[FF7] Those things after marriage

Esther and Sephiroth looked at each other.

None of them expected that this would be the case.

"Anyway, take him back first..."

Esther's words were interrupted by Paul's actions.

When she picked up Paul, Paul also hugged her, and his small hands and head were attached to her neck intimately, and she couldn't say the words to take him back with his wholehearted trust.

Esther hesitated for a moment before speaking:

"...Sephiroth."

"What?" The silver-haired man walked up to her side at some point, looked down at her and the child who fell asleep in her arms, and replied casually.

"...Tonight, can we let him sleep with us?" Esther hesitated, and she also knew that such a request was not appropriate, "I swear this child will be very good!"

As a result, Esther and Sephiroth had another unexpected little guest in their bed today.

Lying between the two, the little boy seemed a little uneasy. He first reached out and grabbed Esther's sleeve, then groped with his free hand and grabbed Sephiroth's arm.

Esther smiled helplessly, turned sideways and put one hand on Paul.Sephiroth looked at the child lying beside him, and calmly turned off the desk lamp next to him.

A good night's sleep.

When Sephiroth woke up the next day, he found that he had also turned into a side-lying sleeping position at some point, with one hand on Paul's body—just pressing on the hand of Esther who was also holding Paul. .

Esther hadn't woken up yet, and fell asleep quietly maintaining her side-lying position.

As if sensing movement around him, Paul moved and opened his sleepy eyes.Seeing Sephiroth who was sleeping next to him looking at him with gentle eyes, he opened his mouth to talk to him.

Sephiroth put his index finger in front of his lips, showing a 'quiet' gesture.

Then two people, one big and one small, got up from the bed gently, and walked out lightly.

... When Esther rushed into the dining room, the children had already washed up and sat at the dining table waiting for dinner.Seeing the late Esther, Tut was the first to call out:

"Sister Esther is a slob! A slob!"

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"I want you to talk more!"

Esther pinched Tut's cheek with a half-smile, and lifted it to both sides.

"It hurts!"

After breakfast, a few restless children ran out to play, and a few 'adults' left to clean up the mess.

Esther and Tira were cleaning up in the kitchen, while Sephiroth was called by Aunt Linnie to carry the sundries.

Yesterday, I still felt that Sephiroth could not be more inconsistent when doing these physical tasks, but today I have calmed down... Habits are really a magical thing.

Hearing the sound of footsteps in the corridor, for some reason I felt... particularly at ease.

But such a peaceful time was soon broken by the cries of people on the street.

"Monster, monster!"

"It's a monster! The monster is coming!"

Hearing the yelling, Esther hurried out to check, but found that the direction of the yelling was exactly the direction of the park where the children usually played.

Oops, the kids haven't come back yet.

Her heart skipped a beat, and she was about to rush out, but found that someone was faster than herself, so fast she only had time to see a vague shadow.

Although she only saw it once, she still recognized the other party's identity at a glance with that beautiful silver hair.

It was Sephiroth who was supposed to be moving things in the backyard.

Although she really wanted to follow, but thinking of the fact that she had no fighting power, Esther gritted her teeth and took back the steps she took—even if she couldn't help, she couldn't add to the chaos.

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The monster appeared very suddenly.To Tut, it seemed that in the blink of an eye, the park in front of him was occupied by a long monster with huge mouthparts.

He didn't remember whether he felt fear at that moment, but he only remembered that he held Ed's hand and rushed forward at a speed that he had never experienced in his life.

He seemed to lose his mind at that moment, only knowing to rush forward desperately.And what woke him up from that state was a sharp cry.

He was very familiar with that voice, and they had a quarrel over who played the hero yesterday.

Tut turned his head and found that his familiar 'enemy' fell to the ground. He didn't know whether it was because of fear or some other reason that he couldn't get up for a while, so he had to stay where he was and cry.

Without thinking about it, he let go of Ed's hand, and ran back desperately. He took the other's hand and was about to run, but was led by the frightened boy with weak legs and fell to the ground.The monster came before them at some point, and he could even smell the stench coming from the monster's mouthparts.

"Ah-"

Tut screamed too.

"Look down!"

There was a low voice from behind them, and Tut lowered his head subconsciously.Then he felt a burst of heat brushing his hair and passing by his head.The frightening monster in front of him was blown away by the blazing heat, and fell to the ground without a sound.

"Aren't you hurt?"

