The one, the only, KID FLASH!
Chapter 2: She's happy…
Wally sat in the warm room of the kitchen doing what was supposed to be his homework, Math, Science, History and …grudgingly, art. Naturally, he finished it all in less than 2 mins.
Which was like forever.
And provided himself some entertainment by bouncing his eraser (a new one, the first 12 had already burned out two days ago) off the kitchen table and watched it in slow motion as it lands in random places. He's mother, beautiful, housewife, mother, turned from the stove to stare at her son.
"Stop playing Wallace, and do your homework."
"Finished" Wally stated, not taking his eyes off was to be an epic collision between eraser and table ant. 'Would the poor, unknowing ant escape death in time?' Unlikely, but the commentary going through his head amused him by reenacting quotes from DragonBall Z. 'the eraser! It's over 9000!'
His mother continued to look at him and realizing he was telling the truth, slowly turned back the stove. She snorted, unknowingly gaining the attention of her son. "Of course…" she muttered sarcastically under her breath but Wally still hears her. He stares at his mother. She was 35 and had, had him when she was 19, marrying his father in a moment of need to not upset her family even more. But that was a long time ago and as she always said, she loved her life now and it was her greatest joy when she had him…. of course the last time she said that was when he was 12 but he knew. It's true that in the past, things where up and down and he knew that there where moments when he would see his mother in a fit of silent tears but now, he doesn't see them anymore and he knows she's happy, even if she doesn't let him hug her anymore….
He's a man. He doesn't need hugs from his mother anymore.
Even if her smiles are less….
Hey, his mother is a busy woman and it's not like she never smiles.
Even if she mocks him….
It's not mocking, it's teasing. He needs to take it like a man.
Even if she doesn't love him anymore…
What? Of course she loves him. Heck, he'll even prove it to yah.
"Mom?" he calls to her. He sees her turn slightly in his direction.
"Hmm?"
"You still love me right?"
She looks at him. The look may have been forever, he's not sure, and he starts to doubt himself when a small smile forms on her face. It looks forced. He can tell by the small nerve twitching forming at the right corner of her mouth.
He ignores it.
A small sound of laughter reaches his ears and he ignores what it doesn't sound like.
"Of course, I do, silly" She says and turns back to the stove once more, muttering about silly boys and their silly thoughts.
He smiles and ignores the fact that she never actually says 'I love you'.
(Because she's happy and she loves him.)
End.
(A/N: I don't own anything.)