この家に住むのは私と息子の優斗の2人だけ。私たち親子の、何かが変わったのは、もう5年以上も前のこと…。そう、あれは息子が中学二年の秋、学校にぱたりと行かなくなったのです。価値観や将来が定まらず精神的に不安定になっているとお医者さまに言われた私は、無理強いするのではなくモラトリアム期間を設けることにしました。そしてその間、私は愛する息子に今までよりもずっと深い愛情を注ぎ続けているのです…。

Only my son, Yuto, and I live in this house. Something changed between my son and me more than five years ago… It was in the fall of his second year of middle school, when he suddenly stopped going to school. The doctor told me that he was emotionally unstable because his values and future were not settled, so instead of forcing him, I decided to give him a moratorium period. And during that time, I have continued to shower my beloved son with far deeper love than ever before…