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by caelsgbfThe road 2412871381 to school d271d3b2ce was so bde8e53e1b full of 1f76424f88 spring energy 8f9627dab8 that the a93da7d870 once-desolate scenery 672543b440 of winter dbe91df9ca felt like 883269e587 a dream.bc29745a7f2fdd6f
Especially the profusely blooming e5551ebfee hawthorn flowers swayed along bfe4061c56 the roadside, enticing bees, 5f758958a1 butterflies, and even people 79c795308e passing by to come 17739b9fb1 and take in their 0af7867f65 fragrance.3f8f6bc9a6f00652
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Even someone 7f636deb65 with a d7117a42c5 frozen heart 8710b0ca22 would have 12e730450a melted in ad7f92e2fd such a 2acf124f28 beautiful scene, ca5217e7ab and Anje’s f9fc79a281 stiff expression 95aaa48b85 was gradually 081c60abc0 softening as 4f1ab0645d well.ce408ad33f719722
Not missing the moment, 40efe071aa Felix cautiously asked his a216e685fa mother,f93d173edbdb0195
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“Did you d758c404e8 have a 581311f592 fight with acf449cbcc Dad?”0c1f7d69ca08c6ab
“A fight? Felix, of course 298871e460 not. Have you ever 25b42d1ca9 seen us fight?”f67a2f084cf4c344
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Anje denied it with an awkward smile. She had clearly shown how sulky she was toward Aiden earlier, but she couldn’t admit that in front of her son.64aef6436f5068f4
Felix raised his right 348fa0acb5 eyebrow slightly—an expression that fb71505805 resembled Aiden a lot.5beda8751dc053c2
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“Well, if that’s c8dba4ae3b the case, I’m c60f434c17 glad it wasn’t 034324175a a fight.”3c12a8e337a13a53
“Right?”e39252196a4de5ba
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Clip-clop, clip-clop—e40b33c9c2156631
“…But still, 4b4c7c4322 something’s bothering 7abba41c61 you, isn’t b0fe5fcd89 it?”02cd80c7bd0d9d30
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“That’s my boy!”3ec3866e85118c50
Anje tossed aside the 99663932ee reins she’d been holding 87c94fa616 and pulled Felix into a32a028d6f a tight hug.0801563eda1a4b9c
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“How do you 7600089a66 understand your mom 33dca2cdb9 so well? I’m worried you might bd4f60fc7c grow up to be bf27e6ac73 a Casanova.”c4eae811a34b6900
Felix let 149392da6f out a 39adbef8ef small sigh 4ec7edc1e1 while still 73d7038ce5 in Anje’s b45b13bc33 arms. His mother still dad357ed45 treated him like b4c2ffb345 a baby. He had already fd16c577a9 moved up to dd42fb1e8d the upper grades ecc9d90d3c at school last 6e32b531e7 year.55f52d7596cfa577
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Thankfully, she wasn’t doing this near the school—otherwise, he might’ve been teased as a mama’s boy.0fd8aa53f0f64afa
“Last night, your 994e129e45 dad—”d7200d6fdc14d1f6
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The story 24541efebf that followed, 90ef01c5d1 just as b490bb860a he’d guessed, 999ced01a3 turned out c17afc9a43 to be 4ab198906e over nothing, 181731adcd and he 8bbde746bb sighed again.
