Keep Holding her hand.

Mom seems to be having a really good time and it would physically pain you if you were the reason she stopped smiling as much as she is right now. She seems very happy to have you hold her hand in such a public area. You grip her hand as she walks you over to look at the ducks in the pond. "look sweetie!" she says as she points at two geese that seem to be lovingly embracing each other. They warmly rub their heads together. "They must be mommy and son!" she cries innocently as she takes a picture. You stare at the ducks as they very clearly aren't related to one another. "y-yeah..." you trail off. Mom grips your hand slightly tighter but she seemingly does this without knowing.

You both talk about life and various other happenings. You both walk around the park for a bit doing various other activities. You play some games with her and she runs around with surprising childlike energy. Her long red hair flows behind her as she runs through the park. There are various points where she lets go of your hand to go grab some drinks or ice cream. You breathe a sigh of relief when she finally releases your hand but she quickly returns to your side and returns her hand to yours absentmindedly. Her fingers interlocking with yours while she innocently licks her ice cream. "lets go over there!" she says as she drags you along. You blush but continue to say nothing.

Finally it starts to get dark. You both look at the sky and at each other. "today was fun!" she says happily. "lets do it again!" "Definitely!" you happily exclaim. You both have a genuinely good time. Its been a really long time since you've seen mom laugh so much almost to the point of tears and its been a really long time since you were so happy.

You both walk out of the park but A man hauling a cart approaches you both. "hello good sir!" he happily exclaims to you with an accent you cant quite place. "A rose for your gorgeous girlfriend?" he says as he holds out various red roses for you to pick from. Mom's face gets red upon hearing this "w-what? girlfriend?" she cries as she starts to get more flustered. "y-yes..? Are you two not dating..?" he asks confused. Your own face already as red as the flowers hes holding out. "a-absolutely not!" she says as she stomps her foot on the floor. Her flustered nature is starting to take over her movements. "then...errr forgive me but why are you two holding hands like that?" he asks confused. "what are you..?" mom looks down at her hand and realizes shes lovingly and tightly gripping your hand in hers. She looks up at you with embarrassment on her face as she realizes shes been holding your hand the whole day. Your face matches her expression. Her eyes resemble a deer in headlights.

She looks toward the confused man. Her face still flustered and her body language matching. "T-THIS IS..." She stutters wildly as she continues tightly gripping your hand. "THIS...THIS IS CLEARLY A LOVING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A MOTHER AND HER SON!" she exclaims as her face glows red. "Ah! my apologies!" he cries as he wheels the cart away. "Uh! wait!" he looks back confused as you call out. You pull out your wallet. "a rose for my...uh...gorgeous mom..." You say as you hand him some money. He looks at your mom. "Y-yes sir..." he says as he gives you far more roses than you paid for and wheels away.

You hand the roses to mom and she blushes wildly. Her face matching her long red hair. She takes them in her hand without saying anything. Her eyes darting between the roses and you. "T-thank you..." she squeaks out as she hides her face behind the roses. "y-yeah.." you say as you both start walking home. She doesn't say anything for a little while.

You both walk together side by side. You see her momentarily glance at your hand. She looks at her own before taking a deep breath and thinking for a second. She holds the roses in her free hand as she reaches out to grab your hand. She gently and carefully intertwines her fingers with yours. Her hand squeezes yours tightly. You look up at her but she doesnt say anything. She tries to act as if its the most normal thing in the world but you can see that her face is slowly starting to return to redness.

She continues holding your hand and tries to start talking about other things. Her face slowly growing redder as she notices that shes the only one who is actually doing any hand holding. You think for a few seconds as you stare at her hand lightly gripping yours. You smile as you walk next to her. It doesn't take you long to come to a decision. You squeeze her hand tightly in yours. You lovingly return her sign of affection. She shyly starts to smile but she still pretends that she doesnt notice. You walk alongside her as you join her idle conversation.

You walk home together hand in hand. Her mood lifts as she starts to relax more. Soon she returns to her silly joking manner. "can you believe that guy?" she says laughing. "I mean this is just a mom and son showing their non romantic relationship to the world!" she happily exclaims as she walks. "y-yeah...he was just being really weird!" you joke as you both walk together.

When you finally arrive home mom hesitantly lets go of your hand. She pulls out her keys and opens the front door. You can see that shes built up quite a sweat but whether that's due to today's weather or the earlier event you don't know. She places the roses in a vase that sits by the door. "Hey sweetie..." You look at her into her steel grey eyes and warmly smile. she returns a loving smile.