There are so special people in our life who always manages to make us feel comfortable. Even in the storm of life, their presence is always enough to lift up our spirit.
Xu y knew that Ru was a couple of years younger than her but oddly, why was it that Ru was the one who gave her a comfortable feeling? Xu y had pestered Ru to learn different skills but even after all these years, Xu y knew she couldn’t possibly have the composure or maturity that Ru possessed.
Even in silence, Ru had a way to reassure her. Xu y felt all fuzzy inside while she ate her ice cream in silence.
"Sensei," Xu y called out after eating to her fill. After eating sweet delight, she was a bit sleepy now but didn’t want to close her eyes. She was afraid that Ru would again leave like she always did. To make sure, Ru doesn’t vanish, she even perched her head on her shoulder making Ru stiff as a pole.
Xu y thought Ru would push her aside since she didn’t like physical contact but unlike what she expected, Ru didn’t do such thing. Instead, she heard Ru’s voice saying, "It’s Ru."
"Huh?" Xu y didn’t understand.
"I said you can call Ru."
It was Xu y’s turn to look disbelievingly. "Is that your na, Sensei?" Xu y happily tugged at her sleeve.
"Don’t know. But since everyone called young master Ru, I assud that to be my na." Ru answered offhandedly. "What were you going to say?"
Xu y got back to her senses. "Do you know I felt so uneasy that day... when that woman left... I really didn’t feel like myself." Ru could feel the bitterness in her tone. Sothing even Xu y couldn’t recognize herself.
"Are you sure you want to know why were you feeling uneasy?" Ru’s question startled Xu y a bit. Wasn’t she just uneasy because of nausea?
"I do want to know..." Xu y closed her eyes awaiting Ru’s answer.
"Because unknowingly, in your heart, you expected to hear another answer." Xu y’s heart shook but Ru wasn’t done yet as she continued, "You might have said plenty of tis you don’t care but in reality, you cared. A mother figure had always been sothing you desired. But you also wanted your own mother to give you a reason. A reason that could justify her abandonnt. Scratch that! You don’t feel abandoned anymore. Now, you’re feeling betrayed. Because the only answer that mother of yours gave you is that she left because of the woman who ruined your life. Instead of choosing to believe in her own family, she chose to believe a third-party."
"Your heart is hurting. Your mind is not ready to believe all those excuses that mother of yours gave you. She could have taken you with herself but she didn’t. She chose her own freedom over you. And that thing is not settling well with you along with the fact that instead of coming clean, she’s trying to push all the bla on your father."
Xu y wanted to deny all those words but how? She couldn’t! Every word of hers was true. That was the bane of her life. Always had been. A mother who abandoned her and ruined her for life. She felt tears pooling in her eyes but she tried to blink them away. She wasn’t going to cry for that mother again.
But soone like her who didn’t even know the taste of a mother’s love, how could she give love to her own child? Could she really be any better than her own mother?
Xu y was scared as she asked, "Sense-Ahem! I an, Ru." Ru humd in reply. "What is a mother?"
"Hmm... Mother..." Ru said it as if tasting the sound of it on her tongue.
"A mother’s love is like a song
It’s a rhythm of two beating hearts
She might stay quiet
But
she always wraps your heart
with her love
She’s the rhythm of life
Singing the song of hope and cheer
With every steady beat pushing you to take flight
She’s like that cool breeze; invisible
Yet, always there by your side.
She chides you on your every step
Silently praying for no pain to touch
She whispers her words of love
Having fear is not sothing she’s proud of.
But at the end of the day,
She is a mother, shaping her daughter’s wings
Because she knows
One day, her butterfly is going to break free from strings."
Xu y had unconsciously lost herself in Ru’s soothing voice, sleep had made her eyelids heavy. "But then again, one can’t define a mother in a true sense."
"Was your mother exactly like that?" Xu y asked and raised her hand to cover her yawn.
"Was she?" Xu y thought she heard Ru’s voice but she couldn’t be too sure since her slumber was a lot more peaceful now.
Ru looked at Xu y sleeping with her head on her shoulder. She could see the jaw-dropping look on her subordinates’ faces who were roaming around in disguise. But she didn’t care about them at all.
She stood up and picked Xu y’s body in a princess style feeling weird. But she didn’t want anyone of her people to touch Xu y, so she chose to do this task herself. She brought Xu y back to where Jie was sleeping and laid her down right by his side. Xu y imdiately hugged Jie’s waist and snuggled up in the crook of his neck.
Leaving them inside the room, Ru ca out. Connecting her Bluetooth to her cellphone, she ordered, "Stop wasting ti. Let’s go fishing."
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