Little Kind Heart

September 9th

Saturday had finally arrived, somehow I had managed to survive a week without being discovered at school, using the excuse that I'm not feeling well is hard to believe when it's used so often, people will think that I'm really sick. But speaking of being unwell I notice something strange as soon as I get out of bed, my body looks quite different than usual, a bottle on the floor seems to be the clue left by the culprit, I immediately take it and go downstairs to find him.

"Alright "
"Which one of you was the funny one who put red syrup inside me!?"
"Because I'm going to kill him and bury him but in the wrong order!"
"Go ahead, I'm not going to make assumptions, but you better go tell me at once why you did it Maria!"

"!!!!"
"And how do you know it was me!?"

"Because you asked me to go buy it yesterday, you idiot!"

"....."
"Well, yes, it was me, but I just wanted to see what was going on."
"And look, now you're purple!"

"I don't care about purple!"
"I want my cute blue color back, moron!"
"And what if it doesn't come off!?"

"It does not dilute in water?"
"You just need absorb more water until you get back to your original color and that's all."

"Oh, right, because you're not the one blowing up like a balloon."

"So what, you didn't like big boobs?"
"Isn't that why you have those big bulges?"
"Tell me, are they heavy?"
"Your slime hands don't even reach below your breasts anymore."

"And what do you think will happen if I absorb more water, where am I going to put the excess?"
"The Maid outfit they gave me is already tighter than before, I can't grow any bigger if I want to keep working in the cafeteria."
"I'll have to throw the excess out in the bathroom."

"Wait, you still use the bathroom?"

"Well yes, even though my body no longer produces any waste, I'm still going to throw away the water excess."
"I'm not going to dedicate myself to just absorbing and that's it."
"I don't want to become just a ball that grows endlessly."

"Well, that makes sense."
"But now I have a new question, do you eject slime packets or do you just dump water?"
"Is it contaminated?"

"Of course yes, it is made from water, and mind your own business."

As I was talking to my sister a small creature came flying under the stairs directly towards me, no matter that I was talking she stood just a couple of inches away from my face. It was Tifa, with a face that seemed to suggest she was angry for some reason.

"Hey, unicellular being"
"I want my date today"

"Unicellular?"
"If I am a  single cell, then you are just a plant with wings."
"You were born from a tree!"

"I don't care, I want my date anyway."

"????"
"Does it really have to be today?"

"Yes, I want it to be today!"
"Are you going to keep me waiting forever?"
"The other girls are waiting for our date so we can start all over again."
"Or are you going to leave them all behind?"

"No, no, nothing like that."
"I'm just saying, out of the blue, today?"
"I don't really have any idea what to do with a date with a little fairy if I am being honest."
"Why don't we put it off until next week, so I can look for something we can do."

"NO!"
"I don't want that, I want it to be today!"
"I want it to be now"

"Okay, okay, all right."
"Give me a moment while I change and get ready to leave."

I went back upstairs to change my form to that of a fox girl and put on some clothes to go out. I had thought that Tifa would probably like to hold my hands, but since we can't do that because of her size, I thought I could do the next best thing, have her hide in my jacket and be on my shoulder during the day, I just hope it's not too hot. While I was getting ready I also hurriedly checked my cell phone trying to find things to do or get ideas, but it turns out it's not easy to look up tips on dating little fairies on the internet.

After breakfast I went out with Tifa to walk and spend the day as well as possible, I hope, although the chances that I would do something similar to Lisa last time should be null. Looking for something that could interest her, I found that near our house was the Mukojima-Hyakkaen Gardens. Apparently, it was a historic garden, created in 1800, with the design of the thousand flowers in mind. The place is quite peaceful in the middle of a busy city like this.

Since Tifa was someone who was interested in plants, I thought she might like that place, but since there were so many people she couldn't fly out, so I tried to look up some of the plants on the internet and told her about them as we saw the specimen in front of us. She asked some questions such as whether they were edible or the climate in which they usually thrive, she seemed to be interested in the ones that were more adaptable to new environments. 

But even though we were on what was clearly her favorite topic, she seemed to be quite distracted, forgetting things and wondering about things she had just said, I thought she was probably just nervous about being away from home and with so many big people around. So I thought maybe she would like a more private and cozy place, maybe go to eat at a restaurant or something, but again with Tifa being a fairy, meant we couldn't use just any place, but trying to improvise what to do, I found the perfect idea, a karaoke room. Since in Japan they are private little rooms that can be rented for a while, no one will bother us and Tifa can walk around the room freely, and since they also include food, we could eat something in private.

Neither of us were good at singing, in fact I didn't even like it, but I wasn't afraid to make a fool of myself in exchange for a couple of good memories. Tifa seemed to like the quiet or emotional songs while I was the genius who sang the phrase around the world 144 times in a row. As for the food, they were not complicated dishes, for the most part they were all easy to eat with one hand, appetizers to eat a few at a time while singing, it was perfect for someone who used to eat in small portions like Tifa, although for some reason they ended up with several empty plates in the end.

When we left it was already dark, but Tifa insisted that she still didn't want to go back, she didn't want to end our date up like that, so again walking around looking for something to do, we passed by a store that sold various things, among them several sets of small fireworks, so I thought about buying some and light them in the Higashishirahige Park near the river because it was much bigger and with fewer people. The fairy liked the colors that the fire and the powder were able to make. At one point she even wanted to light one herself, but I told her not to because I was afraid she would get hurt.

