Okay, let's start making some dango!
I hope we all get to have some cute and delicious ones!
Shizuku, yours look so good!
Hehe. Thank you.
Yours look good too.
(She looks like she's having fun...)
(I really want to make dango with her but...)
(She probably wants to play with her friends since she's with me so much...)
...
That's okay. I can just make some on my own...
So I dust it with this powder and...
(Making them nice and round is harder than I thought, but...)
They look cute when they do turn out right...
(I know. I can make it rounder, give it some ears and turn it into a bunny.)
And now for some ears and... Hehe, it's so cute.
Shiho, wait!
Your dango looks funny...
Huh...?
Yeah. I'll show you how to make them, so let's try together!
That's okay...
Please, leave me alone.
But yours are gonna look different from what the teacher made.
I don't care. I want to make mine like this.
Fine, be that way...
...
(It's not as fun when I'm with everyone else...)
(So I'll just keep making them by my...)
Shii...!
Oh...
Are your dango supposed to be bunnies? They're so cute.
Thanks...
Would you mind showing me how to make bunnies like yours?
I don't wanna...
Huh?
You should be with your friends, Shizuku. I'll keep making dango by myself.
Shii...
...
Um, Shii?
Making dango with everyone else was fun, but I want to make some with you now.
But...
And you're the only one here who knows how to make adorable bunny dango.
That's why I want to make some with you.
Please, Shii.
Will you show me how to make these?
...
Okay...
Thank you, Shii!
So how did you make these bunnies?
Well, you start by...
That concludes our moon viewing party! Did you all get a chance to make some cute and delicious dango?
Yeah!
Wonderful! Don't forget to show your parents these delicious creations when you get home!
Oh...
(We get to take these home...!)
Hehe. Your dango turned out so cute, Shii. I'm sure mommy, daddy and grandma will love to see them.
Let's show them as soon as we can.
Yeah...!
Your mother's running very late...
I wonder if work is holding her up.
She's usually here by now.
Yes, she is...
Oh, someone's calling me. Excuse me, dear.
Okay...
Oh my. Really...?
You poor thing...
...!
Understood.
I can handle making dinner, so you won't have to worry about that. Just get home safe, okay?
Is mommy not coming home...?
I'm so sorry, dear.
Your mother won't be home until much later.
Huh...?
Your father won't be home for quite some time either, so how about we show them the dango you made tomorrow?
...
(I really wanted them to see what we made now...)
(But...)
Shii...
I'm okay...
Let's go home, Shizuku.
(She's probably sad about this too, so I shouldn't pout or whine about this too much...)
...
Huh...?
You don't have to hold it in like that, Shii.
Whenever you feel sad, it's okay to say so.
But...
You're sad too, right?
I won't ever feel sad as long as you're around, Shii. Not ever.
So just for today, I'll take mommy's place. You can tell me how you feel and ask me for whatever you like, okay?
Being there for you is what makes me happy because I'm your big sister.
Shizuku...
Okay...
(After that, Shizuku, grandma and I had dinner together... Then we showed mom and dad the dango we made once they got home.)
(And because Shizuku waited with me the whole time, I felt strangely at ease...)
(Come to think of it, that's also sort of when she started being all clingy with me...)
...
Maybe doing a moon viewing with her after all this time isn't such a bad idea...