Hermione's POV
Little Hermione liked the new place her father had brought her to as it was filled with warmth and sunshine that tanned her skin, which had become fairer from the months of coldness and lack of sunlight. She had also made a new friend in Fleur, a somewhat excitable blonde whom always seemed to stick to her like glue. Not that there was anything wrong with that in the toddlers mind but it could be quite uncomfortable at times. For example, when she was reading in the library of the Delacour mansion.
You see, the brunette enjoyed being surrounded by books just as much as she was happy being outside playing. Well, okay maybe she did like books just a bit more than going outside. However, what she liked whilst reading was the feeling of slipping into another world where all sorts of interesting people and creatures lived that may or may not exist in her own world. Usually she would spend hours just reading about everything and anything contently in the quietness of the library. Except there was one little problem…The staring.
Fleur always seemed to stare at the brunette whenever she read her books. Sure, they would both begin by reading together but the brunette did notice the glances sent her way, and she didn't understand why her friend won't tell her if there was something on her face. I mean friends tell each other if something is on their face, right? What if it was a bug!? Hermione shuddered at the thought of a creepy crawly just climbing all over her face without her noticing.
Even stranger still, the blonde would then turn away when their eyes met. And her face would get all red like she was sick. This worried Hermione greatly despite Fleur stating otherwise. Was it possible for someone to spontaneously combust? Hermione didn't think so, but she would research this later. Maybe her father would have an answer to this dilemma, it could be like a weird incendio spell or something.
"Hermione, what are you doing?" Hideyoshi called out softly whilst leaning on the door frame. Having heard Hermione ponder over her situation as she spoke aloud an amused smile graced his face. 'Ah the joys of youth' he thought to himself as he walked over to his little girl, who looked up at him with her big doe like eyes.
"Papa, is Fleur okay? Her face is always red, even when we're not playing outside" she asked him with her eyebrows furrowed as she snuggled into bed, waiting for her nightly tuck in.
"Well, she's not okaaay ~~ in a sense" Hideyoshi said remembering the somewhat enamoured look Fleur had when she first met Hermione.
"SO SHE'S SICK!" the toddler gasped loudly, sitting up quickly on the bed.
"Oh…oh no, no no no no no. That's not what I mean darling" Hideyoshi clarifies, trying to calm Hermione down. "I'm just saying that Fleur is just….um….growing up?"
"Will my face turn red when I grow up?" Hermione asks innocently.
"Uhhhhh, maybe?" he replies, not really sure how to answer her and not really wanting to imagine Hermione grown up and falling in loving.
"Oh ok. I wonder when my face will get all red like that" she says to no one, as she lies down on the bed once more, a yawn escaping as she blinks tiredly.
Petting her head soothingly Hideyoshi kisses the young girls forehead and whispers "Don't grow up too fast, little one."
The next day
The noise of the market echoed, voices of people cheerfully going about their business filled Hermione's view. Despite the many castles she's been to nothing could compare to the hustle and bustle of a shopping district, big or small. A magic school even with their student population were still fairly isolated from society, whether that was to protect the statute of secrecy or because it allowed students to concentrate on their magical studies better resulted in a lack of immersion into the culture of the country for the Mori duo. This was their rare chance to really explore a foreign magical community freely as they had Fleur and Alexa accompanying them as such the father/daughter twosome held no fear and went wild with their purchases.
Of course, they did so in their own unique way. 'Rencontres Fatidiques' also known as 'Fateful Encounters' was their first stop. It was a charming medium sized bookstore that used an enlargement charm to widen the shops interior. Located at the heart of town, the store was run by a nice elderly witch by the name of Maguerite. Its walls were covered in books and even some parts of the floor had books tucked in its corner, sometimes a hidden person would be found curled up in front of a bookshelf as they read the books contents, judging whether or not to buy the tome in hand. To Fleur and Alexa it was a decent bookstore with a variety of genre's available but to Hermione it was heaven. For Hideyoshi, his lab or as he liked to call it 'Mori's Experimentation Hall' was heaven to him nevertheless the store was quite good in comparison.
As the little brunette was browsing potions section her eyes wandered over to the front of the shop where the owner was sat, her table proudly displaying the name of the shop. Curious, the young girl went over to Hideyoshi and tugged on the end of his shirt and pointed at the table "Papa, the store…..it is called Fateful Encounters in English."
Looking up from his book, Hideyoshi turned his gaze towards the store's front desk "It is indeed. Well done Hermione, your French is getting better every day" he praises with a pat of her head.
