Chapter 17

"Thanks a lot mom." I thanked.

"Your welcome, Mi-chan. Remember don't get your bandage wet, okay?" My mother said as she closed the bathroom door behind.

"Okay~"

I was taking a bath in my bath tab that's places next to my room. The warm water that I soaked in feels so relaxing after I have a dreadful day.

My ankle was places above a chair that my mother personally places it for me. I was glad that I still can enjoy the warm bath without getting my bandage wet.

After 10 minutes, my mother knock on my door before she come in.

"Mi-chan~ Look what I have brought a surprise for you~" My mother excitedly called.

I turn around to see what's the surprise. I was expecting something cute but it turns out to be.....

"Mom....." I said with a bit of hesitation.

"What's with that crutches have to to with my surprise?" I asked with my right eyebrows are twitching in disbelief.

"It was your father's back then when he broke his leg few years ago, but now you can use it to walk around. Don't it feels exciting." She explained.

"Thanks a lot mom. Can you help me to get up from this tab? I can feel my skins are pruning up." I said.

"Opss, my bad!" She puts down the crutches against the wall.

After the bath, I change into my light purple pyjamas. I warp my hair with a small towel and sits on my bed. Turning to my right, I stare at the crutches with a weird expression while drying my hair up.

'Should I really use that after 2 days of my holiday to school....' I stared to questions myself.

I stretch out to reach the white crutches. After I have observe it for some time, I decide to test it out. I take one of the crutches and places it under my right armpit. Then I take the another one and stuff it under my left armpit.

"3....2....1!!" I stand up from my bed.

Finally, I manage to stand up by myself without needing other people support. It was quite fun actually to walk around my room in this crutches.

Slowly, I went down stairs by using the crutches as my support. As I get to the kitchen, I saw my father already prepare the food on the dinning table.

"Yow~" My father waves at me.

"Hey, Dad. What we are having for dinner?" I asked.

I then pull the chair that is nearest to me. After I manage to sits down on the chair, I place the crutches on the chair next to me.

"Well, just some healthy veggies and steamed fish." He said.

My father grabs the bowl and stuff the rice in it. He hand the bowl of rice to me with a pair of chopsticks.

"Here. Eat up and get well soon." He said.

"Thanks a lot, dad. By the way where's mom?" I asked as I didn't see mother was around in the kitchen.

"Oh, she? Never mind her. She just got a call just now. Oh, look there she is." My father smiled as soon as he saw my mother walking towards the dinning table.

But I notice my mother eyebrows are frowning as if she have been in trouble of something that's very bothering her. My father notice that change too.

"What happen, mom? Is everything alright?" My father asked in a concern voice.

"Dad...They have called me saying that my mother is sick. I need to go back to Kyoto as soon as possible...." She sadly explained to us what happen over the phone.

"Granny is sick?" I asked surprisingly.

"Yes, dear....."

"Oh my dear....don't be sad....." My father approached my mother and hugs her tightly in his arm.

"I am afraid, dad..... I am afraid to look at her being sick on the bed and unable to walk as usual...." My mother voice started to break.

"It's all going to be fine, trust me." He comforted her by petting her head that's laying on his shoulder.

"Mom, you should go tomorrow and pay her a visit. I am sure granny will be alright. She is always cheerful whenever you are around, mom." I try to convince her that everything will be alright.

'And dad you should go with mom too in case if mom need someone to comfort her.' I mouthed at him.

My father gives me a thumbs up and nod in agreement. The both of us giving each others a salute with a serious eyes contact which means we need to protect my mother no matter what's it will cost.

"Okay then..... Dad, lets start packing our stuff after dinner, okay?" My mother asked.

"Sure! Lets not worry about it and enjoy our dinner!" He revealed his teeth as he smile while giving her a thumbs up.

My mother chuckle a bit as she look at my father childish action. It was a habit of him to give others thumbs up whenever others are sad.

After dinner, I went up stairs to my room and slowly sits on my bed which I often jump after dinner but my ankle won't allow me to do so.

*Sigh~*

'If they are going back to Kyoto, I will be alone here for a week. I will be bored to death!!!' I thinks to myself.

I look outside my balcony and notice that today the moon was bright. I slowly uses my crutches to walk towards the window.

The window are just like a transparent slide door. I don't know why my parents install it in my room in the first place. They say it was just to make the room brighter, my ass, they are just stingy because they don't want to waste electric to turn on the lamp at the day time.

I slide it open and the cold wind on night brushes against my cheek. It feels so good but it was a bit windy.

"Achoo!!" I sneezed.

'Geez... I should get in my room.' I closed the window and I let lose the curtains that's tied up on the left side of the window. The curtains slowly close the entire window, blocking out the moon light from entering my room.

But the window curtains that's next to my bed I slightly pull it to the side. It was my weird habit to open the curtain of the window next to my bed before I went to sleep.

"Good night."I wished myself before I went to fall into my deep sleep.