Hearing her voice, Noa frowned.
Then, without hesitation, he stepped forward and threw his arms around her.
It was a tight hug.
The warmest and deepest expression of love humans could experience.
"I knew you would come back," she murmured, her previously sharp voice softening with his touch.
"Yeah…" Noa muttered.
He was awkwardly patting her back, embracing the warmth he was feeling.
Mia pulled back after a while.
She punched him strongly on the arm, just like when they were kids. "Don't you dare disappear again," she scolded, her reddened eyes proving how much this reunion meant to her.
"I won't," Noa promised dryly.
"Where have you been?" the father, Evan, suddenly questioned, nearing them both and forcing them into a second hug.
"I-I… It's a long story," he answered, his head hanging low in shame.
After the mother passed away five years ago, the family took it hard.
