Disclaimer: I do not own Eureka seven
Okay, first off, thanks for the generous reviews. I really do appreciate the critiques and I'm going to nail down a few things: Renton and Eureka are around 16. But I didn't know that till after I posted the chapters, my bad.
Hair color: I recently figured out that Eureka's hair is blue- not green. That was a 'my bad' moment. So yeah- her hair will be blue the rest of the story- I promise.
After Effect
Ch. 4: Biding Time
We got into the house- drenched and cold. We were panting hard from the long run. But when we exchanged glances we began laughing. Eureka looked adorable- her hair was pasted against her face and had little droplets of water running down her face.
As for me, my hair was covering my face entirely and seemed to be pasted large locks from the heavy rain.
I walked into the bathroom and grabbed a couple of towels and brought them back to Eureka. We dried off, making sure that every drop knew who was boss.
"Hey, what time is it?" I asked out loud.
"It's around twelve."
"Are you hungry?" I asked as I threw the towel over my shoulders. Eureka shook her head. She never really ate that much, sometimes it worried me, but I knew that she would be okay.
I walked over to the sofa and laid down, the towl still around my shoulders. I groaned a little. It was nice to lay down after a nice walk. Stretching a out a little I noticed Eureka standing over the sofa. She looked tired and bored. It didn't take me long to come up with an idea.
"Hey Eureka," I started, I was a little nervous, "you know, if you're tired, you can lay here on the sofa with me."
She looked down at me and smiled softly. I couldn't help but wonder if she felt as awkward as I did at times.
Even though we were 'legally' married, I was still a little uncomfortable with being in an intimate relationship. I guess we really hadn't been together as a couple all that long and were still getting used to idea. I had always dreamed of the idea, but figured that it was pure fantasy and now that I knew it wasn't, it just felt awkward…what I wanted for so long is right in front of me, sis, and smiling at me.
She laid down next to me and snuggled closer to me. Frowning was an impossible thing to do at that moment. It was obvious that she was happy- and that could only make me smile.
I wrapped my arms around her and held her close. Burying my face in her hair, I couldn't help but think, "Maybe...adapting isn't going to be as hard as I thought it would be."
When I went to pick up the kids later in the day they seemed pretty pleased with their first day of school. Apparently they made new friends and their teachers were really nice. Not to mention on their first day they got to do a lot of arts and crafts. The refrigerator door would be covered tonight, that was for sure.
When we got home, Eureka was eagerly waiting for them. She was a little worried about how their first day of school- especially since all three of them had little interaction with other children, other than with themselves. It was nice to see how relieved she was when they came running in and tugging at her dress saying, 'mama guess what happened?' and 'mama look what I made!'
They all scrambled onto the sofa, next to their mama. All of them began digging through their backpacks and pulling out papers. It was obvious Eureka was a little overwhelmed with all of the papers they had brought home. Some of them were pictures they had drawn or letters that they had written. Others were papers her and myself had to sign.
"What are these papers for?" she looked at one at a time, confusion plastered on her face.
"They're probably things for like field trip forms, medical forms- you know, so that the school knows what to do and what not to do with the kids." I picked up and paper and let my eyes sailed from word to word.
"Oh, I see." She skimmed through one of the medical forms and looked over at Maurice, "I don't believe you three are allergic to anything." She paused for a moment, "not that we know of anyway."
"Yeah, I think they're in the clear." I said signing my name at the bottom of one of the forms.
Several forms later we made sure the kids packed them back into their bags and let them off to play. "They seemed to be happy with school today." Eureka smiled as she looked out the window at the kids running around in the front yard.
"Yeah! Honestly I thought it would be kinda rough on them, but they seem okay." I smiled back.
Eureka frowned slightly and turned to me, "Renton, what is school like?"
"School?" I repeated. "Uh…Well, it's not that great I guess. The only reason people send their kids is so that they can survive and get good jobs when they get older. But what the kids are learning right now is just simple stuff: alphabet, numbers, social skills, arts and crafts, writing, some math; the easy stuff."
"I see." She smiled and looked back out the window. "I'm glad that they'll be learning all of this, it'll be good for them." She was happy about their new educational road. But in a way I think she was a little sad- she wouldn't get to spend as much time with them anymore.
I came up from behind her and wrapped my arms around her, trying to avoid the bicolor wings. Resting my chin on her shoulder, I stared out the window at the children frolicking around the half-dead lawn.
That odd empty feeling was still there inside me, but I could start to feel it slowly being filled. Despite the changes, it was a new chapter in our lives and we would write on it until another one was issued. But for that moment sis, I just wanted to stand there with Eureka, looking out at our family.