Purity Online - The World For The Fallens
Day 63: Cuisine of Memories (Part 9)
"Well!! It's beautiful!!" Iruna smiled happily as she stared at the colorful paper decorations that were stuck all over the side of the family room wall. On one side of the wall, hung a used whiteboard that read: 'Congratulations on your graduation.'
"Yes, right? I deliberately woke up early to make all this, you know," Otomura said with a happy grin.
"Yes!!" Iruna nodded her head cheerfully. "Thank you very much, brother."
"By the way, where's this whiteboard from?"
"Ah, I found it in the barn. Because I think it fits into this show, I just clean it up and I put it on."
"Why? You don't think I hacked into the school to help the blackboard, do you?" Otomura chuckled softly.
"Of course not" said Iruna while laughing. "Where might big brother do such an unworthy thing."
"Well, let's hurry to the dining room. The food will be cold."
"Good."
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In the dining room.
"Well, it looks good!!!" Iruna's saliva dripped. Both of his eyes were full of happiness. His appetite soon rose as he looked at the dishes presented before him. "All this is the brother who cooks?"
"Yes" Otomura said.
"Does this not include waste?"
"Haha. Eating good sometimes, doesn't matter. Just don't be so often."
"Ah. Wait, yeah. I'll take the special menu first."
"Eh? Special menu?" Both Iruna's eyebrows were linked.
Otomura left the dining table for a moment, then returned a while later with a plate in his hand. He then placed the plate on the table.
"Aah?!" Iruna's eyes widened when she saw the food on the plate. His golden eyes glazed over. Slowly, tears flowed down his cheeks, dripping down to splash on the surface of the dish. This is no ordinary cooking. This dish contains memories. A very precious memory. A priceless treasure.
Time starts to turn back. Memories from the past began to be projected in Iruna's mind. A memory of when both parents were alive. The times when his destiny was not as bitter as now.
"Well? Everything sakura shaped?"
"Great mom!!"
"Well, well, please eat."
"Ottomura ...!!"
"Eh, ba-baiikk!!"
"Hahaha, it's the same turn mom sister is scared."
"Shut up, shit!"
Iruna silently stared. His face was covered with shadows.
"It's a Japanese hamburger, but this shape .... The shape of this cherry blossom ...."
Yeah, the girl's guess is right. Not wrong anymore. It was a sakura hamburger that was often made by his mother when spring arrived. The appearance is exactly the same. This is no ordinary cooking. Millions of memories are in it.
Slowly, Iruna's tiny hands grabbed the spoon and fork. Next to the hamburger, then put the piece of hamburger that was on the spoon into his mouth. His eyes widened once again. Not only the appearance, even the taste is exactly the same. The distinctive taste of her biological mother's cooking melted on Iruna's small tongue, filling her heart with a nostalgic impression.
"Lezat ...," he said in a soft voice. A fragrant smile began to be etched on his face even though his tears were still sagging.
"Hey, brother."
"Yes." Yeah."
"Thank you."
"Yes ..., same ...."
Otomura smiled happily. Past memories also began to spin in his brain. Memory that arises when he found the recipe sakura hamburger from the relics of his mother. Behind the recipe, a message was written. A message that will touch the heart of anyone who reads it.
'To Otomura my dear eldest son.
Hey, Otomura. Mother wrote this with a painful struggle in the midst of the mother's harsh pain. I want to say, even if your mother and father cannot survive this disease, please continue to trail you. Make this sakura hamburger according to the steps in the recipe every spring to arrive so you do not forget us. Perhaps it could also encourage your sister, Iruna, to recover from her paralysis. Remember, don't spend it alone like you used to do, yeah. Haha. Joking. Mother's eldest son is an adult now, where maybe you do something like that.
Otomural. You are the firstborn of a strong mother and the most proud mother. You will be the backbone of this little family. Please take care of Iruna. Mom's counting on you. I am sorry for carrying this heavy burden on you.
Mother loves you.
- From your mother who loved you so much.'
Tears also began to flow through Otomura's face. "Calm down, ma'am. I will always take care of and protect my dear sister," she said.
"Because he .. is our family treasure ...."
To be continued