
The giant ship that Takeshi's commanding officer is now docked at a port in the West Irian region, in accordance with his mandated duties, Takeshi is in charge of organizing all Navy operations in the area.
Ryujo do not need to bother looking for a place, because on the land they are headed there is a kind of Dutch government heritage complex consisting of several buildings.1 the largest building is used as a headquarters, and the main building is located, the back of which they use as a health care room, another building on the east side that has many rooms resembling barracks is used as a messenger for the army and the building on the west side is used as a residence for Takeshi as the commander and his aides and assistants.
In a short time, the adept Navy soldiers were working hard to prepare the complex area to be more habitable, some were cleaning the outside and around the area, some were repairing the inside of the building, some were, there are also those who transport some furniture and other necessities from the ship and directly arrange it into each building according to function.
Takeshi, satisfied with the cooperation of his men. Although fairly simple, the building he occupies now really deserves to be called a comfortable residence.
"Well, Himawari .. now you can stay here as long as you work without having to toss in the water," he told the little girl.
"Horay! I'm happy here, can be free to play," said Himawari cheerfully.
"Yes, of course, son."
"Will Sora stay here with me?"
"Of course, Sora, Agastya, Monic will be with you here."
"Goodoo, I won't be lonely as long as papa sails. I'm fine papa stay long as there are them with me."
Takeshi smiled as he rubbed his daughter's hair. "This is your room and Sora's" pointed Takeshi.
"Well, pretty broad. This room is enough for all three of us to sleep."
"Three sleeps? This is your room and Sora's, "press Takeshi.
"Yes, like in the old house. If papa comes home, then me and mama, the three of us sleep together."
"Ah, you mean .. papa, you and Sora will sleep together?"
"Yes." Yeah."
"Oh that can't, baby. If papa is here, you are free to choose to sleep with papa or with Sora in your room. We can't sleep all three like your mama did."
"Why? Isn't it wider than the room on the ship?"
"Himawari dear, this is not a broad issue or not, but Sora is your nanny we should not sleep with her unless papa is married to Sora," Takeshi proposed the reason.
"Then marry Sora so that we can sleep three, I want to sleep among my loved ones" Himawari said innocently. What a statement of what a child who does not care about the feelings of papa as the interlocutor.
The man shook his head slowly, if it could be that easy, Takeshi would grant his son's wish, but Takeshi knew it was not easy to make Arrabella his wife and Himawari's mother. Takeshi Hatus won his heart first, while the young Arrabella certainly needs a lot of time to weigh up his decision.
"Listen Himawari, we cannot stay here forever. There comes a time we go back to Japan and ..."
"I understand, pa. If papa is married to Sora then he doesn't mind going anywhere we'll go including if we go back to Japan."
"Right, but Sora doesn't necessarily want to marry papa."
"Masa? I will make Sora willing to marry papa so that she can be my mama and we can sleep three," Himawari replied with happy sparkling eyes.
From far away, Aya walks casually carrying some items into the house that she will occupy with Takeshi and others.
"Sora! Here first," Himawari greeted Aya and pulled the girl's hand closer to her father.
"Be careful Himawari, you see Sora's leg is still injured," Takeshi said half worriedly.
"I know, pa. Just relax."
"Help you what?" aya asked confusedly.
"I want to sleep with you and papa, but papa says I can't, because you don't want to be my mama. So you helped me in the way you had to marry papa so we could sleep three, now."
Losing face, Takeshi chose to duck in order to hide his reddened face holding in shame, as well as Aya.
"Jawab Sora" Himawari's.
"What do I have to answer, Hani?"
"You have to say yes, you have to marry my father."
"Ah, a-me," Aya lost her words while Agastya tried to breathe normally as she looked at her master's girly who also seemed to be secretly putting feelings on the Dutch noni she admired.
'Oh my God, my love rival is so heavy. Of course Arrabella will choose my master who is more everything than me, ' Inner Agastya.
"Eh, Himawari .. you don't like to be forced so don't force such a will, not good," Takeshi tried to calm his own feelings.
Himawari seemed to think hard, "Sora, don't you like my papa?"
"A-i ti .." ah, again Aya lost her words to the careening question of her little princess.
"Himawari, later if you are older you will know marriage is a choice that can be decided. Sora needs time to think a lot," Takeshi tried to give understanding.
Himawari scowled, and he sat down and folded his hands on his chest. "Well ... then, Sora .. you don't think too long, if your feet will be just you have to marry papa, because I can't wait for three of us to sleep," the breakup is not to be disputed anymore.
"Sora, ignore Himawari's words. You please go back to improve and watch your steps so that your legs do not get worse," said Takeshi really able to save Aya from the super awkward situation.
"Okay sir, thank you." Aya passes, leaving Himawari upset that her papa let Sora leave them without an answer that suits her.
"Papa, we should have helped each other to get Sora to marry you" she protested after Aya's departure.
"Yes dear, papa knows .. but we really should respect Sora's opinion. You must understand it is not good to urge it like before, something that is forced will certainly not be good as well as the result. We have to melt her heart in a gentle way so she can accept us."
"But it will be a long time pa, and not necessarily Sora will. I've asked her to be my mama but she's given me answers I don't understand."
"If indeed Sora does not want to, yes have accepted it. We still can't force it, even if it's a good thing. We just pray, hopefully someday there will be someone else who is more appropriate to be your mama and we should not be disappointed if it turns out Sora prefers someone else who is right for her, you understand?"
"No. I just want Sora to be my mama, pa. Only Sora is a woman you can marry, because how can I meet someone more appropriate to be my mama than Sora if the people who are with us are almost all men, pa?" sahut Himawari is still with his crab mode.
Takeshi chuckled, Himawari was right too. The Navy soldiers who became his men at this time all men, women who participated in the giant ship was not single, because they were the wives of the soldiers he allowed to accompany.
"Yes, yes .. papa understands. You can seduce Sora into your mama but remember not to force her, yeah."
Himawari hugged her father tightly while crying, "I just want us to sleep three with Sora, pa. Is that too hard to make?" lirih Himawari's voice interrupted his sobbing. Ah, how the little girl had thought older than her age.
Instantly Takeshi's heart rippled when he heard his son's words. Can he be said to be selfish, if indeed he can not get the right woman like Sora and choose only a widower? While Himawari needs a woman who can be his mother. On the other hand, Takeshi understood very well that Sora had many choices and the freedom to decide which man could win his heart. Takeshi cannot limit Sora, even if Sora is the one and Takeshi has the authority to even force her to marry him.
Really, it was very difficult for Takeshi to choose simpler words for Himawari to understand about love while her own heart had been stolen by the girl they both wanted to be a part of their family later.
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'Eh, briefly .. what character 'Aga' called Aya in the first chapter of this novel is Agastya, a local youth who became Takeshi's assistant?' asked Mangata to himself. Ah, then, Agastya means ... .