" Welcome home, Luna!"
Hearing the words " Welcome home, Luna!" Luna got all emotional and shed some tears as a result of the depiction of affection displayed before her. Takumi who was right by her side let her get all her feelings out as the tears continued to drop.
After a moment of being all emotional, she stopped and stepped before her was Haruki who extended a hand in her direction. "Let's walk inside together, Luna!" He said as his right hand was extended.
Looking toward Takumi, the latter nodded and Luna grabbed Haruki's hand and walked inside. Walking side by side, they reached the dining room where some delicacies were awaiting them at the well-decorated table.
Drawing a chair toward her, Haruki expressed himself once more, "Have a seat, Luna!"
"Thank you." She expressed in turn in a subtle tone as she sat at the table.
Joining them were Takumi's parents and Takumi himself. As the set of food was revealed before Luna, she was excited to give all of the delicacies before her a taste as they were all her favorite food.
Surprised how all of this was possible, Takumi expressed himself before her, "It's no surprise that all your favorite foods were cooked today."
"Days before your arrival, I asked your mother about what your favorite foods were and also the way to make them. She explained to me fully the entirety of the cooking preparation from start to finish."
After the explanations were finished, Luna stared at the food in delight. Noticing her reaction were Takumi and the others.
"Go ahead and dig in, Luna! Bon appetit!"
Haruki uttered before Luna who was finally about to devour all the delicacies before her. Taking a bite of everything, a joyful grin was showcased on her face as she ate. The others quickly joined her, except for Takumi who had yet to start eating.
Watching his daughter eat joyfully, Takumi was happy and fulfilled as both a human being and an individual. Stepping from the others to use the washroom, his father followed him.
Inside the washroom, Takumi was washing his hands with soap as he was joined by his father who asked, "Luna is with you now. Are you happy?"
Grinning brightly in response, Takumi expressed his deepest feelings to his father. "Yes, I'm very, very happy. I'm immensely happy to have Luna with me. I know from here on out, things will only get better."
Pausing for a moment, his father asked, "Aren't you forgetting something?"
" Forgetting something?" "What could I have possibly been forgetting?"
Retorting, the father uttered in a subtle tone, "About the deal you struck with your mother in exchange for helping with Luna's adoption."
Forced to remember the deal altogether, Takumi uttered as he scratched the back of his head nervously, "How could I have forgotten such an important thing?" "I remember everything clearly."
"What are you going to do?" The father asked his son to which he responded, " Isn't it obvious, dad?" "Just as I promised Mom, I'll be fulfilling my part of the deal, just like I said I would."
Asking another question quickly after, " Does that mean you're ready to get married?"
Hesitating for a minute, Takumi finally gave a response to his father's question. The answer was very hypothetical and it started with the words, "Now that I've given Luna a father, the most natural thing would be to give her a mother so that she can have a complete family like most kids her age, wouldn't you agree?"
Not saying another word, Takumi uttered, "We should go back to the others."
Takumi was the first to walk out of the washroom. Left alone in the washroom, the father uttered, "Why does it seem like something's amiss in Takumi's words just now?"
Back to the others, Takumi sat and asked, "How do you like the food, Luna? Does it taste the same?"
Nodding to respond, Luna uttered, "Yes, the food's delicious. It reminds me of home; Thanks, Daddy!"
Takumi was stunned when he heard Luna referring to him by the word, "Daddy."
Happy that Luna had accepted him in her heart, Takumi called out to her as his father returned from the washroom.
" Luna?"
" Yes."
As the father sat back down at the table, Takumi uttered from the deepest of his heart the following words addressed to his daughter, "Luna, I pledge to you from this day forth that you shall have everything you desire. I'll do my best to be both a father and a friend to you. If there's anything or you find yourself in some kind of trouble, or if you require help or assistance with anything, always remember that I'll always be there for you, always."
"I'm happy to have you in my life and I hope you'll feel at home here with all of us and fully accept us as your family from this day forth."
Luna was overwhelmed by all the words Takumi, her father had uttered before her. Standing up and advancing toward him, she hugged him lovingly, surprising him in the process.
Uttering the following words to her father, " Thanks, Daddy for adopting me and for making me a part of this family. I love you, daddy."
" I love you too, my angel."
Stepping forward, Takumi's mother uttered to Luna, her granddaughter the following, "Luna, my lovely granddaughter, I'd like to apologize to you for the other day."
Luna held Takumi tightly and wouldn't let go as the mother continued. " Last time, you overheard us talking and ran away from here without a word to anyone."
Remembering that moment from Takumi's mother's words, she continued, "I was angered that day and said a bunch of nonsense, but none were directed toward you, so please forgive me this once, Luna."
"I forgive you, grandmother."
Delighted that her granddaughter forgave her, Takumi's mother joyfully picked Luna from the floor and embraced her lovingly.
Moments later, after all of them had finished eating, Luna alongside the rest of the family enjoyed themselves through games of various kinds.
When the night was upon them, Takumi stood and uttered, " It's getting late, we should probably be on our way now."
"Yeah, you should probably get going. Luna needs to sleep." The mother agreed with her son as did everyone else.
Grabbing Luna's hand and about to leave, Takumi's mother uttered, "Tomorrow, before heading to work, drop Luna here. You'll fetch her once you're out of work."
Takumi grinned slightly toward his mother and uttered, " Yes, Mom."
Walking outside hand in hand, Takumi's parents watched the scene, harboring a satisfying grin on their faces. "Our son truly has grown up." The mother uttered, followed closely by the father who uttered, "Yes, he has."
Arriving at the car, Takumi opened the front door for Luna and helped her inside. Moments later, they drove off from Takumi's parent's house.
On the road, Luna's eyelid got heavy and in the blink of an eye, she fell asleep.
Several minutes later, they reached Takumi's house. Stepping out of the car, Takumi carried his daughter out of the car and made sure the car was locked before stepping inside.
Just as Takumi's parent's house was decorated for the occasion, Takumi's house was also well-decorated with all kinds of well-made decorations."
Takumi carried Luna to her room which had been well-decorated for the occasion by him. Putting her in her bed gently and covering her with a blanket, Takumi uttered as he swiftly kissed her on the forehead, "Sleep well, my angel!"
He swiftly closed the door and returned to his room. Changing out of his clothes, he got into bed, ready to sleep. A sudden text message prevented him from sleeping straight away.
"Who could be messaging me at this late hour?"
Takumi wandered as he looked at his notification label and saw Saunji's name appearing.
"Saunji?"
Opening the text message, Saunji was inquiring how everything went, purposely asking about Luna. Takumi instantly replied to the message and put his phone away.
As he went under the covers and was about to shut the lights, he heard someone knocking on the door and sat up straight. He knew who could be the one knocking as there were only two people currently residing in the house.
Heading toward the door of his room, he opened the door and came in contact with Luna who was standing there with her pillow.
" Luna, that pillow—------" The first thing Takumi noticed apart from her was the pillow she was holding on to. Retorting to the question, Luna expressed herself and said, "May I sleep here?"
" Back at the orphanage, I always slept with mommy, so I'm not used to sleeping alone at night," Luna stated in a concluding sentence.
Takumi grinned brightly, picked his daughter from the floor along with the pillow, and walked inside the room with her. Closing the door, Takumi brought Luna and put her on the bed very gently. Covering both of them with the covers, Luna grabbed herself to Takumi as she slept a second later.
" Good night, my angel!"
Wishing her a good night's sleep, father and daughter slept soundly in each other's arms.