Pov Max
Yesterday me and Mom made a promise to never be separated no matter what.
It seems that he has finally accepted that I will never detach myself from his side, my intelligence gives credibility to my statement. Now what I need to focus on is making her feel emotionally safe, as well as making us even closer.
That will be something strange considering that she practically knows me since she was a baby, but necessary anyway, in addition to the fact that my part really wants to know her, comfort her, love her, pamper her and make her feel the best and luckiest mom in the world.
I want you to stop seeing your "indecent" desires for me in a bad way, and instead see them as the greatest blessing of all.
"… Heh... and it seems that I have already taken the first step." I said as soon as I opened my eyes, only to see that we were still in the living room, with the fireplace off and my mother naked, with the calmest expression I've seen her put on since I had ever seen.
Part of me wanted to wake her up by drinking her milk to further cement in her mind, the fact that a happy life involves waking up with me by sucking on her tits.
But for lust and desires there is its place and time. Right now what she needs is to wake up and see her beloved son watching her with a loving smile.
"Your son really loves you mom..." I couldn't help but comment making fun of her, but also of myself.
[I really fell in love with her....]
Even though a part of me still wishes to see my original mom... it seems like I'm finally accepting that I won't be able to see her anymore, and instead with each passing day, I do nothing but look at Gwendolyn as my beloved mother.
[I just want to make her happy]
I moved my body to be by her side, always taking care that her thin arms did not stop touching me, because surely that would wake her up immediately.
After some effort, my head finally lived up to his, starting my new routine of appreciating my beautiful mom.
[It's beautiful...]
Curiously, I feel like kissing her, but not for lustful purposes, but to show her my love.
[Hmph.... Considering yesterday's development, it's not a bad idea to get ahead of my plan.]
With this new plan in mind, I continued to admire Gwendolyn's maternal beauty until after a few minutes she began to wake up.
"Mouh...?" She made an adorable sound as soon as he opened his eyes, which tried to focus with a little difficulty when he just woke up from such a relaxing dream.
"…". As soon as she realized that I was watching her, she opened her eyes in surprise and for a moment she was speechless.
"Good morning mom...". I just smiled even more, moved by his adorable reaction.
"G-Good morning son...". She said, looking away momentarily embarrassed.
[This is what it feels like when you do it your mom.]
She was silent for a few moments before looking again and asking with a slight blush on her face.
"How long have you been awake, Max?"
"I think since the sun appeared."
"I-I see...".
She stood for a few seconds, until she finally spoke.
"Max... Are you sure of everything you said yesterday?" He asked in a strange tone that was somewhere between serious and anxious.
"Hmph?"
[Oh, it looks like she wants one last confirmation before taking a chance]
Mom put on an anguished expression as she spoke.
"Max... I'm completely sure you can live up to everything you said... after all, you're extraordinary. You are my little miracle." She stroked my cheek gently, as if it were the most precious thing in the world.
"But... at some point you must have your own family... a wife... children... Do you know why I'm telling you this Max?"
Mom asked pessimistically.
"Because someday you'll die and leave me alone mommy?"
At my calm response, Mom bit her lip holding back the urge to cry.
"Children are supposed to eventually leave their mothers to go explore the world and find their way in life."
The tears began to flow without resistance, but without stopping caressing me.
"But I also know that you're not a normal kid, you're just different... and that would make any other mother happy except me... Do you know why it makes me so sad that you're special Max?"
"Why?"
"Because no matter what you do, how much you hide or how much I protect you from the world... eventually whatever you do will be extraordinary, and that will put you on everyone's lips..."
She began to cry properly, with her breathing becoming erratic and unable to suppress herself... no more.
"I don't want you to be judged with your eyes because you are different from everyone else and you don't care at all, I don't want you to be attacked for being seen as dangerous or dissident, I don't want the world to ever hurt you... and above all, I want to love you unceremoniously, without worrying about what people will say, without feeling guilty of being complacent with you, inappropriate, strange, weird or dirty.... Caring about nothing and no one except you."
She hugged me, trembling in terror, crying at the top of her lungs.
And even so, she gathered the strength to continue confessing.
"I love you Max. You are my world. You are my treasure. You are my blessing. You are my son... You are... Y-You are..."
With accomplished red eyes, mucus coming out of her nose, and barely able to speak coherently, she finally admitted it.
"You are my everything... you always have been... and you always will be"
With my small hand I wiped away her tears with complete calm, and a completely sincere smile.
"And you are my everything mom... I promise that I will love you no matter what, who, or what they say..."
