chapter 210
210 – Precious #3
210 – Precious # 3
Refreshing morning.
Hina got up from the bed and folded the blanket well.
Hina’s morning always started with cleaning up where she slept last night, and today was the same.
After folding her blanket, Hina now took a close look at her room.
Carefully, as if engraving the scenery in your mind with your eyes.
One of Hina’s morning routines was to check if anything had changed from last night.
“Good morning.”
━Meow.
Today, Moru Moru was curled up at Hina’s feet her her her, rubbing her warm, soft body her against Hina’s legs her her her her.
After Naru, who used to play well with Morumoru, passed away, Morumoru often came to Hina and spent time like this.
Sseukseu-.
After patting Moru Moru’s body her her well, Hina opened her window.
A refreshing fall morning.
I woke up immediately to the morning air with the scent of dew.
“Good morning.”
Hina also spoke towards the garden.
And I calmly enjoyed the scenery outside the window.
It was a peaceful, cool, yet warm autumn morning as always.
“The other kids will be getting ready for school… Now, the school will be saying that they will be going on a fall field trip in the second semester…”
Instead of getting ready for school, Hina went out into the hallway of the mansion.
In the hallway, Horohoro was already preparing to meet Hina.
“Hina, goodbye!”
“Horohoro, hello.”
Hina and Horohoro hugged each other.
Garrot and Brigitte, who were waiting in the hallway first, looked at the two fluffy girls embracing with warm but somewhat regretful gazes.
Hina also hugged Garot and Brigitte once.
“Good morning everyone… Hi…”
Garrot and Brigitte thought Hina was a good girl.
So this morning I felt a little depressed.
“I, Sifnoi, will make sure to wait for the day when little Miss Kore Hina returns… ! I ask you not to forget this Sifnoi… !”
Sifnoi clenched his fists and shouted with determination.
Hina also said with a face full of determination, “… Huh!”
She nodded.
Giik-.
Then the door opened.
Cecily appeared, rubbing her sleepy eyes.
Hina went towards Cecily and spoke.
“Yesterday… With the sketchbook and crayons that Hina gave me… What happened while Hina was away… She wants me to draw a lot… ! A promise between sisters… !”
“Yep! Okay!”
Cecily answered lively.
But Cecily was also a little sad.
It was soon time for Cecily to be alone.
Dangling-.
Then I heard the sound of a bell.
It means that the door to the first floor of the mansion was opened.
Everyone walked to the first floor.
The same was true for Hina.
On the first floor were her father and mother, whom Hina wanted to see last night.
When she saw that face, she was very happy, but she could not willingly run towards her mother and father.
So, slowly, very slowly, step by step, Hina approached her parents.
“…”
Meanwhile, Hina’s eyes continued to look at her surroundings. It was as if she wanted to remember more scenes, even though she was the only one who had been out in the world for the first time in a long time.
“Hina.”
Finally, her father hugged Hina.
Dad’s arms were bigger and warmer than I thought.
When Hina was held in her arms, she felt like she was about to cry.
“… Hina, I wish her birthday she had been a little later!”
Hina complained a little, something she had never done before in her life.
Of course, she knew that saying this would not change anything and would only make her mother and father uncomfortable, so she quickly shut up.
Zek-.
Hina is now separated from her father.
Hina and her mother stood about a meter away and looked at each other.
Hina thought her mother she was a pretty person.
She felt good because her mother was such a pretty and beautiful person.
She wanted to quickly go and hug her mother, but she couldn’t.
If she doesn’t hug her mother like this, she might be able to stay in this world a little longer.
She didn’t know if she would be able to face tomorrow.
But Hina liked her mother.
It was very sad for Hina not to be able to hug her mother, so Hina eventually made a big decision and ran towards her mother.
Pot-.
Little Hina was held in the arms of her Salome her.
She thought that it was very warm and lovely to feel Salome’s warmth wrapped around her.
“… “Mom.”
“Yes.”
“Hina actually… I like Naru and Cecily … She likes her mother her her her, but she also thinks Bridget and Garrot are just as good as her mother her s her her …”
“…”
“Hina, it’s actually more fun to play or play bullshit with her sisters than to study… ” . But next time, I will definitely do as my mom said and work hard… Hina likes it best when her mother praises her…”
Kuwoouk-.
Hina hugged Salome even stronger.
Salome also spoke, gently stroking Hina’s long hair with her hand.
“… I’m also a first-time mother, so she’ll be clumsy at various things. Still, I really want you to be born as my daughter. Hina, I’ll wait. Don’t come too early, don’t come too late, and come in good health.”
Sussssseu-.
Hina’s body her her her glowed white.
Flutter-.
When Hina lost her strength and the clothes she was wearing fell to the floor, Salome stood up and covered her face with her palms.
She just stood still without moving or making a sound.
As Brigitte and Garrot approached Salome and placed their hands on her shoulders, Salome fell into the arms of her women, as if she was collapsing from the emotions she had barely been able to contain.
“… “Can I be a good mother?”
Salome knew very well that Hina was a good girl.
She was so kind that even if there was something she wanted to have or do, she would find out what the adults were thinking and shut her up.
She was a good daughter.
But it is only now that Salome is overcome with great anxiety about whether she will be able to be a good mother. I can’t believe I was so worried about having her child.
At that time, Brigitte stroked her Salome’s back.
“We are here. If the three of us work hard, wouldn’t we be able to do the job of a good mother? Garot, you think so too, right? Huh?”
“… In the plains of Iscaliot, where I lived, all mothers kept their children in one place and shared childcare. Then, you will be able to take care of things that you cannot take care of on your own, and that is good. This is usually the case with groups of lionesses. There is a lot to learn from nature.”
Salome could tell that either Iscariot or Brigitte were trying to comfort her. It was an unfamiliar experience for her to receive comfort from someone.
She suddenly felt fortunate to have them.
Because Judas tends to be a bit indifferent.
As expected, a woman’s heart was something that other women knew well and were able to scratch the itch.
‘… Is it family?’
Salome still thought it was a word that had nothing to do with her.
But she still had 10 months left.
Hina, she thought, would return to Salome neither too soon nor too late, and during that time, Salome would be able to create enough of a fence called her family.
“… I will consider you sisters. Of course, I will never call you my sister.”
Salome spoke quietly.
Brigitte and Garrot were surprised but a little embarrassed.
Sisters.
Because it was a word that had different meanings for Garot and Brigitte.
However, since Salome grew up almost as an only child, she actually had some illusions about the term ‘sister.’
‘Starting tomorrow, each day will be different.’
# # #
“Salome, did you sleep well?”
The next morning after breaking up with Hina.
Brigitte woke up in the morning and looked for Salome.
After Salome came out into her hallway, she shivered slightly.
“I don’t know. It feels strange.”
“I was like that for a few days too. Rather, I think Naru wants to meet Hina.”
I felt a little puzzled by Brigitte’s words
Although Naru was an amazing child, it already seemed like she wouldn’t want to meet Hina.
Then Salome spoke.
“It looks like Hina wants to see Naru too.”
It was a story that became more and more unknown.
I asked everyone, “Is this true?”
Then Salome and Brigitte looked at me and spoke in a slightly harsh tone.
“It’s real.”
“It’s real.”
Brigitte and Salome now looked at each other.
And like Naru and Hina, they opened their arms to each other.
Are you trying to hug me?
However, the posture was awkward and awkward, so I felt a little embarrassed looking at it.
Zek-.
Finally, Brigitte and Salome embraced each other.
Brigitte was the first to open her mouth.
“What do you think, Naru and Hina are greeting each other?”
“… I don’t know. Don’t push your chest any further.”
It was nice to see that they seemed to be doing well.
Soon Cecily woke up and stretched out her hands towards Brigitte and Salome.
“Brigitte, how are you? And goodbye to Naru too. Goodbye to Salome and Hina too.”
As Cecily was hugging Brigitte and Salome, I turned my head and looked out the window across the hallway.
Whiuwoo-.
The windy autumn in the garden was very beautiful, but it seemed quiet somewhere.
I thought Hina had no presence because she was usually quiet, but when she actually became really quiet, the empty space was quite big.
Hina, who was always drawing in the garden, is gone.
How long will it be before Hina opens her sketchbook in her garden again?
Zek-.
At that time, someone came out to the garden and sat down in the morning sunlight.
It was Horohoro, a girl with short red hair.
Horo Horo took something out of her pocket and planted it on the ground in the garden.
“Hina, I hope you grow up quickly! Like the peach tree planted by Horohoro!”
You planted a peach tree.
I imagined the future a few years from now.
It seemed like I could already see little girls climbing the peach tree like a ride.