Accepting his praise with a nod, Hermione then asks "Mm, but papa why does it have such a weird name?"
Holding his chin, Hideyoshi thinks for a moment before replying "Well, I'm not sure. Why don't you ask the witch at the front desk." He then gives the little brunette a soft nudge towards the shop owner.
Shaking her head, Hermione quickly backpedals into her father, the action catching the attention of both Alexa and Fleur. "Oh my, what seems to be the problem" Alexa asks with Fleur right next to her.
"Oh its nothing troubling, Hermione was just curious about the origins of the shops name, so I asked her to ask the shop owner but she's a bit shy to go on her own" he explains.
"If that's the case, I would be glad to go along with her to ask" Alexa suggests kindly as she smiles at the brunette toddler.
"Really? That would be great. Is that okay with you 'mione" Hideyoshi asks.
The little girls nods shyly and blushes as she grabs hold of Alexa's outstretch hand, the two then make their way towards the counter. Fleur watches silently as Alexa walks away with Hermione before she dashes across the room grabbing hold of Hermione's other hand " I'll go and ask too" she exclaims. Fleur looks up at her cousin with a strange look in her eye as she pulls Hermione along behind her.
Hideyoshi cocks his head right as he watched the exchange. "Hmmm" he sounds out quietly before going back to his reading, putting the event at the back burner of his mind for the time being.
"Excusez-moi, s'il vous plait" Fleur says trying to catch Maguerite's attention.
"Ah, oui oui. How may I help you ?" Maguerite replies smiling.
Alexa places her hand, one on each girl's shoulder she tilts her head towards the little brunette "this little one here wanted to ask you a question about the shop."
Maguerite turns her attention towards Hermione and leans a bit over her counter "and what question do you have young lady?"
Hermione squirms at the attention, squeezing Fleur's hand for reassurance, which the little blonde replies in kind. "U-uh u-um. The name…..your shop name. Why is it called Rencontres Fatidiques?"
The elderly woman chuckles lightly at the little witch's shyness "is it a strange name."
Shaking her head in protest Hermione quickly replies "it's not !" Her eyes widen at her own loud exclamation as she continues her sentence more softly "It's not weird. I-it's a nice name. I j-just wanted to know its ummmmm…source?"
Giggling at the child's cuteness Alexa pipes up "I think she means origin or what gave you the idea to name the shop in such a way." Hermione nods her head in agreement as she looks up at Alexa.
Maguerite smiles in understanding as she leans back into her seat, closing her eyes for a moment as she flips through the pages of her memories. "They say" she begins slowly "if one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all."
She sits up slightly observing the two children holding hands, one blond one brunette. One older one younger. One local one foreign. And then she continues "Similarly a successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person." The white haired witch pauses for a moment to gather her thoughts " Your perfect book, which you can enjoy reading over and over is falling in love with an author's creation, something they birthed from their thoughts and ideas."
"Fate will guide you to finding that perfect book/ person, which will be with you for the rest of your life and it all begins with an encounter. I hope that my humble bookstore can be that place where people can find such love hence the name Rencontres Fatidiques."
The trio stood enraptured by the her explanation, Fleur took an unconscious step closer to Hermione. Alexa blinked in surprise, she had never known that was the reasoning behind the store's name. She had never really thought about the reasoning behind the store's name all these years, and now she felt a small loss at not doing so. It took a little girl for her to realise that she should appreciate the little town more. Thanking the old woman for her time and promising to visit again soon the trio regrouped with Hideyoshi and paid for their books before leaving to continue their shopping trip.
Putting their purchases into a bag the older Mori was carrying, which was charmed with a feather weight and enlargement spell in order to accommodate all their purchases they group waked through town square admiring all the different stalls selling different foods from jams, to cheese, to fish to fruits. The two foreigners were then suddenly pulled into a clothing store for women, looking around at the lack of men in the store Hideyoshi was about to leave and wait for the three girls at a different store. However, as he was about to make his escape a tight grip on his trousers stopped him. Looking down he takes in his daughters grim face staring back up at him. "Don't leave me" Hermione states in a clear serious tone.
The Asian man turned his head to the two French ladies who were stacking up clothes in their arms, all in various colours some of which he was sure was for Hermione try on. Resting a hand on the girls shoulder he says "Be strong daughter" before high-tailing it out of the shop back to the market place. Not looking back at the betrayed face Hermione displayed as she was pulled into a changing room by the Delacours.
