25. Trouble Lurking
A/N: I wrote this on a whim. I was planning on a couple chapter, but this prompt wasn't good for it.
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"Mother, be careful!" Hiro jumped up from the couch. He was always ready to rush to his mother's aid these days.
"I'm fine, I'm fine," Satsuki Sohma chuckled at her son's alarm. "You're such a sweet boy."
Hiro looked away as if he was trying to hide a blush. He didn't like to seem like he was overprotective. He just didn't want his pregnant mother to get hurt. She was close to her due date and having an accident now wouldn't be a good thing at all.
"No," Hiro acted like he was trying to defend himself after the compliment. "You can be so clumsy. It wouldn't be good if something happened to you and my little sibling.
"Oh, Hiro," Satsuki smiled. She quickly walked across the room and hugged her son around the neck. "You can deny it all you want, but you really are a sweet boy."
At this, a blush made its way across Hiro's cheeks. He was happy his mother wasn't looking down to see it. He hated that he could blush so easily.
"You can't keep moving so quickly. You always stumble and one of these days you're going to fall," Hiro lectured his mother who was still holding onto him.
"There is always a chance of danger behind every corner, Hiro. You need to learn to let go a bit and live life," Satsuki said.
"What are you a philosopher?" Hiro asked, rolling his eyes.
"I very well could be," the woman said finally releasing her son. "Now what do you want for dinner?"