Watch Over

The dinner progressed smoothly after that. Moving past what happened and Hina being such an adorable sweetheart to me – totally or intentionally ignoring the fact that we were in front of her parents – there was no more room to bring up whatever blunder her mother committed earlier.

And by putting down their bias or just their wariness towards me, Uncle and especially Auntie became great hosts in my eyes.

While Uncle talked to me about Hina’s childhood that he witnessed with his eyes, he also taught me things that I have yet to discover about Hina. For example, he mentioned that Hina often wore non-matching house slippers every morning upon waking up. Not because she couldn't find the correct pair but because the girl has the kind of quirk wherein she’s using the mismatched sensation of the slippers to cast away her drowsiness. That’s why she always keeps two or more sets of house slippers inside her room.