At the marketplace
Hideyoshi was currently browsing the fish being sold, there was quite a variety but he was surprised to see that the stall was selling some flathead fish as it was more commonly found in the indo-pacific area, especially in Australia. Yet, the fish in front of him looked very fresh. He wondered whether the owner sued some sort of spell to keep the fresh in such a way. " Excusez-moi monsieur but how did you get the fish to stay so fresh? It is quite uncommon to find it in this region, is it not?"
"Ah, a fish connoisseur eh" the man replies laughing boisterously.
Rubbing the back of his head sheepishly Hideyoshi replies "Oh no, I'm not quite that professional but I do enjoy learning a bit about everything."
Nodding his head the man grins widely "well, let me tell you. You're not wrong. There is a charm like that but unless you're an enthusiast or in the food industry, you wouldn't really come across it."
Now this was information that peaked the Asian man's interest. Although his intent wasn't to find out about spells it was still nice to come across something new "Do tell" Hideyoshi urges stepping closing to the salesman.
"You seem like a smart man. So I'm sure you know about the jar preservation technique in order to keep food for the long term." Hideyoshi nodded his head in acknowledgment, he was very familiar with it as a lot of Japanese side dishes used similar methods muggle or otherwise.
The salesman crosses his arms and continues "Course that's a lot closer to potions then charms. Anyway, the spell 'recentibus' substantially slows down the process that makes the food rot rather than actually keeping the food fresh. So food that usually gets mouldy after 2 or 3 days like buns bought from bakeries can last a week if the spell is properly casted."
"Sugoi (Wow), that's amazing ! And so useful" Hideyoshi cries out excitedly.
The fish salesman then holds his arms in akimbo and laughs loudly "HAHAHA ! If you think that's amazing, then you'll be surprised to know I haven't casted recentibus on this flathead just yet."
"OH ?!" Hideyoshi exclaims surprised.
"Let me tell ya. I got a buddy down in Australia. He and I fish together every month there, so the people at the international port key administration know me so well, they just hand it over to me every month." Hideyoshi sweat drops at the salesman's exaggeration and nods politely gesturing for him to continue.
"So, my buddy and I. We just had our annual fishing trip. I got such a big haul even gave half my catch to my buddy. Just got back late last night. So these flatheads right here are as fresh as you could get them" he says gesturing to the fish.
Hideyoshi looks at the flatheads once again and looks at the price of the fish €18 per fish. The price was reasonable as well, so with a shrug he declares "What luck ! I'll take 4 of them monsieur. Give me a good discount ok" Hideyoshi jokes.
"Haha well since I still had to pay customs you know" the salesman states with a cheeky smile.
Deciding to haggle a bit Hideyoshi grins back at the other man "But it's cheaper than shipping charges right."
The hefty salesman snorts in amusement "Hah, fine. How about this. You buy five for € 80 and I'll teach ya that recentibus spell."
"You drive a hard bargain monsieur but you're a fair man. Sold" Hideyoshi replies as he takes out his wallet, notebook and quill.
The two men then go through the motions of how to cast the spell, and Hideyoshi thanks the man kindly before journeying around the market once more.
Back at the clothing store
Hermione felt like her life was flashing past her eyes in the guise of clothes. It was like a mini fashion show going on. She was fitted with hats, sunglasses, shirts, sweaters, trousers, jeans, skirts, dresses and everything in the middle. Having travelled from region to region the last few years meant that most of Hermione's clothes were just magically adjusted to fit her as she grew so she didn't shop for clothes often and neither did the older Mori who was off gallivanting around town.
Out of nowhere, Alexa then comes bursting in through the door of the changing. Fleur who was changing in the same changing room quickly stepped in front of Hermione to cover the young girls half-naked body "Alexa, what are you doing ?! You cannot just open ze room door like that !" Fleur admonishes, which was funny due to the age difference and size of the woman versus the two children. The little blonde was still wearing her skirt and singlet that had a small bow adorned on it that kept her dignity.
"Oh calm down Fleur, we are all females here. You are both small enough to hide behind my body" Alexa says waving her hand in a nonchalant manner causing Fleur to huff indignantly whilst Hermione blushed and hid behind Fleur.
"Put that pout away cousin and look at these adorable clothes I just found" Alexa says smiling widely holding up the all-white clothes "the both of you can wear it tonight and match."
