Chapter-24: Good News...

Late in the evening, in one of the rooms of a two-story house, the phone rang. When the owner of the phone realized who called her so late, she could not help but think: "Why should he call? We have already discussed everything, and also, apparently, he was not against our conditions, did he really change his decision so soon?"

Despite not a small surprise, the woman still answered the call.

- Hello, Hiro? How can I help you? - Yaeko asked her new boss.

After greeting Yaeko, Hiro immediately moved on to the topic of this sudden call. - I would like to invite you and your sister to a party that will be tomorrow, could you talk to your sister about this?

- And what is the occasion of the holiday?

- In honor of the successful negotiations!

- No problem! This should not cause any problems, since she is now living with me! - Yaeko replied.

- This is just wonderful! If this is the case, then I trust you to solve this issue! - Hiro said, and after some minutes of clarifying all the nuances, he ended the conversation.

- Did you pass out? - Yaeko muttered without realizing it.

- Yae-chan, who called? - The girl who had just entered Yaeko's room asked.

- Ah! Minako, how many times can I tell you! Don't come in so suddenly! - Yaeko exclaimed, startled.

- But you're having so much fun reacting to it, so I just can't help it! So who did call? - her younger sister could not resist an obvious taunt.

- Hiro! - Yaeko replied shortly.

- What did he say, are the books already ready? - with stars in her eyes, Minako interrogated her sister.

- There was no question about it, he invited us to a party in honor of the purchase of your company! - this somewhat dampened the girl's ardor, and she subsided, but it did not last long, to the chagrin of Yaeko.

- Oh, interesting! - Minako said, understanding the meaning of the words. - And what did you say?

- Nothing yet, he asked to talk to you first!

- Oh, then everything is fine! My mother will look after the children, or can I take them with me? - Minako asked, moving closer to her sister.

- ... - Yaeko wanted to flatly refuse her sister's offer, but Minako continued.

- They should have a good time! You understand everything perfectly well yourself! - Minako said with a serious face.

- ... - Yaeko could not answer her sister, because she knew that Minako was right, but something prevented her from agreeing, but all the seriousness of the conversation was lost, by Minako's effort.

- Ah! - she said, stumbling over the leg of a chair. - Oh, it hurts!

- Be careful! - Yaeko said, helping her up. - I do not know, he said to give an answer tomorrow, so at the same time I will ask about the children!

- M-m? aha! - Minako replied, writhing in pain.

- What was that noise? - the fair-haired girl of 15 years asked. - Mom, are you okay? - the girl continued, seeing her mother, who was holding her leg with a frown on her face.

- Everything is fine, it's just that, as always, she does not look where she is going! - Yaeko replied, which caused an offended sigh from her sister and a laugh from her niece.

- Ha-ha! Then, okay! I'm going back! - still laughing, she said, and began to climb the stairs.

- Misaki! - Minako said, drawing her eldest daughter's attention. - Will you sit, if something happens with the children, tomorrow?

- Well, where are you going? - Misaki asked, stopping.

- The owner of our companies is throwing a party in honor of successful negotiations! - the woman answered her daughter's question, getting up after another stumble.

- Have a great time! - Misaki said with a smile.

- Thank you! If anything, Grandma will help you! - Minako said with a smile.

Nodding, the girl went about her business, namely, homework.

- That's sorted out! - Minako said, heading to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

Keeping up with her sister, Yaeko also hurried to the kitchen.

At dinner, they told their mother and children everything. Ito agreed with pleasure.

After dinner, they talked for a while, then went to bed.

The next day.

Yaeko got up quite early, because her daughter once again had a nightmare, so when she woke up in the morning, she could not sleep anymore. Her head was full of thoughts about how to help her daughter, and also yesterday's conversation with her sister gave her thoughts to think about.

In order to distract herself from these thoughts at least a little, Yaeko began to prepare breakfast.

After half an hour, the sun began to rise, forcing everyone to gradually wake up. After the residents of this house woke up, they began to gather in the kitchen to have breakfast.

The first one who came was Yaeko's mother.

Ito, as soon as she entered the kitchen, immediately noticed that something was wrong with Yaeko.

- Shoko, did you have nightmares again? - grandma asked her eldest daughter.

- yes... I don't know what to do anymore! - Yaeko replied, remembering her daughter's frightened face.

- She needs a new environment! You know what she likes, right? - Ito asked seriously.

- The only thing that ever brought her the greatest joy was getting to know my sister and her children, with whom she became friends. More of this behavior, I did not watch her! - Yaeko said, remembering her daughter's bright smile.

- So you didn't notice? - Ito asked with interest.

- What didn't I notice? - Yaeko asked, not understanding. - Mom, do you know something?

- A few years ago, she watched high school basketball with her father, so she liked to watch a certain group of students who were called the "Generation of Miracles"! - Ito replied, remembering her daughter's ex-husband.

- Ah, around this time, my company started having problems, and I didn't have time for anything, even for children! - Yaeko said gloomily, then continued. - Why didn't you tell me about this before? - Yaeko asked, starting to think about how to find this group of children.