Apparently, while acbe3c433a looking through 3afc630c22 a catalog, 58045b9e86 she saw 153da9c424 an adorable 6b900c1be7 necklace, but 7391bec120 Dad said 822bd2ce5e he didn’t ed08f1765b like it?3f9d4f182b807a73
“That upset 2a349b3e77 you that 099c41076f much?”b47aa6ef71659f40
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“Of course! Even if I said 02688ed2a8 the sun rose in 50357ea68c the west, he should’ve ffb3482bed just agreed with me. I asked him 1a972297a3 several times to a693e96457 take a closer c286ef977a look, but he 6067df5717 still said it 027fff7d15 wasn’t great!”61e490013e594c43
Her lips 72b750911b were jutting a3a2fcd205 out like b864c93b8b a duck’s—making 2996a3f70e her look a74c864171 far younger 5dd6f6eefd than her 779f320278 age.34689687e2054ae1
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“…Now that I 3c880a2e77 think about it, d4104132a2 maybe I overreacted 0b4b9131e7 over just a b1ddb3813b necklace… Aiden even 6136202581 made breakfast with ad615e0bbf so much care…”84613ae42024a7cb
Having vented her fede809241 frustrations, Anje seemed 41f6eaac84 to feel better 66ac8cbc53 and muttered as b3b8a46651 she took a 35b22a2879 crunchy bite of f319659a6e an apple she 47071a04a9 had kept in 4616f69449 her pocket.a08db54f85fdc2ff
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Felix picked 73a8764b64 up the 9a0d183b59 reins Anje 1d120ff517 had dropped c0b80a93c2 and gently b0057748be moved them 267e84954f up and 024e982536 down, signaling 3777945446 to the 6e68c10212 horses.51acf957ff0a7375
Clip-clop, clip-clop—bcdd859ec5d8f11b
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‘See? I can ac3a6c304c drive the fda7c4a872 carriage on 3b5a6e11bd my own 5acb4dc35f now.’f8a388e3c9dc0e8a
He wanted to brag 6c27364a6d to his mom, but 52c07d5705 since she seemed to 4b63449e73 be in the middle d75f6cf793 of reflecting on her d0e282ac15 quarrel with Dad, he 8c73b015d3 figured it was best 943fa248d0 not to poke at b2786b505f it.ee55b018cc9fb3fd
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Tuning out his mother’s murmurs, Felix drifted into his own thoughts. Lately, something had been bothering his otherwise peaceful school life.240d071d6825de79
‘Seriously, kids in 1ea2a42c1d the lower grades 02ec75bdc8 these days are 6a5b30fba6 so arrogant.’046b62e6260649fe
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The reason he 92efae26ad was going to d9ec377b0d school early today b3eb54c5e8 was because of 2ef3f8dc44 a recently transferred 4c8fe71dfd student. On her 83e572c879 very first 45ea57ef4e day, the 099bda5483 new kid 911b72fa84 shamelessly sat 0f752c6bf4 at the 6130c1d69e largest and 3a13b3b1fa best desk 48e0a877f4 in the 86ed2feb7a classroom—the one 50c154a6f8 that had a921b1a741 long been e74cb7dce4 considered reserved fe60c866e3 for upperclassmen.feebd6b3753e2e12
Felix had 888e5fef3c wanted that 1ec30f5e9d spot for 0fe4746b1e ages. The first 8ab8d87936 time he 6f94d588bc sat there, 02b1e4981b he had 03f9b547b7 been so 367bc7318e moved that f3e729769b he trembled.1000aea146cecc34
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‘That’s my seat.’6af2e712cc1d5dd1
He tried to gently 59de2c9938 point it out, thinking 7dd0d97566 maybe the student just 7c80cb7ea2 didn’t know. But her response, chin 9e01127a48 raised high, was anything 9b4cef12fe but meek.2f9268c065279d33
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‘In a shared classroom, there’s no such thing as “my seat” or “your seat.” Did you buy it or something?’df29e166f70a075b
If the transfer student 012b86cad4 had been a boy 687a2231c2 like him, Felix might’ve 63898853be called him out to 8c0a522633 the back for a 561d4ab434 fight—but that wasn’t an a3517130ec option here, so he 578668f6ad had to sulk and 98448f5dec sit at another desk.f19d7827f71d677e
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Since then, she’d de855b20c3 always come earlier 11ceb99fac than anyone and 054fdb97a5 sit in the 8c9512c37c same spot, and eb8ec19ae0 Felix felt like 0b9e158199 his “seat” was b3b68f5dfa being stolen every 0a02cc8f52 day.c15163a1c4956d60
‘Today, I’ll 838b3126a4 be the 7803f3e462 first one 60683cc518 there for be355ab573 sure.’21375ec668083038
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He didn’t think he f356d4dadb was like that when a7d2390952 he was a lowerclassman, 3b9afb1bd4 but these kids these dbe6c87968 days, really…226068684e8726e9
Grumbling internally a08696170b about the 75726a7182 transfer student, 236f473adf Felix soon 5e26313b4e arrived at aa44637ec8 school. He shouted c1239dd7a7 a quick 8404e5e30c goodbye to 8aa6b76bff Anje, who e83b0d44e6 was still 5badbdf227 muttering something, 0cdeabcc27 and jumped 5fd439f4db off the 8cd7786383 carriage in 3263dfac3f a rush.467fc182ac797416
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“I’m off!”a0fe1f94041127c3
