I knew I shouldn't have doubted Suika's words, after all, she usually doesn't lie but my heart was so shattered I chose not to believe her. I felt awful for doubting her words and I found myself to feel so sick when Yukari did return. When she returned, I was sitting in her room, barely whispering in response to her voice. Of all this time, I was surprised she didn't leave to die. Instead of dying, she went to find food for us and doing so took her a long time. My beloved had to lead me by the hand outside to see her. There she was, before my eyes, standing there with an extremely large bundle on her back and a rounded abdomen. She dropped the bundle from her back and held her arms outstretched, saying, "It is so good to see you again my little kitsune, sorry to have kept you waiting this long." It was a tearful reunion and she had introduced us to the newest members of our family, Maribel and Renko.
They were such little girls and were quite curious, eager to meet and greet anything new. Of course, Yukari wished to turn them into youkai children and I was not at all against her idea, after all, Yukari's border bending abilities can only be used so much and I will only live so long and both of them are very young children. She spent a couple of hours doing so, exhausting the remaining bits of her strength to do so, requiring a long rest afterwards. I'm surprised doing so didn't really kill her. She was fine and all was well. I was just glad she is home with us again. However, there is no real gaurentee that she could stay.
The next day, we found her cooking some of the food while watching the children interact and play. Reimu and Chen seemed to be happy and enjoyed Renko and Maribel's company. For once, Reimu said something and the first thing she's said was, "You come home!" That wasn't the only thing she's said, as she's called Maribel and Renko by their names, the only difference being that Renko she said more less correctly as "Reenko" and Maribel's name was mispronounced as, "Ma'ybel" or "Mariel". They didn't seem to mind her missaying their names, as both were close to her age and neither could really say their own names properly.
Being endlessly curious, they opted to chase Shimmy in attempt to catch her and cuddle her. Shimmy will take some time getting used to them, though.
Little wrecked house
how do we rebuild you to make
you home again