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Chapter 29: Blossoming Part 1

Saturday, July 20th, 2031 | 10:00 AM

Asuna, Kazuto, Yui and Yumeko were standing in the kitchen.

The table had plates holding whole wheat french toast stuffed with blueberries and strawberry with maple syrup and egg omelets filled with cheese, mushrooms and spinach. alongside the children's hot chocolate and the adult's coffee.

"This all looks so amazing, Mama." Yui's eyes widened looking at the morning meal display.

"Everything looks great, Asu-sama." Yumeko thanked.

The middle-school teacher blushed while she received a kiss from her husband.

The four sat down to enjoy the most important meal of the day.

Yui observed the first grader with pure fascination and curiosity as Yumeko put in a forkful of the over sized egg dish into her small mouth.

Yui lightly tapped on her shoulder.

Yumeko swallowed a sip of her warm drink before turning her body to the other girl's direction.

"What is it, Yui?" The black-haired man at one end of the table asked calmly.

Asuna's hazel eye turned her way as well.

Yui lowered her head and bit her lips. "I...just...wanted to ask Yumeko-chan if I could feed her." She quietly spoke up.

The said girl tilted her head to the side like a confused puppy. "Feed me?"

Yui slowly nodded, looking a bit timid.

The couple exchanged looks.

In his wife's direction, Kazuto winked and smirked.

A small smile grew on Asuna's lips, understanding what her martial partner is trying to non-verbally communicate. "You heard right, Himeko-chan. You see, before she came here to live with us. Yui-chan saw lots of baby pictures of you. In some of them, you were being fed, and well, she always wanted to try it out herself one day, but was never exactly sure when."

"How many pictures?" Yumeko asked.

"Dozens, onee-sensei emailed them constantly in high school. It was sort of a daily practice for her." Kazuto answered.

Yumeko opened her mouth wide prompting Yui to put in a piece of the omelet.

"I just fed my baby." Her face lit up like a flashlight with new batteries before lovingly rubbing her cheek against Yumeko's stuffed one.

I'm her what? Yumeko blinked.

The couple quietly observe the scene as their hearts swell up enjoying the state of contentment.

The used plates and mugs were empty and soaking in the sink.

"Hey Yumemi, I'm guessing all that baby fat wasn't natural." Kazuto ruffled her short hair.

"That wasn't very fair nice to say, Papa." Yui held Yumeko's hand.

Asuna pinched his arm. "Don't listen to him, Himeko-chan. You were absolutely breathtaking and you still are." She kissed her forehead.

"I didn't call her ugly, but she was just big is all not anymore." He continued to teased the house guest. "But you're a true natural beauty and that's why I gave the best nickname."

"But didn't Suguha oba-san hit you with a shinai?" Yumeko stood up.

"That's beside the point." He nervously chuckled at the memory.

Asuna requested the girls' help to clear the kitchen, where an overly excited Yui put in a tad much dish-washing detergent unintentionally causing a flood of soapsuds that had to be poured away by the running warm water coming from the faucet.

"Thank you for your help Yui-chan, but you and Himeko-chan can go play while I clean up." Asuna kissed her daughter's forehead.

"I get to play with my baby now?" Yui jumped up and down smiling.


Yumeko was in the middle of starting her summer homework when Yui asked if they could play together, as she desired to dress 'her doll'.

The first grade student agreed to the idea despite her being confused about why this mysterious person is addressing her by such titles. She mentioned that her mother packed an extra suitcase filled with clothing for some reason that was unknown to her.

When Yumeko asked the reason why the new girl wanted to dress her up, Yui explained that Asuna used to tell her about how much fun it was when she and the other females would put on a bunch on different things on her years ago, during the child's infancy and also how well she would behave during those times and according to the group's testimony of the then young's one so-called 'wonderful' smile and 'simply enchanting' laughter.

Being given the breviloquent, condensed yet perplexing synopsis the listener simply nodded.

If she know this about me then, how come I don't know a single detail about her? The perspicacious elementary schoolgirl thought to herself.

However, her impalpable friend advised her that she really has nothing to worry about this brand-new person in her life ans should have as much fun as she can during her temporary stay.

Yumeko agreed with the comforting words that were delivered via thought transference as Yui kindly smiling she politely went through the luggage on top of the bed.

She took out a white summer hat and purple dress and then quickly ran to get Asuna.

"Why did you bring me in her Yui-chan?" Her mother questioned.