- Because this group broke up, at first I tried to hint at it to you, but after the breakup of the team, I somehow forgot about it! Now it just came to mind, that's what I'm saying. And you have no problems with the company , as well as the company itself, heh-heh! - after all, I decided to tell you everything, Ito.

-You're going to a party today, maybe you'll take the children with you? - Ito asked, adding. - Still, the words with which you described this guy prove that he will not refuse! - Ito said with a teasing smile.

- I think you're right! I was going to talk to him about it anyway!

- That's great! - Ito said with a smile.

After five minutes of conversation, girls of different ages began to gather in the kitchen.

- *What are you doing here?* - Shoko asked, using gestures.

- Everything is fine! Sit down to breakfast! Today I got a little carried away with cooking, so don't be shy about eating! - Yaeko said, not holding back a smile, and deep in her heart she prayed that Hiro would not mind the presence of 4 children.

- Wow, Auntie, you've obviously overdone it, we won't eat it in a week! - Misaki expressed her opinion.

- Yes, sister-this is really too much!

- *Is there a holiday today?* - Shoko asked, smiling.

- Stop talking, let's eat! - Yaeko said, embarrassed.

...

A few hours later, Yaeko was going to call Hiro.

After waiting a little, the familiar voice of the guy was heard from the speaker.

- Hello, Yaeko-san? Is that you?

- Yes, it's me! - Yaeko replied, choosing the words she wanted to say in her head.

- What did your sister say? Is she coming? - Hiro asked, a smile on his face.

- Yes, she agrees, but that's not why I'm calling! - Yaeko replied, not knowing how to say it.

"Yaeko-san, what's wrong?" Hiro asked, frowning.

- While nothing serious has happened, I would like to know if you would not mind the presence of my children with my sister? - Yaeko asked hopefully.

- Why not! Come along with the children, I will just have a game competition with prizes. If you want, your children can participate!

- Thank you for your understanding! I think they will be happy to participate in these competitions. - Yaeko said with a smile.

Yaeko said these words so loudly that she attracted the attention of all the relatives.

- I was glad to help! See you later! - Hiro replied, slightly embarrassed after Yaeko's sudden outburst.

After finishing the conversation, everyone immediately approached Yaeko.

- Well, what did he say? - Yaeko's younger sister asked.

- He agreed! - Yaeko replied.

- Wonderful! - Grandma Ito exclaimed.

- Mom, who allowed what? - the youngest resident of the house asked.

- Today we are going to a party! - Yaeko replied to her youngest daughter, whose name is Nishimiya Yuzuru.

- Wow, this is just wonderful! - Yuzuru exclaimed.

- I think it will be fun! - Minako's youngest daughter said dispassionately.

- Do I have to go? – the eldest of the children asked.

- Minako-chan, if you don't want to, you can stay at home with your grandmother, but he said that he will hold some kind of game competition with an interesting prize.

Hearing this, everyone present was clearly interested.

- Sounds interesting!

- *Can I go?* - Shoko asked with gestures.

- Of course, you can! - Yaeko replied, because to be honest, it was done for her sake.

Hearing the mother's answer, an angelic smile was drawn on the child's face. While everyone was admiring her smile, Shoko was thinking to herself: "There are a lot of people at all the parties, which means that there will be a great chance to make friends!".

Without knowing it, Shoko was waiting for the biggest surprise. Since she will meet with one of the players of the generation of miracles. As well as finding a new hobby.

...

After talking with Yaeko, Hiro began to think about what to do with the children, of course, the games are interesting, but whether they will like them is another question, so Hiro went back to the shopping center and bought all sorts of things that children like.

As Hiro was leaving the mall, his phone rang.

When Hiro heard the phone call, he couldn't help but think: "What a popular guy I am, heh!", but when he saw the one who called, he said.

- Damn it! I completely forgot about it! - After Hiro cursed, he immediately answered the phone.

- Good afternoon, Hiro-san! - A female voice greeted Hiro.

- Good afternoon, Minano! What can I do for you? Did something happen?

- No, no, I have good news, from tomorrow, your manga will be sold all over Japan! - Minano said solemnly.

- Isn't it a lot to start selling? - Hiro asked, having an approximate idea of how many copies were made.

- In fact, we are in the process of translating, in order for One Piece to be sold outside the country, so it's not as much as you think!

- I think you're right, and you can't argue with that! This is great news! I will have a game competition today! Would you like to participate in it? - Hiro asked, keeping silent about the reason for the party, since he was ashamed to say that he forgot to invite her.

- I am very grateful to you for the invitation, because I love games very much, but all the current games are not interesting for me! So I'm sorry, but I'm not coming! - Minako replied.

- If you don't come, you'll miss a lot! The games were provided by my friends! I give you my word that you will like them!

- You know how to persuade! Will there be any prizes?

- You will come, you will find out! - Hiro replied.

- Okay, I'll come!

- I'll be waiting!

- Yeah! - Minako replied. That was the end of their conversation.

After talking, Hiro went to his home to meet his friends from the academy. Hiro also hoped that Soma would also come, but there was nothing he could do.