#in which I can't stop thinking about hiyori&ikuya

[longingpolaris]

Even though I'm to become sea foam...

[shadowi8]

I watched a chapter of this japanese tv show where little kids do their first errand and I thought of my boys as always ;;

Makoto and Haruka did theirs together, of course. Makoto, at some point, started crying because he missed his mom, so Haruka sat him, cleaned his face with a tissue, handed him a candy his grandma gave them, and, after telling him everything will be alright, he waited a moment for Makoto to calm down. Haruka wanted to be home and missed his grandma and mom too, but if he started crying who would take care of Makoto?

Nagisa did his errand in more time than expected. The errand was a simple task and could be done in, at most, 1 hour. But Nagisa was distracted by everything that came in front of him; he stopped to play with a dog, tried to pet some cats in the area, met other children and started talking to them, etc.

Rei planned the trip to the store, but he didn't count that there could be more routes. Although he missed his mom a bit and even thought that his older brother's company would be comfortable, he continued with his duty with confidence. Eventually, he realized that he had passed the estimated time it would take him to do the errand and that this was because he was lost. Not knowing where to go, he began to cry. A couple of high school girls passing by took pity on him and helped.

Rin, Sousuke, and Gou probably ran their first errand together as well. I imagine the three of them holding hands, being Gou who goes between Sousuke and Rin. Rin insisted all the time on not separating, especially since Sousuke was not very good with the streets and with orientation, which probably, later, brought problems and a little fight about where they should go to get to the store. Along the way, they had to take a few breaks so that Gou didn't push herself too hard. Once they completed it, Sousuke and Rin's pride and ego was inflated for quite a while.

Natsuya, on his first errand, did well on the way to the store, until he realized that he didn't remember what he should buy, so he had to return home before retrying his task. Ikuya, on the other hand, must have been very sad that Natsuya wasn't going to accompany him. I can almost bet that he cried all the way to the store and back home, but he bought what he was asked for and when Natsuya congratulated him on his good work, he was overcome with joy.

Nao remembered what he had to buy and was calm all the time during his journey to the store. I really can't imagine it to be any other way. Nao would just do very well. Kisumi probably didn't have a problem with his first errand either. Or at least I think so.

Asahi thought of it as an adventure, so he was excited and wanted to test his worth. He was careful on the way not to get lost and not to be distracted by anything. He arrived at the store, confidently asked the lady there for what he wanted, and confidently returned home. But upon arrival, he was met with the disappointing news that he had bought something else and not what he had been asked for. His sister laughed at him, of course, while his mother comforted him.

In Hiyori's case, things seem sad to me, so ;; I can only imagine that on his own, on one occasion, he went to the store to buy a bento or something, probably with some money his parents gave him from time to time. Running errands for him was never something complicated or grand.