The Heir's Naughty Twins
10. Wounded

"If I show off Haha-ue, she'll cry! Right, Yuje-nii?"

"of course. Her mother she's not as good as Haha-ue."

Hestia chuckles amusedly. "You're making Mama worry. Don't let Mama fight with Hina's mom for comparing us, okay?"

"Haiy!" Yuveria laughed again. "But Haha-ue will be with us on her birthday, right?"

"Of course." Hestia sighed later. "Only, can Mama ask permission for two days? Actually Uncle who works with Mama asked for a new boat for fishing later this summer. Mama seems to have to go fast in order to stay with you on your birthday. Can Mama leave you guys for a minute?"

Yujerian and Yuveria compactly replied, "Of course."

They are used to being left for two days. Of course not left alone. Sometimes they stay at the neighbor's house, sometimes even Yujerian's big friends stay here.

If it was only a day and two days, there would be no problem.

After eating, Yujerian quickly asked his mother to rest. He invites Yuveria to clean the dirty dishes, even though his sister who has been dressed to sleep is sleepy wearing a sleeping hat.

Yuveria could not sleep if there was no Yujerian in her futon.

"Yuje-nii."

"Hm?"

"Is Haha-ue's medicine okay?"

Yujerian flinched, somewhat forgetting about it.

After cleaning the bowl and glass, Yujerian immediately pulled his sister into the room beside Hestia's bed, a place that was also sometimes used as a work space.

Yujerian scavenged the contents of his mother's bag. Finding it turns out that the Hestia medicine tube has indeed been reduced drastically.

Enough for two days, but must be added just in case.

"Haha-ue seems to be taking a lot more drugs." Yujerian showed his sister that he would not be satisfied unless he saw for himself. "I'll have Shin-niisan buy it tomorrow."

Yuveria tilted her face. He was sleepy but still had the awareness to ask. "Is Haha-ue still injured?"

That question made Yujerian speechless.

Their mother had something that was not told to them.

Both of them knew it without Hestia's knowledge because ... Hestia unconsciously showed it herself.

...*...

At midnight, Yujerian woke up from his sleep. Not to go to the bathroom or to the kitchen for a drink.

He shifted the door of his room and Yuveria, out stepping her little legs towards the origin of the sound.

In Yujerian's hand was a blanket, not for him to use but rather.

By the window beside the door, Hestia stood silently looking out the window.

Yujerian pulled the chair slowly so as not to sound too loud. Climb onto it to put a blanket on the sleeping mother with her eyes open even without awareness.

Ja. Hestia has a mental illness.

That was the reason why Yujerian and Yuveria knew that there was something Hestia had kept in her heart.

I don't know what the cause is, but Hestia often suddenly wakes up, walking by the window to stand for a very long time.

If he does not take his medication before going to bed when tired, usually the symptoms appear.

"Yuje-nii." Yuveria wakes up because Yujerian is missing from their bed.

Yujerian hinted Yuveria to be quiet. Just sit around waiting until their mother is done with the daydream in her sleep, then they can pull Hestia into the room and act as if this never happened.

"Yuve doesn't like to see Haha-ue get hurt." Yuveria murmured moodyly. Sitting next to Yujerian who was curled up from the cold. "Are there bad guys who hurt Haha-ue out there?"

Yujerian did not know. But .... "What if it's Chichi-ue?"

"Are we both born of bad men, Nii?"

...*...