"I need her help to dress her." Yui handed the young woman the simple dress.

"This will only take a second." Asuna gave the other little girl a gamesome flutter of an eyelid.

Yumeko nodded in response as the woman politely followed with the casual acquiescence took off the girl's pajama top to switch it with the frock.

"What's that Mama?"

The strawberry blonde stopped and looked at her.

"What are you talking about?" Yumeko asked innocently.

Yui walked closer and pointed to Yumeko's chest. "That thing right there."

Asuna stood silent.

"I don't see anything." Yumeko added.

Yui traced the pinkish blemish that she was talking about. "It's smooth." She commented.

Her index finger traced under the left of Yumeko's chest and stopped as it extended to near the middle of her back. "Does it hurt?" The black-haired girl sounded worried.

Yumeko shook her head left to right.

Asuna quickly put back on the sleeping shirt on her titular niece.

The woman sat down the bed and put her head next to Yumeko's making their cheeks touch each other, the hugger rested her hand on the hugge's shoulder and her other hand on Yui's arm inviting her own daughter to join them in which she accepted.

Yumeko had no idea what was going on.

Footsteps were heard coming near the closed room door.

Kazuto stood in the middle of the doorway. "It's pretty quiet. What's going here?" The head of the apartment wondered.

"Mama and I are comforting my baby." His daughter replied.

He didn't like what she had just said. "Comforting?"

Asuna nodded.

"What do you mean?" The adult male added to his query.

"I found something strange on Yumeko-chan's body, then Mama and I started hugging her."

"I see." Kazuto tried hard not to grit his teeth as he knew very well what it was.

"Why are you hugging me like this?" Yumeko finally asked the two other females.

Asuna let go and wiped her pink, lachrymose hazel eye and rubbed the top of Yumeko's head to her lower back.

Kazuto sat on his knees in front of the schoolgirl. "Yumemi, do you remember that journal you brought the last time you slept over here?"

She blankly nodded.

He sighed. "Did your parents ever tell you about what was in it?"

She nodded again. "The day after. Papa already left for work, and Mama had the day off, when I asked her about it all she said that I was in the hospital for a very long time and I had problems that needed fixing...and how I got that scar on my foot. She told me that what happened wasn't any of my fault. I didn't ask anything else, because Mama looked upset."

The couple shared glaces amongst them.

"So is that everything you know?" Asuna's voice followed.

"That's all. Why?" Yumeko felt Yui's finger go over the curved line on her foot and notified her that it did not hurt when asked.

"Well the mark that starts under your chest...is from an operation you needed during your stay." Asuna's voice got quiet.

"Is that it?"

Kazuto nearly formed fists with his fidgeting hands. "You also had an eye disorder...so you got laser eye surgery to...help your vision." He said in only three slow breathes.

"I had...no idea." Yumeko felt something light and flat with a broad brim laying on top of her head.

"Playing dress up with you is fun." Yui smiled.


Kazuto and Asuna scanned through their apartment for a photo album upon their beloved daughter's request.

When they found one, the four occupants gathered on the living room couch.

Asuna flipped through some of the pages from their high school days alongside their wonderful friends.

"Wait." Yui stopped her mother's arm.

"What is it, Yui?" Kazuto looked at her.

"I remember this one." She pointed her finger onto the photograph.

His black eye's widened slightly. "You do? How is that?"

"I was the one who took it. It even has the date in the corner." Her finger moved to the corner of it. "That was the day we were testing the update where I could take pictures from the probe instead of waiting for you to upload them onto your game account, Papa."

"So it was." The male adult chuckled lightheartedly.

Yumeko sat in her seat confused. Maybe if I ask about it... I can get some answers.

Yui even stated that she remembers what happened the day of.


*Flashback starts*

Saturday, July 25th, 2026 | 12:15 PM

It wasn't an ordinary afternoon in the Kirigaya household.

It was the first week of the high schooler's summer vacation.

The two were preparing the final touches before their friends came over.

"Feels pretty good getting all of these old things from the attic yesterday, right onii-chan?" Suguha smiled at him.

"Yeah, I forgot how much we loved them."

"You mean fought over them." Suguha laughed.

Kazuto attached the [Audiovisual Bidirectional Communication Probe] on his shoulder.

The virtual AI in her [Navigation Pixie] form.

"Hi Yui." He greeted the digital image.

"Hello Papa." She chimed.

