Here's chapter 90.
At that time, Koka and Hana were with their friends Izumi and Daisuke doing the homework they had to do at home since the schools hadn't opened since the week before. All four were good students. Although like any child their age, they would want to be playing or watching TV at that moment. Since they began to have "home classes" they did their homework in the morning and since it was almost midday, the time was approaching when they would finish doing their homework so they could rest for the rest of the day. Although everyone was quite focused, Koka not much, because he was excited to see the other relatives of his that he would come home that day.
It had been a while since Koka had seen her other great-grandmother and her two great-grandparents (who were her maternal grandfather's father and mother and her maternal grandmother's father). Others she had not seen was her maternal great-aunt Yoshi either. He was also looking forward to seeing his paternal grandmother and also his paternal uncle Jiro. The only one Koka didn't know was his grandfather Juzo, since for as long as he could remember whenever they received visits from his father's relatives, only his grandmother and his uncle came. She didn't know his paternal grandfather, but if they were like his other relatives, then she would get along with him. Although it was strange that when he asks his father about his grandfather, he would change the subject and never answer it. The only thing he knew about his paternal grandfather was that his name was Juzo, but he didn't know what he looked like or what his personality was like. At least there were a little time left to meet him.
While all the children continued with their homework, Retsuko's mother and grandmother were preparing lunch. They were the only adults at home at the moment, since Retsuko's father was working and wouldn't be home until the afternoon. Both red pandas were a bit worried about Koka, as they had heard Koka say that he was excited to meet his grandpa Juzo. They knew very well what he was like from everything they heard, and they didn't want their grandson/great-grandson to be very disappointed to see that his paternal grandfather was not the same or similar in personality to his maternal grandfather or any of his other relatives that he knew. They didn't know if Juzo would be capable of being contemptuous towards a child, since his bad relationship with Haida didn't start in his childhood, but in his teenage. But because of the point of view that he still had towards his eldest son, they were afraid that he would think the same of his grandson.
When both red pandas saw the time, and that noon was approaching, they knew that the rest of the family would be arriving soon, so they should finish preparing lunch to have something to offer to the visitors. Luckily they had knowledge of what each one liked to eat. Almost everything was already ready, so they only had to wait about 5 minutes to finish this. Later they would check the children's homework to see if everything was correct, and finally they could rest until the others arrived.
As the minutes passed, all the food was ready, so the two red pandas turned off the stove. When they went to the living room, the children had already finished their homework and when they checked their notebooks they saw that everything was correct. Although both did notice that even though Koka did everything right, there were still some blurs in some parts. But in the corrections that he had made everything was fine. They wondered why he had gotten certain parts wrong before correcting them himself. Although they both assumed that it was because he was excited by the visit of his other relatives. He at least was focused enough to correct the mistakes he made on the homework. Once the children were told they could rest for the rest of the day, the four children put away their school supplies (Koka in his room; Hana, Izumi, and Daisuke in their respective backpacks).
The four children began to watch TV, although Koka was not very focused on the program. That day his favorite program wouldn't be broadcast, so he couldn't find anything to distract himself from the emotion he felt at that moment. His three friends noticed it since they arrived that morning and they already knew in advance what was happening that day. Sometimes Hana, Izumi and Daisuke wondered what it felt like to have multiple relatives in their family and what those family reunions with all of them would be like. Since the respective families of those three: Hana would only have her father, her mother, her maternal grandfather and her maternal grandmother. Izumi would have her father, her mother, and her maternal grandmother. Daisuke only had his two fathers. His friend was lucky to have so many relatives, unlike them. Although they did find it curious that Koka was the only child in the family, since he had no cousins despite having an uncle on his father's side.
At one point, Retsuko's mother received a call on her cell phone. When she saw who was calling her, she saw it was Yoshi (Retsuko's aunt) So she answered. While the two red pandas were talking, Retsuko's mother learned that the rest of her relatives (at least the relatives of her and her husband) would be arriving soon, they only had 10 minutes left before they could get there. That's why they were warning them, so they wouldn't be taken by surprise. Once they hung up the call, the middle-aged red panda told her mother that the others were about to arrive, so that both would be aware of when they arrived, to go out to receive them. Koka, heard that and got much more excited.
