That night he moaned in deep pain. His belly was bruised and his navel hurt a lot. But more than the pain there his heart pained. How could she hurt him so much, his own mom to have hurt him more where it pained most.

He lay there with his bare belly and navel exposed. A while ago he was beaten badly none other than his own mom whom he loved a lot and tried to protect from a bad man. Instead of understanding she whipped him with a belt all over his stomach and kicked him hard on his belly. Her friends pleaded her to stop as she might have killed him beating him so badly on his belly. But she had so much hatred towards him. She abandoned him as a baby when she conceived as a teenager and gave him to her parents. Now he is 17 and came back to her to gain her love and love her which she never received. But all she had for him was hatred. She treated him harshly everyday but he was even ready to be her slave. She ordered him to remain shirtless at home as she is cunning enough to know his weakness is in his navel and he likes to be touched there especially by her as he loves her and pines a lot for her love. She has heard him begging in his sleep to be touched in his navel. So when he stopped her from seeing that rough guy to protect her she got furious and beat him black and blue. She paid no heed to her friends who tried stopping her and instead kicked him hard in the navel with her toenails. He had blood and writhed in pain. He begged to her but all he received was more hatred and now he was left alone in the room in pain. One of her friends took pity on him and wanted to tend to his wounds but he refused politely and said that only he will let his mom tend to his wounds.

He was moaning in the dark when he heard a soft sound and even in his pain he felt happy. His mom was here. Even to breathe his belly pained especially the navel area. She was there and sat beside him turning the light on. He faintly called to her and touched her hand but her hand was cold. “Mom I am in lot of pain,” saying this he took her hand to his chest. But her voice was still angry,”You deserve pain,” and angrily removed her hand. His heart was stabbed with her harsh words and he cried in despair, “why do you hate me so much? All I want is to win your heart and love you a lot,” “You cant love or be loved, because you are the son of that man who left me,” “Why hurt me for what he did? Please I need you please,” saying this he again took her hand and this time placed on his wounded navel, “it hurts a lot here, in my navel, but if you touch me and caress it will relieve me,” This time she felt bit bad and guilty seeing his bleeding navel and touched lightly. “Its bad really,” she got some wet sponge and cleaned his belly and navel and then applied the antiseptic ointment. Her finger could feel the punctured skin inside the hole of his navel and was hesitant to touch there but he insisted that even if it pains only her touch could make him feel better.

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