I was scared, and bewildered, thought I thought we both were.

-I won't hurt you. Lok, it's me, Dante

-Dante…?- His voice was very childish

-Do you remember me?- He shook his head- Don't you know who I am?

I sounded heartbroken I wanted so much that he recognize me, but due to the current age and the age with he met me it was impossible for him to know who I am, but well, more improbable things have happen.

-You are good

I smiled, smiled for the first time in months, I took off my jacket and I wrap Lok with it, he seemed uncomfortable. He was very funny, my raincoat had always been something, but this?, it was biggest, he was very cute. When I saw that there was no way he was comfortable with in such a large coat, I used it as a blanket and wrapped it around him, now he was happy.

I had to take it with me, but I was afraid he would get scared and start crying, as if he reading my mind, he raise his arms as a sign to pick up him, don't hesitate for a to give in to his request, I came out of his hiding place and settled him in my arms, Lok finished adjusting, resting his head on my shoulder and clutching my jersey.

-You're safe, Lok. Everything will be fine.

I walked happily back home, Lok fell asleep on the way, I had a mixture of emotions, he was smiling, but I still felt tears on my cheeks, hugged him tightly, and concentrated on his breathing, it is his weight (minimum) in My arms. By the time we got home it was calmer, I carefully put Lok on the sofa, looked at him for a few moments, everything was so unreal, I slowly took all the bags and took them to the room next to mine, put away the clothes in the closet, but I took the children's shampoo to the bathroom, I put the shampoo in the bathtub and started filling it with a considerable amount of hot water. When it was ready I went back downstairs, and woke up Lok as gently as I could, he protested a little and looked at me with a frown, he seemed offended that I woke him up, without having to ask me to pick him up and take him to the bathroom despite the sleep, Lok seemed happy to see the bathtub, I sat him in the sink and started to take off his clothes, the first thing was my raincoat, which was still wrapping his body, I discarded it on the floor, I took off his tennis shoes and socks, Lok laughed when I tickled his feet, he was so cute, I took off his shirt, I couldn't help but run my hand over his shoulder, this was another test, the tattoo on his shoulder, it was the same one that Lok had when I found him in that Sect, an hourglass, I shook my head pushing those thoughts away, now I had Lok, a reduced version, but I had him.

I finished undressing Lok, and found he was wearing diapers. When I put him in the bath he was happy as soon as I touch the water, I rolled up my sweater so it wouldn't get wet, but it was completely useless, Lok started splashing almost since he entered the water, once we were both wet I started cleaning Lok, while I was busy rubbing his hair with the apple-scented children's shampoo, he entertained himself by splashing as much as he could, make a mental note that he had to buy some bath toy, if not, the bath water would end up all over the bathroom.

When I managed to clean Lok completely, I wrapped him in a towel and took him to the room where he was going to sleep, there I sat him on the bed and began to dry him, earning a few giggles. Once dry I had to discover how to put on a diaper, it was quite a difficult task, also, Lok had a small rash from spending a whole day in a dirty diaper and he did not feel like putting on another one. After numerous attempts to get him to put it on, I picked him up to make him stand up and make it easier to put his pyjamas on.

After the bath, Lok was almost ready to go to bed, he just needed to eat something. I carried Lok to the kitchen and I looked around the cabinets for something I could give him to eat, but there was a problem: what do babies eat? I was convinced that I had nothing to give him, in the end I decided to make a ham and cheese sandwich and a glass of milk. I sat him in a chair to have dinner, but I realized that it was a big mistake, since his head barely reached table height, in the end I chose to sit him on my lap, Lok ate happily and at a speed that worry. When he finished he was a happy boy with a full belly, I carried Lok to the room, I told him that my room was next to his, but I think he did not hear me, he was going in and out of sleep, by the time I put him to bed he was already asleep again. I sat on his bed and watched him sleep, he was scared, scared that he would wake up tomorrow and Lok wasn't there, scared that nothing was real, I didn't want to leave, I wanted to watch him all night to make sure he didn't disappear, but I knew that if it was real, tomorrow I was going to need a lot of energy and patience and if I didn't get enough sleep I wouldn't have either. I took out Calibam's amulet and set it on the nightstand next to Lok.

