“Ning Pooh, did you have fun today?”
“…”
Pooh nodded his head instead of answering. He was still wearing a headband.
I held pictures with stickers in my hands. I didn’t know it very well because I didn’t take photos very often, but I took it like an ID photo without decorating it in a square box.
The sun went down.
It was a pity that Pooh was not able to play until late because he was young.
Pooh will mature as well.
Was this how parents felt?
I got a little sad.
He won’t even play with us when he reaches puberty.
I wish I could have gotten along with Alan before then.
The thought took an unexpected turn.
Pooh, who had been standing between me and Alan, began to nod off.
Alan was holding Pooh in his arms.
He lowered his voice as he stroked Pooh’s hair, who was falling asleep in his arms.
“I will take Pooh home first, then let’s go home.”
At those words, Pooh raised his sleepy eyes and opened them. Then he frowned and shook his head.
“I want to sleep with phi…”
“…”
“Take me too….”
Then, without saying anything, he burst into tears on his own.
Huaaaa, he cried out loud.
He was so sad that he shed a lot of tears.
I looked up at Alan, who was perplexed by Pooh’s sudden crying after playing well. Alan then said bluntly.
“It’s because he’s sleepy.”
He said this as he patted Pooh on the back with his hand.
When I noticed the hand tapping in a specific direction, I scrunched up my hand for no reason. Then I spoke out.
“Oh, if it’s okay with you, I can sleep at your place…”
The exam was already over, and I could relax for a few days.
I was a little relaxed because I was prepared from time to time. But Alan was the issue.
In any case, he took a break from studying today; wouldn’t it be too much to ask him to rest until tomorrow?
Alan, who had been rubbing Pooh’s back, turned to face me.
“I can’t?”
I fixed my gaze on Alan, smiling and biting my lower lip.
It was better to ask a lighthearted question today.
Maybe it was the setting sun behind Alan’s back.
***
“I’m back.”
Alan greeted as he entered the house.
I also raised my head and said, “Hello.”
Alan was holding Pooh, who was sound asleep.
It was because he was so relaxed when he heard that I was going to sleep over.
The helper aunt approached us.
He said he’d take Pooh to the room, and he took him into the room for a while and came out.
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SWEET LIKE CANDY
Romance"Let's slowly become adults." Jeff Thanapon, who was in school, suffered from the heat and had to leave early. He runs across Alan Hemmawich, a well-known bully in the alley on his way home. Jeff, who is afraid of him, attempts to walk pass him as i...
