What We've Missed Without You

chapter 30

On second thought i just finished editing it so might as well published it anyway.

*sorry for the mistake and
for the late update*

Hanami hummed the opening of a morning kid's anime while she brushed her teeth, her velvet pink eyes staring intently into the image before her of Chiaki and Asahi at both of her sides while Reika washed her face at the sink. The triplets all wore their pajamas: Chiaki in basketball-themed pjs, Asahi with plain maroon-colored pjs, and Hanami herself wearing Doraemon-themed pjs. All were from the discount store, picked out by each individual. Chiaki's hair was down for the night, revealing the sheer wild nature of her cherry-red hair that rivaled with Hanami's own spiked cloud of curls, their hair was the opposite of Asahi's seemingly perfect loosely-curled blonde hair he took after from their mother. It wa sa great indicator of their personalities in a way. Hanami was the first one to spit the minty froth out of her mouth and into the skin once Reika stepped away to dry her face on a hanging towel, immediately putting her glasses back on before walking into the large room to find her futon. Hanami quickly swished her mouth with water to get the excess toothpaste out of her mouth before her brother and sister followed suit by spitting in the sink. It was around eleven o'clock and the Komori children left behind were getting ready for bed, a habit enforced by their mother even though she was not present to dictate even on a Friday night. Harue was busying herself by holding Fumuki still, trying to brush out the burrs that got tangled into her hair while grumbling on how was it even possible to do so even on a rainy day. Hiroto, Kaede, and Kaoru were already burr-free and dressed in their matching orange pjs and playing amongst themselves, it somehow escalating into bringing Melissa and Christina into their little before-bed game to squeeze in at the last minute.  Yuuta was already fast asleep in his futon, being the first one to hit the hay an extra thirty minutes earlier than his siblings to have his rest while Adam was reading a book quietly in his futon next to his older brother's. Once the triplets were out of the bathroom, Kousuke and Kana walked in together with Justin following suit, Kumiko padding after him to so she could have him lift her up to the counter so she could brush her teeth. The other set of twins, Kei and Minato, laid down together in their shared futon (that they insisted on doing so) while whispering to each other in their private little space as four empty futons laid empty next to them.

"It's kinda weird without Ai-Ai and Haya here." Hanami commented, "Ai-Ai would be screaming at Fu-chan and Kae-chan to give back Bon-bon by now, it's too quiet without her."

"And that's a bad thing? I don't have to hear Airi's screaming before bed! It's a great thing for tonight!" Chiaki huffed as she travelled to her small futon, crawling inside the cherry red blanket to get herself comfortable for bed. Asahi placed his glasses on a nearby stand, next to Reika's, and followed suit by crawling into his own maroon-colored futon blanket. "You miss them too, don't try to hide it Chi-chan."

"Since when did you know everything, Asa-chan?! Can you read minds now or something? What a bother!" The stubborn girl huffed out, grabbing a fistful of her blanket to pull over her body as she turned her side dramatically, facing away from her brother and sister while they giggled at her. She definitely missed them, it wasn't hard to see how her ears turned red from embarrassment. Hanami carefully slid into her rust-colored blanket, being the middle of the triplets like usual, while she waited for Reika to turn the lights out. The excited giggles of the quadruplets and Melissa died out slowly as their energy dropped, putting the hyperactive children to bed in their own futons. Those four heads of mixed blonde and brown hair sticking out of a singular futon while Melissa and Christina clung onto Justin's sides, despite having their own futons tucked away in the closet. The room drew quiet as the darkness settled in and lulled all of the children to sleep, a comforting background noise of the refrigerator buzzing in the kitchen softly echoed inside three rooms away.