I'll Give You My Warmth. (Period Comfort)

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Yes, Pumpkin? Okay, sure, sure, sure, sure. Um, I'll be there in a sec, okay? I'm just doing something.

Hey. Are you feeling better? Okay, okay, that's good.

Yeah, I'm good too. I was just cleaning the house up. There's a little eewee in the kitchen, so I was just trying to.

.. Um, do you need anything? Something to eat? Okay, sure, I can do that.

You've been very good the past few days, so do you want me to treat you to something nice? Alright, you're not a dog. I'm just saying, you've been eating well recently, so.

.. Okay, look, do you want your favorite snacks? Yeah? Okay.

We don't have any right now, but I can make a quick trip to the convenience store? Okay, sure. Alright, so just the.

.. Okay, sure, sure, sure, sure. One sec.

I'll be safe. Pumpkin, I'm home. Hey.

Hey, Pumpkin, I'm here. Missed you, I missed you. Okay, here you go.

Um, I got you your favorite snacks, of course, of course. I never miss. And, um, I tried this before.

I don't think you have yet, and it's super, super good. I think you're gonna love it. Oh yeah, yeah, you can just leave it there.

Um, you don't have to finish everything, you can just leave it, and I'll. .. I'll eat it later, okay? What? I missed you? Is that so crazy? Okay, alright, alright.

Um, do you need anything else? Uh, need some more water? Yeah? Okay, sure.

One sec. Alright, here you go. Alright, here.

No, it's okay. Let me help. Okay.

Very good, very good. Okay, good job. You mind if I sit? Okay.

No, you're really not being too much at all. I'm used to it by now. I mean, if I was having a bad day, and someone kept punching the crap out of my stomach, I'd be pretty pissed too.

So it's fine, alright? Don't worry so much. Um, what you should be worried about is feeling comfortable.

Okay? Are you feeling comfortable? Need an extra pillow? Need an extra pillow? Okay, you're doing good.

So, so good, pumpkin. Alright, I'll just be in the other room, okay? If you need me, just holler.

I can hear you from across the hall. You want me to stay with you? Yeah? Of course, of course.

No, I'm not busy. You have me all to yourself, okay? All to yourself.

Just say the word, and I will bend to your will. You want me to stay with you? Okay, sure.

Okay, I'll just. .. I'm here, I'm here.

I'll come closer, okay? Okay. Is that good? Okay.

Uh, may I. .. may I hold you? Okay, I'll hold you.

Um. .. I'm here, okay? I'm here.

Just. .. just feel my warmth, yeah? Okay.

Um, I'll put on some B-99, if you don't mind. Kinda helps me shut my brain down a little. You know, it's just, it's nice having something, something in the background, I guess.

Okay. Where's the remote? Ah, okay.

Do you want us to watch a specific episode? Okay, sure. I'll just.

.. B-99 on a slow afternoon. What could be better? You know, one of the guys who made this show was also, um, co-creator of Parks and Rec and The Good Place.

And he's like 43 or something. It's unreal. Yeah, I know.

I feel like I'm, I feel like I'll be halfway underground by the time I'm 50. I'm joking, I'm joking. I know.

When I first started watching this show, um, I used to think that Amy was the, the most attractive person just ever. Until I met you. Until I met you.

But yeah, no, I still think she's, she's great. But Boyle, Boyle is definitely my favorite now. Just can't get enough of Boyle.

Oh. You okay? Yeah? Okay.

What are you doing there? Nothing? Okay.

What can I see? Wow. Are you comfortable? Yeah? Okay.

Good. Yeah, I'm good, I'm good. Thank you.

You wanna come closer? Okay, sure. Come here.

I feel like I need more than will just be, just be one person. Yeah. I'm here.

I'm here. Pumpkin? Yeah? Do you mind turning your back to me? I just wanna try something.

Okay. Thank you. I'll be big spoon.

You okay with me being big spoon? Okay. Yeah, there's always something special with being big spoon.

Oh. Can I lift your shirt up a little? Yeah, it's okay.

I'll just put my hand underneath a bit. Just on your stomach. Yeah? Okay.

Does that feel good? Yeah? Warm? That's good.

Okay. When I was a kid, maybe seven or eight, I used to get some pretty bad stomach aches. I remember not being able to sleep at all.

