Enso huffed and puffed from the exhaustion of running for too long. This is because he ran all the way from the back of the school building straight towards his house.
"Oh! Enso, welcome home"
His mom, Ochako, greeted him.
"I'm home! sorry mom, i was late a little bit because i missed the bus coming here"
Enso reasoned, though not being completely honest in his reasoning.
"That's ok, as long as you've made it here safely, oh! and dinner's here so go rest and wash up and then come down"
Ochako told Enso off with a smile as she continues washing the dishes.
Enso smiled at his mom and continued going up the stairs in a hurry.
Reaching his room, he immediately closed the door in anxiety, while slamming his back on the door as he pants in the relieved anxiety.
*EXHALES
That was....that was....i don't even know anymore...
He inwardly slumped down.
He threw his backpack at the side walls and jumped on the bed, heaving another sigh but this time of stress relief.
"I can't... that was way too much AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH"
He screamed and ranted while pressing his face on his pillow.
"I HATE THISSSSSSSSSSSSSS"
He continued venting out his frustration on the pillow, muffling out his supposedly loud screams.
But I guess at the very least i finally let it all out, though, he did reject me
He thought to himself.
Of course, i do feel extremely sad and disappointed, that's a given. But now i think it is better that i did tell him. But now what of our friendship?.....well whatever, if he accepts me then good, if he doesn't and will stay away from me then that's okay....
He continued his pondering, slowly lowering his mood down a little bit.
He flatted his back on his bed, staring at the ceiling lights in helplessness.
From tomorrow on, i guess i will have to deal with the consequences of this event i did....
After that thought, he once again pressed his face on the pillow beside him and said-
"NOOOOOOOOO DUDE!!!!! I'M TOO TIRED FOR ALL THESE SHIT, WHY DID HAVE TO DO THAT ESPECIALLY NEAR THE UPCOMING EXAMS!!!! NOW I'LL HAVE TO BE DISTRACTED AS I REVIEW!!!!!!"
He resumed venting on the pillow, and due to his constant screaming, saliva gathered on the pillow and he felt the wetness on his lips as he yells.
"ENSO!! GET DOWN HERE ALREADY!! YOUR FOOD IS GONNA GO COLD!!"
His mother's shout, made him threw his pillow away from his face, leaving a trail of his saliva strings dangling in the air as he hurrily gets up.
Throwing his own feet flat onto the floor, he ran to his closet and changed his clothes for the night.
I just want to be sent far away from here, just to get my chest off of these stupid feelings.
He inwardly wished as he hurries going down the stairs.
"Sorry mom"
He tiredly speaks as he assigns himself a seat on the dinner table. But while he does this, he looks around, trying to find a certain father who has been going back home late these past few days.
"Mom, where's dad?"
He asked Ochako as he grabs himself a chopstick.
"Your Father? Oh he says he'll be late for this evening because of work"
His mother answered while eating.
"Again? Or is he avoiding me because he doesn't want to return his borrowed money from me?"
Enso assumes in annoyance.
"Hey! don't speak about your Father like that! just eat already and go to sleep after this or you'll be late for tomorrow again, if you're late tomorrow again i'll cut your allowance for tomorrow"
Ochako responded in anger.
"Whatever"
Enso mutters silently as he grabs a sushi.
"Grab the remote"
Ochako orders her son.
Hearing this, her son lazily but obediently grabs the remote from the TV cabinet and turns on the TV itself.
"Where's that show these days? Are they not airing anymore?"
Ochako mutters as she changes the channels one by one as Enso just silently eats.
For some reason, Ochako found the silence of her son a little weird and so she looked towards her son and asked.
"Why are you being quiet? normally you would either be loudly ranting or bloviating about that lovely Ren of yours, what happened? Did anything between you and Ren happen?"
She asked the bombing question.
Hearing the last part of his mom's words made Enso stop his silent feast, and slowly the edges of his eyes became wet.
And hearing those words, especially from his own mom, he couldn't help it anymore and so he threw himself to his mother and he started crying, leaving his food.
"Mom..... i told him..."
He stutteringly mumbled loud enough for Ochako to hear despite digging himself into her chest.
Ochako was shocked hearing this and said-
"You told him?....."
She asked in a surprised tone but slowly, the gears in her noggin turned and she found out the rough sketch of the situation just from within her head.
"Ah...So you're embarrassed and disappointed because you got rejected?"
Enso withdrew himself from her arms and stared at his mom in disbelief.
"You know?"
He asked in shock.
"Of course, i can feel it from your expressions and the tone of your voice"
She reasoned.
"And also, i'm your mom, i know what's happening within you"
She spoke gently as she pokes Enso's chest.
"Mom.... You're being unusual today But thank you"
Enso spoke and once again threw himself onto her arms, venting his sadness.
*SOBS
He continued sobbing on her chest in extreme sadness.
"Now now, don't be too sad, we can't help it that that's how he feels about you okay? but i guess its reasonable to cry about it so just continue"
Ochako hugged her son as she consoles him with her motherly love.
Afterwards, she and her son continued bonding watching TV shows while eating their delicious dinner.
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"Sleep now okay? But if you stil feel sad about it then you can sleep in our room"
Ochako tells Enso as she looked at him lying on his bed, to which the latter only nodded and afterwards slowly turned his body the other way, facing the closed window where the moon and the stars shone brightly.
Seeing this, she closed the door of his room with a smile.
While Enso continued loking out the window as he cozily lays on his soft bed, slowly drifting off to the snoozeland in emotional and physical exhaustion.
But as he calms his mind and body muscles for sleep, he could swear that he heard an extremely silent head voice saying-
Wish Granted, Enso.