At the declaration, Hermione furiously shakes her head however the action was overshadowed by Fleur's enthusiastic agreement alongside Alexa who was gushing over said clothes.
Later
Hideyoshi put the rest of the food he had bought into the bag. He had just sent a patronus to the Delacour house requesting to use the kitchen this evening to prepare dinner. He wanted to thank the family for their hospitality and felt that making a nice dinner for them would be perfect. He then hears someone calling out to him, turning his body he sees his daughter along with the two Delacours walking over to him. "Hello everyone, did you have fun shopping?"
Both Fleur and Alexa each gave details about what they bought. Hermione on the other hand was giving her father the stink eye, which he carefully avoided. "Oh, and we bought some lovely matching nightwear for Hermione and Fleur" Alexa points out.
"Oh did you now. Well I can't wait to see it" Hideyoshi replies with a gentle smile wondering what exactly Alexa bought for the two girls.
As the sun began to set the group made their way back to the estate, cheerfully talking to each other about their purchases and day. Stopping at a few more stalls along the path, Hermione saw a pretty hairclip with a blue bow attached, she then stuffs her hand into her pocket pulling out some euros that Hideyoshi gave her which she had saved up. She points to the hairclip and asks the shop keeper to put it in a bag for her. The little brunette then asks the shop keeper to do the same for a pretty red nail polish found near the hairclip and she pays him in kind, all without either Delacours knowledge.
Hideyoshi however, steps up behind the girl shocking her slightly "Gifts for our kind tour guides?" Hideyoshi questions tilting his head towards the two blonde's. Hermione blushes and nods silently getting a pat on the head from her father. "Good girl, you've got a kind heart" he says as he helped hide the gifts in his bag for later.
Back at the Delacour Home
After being welcomed back by Apolline and Sulpicia, Hideyoshi was guided towards the kitchen. Hermione took Hideyoshi's bag after he took out the ingredients for dinner and bounded to the bedroom to keep the rest of their purchases.
A few moments later preparations for the evening were underway. The Mori duo had all but kicked out the Delacour clan out of their own kitchen as they got to work. "Papa, what are we making?" Hermione asked wearing a small kids apron with a cute penguin design on the front of the apron, her hair tied and sleeves rolled up.
"Well 'mione, I was thinking of making a flathead poele with a side of ratatouille" the man replied as he began cleaning the fish and descaling it.
"What's people and rats ?" Hermione asks looking at the fish being descaled from where she was perched next to him on a step chair.
Chuckling Hideyoshi clarifies "Poêle is a type of cooking technique where you cook the food in its own juices. In this case, we will be cooking the flathead in this way."
"But I thought we only get juices from fruits" Hermione notes curiously.
"Hahah, you're not wrong 'mione" Hideyoshi barks out laughing. "Hmm, i've told you about stocks before yes. Like chicken stock and vegetable stock" Hideyoshi states glancing at his daughter who was in her usual thinking pose.
"Yes Papa, you said that when we boil something for a really really long time and the taste of the food mixes with the water" Hermione replies.
"Correct ! That taste is the flavour that comes from the numerous ingredients being boiled used to make stock. So poêle is trying to bring out the flavour of the meat but it doesn't boil the meat. Instead they steam and braise the meat. First the food is steamed in a covered saucepan or casserole over medium heat with a minimum of liquid. At the end of the cooking time, the heat is increased and the lid removed until the food is "fried" to a light brown colour. Hence, the meaning poêle for this technique which literally is translated to as pan/skillet cooking."
Hideyoshi lifts his hands and whispers out a soft "accio", and in came a book flying at top speed only to land perfectly in his outstretch palm. "Here you go 'mione, why don't you read out the ingredients I'll need for the fish" Hideyoshi says as he puts the book down in front of the doe-eyed toddler.
Nodding happily Hermione lifts herself up on her hands and leans over to read the book in front of her "for 4pieces of fish you'll need 3 tablespoons of olive oil, salt and pepper,1 garlic, 1 teaspoon of sake (or white wine, I teaspoon of soy sauce, 1.5 teaspoons of butter, and a bit of dried parsley." As Hermione read out the ingredients, the raven haired man effortlessly gathered the said ingredients, prepping the dish with great enthusiasm.
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Hermione then spots a little cartoon man in a white coat below the recipe she was reading on it she read aloud "the skin or sinew cover consists of a large proportion of collagen, which softens through moist cooking at medium heat – at about 100 °C – and stores humidity. (When cooked at high, dry heat, the collagen gets hard and brittle; fat and meat juices can be lost.) Fat cells of the hypodermis give off water, even if only small amounts are available.
