Crossing the Line Continues

Love is Love

The soft sound of music could be heard coming from inside the kitchen. Yu Hao mother Mrs. Xia ventured from her room to investigate the sound. Yu Hao usually prepared breakfast in the morning after she has worked a 16 hour shift as she did last night. The mouth-watering scents filled her nose once she got closer to the doorway. She wasn’t even aware that she was hungry until she got to the kitchen.

Mrs. Xia stood at the entranced and watched her son. She was taking this rare opportunity to observe him unaware.   Yu Hao was moving his hips dancing to the music and pretending to sing with a wooden spoon. This scene was started to be a familiar occurrence in their household recently.  Her baby has always helped around the house as much as he could. Cooking his own meals when she worked late or doing chores around the house if needed.

Just recently Yu Hao starting doing all of the cooking in the house. Even on her days off when she didn’t need him too.  He would make breakfast, packed lunches and dinner for the both of them almost every day. What has gotten in to him lately?  Not that she don’t appreciate the change in her son. She can tell that he was maturing and acting his age.

Since entering that new school her baby did a 360 degree about face. His grades started to improve if his last midterm was anything to go by.    He joined the volleyball team when she didn’t know he was athletic at all. He was also keeping out of trouble no more fights and no more suspended from school.  Mrs. Xia hated receiving calls from the director about all of the trouble Yu Hao cause.

Everyone was a psychiatric and knew why Yu Hao acts out the way that he did. He needs a male role model. He needs a father figure. A single mother can't raise a teen boy on their own.  Everyone knows how to raise her son better than she did.

Does everyone think she planned to become a widow so soon after marriage? She was a stay at home mother and after Yu Hao dad passed she was focused to join the workforce to take care of her child.    

You can’t stop me loving myself. Bang Bang Bang. You can’t stop me loving myself.

She was brought out of her musing by Yu Hao drum solo with dancing and singing.  Mrs. Xia smiled and sat down at the table she has always been proud of Yu Hao despite his youthful past.

Yu Hao turned around to put the last dish on the table and almost dropped the dish on the floor.

“Mom you scared me I didn't know was up yet. You could have slept a little longer I would have woken you up.”, Yu Hao said as he put the dish down.

“How can I sleep sweetie with the one man band in the kitchen.”

A guilty look came across Yu Hao face and he frowned,
“Wow my fault. I got a little carried away by the song.  I’m not usually a Kpop fan but that song has a catchy beat to it.”

She shrugged. “It’s water under the bridge. What are you making?”

Yu Hao smile came back he likes nothing more than to brag about his cooking. He began uncovering all of the dishes on the table.

“I made your favorite breakfast. Congee, steam buns, deep fried dough sticks with soy milk and wheat noodles.” He said as he set cutler in front of her.

“Impressive. It's like I'm in a restaurant. So many things to choose from.” She smelled the aroma coming from the dishes that he uncovered.

Bringing a lunch container over he also showed her what he made for lunch, “And for lunch we have dumpling, jianbing, gaifan and tofu soup.”

“Ok a good lunch and my favorite breakfast what's the occasion. It’s not my birthday or yours.  So what is it?” She asked suspiciously.

Yu Hao sat down across from his mother and passed her some food. “No occasion. You work super hard all of the time taking care of me so I want to take care of you for a change.”