The time following July 25, 1990 weren't very eventful. But, signs of depression setting in were inevitable. PichuPal rarely ever smiled and always seemed to be troubled by something. The same thing was not always the cause. He never wanted to go anywhere. He would always sit in the living room watching TV and eating pizza, which he seemed to love incredibly, or would sit in his room and think of all his troubles. PikaPal thought, and hoped, it was all just a phase he was going through. But a child this young being depressed? She really didn't think that was it, so she kept telling herself 'It's just a phase, it's just a phase. He'll get over this soon, I hope.' Her hopes weren't true. He wouldn't get over this soon. All because his brother left after shouting and screaming angirly, he thought it was all his fault that happened. Apparently, he didn't like it if something was his fault. And he always seemed to get a little sadder when he tried to do something and messed up. Whatever it was he did, if he failed, he'd look sad and run off someplace to cry. PikaPal took full note of that strange type behaviour. "Hmm, I guess he's just afraid of failing. Or hates to fail," she observed. "I'm not sure there's much I can do about that. Maybe it'll go away too. But...I'm not sure." Sometimes she'd go and talk to him to try and cheer him up if he failed at something. He would eventually be cheered up about it after some talking to. She really hated seeing PichuPal that sad. Making him happy was always on her list of things to do each day as of now.
PichuPal never seemed to try at much in fear of failing at it and being more sad. Seeing her son this way really hurt PikaPal's feelings. PichuPal was not yet old enough to go to school. She hoped that this stuff would all go away by the time he was in school. PichuPal stayed mostly to himself not talking to anyone besides his mom. One reason was he never left the house and he never seen anyone else. PikaPal was fully aware of his low interest in being social at all. But she really didn't want to have him go outside because then he would be taken away from her and placed in Pichu's Paradise, out of her care. But it wasn't easy having him friendless at his age. She had a very hard time knowing what was the right thing to do that would make both happy. She would need time to think of that, and she'd need to send him to school soon anyway. "I hope he'll be over this by the time he starts school," PikaPal said. These problems would not get any better, but worse. Too bad PikaPal had no way of knowing that.
End of Chapter 3.