Minutes passed and it was heard when a car stopped in front of the house, when someone got out of it and then left. Retsuko's mother and grandmother went out to receive the new arrivals, and once they re-entered, and after hearing the door close, the children saw the other 4 red pandas that accompanied Retsuko's mother and maternal grandmother. These newcomers were two male red pandas and two female red pandas: Retsuko's paternal grandfather, Retsuko's paternal grandmother, Retsuko's maternal grandfather, and Retsuko's aunt. As a curiosity about the newly arrived red pandas was that Retsuko's aunt had a fur color similar to Retsuko's parents which would suggest that she is in middle age. But Retsuko's other grandparents, had the same coat color as Retsuko's maternal grandmother, and they all shared the coat color as Retsuko, despite being much older than Retsuko's parents and aunt.
Koka came over to greet his grandaunt, his two great-grandparents, and his other great-grandmother. He hadn't seen them in months. He last saw them during their New Year's celebration earlier that year. And as it happens with the grandparents or a relative who is older than the parents, they brought him a few gifts, which Koka received with great pleasure. Although he was not the only one who received gifts, since they knew that Koka's friends would be visiting, they bought them some chocolates for them to eat. It was a nice detail, because they knew they were the best friends of their grandnephew / great-grandson; and it was like a kind of thanks for being very good to Koka all these years that they have been friends with him. The four children thanked for the gifts they had just received from the newcomers.
While the children enjoyed the gifts, the adults chatted about recent events in the dining room. Retsuko's aunt was happy that both Retsuko's mother and grandmother were fine, even Retsuko's maternal grandfather was happy that both his wife and her daughter nothing bad would have happened to them during those days. Retsuko's paternal grandfather and grandmother were also relieved that everything was fine, they had even spoken to their son on the phone shortly before arriving home, and he told them that he was fine at work and that as soon as he left he would arrive by taxi, so as not to take so long to return home. What's more, he would make the call to them as soon as he got in the taxi to go home so that they would be attentive.
At the moment, what the adults were waiting for is for Haida's parents to arrive. They shouldn't delay. Retsuko's mother spoke with Haida's mother that same morning, she told her that they were already packing to go there at that moment. It would probably not be long in coming. Although they knew that sometimes Juzo could have health problems, in case he started to feel bad either before he left the house or already on his way to that place. They only hoped that Juzo didn't feel bad, because if something like this happened during the course that he and his wife were coming to stay there for a few days, it would cause several problems to have to reset him until the ambulance arrives, keep the children calm in case they realize what is happening, etc.
After a few minutes the doorbell rang. They assumed that they had arrived so Retsuko's mother went to attend to the new arrivals. When Koka saw who arrived after hearing that the door would open and a few seconds later it would close. He peeked out and saw that his maternal grandmother was talking to his paternal grandmother. So he ran out to say hello to his other grandmother. His friends went after him. Once they entered the room, they saw the other newcomer, a male hyena that was quite robust and had such a serious face, that mixed with the rest of his features, it intimidated them a bit, since they had never seen anyone like that: Big and intimidating. Even Koka began to wonder if that was his paternal grandfather. He had the same color pattern as his father and even the fangs protruding from his mouth, but his body structure was different from both his father and his uncle.
Once Koka approached his paternal grandmother, she bent down and gave him a hug. Koka was definitely able to realize that his grandmother was very happy to see him again, and that is that she had not seen him since before the event that occurred in the restaurant two weeks ago, and although they had assured her that her grandson was well, she wouldn't have been calm until she saw it with her own eyes, and now she could put those worries aside. Koka could even notice that his grandmother let out a few happy tears as she hugged him. Once his paternal grandmother finished the hug, and she saw that her grandson's friends were present, she motioned for them to come over as well. Then the female hyena stood up again and introduced her husband Juzo to the children, telling them that he is Koka's paternal grandfather, which confirmed his doubts.
After the introduction, Juzo said nothing, just lowered his head as a sign of courtesy. The four children did the same. After that, Juzo watched Koka for a few minutes, and he could tell that he was being watched. Unlike the relationship he had with his maternal grandfather, he felt very strange with his paternal grandfather, it was as if he had something against him, although he couldn't be sure of that. But this was definitely not the same as what he expected it to be. Until a few minutes ago, he expected the situation to be different. He hoped that as the days passed, this first impression would change.
So far the chapter. I hope you liked it.