Here's chapter 93.

Night had already arrived and in all the companies in the city the employees were already leaving work to return home. The same thing was happening at Carrier Man Trading Co., Ltd. In the locker room Retsuko and Fenneko were having a conversation. They were finishing fixing their clothes. Their uniforms were already stored in their bags. And at that moment they were having a small conversation about something that Haida had told Retsuko already when they returned from lunch, but before they got to their work area. Since Haida asked her if she wanted to take a walk before going home to try and relax, they wouldn't be long, just half an hour, and then they'd go home.

"Don't you think Haida has an ulterior motive for making it take longer for them to go home?" Fenneko asked.

"What are you talking about?" asked Retsuko a little surprised by her friend's comment.

"Well, since you became parents, every time you leave work you always go straight home and never get distracted by anywhere. You almost don't go to karaoke anymore, unless it's on weekends and during the day. And Haida no longer goes out drinking in bars. So it seems suspicious to me that he asked you to go for a walk at this time, since the only time we were late in coming home was when Kabae, Anai and the new ones invited us to talk about the problem we were having the last week".

"I think maybe Haida wants to do something different, maybe to get out of the routine."

"I wouldn't be so sure if I were you. It's getting late anyway. We have to go" said Fenneko getting ready and closing her locker.

"Oh yeah. Let's go" Retsuko said closing her locker too.

They both took their bags and left the dressing room. In the hallway they met Haida and Ookami, who were waiting for them. Once the two couples went down in the elevator and reached the lobby of the building. When they came out, Komiya, Tsunoda, Manumaru and Resasuke were already outside waiting for them to go find their respective children and take them home. After the hyena and the female red panda explained that they would have to do something that day before going home, the group split up with six of them going in the direction of the train station and the other two going in the opposite direction.

As she walked with her husband, what Fenneko said to Retsuko before leaving the changing room came back to her mind. What if Haida had some reason to not want to come home so early? If that was the case, why wouldn't Haida have told her? Did he not want to worry her or was it something else? Whatever was happening, Haida's face didn't reveal any emotion at the moment, so Retsuko didn't know if that was a good thing or a bad thing. So she would have to keep calm about the situation, until her husband finally decided to talk.

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Koka was still at home with her friends. They were already waiting for her parents to come home from work. At that time the most recently arrived were Retsuko's father and Jiro. They had both arrived together, since when the red panda had left work and was heading home, on the way to the train station, he met Jiro who was already on his way to meet all of his family. The hyena was in his car when he happened to meet his sister-in-law's father, and since he knew they were both going to the same place, he offered him a ride. The car ride was pretty quick. And since the house had a parking lot (which was not used by those who resided there, since Haida and Retsuko didn't have a car, so they left it for the use of visitors) they parked there.

When they entered the house, they were greeted by the rest of their family. And even Koka and his friends. Retsuko's father and Jiro greeted them all with a nod, as they hadn't seen any of those present in the place for a while. Even the hyena bent down to greet his nephew. Unlike other family members, with Koka (despite having him look would be normal) his tone of voice was less formal and more friendly. He also talked that way with his nephew's friends. Even in the suitcases in which he brought his clothes, he also brought some candies for the children to eat, which he took out and handed over. They thanked them for the gift. Although he hadn't told anyone, the reason why his behavior with the children was different from the others, is because he secretly wanted to have had the same childhood as them, that's why he treated them as equals.

After that and after nightfall, the children watched television in the living room, while the adults chatted in the dining room about how their day had gone. Something that all the adults in Retsuko's family noticed while they were talking was that Juzo and Jiro were sitting at different ends of each other, Juzo was further away from the rest of the group. And it could be seen that his gaze towards him didn't show much happiness. Juzo's wife knew that look well, he made it the day when Retsuko came to their house to meet them years ago. That look he always gave Haida ever since he let him down in his teens. He also began to do it to Juro after the proposal he made to win the elections came true. And that he could no longer control his political career. It was from that moment that they distanced themselves from each other and didn't even speak to each other anymore. Jiro only had contact with his mother when he was home. But with his father now it was as if they were both strangers living together in the same place.