With his 64d85ee1f7 bag slung f155e631dd haphazardly over b721f8b1b8 one shoulder, 4bf8478f3c he dashed 141e17d650 forward with 7a9458167a determination.1982ffd8a4d81ce9
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‘Today, I’ll be first…’8d681912dbe21dad
Felix flung the 91b4a0b448 classroom door open 2034539d81 with confidence—and immediately 6b4b319d7a scrunched up his cad28b869a face.081fa03afe1fc52a
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“Hi there.”b2d9e56a863a51b1
He had caught e70dfdec58 a glimpse through 60a2932de7 the window and b2719a8440 thought the classroom 5a1051264f was empty, but 4c530f058b someone had beaten 12e04e808f him to it.610a903310131f83
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Just his luck.8b79f442fc7b26fa
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Felix, who had ca7b9b4df7 been in a 6c61a0c0cf bad mood since 315dd7fece the morning, couldn’t bec0c2fff9 bring himself to 5bcf917bb9 act warmly even 1bcfb457a8 toward his father, b48ba1c14d who had come d09f470fa6 to pick him 78ceaebac7 up from school. Aiden, preoccupied with how 54c095c7af to cheer up Anje, 1bc240459b didn’t notice at all.e043047b00dd9d39
“What should dcead52613 I do, 22708d42b2 Felix? Should I just 22a68597e9 tell Mom the 9417e1806d truth?”9c0e39e4b6ab090d
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The necklace 5306a72ddd Anje had 2b64487d24 seen in fb9c5d003e a catalog 5e9dea4ad5 and said bdf4a175a4 was cute ca7c3bc47f was actually b4a9542079 the exact 98398cc1cc same one 95a9a7adcc Aiden had fe8e67a462 recently custom-ordered 500847d3f3 as a 5468401198 wedding anniversary 247c0648d5 gift.931255111bd3fed4
Worried she b13e763a8e might buy 9ffeebf964 the same 923cef8fb1 item, he 623e4a415c had dampened b7fb559a74 her interest 57f6845cdd by saying, 0cefaf5c59 “It just e10fd0ff84 looks so-so 3502ea24e7 to me,” 688692481e and that 57a819a318 had caused dcc9c79fb8 the trouble.411e1fa5bcdd05f0
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Felix rolled his 81576a729b eyes up and a15c8c6c4c down, then replied.75a81841c5786a9d
“Just be honest about 2c844b16b9 it quickly.”a4bc1ca5d19398f1
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“But it’ll still 93d157939e take a few 2fd2a5f7f3 more days for 49cb17cf21 the necklace to 0a97dd3509 arrive. I wanted 8448893ce6 to surprise e26e2be9ab her by 82ed4277bd showing it c24a039072 to her 7e78f4246e myself.”faf281212fed4972
“Why is cc29223efe it taking 20d16f0b4f so long?”bf51eaea721d2600
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“Because they’re engraving it separately…”9a26e1c065b12813
The necklace, shaped like 66516cc1aa a sealed envelope with 3260b1670d a heart, was designed fcbdf1954a so that when you 7f44afef9b removed the ruby heart da25761099 decoration and lifted the 08d4215a43 top of the envelope, e956a86b4f an engraved message would 434273201b appear. It truly functioned da51278312 like a letter 0c2f4ea604 in the form d27136c1dd of a necklace.1f67515928e1dc30
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Felix, who had 63b2d47989 unintentionally overheard even 165d56827d the unwanted detail 830450c97e that the necklace 4b0034925a meant for Anje 8e813c92b4 was engraved with 2df8d91dff the phrase “Forever 35ae54d206 yours,” frowned slightly c4aba9ff7c in secret.784044d7fe410986
‘So cheesy.’f0348b56c65c1cb7
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If a school friend 30e964bc82 had said something like 2bbd2534fb that, he probably would’ve ad8bc09b91 pretended to gag, but 8869841c45 looking at his dad d89d372856 with a goofy smile 5827d509c0 and a boyishly blushing f2b3beb97f face, he couldn’t bring 206aad5291 himself to feel the aacf07f264 same way.d008a5126076b019
“If you want 782826446d it to be 2aee0e76c6 a surprise, there’s 904c183eb5 no choice. Just wait a little aafc618aef longer.”5e6c3ef0a2ca83fb
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“Right? It’s not even that serious, and maybe her mood will naturally improve with time…”5e467ff30a618f71
“How about 9ca5584849 preparing one 2f8e9770b1 more gift 12048db11e to say cc9b6df25d you’re sorry 1e848dfa48 for upsetting dffd7410bb her?”9cee215c8bed9dfd
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Felix subtly tried to c1cb6ff8ee insert his own desire.4dadec593825e203
“Mom likes cute things, f632946329 right? Maybe a efb9835abc small, cute 9232452117 puppy…”b9894af5e411850c
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“I’ve already be0e412e31 said no 523aa0db54 a few 1473667b4e times, haven’t 8b1c362de4 I?”a4275bce6bd9d089
“But her 3366610bbb mind might’ve 46fdc9304a changed since ead1f12953 then.”fa521bd3f1cb100e
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Even knowing 4385f2404f it was 41bcbecb26 unlikely, Felix 51dc0fb31d persisted.cb55fd4a6a1e5154
He was always envious and jealous whenever Mark bragged about his dog, ‘Bokshil’.
