We had a special lunch on a weekday.

Didi came home yesterday, looking pretty bad. Like kinda forlorn or something went terribly wrong in school for him. His face had black patches, to add to the special effect. He was very late coming out from the school compound and we didn't scold him or punish him either when he couldn't explain why.

I took him home to have his shower and decided to have a "special bonding time" with him away from the home. Told him we were going to have sushi for lunch and he asked why, it wasn't any special day. In my mind, I said "yes, it's a special day, everyday is" but I said to him "that's ok, we just gonna go out and have a different and special lunch as a change".

So, there we were, both of us, hand in hand, walking into Sushi King. Normally they would get all excited just seeing the conveyor belt with sushi plates, but didi was very cool. I guess when they don't have the other 2 as company, they would quiet down pretty much. Unbelievable, but their behavior are so much different when there's only 1 or 2 or all 3 of them together.

I ordered a set lunch to share between us, and took some sushi as extra. And slowly while he was enjoying his food, I try to ask him if everything is alright. Nothing much seems to be wrong anyway, just that he was late because he thought he needed to start staying back in school for extra BM classes, as I've mentioned the day before. I guess he missed the part when I said "next week".

And the thing I was worried most, if there was any little haksehwui counterparts bullying him or disturbing him. He did say one of the classmates took his eraser cap from him. I was rather enraged that some can just take his "favorite" things away just like that, probably claiming it's theirs. The eraser cap is something he was very happy about when I bought it for him last weekend and made him very eager to do his homework fast. So I told him he should take that back from that little rascal, that he can't take whatever that doesn't belong to him and similarly, noone supposed to take his own belongings.

Sometimes I wonder, if his reputation in class was so bad that noone defended him when he was fighting back for his own things or rights, not even the class teacher? Heiz.. when I thought about that, my heart really sinks. It hurts that badly thinking how he feels alone if he's without any friends in school. I just hope that's not the case.

Part of me wanted to set things right for him, yet part of me wants him to be independent and find a way out to his little problems in school. I guess I shall see how it goes, give him some time first.

Anyway, when we finished our lunch and went to pick meimei up, he was back to his own chatty self again. Whew!