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"Son."

I turned and saw my (Sou') mom and dad. My mom's eyes were a bit swollen and red, dad's face was grim and sad. I, as always, knew what happened. No matter the world, dimension, or anything, parents will always be the same. I made a kind smile and looked at them with reassuring eyes. Looking at my reaction, my mother opened his mouth.

"I heard explosions. What were you doing?" She tried to sound threatening but his throat was clogged from all the crying.

"It was nothing mom. You must have heard wrong." I tried to sound as reassuring as possible, and I think it did the trick.

"Really?" It was my father that asked.

I nodded.

"Oh, there is someone I wanted to introduce yesterday, but she is quite shy."

This was pretty sudden and unexpected. But that's good for me. Sudden events don't let the brain of organisms grasp the situation quickly, until and unless they expect it beforehand. In my case, it was the former.