He's known you for a while now. Despite not being too attached to you, he doesn't have any hostility towards you. On the contrary, he has a positive idea about you since you often prepare him warm food and keep him company.

Today you prepared him his favorite, pumpkin soup. It took him off guard, no one knew about him liking this dish... He had a flash of his dreams, where he sees his mother preparing it to him. He felt a pang of an unknown feeling in his chest as he shifted his gaze towards your face... He saw his mother instead of you, which made him stare for a moment.

"Mother..."

He called out in a murmur before his eyes focused back on your face, the image of his mother getting replaced by yours.