While the conversation between the adults continued, the children while watching television had their own conversation. Since while on the one hand Hana, Izumi and Daisuke finally met the rest of Koka's family, and everyone in their point of view seemed to be good people, the only one they felt intimidated by was paternal grandfather of their friend. He gave them a kind of aura that made all the children equally uncomfortable, even his own grandson. They could see that his friend felt just as uncomfortable as they did. And even as they talked, Koka let them know that the excitement of meeting him that he had had all those days was completely gone. He felt as if his grandfather was disappointed in him in some way, which was strange since this was the first time the two of them had seen each other's faces. Although Koka still had hope that maybe things between them could change.

When they finished their conversation, it was heard that someone else had come home. And when they saw Retsuko's mother open the door, they saw that they were the parents of the children who had come looking for them. Once they entered the house; Hana, Izumi and Daisuke said goodbye to their friend, collected their things and went to meet their parents to go home. But they noticed that Koka's parents weren't with them, which was weird since they commonly came home together. They could hear in the conversation that Fenneko was telling Retsuko's mother, that Haida and Retsuko were going for a walk, but it wouldn't be long before they got home. So she wouldn't have to worry about them. The older red panda thanked him for the information. And she said goodbye to the children and parents.

When Koka saw his maternal grandmother closing the door of the house after his friends left, he asked her where his parents were. She told him not to worry. That they would be home soon. And in the meantime, he continued watching television until they arrived. Koka nodded and returned to the chair to continue watching TV. Retsuko's mother for her part took her cell phone to call Retsuko and Haida. She first tried to call Haida. And luckily he answered her. The red panda told her son-in-law not to delay coming home, they had already come to pick up Koka's friends and he was worried about them. And that the rest of her relatives were already at home and were excited to see them. Haida replied that they were going to go to the train station, that in 20 minutes they would be there.

After she closed the call, Retsuko's mother returned to where the rest of the family is, all gathered. When they saw that she had arrived without Haida and Retsuko, she explained to them not to worry, that they would be home soon. And they weren't that far either. Knowing that, they relaxed a bit and continued conversing with their conversation.

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Haida and Retsuko were already on their way home. During their walk they had gone to eat at a restaurant near work. The hyena at dinner had been trying to tell the red panda about the other visitors that would be staying with them for an undetermined amount of time. But every time he tried to say something, the words wouldn't come out or he would say something else instead of what he wanted to say. They spent the entire journey like this, before going home. With Retsuko still wondering what was going on with Haida right now, she decided to ask him what was going on. She knew her husband too well to know that something was up and if he didn't dare to take the first step, then she would and ask him what was happening at that moment.

"Haida, I feel that there is something you haven't told me. You've been acting a little weird ever since we got off work. And during all the conversations we've had during this time I've noticed how much you've tried to tell me something, but in the end you don't. Is what is happening here a serious problem?"

"No Retsuko, it's not about that. It is another thing that although technically it isn't bad, since it has nothing to do with the problems that are affecting us at the moment, and although this was partly caused by that, it is not something that is going to put us in danger. But it's something that I don't think you're going to like".

Within a few seconds, being at home, everything changed. Retsuko was standing in the dining room of her house making a fake smile as she greeted her other relatives and her husband's relatives. Haida was next to her with an expression fearful of what Retsuko was going to do now.

Retsuko bowed her head apologetically and said, "I hope you don't mind, but Haida and I have something to do, we won't be back for long."

The red panda took the hyena from her arm, led him out of the house. The others wondered where they were going, if they had just arrived home.

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A few minutes later, Retsuko was at the karaoke that had been her refuge for several years. Haida was with her, and she was with a microphone in front of her while singing a Death Metal song while making an angry expression.

"ARE YOU AN IDOT OR WHAT?"

"HOW COULD YOU HIDE THIS FOR THREE DAYS?"

"DID YOU THINK THAT NOT TELLING ME ANYTHING WOULD MAKE THINGS IMPROVED?"

"NO, YOU DID THE WORST THINGS".

Haida only had a face in which she showed acceptance of what Retsuko told her in every part.

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After the karaoke session, both of them were back at home. The others present didn't know what she had been doing, but now Retsuko looked calmer and Haida had an embarrassed expression, but they didn't know what was the cause of that embarrassment. Regardless of that, it was best not to think about it and prepare for dinner.

So far the chapter. I hope you liked it.