Find Me in 1000 Years

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That morning, Ken was alone at the dinner table. From the time he finished bathing to getting dressed, not once did he see the wife, until he was confused himself. He does not touch his breakfast but goes to Miyuki's room. Why did Miyuki take so long to get ready to go to school?

He opened the door to his only child's room and was shocked. He saw his wife folding her clothes into a cloth bag. The woman was not as usual who was dressed beautifully in a knee-length dress that showed her level legs. Now he is wearing jeans and a white T-shirt with a cartoon picture in front of him.

Miyuki is the same. She who usually wears a pink or blue skirt, her favorite color, now wears jeans like her mother. Just his trademark never misses, pigtail two on the right left of his head.

Ken was astonished to see the appearance of the two. "Where are you going?"

Mira looked at me for a moment. "Oh, we're going to the mountain." His hands did not stop folding clothes and looking again on the open clothes rack.

"Mount?" The man's eyeballs were perfectly rounded.

"Yes. Miyuki was bored, so I took her there."

"Mira, isn't the mountain not a comfortable place to live?"

Mira looked back. "Who said? I lived in the forest and you lived there. I think you know what that place looks like. I'd rather go there than stay here but it's quiet." He went back to looking for clothes for the little guy.

"Mira, doesn't our son need to go to school? How about ...."

"He's a kid, Ken. A week of not going in won't make him stupid."

"But Mira, I'm also busy working."

"Who invited you? Isn't the office more important than us?"

Hearing that, Ken immediately approached his wife. He held it from behind. "Mira, don't talk like that. I did all this for you. And our son too. I don't want anything else, just to be able to make you happy" he said softly in the wife's ear.

Mira turned her head and looked at the two beads of her husband's eyes. He knew that the man loved him so sincerely that he did not know how to make himself and Miyuki happy. "If you want to make someone happy you should ask. Isn't that what you taught me?"

"Mmh, right," said the man in an awkward tone. "But isn't life like this what a family wants?"

"Yes, but I'm not."

"Then what more life do you want?" Ken took off the hug. He was confused as to how, but then he grabbed his wife again and tried to gently stop the woman's hand.

Mira paused for a moment and turned her body back. "You know, I've been feeling like something's missing in me for a long time, but I don't know what, until Miyuki protests to me. I just realized it."

"Miyuki?" The handsome man in his suit turned to the boy who was watching the affection of his parents from the bed.

The little girl's mouth was pouting.

"Miyuki, what's wrong with you, dear." Ken approached the bed and tried to embrace it.

The little girl is still crashing. "Dear father Mama, same Miyuki not!"

Ken smiled widely and held the girl tightly. "Who said? I love you Miyuki."

"So he said all for Mama, where's Miyuki?"

"All for Miyuki and Mama. There's nothing Papa's different about, mmh."

"When will Papa have time for us?"

"So now Papa's again no business ...."

"Miyuki's! Here, we'll just go! Don't bother Papa. Papa his life is for the office! You're right!" Mira immediately takes over the little one with her mouth pursed.

"Lho, Mirah. Don't say that. I'm doing this ...."

"Just to please Ejiro, right, not us?" The woman carried her daughter to the exclusion of her long, unraveled hair.

"But that's for ...."

Before the woman left, the man immediately grabbed her arm. "I'm sorry, Mira. Ii'm sorry. I'm ...." His voice seemed choked. Suddenly the man stood up from his seat and hugged the two. "Don't leave me, Mira, I can't lose you two. Please." Please."

Mira had tried to hold back her tears but still escaped as well so that the man held her tightly. Ken was most afraid to see his wife crying, because the woman, despite often acting brave, rarely expressed her feelings. He had to guess his mistake when it happened.

"Ken, you want to go to work." Mira tried hard while talking but still heard her voice trembling.

"No, I'm coming with you. I'll follow you wherever you go." The man touched her cheek and wiped away her tears. "I don't need any of this either if you don't need it."

Mira looked at her husband with a glare. The man remained just like the man he used to know. An understated brother who always fought for himself. The woman now finds the missing Ken who is now back in the lap. Mira slid her head to the chest of the field of the husband that she so longed for. He feels peaceful.

"So what are you going up the mountain with?" ask Ken about their plans.

"Mk." The woman held her head up. "Bus, maybe." Mira wiped away the rest of her tears, slowly.

"Oh, I have a great idea."

"Mmh?"

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"Darling, this is a car for sale?" ask Mira again, in the car.

The car was equipped with cooking items. Ken who was sitting driving, smiled broadly. He had changed his clothes to a more casual one like his wife wore. T-shirts and jeans. "This is actually an item offered to the company. I was confused as to how to test it, but hearing your plan I had this idea right away."

"But we don't want to sell, we want to go for a walk."

"Yes, you can stay in a hotel or at an inn."

"Why are we using this car? 'And the usual car at home, can."

"The luxury car is very striking. It's better to take a car like this, so when we're resting on a road that's okay, we can cook and eat on the spot."

"Means we have to shop for groceries first dong!"

"It's so thick." Ken showed me his thumb.

"Ma, she said Mama wants to kidnap Papa?" Miyuki who was in the lap, suddenly started talking.

"What's? Kidnap her?" the man smiled back broadly. "Which mother dared to kidnap Papa. There, Papa kidnap Mama."

Mira smiled faintly hearing it. The car soon reached a supermarket. Ken and Mira go shopping while carrying the little one, after which they continue the journey.

"Where are we going now? To mount Fuji?" ask Ken again.

"Where it really doesn't matter. You can go with you."

Ken was shocked to hear his wife's statement. "Alright, then, I'll be in control. We just walk around until we get tired. Just got us back. How's it?"

Mira nodded, and Miyuki looked pleased. So in the beginning of their journey around the cities in Japan starting from Nagoya where they live.

Sometimes they stop on the road away from anything so Ken cooks and they eat together. Sometimes they meet fellow travelers who hitchhike in his place. Because many are interested, Mira sells food made by Ken. Until gradually, when they shop in supermarkets, they no longer shop for their own needs but also make sales needs.

Ken sells onigiri, fried rice and takoyaki. The buyers are usually many, even though they stop at different places. Many travelers bring cars, stop and buy. That was because besides being cheap and there was nothing to sell other than them, Miyuki also helped serve the buyers. This little girl became the darling of the buyers.

But there is a new job from heaven waiting for him. Can Ken leave the family for his new job?

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Visual Ken and Miyuki in front of their sales car. Greetings, ingflora💋