*unedited*
Lisa's face was burning red as she recalled his words 'just for my princess' but was startled when she heard little gyeol's crying voice when she entered his room.
"What happened, baby" Lisa hurried to his side as she took him in her warm embrace to calm him down.
"Why are you crying,baby.....Mumma's here,ah stop crying" Lisa asked him as she patted his back and looked at the nurse with questioning eyes, who was also anxiously trying to make him stop crying.
"I Don't know, Ma'am. He started crying as soon as he woke up" The nurse answered her unasked question with perturbed expressions on her face as she looked at the little boy.
"Ahh,It's just a bad dream, baby. Don't cry anymore" Lisa tried to sooth him as she added "look Mumma right here with you"
Lisa continued to mumble as she patted his back and took him onto her lap to let him feel her presence.
After receiving constant soothing from his mother's embrace and reassuring, little gyeol's breathing finally settled down as he stopped crying and now only soft sobs and sniffling could be heard inside the room.
"Pour me a glass of water, please" Lisa said to the nurse who obliged and got her a glass of water instantly.
"Here... Drink this, little gyeol" Lisa put the glass of water near his mouth which he, at first shoved away but drank it anyway as Lisa nudged him to.
"Good boy" Lisa hailed as he finished half of the glass of water.
"Do you want to tell mommy why were you crying" Lisa asked him, afraid to make him cry again.
Little gyeol raised his head to look at her face as tear again pooled in his eyes which he tried to control but couldn't as they fell from his beautiful round eyes.
"Ahh, Don't cry anymore" Lisa said as she get rid of the tears falling from his eyes from his face.
She kissed his forehead as she again buried his face in her chest. she patted his head and mumbled.
"If you don't want then Don't tell mommy it's okay but Don't cry anymore" Lisa said as she Continued patting him.
She couldn't see him shedding tears,it pained her to see him in such a condition. She don't even know what caused him to cry so much. Unknowingly her gaze too become misty as she tried to control her tears from falling.
After a while, she felt him raising his head to look at her so she looked down. little gyeol parted his lips to say.
"Mommy will le... leave little gyeol again" he said as his big round teary eyes stared at her. His remark shocked Lisa.
"Who said this, mommy will never leave my baby again" Lisa said as she possessively hugged him before planting a kiss on his forehead.
"Mommy will never leave again, okay. I promise " Lisa promised him as she added "Don't think of this again okay"
She said as she Loosened her grip on him as she looked at him.
"What's the nightmare my baby had" Lisa asked him softly. She knew that this nightmare will probably be related to her leaving him 3 years back, she felt so angry and her anger was directed at none other than herself.
She felt anger for herself for being so light-hearted, for not thinking about other especially him before leaving, it was not a life-ending situation that she couldn't handle but still she left.
"Mommy left me again and sent me to the or.... ofphanage (orphanage) and those children again taunted little gyeol, how she left him first and th.... then you..... again" little gyeol narrated while stammering in between.
Lisa, after hearing him, really couldn't control her tears anymore as they left her eyes to fall on her cheeks, them.
"Sorry, baby... I'm so... really sorry" Lisa staggered as she cried and apologised.
"Mommy's really sorry for leaving you just like that but now I'll never leave again, okay... and you have to trust me for that okay..... you trust mommy right?"asked Lisa while sniffling.
little gyeol nodded his head while saying " Yup.... little gyeol trust mommy "
"So you have to believe mommy that she will not leave you again, okay..... so Don't think about these things anymore and Don't cry anymore or it will hurt mumma a lot" said lisa.
"I'll not cry so it'll not hurt mumma" little gyeol said as he raised his hand to wipe her tears.
"I'll be good boy, so you also don't cry, okay" he said as he kissed her cheek.
Lisa hugged him tightly as she sniffled, what could she expect after leaving everything behind so heartlessly. He is just a child of six, it must have left great empact on him.
First his mother left him and then she, what could she expect from a young boy, he must be so sad when she left him and it pained her so much that she cried while hugging him tightly.
The nurse standing watching the emotional scene in front of her eyes couldn't help but shed tears too by being a lit but emotional.
After a while, Lisa let go of him and stared at him asking "Are you hungry, do you wanna eat fruits"
little gyeol nodded his head and the nurse offered to peel him fruits as Lisa sat with him on her lap, still embracing him.