For My Mother

Boots click while Xuan Lee walks down the street. She carried a wide smile on her face while walking through the streets of the large city. In her hands was a large bouquet of flowers. They were for someone very special to her. A certain Ms. Schultz, who had adopted the orphaned girl.

And with being adopted, Xuan also gained sisters. Two of them, in fact. So much good has done from having a family, and has only made her happy. Xuan approached the home, ready to once again see her mother and sisters

Back at the Schultzes home, Xuan's adoptive sisters, Junko and Hiro, were busy preparing their own gifts for their mother. After all, mother's day is fast approaching and they want to give her the best and biggest surprise yet. Junko wants to give her a locket that includes a picture of Mrs. Schultz and the three daughters including herself. Hiro on the other hand has a special one in mind that is very dear to her, but she didn't tell her sisters what it is yet, so it's a mystery.

Once the doorbell rang, the two sisters would rush downstairs and check the peephole to see Xuan. Excitedly, they unlocked the door and opened it and hugged her. "Welcome home, Xuan!" said Junko as she helped her get inside, making sure the flowers remained intact.

"Wow!" Hiro began to shout, but was motioned by her sister to keep quiet. She would whisper, "I mean, wow! That's a lovely bouquet of flowers. Mom is really going to love it!" Mrs. Schultz was currently reading her book upstairs and has no idea of what her daughters will bring for her.

As the odd one out, Xua wasn't really used to the hugging and touching quite yet. She held the arm that held the flowers out so that they wouldn't get crushed when the two girls hug Xuan. It was nice to be welcomed him, though Xuan lived a block or two away in actuality.

"Yes, yes. I tried to pick out the nicest and most beautiful flowers that I could." She looks at the bouquet and smiles slightly to herself

-Aw...How adorable to latch on to another family...-

Hiro would observe the flowers a little more closely as she took a big whiff of the bouquet and sighed with a smile. "Mmm! They smell lovely! If you like, Xuan, I can put these flowers in a special case and we can give it to our Mom later." Its up to Xuan to decide what to do. If she gives it to Hiro, Hiro would take the bouquet and place the stems inside the vase that's been filled up with good clean water. But if Xuan insists on holding onto them, that's fine too.

Junk would then ask, "So how should we go about Mother's Day? It must be extra special so we can have a good and memorable time together as family."

She looks at the flowers, then to Hiro. "Y-Yeah. A vase sounds fine." She hands the flowvers off to her sister and walks into the house, shutting the door behind herself. Xuan didn't really have a plan for the day, as she hasn't really done a 'Mother's Day' celebration before. Quite simply, she shrugged when asked.

While Hiro was out finding a vase to put the flowers in, Junko would walk with Xuan so they can both sit down in the living room. They had to be as quiet as possible though so that their mother won't hear them. Junko would say to Xuan, "Well, there is a lot of exciting things we can do: a special lunch, a walk in the park, see a movie...maybe have a friendly spar..."

Judging by their lower voices, Xuan figures that they were trying to be quiet so that their mom couldn't hear them. Meaning that she was upstairs. Xuan sits down on the couch. "Uh, well whatever is fine for me, really."

Junko smiled and nodded as she said, "Okay, well me and Hiro were thinking those things might be good for the entire day altogether. We just need to decide what to do first." When she finished, Hiro would come in and join her sisters.

Hiro would look at Xuan and say quietly, "And we're thinking YOU can help us. It could give us some time to make all our surprises much more...you know...surprising and special! So, off the top of your head, which thing would you like to do first?"

Xuan liked the way that they were so quiet. Reminded her of her stealth training so long ago... "Well, maybe we can go out to brunch. Unless you have already had breakfast or lunch or something." Xuan suggests with a happy and excited smile

Junko smiled and nodded in hearing Xuan's suggestion. "Brunch sounds like a great way to start! In fact, I know just the place where we're going to go."

The sound of it was already making Hiro excited. "Yeah! Earlier, we were searching through Mom's old photo album and saw a restaurant where she and Daddy had their first date. And it's still here in our block!"

Junko then asked Xuan, "Well, Xuan, are you ready to celebrate Mother's Day with us?"