Only then did a trembling smile come out of her face, and at that moment like her, I began to caress her cheek carefully.
"I love you... and it's the only thing that matters, mom."
From that moment on, neither I nor Mom broke eye contact, we just looked at the love of our souls through each other's eyes.
Time flew by and Mom calmed down completely.
We kept our bodies close to each other despite being naked, and truth be told, we almost looked like lovers because of the devotion, affection, trust, and tranquility we exuded from each other.
To tell you the truth, I wouldn't mind having to spend it like this forever, I don't think Mom would care too much right now, but everything has to end at some point, so Mom was the first to cut off eye contact, and sigh in complete peace with her eyes closed.
"Max... in truth you have no remedy...". She said between embarrassed giggles.
"You don't either, mom..." I replied without fear.
"Yes... I guess you're right." She sighed with solemn resignation.
"But that only makes me love you more mom, so please never change that about you."
She opened his eyes with a mischievous smile.
"Oh? Are you serious, son? Or do you just say it to make it easier for you to make unreasonable requests?"
"Both."
"How shameless! Who taught you to be like this? I should punish you for talking to your mom like that!"
"How scary!"
Mom pouted when she saw that he didn't take her seriously.
"Sigh... Max... I know what I said before..."
"If...?"
Mom blushed again and looked away.
"S-So don't abuse your mom's love..."
[Marry me! Now!]
"I don't promise anything..."
"Haaa~.... And whose fault is it that you're like this?"
"From you mom!"
"Yes... of me..."
Again there was a small silence between the two. I couldn't say for sure what Mom was thinking, but I did know of a request that would make her quite happy right now.
"Mom..."
"Yes son...?"
I smiled at her a little embarrassed at my request.
"Please keep pampering me a lot...."
"My love... You don't have to ask for it... you know I'll do it even if you don't want it,"
Mom kissed me on the forehead, hugged my head between her tits and caressed my head again, like when I was a baby.
"Thank you..."
"No Max... thank you... for loving me so much."
We embrace each other now with a new sense of hope. Once we were both satisfied, we finally got down to work.
POW Gwendolyn
[One week later]
My son and I were near the forest, practicing magic as I would have promised.
"Very good Max! Keep it up!" I proudly applauded my son's progress in just one week of starting to practice magic.
I felt the mana manipulate moving around his body toward his hand, perhaps still somewhat crudely but full of determination.
"[Lightning]." A blue bolt of lightning came out of his hand and struck a tree, leaving a black mark from the attack.
"I did it! I did it! Another spell mastered mom! Did you see it?!" My little boy came running up to me to hug me, I knelt down and waited for him with my arms outstretched to reciprocate his love.
"Of course I saw it Max. Mom is proud of you. You're awesome, did you know? It took mom a week to control that spell, but you only needed one afternoon..."
"Hmph! It's because my teacher is the best! You are the best teacher in the world mom!"
I kept hugging her, feeling incredibly proud, but also a little worried.
[Max is really talented... more than me definitely]
I wasn't bothered by that fact at all, on the contrary, if he was good at magic which was quite complicated in itself, I don't doubt that everything else is more than a piece of cake for my son.
Therein lies the problem, Max is made to shine above others... It doesn't help that he's the son of a talented magician.
Although I never sought any position of power and being a woman, the powerful had it difficult even to think of something that minimally interested me before trying to negotiate with me to become their wife or personal magician.
But Max...? He's still a child... but eventually he will become a man...
"Mom, you're thinking bad things again. Hmph!" Max immediately noticed my concerns and didn't hesitate to scold me.
"Ahh... Sorry my love. But I'm your mom... My job is to care about you. Don't be so hard with mommy..."
"And your job is also to overcome your worries and make me feel that everything is fine!"
[Ugh... Why do you always have to be so wise for your age?]
I couldn't say anything about it, so I just nodded in favor of Max while looking away.
[I'm supposed to make him feel better... Why does it always have to be the other way around?]
Despite thinking that... I wasn't really upset. Or well, those kinds of thoughts had stopped bothering me since we had that talk a few days ago.
[Sigh... Mom is hopeless Max, keep worrying a lot about mommy]
"I love you mom!" Max put aside that stern expression and immediately launched himself to fill me with loving kisses all over my face, almost as if he had read my mind.
"M-Max! E-Enough! I-I'm supposed to be the one to spoil you like this!" Despite my complaints, I didn't really object to her affection.
He kept filling me with kisses for a whole minute, and when I thought he was satisfied, I opened my eyes surprised to feel that he kissed me on the lips, not by accident, but deliberately he did it and unlike the other kisses, this one lasted longer, as well as being the last one he gave before smiling sweetly at me.
