Chapter 16. Liam.
"Hey, what's your name?" A young man dressed in a denim jacket and blue jeans asked a little boy sleeping on the side of the road.
Although the young man drops by there once or twice a month to distribute food to the orphaned children who live beside that road, he was seeing this boy for the first time.
A little boy, no more than 5 years old, had rough golden hair covered in dirt and innocent black eyes one would expect a kid to have. His body was extremely malnourished for someone of his age, as if even a little gust of wind would make his little body fly in the air.
"..." Seeing the young man, the Boy hesitated and stepped back a little in fear.
'...Am I scary?' The Young Man, disheartened by the thought, picked out a Creambread from his bag, which attracted the Boy's attention.
"...You want this?" The Young Man asked the little boy as he got down on his left knee to see his eyes. He was still hesitant, but as the boy hadn't eaten for a day, he slowly approached the man.
"If you want this, then tell me your name." The Young Man hid the bread behind him before the boy could take it.
"My name is 'You. '" The Boy said, still eyeing the creambread in the Man's hand.
"'You'? ...What kind of name is that?" The Young Man muttered as he broke a piece of the bread and handed it to the boy.
"...I don't know," Nibbling down on the bread, the boy replied, "...It's what everyone calls me."
"..."