Following the sound came a large black gloved hand, and Tut looked in the direction from which it had come, and saw that which made him wholeheartedly hero-worshipping.

"Wow--"

It seemed that he was afraid after being relieved, and Tut cried loudly.

The boy's crying made the silver-haired hero feel at a loss for a moment. He can face hundreds of enemies and easily deal with huge monsters, but... no one told him what to do when facing a crying child Do.

"Don't cry." He hesitated for a while, and patted the boy's back lightly like Esther. "It's all right."

The young man's comfort was clumsy and unfamiliar, and it didn't seem to have a comforting effect, but the two boys who were crying bitterly gradually stopped crying, and just kept sobbing.

Sephiroth couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

To be honest, he would rather kill another hundred monsters than face a crying child.

After such a thing happened, naturally there was no way to continue playing.

Sephiroth returned to the orphanage with a few children, and Esther, who was walking anxiously in the corridor, greeted her immediately.

"How...are you injured?"

Esther first pulled the three children to check up and down, then stood up and looked at Sephiroth, who had been accompanying him all the time.

"What about you? Are you injured?"

After she regained her strength, she realized that she had committed the same natural thinking as everyone else.

Obviously facing the monster, it was Sephiroth who fought against the monster, but the first thing she saw afterwards was the children who were still sobbing.

In fact, deep down in her heart, she probably had the idea of ​​'Sephiroth is very strong, don't worry at all'.

"I'm sorry." Sorry to think of you that way.

Esther apologized guiltily, then turned around and took the dusty children to take a shower and change clothes, leaving Sephiroth standing in the corridor with a dazed face, watching them leave.

The girl was handed over to Tira, and the stronger and more experienced Esther was naturally in charge of the two boys.

Esther rolled her head, rolled up her sleeves and pushed the two boys into the bathroom, scrubbing them vigorously.

Maybe it was because returning to a familiar environment made them feel safe, or maybe it was because the hot water that they were lying on slightly changed the minds of the two children. After a while, Tut and Ed became lively again.

When Esther finished bathing the two boys vigorously, Doreen, who came out first, was already sitting in the living room drinking Aunt Linnie's special honey milk tea.

Aunt Lin Ni's special honey milk tea tastes amazing. According to her, it is a secret recipe handed down from her husband's family.

Esther felt sorry for this...because she couldn't learn anymore, and could only satisfy her cravings when she came to the orphanage to help.But not every time you come to drink.

After all, Aunt Lin Ni is getting old and not as energetic as before.Looking after the kids and doing knitting is exhausting.

Today, this can be regarded as a blessing from this innocent disaster.

"Come on, try it." Esther took a cup of honey milk tea and stuffed it into Sephiroth's hand, "This is the exclusive secret recipe of Aunt Linnie's house, and you can't taste it anywhere else."

Esther sat next to Sephiroth, taking small sips of the milk tea in her cup.The sweetness of honey and the delicate fragrance of milk tea are intertwined, giving the taste buds an extremely wonderful enjoyment.

After the previous fright, the present peace is all the more precious.

Sephiroth also followed Esther's example and sipped the milk tea in the cup.He also thought it tasted good.Especially looking at Esther's enjoyment, it's even more delicious.

The silver-haired man leaned back, unconsciously showing a comfortable smile.

It’s weird.

Even though I hardly do anything, I still feel fulfilled and satisfied.

In the afternoon, Ode, the little boy who had fought with Tut before, came down to the orphanage accompanied by her mother to thank Tut. If there was no Tut, Ode might have been eaten by the monster.

Tut scratched the back of his head, his cheeks flushed slightly.

He felt that such thanks should be given to Sephiroth, because he hadn't done anything, not even able to get Odella up, so he really deserved such thanks.

But because Esther had told them before that they couldn't tell anyone that Sephiroth was here, he had to swallow the words again.

He must not know how precious it was when he turned back to Laoud.

Esther leaned against the doorframe of the living room and looked at Tut who was chatting with Ode.

"Hey Sephiroth."

"what?"

"Actually, Tut... also has the potential to become a 'hero', right?"

The silver-haired man sitting on the sofa turned his head, nodded after thinking for a while:

"really."

Although he might not have the power of a special soldier, this child's heart is stronger than many people.

"correct."

Esther straightened up and walked towards Sephiroth, bent down, and gently rubbed her lips on the man's forehead: "It's been hard work for you these two days, Mr. Hero."

"..."

Although he has always been called a hero, today he feels for the first time that this title... is really good.