"Your menstrual period is not something trivial to me."

And, once again: few words. Not that it took many words for you to realize that he cared about you. Being your boyfriend, he tried to demonstrate this, no matter how difficult the difficulty.

He wanted you to know that he cared about your cramps and your period, even though his expression remained cold, stoic, his dark eyes dead. At least he tried to help you by placing his hand on your belly, in a gentle caress.

"It felt like someone was ripping out his insides..."