Chapter 67

They worked hard, unbelievably hard if Danuja has any say in it. 

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After they finished the floor and cleaned what remained of the drawers, Kana made a point of busying herself with the walls while she send Danuja at the doors, the one that exited towards the outside garden and the one to the hallway.

'' Are you sure?'' Danuja asked looking at Kana hands and she couldn't help but be worried. The chemicals used on the walls were much stronger, both in smell and in substance than the ones used on the floor.

The sting made even Danuja eyes tear a little and nose stung achingly. There was no way Kana would do that. Or at last that's what Danuja was telling herself.

'' Yes.'' she said looking at Danuja indulgently despite her worry '' Nothing goes through my gloves, I checked and if I block my nose I won't smell anything either.'' she said like her eyes weren't the most sensitive and like Danuja didn't see her trembling when they just checked the cleaning solutions.

'' What about the garden?'' Danuja asked looking at Kana just a little desperate, seeing her wilt confused

'' What about it?'' Kana asked blinking confused at Danuja making her back tense up

'' I mean, um, we need the flowers at some point and roses seeds grow much harder in actual flowers.'' Danuja said leaning forwards a little, catching Kana hand and stroking the weird material on her gloves, pressing just a little more so she could feel the skin through them '' Didn't you said that you like flowers? You can grown your own now. I bet that if you plant them now, then in a month or two they will bloom .'' she said gently seeing Kana slowly melt before nodding and Danuja couldn't help but add '' And outside there shouldn't be any need for that stuffy mask.'' she said giving her a small grin seeing Kana eyes growing much brighter

'' Alright.'' she said squeezing Danuja hand back, her hand covered whole by Danuja's '' I can give it a try.'' she said like her fingers weren't literally itching to take her mask off

Danuja relaxed and she didn't even try to hide it before taking her jacket again and making Kana put it on.

'' You should really keep this on.'' she said rolling the cloth sleeves up making Kana laugh before taking the small bag of roses seeds from the drawer, Danuja walking behind her with other necessary things

'' What type of roses do you think they are?'' Kana asked tilting her head just so, letting the few rays of sun hit her face. Dad, who was stretched on almost half the garden lifted his head before grumbling and putting it back down.

'' Ones that bloom in winter hopefully.'' Danuja said smiling gently when Kana face mask come off, the girl face still blushing prettily

'' I read that it takes a month and some weeks for them to bloom.'' Kana said smiling, her fingers touching softly the seeds in the bag '' Maybe we would have a full garden till October.'' she said growing excited before looking with longing at the soil and seeds

'' Call for me if you need anything.'' Danuja said stroking Kana arm gently, trying to warm her up. She waited for the girl soft look and gentle smile to appear before she entered back in the club room, looking distastefully at the dirty walls. 

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'' Fuck.'' Danuja grunted in pain when the bleach touched the few cracks in her palm, barely avoiding the always raw skin on her knuckles

She couldn't help but back at Kana form, who was working on the garden with Dad form seating patiently beside her. The gentle giant would sometimes nose at her face making her laugh and turn at him before petting him gently and returning to her own work.

It was a comforting cycle to look at.

Still frowning and with her teeth gritted, Danuja looked at them before looking down at the mixed solutions. The brown and yellow stains on the walls were almost as stubborn as the grimy floor from before but at last the cleaning solution she made Hitomi-san tell her how to make was making due.

White vinegar with warm water and baking soda was doing wonders to those walls. Now her only problem were the red-ish looking spots that at the very last she was at fault.

'' You know what?'' she said to herself getting up, patting her long dress from dust '' I'm just going to cover it up with a poster or something.'' she said before beginning to inspect the ceiling, nodding to herself when she found it in a good enough state.

With a relatively better mood, Danuja walked out of the room in the outdoor garden, looking at Kana working.

'' How it's going for you?'' she asked making Kana look at her before giving her a bright smile, showing off her work. By the looks of it, Kana already planted half of the seeds, her gloves muddy and excited smile

'' Should I plant them all?'' Kana asked chewing her lip before letting it go

'' Sure.'' Danuja said taking her eyes off Kana mouth before shrugging with a relaxed grin '' Why not? They should all bloom if you plant them.'' she said watching Kana cheeks redden, looking shyly at the ground

'' I never did this before though. Why would you thing they would all bloom or even grow up?'' Kana said despite already beginning to make work the soil again, adding a couple of seeds before pouring a cup of water and covering it back up

'' Because you planted them with care and love. Cause I saw you talking with those seeds and smiling at them. Of course they would grow.'' Danuja said gently enjoying the stare Kana give her. Somehow it felt quite different from any other look Kana give her before that. '' If you take care or something with all your heart there shouldn't be any motive for them to not bloom beautifully after.'' 

For a moment Kana was quite before chuckling softly, curling even further into a ball and hugging her knees while looking or more like peeking at Danuja with her amethyst like eyes.

'' You are right.'' she said softly, leaning her body on Danuja's and that was it. There weren't a lot of words spoken that day, somehow the softness of that scene following both of the girl as the day passed. 

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Danuja will never forget the look Kana give her that day.