Oh, she hadn’t even seen the young boy standing there, so consumed by her thoughts as she was — thoughts that a child as young and as innocent as he was needn’t be so saddled with.
“Oh, I uh — I’ll be fine,” she said simply, wiping the remnants of emotion
from her eyes as she managed a sweet smile in the boy’s direction.“— Don’t you worry about me.”
“Are you sure?” he asked her, tilting his head with curiosty. Watching the female for a little longer, Roland gave her a small smile as he walked over and wrapped his arms around her legs, being too small to reach her torso for a proper hug.
"Please don’t be sad miss.“ he muttered.
"I don’t like it when people are sad.”
