Masani looks at Riku, who was holding Momo, not entertaining Iso, answering Juni's question, drawing with Amane, and trying to clean with Yaku, but she refuses, and pats Mitsuri at the same time.
-Masani(thinking): {I used to be your hero, Riku…now I am just your audience…}
Flashback, 7 years ago.
Masani and his wife just got married, and they are at their new home.
-Masani: "That's weird. Why didn't your parents come to our wedding?"
-Masani's wife: "I prefer not to talk about this…"
-Masani: "Why is that?"
-Masani's wife: "You know how they are…they…aren't so supportive."
-Masani: "I see…even after already being married?"
-Masani's wife: "Unfortunately, yes…But I don't need their support, you are enough for me."
-Masani: "Aww….wanna make a baby?"
-Masani's wife: "Yes."
Nowadays, when their house floods.
Masani calls an Italian plumber.
-Plumber: "Ah, signore, your lavandino… eh, it's got some problema, you see? It's allagato very badly, molto male! You should wait… maybe uno o due giorni, si? Me? The first ore? I'll spend them… mangiare funghi. Capito?" (translate: "Ah, sir, your sink… well, it's got some issue, you see? It's flooded very badly, very badly! You should wait… maybe one or two days, yes? Me? The first hours? I'll spend them… eating mushrooms. Got it?")
-Masani: "That's bad, where should we spend the night?"
-Masani's wife: "I called my parents, they said I can stay with them."
-Masani: "You mean we?"
-Masani: "No, they said they didn't want you to come, and they only want me, so you should also take Mitsuri with you".
-Masani: "Ah…"
-Plumber: "Ma sì, ma sì, don't make the long face like that, signore mio! It's just a little… guaio with the water, you understand? Nothing a good idraulico like me can't fix with a bacio of a wrench! Think of it as… an unexpected indoor lago! We'll have it asciutto in no time, and you'll forget all about this little casino. Dai, cheer up!"
-Masani: "Thanks for the cheer, mysterious Italian plumber, but…i think I need to connect with someone else I haven't in a long time."
Masani goes to talk to Mitsuri.
-Masani: "Hey dear, take your things."
-Mitsuri: "Where are we going, Dad?"
-Masani: "We're going to your uncle Riku."
Currently at Riku's apartment.
-Riku: "Yeah, you too can stay the night."
-Masani: "Isn't it already too much with the kids? Do you even have enough futons?"
-Riku: "Of course I do, I don't recall how much I have, but I did win them during an event a few years ago."
-Masani(thinking): {Does that even exist?!}
Meanwhile, the kids and Mitsuri.
-Iso: "Hey Mitsuri, what's your age again?"
-Mitsuri: "I am 6 years old."
-Iso: "Oh, so we are peers!"
-Amane: "Do you like to draw Mitsuri?"
-Mitsuri: "I do draw sometime but not a lot."
-Amane: "Then you're lucky to be standing in front of Amane! I can mentor you if you want."
-Mitsuri: "Thanks, but I'll pass."
-Juni: "Hey Mitsuri, do you watch anime?"
-Mitsuri: "Yeah, sometimes."
-Juni: "Then have you watched Berserk? or devilmancry? Or Uzumaki?"
-Mitsuri: "…not those kind."
-Yaku: "hey you guys leave her alone."
-Mitsuri: "oh no no, they aren't bothering me or something."
-Yaku: "yeah, they are bothering me, come with me instead."
Yaku takes Mitsuri to the kitchen.
-Yaku: "do you know how to cook?"
-Mitsuri: "how am I supposed to know cooking at 6?"
-Yaku: "Right, this book does have some logic after all."
-Riku: "Everybody! It's almost bedtime!"
Everybody went to Riku's room as all the kids sleep in his bed while Riku lies on a futon beside it.
-Masani: "You sleep here?"
-Riku: "gotta make the children confortable."
-Masani(smile): "you don't got that face of 'Nah I won't have kids anymore'."
-Riku: "I still didn't ask about this but yeah, I guess you are right."
Everyone sleeps.
End of chapter.