As previously mentioned, it would take some time for Ayame's parents to understand the mistakes they had made while parenting. To be honest, could that even count as parenting? At the end of the day, they had just provided Ayame with financial support.
But that was in the past, currently, it was almost a year since Ayame and Sora had met for the first time. Jin and Erika had worked on themselves and spent more time with Ayame. She is their current top priority.
Before, they spent most of their time on their work but now they even dropped Ayame off at school. Ayame had grown to be even more cheerful than before. Sora and her relationship had grown even closer. Funnily enough, Jin sometimes got jealous of Sora, considering she was always chattering about him.
It's not like Ayame didn't talk about anything else, but Sora had a special place in her heart. At first, she had thought it was just what normal friends felt for each other, but her parents and even Sora's parents knew it was something special…. and Intense.
They had seen glimpses of Ayame's possessiveness, but no one really put their mind into it thinking she would soon grow out of it. If they only knew how wrong they truly were.
Ayame's parents would soon discover the depths of her obsession, well… Parts of it.
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Today was Sora's birthday! Everyone was excited for him, his parents had planned a trip to a restaurant, and Sora had invited Ayame and her parents to come and celebrate with them.
Jin offered to pay for the whole thing as a gift but since Kato owned the restaurant, that was politely declined.
Ayame requested her father to buy a gift for Sora in her stead, when he asked what it should be, she replied, "A ring."
"...Huh," Jin's face went blank.
"..?" Ayame didn't know why her dad's face suddenly went blank.
"Dear…I think that it's a bit early for that," Jin finally voiced his concern, his tone gentle.
"Early for what?" she slightly tilted her head sideways with a mouth an O shape.
(A/N: :o < Literally her face XD)
"*Sigh* I mean… This is the first birthday you're celebrating with him, this time, make the gift a bit more tame..? You can slowly build it up each time…" He tried to explain slowly to Ayame, 'I wonder why I stammer so much while speaking with her,' Jin thought to himself, though, he did not mind. He was thankful to Sora's parents for making him and Erika realize their misconceptions.
If not for them, it might have been too late and they never could've rebuilt their relationship with Ayame. Truth be told, currently, whenever they go to work, their moods are much more fresh and efficient, 'I suppose family time does help,' Jin chuckled to himself. He realized that both of them had gotten much more humorous.
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I was very excited today. Why, you ask? It's because I will be celebrating Sora-kun's birthday today! He is my best of the best friend, though, that's an understatement, I don't have enough words to describe him. I would be rambling for the whole day and still wouldn't be finished with one-tenth of what I actually wanted to say.
He is the first person who understood what I wanted, it's almost like he read me like an open book. After visiting his house with my parents, even they started to change! I don't know how but Sora-kun being my good luck charm is probably the reason.
Ahh~ Having a friend is amazing~ Though, other kids had started approaching me, probably seeing Sora-kun hanging out with me so much..? I don't know, but nor do I care. I rejected all of them, hmph! It would reduce my time with Sora-kun! I would never do that for anything in this world.
As I was thinking about my Sora-kun, we had finally reached Uncle's restaurant. It was evening time. Me and my parents got out of the car. Dad was wearing a casual suit and my mom and I were wearing a matching black frock, it was complimenting our hair and eyes.
We entered the place, it was different compared to other restaurants. The furniture and architecture were classy. It seems Uncle had fixed a private place for the whole celebration, which was elegantly decorated matching the style of the place.
As I was looking around and analyzing the place, I saw him, Sora-kun. There were his parents beside him, but all I could do was look at him, it was like my eyes just glued to his appearance. If he was equivalent to honey my eyes, wait, no, no! My whole body would be comparable to bees.
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