Stavanger Bay oo baby

He smiled at her comments, feeling all fuzzy inside as she said that she liked who he was. He kinda liked himself too and though he wished sometimes that he knew his real mom, he also didn't want to miss knowing Valette. She had saved him and was as much his real mom as his biological one was, if not more. To have missed such a love would've been really sad, too. Life could be unfair, but a lot of it could be countered by putting on a smile, he had learned.

There was a bashfully happy look on his face as she nuzzled his cheek, and he leaned in to press his nose against her neck briefly. "Thanks. I like who you are too," he murmured before withdrawing his head again and smiling shyly at Alya.