We're Happy

Eunica and Lara laid down on the bed beside each other. Eunica rests her head on her mother's arms close to her chest, as Lara brushes Eunica's hair.

"Mother..." Eunica called. Her voice was as light as air, "I missed you. I'm sorry I forgot about you."

"Shhh, you already told me what happened. You don't have to be sorry. It was Luinn's fault."

They took their time to understand their situations after Eunica told everything to Lara, starting when she was made to believe that Laika's her mother up to when she remembered everything and what happened after that.

"But, mother. If I didn't hit my head, I know, I wouldn't remember you."

"And you wouldn't be here. You wouldn't be with Cassiel-- I mean, Jin. Jessica always calls him Cassiel before, when both of you were still in our womb," Lara softly laughs while remembering her good old days, "And you wouldn't be working against Luinn too."

"Mm-hmm," Eunica nods and buries her face into her mother's chest, it feels so warm and she can feel and hear her heartbeat.

"When I first opened my eyes, I thought I was dreaming," Lara closed her eyes and rests her chin on Eunica's head as she tries to remember the very first moment when she woke up.

"I was happy because I saw Raye and I can hear his voice. But what Raye said about your blood was..." Lara paused, how can Raye hurt his daughter in exchange for her life? "I'm sorry, Eunica. I'll protect you from Raye and Luinn. I promise you."

"But mother..."

"I know, I'll pretend as if you don't know me. Don't worry. I'll take with Laika too," even though it broke her heart that Raye got married, she knew how he must've felt when she died. Lara sighs and hugs Eunica tighter, this won't suffice for the twenty years of her absence but for now, it is enough.

"Goodnight, mother," Eunica whispers while clinging to Lara's nightgown.

"Goodnight, Eunica."

As they both close their eyes, they enter the realm of dreams where they are both playing. Eunica's a little girl who's collecting flowers with her mother. Though it never happened, it made them feel happy that even in dreams, they can be together.

Maid Marga was about to open the door when Lara run outside Eunica's room, she left the door wide opened but frantically turned around, "Uh... help me?" Lara asks.

She knows that Maid Marga's Eunica's maid and is someone kind. After waking up late with Eunica beside her she remembered that Raye shouldn't know that his daughter can remember who she is. And she has to act as if Eunica doesn't know her. But if she was caught to be sleeping beside her daughter, Raye will become suspicious.

Eunica runs towards Lara and Maid Marga, "Can you tell father that Mother took an early walk and was lost?"

"Yes, Raye knows I love to walk early in the morning," Lara smiled, she didn't think that her daughter will remember the things she told her last night.

"She wanted to find me..." Eunica's voice was a little loud as she stares at something behind Lara.

"What is it?" Lara asks as she turns her head around and saw Raye standing not so far from them.

"Master, good morning." Maid Marga bowed while facing Raye.

"Good morning everyone," Raye, who has a surprised and happy face walks towards them, "I'm so happy to see my family."

Eunica saw Lily peeking from her room through the door.

"I'm sorry father, but we are not a family," Eunica pretended to look at her mother with disgust, "She is not my mother."

Lara knew this was just a play, but Eunica' words sting a little. What if she didn't remember? What if she never hit her head? Though she tries to not think about the possibilities of 'if's she can't help but feel hurt.

"Eunica!" Raye shouted, "SHE IS YOUR MOTHER!"

"What is the meaning of this?" Laika asks as she gets out of Lily's room.

Since Raye didn't sleep in their bedroom, Laika decided to sleep with Lily and Denver in Lily's room.

Raye turns around, "Silence! Marga, is the breakfast ready?"

"Yes, My Lord," Maid Marga bows her head in agreement.

"Prepare Eunica then," Raye stares at Laika with sharp and threatening eyes as he passes by her to go to their room.

Eunica frowns when she saw how Laika looks at her mother, it was not of hate, it was full of sadness.

Laika knew that Raye was married, but she never knew Lara was this beautiful just like Eunica.

"Mother," Eunica went to Laika, "Go on, prepare yourself," she said as she makes Laika turn around to go to her room.

"Lily, Denver, get dressed up," Eunica pushes Lily and Denver slowly inside their room followed by their maids.

Eunica turns to her mother, Lara, and softly smiled, "Don't worry mother," she whispers as she passes by her towards her room followed by Maid Marga who turned to the other maids walking to them, "Prepare Madam Lara," she ordered and closed the door.

Eunica was frozen while standing in front of her closet.

"Miss?" Marga called out of worry, 'Is she sad for her mothers?'

"MARGA!" Eunica screams and turned her body around then ran to Marga and took both of her hand and yells in happiness, "That is my mother! Isn't she beautiful? Right? Right?"

Eunica jumps up and down while holding Marga's hand.

Marga smiled, she can't help but feel her Miss' happiness as well, "Yes, she is. Just like you."

"Right? Right?" Eunica smiled and twirls around, "She's so kind and warm. Ah~"

"Yes, that is why, you have to dress up to impress her, Miss."

Eunica stopped, "Did you saw her dress? The one I was wearing when I got here," she opened her closet and digs into the clothes, making a big mess.

"Yes, it's in the blue box," Marga pointed on a blue box on top of the closet.

Eunica pulled a chair and took it, "Woah, you fixed it?"

Marga nodded, "Yes, I found out it was important to you. I stitched the tears and I added some more fashionable designs."

The plain wrapped around dress has a long red ribbon to tie around the waist and it's quite shorter now. It can't be denied that her mother's taller than her and her dress looked awkward on Eunica.

"Can I wear this?" Eunica asks Marga.

"I can't see why not," Marga smiled and helped Eunica.

Lara, Laika, Raye, and the kids sit quietly as they wait for Eunica and have breakfast.

Lily and Denver were staring angrily at Lara who's staring back at them in wonder.

