Ting~
An elevator opened.
Sera, Ren and Rina, walked out and walked towards the exit of the hospital.
Rina asked for Sera's opinion as they walked.
"Let's buy a WcDunald's takeout for your brother, what do you think?"
Sera replied, "Mom, brother still needs to eat healthy food!"
Ren, who was walking behind the two of them, chimed in at this moment.
"Oh, come on! Your brother has eaten those bland "nutritious" foods since the day he got admitted to the hospital 10 years ago!"
Thinking of the time when Ren tried to taste the food that Zen ate everyday, he could not help but want to vomit.
Although the hospital was excellent and expensive, they still focused on the nutrition facts of the meal when they prepared one. So it was inevitable that the food served to Zen was very nutritious, but also very tasteless.
Thinking that her brother was indeed pitiful, Sera said, "You're right."
To be honest, even she was surprised at her brother's tenacity and persistence. Making her admire her brother even more.
Imagine, who would be able to endure 10 years of being bedridden plus the bland food that one needs to eat everyday, all the while having various medical apparatuses embedded in one's body which hinders them from moving freely? No one.
Much less Zen who was only 10 years old at the time.
Rina also interjected from the side.
"There's also the case of your brother's recovery from the game. Since there was a high chance that he will recover, then there's no need to be picky with his meals."
Sera listened to her parents. She knew that they felt useless due to the fact that they had not been able to do anything to help Zen in the past 10 years. Thus, they want to spoil him to the ends of the Earth.
Understanding this, Sera gave up and just supported her parents' decision.
Soon enough, they arrived at WcDunald's and ordered.
When Sera excused herself to go to the comfort room, Rina asked her husband with a knowing expression.
"The plan you said to our kids…"
Ren, who was looking around the fast food restaurant, turned his head to look at his wife and asked, "What about it?"
Rina smirked and said, "Your plan is already complete right?"
Hearing this, a smirk came to Ren's lips as he replied, "You are really my wife~"
After giving Rina's forehead a quick peck, he continued, "Of course, it is. I only said that to make them prepare themselves. After all, we're not saints ourselves. Although it's fine to be a good person sometimes, they must learn how society works. That they can't be a good person at all times, because we already know its consequences from experience. I don't want them to go through the same thing. As such, they can only experience it when they survive alone in the game."
Hearing her husband's reasoning, some memories could not help but pass by Rina's eyes as she could not help but reveal a sad look..
Soon enough, she shook her head and drove the passing memories away.
She looked at her husband and giggled while saying in a teasing voice, "Woah! As expected of my husband!"
Looking at her wife, Ren silently embraced her.
As the fast food restaurant was crowded, no one really paid attention to them, making their loving actions and the scenery of the busy crowd around them have some dissonance.
***
A few minutes later, the trio of Sera, Ren and Rina were on their way to Zen's room with the bags of takeouts with them.
Looking at the bags of WcDunald's in her hands, Sera giggled and said, "Brother will be really happy when he sees this!"
The couple who were walking behind her looked at each other and smiled, feeling blessed because of the events that recently happened to them.
Soon enough, they arrived in front of Zen's room.
Creak~
The sound of the door opening sounded, making Zen, who was quietly laying down on his bed, turn his head towards the direction of the door.
Surprised, Zen said in an excited voice.
"Mom! Dad! Sera!"
The trio smiled as they hurriedly set up the table, making sure that it was close to Zen's bed so he could reach it.
They then sat on their chairs in front of their food and began eating, chatting from time to time as they did so.
"Huhu, it has been 10 years since I got to eat food that tasted good!"
Zen was on the verge of tears as he said, clearly happy that he was able to eat something good again.
His family smiled as they saw Zen's genuine smile again.
They kept eating and chatting.
After about an hour, they finished eating and rested with a satisfied look on their faces.
Zen broke the silence and said, "So mom, dad, what are your plans? Are you going to play the game too?"
Sera also stared curiously at their parents as she heard her brother's question.
The couple looked at each other and smiled.
Rina replied, "Well, of course we would!"
The siblings became happy as soon as they heard their mother's words.
"But—"
Ren interjected from the side and continued, "There are still some things that we need to take care of before we can play."
Although the siblings were a little bit disheartened, they also understood that their parents were busy.
Looking at her kids' sulking expressions, Rina said with a giggle, "Hehe, don't worry our gaming devices are already in the car's trunk."
Their mother's words made Zen and Sera brighten up a bit.
Looking at the time, as if remembering something, Ren said in a hurried voice, "Oh it's already 3 in the morning, we'll quickly take care of the things on our side so be sure to rest and just do your best at the game, okay?"
The couple soon got up, taking the trash with them as they walked towards the door.
Before leaving, Ren reminded Zen.
"Son, be sure to do your best in obtaining what you need to recover. It will be best if you can stand and walk on your own as soon as possible."
Rina pinched her husband's arms which caused the latter to let out a pained groan.
Causing their children to laugh at their silliness.
"Don't listen to your father! You just need to do your best, okay? No need to stress and rush yourself."
Zen chuckled softly as he replied, "Don't worry mom, I understand."
As the couple bid farewell to their kids, they left the room unwillingly.