The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Bryan immediately realized where he went wrong. Frowning, he pouted and asked, “Fine, then. I’ll ask you again in a nicer way.
Bro, where did you get your cartoon kite?”
Benjamin liked the way Bryan called him ‘bro’, so he softened a little. “My mom bought it at a toy shop in Molomia.”
Hearing this, Bryan was about to tell Corinne when he asked again, “Did you buy the mask you’re wearing at the same toy shop
as well?”
Benjamin nodded. “Yup.”
After thinking about it, Bryan knew he would have to wait for some time to get his toys even if Corinne agreed to get someone to
buy them for him in Molomia, so he came up with an idea.
“Can you sell your kite and mask to me for now and buy new ones when you go back to Molomia?” he asked.
Benjamin frowned, thinking that the kid in front of him was trying to take advantage of him. Thus, he decided to ignore him and
walked around him.
However, Bryan grabbed his clothes. “Bro... You don’t have to sell it to me if you don’t want to, but at least let me wear your
mask for a while. Just for a while...I really like it...”
For some reason, Benjamin found it hard to say no to Bryan whenever he called him ‘bro’. After thinking it over, he nodded and
said, “Alright. You can wear it for a while. But you have to give it back to me after that, okay?”
“Okay. Thanks, bro!” said Bryan seriously.
Benjamin put down his kite and took off his cartoon mask. He passed the mask to Bryan, who immediately took it and put it over
his face happily. He was so excited that he did not even notice what Benjamin looked like.
“Bryan!”
Bryan quickly froze and looked over to where Corinne was calling him. Through the eye holes of the mask, he saw her running
over hurriedly and instantly felt bad. He was about to get a scolding again!
“How could you run off without telling me again? Ooh, you’re going to get smacked!” Corinne picked Benjamin up and lightly
smacked his bum without giving him a chance to explain himself. “What did I always tell you? Don’t run off by yourself! Do my
words mean nothing to you? What if you run into a bad person? Do you know how worried I was about you just now?”

Benjamin was understandably in shock after he was taught a lesson by a stranger. However, he was not angry. He simply stared
at Corinne blankly while thinking, ‘This lady is so beautiful. She smells so nice... And she’s so warm...’
At the same time, Bryan watched with confusion as Corinne walked away from him with Benjamin still in her arms. ‘That’s
weird... Why is Mommy going away with that kid? Did she mistake him for me? But how could that be? Do we really look that
alike?’
Suddenly, a woman Bryan did not know appeared in front of him and said angrily, “Benjamin! What’s taking you so long? Come
here, now. It’s time we go home!”
Bryan instinctively became alarmed and tried to get away from her so he could chase after Corinne. However, Sophia quickly
grabbed him when she saw he was about to make a run for it.
“Where do you think you’re going? Daddy is still waiting for us over there!”