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Aftermath

          A few weeks pass, and Mario is fully healed. How again? By magic. It seems kinda weird that your spouse is greatly ill, then one day this random spirit comes and heals them, then disappears without a trace, but Mario didn't care. He was grateful. And so was Riba. Even though Riba was still kind of curious about the young spirit, he was happy that he was able to do things with Mario again.

        Mario was in the kitchen one morning making breakfast for Riba and him. He had decided to wake up early so he could go to the market to buy ingredients to make things for Riba and him to eat. What was it that he was making? Bacon, grits, pancakes, and waffles. He decided to do it because while he was sick, Riba basically had to do everything around the house and farm. So he decided to let Riba have a day off.  

         When he was done with making breakfast, he went back to the room where Riba is still sleeping, grabbed a piece of paper and a pen from a drawer and wrote a note; 

"Good morning, mio amore! [("my love", in Italian)] I made you breakfast! I've decided to let you take the day off today because you deserve it! I probably should've done this when I first started feeling better but I wasn't really thinking about it..sorry 'bout that. So today you don't work at all okay? Just enjoy the time off! Love you! ♡︎"

    After he got finished writing the note, he slid it under Riba's glasses. He then left the room, and went outside to the part of the farm with the cows and horse, then to the chicken farm. To his surprise, Empty is there again. She was sitting next to the chicken pen, petting one of the chickens. Mario goes up to her and they start chatting.

Mario: Hey there Empty! It's nice to see you again!

Empty: (putting down the chicken) Hey there Mario. Nice to see you too. I see you're feeling better. 

Mario: Yea I'm feeling much better!

Empty: I'm glad. 

    Empty then looks to the chicken pen, and with a tilt of her head, a few eggs start flying out into the basket next to her. 

 Mario: (with a surprised look on his face) Woah!

Empty: (handing the basket to Mario) Here you go.

Mario: Thanks Empty! You're really helpful! 

Empty: (whose hearts were turning pink, meaning that she was blushing) Thanks. I try.

 Mario: OH! I meant to ask...What brings here today?

Empty: Just checking in. I wanted to see how you two we're doing. Actually...I have something to tell you both. But I'll tell you both it later.

Mario: Why don't you tell us after breakfast? Would you like anything?

Empty: (hearts turn yellow) I'm a spirit Mario. 

Mario: OH UH- R-right! Sorry! Heh..

Empty: It's fine. I can still eat stuff, I'm just not hungry at the moment.

Mario: Alright! 

Empty: I'll be heading off now. I'll talk to you both later. 

Mario: See you, Empty!

    And in a blink, a beam of light appears from the sky and Empty is off again.

Mario: (in head) I wonder what she has to tell us..?