Chapter 94: Amusement Park
"Mom... Do you love me?"
"Of course I do. What kind of question is that? You're my precious baby, you silly."
As Katherine tried to move closer to give Alex a warm hug, he suddenly pushed her away.
"Mom, I'm not asking that. I'm asking if you——"
Alex fell into silence as his mind fell into cowardice at the very last moment.
He couldn't bring the courage to ask her directly. He was too afraid to cross the line.
Even though it was just a dream, his mind wanted to know her true feelings for him.
"Come on, Alex, how can mommy love you in any other way? You're always going to be my son."
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This time, Alex didn't push her back, letting her give him a warm embrace as she gently patted his head.
"Just Mom and son... Just Mom and son..."
Alex thought to himself as a flame that had been growing inside him was now vanquished.
"What's wrong, Alex? Did Mom do something wrong?"
Seeing Katherine looking a little sad because of him, a sense of guilt began to grow inside Alex's heart.
"No, Mom, you didn't do anything wrong... I love you, mom."
"I love you too!"
As the two hugged each other again, thoughts that bothered Alex were all thrown out the window.
There was only one thing in his mind, which was to make her happy.
"Mom! How about we go play instead?" Ales suggested.
"Sure, where do you want to go play today?"
Alex thought for a second, then shook his head.
"I don't know where to play... Mom, do you have any ideas?"
"How about we go to that amusement park? It's only a few blocks outside of the school."
"Let's go!"
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As the two walked down the streets with their hands held together, the awful quietness made everything feel a little weird.
There was not a single person the entire way from their home all the way to out of the school.
It was almost as if Katherine's world had no one in it besides the two of them, not even Sophia or Mary.
Katherine didn't seem bothered by it either, as if that's how she had designed her world.
"Oh, there's the amusement park. Let mommy pay for it first, okay?"
As Katherine headed over to the checkpoint, she scanned her card before coming back with two tickets.
"Okay, let's go! Are you excited about the amusement park?"
"Yeah!"
Seeing Katherine looking so energetic, almost like a little girl, Alex just couldn't help but feel energized as well.
"Let's try that one!"
Alex was forcefully dragged along as she quickly ran towards the rollercoaster near the entrance.
Despite no one in line, Katherine seemed to be in a hurry, as if she was afraid of missing out on something.
"Perfect, we get to ride in 1st place... Let's sit in the front."
As soon as the two of them sat down in the rollercoaster seat and attached their seatbelt, the rollercoaster started moving forward.
"You scared Alex?"
"This kind of stuff doesn't scare me at all——"
Before Alex could finish, the rollercoaster began climbing the rails, climbing higher and higher into the sky.
"Really? Then why is your leg shaking so much?"
"I..."
Alex was speechless, stunned, shocked... Any words that he could think of couldn't describe how he felt.
However, in his eyes, her beautiful, smirky face made his heart beat way beyond what the rollercoaster height could do.
A flame that had just been put out was once again rekindling as she suddenly grabbed onto his hands again.
"Get ready!"
Within seconds, reality snapped him back to the moment as he reached the top of the track.
"Ah!!!" The two yelled out as they began to descend the track.
The wind was hitting their faces so fast that it was impossible to see where they were going.
Fears had filled Alex's mind as the cart began looping in a circle, flipping them completely upside down.
After what felt like forever, they had finally returned to where they began as the cart stopped.
"That was so fun! We got to do it again... Um, Alex, you okay?"
"I-I'm fine. My head is just a little dizzy."
As Katherine helped Alex exit the cart, everything around him was still spinning a little.
The two eventually stopped at a nearby bench, sitting down to allow Alex to recover.
"You need me to get a bag?"
"I'm good... I just need to catch my breath."
After a few minutes, Alex had fully recovered as the dizziness had disappeared completely.
"Okay, I'm good to go now... You want to go to the rollercoaster again?"
"How about you pick a different one this time?" Katherine offered, noticing Alex clearly disliked the rollercoaster they had tried.
"Um, how about that straightforward one over there?" Alex pointed at the rollercoaster in the distance.
"Sure! Let's go try that one out!"
As Katherine excitedly grabbed Alex's arm, his mind started drifting all over the place once again.
Still, he didn't say anything about it as they began heading towards the rollercoaster in the distance.
After walking for a bit, they finally arrived at the 2nd rollercoaster. However, a problem quickly arose.
The rollercoasters were actually a part of the water-theme side of the amusement park.
Tracks and the Cart were almost halfway in the water, with the thought of water splashing all over the place already inside Alex's mind.
"Oh no! We can't wear our clothes in this." Katherine murmured as she read the rules at the entrance.
"Mom, it doesn't say we can't wear our clothes. It just recommends us to wear swimsuits."
Alex quickly fixed her misleading statement, as she only read the bolded letter at the top.
"Let's just go to a different one..."
Before Alex dragged Katherine away, she suddenly dragged him back, with all her clothes falling right onto the ground.
"Come on, we can still go on it after we take off our clothes... It's not like anyone is here to see us."
"Mom... That's too inappropriate. We can't do this just because no one is here."
Alex argued as he quickly covered his eyes with his hand, trying his best to resist the urge to see Katherine's body.
He could hear her clothes all falling onto the ground, with her bras even being unclipped.
"What are you thinking about? Hurry up and get changed. We don't have all day."
As Alex moved his hands away, Katherine was standing right before him in a white bikini and swimsuit skirt.
His face blushed red as he realized there was a big misunderstanding between them.
"Of course, she can do that. How could I forget her ability?"
After Alex grabbed the pair of shorts Katherine handed over, he turned around, letting his back face Katherine before taking his clothes off.
With the swim shorts on, he finally turned back around and handed her the clothes he had taken off.
"Oh my... Alex, you want me to give you a bikini or something?" Katherine suggested, noticing the little bump on Alex's chest.
"I don't need it." Alex instantly rejected it as he still couldn't bring himself to wear a bra.
Not to mention a bikini, which was even more revealing than the bra he had sitting in the drawer since school started.
"Okay then... Let's get on the cart! This one looks even more fun than the last one!"
As Katherine excitedly ran up to the cart and entered the front seat, Alex was walking at a slightly odd angle.
The swimming shorts that Katherine had handed over were way too tight, forming a clear outline if he just walked normally.
"You okay?" Katherine curiously asked, noticing him slowly walking towards his side of the seat.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Alex answered as he got inside his seat.
As the two attached their seatbelts, the rollercoaster finally began moving forward despite having no one directing it.
Unlike the other rollercoaster, this one was much faster right at the beginning as it drove in one direction.
The cart created massive waves that splashed beyond the metal fence and onto where they stood earlier.
At the same time, some of the water splashed right onto the body as it went up into the air.
"Ah!!!"
Alex and Katherine both screamed out loud as they reached the top of the rollercoaster before crashing down.
After two more rounds of up and down, the cart had finally come to a stop.
"That was so fun!" Katherine energetically said out loud as she unbuckled her seatbelts.
"Yeah... Thank god there were no loops this time..." Alex murmured, not feeling dizzy at all from the ride.
As the two of them exited the water-theme rollercoaster, the two immediately felt a little uncomfortable.
The water particles in the air had soaked their clothes, as well as their shoes.
"Let's go to the bathroom to dry up and change."
Alex was a little surprised by her suggestion, as there wasn't really a point in changing in the bathroom when no one was at the park.
Not to mention, they had just changed their clothes right at the rollercoaster line earlier in bright daylight.
Still, he didn't question her decision as he followed her all the way to the amusement park bathroom.