After the events of [Project Alicization], Kazuto was in the midst of a slight depression that he was finding a way out of, thanks to great support of his friends.

The doorbell rang.

"Its going to be nice having Yumemi here." Kazuto said as Suguha opened the door.

Keiko, Shino, Rika and Asuna came inside, admiring the family home.

Suguha brought in the snacks and refreshments while Kazuto offered the guest a place to sit.

The girls engage in small talk while the only boy sat there listening to their voices and hold one out of the five stuffed fantasy plush toys from a popular game and television franchise about pocket monsters.

This one appeared to have not fully hatched, leaving only its head and stubby hands and feet appeared out of its egg shell. The parts of its body that appeared, looked to be a light yellow colour, whereas the shell was dominantly white. The shell also had red and blue markings shaped as triangles. Its head had five spikes that appeared to form a crown. The eyes small, black eyes were oval-shaped.

"Can you believe that last year we were teaching you how to swim, Suguha-chan?" Asuna giggled.

"Too bad you didn't get to check out our bathing suits. You missed quite a show, especially your girlfriend here." Rika taunted as she looked at Asuna's reddening face from embarrassment and Kazuto's glass jiggling lightly in his hand before setting it down on the coffee table.

So it has been a year since then... Kazuto took a sip of his lemonade.

Two days after the so-called emergency counseling appointment that was merely a cheap maneuver conducted by Kikuoka Seijirou, the teenage boy paid a solo hospital visit and on that day, ended up learning certain information and keeping some secrets.

One was about the idea of Yui 'crossing over' the virtual and real world boundaries.

The other was learning his niece's birth certificate name and how and why Rinko came up with it, alongside her child's public pseudonym and why both those names are meaningful to the mother, no matter what. The scientist once propounded the boy to address her daughter by her real name for a short time, though only in private or electronic form until he got used to the discovery, although he kindly declined insisting that he only calls her by the nickname he had given his niece.

The boy put his empty glass back on the wooden table listening in on the girls' conversation.

"To be honest, I'm a little nervous..." Keiko confessed to her peers.

"So am I..." Suguha added.

"I'm sure there won't be that much to worry about. Onee-san did give us some tips in her email of what to do and what not to." Shino was sitting in between them.

"Who knew that out Himeko-chan could be this...fierce." Asuna sounded worried.

"That update she sent us yesterday didn't help." Rika's words were someone quiet. "I hope she's okay. Himeko-chan hasn't slept very well lately since she cut her first tooth."

"My favourite part of the email was when onee-sensei said you can't play rough with her." Kazuto chuckled in effort to cheer up his fellow comrades. "These toys might make her a little happy." He grouped the colourful, fantasy creature dolls and put them on the table.

"Did you play a lot with them when you were little?" Shino asked Suguha.

The girl next to her nodded. "Most of the time we'd end up fighting over them." Suguha chuckled. "Especially over this one." The kendo practitioner passed on into Shino's hand.

It was a four-legged mammalian creature with brown fur, a bushy tail that a cream-coloured tip and a collar of the same colour. It had brown eyes, big ears and pink paw pads.

"It was my favourite and you knew that." Kazuto narrowed his eyes at her.

His cousin playfully stuck her tongue at him.

"These used to be popular when were small." Keiko held onto one with permission from her one had pale, yellow skin with pink cheeks, a short tail, and large ears with black edges.

"Feels kind of nice." Rika held a pink feline-like doll with large, small orange paw pads underneath it three-toed feet, blue eyes, small pointed ears and a long skinny tail. It had short arms with three fingers on each paw.

"What do you think, Yui-chan?" Asuna asked the virtual being. She was holding onto one which closely resembles a ferret. It had long, dark brownish tan fur, a group of seven rings on its body with no visible nose and four brown marking similar to whiskers on its cheeks.

"I like them all a lot." Yui's voice came through the electronic speaker.

The AI was doing some testing the new feature by taking some snapshots of the girls and the respective plush dolls.

The doorbell rang and they decided to answer it as a group so they could make their niece feel more welcomed.

The students were met with a smiling Rinko while her daughter was wide awake against her mother's shoulder.

The woman stepped inside and gave the girls a heavy bag, and traced a heart on her daughter's cheek before kissing her little loved one, goodbye.

Prior closing the door behind her, Rinko wished the young bunch good luck in a sing-song tone of voice.

Yumeko's actual age was 1 year, 2 months and 27 days, leaving her corrected age only to be 11 months and 17 days.

