I lost my husband when my son, Gaku, was still young. Since then, we have been living together as mother and child. Gaku is now approaching his 20s and is increasingly resembling his father. As a mother, I feel joy in his growth, but as a woman, I also feel a pang of sadness seeing his face... Then, on the night he turned 20. We shared our first drink together. Although I'm not much of a drinker, that day the alcohol tasted particularly good, and I ended up drinking too much. And Gaku, perhaps tipsy from the alcohol, started to act affectionate towards me…
