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The Future Story 2

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Chapter 9 – Another Problem: Molly's Critique

"Tane-kun…" said Kirarin to his husband while the young man walked into the living room where she waited for him with Murasaki there, "Can you explain about anything which happened yesterday? Why did you invite your secretary to our house? What were you doing with her there?"

"Kira-chan, trust me. I just asked my secretary to arrange my schedule, so that I can have some days off to be spent with you."

"You lie!"

"I'm serious!" Taneshiro took out something from a bag which he brought there and gave it to his wife while sat down between her and Murasaki, "Here, read this and you'll know that we didn't do anything wrong yesterday."

Kirarin received the letter from her husband while Murasaki asked him, "So, you're planning to go for your second honeymoon?"

"Not really, though… next week is my mother's birthday, so I want to celebrate her birthday in Kyoto next week," explained Taneshiro before he shifted his attention to his wife, "and I want you to go there with us, Kira-chan."

"Tane-kun…" she was speechless at first but then asked about something else, "Then, how about our daughter? We can't bring her there next week, right? She still need to go to school."

"Well, I've already talked to your mother about my plan, and she said that Shiroyuki could stay with her next week," replied Taneshiro, "We don't need to worry about her."

"Really?"

Taneshiro nodded, "So please, don't be mad at me. I just want to make a surprise for you and my mother."

"Well, I…" Kirarin finally decided, "Fine, Tane-kun. I trust you."

Both of them looked at each other and smiled, before Murasaki concluded, "Alright then, as now it's clear that Tane-kun doesn't cheating on you, I think it's better for you to go home with him and Shiro-chan right now, Kira-chan."

"You're right," replied Kirarin who then walked out from the living room, "I'll tell Shiro-chan that my problem is solved and we can go home now."

The brunette, young mother then walked into Nozomi's room, only to find out that her daughter wasn't there and the mentioned room was empty, as Shiroyuki went out from Tsubomi's house with Fami, Nozomi and Rizuko to find out anything about the problem between Kirarin and Taneshiro.

Both Murasaki and Taneshiro quickly followed Kirarin to Nozomi's room.

"Kira-chan, where's Shiro-chan? I think you brought her here last night," asked Taneshiro, "Does she play around with Nozomi-chan and Fami-chan?"

"Actually, Rizu-chan also stayed here since last night, as both Nami-chan and Tetsuo-kun should go to Hokkaido to do their work last night," corrected Murasaki, "but where are they now? I mean, usually they will tell us anytime they want to go out."

"What happened, everyone? I think you three were in the living room," Tsubomi walked into the room, "Why are you here now?"

"She realized something before added, "You three must be searching for our children, right? Don't worry, they just want to walk around together outside there."

"Eh? When did they go?" asked Murasaki, "Why don't they tell us that they want to go?"

"I think they just don't want to disturb you three, so they just walked out from the house without saying anything to you. Fortunately, I was jogging with otousan and Tono-kun when they walked out, so they didn't have choice but to tell us that they want to go," said the young teacher, "By the way, Murasaki-nii, otousan and Tono-kun wait for you at the field."

"Ah, I remember. Otousan challenged Tono-kun, and I should be there with them," Murasaki immediately walked out from the room, "Alright then, I'll go to the field."

As Murasaki left the room, Kirarin asked Tsubomi, "By the way, do you know where did Shiro-chan and the others go? Did they tell you?"

"Well, they don't tell me, but I think… they'll be back here soon," Tsubomi assured, "and they'll tell us anything."

Right after that, they heard that Kirarin's smartphone was ringing, so she took it out from her pocket and answered the phone.

.O.

A week later, in the morning…

All of the six witch apprentices were talking about Kirarin and Taneshiro's romantic trip while they were walking to their school together.

"Fortunately, papa explained the truth to mama, so they could make up and go to Kyoto with Grandma Shiori," Shiroyuki sighed in relief, "and I'll stay at Grandma Hazuki's house this whole week."

"Well, thanks to Uncle Murasaki who called your father and asked him to come to my house last Saturday," Nozomi smiled, "While at the same time, we unintentionally met Shiro-chan's grandmother near the convenience store."

"Even so, I just can't believe that your mother could be so possessive and childish like that, Shiro-chan," opined Molly, "Why didn't she ask your father to explain the truth and just simply went out from your house with you? It's their problem anyway, so why should Uncle Murasaki help them?"

"Molly-chan, how can you say such a thing? My mother isn't childish," replied Shiroyuki sharply, "She just didn't know if papa had a plan to go to Kyoto with her this week, and she wouldn't be like that if papa told her his plan sooner."

