Chapter 165: How many children
The sun was setting in the distance, and Raine watched that beautiful scene unfold with Aire sitting on the blanket with her. By the sidelines, Tyrone started with cooking their dinner, all while sneaking glances at Raine and Aire’s direction every once in a while, bearing that satisfied smile on his face whenever he saw the two enjoying themselves.
Raine let out a sigh as she stroked Aire’s head. Up until now, Aire’s words were bugging her. Did that mean that she would fight and hold on to Tyrone in the near future? How could that be when she’d already planned everything out? She would dismiss Tyrone as soon as the Mirage Trial was over. No contact and no connection with him would be left at all. She was planning to use on him the powder that she particularly requested from Janus, something that was strong enough to erase even the memory of a mutant if he would insist on not letting her go. The powder wouldn’t erase his memory entirely, but only the particular parts like his involvement with her and the Mirage.
Raine hid a pained smile. It truly felt as if her head would explode at any moment now because of all the things rumbling inside of it. Still, she did her best to clear her thoughts since she really didn’t want to spoil their evening. They were here to have fun, not to ruminate about the distant future.
After a few beats of comfortable quiet, Aire broke the silence while she watched her father do his cooking not far from them. He was quite reliable, doing everything on his own. Their tent was also ready.
"Daddy is so prepared. He managed to bring everything we needed and even do everything all by himself in a flash," Aire proudly praised.
Tyrone chuckled, "I’m quite a good catch, right? Only an idiot would let me go." It was the second time already Tyrone mentioned the same thing about Raine being an idiot if she would let him go. And he intended to keep reminding her about whenever he could though he knew how Raine would only brush it off way too quickly. He was so hopeless, thinking of ways on how he could make Raine not let him go because he somehow sensed that Raine was planning something behind his back.
"Don’t worry, Mommy’s not an idiot, Daddy," Aire reassured with a grin. She then turned to her mother and said, "Isn’t that right, Mommy?"
Raine gave Aire a pout as she mumbled, "Mommy’s not an idiot, of course. I’m just a bit stubborn like you!"
Aire had an awkward smile, knowing that her mother was simply dying to scold her if she wasn’t stopping herself from doing so... Sensing her distress, she moved and hugged Raine as she whispered, "Don’t worry, Mommy. Everything will be fine."