"Oh my, Mahiru-san, what do you got there?"
The silver haired girl blenched, flustered, as she turned back.
"Su-Sumireko-san…! This is…they are…," Mahiru mumbled nervously.
Next to Banba there were two little girls, twins, who looked like dolls. They had long white pure hairs and a fringe that was hiding their right eyes, the visible one was dark blue. Sumireko couldn't help but think they kind of look like two mini Banba, which made them looked even cuter in her eyes.
"Hello!" one of the twins said enthusiastically.
"Uh..hi…" the other twins said shyly.
Definitely, those two were adorable.
"They…they looked hungry, so…I offered them some leftover we had. Sorry…if I haven't ask you first," Mahiru added.
Since few years, Sumireko and Banba owned their own restaurant, a tea house. Sumireko had gave up her role as an heiress to focus on her passion: tea and cooking. And on Banba too, of course.
"It is okay, I am not mad. But girls…where do you come from? Why were you so hungry?"
"We…are living…in an orphanage…," the shy twin replied.
"And we're poor. We thought this place look rich enough so we wanted to steal something to eat, but that nice nee-san gave us food freely," the other twins replied bluntly.
"Onee-chan…! You…weren't supposed to say that…"
Normally Sumireko would be mad to learn that some kids had planned to steal in her tea house, but she couldn't get mad at them. they were just so cute. She just wanted to feed them more.
"It is okay girls. You know, if you are hungry again…do not hesitate to come here," Sumireko proposed.
This is how Sumireko met the twins. They kept coming at least once a week to eat and sometimes play with them. Sumireko grew fond of them, and so did Banba. Eventually, she managed to see their right eyes. While the older one had both dark blue eyes, the younger had a green one.
"Hey, now that I think about it, we still do not know your name," Sumireko said.
"I'm known as number one, and she's number two," the older twin said.
"What? Those are not names."
"Well, this is how they call us at our orphanage. We never needed name. My sister just call me onee-chan and I call her imouto."
Sumireko was shocked. What kind of place could call children that way? It only made her wants to take them under her care.
"Then, how about…we give you name? Me and Mahiru-san," Sumireko proposed.
"Really? That would be awesome!" the older twin said.
"I…I would like that," the younger twin added.
Sumireko gently took the younger twin's hands into hers and kindly look at her.
"Then, you'll be…Mitsumi. What do you think?" Sumireko asked.
"Mitsumi…yeah, I like this…" she said with a soft smile.
"What about me, what about me!?" the older twin exclaimed with hype.
"Um. what about you, indeed…Mahiru-san, would you like to give her a name?"
Banba looked thoughtful for a moment, before a shy smile appeared on her lips.
"What about…Sayo?" Mahiru proposed. "Ah, it's okay if you don't like it, I can always find another one…"
"No, Sayo is fine. I like that," the older twin said with a wide smile.
Both twins then looked at each other.
"Mitsu-chan," the older twin said.
"Sayo onee-san."
And they both giggled happily, much to Sumireko's pleasure. She was glad they liked their new name.
"Hello kiddos!" Shinya suddenly said.
"Oh, Shinya-san. I see that it's night time already," Sumireko said
"Ah, it's Shinya oji-chan," Sayo said cheerfully.
"Oji-chan?" Sumireko asked.
"Yeah, 'cause Shinya is like our nice uncle, while you and Mahiru are like our moms!"
"Yep! I'm gonna be a great uncle! Unlike him…"
"You think of us…as your mothers?" Sumireko reacted.
"Well, yeah. You even give us names! Can I call you oka-sama? It suits you," Sayo said.
"And Mahiru-san…oka-chan," Mitsumi said shyly.
Sumireko smiled, moved by those words.
"Of course you can."
Sumireko was happy. She felt like they were a family. She really wanted to be their mother.
Unfortunately, after that day, Sayo and Mitsumi suddenly stopped coming to their tea house.
Blood was dripping from Shinya's sledgehammer and Sumireko's cybernetic hands. They killed them all. They killed those people who dared to kidnap their precious twins.
Following Sayo and Mitsumi's disappearance, Sumireko and Banba had investigated. They found out that their orphanage had sold them to a slave market, because of their beauty and how rare they were, white haired twins with one having an heterochromia. The two managed to trace back the slave market, Sumireko pretending to be a potential client, and this is how they got there. Bloodied and determined to save the twins.
"Those bastards, they kept quiet until the end," Shinya said.
"The twins must be here somewhere. We need to find them!" Sumireko exclaimed.
And they both went to look for Sayo and Mitsumi, searching the entire building, until they heard a scream, a child scream.
"It must be them. Let's go!" Sumireko said, as they ran towards where the scream was heard.
it led them to a room. The twins were there…but it wasn't just them.
There was a man on the floor, his head lying in a puddle of blood. It looked like someone had bashed is head with something hard. Sayo was holding a baseball bat, showing her back to them, while Mitsumi was curled up in a corner. Sumireko noticed that there was blood on her and a bloody rock was near her.
"Sayo-chan, Mitsumi-chan…what happened? Are you alright!?" Sumireko asked.
"That voice…oka-sama?" Sayo said as she turned back.
Sumireko was shocked when she saw her face. Sayo's eyes were bleeding and she looked like she couldn't see.
"I'm…not sure what happened. I tried to fight back so the bad man spread something in my eyes and it hurt, and now I can't see! But I knew there was a baseball bat in the room so I managed to grab it and I swung it as much as I could. I think I hit him. Where is he now?"
"He..he is dead," Sumireko replied.
"Whoa, you cracked his head open. Good job kiddo!" Shinya complimented.
Sayo showed a proud smile.
"Yeah! I protected Mitsu-chan!" Sayo declared proudly.
Sumireko approached Mitsumi and gently took her hand, The little girl was shivering in fear. Sumireko helped her to get up and brought her near her older sister, and she hugged them both.
"Girls…I am so sorry. I promise that from now one, I will protect you. I will not let you down again. I will…be your mother," Sumireko declared.
As a response, the twins hugged her back, much to Sumireko's relieve.
They brought Sayo in a hospital and unfortunately, the damage to her eyes was permanent. But with her wealth, Sumireko could have access to cybernetic medicine to heal Sayo, offering her robotic eyes. The people who ran the orphanage were arrested for child traffic, and Sumireko and Banba became officially Sayo and Mitsumi's adoptive parents.
As she watched the twins played in the garden, Sumireko smiled, holding hands with Mahiru. She was glad to have survived all those years just to be able to live happily with her dear lover and their two adorable daughters. For once, life had been good for her, and she intended to fully enjoy it.
That was the last one-shot for this headcanon. This you like it? Don't hesitate to tell me your opinion! If you like it let me know, I might do another fic this the AnR kids. Thanks for reading!