Here's chapter 30. This chapter focuses on the characters of Aggretsuko. Koka and Hana reappear after quite a while of being absent.
Koka and Hana have finished their homework, along with their friends Izumi and Daisuke. And now they were relaxing a little. They were watching a series on TV that was about six heroes who had to defend the planet, and for that they used different colored suits to hide their identity, weapons for battles and even vehicles that when combined formed a giant robot that helped them to defeat monsters when they grew in size. That was the favorite series of the four, and since they became friends, they always met to see a new episode, it was a custom they had for two years.
Luckily for Koka and Hana, no scene in the episode had scenes to remind her of what happened at the weekend. If they had already been traumatized by that event, they did not want to relive something similar or see it on television. Luckily for them, their respective parents tried to keep them calm, preferring to leave these concerns to themselves and for the children to continue with their normal lives. Even their friends, knowing what they went through, did not ask them anything about that event, and they always treated them with if nothing had happened and invited them to do their favorite activities in order to distract them and have fun.
Retsuko's mother and grandmother were in the kitchen preparing dinner, as it was getting dark at the time, so Haida and Retsuko would be coming home soon, and at the same time Hana, Izumi and Daisuke's parents would also come to pick them up. They were beginning to prepare what they thought was a suitable meal for a family of five. The middle-aged red panda had learned to cook from her mother, and they were both experts in what might be considered good healthy food for a Japanese family. And always in family gatherings they were always preparing all the dishes.
At one point, certain mother and daughter had been talking while the children were studying that with what happened at the weekend, it would be a good idea for both of them to take Koka out of town until they could confirm that what happened at the end. During the week it would not be repeated, since so far the person responsible for the attack on the restaurant had not been captured and there was no trace of him anywhere. The authorities were still looking for him and had been unsuccessful. So they believed that Koka would be safer in a quiet place outside the city, such as the place where Retsuko's grandmother lives.
They had also planned to make the suggestion to Hana, Izumi and Daisuke's parents, to see if they wanted their children to be safe. They would be sure that they would accept, considering how much they care about their children when they leave them to go to work. In a small town like where Retsuko's grandmother was, the children might be safe. That being who tried to harm Koka and Hana would never find them there, and in the process Izumi and Daisuke could be safe from being attacked in the process. They just hoped the four sets of parents agreed with their idea.
Once they finished preparing the food, they began serving it on various plates and storing it in the refrigerator for when Haida and Retsuko got home. Then they went to the living room and put the notebooks, pencils, pens and any other implements that used to do the tasks that belonged to Hana, Izumi and Daisuke in their respective backpacks. They then took Koka's school supplies and stored them in his room. After that, both red pandas sat with the children in the living room, to accompany them while they waited for their parents to arrive home, by the time on the clock, they were only 45 minutes until their arrival.
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At Carrier Man Trading Co., Ltd, Retsuko was being overworked courtesy of Ton and Tsubone. It was almost time to get out of her, but she would have taken longer if not out of her because Haida, Fenneko, Ookami and Anai helped her to finish things faster. By the time of departure everything was ready and Retsuko thanked them as she always did.
When it was time to leave Retsuko, Haida, Fenneko and Ookami were about to leave, with the red panda waiting to meet Legoshi and apologize for how she had acted with him by showing fear of him. But things weren't in her favor that day either. When the red panda, the hyena, the fennec fox, and the red maned wolf arrived at the reception, they were able to see their new co-workers, but they took a taxi, therefore it was difficult for them to reach them so that Retsuko could talk to them. Finally Retsuko began to believe that the universe was always against her, since every time she tried to do something important something happened that prevented her.
She had no choice but to go home camped by her husband and accompanied by her friends. When they left the door with the building they found Komiya, Tsunoda, Manumaru and Resasuke, who were waiting for them to go home together, since they would have to go pick up their own children who were being cared for Retsuko's mother and grandmother.
On the way home, Manumaru chatted with Fenneko and Tsunoda, since since that singles meeting the pallas cat became friends with the fennec fox and the gazelle, although Fenneko did not like the idea that Tsunoda was involved in the conversation. On the other hand, Ookami and Komiya were talking to agree on the next meeting that their respective daughters could have. Resasuke was silent without saying a word, but it was not because his mind was elsewhere, but because he had nothing to say. While finally Haida and Retsuko were at the back of the group, with the hyena trying to comfort his wife by assuring her that tomorrow will be another day.
