Pitter-patter, pitter-patter…
“It’s raining huh?”
On a spacious residential house, at the veranda, lies a young man in his mid-twenties, sitting in a rocking chair. He was holding a hot cup of tea in his hands as he quietly looked at the rain outside.
While he was enjoying his hot cup of tea while simultaneously enjoying the scenery, the door behind him made a creaking sound, signifying someone opened it.
Creak.
“Brother.”
The door opened and revealed a little girl.
The young man in the rocking chair turned his head around. It was his little sister, who was about nine years old.
“Hm? What’s up?” He said with a warm smile.
“What are you doing?” asked the little sister.
“Nothing, just enjoying the view. Do you want to join me?” the young man asked while smiling.
The little sister contemplated for a while before nodding her head.
She neared towards the young man, proceeded to climb towards his lap, and sat down to it. She huddled in her brother’s warm embrace.
They both watched the rain outside the veranda peacefully with a warm cup of tea.
***
The next day.
“Yuna, wake up, you’re gonna be late for school.” Laden shook Yuna as he woke her up.
“Five more minutes…”
“No, you’re gonna be late, so wake up. I’ve already prepared breakfast, so let’s come out and eat.”
“Ugh… five more minutes…”
“…”
After a series of waking her up, she finally woke up.
“Rinse your mouth first.”
“Ok…” Yuna said while still half-asleep.
While Yuna was rinsing her mouth in the bathroom, Laden headed towards the dining area and waited for her to come.
“Brother, I’m done.”
“Ok, now eat. I’ve prepared your favorite breakfast.” Said Laden with a smile.
“Woahh!!!”
Yuna took a big portion of every dish and took a bite.
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“Delicious!!!”
“I’m glad you like it.” Laden looked at Yuna with a big grin on his face, satisfied by her reaction.
He patted her head as he continued watching his little sister eat with gusto.
After a while, Yuna finished her food and cleaned the entire plate, not even a speck left, totally shiny.
“Go brush your teeth now and take a shower.”
“Ok!”
Yuna got down from her chair and strided towards the bathroom.
While Yuna was brushing her teeth and taking a shower, Laden got up to clean the table and stacked the dirty plates to the sink.
He started washing the dirty plates in the sink. It did not take long for him to finish washing the dishes for it was only a small amount.
After he took care of the dirty dishes and placed them on their respective racks, he then headed towards the living room where Yuna’s uniform was neatly folded and was put on the couch.
His eyes then darted to the corner of the room where the ironing board was folded and placed at. He walked towards it and grabbed it, placed it near the couch, and proceeded to unfold it.
After unfolding the ironing board, he took out a box that contained the steam iron that he uses frequently from the top shelf of the living room, unboxed the box that contained the steam iron, took it out and placed it on the ironing board. He took out a plug from the box, plugged the steam iron, and lastly, plugged it into the outlet.
Before he turned on the steam iron, he first grabbed a pitcher containing water and poured it into the top opening of the steam iron. After he finished all of those procedures, he finally turned it on.
After letting it heat up for a few minutes, he checked to see if it works by using it on a towel placed as a mat for the ironing board.
After confirming that it works and can now be used, he took out Yuna’s uniform from the couch, unfolded it, and placed it neatly on the ironing board. After that, he started ironing all of Yuna’s uniform at a steady pace.
By the time he finished ironing all of Yuna’s uniform and hung them in Yuna’s cabinet, Yuna had already finished showering.
“Brother, I’ve finished showering!” Yuna said with a huge smile.
“Good job, now go wear your clothes and tidy up.” Laden patted his sister.
“Ok!”
Laden quietly left his little sister's room and started preparing her bag.
He packed his little sister’s bag with five towels, two shirts, wipes, pencil case, a bottle of water, an umbrella, a fan, and other more necessary stuff needed for her school life to be comfortable.
He also put her favorite snacks for her to enjoy in recess or every other time. And lastly, he put her lunch box inside her bag.
After he was done with all of that, he looked at the bag with a sense of proudness. Although, it seemed that the bag looked overly stuffed… Because it truly was.
Yuna came out of her room, looking entirely refreshed and ready.
“Are you ready for school?” Asked Laden.
“Yeah, I’m ready!!” Yuna shouted with excitement.
“Ok, let’s go. Go get your bag and other necessary stuff you need.”
“Mhm!” Yuna nodded. She went off towards the couch and grabbed her bag.
“Huh? Weird. Why is my bag kinda stuffed? Oh well!” She shook off that thought and went towards the exit door.
“Did you get them all? Are you sure you didn’t forget anything?” Asked Laden.
“Nope, not at all! Let’s go!!” Said Yuna cheerily.
“Ok.” Said Laden with a smile.
The two of them left the house. Laden locked it from the outside before they completely left the house to go to Yuna’s school. They went to the parking space near their house and got inside their car.
A few minutes later…
They have arrived at the school.
Yuna grabbed her bag as she made her way out of the car.
“I’ll be going then!” Said Yuna with a grin.
“Ok. See you!” Laden bid her goodbye.
Yuna closed the door of the car.
After Yuna got out of the car, Laden didn’t directly leave as he looked at Yuna for a few moments. It was only when Yuna disappeared out of his sight did he remember that he actually forgot to give Yuna her lunch money.
“Ah! I didn’t give her today’s allowance!!” Laden exclaimed.
“Well… but first, I have to park this car.” Laden remarked as he noticed that he actually caused quite a traffic in the school campus.