Tezuka Kunimitsu has a sister who chases after a dream to become a professional ballerina in Germany. However, fate is playing game with her - leaves her with no choice but to abandon her dream and return to her homeland. She goes back to the abando...
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The silence in the car didn't represent what was going on in the head of Hikari Tezuka. From the moment she boarded the plane in Germany, waited for her connecting flight in the States, and then flew all the way to Japan, she could only replay what just transpired that very week—the worst week in her life.
"Sweetie? Are you okay?"
She blinked to get herself back into reality. "Oh, yeah... I'm uh, fine, Tou-chan..."
When the traffic light was red, her father glanced at her, observing her as if he was looking for an obvious sign that she wasn't okay. Her father was still cladded in his office suit because he took a half-day off to pick her up at the airport.
"You know, Sweetie... Why don't we—"
"It's over, Tou-chan." She shifted her position so she wouldn't look at her father. "There's nothing we can do about it. They made the decision and that's final." She took a deep breath and forced an assuring smile. "Just like what onii-chan said, I can still dance here in Japan. Though I will have to start anew."
"Well, I'm glad you can take things positively, Sweetie." Her father smiled a bit as he shifted his eyes back to the road. "It's not that I appreciate this incident, but—" he patted her head with his idle hand, "—I'm really glad to have you back in Japan."
"Tou-chan..." Her lips stretched into a smile. "Yeah. On the other hand, I'm really happy to be able to be together with jii-chan, kaa-chan, and onii-chan again. It's been a while, hasn't it?"
Kuniharu chuckled and nodded in agreement. "I agree. You will see that I'm not the only one who's excited to have you home."
The moment her father made a turn on the third section, she could easily spot her mother and grandfather, who had been waiting for her arrival in front of their house. Hikari quickly unbuckled her seatbelt and ran towards her mother, who enveloped her in the warmth she missed. Even in her mid-forties, her mother still looked young. There were barely any wrinkles and she was still very fit for a mother of two.
