Originally posted by: potterginny
All the women in his life has somewhere disappointed him.
His mother, the women he loved brutally, left him.
the person whose unconditional love is the child's largest nutrition was sucked out of his life and the remains were dried up by Ramnath.
The other woman, who meant his whole life to him, besides his books, left him in the most brutal way when he needed her the most.
It's a marvel that he survived both the battles. But the scars remain. It will take a lot of effort by Sumo to fade out his scars. But at present, those scars are still healing.
He doesn't seem to have stopped loving, but has COMPLETELY accepted his belief that he will never receive love.
The other women he has encountered are vain. Either bimbos or witches. Not at all worthy of his attention.
But the two women he looked up to, failed him miserably.
Now that he has finally managed to has seen the face below Sumo's mask, he got assured that he has got one person to hold onto. The only person he can open up to, the one who knows all about him except one secret.
So now, he's being careful, very careful, to not lose one thing that means his only support which he got after suffering so much.
She means the world to him. It's out there for us to see.
He is just not being obvious about it anymore. But yes, he still loves her.
But he has stopped expecting romantic partnership from her.
