愛はシングルマザーで、3人の子供と元夫の離婚後、再び復縁を検討する。喜一からの提案で、近くに住むことにし、子供たちに話し合いを持ちかける。子供たちは父親の喜一を大好きで、マモルは感動し、泣き崩れる。徐々に家族として再出発し、毎日一緒に過ごすようになるが、まだ一緒に住んでいない。一歩ずつ関係を深め、再び5人の家族として歩んでいく未来に期待と希望を抱く。
Continuing from last time. I, Ai, am a single mother with three children (Mamoru, 10, Satoshi, 6, Hiroto, 2). My ex-husband Kiichi and I divorced two years ago and decided to move with the children. Since then, both parents and four children have been living in an apartment. When we divorced, I thought the atmosphere with my ex-husband was so bad that I didn’t want to see him anymore, but that’s all over now. Now, I can spend time with my three children in a much happier atmosphere than before. In the midst of this, I was invited to reconcile by Kiichi when we met the other day. After receiving feedback from friends and family, my conclusion is…
“When we live together again, we have to live in the previous house, right? In that case, we would have to transfer the children to another school or kindergarten…” I broached the subject, and Kiichi agreed.
“The current house is a rental, so why don’t we move in there and rent a room?” “What…” I was taken aback by Kiichi’s unexpected proposal.
“It’s difficult to immediately say ‘Alright, we’ll be a family again starting today.’ Because it involves Ai-chan and the children, let’s just live nearby for now. Let’s look for a room after checking the situation.” Kiichi had thought that far, which surprised me a little.
After further discussions, we gradually gained confidence and decided to tell the children about this.
The children always loved their father, Kiichi. They were a little puzzled by his hopeful words. I felt it was unfair to adjust everything to Kiichi and me. So, Mamoru…
Hiroto broke down in tears. When we divorced, he said, “Okay, from now on, I’ll protect Mom and Sato.” But of course, the separation from his father was also a major issue for him. Both Kiichi and I shed tears of emotion.
As per Kiichi’s proposal, we are not living together yet. However, Kiichi has been getting closer to our apartment, and the five of us are meeting every day. Surely the day when we start living together as a family of five again is not far off. The five of us have begun cooperating as a family again. I don’t know what kind of family we will build in the future. But I want to calmly face it and deepen our relationship slowly.
Original: MamaStar Community Script: Motte Illustration: Sakana Master Editing: Tsukada Moe