Ray just stood there, she listened attentively to her employer, tried to put herself in her shoes; to understand her reasoning, but she concluded one thing; Furuichi Reica is a close minded high class lady.
"Do you hear yourself, Lady Furuichi?"
Reica was taken aback by the calmness of her voice, even her husband who was standing by the door.
"Excuse me?"
Ray would not give up that easy, she want to take care of the two, she wants them to experience the five year old kid should experience, she want the twins to realize how important they are as well as their thoughts and simple opinions, she wants them to do the things they want to do, without someone telling them what they need to do.
She wants then to experience the things she didn't experience.
"Excuse you, indeed. The way you talk and shout at me as if you knew everything about them. Do you know what they think of those baby sitters you hired before me? —Reica didn't know what to say, Tatsumi remained silent, listening to what Ray would say— No? Of course, you don't. All you care about is what you think they need, what you think they want, and what you think they think. Have you ever listened to them? Did you know Katana doesn't care about anyone even herself but her twin? Do you know how sweet and mushy Kanata could be? —Reica, then asked herself. Does she know? All she knew was that Katana was a quiet little kid, and Kanata being the bubbly and playful of the two — No? Of course, you don't. Do you know how they love ice cream? How do they love their chocolate drinks every morning? How do they love seeing and experiencing different things? How do they socialize with the people older or younger or around their age? How do they love to cuddle? Do you even know that Katana loves teddy bears?"
Without Ray knowing, the twins are listening to them the whole time, from the moment they enter the office, they hear everything. They knew that this time...when Ray leaves them, she will never come back.
"You don't know anything about my kids. You're just their on call babysitter"
Katana can't take it anymore, she doesn't want anyone to see her crying not even her mother, she doesn't want her babysitter to see her tears, she knows it will break her heart. So, she does one thing she knows...she runs. She ran away from that room, she ran away from the brewing tension between her mother and her lovely babysitter. She doesn't want to see her babysitter leaving, it will break her, tear her apart and will leave her torn.
Kanata followed her.
Tatsumi was so engrossed in the argument before him, that he didn't know that the twin followed him behind and left.
"You're right, I'm just an on-call babysitter. And as a babysitter, I always set my priority and those are the babies I took care of. I don't care about their parents' opinions or their demands, I don't care about other people's interests...all I care about is the baby's well-being. And that's one of the reasons for me being in-demand. Now, if you think this is better for them? Then, I expect my payment on my account. Let me say goodbye and clarify things to the twins before I leave"
Ray bowed and didn't bother to hear Reica's response and went to the twins room. She knocks, but there's no response, so she knocks again...this time, Kanata opens their door.
She comes in and finds Katana sleeping.
Ray looks at Kanata's face, blotchy red nose, puffy eyes and shallow breathing. He cried. Then, she looks back to Katana's, and like her twin she's the same. Ray couldn't hold it anymore and broke into tears.
Everytime she bid her goodbyes to the babies she took care of, she always leaves them with a smile...because she knows they are in better hands, because she knows those babies are happy.
Kanata hugged her and she hugged him back. Kissing the top of his head, she wipes his tears damping his now red cheeks. She kissed his both cheeks.
"Please don't leave us, Ray-chan," Kanata sobbed.
Ray tightens her hug. "So, you eavesdropped, huh? Of course...I won't, at least not that long. Let's just count days or weeks or maybe months...then I'm sure I'll be back and the three of us will be together, me cooking food for you both, watching movies, adventuring different things and you two playing with your friends...Kotaro, Jihyun and Aza" she states.
Kanata shook his head and cried in her arms. "No, Kotaro, Jihyun and Aza can't be our friends. I and Kata are not allowed to have friends. We will not have friends, we won't play with them again, we won't eat ice cream and won't have our chocolate drinks again, we won't watch any movies...we promise we won't leave our room, just...just don't leave us, Ray-chan!!"
Ray let him cry. She let him cry everything out until like his twin he fell asleep. She tucked them in, in their bed. Kissed their forehead then their cheeks and she left the residence with a heavy heart.