Chapter 06: A Strange Relationship
Since then, Hannah rarely took her eyes off of , and I also lost my chance to get out of the room. One night, I noticed that the door was opened. Is it Sebas? Recently, he’s gotten better at not sneaking in at night, so he cos during noon now, I thought. But no one ca in.
The door’s not closing, was it opened by the wind? If so, then this is my chance to sneak out. I quickly got out of bed and speedily slipped out of the door. There was no one in the corridor at night, but that was fine.
“You’re here.”
Woah! I was about to jump in surprise. The person who was outside my door was father.
“You looked like you were going to slip out, and I thought that you would definitely co out if the door was left open. Ah, hey, wait!”
It seed that father had finally said sothing, but there was no need to listen to him brag about snaring his daughter. Because he could have entered the room if he wanted to see .
I started crawling while ignoring father. My goal was the stairs. I’m going down the stairs today! I’m already bored with staying in my room.
“Where are you going? Why are you sneaking out of your room in the first place?”
To explore, dur. Explore. I pretended not to know what he was talking about and continued to crawl.
“Why are you ignoring ?”
I stopped crawling. Why are you ignoring , you say?
“Da, daai.”
“Wh-what?”
If you hate being ignored then why are you ignoring ? Why do you care about now even though you’ve been ignoring ?
“Dai, agya, to, deeu.”
“What are you saying?”
I was getting extrely irritated at father who was standing up and looking down on . I’m a baby, you know! The adult should be the one who tries hard to understand !
I grabbed father’s leg, and he flinched for a second, but he knew that I would be hurt if he moved; so he stood there quietly, baffled at the situation. I held onto him and stood up. Father widened his eyes in surprise.
“So you can stand?”
Of course, I can stand. Since a while ago. Fumu. It’s pretty nice to use soone else’s legs to help myself stand. I hit father’s leg while in anger.
*HIT HIT*
“Why are you hitting ? What is it you really want?”
The one who doesn’t know what they want is you, isn’t it father? But, I suddenly staggered, when I took my hands off his legs to hit him.
“Watch out!”
Father’s hands moved out imdiately to hold up.
“I honestly don’t know what you’re trying to do. Listen, babies are well-behaved-......” 1)
“Aai.”
I’m ashad, but father is too, huh? My feet dangled uneasily in the air because he was supporting by the armpits while hoisting in front of his eyes.
“Eeu.”
My feet are dangling. Ah, this is amusing.
“Aau.”
My feet are swaying. It felt ridiculous, and I laughed.
“You.”
Oh, I’m in the middle of being captured by father.
“I’m sure Sebas did this.”
Father awkwardly pulled closer to him and hugged .
“Dau.”
Splendid. It’s an excellent way to hold soone for a beginner. I put my head on father’s chest and shook my hands happily.
“So I pass?”
“Dau.”
“Do you want to go down the stairs?”
“Aai.”
Apparently, father walked around with in his arms until I fell asleep.
“Lately, Leila-sama doesn’t wake up much in the mornings.”
Hannah complained to Sebas. He looked at with an all-knowing look on his face and said, “There will probably be tis like that. But, she’ll probably learn to wake up properly during this ti, so it’s fine.”
I wonder what he likes about it. Father started coming here every day. And for so reason, he never entered my room; instead, he opened the door and waited for to co out. And once I got tired from crawling around, he would gently pick up and wander around the mansion.
That was all there was to our relationship. Why doesn’t he co in the day ti? It’s strange.
Then, the weekend ca around, and brother ca ho.
“I can only be with her on the weekend, so let her sleep on my bed.”
“Your bed is high, Luke-sama, so it’s dangerous for Leila-sama to sleep there.”
“I’ll sleep on the sofa.”
“Your body won’t be able to rest that way.”
For so reason, brother’s love for keeps increasing.
“I heard that Luke is ho.”
“Otou-sama.”
“It’s nearly ti for you to practice your magic circulation, but what are you doing?”
It was rare for father to show up during the day. There was tension in the room and brother hugged tightly on his knees as if he was protecting . It’s okay because I’ve beco friends with father. Slightly. Probably. I tapped brother’s knees.
Father saw that and frowned.
“Well, fine. I’ll ask you later during dinner.”
“Ok,” brother replied and hugged again.
I didn’t know father well, but I also didn’t understand the relationship between father and brother. They would eat together when they were ho, but they didn’t look to be on good terms. And, I heard an unbelievable thing.
“Neei, dau, nyo, eeou?”
What is magic circulation? Is there magic in this world?
“It’s fine, Lei. Even if Otou-sama is cold, I’ll protect you.”
“Daai, too, Niini.”
No, he’s not cold anymore, so what’s magic circulation? My body and mouth still don’t move well even if I know what I want to do and say in my mind. There was a limit to how frustrated I can feel. At that ti, Sebas winked at . Leave it to , you say? What are you on about?
“Lei.”
Before I knew it, he started calling Lei, and I gave up and let brother hug .
That night, the door opened with a creak again. I moved as quickly as I could as a baby and went out the door.
He’s here. Father. But it was his trait not to reach out to here. I wanted to move freely in this wide corridor. The baby who crawls as quickly as she could to the stairs and the man who stares at her as she does this; that was father and I., And recently, I’ve been giving the stairs a try. I stepped down the stairs one foot at a ti. When I get tired, father would carry , and we would walk. That was our current custom.
He also carried today too when I got tired halfway down the stairs, and a voice called out to him from below, “Otou-sama.”
It’s brother!
“Niini!”
I happily stretched out my hands, but father held onto tightly.
“Lei, Otou-sama, what are you two doing at this ti?”
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