Suddenly, he wanted to be small again, to be a baby, to have his dummy back and his blanket, that old one with holes in it. But he couldn't let his new guardian see that, he needed to act like a big boy, like he was strong!

"Ron, do you like your room? Look at this comfy bed! Look how big it is and look at all books. Here you will put your new clothes and here you will put your toys and this is the place for you to draw nice pictures and learn stuff. What do you say? Do you like it? "

" oh, yes, sowy, I wasn't paying attention, sowy fow that, won't happen again, I twuwy sowy, apowogize"

"oh, don't need to say all of that. It's ok! Let's just sleep for tonight, tomorrow we will start our first day together. We need to wake up early."

"ok... Nigt-night then"

And with that, Ron climbed on the bed and covered himself with the blanket. He was on his way to put his thumb in the mouth, but stop himself. He was big now, he has a big boy bed and big boy panties and big boy bath. He was trated like a big boy, his thumb was for babies. Part of him wanted to be a baby again and the other part of him wanted to not disappoint the man.

Soon he drifted in a deep sleep way before his new guardian could ask him if he would like a night light. But, as Lupin will see later that night, the boy was a little bit afraid of the dark.

Lupin hasn't expected to hear the boy untill morning, but somewhere in the middle of the night he heard muffled sobs coming from under the blanket on the boy's room. Ron, on the other hand was pretty upseat, because now he was sure that the man wouldn't want him anymore. He couldn't be brave now, he couldn't make the man proud like he always wanted to make his mommy. As an instant, the light came on, but he couldn't see it, because he was deep burried in the sheets of his bed.

"Hey, Ron, what happened my boy? Tell me so we can fix it!"

Lupin uncovers the small bundle on the bed, only to find the boy with his fist on his eyes and trying to be unseen by the monsters in the dark.

"I... I... want... Doesn't mattew..." Ron said beyond hiccups.

"Of cours it matters! Who told you that it doesn't? Now... Can you tell me what's wrong so we can fix it?"

"I... I can't sweep... The bed is new and too big... And I am not a big boy... " the boy unclenched the fists from his eyes and for the first time looked at the man. His eyes looked like he cared for true.

"sure, big man! My pleasure to buy you a new one! Anything else?"

"can I... Have some watew pwease? Onwy if it isn't too much twoubwe."

"I actually want some water for myself too, come here, take my hand and let's go"

Ron came down the bed and shyly took the man hand, but his was so small that he only took 2 fingers and his little hand was full. In the kitchen, Lupin sat the boy on the counter before giving him a small plastic cup of water. Soon enough, the boy started to fidget a little, of course, not without being unnoticed by Lupin.

"Big boy, do you need to use the restroom?"

"I... Can't weawy tew... Maybe? I don't know fow suwe..." Ron answered and looked down on the ground. It was clear that he wasn't fully potty trained. There were times when he really could not tell when he needs to use the bathroom or not.

"Can you go by yourself or do you want me to accompany you?"

"I... Is it dawk?"

"we can make light, if you wish"

"yes pwease"

And with that, Lupin got the boy in his arms and went to the bathroom. It was clear that the boy was afraid because he was clenching Lupin's shirt with his hands, but he was looking forward to see if there were monstera in this house. Maybe, the monsters were afraid of the adult, who knows?

In the bathroom, things went smooth, they both wash their hands and Lupin got the boy again in his arms, this time to put him in bed. Ron, too, was ready to fall asleep, his thumb being stuck in his mouth. He was comfortable enough to let his baby side take some comfort, maybe this man would not deny it. His mom often told him that sucking his thumb was for the babies, his old binky too, it was given to his baby sister because he was too old for it.

He was almost asleep when Lupin put him to bed. The man put the blanket over him and wished him good night, only to find that Ron was sleeping heavily. He smiled and went to his room. He needed a good sleep because tomorrow it will be a big and long day and he needed energy to pass through the boy thoughts of what was he allowed or not.