I'd just toss and turn in my bed for hours. There'd be times where I couldn't just power through it and I'd go up to my dad's room. It'd be maybe eleven or twelve at night.

My mom would be sleeping sound on her side of the bed and he's just up and watching some 80s anime. Probably Slam Dunk, I remember. I'd crawl up on their bed and snuggle beside them.

At first I'd be like, my stomach hurts. But after a while he just got the memo. He'd lie down and I'd lie down next to him and he'd put his hand on my stomach.

Just like this. I don't know what it was, but his hand just warmed up from out of nowhere. After a few minutes, the stomach ache was gone.

It was like magic. Every time without fail. I think I asked him one day how he did it with his hands so I could do it too.

To myself. He said it was the power of love that warmed up his hand. I probably believed him too, knowing how dumb I was.

But now I kinda get what he meant. I feel my hand warming up a little too, right now. And I think it's just the love.

I'm here, okay? If it gets too warm, I'll ease up a little. Just let me know when I'll be on the case.

Is it feeling better? Yeah? That's good.

That's very good. You're doing so, so good, pumpkin. So, so good.

I'm so proud of you. I'm so proud of you. I'm so proud of you.

Can I move my hand a little? Yeah? Okay.

I'll circle your stomach. Okay? Just very slowly.

It might help it feel even better. I'm so proud of you. I'm so proud of you.

Very good. You're doing so good. So, so good.

Do you want me to keep talking? Until you fall asleep? Okay.

Anything for you. Thank you. I just remembered, um.

.. When I was a little kid, I used to have this really nice person that would come up to my place every now and then. This was right around the time, you know, with the whole stomachache thing with my dad.

Right around that age. Their name was. ..

Their name was Josie. I was a pretty shy kid growing up, you know? I'd be pretty loud at school, but when I was at home, I was really talking to a lot of people.

You know? It's not like I could talk to a lot of people, but I didn't go outside either. Um.

.. There were a lot of nice people, a lot of nice, um. ..

nice kids around the area, and I don't know, I guess I just. .. I just never felt like going outside and mingling.

But this one kid, Josie, was. .. They were.

.. They didn't make me do all these sorts of crazy things that other kids around that age would make you do, you know? Didn't go hide and seek, he didn't go climb a tree, he didn't go to the park or anything.

Well, sometimes. Sometimes we went to the park. But with him, it was just.

.. We were. ..

We would, um. .. We would rollerblade.

We would rollerblade, um. .. to this little street.

Like, at the edge of the. .. the edge of the suburbs, and there's this tree.

There's this really, really massive tree with, like, you know, those roots that really pop out. You know, and you can tell this. ..

this tree is super old. You know? You know? I say you know us if you know.

But, um. .. Yeah, we would always go to this tree, and we would just.

.. We would just talk about I guess whatever eight, nine-year-olds would talk about. We would talk about some TV shows.

I think her favorite used to be the Chowder or something, or Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, if you remember that. We would just talk about the latest episode, I guess, and talk about school and whatnot. We would just sit there by the shade, on the roots.

We would just talk about whatever. And, um, after a few months, we did it, like, every week, every other week. We had this.

.. There was another kid that that we got to talk to. Um.

.. I think we called him Matt, I think their name was. We would just, you know, hang out near my place, by the curb, or hang out by that tree.

There were three big roots there, so we would just stand on, no, I'm sorry, we would just just sit on each of the really big roots, and I guess we'd talk about each of the really big roots, and I guess wait till we had to go home, you know. And, um, it was, it was really nice. After, like, half a year, um, you know, Josie had to had to leave for another place.

I think their family was moving uptown. You know, good for them. Um, then the other one left as well, so it was just mostly me, uh, ever since I was, like, ten or eleven.

And, I don't know, sometimes I just, I just think about them from time to time. You know, wondering where they are right now. Where their family is.

You know, if they're doing well in life. We didn't have phones, you know, we were really young, so it's not like I got to really reach out to them, and for some dumb reason I never got their last names, so I kind of look them up on, on Facebook or something. So it's like, they're just, you know, they were just there for, like, a year of my life, you know, less than.

And sometimes I, I'm a little loopy. I think, like, .