"How are you, Himeko-chan?" Asuna gently bounced Yumeko in her arms.

Without a warning, the girl gritted her teeth and shut her eyes tight when two clomps of her strawberry blonde hair were being jerked, making her head being forcefully tilted to the left side. "T-thank you for...admiring my hair...Himeko-chan." She swallowed as the overwhelming pain continued. "P-please stop and behave." Her hazel eyes watered while her hair was still being tugged by the young loved one.

Kazuto slowly approached the scene. "Yumemi, I think that's enough playing for a while." He cautiously drew his hand in near the noticeably smaller one.

"Kirito-kun, be careful that's where her tooth is." His girlfriend hastily informed and sniffled.

Yumeko grunted and opened her mouth.

Her upper, central incisor made contact with the unsuspecting boy's hand.

Kazuto's black irises widened in pain.

"Ouch!" He unintentionally howled.

The cry of pain made Yumeko release her aunt's hair and look at her uncle.

Kazuto patted her head. "I'm just going to sit over there and think about how much I love you." He nervously chuckled.

Keiko took the infant from the taller girl.

"Geez, and I thought I was jealous of your hair." Rika poured her a glass of lemonade that Suguha and Shino just brought in.

"Papa, why is my baby acting this way?" Yui's voice came through the device.

"Yumemi is just stressed out because her teeth are growing." Kazuto explained.

"Is she hurting?" Yui asked in a concerning tone.

"It's nothing she can't handle." He assured her.

Keiko sat up the child on the couch.

She held Yumeko's hands and cleared her throat. "Himeko-chan, don't hit." Her voice was firm but not intimidating.

She applies pressure on the teething tot's ears, rubbing her index and middle fingers to help the infant relax.

"Be gentle." The cat owner said in a firm tone.

Opening Yumeko's mouth, the student ran her pinky finger on the child's gumline. The squeaking was recognizably being enjoyed by the infant.

Being unable to resist the infant's spellbinding charm, the teenager leaned closer to Yumeko's face, rubbing her nose against hers.

When their foreheads made physical contact. Yumeko's hands began to firm press on her aunt's face. However when Keiko decided to back away at a slow pace, the infant unknowingly grazed her petite fingernails against the teenager's skin. That as it may, providentially the dicipliner only had a single miniature blemish on the right side of her face.

With Suguha's assistance, Keiko quickly washed her face and applied some ointment.

"That was a good try." Rika attempted to brighten her junior's mood as the dark brunette put an disgruntled Yumeko on the floor near some colourful wooden building blocks.

"Kind of reminds me when Pina was younger." The young cat owner sighed.

They decided to sit down around her to give their beloved niece some comfort.

"My baby looks so happy to see everyone." Yui said optimistically.

"I wonder how onee-san was able to handle her until now." Shino tousled the infant's combed hair.

Some minutes later, everyone expect Rika got to help supervise the act from a further distance as the dark brunette was playing alongside the very dearly beloved infant next to her.

Yumeko held one of the blocks up to her mouth, gnawing on it.

Shino passed Rika a cold teething ring.

The girl thanked her and made the attempt of trying to make the infant substitute the items.

Not understanding the friendly action coming from her aunt, an irked Yumeko threw the flat, solid plaything on Rika's forehead, leaving a reddish mark.

"You used to be so nice..." The fourth victim commented.

"Your telling me." Kazuto mumbled.

Shino picked up the screaming tot.

"We're supposed to feed her now." Suguha looked at her phone.

"I don't think she's in the mood right now." Shino stroked in between Yumeko's eyes as the infant continued to cry out in her ear.

Rika placed the teething ring in the small mouth.

Suguha took Yumeko trying to keep the plastic ring steady in the tiny mouth.

A minute later, the kendo student felt the pair of small feet fastly kicking against her shoulder, causing the black-haired girl to sit her up on the sofa. "Onee-san is more then incredible that she has to deal with all of this. Her love is impossible to measure."

The rest nodded in agreement.

Asuna took out two small, green plastic containers while Keiko grabbed the bib around Yumeko's neck.

"She eats all of that? No wonder Yumemi is growing." Kazuto happily poked his niece's face. "I guess this baby fat isn't natural." He laughed, rubbing both thumbs over comfortably over Yumeko's cheeks.

"She doesn't eat all of it, Kirito-kun. It's good for to decide her own options." His girlfriend opened both of the lids.