"If he told her, then what's the point? It was a surprise," Molly defended, "Your mother didn't need to know about it until it was a perfect time for your father to give it to her."

"Molly-chan, it already happened so you don't need to share your opinion."

"Hey, Shiro-chan, why do you…"

"Stop!" Fami shouted, "Why do you both quarrel like this just because of that? The problem is already over so we don't need to discuss it anymore."

"Who's the one that talked about it at the first place anyway?" Molly retorted, "No offense, but my parents never quarrel just because of an unimportant thing like that."

"Well, sorry Molly-chan, but our parents are different!" Shiroyuki gazed at the turquoise witch apprentice before ran away from her and the others, "Sorry, I should do something in the library this morning."

"Shiro-chan, wait!" Fami decided to follow her to the library. She said to Molly before followed Shiroyuki, "Molly-chan, it's just too much. You shouldn't say it to Shiro-chan."

Molly just mumbled right after Fami left, "I just want to tell her my opinion…"

"Your opinion is just too much, Molly-chan. You should care with Shiro-chan's feeling," Nozomi agreed with what her cousin said before she left them, "Moreover, we just want to say that the problem was solved, and we want to talk about Shiro-chan's grandmother, Grandma Hazuki."

"Whatever…" Molly rolled her eyes, "I don't really care though…"

"What do you mean with that? Shiro-chan is one of us and…"

"I'm sorry, but I didn't stay at your house with the others last weekend so it couldn't help!" Molly screamed, "Why should all of you talk about something that I don't know?"

"Molly-chan…" Nozomi finally concluded, "So you feel that we left you behind just because we talked about something you don't know, right?"

"Well, I also didn't stay there, though…" Izumi admitted, "I don't mind if the others want to talk about that."

"We're different, Izumi-chan," Molly lowered her voice, "Fami-chan, Nozomi-chan and Shiro-chan have the same age with me. We are in the same grade at school, but… it feels like I'm always in a different place with them three."

"Even so, you don't need to be mean like that with Shiro-chan," Nozomi opined, "Just be honest with us about your own feeling. You just need to say that you don't want to talk about it anymore."

"Well, but I did think that Shiro-chan's mother is so childish…"

"Molly-chan!"

"Okay, I know. I just think about myself, and I don't… care about Shiro-chan's feeling," Molly sighed, "What should I do now?"

"Just one thing: ask her apologize," said Nozomi, surely, "I'll help you."

"Thank you, Nozomi-chan," the turquoise witch apprentice smiled weakly, "I'm so guilty right now."

.O.

Meanwhile, at Misora Elementary School…

"Anou, Shiro-chan… can you just forgive Molly-chan?" said Fami as she kept following Shiroyuki to the library, "Well, I know that what she said is just too much, but… we should keep in our mind that she is one of us."

"I can't believe that she can say something like that, and I won't ever forgive her," replied Shiroyuki, "She said it as if she knows everything."

"Uh, maybe you're right Shiro-chan, but… I think she doesn't want to insult you. She just wants to say her opinion…" suddenly Fami thought about something, "or else…"

"What do you want to say, Fami-chan? Do you want to defense her?" asked the new orange witch apprentice, "Actually, which side are you in?"

"I'm neutral, and I just want all of us to be together," replied the pink haired girl, "About Molly-chan and her statement, did she say it because she always says anything that she thinks about? Or, is it because she wasn't with us last weekend?"

"Eh? What do you mean?"

"Well, she didn't stay at Non-chan's house with us last weekend, so… maybe she just feels lonely?" Fami guessed, "However, she doesn't really want to insult you."

"Now that you mention it… she seems so upset when we told her and Izumi-chan about our weekend in Nozomi-chan's house," Shiroyuki finally noticed, "Don't say that she…"

Suddenly, Shiroyuki ran out from the library, and not so long after that, Molly walked to her and stopped in front of her.

Molly quickly hugged Shiroyuki, "I'm sorry, Shiro-chan. I didn't care about your feeling. I'm so stupid."

"I understand, and I think I also should apologize to you that I talked about having some fun with the others without you," replied Shiroyuki, "Molly-chan, gomen ne?"

"You don't need to. It's my fault that I said something rude about your parents," Molly broke her hug and shook of her head, "I'm so sorry."

"So, is your problem solved?" asked Fami who followed Shiroyuki from the library, "Shiro-chan? Molly-chan?"

Both of the mentioned girls turned their attention to Fami, then nodded together, signaled that they were okay now.