Same Path

Still, out near the lake, the family were enjoying themselves. Also, Haruto was impressed with what Ibara did about a moment ago. "That was an amazing kick," Haruto said. "Why thank you," Ibara replied, "He was a stupid idiot anyway."

"All right," Haruto agreed, "I'll go with that." "Never mind that now," Ibara said, "Let's just have our fun here now." "All right," Haruto replied, "I'm ready to get going." "Well, said Ibara, "Mihiru has already done so."

"Right," Haruto agreed, "So, Mihiru, What do you want to do now?" "Well, I wanted to get a better view," Mihiru said, "To see everything." "We'll think of something related to that," Ibara said.

"Well," Haruto said, "Let me say this. All right, how about we can go to the observation deck? That way we can see more of our surroundings." "An observation deck?" Mihiru asked, "What's that?"

Ibara and Haruto decided not to explain; instead, they took her to the said place, which is located on a hilltop. "This," said Ibara, "Is an observation deck. Not more to explain, is there?" But Mihiru was excited. "Now I can see everything!" she exclaimed, "Thanks!"

"Well, she is happy," Haruto said. "Yeah," Ibara agreed, "That's what's important to us." "Hey, mom and dad," Mihiru said, "What's this thing?" "A binocular stand," Haruto explained, "Tower viewer as it's know. It's coin-operated. And you can see more things with this."

"Ok," Mihiru said, and she looked through the viewfinders. She only saw nothing at first, until Ibara slot in some coins when she can finally see things. "Wow," Mihiru exclaimed, I can see the world from here." "I'm glad," Ibara smiled. "Enjoy," Haruto said. "I will!" Mihiru replied. "Well," Ibara said to herself, "Guess I'll have to work twice as hard now."

After a few minutes, and a few Japanese yen. "Hey, mom and dad," Mihiru said after she had finished using the binoculars, "Can we go now?" "All right," said Haruto, and he picked up Mihiru and lifted her onto his shoulders. "A piggy-back time," Ibara said to Haruto.

"I thought it would be fun," Haruto replied. And so, Haruto carried his daughter on his back for most of the time. They left the observation deck and continued around the area. And they had a good time that day.

By the end of the day, it was time for the family to head on home. "Well," said Ibara, "I had a good time. What about you?" "We had a great time," Mihiru answered, "Didn't we?" "Yeah," Haruto said, "I really had a great time with you."

"Well," Ibara said, "Most of that time." "All right, "Haruto said, "I'll go with that." "Still not regretting what you did to that idiot back there?" Haruto asked." "Nope," Ibara said, "I'm sure he'd learned his lesson." "Or not," Haruto added in. When they got home, they fell fast asleep.