The proudest feeling I had was when she finally said the words she was only thinking and sharing to us, readers. She kept thinking, observing, and learning...and finally, she said the words to her son and it held more conviction and sincerity. Besides, her quiet observation is still parenting, she was literally "watching over" them and supporting in little ways like teaching hiroki to cook or giving him her equipment...ofc there are a lot of disappointments especially when she was "communicating" with her husband (my annoyance towards him was the highest coz he knew his words were hurtful yet only acknowledged it when he thought of his son hearing him say them for years... That's not ignorance anymore, he KNEW it was hurtful and not something you should say). Love the brother's high EQ and glad he gained a friend he relates to. I'm still worried about Hirko's self esteem tho... It felt like his dad (and society) really chipped away so much of him already and i'll just have to imagine him building himself up again to feel worthy of something as a gay.
The proudest feeling I had was when she finally said the words she was only thinking and sharing to us, readers. She kept thinking, observing, and learning...and finally, she said the words to her son and it held more conviction and sincerity. Besides, her quiet observation is still parenting, she was literally "watching over" them and supporting in little ways like teaching hiroki to cook or giving him her equipment...ofc there are a lot of disappointments especially when she was "communicating" with her husband (my annoyance towards him was the highest coz he knew his words were hurtful yet only acknowledged it when he thought of his son hearing him say them for years... That's not ignorance anymore, he KNEW it was hurtful and not something you should say). Love the brother's high EQ and glad he gained a friend he relates to. I'm still worried about Hirko's self esteem tho... It felt like his dad (and society) really chipped away so much of him already and i'll just have to imagine him building himself up again to feel worthy of something as a gay.