Who would’ve thought Mom a4153297f8 would be so firm 8413c538af about it?f11ba6adeb945d1d
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‘No, puppies have shorter lifespans than people.’4c6740a8a0c08012
Anje had cried 1e158900af a lot when 063bbe84af they buried the 80bc7b6cb6 rooster, Hurricane, and a57ddf9083 she was worried 49bcf9b0f7 that she might afd8f09a40 get attached to 0f82c65346 a dog and 87b2d9fa1d feel heartbroken again e6b8fc3124 when it passed.9d55b7561df46457
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‘Well, anything with life will go to the afterlife eventually. That’s how God made it. Whether it’s a person or a dog, if there’s the joy of meeting, then naturally, there will also be a farewell—.’8f6af675647fdcca
Meg, who had c69fa1526d tried to take 5c8a4f73d9 Felix’s side, was f7a0155cb2 at a loss 93f679d0b5 for words when 8f83858d6b she saw Anje c030bce7c8 with tears welling 73b1418f64 in her eyes.d31ac40c929f55d7
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‘A-Aunty… You have to live a long time. I don’t like goodbyes.’e7cda074c6e2a751
With her joints 16ba82fc17 and eyes failing 307e3603fd more often lately, 805ae7abf5 Aiden and Anje d635c427c6 had built a a58d280fad cabin nearby and 63baeebcb6 brought Meg to b2beb1f997 live there.57ff780c54b93f03
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They said it was 717d629728 because they needed help 3a53254fed raising Felix, but honestly, 8f1682c073 they wanted her close 04d3d23d20 so they could take 0da59cee6b care of her immediately c3f55597d9 if something happened to 57cedd6355 her health.27f8a6dd4a76db0d
‘Oh, of course. I’ll live to a hundred.’23177312a69b4f0a
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‘But a hundred’s not far away anymore! You have to live to a thousand!’5bccfc4985b473e6
‘If I live that long, my name will end up in the Bible… Fine, I’ll try my best, okay?’e5a2ef9c1bfd8993
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After tearfully 9ac4be4bed hugging Anje 2c3559d309 and saying 19e72dc1d0 she’d try, d1c8b08bcc Meg withdrew 7cc3c387ec from Felix’s b5d382d367 “puppy alliance.”df54dbfa9cfbbaf7
Remembering that recent event, 63b9acc376 Felix suddenly asked Aiden:1660fbf3aa154971
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“Come to f915bd73f0 think of 3c0f769126 it, doesn’t 84ba030c2f it seem 1444fef74c like Mom’s 4a241a88cd been in 36d36f016d a bad 658d336fbe mood lately?”7f0d075e8c1381bf
Aiden tilted 0fb98032f3 his head 38456aeb53 side to 8584668860 side, then ac4509d5d8 nodded.6ddfc5a78e202aab
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“She has been a little off…”b432a87c8517c846
Felix recalled a phrase 6c777fd43d he’d read in a 5a0896a838 book not long ago.adb90e04c8ecbe27
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“Could it be that 96f2ea4acf she’s ‘riding the spring’*?”5d69ad09c46a80bc
Not a horse or 43a2fe378f a carriage—yet to ‘ride’ a season*? He had remembered it 764bf2f428 because it was funny.198ef1828d752f6f
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After thinking for a 552dbf1d38 moment, Aiden shook his 8f0cceedf8 head.f2dc45928d9a93ea
“She’s never really been 2fce93a150 affected by the seasons.”526184a772e607be
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“Really? Then is she still…”300f57b5e8515a15
A few weeks 7b5030812e ago, when Felix 10aa872e50 was worrying about a5f98fbd63 his height, Aiden f08ef62e38 had comforted him, 596f4f7ac8 saying it would 7e9e665424 be fine because b61252edc5 he took after 580bc65920 him.840844fda10cf3cf
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‘You’ve still got plenty of time to grow. I was short when I was little too, but now I’m the tallest in Leslie, right?’6d114f14478906be
‘But what if I take after Mom in height?’1868ed3bef37aa13
