It was because she was there. Not if he truly loved her….
Kotoha got her sister's morning pills out and made sure that the water was the right temperature. It was a simple routine, she got used to. Give her sister her pills, talk with her for a while, go play the flute, give her sister her afternoon pills, prepare dinner, and talk to her friends.
Her Saru origami unfolded and jumped up and down in excitement of the brand new day.
"Sh… let's wake up neesan together, okay."
The tiny monkey nodded its head, and jumped on the tray.
Now that Kotoha had come back, her older sister's health has been improving drastically. Although she still never will be truly healthy. She no longer had to stay at a hospital, and was able to come back home, and go for short walks.
The girl and her monkey walked through an old wooden corridor. She opened the door on the right slowly. Her sister lied on the futon mat on the floor. Kotoha opened the drapes on the window, after she set down the tray next to her sister.
It was spring, and beautiful, the sun shining in, not too faint, but not too bright. Kyoto was beautiful during springtime, something Kotoha missed.
"Good morning, neesan."
Mitsuba Hanaroi, eight years older than Kotoha, stretched to take her pills.
"Kotoha-chan, good morning to you too," she said lightly, as she tickled the chin of the Saru-origami with her index finger.
"Thank you so much," she said, in between gulps.
"I'll go get you your breakfast."
"Nonsense, Kotoha, I can get it myself."
"Neesan…"
"How about you make breakfast, and I'll make lunch. Deal?"
Kotoha nodded her head. She worried too much about Mitsuba over-exerting herself.
She remembered the first day her sister seemed like her old self, as she cracked an egg into a bowl of rice.