Greta stared at the cake sitting in the center of one of two dining-room tables (at one point with over 18 people in the family household (now considerably less than that), the family needed two eight seat tables). It was the day when she would take a big step in life, gathering up responsibility and maturity to become a productive young adult.
She still wasn't sure what to make of all this, after all, she had been through one heck of an upheaval, losing her dad, her mother and her moving into the Chikamori household. And then becoming engaged to Braden. What a whirlwind of events. She had to look at Haruo in order to be reassured that it was alright, that the cake candles were hers to blow out. He nodded to her and said, "Go ahead...Greta, it's your day..."
She nodded gratefully and proceeded to blow out the candles.
It certainly felt great thought Greta as she grabbed herself a piece of cake. It certainly doesn't seem any different, but I guess I'm taller and well...I guess I'll get the hang of young adulthood as I go along.
Everyone got a chance to partake in the birthday cake, as they grabbed a slice and then a seat.
...and then it was back to the daily grind of daily tasks.
Brianna went down to play pool with Aidan and Alanna. After all, the pool table was fun and improved her accuracy in sinking pool balls with the cue stick. Brianna broke and sunk three right from the start, then lined up a string of sinks which caused Braden to go, "Wow...Bri...you ever gonna let the rest of us play?" grinning, letting her know that it was a joke.
"Maybe..." retorted Brianna with a winsome smirk. "I might let you two have a few balls to sink...if I don't sink them all."
Alanna rolled her eyes and Aidan grinned as Brianna finally missed a shot, "Gee, thanks for letting us plebians play...Bri."
"You're welcome..." Brianna quipped. "What can I say..."
First Yasunobu fixed the computer that was broken in their room and secondly he went out to the greenhouse and revived the deathflower plant, for yet another harvest.
Afterwards, he headed downtown to go sort and sell some of his vegetables, keeping the perfect ones to form the basis of a new stockpile of perfect plants to be able to plant in the ground.
Haruo and Yasunobu returned from doing the same task (sorting and selling vegetables and fruits), And Haruo had to start cooking.
After all, restocking the fridge meant a lot of time in the kitchen and Haruo couldn't let the family starve, could he?
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