"Did Eunica looked like them when she's young? Was she that small?' she thought.

Laika, who's reading Lara's face, smiles. She can't imagine having to wake up and everything around you have changed and your little girl's grown up so fast. But, she knew she shouldn't be here. She's dead.

"Sorry, I made you wait," Eunica said and was about to sit beside Lara when she remembered she supposed to not know her and decided to sit a seat apart from her.

"Eunica, show some respect," Raye stared at her with an authoritative look.

Lara pats the seat beside her, "Here, Eunica."

"NO!" Lily screamed, "Eunica will sit with Denver!"

Denver went down his sit and looks at Eunica, "Sit here, Sis."

Eunica looks at Lara and smiled, "I'll sit with my siblings."

She went to sit in between Lily and Denver, she knows these two are disappointed with Lara's appearance.

"Eunica, why does she looks like you?" Lily asks while taking a piece of bacon.

Lara and Laika look at Lily. Raye just waits for Eunica's answer.

"Because..." Eunica took a sip of her coffee, "Some people just look alike. We only look alike because of our hair, right?"

Eunica expects her siblings to not notice that she and her mother have a striking resemblance but Denver stared at her.

"No, your eyes... your nose, your lips... You look like a twin!" Denver commented while staring at Lara, now that he notices, Lara's pretty.

Lily stands on her seat and hits Denver's head with her spoon, "You don't look at that Ma'am, Den! She's a witch!"

Lara paused with what Lily said, is she really a witch?

Eunica took Lily's spoon and made her sit down, "Behave, Li! You're being rude!"

She wants to scold Lily for saying mean things to her mother, but she's just a kid and if she did, her father will find out that she might remember her past.

Laika stops eating and turns to Lily, "Say you're sorry to Lara, Lily. I don't have a disrespectful child."

Lily's lips curved as she frowns, "No!"

Eunica sighs, "We're sorry, Lily doesn't mean any of her words."

"NO!" Lily screamed as she clutches on her dress, "She takes away Papa and she made Mama cry!" Lily started to cry after screaming with her eyes closed.

Laika bows her head, "I'm sorry, Lara. Lily... She's just." She doesn't know what to say. Lily's only acting this way because something happened because of Lara. Lily did not lie. Raye's been busy with Lara since she came here. And it's true. She cried because of Lara.

Denver covers his ears with Lily's bawling, "Shut up!"

Eunica looks at her father who calmly eats his breakfast, she furrows her brows, "Father, don't you have anything to say to Lily? She needs an explanation."

"Really? Do I have to explain anything to a child who would likely take my words painfully?" Raye said in a cold manner.

Lara paused, she never heard Raye talk like that. His tone was sharp and cold and blank.

"But, Angelo..." Laika mutters.

"Alright then," Raye put down his spoon and fork and stared at Eunica.

Laika knew what he'll say and covered Lily's ears and checked on Denver who's covering his ears from Lily's cries.

"Lara's my wife. She will always be." Raye said and stood up. "I'll leave you here. I'll come back, darling," he leans to Lara and kissed her forehead.

Laika turns her face around to avoid seeing her husband show affection to her real wife.

It's true. Lara's the wife. Laika and Angelo were not legally married. Since Angelo said he did not declare Lara as dead, they can't be married according to the laws. Laika never saw that decision of Angelo suspicious. She just thought that he loves Lara too much.

"Eunica, do you think Raye's been planning this all along? Before we even could be together?" Laika asks, still with her hands on Lily's ears.

"No, it's impossible. From what I remembered, he was against Luinn," Eunica calls the maids, "Denver, do you want to go out with me?"

Laika removes her hands from Lily's ears when she heard Eunica wants to go out.

"Lily too, let's go out," Eunica wipes Lily's tears with her dress.

Lily nodded and hugged Eunica, Denver hugged her from her back too.

Lara asks Eunica while staring at Laika, "Can we trust her?"

Eunica looks at Laika, "Yes, she's my mother."

Laika smiled and frowned, "I am not. You know that. They told you right?"

She thought since Lara's back, she'll no longer be Eunica's mother. She might not be there when Eunica was a child, but she loved her as much as she loved her children. She saw Eunica as a lost child. And even though she didn't want her to be involved in SINS, she can't do anything since Raye's pushing Eunica to work there.

"Mother in birth or not, you're my mother. You loved me and protected me. Thank you," Eunica smiled.

Lara stands up, Laika thought she'll go since her own daughter is calling somebody else as a mother but Lara kneeled beside her and took her hand, "Thank you," Lara started tearing up, "Thank you for taking care of my baby. Thank you, Laika," Lara's hands were shaking.

Lily and Denver were taken by the maids before Lara kneeled down, now only Eunica saw what her mother did. She just smiled, she may not know what a mother feels but someday, she'll understand how her mother came to lower herself because of her.

Laika stands up and pulled Lara to stand, "No... It's nothing. Eunica's like a child to me. I'm the one who should be sorry for taking them away."

Lara shakes her head, "No. I'm the one who shouldn't be here. That is why I will correct this."

Eunica stands up and hugged her mothers, "But for now, can we have fun?"

"Someday, you'll be a mother too. You'll understand," Lara said.

Eunica's smiling face went panicked, 'Me? A mother? Then... Jin..."

"Gah! I can't!" Eunica pushes her mothers with a blushing face.

"Oh, Jin will be happy to have a wife and a mother like Eunica..." Lara teased.

"Jin? Who is this, Eunica? I never knew you fancy a boy! I thought you were into girls," Laika softly chuckles, "You and Sheen, that best friend from the other base, you two looked good."

"Sheen?" Lara asks and pokes Eunica's side, "Don't worry, as long as you're happy..."

"We're happy," Laika and Lara said in unison.