The poêle is best cooked at medium heat of 70 °C (optimum) to 80 °C (maximum). Thereby the water binding properties of the proteins albumin and globulin unfold and only a very small part of the meat juices evaporates. Collagen stored in the muscle also softens during moist cooking and absorbs some water. Therefore the texture of the meat stays juicy.
Towards the end of the cooking time the skin is softens and slacks. High temperature from the frying dries it up fast and turns it to a delicate and crispy crust without damaging the underlying muscle tissue. Because poêle uses a similar technique as steam-frying which is mostly commonly used to cook vegetables, typically a heavy skillet is used. The vegetables are stirred over a high heat and very small amounts of liquid are added once in a while to prevent sticking. This cooking method also ranges between steaming and frying.
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"Oooooh" Hermione sounds out in nodding her head wisely "I don't understand" she says resolutely with a pout.
Laughing boisterously Hideyoshi replies "It's okay little one, the explanation had a lot of difficult words that even I get confused using, good job reading it out."
The two Mori's work in companionable silence, Hermione using a children's knife to help cut the vegetables and Hideyoshi, cooking some of the poêle.
"Papa, I'm done cutting the vegetables" the little brunette declares as she showed off her work to her father in delight.
Looking down at the little girls uneven vegetable slices, Hideyoshi inwardly chuckles "Yes, these are good, well done Hermione" he says bringing out a bigger smile from the girl.
"What about the rat-a-loius. I don't want to eat rats" Hermione says, a worried look crossing her face as she looks for any semblance of the creature amongst the ingredients in front of her.
"Ratatouille are not made with rats 'mione, their made with these vegetables that you've just cut up" he explains gesturing to the wide variety of vegetable in front of them. Hermione looked at all the vegetables in front of them there were tomatoes, onions, zucchini, eggplant, bell peppers,garlic, marjoram, basil. She couldn't name all of them but she knew from experience that they all tasted delicious so surely, together they would be super delicious.
Hideyoshi then instructs Hermione, keeping a close eye on her as she follows his commands of placing the vegetables in a sauce pan, and layering vegetable over vegetable not forgetting to add the sauce (tomato) and seasoning (basil, vinegar, thyme), until the sauce pan was almost filled, whilst finishing up the rest of the main dish.
As the ratatouille finishes cooking, Hermione heads upstairs to get cleaned before dinner. Hideyoshi takes his time to finish up the meal before informing the Delacours' that dinner is almost ready and that he will meet them in the dining room in a few moments are he freshens up.
Around the dining room table once again sat the Delacour brood along with the Mori duo. Hermione had helped lay out the plates and cutlery whilst Hideyoshi brought in the food and wine, picpoul de pinet which was green-gold in color, and had hints lemon.
"Oh my, this is quite interesting. When you had told me you were cooking poêle I was sure we would be having chicken this evening" Apolline says intrigued.
"Ah, I'm not surprised after all poêle is more commonly cooked using chicken, and even less commonly cooked with flathead" he says nodding in acknowledgment. "This is a somewhat Japanese take on the French dish, in all honestly it is something I had eaten when I took a trip to Tokyo and was trying to recreate it. I hope it doesn't turn out too badly" he says jokingly.
"I for one think it smells fantastic" Suplicia chimes in looking at the food hungrily only to get smacked on the arm by Apolline who chastised her about manners causing the table to giggle at the married couples antics.
"As funny as it is seeing both of your bickering, I must agree with Sulpicia's, the food smells wonderful so I say we dig in" Eleanor declares with smile, turning to thank Hideyoshi, who was sat beside her, for cooking the meal.
The only two children on the table sitting on Apolline's left were eating with gusto, indeed it was a wonder whether anyone has ever seen two children devour vegetables so quickly but it was just that good. The food wasn't overpowering in taste and had enough flavour to appeal to their young taste buds.
"The girls look like they're enjoying the food" Alexa comments as she gazes at Fleur and Hermione, the table gazes at the children in amusement.
Laughing Eleanor casted a scourgify to clean the girls up, and the adults continue chat about their day. "Oh speaking of our day, what did you girls end up buying in the store whilst I was in the market" Hideyoshi asked, curious about the purchase since they were in town.
Smiling brightly Alexa gets up from her seat "Well, since we seem to be finished with dinner let me get the girls changed" the blonde says positively giddy before she whisks the girls upstairs.
