Challenge #292: awkward
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Pomegranates unlocked a memory -
The lady was kind, he remembered, wife of a great scholar whom Koumyou wished to meet.
The lady had brought them pomegranate juice and said to her son, “Why not play a game with Kouryuu?” Immediately, the boy held out a toy and smiled at him happily, for he was an only child and playfellows were a treat.
HE had stood, without responding. The lady hugged him gently. “Look at you, teenager - so awkward! That’ll be your hormones!”
And he had shaken himself free. “It’s not hormones - it’s my destiny!”
She found that idea even funnier.
Pomegranates unlocked a memory -
The lady was kind, he remembered, wife of a great scholar whom Koumyou wished to meet.
The lady had brought them pomegranate juice and said to her son, “Why not play a game with Kouryuu?” Immediately, the boy held out a toy and smiled at him happily, for he was an only child and playfellows were a treat.
HE had stood, without responding. The lady hugged him gently. “Look at you, teenager - so awkward! That’ll be your hormones!”
And he had shaken himself free. “It’s not hormones - it’s my destiny!”
She found that idea even funnier.