By the time Aegon reached home, it was already evening. The Twilight sky above him lied about the time, but people had developed ways to learn about it.
Xiu welcomed him with open arms and gushed over him as if he was a kid, which he probably was in her eyes.
She had prepared dinner for him, which was far from normal as always, but Aegon wasn't even surprised to see that. He had long gotten used to his aunt's habits.
Once it was done, they played some random games while laughing with each other. It had been a long time since they spent time with just the two of them, so they found it even more blissful.
At the end of it, they found themselves under the Azure Beat Tree, with Aegon receiving a lap pillow from Xiu as she gave him a head massage.
'I needed this.'