"Changed?" Hideyoshi questions looking at the other blondes at the table who shrugged back in response.
A few minutes later
The rest of the group had sent the dishes to the kitchen, charming them clean. They then made their way to the living room, the French window's open widely allowing for the night time wind to cool the room naturally as they drank their tea. Alexa then enters the room grinning so hard she looked like the cat that ate the canary. She raises her hand as she stepped to the side "I present to you this evening, Ms and Ms Bunny" she says. And like magic two fluffy toddler sized bunnies appeared in front of the Delacour plus Mori horde.
Hideyoshi could not believe his eyes, his daughter who prided herself for being able to memorise a book after reading it only once, who pouted when she could not understand something, who got angry when you treated her like a 'baby' was standing there in a bunny onesie pyjama. The raven haired man looked up at the ceiling and mumbled his thanks to every deity for the cute image.
The brunette toddler looked exceptionally cute as she was holding hands with Fleur, her bunny ears flopped down in despair, whilst Fleur's was upright mirroring the happiness showed on her face. Clearly, the clothing was charmed to respond to the wearers emotions, it was nothing short of heart stopping. What made it all even better was the fluffy tail that could be seen wiggling on their bum every few moments.
Of course there were slight differences in the pyjamas, the bottom half of Hermione's rabbit onesie was brown and she had a blue bow tie. The hood she wore which covered a bushy hair was low enough to show that the rabbits 'face' had one of its eyes circled brown around the right eyes like an eyepatch. Overall, Hermione looked to be the very definition of a floppy eared bunny.
Fleur on the other hand, was wearing a pure white onesie. The nose that sat right above the girls forehead was pink and shaped like a heart. Its eyes were blue just like its owner, though her pink bow that hanged from the left ear of the bunny onesie gave the outfit just the right amount of pop of colour.
Both the onesies were different enough that it resembled its respective owners but were similar in that their tails, which could only be described as a ball of butt fluff always seem to wiggle at the same time. Hideyoshi wasn't sure whether that was supposed to happen but it was always adorable when it happened.
"Awww, you both look so sweet in those clothes. Don't they look good dear" Apolline says smacking her wife's arm in delight.
"Yes darling. Surely, no one else could find a cuter pair of matching rabbits in all of France" Suplicia replies making a mental note to get a picture of the duo sometime this evening.
At Suplicia's remark, Hermione balked slightly thinking "but we're not matching." She casts a glance at her rabbit onesie companion and notes the differences between their sleepwear's. She looks at the pure white onesie, and rakes her eyes over the pink nose before it lands on the pink bow tied to the bunny's ear. At that moment and idea formed in Hermione's mind and she bolted up to the bedroom, drawing confused stares from everyone.
Before anyone could question the young girls actions, Fleur's ears immediately drooped down as she felt the warmth of the other girls hand leave her own only to spring back up with the reappearance of her sun. The brown bunny runs back down holding something close to her chest. Hermione pants faintly from her mini-sprint and holds out her hand showing the blue bow she had bought for Fleur earlier from the market place. She gestures for Fleur to dip her head down, the blonde toddler obliging readily. Hermione then unties the pink bow and replaces it with the blue one. She then looks at Sulpicia for a moment then straight into the little Delacour's eyes "NOW we match" she says in her usual stubborn and childish manner.
'Oh ho' Sulpicia thought looking at the younger Mori eyeing at her daughter 'little punk. Who does she…. Oi don't you dare go near my precious flower."
Later that evening
Once again Hermione found herself sharing a bed with Fleur, which was happening more often as time passed by. Their hands found each other in the darkness of the room, lying comfortably atop their shared pillow. The noses of their onesies touched as the snuggled closer together. Fleur's legs wrapped around Hermione as if giving the toddlers legs a comforting hug. The girl's scents mingled with each other lulling the other to drift off in peaceful sleep.
From the bedrooms entryway, Hideyoshi stood watching the two cuddle. He really had to hand it to Alexa, they both matched well in their outfits and now sleeping next to each other he could only say quietly to himself "Watching them like this, what more can a father ask for. My daughter is happy, she is safe, and most importantly she is loved. Even if I died tomorrow I would go without any regrets." '…..Wishing so soon.'
If anyone is interested, I took great lengths to actually research the dishes so I assure you, I have not bullshitted you and this actually works, and yes I also researched what wine would best pair with the fish. I chose one type but there are other white wines that pair nicely with this particularly fish.