116 'Yours' Is Better

After they went out of the bathroom. Tereza felt sore all around the body. She had a difficulty to stand up, so Han helped her dress up and carried her outside. It had been one hour they were inside.

Meanwhile, Ringo was pouting while glaring to his parents who came down from upstairs. He had been waiting for them to arrive but they never show up not until he finished his meal.

He pursed his lips. Ringo didn't want to see his parents face. Hmph!

He stopped sulking when suddenly he saw one of Han's subordinates, Ta, arrived and went to Han side. He heard him saying, "Sir, the pandas have arrived. We already hired the caretaker for it. Should we process moving the two pets?"

Han nodded slightly, "Take them to the new cage which had been built." Ta saluted him and strode outside to take care of the new baby pandas.

Ringo's eyes were gleaming. He laughed and pound his little hand to his baby table. "Beary! Beary!"

Tereza looked at his excited son and said, "Ringo! You'll see your new beary today! Come let mommy hold you." She jumped from Han's back and strode her legs to Ringo. She picked him and brought to her chest. Tereza looked at her husband and said, "Let's go! I want to see the pandas!"

She was agitated too, while Han could only show his helpless smiled.

Didn't she say her body was hurt?

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They went to the panda cage behind Tereza's garden. It was close to his private forest. They arrived after following the paved road. Bamboo trees were being planted everywhere on the field. It was for their playground when the pandas have grown enough.

The pandas caretaker greeted the couple and son. He introduced himself, his name was Li Xu. An old man with a skinny figure. He guided them inside the room to see the panda cubs. When they saw it, Tereza and Ringo were awestruck!

So cute kyaaa!

One of the pandas were sitting and rolling their chubby body in their cage while the other one was sleeping. Tereza placed Ringo to Han's hands. She took one of the pandas and held it tightly. "Ahh, oh my gosh. Why it's so cute!" Tereza played with the pandas. Ignoring the son and the husband.

"Mauma!"

Tereza looked at her son, she asked him. "Do you want to play with them too?" Ringo nodded. "Alright, but you must be gentle. They're still a baby."

Ringo reached his little hand to brush the panda's fur. He couldn't help to giggle. "Beary! Beary!" Han watched at his wife and son. They forgot about him again, didn't they?

Tereza turned her head to look at Han. Han wore his blank face and didn't say anything. He noticed his wife gaze. He heard her asking him, "Do you want to touch it too? If you want, give Ringo to the nanny for a second. Then come here."

Han was surprised, she finally noticed his present now. He followed her advice and then grabbed the other panda cub who was sleeping soundly. Gently he held the panda cub, he wanted to complain what this panda had been eating? It was quite heavy. Han looked at the gender of the panda. It was a female. So this was the wife while the one Tereza held was the husband.

"How is it? So cute, right?" Tereza waited for Han's reaction. She expected him to like the squishy panda.

Han heard her questioning him. He looked down to the panda. But he didn't feel anything special about it. Sure, it was cute. But he didn't care. He didn't know when he particularly didn't like anything related to a bear. These pandas were his wife and son requested.

If it was him, he never even think to raise bear in the house. He just wanted to be a good husband and father. Glancing at her, he answered indifferently, "Normal. 'Yours' is better."

She squinted her eyes, "Ringo?" She answered confusedly. 'Yours' what did he mean? If it was Ringo, she knew his son cuteness. There was no false from that.

Han gazed at a certain area on her body. Tereza looked at his profane gaze. She furrowed her eyebrows and turn her body, blocking his sight. "Han..." She grumbled.

He shrugged from her responded. He looked at the sleeping panda on his arms. 'This little one will be a hindrance to them again in the future.' He thought of the possibility.

After that, he put the panda cub back in her cage, when abruptly he felt something warm on his shirt. The sleeping panda was pooping. Tereza took a step back away from Han.

She noticed the smell and looked at his direction. "It looks like she likes you." Tereza chortled.

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Aghhhh!

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Sunday morning.

It was sunny today, but the air felt cold outside. Han wore his chestnut scarf which matched with the color of Tereza clothes. Han took Tereza to his family grave. He wanted to visit his deceased grandparent's today. Tereza followed him up the hill. She could see a lot of graves around. She brought flowers from her garden and incenses, while Han brought a sake bottle and water to clean the tombs.

They stood in front of their tombs. Han began to scrub it while Tereza helped him to clear up the place. After they finished, Tereza compiled the things which she brought and placed them in front of it. Han lit the incenses.

They both prayed for the dead and silence for a moment.

He opened his eyes and stood up from the ground. He took the wooden bucket and left the place. He didn't say anything along the way, the same when they arrived there. In the end, Tereza who broke the silence. She asked him worriedly, "Are you alright?"

He startled and glanced down. He knew the meaning of her question. He said, "I'm fine. As I said, it's alright now. As long as I have you, I'm fine."

Tereza blushed from his embarrassing statement. She held his right hand tightly. She said wonderingly, "You didn't hate your grandmother, right?"

He fell silent for a while before answering, "No. I should feel grateful. If it's not for her, I will not meet you right now."

"Explain more."

He elaborated, "Think about it. If I don't have a double personality at that time, I may have spent my forty years being CEO of Asuzawa Group only. I would not enter the military school, as you know the old me was disliking the military stuff, I would never meet the people I can trust today, I may become a snotty little heir which only know to play around. It was possible you know. But, then again, my past is the one who makes me today. So, I don't regret it Tereza. Yes, I know it sometimes brought bad memories to me, but it was not until I met you."

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"I told you already right? But hey, let me tell you once again." He halted his feet. He gazed at her deeply, "Thank you for bringing sunshine in my life." He stated while showing his warm smile to her. Tereza looked at him and couldn't help to lean closer to his body.

She tiptoed and kissed his moist lips. Her heart was tickling. Han grabbed her shoulder as they went down the hill. She muttered, "I should be the one who says 'thank you' for this entire time."

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Tring!

Tereza reminder rang. [12/10/20XX: Important family gathering, seeing grandfather for the first time.]