<3 ❤ ❤ Based on Characters from @koyuki-tan‘s “Peace Sign.”
Mizuki squeaks as lightning flashes outside her window. “It sounds so angry!”
“It’s okay,” Michiko assures her daughter. “It can’t hurt you.”
Thunder claps down upon them, and Mizurou winces.
“It hurts my ears!” Mizuki claps her hands over her ears.
“I know, sweetie.” Mizurou wraps his arms around her. “I’ll text and ask if any of our Uncles have earplugs.”
A minute and two more thunder crashes later, Mikage soars into Mizuki’s room. “I have earplugs!”
He’s so proud of himself. Best Uncle Points for earplugs? Amazing.
“I hate thunder too,” Hanbee says from behind Mikage. “I know how you feel, Mizuki.”
“You do?” She sniffles. “But you’re so brave, Uncle Hanbee.”
Mikage narrows his eyes. Oh, so now empathy matters more than earplugs?
“I actually like thunder,” sings Suzuya as he saunters in. “It’s exciting. Think of it as the sky having a tantrum.”
“It’s actually a problem with the expansion of air in clouds,” Keijin says, squeezing his way in with a brand new science book for kids. He’s been holding onto this book, waiting for this moment, to be the best Uncle. “Wanna read?”
Mizuki nods eagerly.
“Can we take turns?” Mikage asks desperately.
Michiko winks at Mizurou. Indeed, the Uncles are falling over themselves to win over their daughter.
Good. She deserves the best.