"Uh? What's this…"
The boy was staring with his eyes wide open, watching an open box that contained a piece of jewelry.
"I-is this gold?!"
"Of course not, it's fake"
"Ah."
The boy remained silent for a few seconds before asking:
"And why are you showing them to me?"
The woman in front of him replied without a hint of emotion:
"They're for you, it's your birthday isn't it?"
….
"I mean, earrings are for women, and you shouldn't have gone out of your way to get me a gift, we are not in a position to spend what we want…
Every cent counts towards the amount of time we have left, if you could save up a bit more that'd be the greatest give you could give me"
"Sigh… Sometimes I wonder if you're really your mother's son.
All you do is nag me like a granny, while your mother was as careless as a kid"
The boy's serious gaze couldn't be avoided, and the woman couldn't do anything but find an excuse:
