Chapter 21: To finally stretch out after fourteen years
«Dad, we're going out. Don't wait for us for dinner.»
Hakuto gets ready to head downtown with Chantal and Rika.
It's supposed to be a calm afternoon, ending with dinner at a new South American meat chain that just opened—Cordesol Meat.
«Don't be too late, or my beloved Kagura will start to worry,» Shin warns.
«Don't worry, we won't be late,» Rika says, trying to reassure him.
Then she looks around, frowning slightly.
«...Now that I think about it... where did my sister go...?»
«Little Yuzu finally decided to train a bit. She's grown a tiny belly lately and asked me to help her get back in shape. She's been running all over the garden... but I haven't seen her in a while. Hope she didn't collapse from a heart attack,» Shin says with a grin.
He doesn't even finish the sentence before Yuzu comes around the corner.
She's wearing typical running gear—short shorts and a plain white T-shirt.
Her face is as red as a tomato, and her tongue is hanging out.