After the fireworks were over, we sat on a bench to watch the stars, or so the idea was, for I had forgotten how bright the city of Tokyo was, so the night sky had been replaced by lights on buildings everywhere. Although the fairy insisted on staying still, then she started talking about something else out of nowhere.

"Be honest with me, tell me what do you really think about me?"
"How do you see me? as a normal person?"
"Or as a pet?"

"????"
"Like right here? now?"

"Just answer."

"Well, what do you want me to say?"
"Of course I see you as a normal person."

"Really? Are you sure?"
"Even though I'm so small?"

"That has nothing to do with it."
"Look, if I close my eyes right now and you do too, but we're still talking."
"Does it make any difference that we're different sizes?"

"Is that so?"
"Then tell me why you rescued me that day."

"Well, that day I simply rescued someone who needed help."
"She was pretty cute even though she was scared to death, and by the time I realized it, I was on my way to help her."

"So if my size doesn't matter to you....."
"How do I stand out? Why do you have me with you?"
"You only have me because I'm a little walking doll, right?"

"What weird questions are you asking today...."
"Your size is just a plus, I like the way you look, I like the concept that I am close to someone who is tiny and fragile, but who still trusts me."
"Yes, that's right, I like the idea of having a little doll walking next to me right now."
"...."
"As for the one you highlights?...."
"Well, I don't think that's important, you help as much as you can despite the difficulties you have."
"That's enough"

"But that's not what I'm talking about."
"I mean, Tamamo knows about magic and fighting, Lisa spends her time protecting your mother, Momo helps to repair almost everything, the twins can use the computers."
"Even Levia can help when it comes to swimming."
"...."
"What am I contributing? Nothing! why yo whant to have a little fairy as one of your wifes?"

"Oh, come on, it's not about contributing to something big!"
"You're always there to help others, whether it's the little things, like passing the salt when you're still cooking."
"Or like when you went to that dream world to help me."
"Do you think I forgot you were there? That was a pretty big deal to me, the fact that you were there at that moment."

"......"
"Yeah, that sounds exactly like you."
"That's why I like you, the fact that you treat me like everyone else despite my size, like a normal girl."
"I also know that you love me, and that's why I love knowing that I have a big person protecting me all the time, someone who is looking out for me all for myself."
"I know there are others out there too, but I would never have met them if it wasn't for you giving me a chance that day."
"But being with you, just like right now, is how I feel more secure than ever in my life."
"...."
"I know I can't control the fact that I'm only 15 centimeters tall, but the fact that you just takes me into account means a lot to me."
"....."
"You guys listen to me more than my parents do."
"...."
"Sometimes I feel like being with you guys is like what is being with my real family."
"....."
"With you, your mother, your sister, as weird as it sounds the other girls too."
"....."
"Hell, even Kazumi and Charlotte, I really feel like they are my daughters even though they are not living beings or much taller than me, one of their so-called mothers."
"The way they listen to me and pay attention to me even though technically they could end up with me so easily."
"....."
"I really feel appreciated, in a family that really cares about me as insignificant as I am, you all believe that I am capable of doing great things like you"

"Tifa...."

"Sorry...."
"...."
"I lied to you about wanting our date today."
"I just wouldn't want to feel abandoned."
"....."
"The truth is that I had a dream today where I was back home, back in the Fairy Kingdom, but when I went into my house and see my parents, I wanted to introduce you to them, but you were nowhere to be seen."
"And of course, only fairies were supposed to be allowed in."
"So I went out to look for you, even leaving aside my father's warnings."
"....."
"And by the time I found you and we got back to my home"
"....."
"Sin... sin... sin... since no one was there"
"...."
"The place was empty and abandoned"
"...."
"The place had been destroyed by humans when I came out to look for you, but you had left because you were bored of having a fairy as a wife."
"....."
"And my parents were gone, nowhere to be found, no matter how hard I looked for them."

"....."
"I would never leave you Tifa"
"...."
"You are really important to me"
"...."
"Even if you think you can't contribute much, you really do."
"...."
"The simple fact that you are still with me after how crazy and meaningless my life is, the fact that you are still here after watching me make a fool of myself while I was in the hospital"
"..."
"I really appreciate your patience with me, even knowing my weird tastes."
"...."
"The fact that you are just now listening to me talk, is a great pleasure for me to know that I have someone by my side in spite of the problems."

"Thank you, Cesar"
"I feel that I have been wanting to hear that for a long time without knowing it."
"...."
"Although I feel I have no right to be so loved, knowing what the other fairies go through in that horrible world."
"...."
"I really want to help them! I want them to have a chance to live a peaceful life like this one of mine"
"That's why I was researching ways to bring food for everyone, and that's how I ended up kidnapped."
"But now I feel like I can't do anything besides knowing that they are suffering in some  other place."
"...."
"It is so unfair."

Tifa am I spent a little more time, looking at the river, trying to enjoy the moment. I also feel bad for the others fairies from her hometown, I wanted to help them, but with us don't even knowing were there are living, was almost impossible, all I can do is hope they are okay on that unfair world.