laughing-

"Miran?" Satoru stood in front of her, eyes calm as she breathed out, her heart heavy.