-You watch over me?

Calibam nodded, told me to be calm through our link and I went to bed, today had been a very long day, physically and emotionally, but now I had Lok with me, so everything would be fine.

I was sleeping peacefully, without disturbing dreams, no noise, or worries, until I felt a light weight on me, I opened my eyes and found myself looking at the face of a child, it cost me a few seconds, but I managed to process the information and remember everything That boy was Lok.

- hungy - Lok said while pouting

-What?- He was still too asleep to understand anything.

-Hungy!

-Hunger? Are you hungry?

Lok nodded vigorously, gently removing Lok from my stomach and laying him on the bed, I sat down and looked at the alarm clock, 8.35, it was too early for me, I had not rested much in six months and now that I was already in emotional condition, I noticed weariness crush me. Lok was still pouting at me, he wanted me to get up quickly to feed him, sigh, I suppose I would spend the day in my pyjamas today. I got out of bed, Lok crawled across the bed to the edge, then slid to the floor and walked over to the door, the door I had closed last night.

-Lok, how did you get into my room? - Lok giggled, I was starting to freak out- Lok, how did you get out of your room? - Lok laughed again and covered his mouth with his hands, I knelt down to his height.- Lok, how long have you been up?

Lok ran down the hall leaving me unanswered to any of my questions, I was afraid, Lok was very small, he did not get to the door handle and if he had been awake and running around my house for a long time as he wanted ... I was afraid.

I left my room to look for Lok, I tripped over a chair and hit my little toe, the day started well, what was a chair doing at the entrance to my room ?, I mentally slapped myself, the chair was the one I was in Lok's room, next to a desk, Lok must have used it to reach the handle of the doors, he left his room and dragged the chair here, and entered mine, well I had already answered a couple of questions.

I looked for Lok around the floor, while looking for him I had the misfortune to know that Lok had been up for a long time, there were many doodles on the hallway wall and some markers on the floor, I picked them up and cursed in my mind, now I had to paint the wall, I went to Lok's room and got Calibam back

-Weren't you going to watch him?

"-Hasn't it disappeared?"

I rolled my eyes at his answer, I heard something fall down the stairs and a pot broke and I was scared, I ran and sighed with relief when I arrived, Lok was at the edge of the stairs, a pot had fallen and the piece of furniture on which he was standing .

-Sory,- Lok had tears in his eyes and was shaking.

-Nothing happens. That plateau shouldn't be there.

I grabbed Lok and calmed him down, carefully down the stairs, I had to jump off the bottom step to avoid stepping on any piece of pottery, nor the scattered earth. I went into the kitchen and sat Lok on a chair.

-Very well Lok, stay here while I clean up the mess, okay?

Lok nodded, I went to get the broom and the dustpan when a chill ran down my back, I went back to Lok and lifted the chair with him on top making him laugh, I placed it in such a way that I would never lose sight of him, I did not trust I want him to stay in the chair if I didn't watch him. I grabbed the broom and dustpan and started cleaning up the mess, I had to make sure I cleaned everything very well, I didn't want Lok to hammer a piece of pottery if he ran around the house, plus I know it would make a big mess if he got to play with the dirt and I think my house has had enough redesign. Every few seconds I looked at Lok askance to make sure he hadn't moved.

Finally, everything clean, I returned with Lok, he seemed disgusted, I had forgotten that Lok was hungry and because of the noise made by my stomach I was also starving, I went back to look for the cabinets and the fridge, I had nothing to do with it. eat, for none. Due to the state in which I was and in which I did not eat I had not bought food and well, now I had nothing, except for a chocolate bar.

-You know Lok, what if we go to breakfast in a very good cafeteria?