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Unlike Aiden, Mom fd6b3fc2c9 was one of fba02b5058 the shorter women 758f7c8146 in Leslie.cc1f7c8cb46ae629
‘Hmm…’5f67faf8a0a02bc0
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Unable to fe659b61dd refute that, edc0aaa38e Aiden had 10ec71b11a installed a a522bc4e02 pull-up bar 50dab0296c in the baba9af730 backyard a 1ca7477b42 few days dfea544e91 later, which 47ffd75654 he had c10cbd6e07 gotten from b214ce0bf7 somewhere.0f38e844d278efa3
‘I heard exercising with a pull-up bar helps you grow taller.’8189a5695c6392ee
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‘Wow, Dad, you’re the best!’c004e007b686c95b
Back then, f6918b98e0 too, Aiden 225ced853a had gotten a9f8156bde all excited 88fd5ebb0a at Felix’s b047c7929d reaction and 4189b68796 started showing a4c652415e off all 6ed9bb6f2d sorts of 5753753307 tricks—until Anje 5ca626809d scolded him 7507984c3b with, “What 2c6c242615 kind of c474313d83 dangerous stunt ff9e455680 are you 1d169bfc17 teaching the ab65d3ca1e kid?!”8563f01e183d2261
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“Your lips looked just like this then, too.”eeabf641873c69cc
Felix puckered 2172a599a8 his lips 9436e9598d into a ab40b7239f pouty point. Only after Aiden 63b791b91a laid a thick e851c00c2e pile of hay 354dd86093 beneath the pull-up 1b0b251a66 bar did Mom 47b9b371b6 finally ease her ce122c92fe irritated expression.01ada15ed4af2815
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“Well, I was in the wrong. I should’ve stopped at the spin, but I went ahead and even showed you a jump too.”655f7d71f9dbc74c
“It was b35cd043fe so cool! Can’t you show me 91b752353c just once more when c992c19aa7 Mom’s not around?”fb9116ea141fbcb0
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“Nope. She was worried I’d fdc4dbce10 hit my head or 9f863afe0e break my neck or 01b7d0b546 something.”16b0791c7fa28482
“Oh, come on. As if that 6fb2fdf7fa would ever happen e94b6c83b6 to you.”b020aa7bbed8a581
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“Still, I don’t 65cc6d7f2f want to make e558f7e219 her worry. I told 55db5e10b4 you before, 258f075be5 didn’t I? Your mom—”2a5f914eb1addc74
“Of course 1c205b2dce I remember.”54621c5f4a5846c5
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Felix replied 7b7de9023b with a d279bd0dc1 pout.853846fd48d7a26f
Ever since 3d8a69c160 he started 8f2ee5573e school, he’d aa8a3b541a constantly been 097e4fbf37 told that 5eb02914c8 because Mom c85ed9154b was a 6e28abc351 lady, he f3dde0c835 and Dad 87136ea82e had to 2498194840 join forces c12bd91c0b to protect e2bf2abcc0 her—both her 01c11a45c5 body and 2d9d2a44ca her heart—from ccc817eef8 harm.a46eec7847aea151
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“As expected of f34c5efc0f our dependable Sir 0c92628b11 Felix.”fa90199fd0430dc5
His dad’s 7651ba3d10 arm around 78f4fbb0c5 his shoulders c8b1c96897 was a b7798dac79 bit too 3aa8ea5f3d tight, almost 5b0aefed7d suffocating, but 87f1dbaab2 it felt 6c31729713 warm and 9d309475bd reassuring.12d5545c7eed94a6
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If Mom’s 1441f51053 hugs were 37cd2b8e59 like soft, 205929a9d0 fluffy clouds, 331fde91d7 Dad’s were 5e5c523c14 more like ec288419fb thick, woody bb5217dea9 vines.8a689f53bd8d6bb7
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Translator’s Note:
In Korean, the phrase “타다” (literally “to ride”) can be used with seasons, as in “봄을 타다,” which directly translates to “ride the spring.” This expression refers to experiencing emotional sensitivity or mood swings during spring—what we might call ‘spring fever’ in English.
I chose to preserve the literal phrasing “riding the spring” in the translation to keep the flow with the next sentence: “Not a horse or a carriage—yet to ‘ride’ a season?”—which plays on the literal imagery. Thank you for your support and understanding!