One was filled with strawberry and peach puree while the other had chocolate pudding inside of it.

Suguha and Shino stepped in to help.

Rika brought out a napkin and joined the group. "Okay Himeko-chan, which one do you want?"

The infant points to the smooth, liquidized fruit substance made with honey and cinnamon over the dessert with the thick, creamy viscosity.

"Good girl." The females gave a kind approval.

"Who gives up chocolate pudding for fruit?" Kazuto teased keeping his niece on his lap.

One by one, the girls put a spoonful of the fruit sustenance.

"She has one more bite left." Kazuto wiped Yumeko's mouth.

"Do you want to feed her?" Asuna offered the idea.

"Me? Why?" He looked at her.

"We already fed her, but you never do it." Suguha responded.

"What are you talking about it? I fed her before."

"You never spoon fed her. Try it, it's fun." Asuna smiled giving him the rubber spoon, which he timidly and carefully inserted into the tiny mouth.

That felt...good. Kazuto wiped her mouth an extra time. "She really likes onee-sensei's cooking." He gave a small smile detaching the bib.

"I don't blame her, onee-san really knows how to bake." Rika bit into a strawberry, peach, oatmeal muffin.

"It was really too much of her to make everything from scratch." Keiko took a bite out of a glazed, cinnamon roll.

The email said she'll give us something for our troubles. Now I know what she meant by both." Shino said enjoying one of the mouth watering muffins.

"Onee-san must have been exhausted when she made the chocolate syrup for Himeko-chan's milk. She's not going to be happy about the email we promised to write about her behavior." Asuna sipped her lemonade.

"Try one...no both of them, onii-chan. It's like nothing you could've ever tasted before in your life." Suguha passed him a plate with the glazed sweet roll and small cake on it.

"Might as well." Kazuto laughed.

When he reached to get it, the boy felt something about to stretch out the material of his plain black home shirt. Then he felt something digging into his abdominal area, knowing of its origin, the teenager looks down and starts to gently rub his whimpering niece from the top of her head down to her lower back.

His fellow comrades silently watched as it was happening, unsure of the proper reaction to express.

"Yumemi, are you okay?" His voice was calm yet worried at the same time.

The low, feeble groaning still continued to be expressed as Yumeko curled up and had a durable cling on her young uncle's mid-torso.

"Do you want to talk about it, Yumemi?" He moved her head up his shoulder as her miniature body was in a curved position, leaning against the adolescent's slim figure.

The infant turned her head and sniffled. She gets closer to his neck and touches his delicate, effeminate face.

He brushes his thumb over the hand. "I know you didn't mean any of that. You're a very good girl." He whispered.

The infant turned her attention from behind the sofa. Her hands looked like she wanted to grab for something.

What can she see that I can't? Kazuto sighed to himself.

In order to prevent the rest from noticing, Kazuto put her and the communication gadget on the floor next to the five fantasy creature plush toys.

Sitting fairly close to her, he picked up the pale yellow one that had the eggshell and the spikes on its head. "You kind of remind me of this one."

Yumeko looked at him as her body made a sudden thrust forward landing on her cross-legged uncle's knee.

Kazuto rubbed her back like before and gave her the toy when he sat her up. He gives her a small smile as he witnesses his niece cuddling with the stuffed object. That's my Yumemi-chan.

"I love it when my baby's happy." Yui chimed.

"We love it to, Yui-chan." Asuna picked up the center of attention. "Onee-san packed a few clothes, so were going to dress her up and put down for a nap."

"Can I watch?" Yui asked excitedly.

"Of course." Suguha picked up the probe.

"Do you want us to join us, Kirito-san?" Keiko asked him.

"Me? Help?" He looked hesitant.

"Yeah, you always skip out it." Rika kissed Yumeko's face.

"It's pretty fun." Shino smiled coolly.

Sugu does like talking about it... I guess there really is a first time for everything. Kazuto thought for a moment. "I guess...I could watch." He stammered.

"Great. Let's go." Rika pulled his arm making the boy's heartbeat move faster when she and Keiko dragged him while the rest including Yui and Yumeko, were giggling.

For the most part, he dearly and sincerely enjoyed hearing the younger one's being happy, knowing to was honest and straightforward, especially the AI's.

The infant was change from the red overalls and yellow shirt wardrobe to a pair of simple red and blue pajamas.

She was put to sleep thanks to the joint massage she was given by the girls.