Lok refused, he wanted to eat now, I loaded him up and took him to his room, rummaged through the bags to dress Lok, when I chose the clothes I left it on the bed and started to take off his pyjamas and changed his diaper, everything was fine What I did not expect is that Lok refused to dress, he did not make it easy, he did not let me put his shirt on and he did not stop repeating that he was hungry, in the end Lok ended with a tantrum and I wanted to kill someone. After an arduous battle I managed to dress Lok in jeans and a blue long-sleeved shirt with white anchors drawn, and the sneakers he was wearing yesterday, the clothes were a little too big for him, but it would do for the moment. I picked him up while he squirmed, Lok was still crying and he didn't want to have anything to do with me, I took him to the living room and sat him on the sofa, turned on the TV and moved through the channels until I found a children's one, Lok was hypnotized by the animals and the colors. I went to the kitchen and took the chocolate, I went back to the living room and gave him the chocolate, Lok ate it happily, when he finished I cleaned his hands and face, I was lucky he didn't stain his clothes, he didn't want another battle because the most Lok likely won this one.

I made sure Lok was still and calm watching TV, I decided I had five minutes for a shower and get dressed, if I did it would be a new record. I did not get it, it took seven minutes, not bad, but I was afraid that Lok had moved, I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw that Lok was still on the sofa, but I was no longer watching the children's channel, but a movie rated for over 18 Years, I recognized it right away as SAO, I ran and turned off the TV before anything happened, I already had too much, I didn't need to traumatize a little boy.

I loaded Lok and we went to the car when I opened it I realized that I didn't have a special seat for Lok and that it was really dangerous to put Lok in the car without the right conditions, in the end I chose to walk while carrying Lok, for Luck after five minutes walking, Lok demanded that he leave him on the ground, when I did he ran and obviously I did too, it didn't take him a second to reach and lift him, although he was fast to be such a small child, it does not compare with speed of an adult.

-Lok, you can't run away.

-Not?

-No.- I put Lok back on the ground and this time I shook his hand before he could go anywhere. "You can't get away from me, understand?"

-Yes

Lok seemed disgusted with the idea of not being able to run when and where he wanted, but I do not protest having to shake my hand, it was a pleasant walk a little slow since it was in rhythm with Lok, but pleasant. When we arrived at the town Lok asked me to carry it, I admit that I really enjoyed holding him and I suppose he did. I went to a trustworthy cafeteria and entered, I decided to sit at one of the tables with padded benches, since it was glued to the window, I sat down and sat Lok next to me in such a way that he could not run away and he would be entertained watching by the window.

I took the menu that was on the table and leafed through it, this cafe is one of the best in the area, I was going to ask for the usual, the menu of pancakes for breakfast, with coffee and orange juice, now it was my turn Decide that Lok was going to have breakfast, look at all the dishes on the menu, but I could not think of anything, I know that Lok likes chocolate a lot and that he does not have any food allergies, but a plate of pancakes with chocolate chips was going to being too much and he didn't want it to go to waste, or worse, he would eat it all up and get sick. In the end I decided that I would share my breakfast with him but would have a glass of added orange.

-Hello, do you know what it will take? - A young waitress approached with a notebook and a pencil, she did not seem like much to serve me, she had blonde hair in a ponytail and a very serious expression on her face.

"HELLO!" Lok suddenly jumped into his seat.

-Hello darling- The girl changed her dry voice for one full of love, softened her gaze and smiled -What a beautiful child, is yours?

-Eh yes...

-It's super rich. How old are you?

I went blank, I had estimated an age, but the reality is that I had no idea, and did not know what to answer, luckily Lok saved me from a super embarrassing moment and also told me her age.

-Two! -Lok raised his hand showing the girl two fingers.

-Wow, what major. Well, what do you want to drink?

I made the order and looked at Lok, he is smiling, it seemed that everything was amusing him, except dressing, he did not like that. The girl brought our order and I discovered something else about young children, it is difficult for them to eat, or rather, that the food ends up in their mouth and not everywhere, and it is even more difficult to eat yourself. Lok was very small and I had to stand up in the seat to get to the table and be able to eat, I was afraid he would shut up so when I finished cutting his portion of pancakes into small pieces I wrapped my arm around Lok to keep it stable and not to fall to the ground. Lok enjoyed his breakfast very much and so did I, despite the drawbacks, but it had been the best breakfast in months.

When we left the cafeteria, Lok said goodbye to the waitress, it seemed that Lok had brightened the day. We were walking back home when Lok saw the park, he looked at me very excited.

