Setsuna sighed as she checked the charts again, finding it harder to focus as the day went on.
"Oi! Meiou-San! You have a visitor!"
"Tell them they can come in, I'm almost done here." Setsuna replied, sighing as she put the clip-board down.
"Don't sound so grumpy, you're the one who didn't want time off." the other woman, named Himeko Nayotake retorted, chuckling at the sour look she got in reply.
"Shut it, If I didn't work I'd go crazy and you know it." Setsuna replied, turning back toward the computer, only to roll her eyes at what she saw.
"This...whatever...it is, is getting worse." Setsuna stated, sighing as she leaned back in the chair.
To her surprise Haruka and Hotaru walked through the door, the young girl's eyes widening at the rumbling machine that was in the middle.
"What brings you two here?" Setsuna asked, sounding tired.
"We brought you lunch!" Hotaru answered, earning a chuckle.
"That's sweet of both of you, thank you. I was just about to take a breakā¦." Setsuna began, only to be cut off by Himeko.
"Why don't you take a break? You need it and besides, stressing yourself out will only take a toll of your own health!"
She stated, her tone holding no room for argument.
"Fine, at least Haruka can give me a ride so I don't have to catch the bus."
Setsuna stated, knowing it was pointless to argue.
As she started to walk out Hotaru grabbed her hand, causing her to smile slightly.
"Do I even want to know why you are running around with this goof?" She asked the child, who giggled at the expression Harka made.
"Michiru's painting her room." Haruka answered earning a nod.
Setsuna nodded at this, then noticed how Hotaru was just in awe of everything around her.
"Hey, want to see something cool?"
She asked, causing the little girl's attention to come back to her.
"What?" she asked nervously, earning a sigh.
"Well not many kids your age can say they've seen the sun up close." Setsuna stated, watching the child's eyes grow wide.
"How can you? When you just look up at it your eyes water." Hotaru asked, earning a chuckle.
"That's true but we have something here that will let you look at the sun." Setsuna replied.
Leading her over to a strange machine Setsuna lifted the girl up so that she could look through it.
"So that's the kid that Setsuna adopted huh? She's so cute." Himeko asked, earning a chuck;e.
"Her name's Hotaru. She's having a hard time coping but then again, professor Tomoe and his wife were more or less all the kid knew." Haruka replied, watching as Setsuna explained something to hotaru who was hanging on to every word.
"She seems to like you two though. Usually kids doesn't open up that quickly." Himeko pointed out, earning a smile.
"Well I think it was mostly desperation to be near someone. Heaven knows that the social worker that brought her to the house sure wasn't even slightly gentle with her. All she could do that first night was cry and cling to either Michiru or me. Setsuna almost dissolved into tears herself and of course, like a social recluse barred herself into her room."
Haruka stated, earning a smile.
"Setsuna has never been good with words."
"So that was caused by gasses? Like what you fill a car up with?"
Hotaru asked, earning a chuckle.
"Yes." Setsuna replied, smiling before adding "maybe one night I can bring you here and let you view all the stars if you want." setsuna asked, earning a nod.
"I think that would be neat!"
The child answered, earning a laugh.
"Okay, that gives us something to do together." Setsuna answered before adding in a whisper "haruka would just fall asleep on us and Michiru would probably just complain about Haruka!"
Hotaru giggled at this as Setsuna put the child down.
"Have you had lunch yet?" Setsuna asked, getting an idea.
"No, Haruka and I were going to go after we delivered your lunch!" Hotaru asked, earning a nod.
"Then, how about I treat the two of you to lunch? Then we'll spend the rest of the day together." Setsuna suggested, noticing how the child's eyes seemed to light up at the suggestion.
"C'mon before Haruka-Baka decides to start flirting like a school boy."
