Yoshino, the children and Yoshinon

At the end of the classes, the moment most awaited by the little children arrived, eager to go home, not because there was anything wrong with this kindergarten, but because they were not fully accustomed to being without their parents. However, there was also the opposite case, and those who were not yet accustomed to the teacher who looked after everyone so gently, would soon do so.

"S-Sensei..." said one girl who approached her desk, unable to look at it at all, as she was accompanied by five other little ones. "Um, excuse me... this, Sensei...?"

"Hm?" she asked in a soft voice as she looked at them. "¡…!"

She opened her big blue eyes wider as she saw six of her students standing there, almost encircling her seat. She blinked a couple of times and made herself comfortable, without leaving her seat, to be in front of them, and brought her face a little closer with a gentle smile.

"What's wrong, Kaede-chan? Are your parents taking too long? Don't worry about it." She put her hand on her cheek to raise her face slowly, the little girl's brown eyes shone. "It'll be all right; they'll be here any minute."

"That's not it, sensei, we want you to do that again, please!" said one of the children, with a slightly melodious voice.

"Eh...? Is that...?" she asked without understanding what they meant.

"Kaede told us you have a talking doll! "

The surprise was not long in coming, Kaede bowed her head slightly, thinking that the sensei might be disturbed, but the young woman with the fluffy blue hair, tied up in a low ponytail, only blushed slightly.

Without a doubt, having a talking doll was something that a child could not keep quiet, and it was obvious that everyone would want to see it, it was a talking doll! When has anything ever looked so cool?

Their faces were filled with happiness and excitement when their teacher nodded her head, although she closed her eyes for a few moments, with a calm, happy and somewhat nostalgic expression, but the little ones could not notice the full range of feelings on her face.

"Okay, but I'll ask her, is that okay?"

"Yes!" they all answered, in unison.

The teacher took her bag, opened it and in front of everyone, stuck her head in there, asked a question in a low voice that everyone heard, then she went away and stuck her hand inside the bag, she seemed to poke around a bit, which made the children more excited.

Until she showed them with a little smile, it was a very beautiful puppet, well preserved, in the shape of a rabbit. Those who had not seen it were shocked, but Kaede, who already knew it, stepped forward, excited.

"Yoshinon-san! "

"Oh! Kaede-chan, it's you, ah and so many other children~! Yoshino, Yoshino, I didn't know there were so many!" said the puppet, in a somewhat shrill voice, but with joy, as the teacher only smiled to see what her children were saying.

"Ohhhh!" As if it was the only bright thing in the room, they surrounded the puppet.

"He's my best friend: Yoshinon, he's been with me for a long time and was a very special gift. So, I hope you get along very well," she explained with a smile and a little blush on her cheeks.

"Everything Yoshino said is true, she's my best friend, too, so I hope you'll be very good to her, okay~? Or she'll punish you and call your moms!" Yoshinon laughed wickedly, but only pretended to, leaving the children worried.

"Ah, of course not, children. Yoshinon, don't say such things, please, they're all very good children. "

"Oh, is that so? You've been good, huh~?"

"Yes, we've been good!"

"And are they nice to Yoshino? Hmm~?"

"Yes, yes!"

"Okay, hehe~, just for that, I'm going to reward you~."

"Ohhhh!"

This was just another day in his current life, she didn't need Yoshinon to always be there, in her hand, but Yoshinon would always be her best friend and a very special gift, so, she always had him close by, as a good luck charm and it seems, now, to be a friend to her children.