-Pak!

I looked for a few moments at the park, that's where I saw him for the first time and where Lok was living, I smiled a little and accepted his request, although if I think about it it was more of an order.

-Okay, we'll go to the park.

Lok was very happy and started pulling me in the direction of the park. Lok knew the way to the memory playground and the closer we got the more anxious he got. When we arrived I analyzed the swings and slides, there were some for children older than Lok and obviously very dangerous for him, Lok released my hand and tried to run towards the games, but I did not allow it, I did not feel like losing it.

-Stop there young man -I knelt down to be more at his height- What did I tell you about running away? - Lok frowned annoyed- Lok, if you want to play in the park you have to listen to me, and there are rules: don't You fight with other kids, you can't get on the big kids' swings, I always have to be able to see you, you can't go anywhere and Lok, don't go with any strangers, understand?

Lok nodded, was happy with his answer and let him go, although he immediately regretted it, I did not know if Lok had not understood what I had said, or was simply ignoring me, because the first thing he did when I let him go was go to the Swing bigger and more dangerous for him, where in addition I could not see him, I quickly went after him and picked him up as he was climbing the stairs to reach the top, Lok did not like it and looked at me angrily.

-What did I just tell you? This is a swing for big kids.

-I want!

-No, and if you misbehave we go home.

"No." Lok seemed disgusted with that idea.

-Well, you have to be good- I loaded Lok up a slide for small children and left it on top -This is for you.

Lok was not very happy about not being able to go to the swing that he wanted, but he accepted that slide, Lok slipped and by the time he got down he was happy, and he continued playing, I went to sit on a nearby bench, but I realized that He couldn't leave Lok alone, since that would be really reckless and irresponsible. So we spent a while, Lok running from one side to another and me behind him making sure he was safe, although I realized that I was not the only one, almost all the parents were in the same situation as me, chasing the child and helping them to get on and off all columbios. After an hour I decided that enough was enough, Lok was about to jump down the first slide, I got to the end, and I caught him when I got to the end and lifted him up in the air, Lok started laughing a lot and I don't stop doing it while he carried it, until he realized that we were leaving the park, he protested a little, but in the end I accepted it without much protest.

While we were in the park I realized that I had to make the purchase, the problem, I would have to make a large purchase since I did not want to go every day, the problem of that, I was not going to be able to carry everything by myself and also, watch Lok, so he would have to take the car, problem, I did not have a special seat for Lok, in short my destination was a children's store to buy a car seat, it is incredible what I have to do to to be able to eat.

Once in the store I tried to leave Lok on the ground, but he clung to me with all his strength and groaned in protest, I had no choice but to surrender and carry him, Lok rested his head on my shoulder and clung to my shirt, not that I cared, it was really nice. I was going around the store lost, again, I was realizing how inept I was with children's issues, luckily a young boy came up and offered to help me very kindly, also try to interact with Lok but he refused and hid his face in my neck, I got the boy to forget about Lok, since he seemed very uncomfortable, and focus on helping me get what I needed, when I told him that Lok was shy.

It turned out that there was a wide variety of car seats, in the end I bought the one that seemed most comfortable and the one that could hold him best for when he fell asleep in the car, I couldn't help but smile remembering the countless times that Lok had fallen asleep in the car after a long day, Den was very funny. Once the purchase was completed, we returned home, when we moved a little away from the store Lok asked me to lower it, and I did it, since it was easier to carry the huge bag where I had put the seat box.

-Lok, what happened at the store?

-I'm scared.- Lok pouted at me.

-Okay, nothing happens.

Lok didn't say anything else the rest of the way home, so little did he ask me to carry it. Once at home I left the bag on the floor and sat on the sofa, Lok imitated me, only that instead of sitting he had to climb and then he could sit down, I was funny, I looked at the clock, it was almost eleven, for so I decided to rest for about fifteen minutes and then I would install the chair in the car and we would go shopping, get Lok up and lie on the sofa, put Lok on my stomach and hug him, he seemed happy for the affection.

-Calm Lok, this time I will protect you from everything, even if that includes dependents of baby goods stores