Today was October 30th. Our daughter's birthday. It's been a whole year since she was born. Although it seems to me that only a month has passed at most. It's really been a difficult year, but my husband and I have done a great job.
By the way, I was holding my beloved baby in my arms right now. She was looking with interest at the burning flame of a candle standing in a small cake.
It was a delicious strawberry cake that I would like to try. Kiyotaka said that he would also like to taste this delicacy with me.
I would also like to offer at least a small piece of this cake to our girl, but I don't think that's a good idea. It is better not to load her young body with such delicious, but still not very useful things.
– Aaaw!
Hikari reached for the burning flame that attracted her attention, but I didn't give her a chance to get close to this flame. Even if a burning fire is really able to fascinate your eyes, it is still a very dangerous phenomenon.
I was just gently keeping my daughter out of any possible danger. But, after all, it was her first birthday, which we are celebrating now. Kiyotaka even took a day off today for the sake of our daughter.
He said it wouldn't affect his position at work in any way, so there shouldn't be any problems, but I still tried to persuade him not to do it. Although in the end I am very glad that he stayed at home today, and we can celebrate Hikari's birthday with the whole family.
– I'm back.
Kiyotaka also came from the street now, holding several boxes in his hands. One or two were definitely from my parents, who could not come today due to heavy traffic jams. But they sent us these gifts by mail, which still pleased me. That's just why my husband has almost ten boxes on his hands???
– Can I help you??
I was already trying to get up to help my beloved husband, but he quickly put all the boxes in the corner of the room and straightened his back, pretending to be an old man.
- Don't worry, it's all right.
It looks like he managed without my help after all. And how did he manage to carry so many boxes of different sizes at the same time? Of course, I know that Kiyotaka is strong, but...
– Baka, I wanted to help you.
– Yes, I love you too, honey.
He completely ignored my words. I even imperceptibly puffed out my cheeks because of all this. My husband is so unapproachable when he needs explicit help! Why can't he just ask me to give him some support?? I just want to help...
– Auuwa!!
My daughter, being in my arms, started poking her little fingers into my cheek. I think she thought it was funny how I puffed out my cheeks out of indignation. Well, at least someone among us is smiling from this situation. I hugged this little embodiment of happiness and kept her warm with me.
In fact, that my husband, that our daughter, they are so lucky. They have birthdays right before Halloween. And my birthday won't be until the end of January. I'm very jealous.
– See, while you're sulking, Hikari is having fun.
Kiyotaka sat down next to me and gently kissed me on the cheek. His lips only touched my cheek for a second, but I felt a very strong rush of warmth both during this kiss and after.
– Uuaa!
Now Hikari started pulling her little hands towards her father. Kiyotaka took over our daughter from me without any problems, and now he was holding her in his arms. I felt a smell that I didn't want to feel.
– Eh?
I looked at the candle, which had almost burned out its own, which was why the cake on which it was standing was in danger. I immediately inhaled more air and extinguished the candle with a powerful exhalation. It's very easy to distract me from something important, isn't it? In any case, it's good that the cake remained in order.
I looked at my husband, he looked at me. I looked at our daughter, he looked at her too. The two of us looked at the cake.
– Kiyotaka, do you want a piece of cake?
– Sure, why not?
I decided it was better for us to eat some cake instead of doing something weird. In the end, we even decided today not only to celebrate our daughter's birthday, but also my husband's birthday, since the difference between them was only ten calendar days.
Anyway, I gave him a quarter of a strawberry cake, but there was something else. He still held our dear sunshine in his arms. Maybe I should feed him? For some reason, a faint smile appeared on my face.
- Why are you smiling so smug??
– Because I love you.
Or maybe my smile was much more pronounced than I thought. In any case, I used a small teaspoon to scoop up a small piece of cake and bring this sweetness to my husband's mouth.
He looked at me in surprise, but he had no other choice. He had to eat the sweetness I offered, after which I again scooped up a piece of cake on a spoon, then to feed it all to Kiyotaka.
Still, this piece of cake ran out pretty quickly.
– Auuw!
Okay, now our daughter wants to eat cake. I knew it would happen as soon as Kiyotaka ate it, but still I wanted to believe that everything would be fine. Unfortunately, I couldn't let my daughter eat this sweet for obvious reasons. Well, it can't be helped.
– Meow.
After all, I'm a good mom, right? More precisely, I think I can be a good mother. At least I really try to follow the different rules from the training books. Perhaps I should repeat some points of these rules before going to bed? Still, it's not easy to follow a child.
– Meow!
– Aau!
But still, living in a full-fledged family is really exciting. Of course, it can be difficult from time to time, but I'm really glad to have such a life. My husband, our daughter, our cat, I really love them all!
- Mauw!
– Meow?
To be honest, I couldn't help but smile because of these thoughts. It's really good when your happiness is always with you.
– Meow.
– Ow!
– Hm?
I noticed that my cat appeared here. She was walking on the floor now, which attracted Hikari's gaze. Thank God she came to help us. Thanks to Ice, our daughter was distracted from the delicious cake.
Wait... Why does our cat have part of the fur on her back and neck not white, but pink? Why does she leave pink pawprints when she walks on the floor?? What's happening???
– Kiyotaka, what's going on?
I decided to ask my husband about this, hoping that he would give me a reasonable explanation of the situation. Maybe I just fell asleep? Is this all a dream??
– Cake.
– A cake?
I looked at the cake and noticed that it was not in the place where this delicacy should have been. More precisely, the cake was in place, but something was wrong with it. I mean, the cake was literally crushed by someone. It feels like someone has been rolling around in this cake. Wait...
– Ice!!
– MEOW!!!
She immediately fled the room, leaving more pink pawprints behind her. All this pink shade appeared because of strawberry cream. Ice literally bathed in our cake!
Against the background of this whole situation, Hikari started laughing. Yeah, she's laughing now, but I'm not laughing. Stop. Why didn't Kiyotaka do anything??
- Kiyotaka, why didn't you stop her earlier?!
– I'm sorry, I was carried away by your beautiful smile.
– Ah...
No! My heart! Why are just these simple words enough to make my fragile heart start dancing?? Oh my God, Kiyotaka... I love him, but sometimes he behaves so strangely and stupidly!
– Beee! Baka...
I stuck my tongue out at him, showing my disappointment. But our daughter only laughed harder because of this.
- Don't worry, Hiyori. I'll clean it up soon.
But still, he is very responsible. Still, I love him, but he really needs to monitor the situation around him better.