Serendipity

Chapter 13 - Answers

Answers

Misaki stared into the eyes of Sakura. Then Shizuko. Silence filled the void in between them for what seemed like forever. Misaki's first instinct was to close the door and hide forever, which is what she did. She quickly stepped back, closed the door, and then leaned against it, hoping they'd just somehow disappear.

Misaki facepalmed herself. "Why didn't you look through the door before you opened it, stupid?" She whispered to herself. "Oh god, what are the chances that the women who helped the kids would be them?" She squeezed her eyes shut. "Out of all the millions of people who live in Takumisa, why would it be those two? I seriously need to talk about the twins about meeting strangers..." And then it hit her. The kids!

Creeeaaakkk! The door of the building slowly opened once again. Misaki peeped outside her door, only to see the same six faces staring at her. She avoided everyone's eyes and looked to the ground.

"Uhm, thank you for bringing my children home." She repeated. "Come on guys," she gestured for Hiku and Miku to come inside.

The confused children followed the directions given to them by their mother, and bowed to Shizuko and Sakura to show their gratitude. Misaki started to close the door, when the door wouldn't close any further. She pulled the door in as hard as she could.

"Ouch! Misakiiiiii! You're hurting my foot!"

Misaki looked down towards the floor, only to see Sakura's foot lodged in between the door and the frame.

"T-t-then take it out!" Misaki exclaimed, and then stopped. "I-I-I'm not Misaki either, I think you have the wrong person." She changed the pitch of her voice to sound very nasal.

"Open the door! We know it's you!" Sakura yelled back at Misaki. They were actually very loud. It was surprising that none of the neighbors came out to see the commotion. "S-S-Shizuko! Come help me!"

Shizuko, who was just staring at the whole thing playing in front of her, finally joined in. She took the door's handle and started pulling towards her, while Sakura was actually pulling the edge of the door.

"J-just let us talk to you," Sakura was breathing heavily now.

"What happened six years ago?" Shizuko asked. "Just let us in!"

"Nothing happened six years ago!" Misaki responded, struggling to close the door. "A-and I'm not Misaki!"

The children just watched the adults before them. It was pretty silly. Misaki had one foot on the door, and her hands on the handle of the door. Shizuko was basically in the same position. Sakura was trying to squeeze her body between the gap, hoping to enlarge it enough to be able to squeeze into the building.

Amused, all of the children started laughing. Miku laughed so hard that she was holding her stomach while rolling on the floor. Surprised at laughter, the adults soon stopped, and realized how silly they looked, and almost instantly almost started laughing along with the innocent kids, who don't really understand the situation.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Sakura swung the door open, and stared at Misaki. Amber eyes gleamed into her dark pink eyes. "Misaki..." Sakura jumped onto Misaki and started bawling in her arms.

Misaki, surprised at Sakura's sudden actions, started to pat her head instinctively. This action by Misaki, stopped Sakura's crying. She just stared up at Misaki.

"You're really Misaki." Shizuko joined the women before her, and gave Misaki a warm hug.

"We missed you!" Sakura added.