Ryu smiled at the drawing and patted the little kid on his head.In his gentlest voice,Ryu asked his son,"You have grown up!Did you miss me a lot?"
Ru pretended to think about that and then laughingly said,"Yes father I missed you so much."With his hands extended as wide as possible Ru grinned happily and answered his father.Ryu thought he covered his emotions well but Alicia had heard the tremble in his voice when he said that Ru had grown up.Ru thought that his father was asking about the last month but Alicia could see that Ryu was referring to the past year.In the last year Ru had grown a few centimeters taller and his face had grown rounder and chubbier.Ryu who's memory of Ru was missing for the last year was feeling overwhelmed and somehow relieved.A parent's biggest worry is something wrong happening to their child in their absence but seeing Ru after so long ryu knew that his child was fine!