The noon sun sent its scorching rays towards the lands, burning quite hot now that the months of winter were past and the Spring was in full swing in the middle of the eighth month. The weather had become milder while the landscape had come alive with blooming flowers and budding trees.
It was a time of renewal and growth.
'Hmm…'
Feeling the clingy hands wrapped around his body with his mom's soft and naked body sleeping just beside him, he couldn't help but softly caress her hair.
She had been quite downhearted for the past few days, and he had seen the possibility of depression and even self-loathing in her from quite a while ago, but seeing her actually go through it was quite startling for him, while at the same time, reassuring.
She wasn't that much of a fragile flower. She had her own strengths.
And.
It was only natural that she was stunned and sad. It was also only natural she felt that way.