Vanilla
My body sliding down to the floor as I sit on the floor, my back resting on it and somehow, I can tell he is doing the same.
After some minutes, I see a book slide under the door, a favorite book of mine as I pick it, his voice saying from the other side of the door "Read to me"
Read to me.
Just like how he always asks me to.
I want to not read, I want to tell him to go away. I know he does not ever listen and actually understand what I say, but he still keeps asking me to read.
So I do that.
I pick the book, my hands trembling as I flip open a page, my eyes landing on the it as I begin to read "Ben h-has to learn about s-surviving on h-his own. He would miss his g-grandma and her c-cookies
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