Nath was humming as we walk side by side on the path leading to the clearing by the artificial lake. We've been taking strolls like this together in the morning, and there was something special about being able to hold his hand and not worrying about if I had enough time left to stay with him. It was about six in the morning, and he had a few hours until work.
The stray dog was with us today, and it was walking by Nath's side, as usual. It would brush up Nath's pant leg with its body and tail, and occasionally running ahead of us and looking back.
When we got to the clearing we did what we usually did. We just stood and stared at the slow-moving water together. The songbirds around the surrounding trees were loud today, and so were the frogs that were camouflaged on the moss and stones a