Once they got to the train station they got on one of them, and they sat next to each other.
Luckily for Manumaru, Resasuke was no longer distracted when he traveled by train so he no longer missed the stops both to go and to return from work. Sometimes it was a bit surprising how they became a couple, since those who had seen them during the singles meeting would think that Manumaru would stay with Fenneko and Resasuke with Retsuko, but in the end it was not the case, since Fenneko saw Manumaru only as a friend and although Manumaru did have a slight crush on her, when she told him that she was dating someone else, in the end he managed to overcome his crush and moved on with his life, so that she soon discovered his attraction to men. And Resasuke was not interested in Retsuko either, he only limited himself to accompany her when they went out together, but without any romantic contact between them, it was thanks to Manumaru that he discovered him liking towards people of the same sex as him.
They finally reached their stop, stood up and waited until the train came to a complete stop and when the doors were opened, they got out. After that the train continued its journey.
As they made their way home they could see the difference between the week before and this week. Although they had already noticed it in the previous days, it still surprised them quite a bit. But at that time in the neighborhood one could still see the children playing with their friends and even the neighbors talking outside their respective houses, but with what happened at the weekend it was not surprising that everyone entered their houses at dusk and they will stay there from that time watching the news waiting to see that nothing serious had happened that day.
After walking a few minutes they finally reached Haida and Retsuko's house, knocking on the door they were greeted by Retsuko's mother, who asked them to come in. Once, everyone inside, the middle-aged red panda closed the door. Retsuko's grandmother was still there and when she realized that the children's parents came home, she told them, they were excited and ran towards them while the elderly red panda accompanied them. All the children arrived and were carried by one of their parents. Koka for Haida, Hana for Ookami, Izumi for Komiya and Daisuke for Manumaru. After that they gave a hug to Retsuko, Fenneko, Tsunoda and Resasuke respectively.
Both Retsuko's mother and grandmother were happy to see those family moments, but they knew that they had to tell the children's parents the idea they came up with to keep them safe from the dangers that might possibly occur. But they let them have a brief moment of happiness, the adults asked them how their day went, if they did all the homework, what they played, what they saw on TV, in short, the things that children of their age commonly do on days off, from what it seemed they were not worried that something would happen to the children, since they did not go out into the streets.
"Excuse me, for interrupting your parent-child moment. But there is something we want to talk to you about," Retsuko's mother said suddenly.
"With us? Is something serious wrong?" Retsuko asked.
"It is not that it is serious, but it is very important. If you have time, you can stay for dinner and we will tell you what happens", replied Retsuko's grandmother, referring at last to Hana, Izumi and Daisuke's parents.
A while later the adults were dining in the kitchen, while the children were dining in the living room. At first at the adult dinner, everyone was eating in silence, waiting for one of the older red pandas to say something. This put them all on hold. Not only were the adults in suspense, as even though the children were dining in another part of the house, as they were curious what Retsuko's mother and grandmother wanted to say, they knew it had nothing to do with anything bad they had. In fact, since the four children had been good all those days, it must be something else, but what it would be.
Once the adults finished eating, Retsuko's mother and grandmother finally began to speak, the younger of the two being the first to speak.
"What we want to tell you is because we are a little concerned about the safety of the children," said the middle-aged red panda.
"After what happened last week, we have been worried, we know that that being that tried to attack them has not appeared here again" said the oldest red panda.
Retsuko, Haida, Fenneko and Ookami at that moment when hearing that they wanted to tell them that they did not have to worry, since Sonic and the others could take care of him, but they could not reveal that both red pandas, Komiya, Tsunoda, Manumaru and Resasuke knew where the heroes of Mobius were and where they were, since the more people who knew their location would not leave them alone at any time. That's why Koka and Hana hadn't told Izumi and Daisuke about them either.
"With this we want to ask them what they think with this idea that we came up with to keep children safe. Although the final decision is yours, since you are the parents" said Retsuko's grandmother.
"The idea is that the two of us take the children to the town where my mother lives, until things here calm down a bit," said Retsuko's mother.
Well, so far the chapter. I hope you liked it and leave your comments.