Flames of the Destiny {Kyojuro Rengoku}

Happy Family

It was a starry night at a quiet Village. A middle aged man was marching his way back to his home after another day of work at the factory. He looked seemingly tired, but he had a satisfied smile on his face. The thought of him going back home and seeing his family would always make his tiring days worth It.
As he approached his house, a warm sensation filled his chest. The smell of tonight's dinner in the stove filled his nostrils. He opened the door and sat at the hall stair to remove his shoes so he could put his indoor ones. Not wanting to ruin the floors his wife had cleaned just recently.
He heard familiar steps coming his way and looked back smiling.

There stood a young girl with pale skin and hair as white as snow. Her eyes were baby blue and she had a mole on the left side of the face right below her eye. She wore a cyan blue kimono with Snowflakes printed all over It. Her face sparkled with happiness when she saw her father sitting there taking his shoes off.

"Papa!! You're home!!" Miyuki exclaimed before running towards her father and hugging him from the back.
"Did you have a good day??" She asked while helping him take his coat off.

"Oh thanks, my Snowflake. It was very tiring but I am glad to be home." The man said while he stood up and put his indoor shoes on. His daughter guided him inside with a happy smile.

Then, a woman with darkish hair appeared with her hands remaining some vegetable peels from the dinner she was preparing. She smiled at both her daughter and husband.

"Welcome home, honey. Dinner's almost ready." She said with a warm smile before returning to the kitchen to finish dinner. "Miyuki, please help your father settle down. He must be tired from working so much."

The white haired girl nodded and guided her father to sit down by the dining table. "Would you like a shoulder massage, Papa?? You seem very tense." She suggested sweetly. However, the man shook his head while raising his hand.

"That won't be necessary, dear. You do more than enough for your old man." He said with a smile while looking at his daughter. His most precious being in the whole world. Although she might not look like either him or his wife, with him having brown hair and his wife dark hair, It was her unique traits that made him love her from the first time he saw her.

"Oh, I have news for both of you. I received a letter from Sato today and he said that he'll be coming to meet Miyuki in just a few days so we can proceed with the arrangement." He spoke with a satisfied voice while sharing the news.

His wife looked back from the stove with a surprised expression that soon turned into a pleased one. "Oh, that's wonderful, Ryuuji dear. I'll make sure to prepare something very special by then. Will you help me, Miyuki?? It'll be a good way of impressing your future husband." Her mother suggested with a warm smile.

Miyuki was silent, but she smiled back at her mother and father. "That's a great idea, Mama. I just hope my cooking skills are up to Sato-San's standards for his future wife." She said with a giggle even though she had a great feeling of bitterness in her chest when the topic of marriage was brought up. But she didn't dare show It.

"I still can't believe my little Snowflake will be getting married soon. It almost seems like yesterday when my dear Hitomi brought you into our lives." He said while wiping a few tears that dared to come out.

Both Miyuki and her mother Hitomi shared a laugh. "Oh, Darling, don't be too sappy. That was nothing." Hitomi said with a chuckle and an eye roll.
Ryuuji however glared at his wife with a shocked expression.

"That was nothing?!?! You were screaming and crying the whole time!!! I was terrified!!!" He ranted while reminiscing about the day his wife birthed their daughter.
Miyuki giggled at how seriously her father was taking what her mother said.