"So what’ve you been doing since you left?"
“m-mother!”
it was so incredible to hear her voice, he didn’t know how or why or what was causing this miraculous even to happen right now but that didn’t matter so much. he needed to savor this moment, though he had so many questions to ask her so many things he wanted to say —he needed to answer the question she had asked him, so he could have the opportunity to have a normal conversation with his mom.
gathering his thoughts, it took him a second “w-well, I guess a lot has happened. it’s sorta hard to explain, but I made some new friends…” he paused for a moment.
wrapping his arms around the other tight, he had no intentions of letting her go quite yet. he just needed a hug from her, just for a moment. there were no words between them, not a sound. just a line to break the silence “it’s so good to hear your voice.”