"Mommy. Did you like my kisses?"
"…"
For a moment I was speechless, especially because that kiss... It was deliberate, I don't know to what extent I understand its meaning, but I think it's important to start making some things clear.
"Mommy?" However, I didn't react quickly enough, because his smile when he saw my face immediately knew that he did something wrong, even if he didn't want to do it.
"Of course I loved your kisses Max!" I said before she got sad.
I need him willing to listen to me. He has to understand that what he did... it is not correct.
"Ahh! Thank you mommy! I thought I had done something wrong!" He commented relieved, which made me sick.
[Damn Gwendolyn. You have to start setting limits...]
I didn't let my thoughts reflect on my face this time, so with a fixed smile I nodded in pleasure before speaking in a slightly more serious tone than usual.
"I liked your kisses Max... but... let's say that last one you gave me...".
"On the lips?"
"… Yes, on the lips..." Despite my fixed expression, my mind became a swirl of various emotions the moment I said that out loud.
"… It's only for people..." I paused for a moment to seriously think about my response to Max.
And as perceptive as ever, my son knew this was important, so he stood silently staring at me intently.
[If I tell you that it is between people who love each other very much, it would be like throwing myself into the fire... I can say that only married people do it, but if you saw it in the market how surely it must have happened... He won't really believe me, he'll think I'm lying to him, and the last thing I need is for him to start hesitating to look for me for answers or just distrust me.]
Seeing that my silence was going to last longer than I expected, Max turned his head slightly confused.
"Is kissing people on the lips bad...?"
[Ugh... It's more complicated than that, son]
At times like this I hate that Max is so smart, whatever he says he will remember it in the future, plus he will always look for answers even if he must turn to people other than me.
"… Okay, I won't kiss mom on the lips anymore if you don't like it."
"Max...?"
To my utter surprise, Max willingly recoiled from his conviction, contrary to his usual bold insistence, which, while relieving me, worries me in the same measure.
"I just want mom to be happy, if kissing you on the mouth doesn't make you happy, then I won't do it anymore." He explained with sadness in his voice, but also with embarrassment, which was quite unusual of him, which only worried me more.
[I can't just let him make assumptions, it's a small one now and my favor, but if I let this go on like this... I don't know how it could end]
"Max... it's not... that I don't like... on the contrary, it makes me feel very special." I began by caressing his head gently.
"R-Really?" He asked with relieved eyes.
"Yes... but... How to say it...? It's not wrong to want to express your love... But there are different kinds of love... and kissing on the lips is not the kind of love you have for me."
Without realizing it, those words came quite naturally to me, which made me feel less tense about how I will approach this topic.
Max for his part was with his mouth open, incredulous at my words.
"Yes Max, there are different types of love..."
"Then I'll love Mom in every way there is!" He said full of enthusiasm, as if a new world opened it up in front of him.
This time it was my turn to open my mouth surprised by his statement, and now with one more concern on top of him.
[You have to control the situation Gwendolyn! N-It can't be that a child beats you as an adult!] "M-Max.. let me finish please..." I asked her this time, now obviously nervous.
"Of course mom! I hear you!" He looked at me with the same gaze every time he learned a new spell from me.
[It is not enough now to explain to him the ways of loving... I have to make it clear to you why we cannot "love" each other like this... Even if I wanted to]
"If I remember correctly, the different forms of love that exist are: family love, friend love and couple love."
Max nodded happily to know more about love.
"You and I love each other as a family... and perhaps as friends, which you should not be when you are still so small, for... friends have to be equal for friendship to work."
"Equal? In what sense...?"
[Great, you ruined it again Gwendolyn]
"M-Maybe another day I'll explain you more about that particular kind of love Max. We can love each other as a family and as friends maybe... but the way you loved me, that kiss on the lips is a form of love that only happens between couples..."
[Okay, you're doing well Gwendolyn…]
For a moment I felt like I was in control of the situation again, until what Max said next left me at a dead end.
"Are kisses on the lips for couples? Can you have two partners...?" Max asked with great interest in his voice.
"E-Ehh?"
[Where did that question come from Max?!]
Again, it was almost as if Max was reading my mind, as he quickly gave me an answer.
"I saw Mr. Gerthman kissing Mrs. Gerthman on the mouth, and I also saw him kissing another woman... ". I was speechless at that fact. "Does that mean Mr. Gerthman has two partners, Mom?"
"..."
