Chapter Seven - Why Hugs Are Hard

CHAPTER SEVEN

Why Hugs Are Hard

MILO LIKED PEOPLE.
Milo loved love.
But hugs? Hugs were… tricky.

Sometimes they came too fast.
Sometimes they squeezed too tight.
Sometimes they felt like thunder in his skin.

It wasn’t that he didn’t care.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to be close.
It just felt like a lot—
all at once—
everywhere.

So Milo found his way.

A fist bump.
A high five.
A quiet sit, shoulder to shoulder.

Love doesn’t have to be loud.
It just has to be real.
And Milo’s love was as real as it gets.