Kazuto decided to let her sleep in his room.

He laid his niece on the bed and covered her with blanket.

Being unable to resist the temptation, the minor laid next to her.

Poor thing, she didn't mean to cause any harm, she was just confused. Kazuto blinked and began to softly whisper in left ear. "I know it hasn't been an easy year for you, but thank you for hanging in there for everyone's sake. I can't imagine what today would have been like if you..." He bit his lips. His voice nearly broke before he swallowed. "I love you very much, Yumemi-chan. Please don't forget that I do." He kissed her cheek. "Thank you for being here. Thank you so much."

Without any bit of a hurry he slowly began to separate himself from the piece of furniture.

He turned his attention to the dome-shaped electronic stationed on the pole-stand a foot near the bed.

Kazuto smiled into the camera's vision lens. "Keep an eye on her okay, Yui?" He whispered and chuckled.

"I will Papa." She whispered in response.

The black-haired boy exited the private premises closing the door behind him.

The AI giggled and used her regular soft-spoken tone of voice. "I love you very much. I wish I could meet you someday, Yumeko-chan."

Yui put the enchanced device upgrade to good use and took the picture of the resting almost adjusted age toddler across from her.

*Flashback ends*


The six-year old had silently sat through the story. "I don't understand."

"What is it?" Kazuto asked.

Yumeko looked at the girl with long, black hair. "How come you didn't meet until now?"

The couple glanced at each other and nodded.

"Erm...you see Himeko-chan, Yui-chan...isn't exactly from here." Asuna started to breakdown the information.

Yumeko tilted her head as her face was struck dumbfounded.

"Well, the truth is that..." Kazuto's voice was hesitant and was trying to explain as briefly as he could think. "One day, a very long time ago, Asuna and I were walking in a forest while we were fulldiving."

Asuna cleared her throat. "In the forest, we met Yui-chan, who couldn't remember anything expect for her name, and started calling us her parents."

Kazuto jumped in. "Later on, we figured out that she was really an AI. Now she lives with us in this world."

Yumeko listened to every word. "You met in a game?"

Kazuto nodded. "It's how we all met."

Yumeko blinked. "What's an AI? I know it has something to do with computers, but that's it."

Yui came closer and placed the younger girl on her lap.

"An AI is something in a computer program that deals with the ability to understand and process human emotions." The computer enthusiast explained. "Yui happened to be an advanced one, even though she would get confused and needed help once in a while." Kazuto put his hand on the said girl's head.


The first grader decided to continue her summer vacation homework after the four apartment occupants ate a wonderful lunch and played a rather intense match of Go against her uncle.

She granted an eager Yui the permission of observing her doing scholastic activity after winning at her favourite game.


Not long after dinner, Asuna brought out a package of store bought sponge cake dessert shells.

The woman setup the table with four spoons and small plates.

In the table's center was a fruit arrangement filled pieces of fresh peaches, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries and kiwi surrounding the pecans in the plastic dishware.

To the left of the lovely made platter was a bottle of chocolate sauce and whipped cream.

When each person made their own decorated cake, Yui put in a rather generous spoonful of her own Yumeko's mouth and vice versa.

Gleefully chewing on the large mouth, the first grader suddenly stopped and widen her mine shaft eyes then shut them tight as her head started to shake momentarily. Trying to close off the tears, her nose felt a slight sting while sniffled.

Spitting into a napkin declaring that she had mistakenly bitten her tongue.

Her eyes were turning red and puffing.

Yumeko's intangible friend told her that she has gone through a lot and this is but a minor accident and will be healed within a few days.

The comforting words were as always heard by just the six-year-old and were not acknowledged by anyone else around her.

Her maternal instinct entering her, Asuna quickly got an ice-pack to apply pressure on the hurting girl's bleeding tongue.

In order to reduce the chance of an bacterial infection and to help with the relieving process, Kazuto made Yumeko a rinsing mixture using water and very little amount of hydrogen peroxide to act as an anti-septic agent.

While all of that was happening, Yui was either holding the girl's hand, hugging her from behind or kissing her face.

When the rinsing was done with, she carefully fed her so-called 'baby' one of the purchased pudding cups Kazuto had gotten.


Finally, the time of day had arrived where both of the girls had fallen asleep side by side on the living room couch.

Holding on to each other innocently, secure and soundly.

They were unaware of the concept of the married couple's recreational arrangement that awaited them for the day after.


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