I opened my mouth to try to say something about it, but I immediately closed it not wanting to ruin my explanation any more.
So, not knowing what else to say, I was silent for a full minute, hugging Max sweetly without the courage to speak to him or look him in the face.
"Mom...? Are you okay?" He asked softly trying to look me in the face, but without success due to my suffocating embrace.
"…."
[What should I do now?]
Max is a good kid... But he's still a kid. I don't want him to go down the wrong path or make bad decisions, that's the last thing I wish for him.
But Max has also made it clear that he does not want to separate from me, so assuming almost certainly that he will not separate from me even if I beg him to, what does that imply in his growth as a person?
Will it become dependent? Will you always ask me for a second opinion? Will he try to protect me no matter where we go?
There were many paths that Max could take... but one thing was clear: Max's path was linked to mine.
Because of my selfish desire never to be separated from him, being fulfilled by me, but also because of a sincere love and trust on his part, which he will continue to have me as long as I also reciprocate him with love and trust on my part.
A realization then struck me.
[Which way do you want Max to go?]
I can influence him to take any destiny I want... but I don't want to do it, I want to be his mother, his guide, his companion... his most loved person.
But I also want him to be his own person... that he makes his own opinions and oppose me even if it brings me concern, because while he´ll always be my baby... Max will become a man, a man destined to shine.
[How can I get him to take his own destiny?]
Yes... That is the question I should have asked myself from the beginning, and also the key to answering his question.
If I tell Max to love me in every way possible... he will, just like if I ask him not to, because that's Max...
[… But in the end it's his decision]
The only thing I can do if I really want Max to become the person he wants to be is to give him confidence, advice, and love, and hope that he will do the right thing in the end.
And even if it doesn't...
[Mommy will always be there for you Max]
I know what to do.
I finally undid my hug, grabbed Max by the cheeks, and looked him in the eye with all the love a mother can give her children.
"Max... There are many things I want to explain to you... there are many things that can be weird, and others that are wrong... but all that will be in time, because you are still an innocent child, and you don't have to carry those worries yet, that's what mom is for."
I smiled at him wistfully.
"I want to explain to you why you can't love me the way you want or think you want Max... You're not ready to know yet... No, I don't want you to know yet, because you are still my little miracle. So first of all, could you promise me to remain the innocent sweet boy that you are until the time comes when you can't be anymore, my love?"
"I promise mom." Without hesitation he gave me a word, and I kissed him on the forehead for his sincerity.
[Even if it's something so small, I feel very proud of it]
"Thank you my love, now about what was before." I paused, making my discomfort clear. "… The only reason you have to know for now, is that if people see you kissing me like that, they'll judge both of us and exclude us wherever we go."
I saw him clicking in his mind, which made me feel relieved that he had at least partly answered some of his questions.
"I don't care if people exclude me or if they hate me... after all, I'll always have you Max. But for people to do that to you? Never!" I hugged him tightly back to my body.
"You are my baby, you are my little miracle, you are my world Max. I don't want anything bad to happen to you no matter how small it may be. Do you understand? That's why I don't want you to do that..."
[Even if it makes me feel special...]
I decided not to say that out loud.
"But how do I know you're a very stubborn little guy, as well as very loving. Maybe you don't mind people watching or excluding whenever they're by your side... but you will certainly care to know that if certain people see us doing things like that... They could try to do more than just exclude us."
I felt him hugging me tightly, aware of what my words implied.
"People can be very bad son. It doesn't always have good reasons, but when they find one that works for them, they'll use it to exhaustion. That's why I never wanted to stand out more than I had to, and that's also why I always dedicated myself to my family, because I knew that they were the only ones who would love me even if I wasn't the person everyone believed."
My sister's face came to me and I felt like crying.
[Ilya...]
"I don't want you to get hurt Max... but above all...". I made him look at me again, feeling proud of him and determined that he was the person I wanted to be even if I didn't like him, because I really loved him.
More than anything, more than anyone, he is the one I love the most and I am willing to do anything just for him.
"I want you to be happy no matter what you do. Because I love you, and all I want is for you to be happy no matter what... Okay my love?" I asked with tears dripping down my cheeks uncontrollably.
"O-Okay mom." He accepted my words further moved
"Good... with that clear now... let's go home Max. You did well today my love, I'm proud of you. And I always am."
"T-Thank you mom...". She hid in a hug to cry, as she carried it delicately in the direction of our little home.
[Max... Please never grow up]
I begged mentally, aware that it was in vain, but I still did it.
Why?
[Mom wants to take care of you like this forever....]