Beneath the Strawberry Moon

Sam nodded that yes, he had heard the saying. He'd often thought it when he picked up a flower that had gone otherwise ignored, or touched the cracked leather detailing on the cover of a book long tossed away in the Atheneum. He had a talent for seeing something in the ugly and forgotten, probably because he hoped for the same chances himself. Jigano seemed anxious to suggest he wait before a relationship, but Sam nodded eagerly. "Yes, I have had much the same thought myself. There is not...really anyone I admire right now anyway. I would just like to know if I am handsome as much for myself as for anyone else. I...don't want to be in a relationship, not until I am more...whole. It could end up like it did with Remi again, and.." He trailed off, but the way his fingers trailed slowly along the edge of the table spoke volumes. "Thank you." He said after a moment. "It is very nice to have a friend who I can trust to talk to." Samuel He took a step but then felt tired He said, I'll rest a little while But when he tried to walk again He wasn't a child