I'm a Phoenix

CHAPTER 5 - Getting Closer | Takanashi Kiara

"What happened last night Kiara?", Claire asked while eating.

"Hm? What do you mean?", I asked.

"What happened after your Q&A segment with almost all of the Villagers?"

Oh yeah, I noticed that Claire and Kitty weren't around at that time.
Maybe Kitty got sleepy and went to sleep first, and maybe Claire was there to watch over her.

"Oh, yeah. Um.. I got tired and went to bed actually..", I explained to Claire in a pretty simple way.

"Eehh? Is that all?", Steven asked as if he's teasing.

"Y-Yeah.. That was all.."

Steven. After this. I will slap you.

"Okay! Well, Kitty went ahead to sleep last night. And I'm sorry if I didn't catch up to the segment, Kitty told me to watch over her.", Claire said.

"No no! Umm.. It's really fine, really. Actually, I want to thank all of you. For giving me a place to stay."

"You're welcome, Kiara.", Mike said.

"Well, I did hesitate at first. But, it turned out that you really are a good person.", Steven said.

I don't even know why I'd be a bad person, I can't find a reason to be a bad person either.
Although, I'm wondering if I was a bad person before..

"Thank you, everyone. I'm really grateful."

And with that our conversation ended and we continued eating. And by the time we finished eating, we headed on our separate businesses.

Last night was really something.
But I wonder of what would happen today.

Claire went to the market to buy some groceries, Steven and Mike went to the townhall for their Village work.
And I'm left with Kitty, and I really don't know how to start a conversation with her.

Kitty is currently playing with his doll, well not playing. More like, talking to it.
I can't really make out what they're talking about since I kept some distance away from her, it might get weird for Kitty if I immediately get closer.
But it's fine, she's cute even from afar.

But I wonder..
Claire did say that she opens up if she gets close to someone, especially to her friends but..
It doesn't seem like she has friends to interact with. There are kids playing outside, but I don't think she's interested.
She's more happy to talk with her doll than to talk with those kids, I guess..?
I'm not really sure.

"Kitty, I'm going outside for a bit. Are you going to be okay here?", I asked Kitty.

"Y-Yeah.. I'll be fine..", she replied.

"Okay.."

I took my cloak and went outside to take a breath, and even though it's not snowing like last night. It's still really cold..

I wasn't really entrusted to watch over Kitty, even though it's already common sense that I should watch over her.
I still decided to walk around a little bit, but not really far from the house.

I walked around about 5 meters away and checked my surroundings, and it's really peaceful and relaxing.
I don't know, but I'm missing this feeling.
I have no idea of what my life was like before, but inside me.. It's like telling me that this is the life that I've been craving for.

As I was walking around, I noticed the two woman talking to each other.
I know their faces, but I can't remember their names. Well it's not like I asked for their names though.

I decided to talk to them.

"Good morning..", I greeted them with a smile.

"Good morning, Miss Kiara.", the woman on the left greeted me.