“SNOW DAY!” Masanori wakes his parents at 6 am.
Of course it’s 6 am. Hairu rubs her eyes. “Are you okay?”
“I want to play in the snow!”
“You’re having breakfast first,” Ui says firmly, dragging himself out from under the warm covers with Hairu. There’s no point in sleeping when Masanori gets going.
Once Masanori’s belly is full, he leaps outside and practically drowns in the snow, which reaches past his shoulders. “AHHHH!’
“Are you okay?” Ui cries.
“I LOVE IT!” Masanori tosses a snowball at Mommy, who shrieks.
“Well, that doesn’t seem fair.” Ui wades through the snow to tackle his son. “Rawr!”
“Let’s make a snowman and dye it’s head pink,” Masanori says. “Will you help me, Daddy?”
“Of course.” Ui grins at Hairu, who’s already beelined inside for pink food dye. “I love my pink-haired angels.”
“I’m an angel?” Masanori is almost offended.
“In the best way,” Ui assures him.
“Good.” Masanori cackles before throwing snow straight into Daddy’s face.
Ui wouldn’t change this for the world.
Mercy and Magic 