Um?

After waiting for a while, the boy who didn't hear any movement blinked blankly.

He pursed his lips.

The erratic heartbeat disturbed his ears.

He was a little irritable.

He took a deep breath.

…

ah……

Only then did the boy discover...

The room is dark.

That is to say...

Mom hasn't come back at all.

…

The boy's heart suddenly felt like "surviving a disaster" with joy.

Very good.

Mom hasn't come back yet!

The boy's mouth widened.

So, what was he so nervous about before?

…

He seems very lucky today?

The boy thought happily as he turned on the light in the room.

I just thought about saying goodbye to the gray-haired girl in a hurry just now in order to rush home in a hurry...

The boy felt a little uneasy in his heart.

The gray-haired girl won't be angry, right?

…

The boy was in tangled troubles.

Time passes unconsciously.

He was awakened by his stomach growling.

He held his stomach.

So hungry.

He glanced casually at the clock on the table.

Next second-

He was stunned.

It's almost eight o'clock...

…

It's already so late...

The boy was surprised.

And mom... hasn't come back yet.

…

The boy felt a little uneasy in his heart.

He walked to the living room.

Soon, the dim living room was illuminated by lights.

But it became more and more deserted.

The boy walked to the window.

It was dark outside the window.

Almost every house on the opposite floor is lit up.

…

The boy leaned out of the window.

Below is the entrance to the unit building.

If his mother comes back, he can see her immediately.

…

The boy tightened his grip on the window edge.

Mother……

…

Before, my mind was full of miscellaneous things, and I didn't realize the passage of time, let alone my mother's late return.

So there is no anxiety.

but now……

He knew very clearly that his mother was late.

His heart suddenly felt like a boiling oil pan.

It was very painful.

…

Mother……

Why haven't you come back yet?

The boy opened his eyes wide, not missing any movement below.

…

The sensor light comes on a few times -

After all, it was late, and everyone who should have gone home had already gone home.

Occasionally there are a few people who come home late.

He was very excited and nervous.

But……

No mother.

…

The boy pursed his lips.

Because he exerted too much force, he felt slight pain from his lips.

But these pains are nothing at all.

His whole body was tense to the extreme.

So much so that his whole body trembled slightly.

He clenched his back molars harder and harder.

The emotions inside him were clogged in his throat.

It's like the next moment, I will be broken by a wildly beating heart...

…

Mom, mom, mom...

The boy shouted over and over again in his heart.

His eyes were fixed on the road at the door of the unit building.

Only when you occasionally look back at the time will your eyes briefly leave.

…

It's half past nine.

…
To be continued...