Chapter 114 - Daughter-In-Law (2/2)
Yanee entered her sleeping quarters, but before she closed the screen door, Tohru leaned over and kissed her swiftly again on the lips.
”Dream of me,” he said playfully before closing the screen door on her red face.
Urgh…
Standing alone in the room, it took Yanee several minutes before she snapped out of the kiss and finally trudged towards the bedroll. After getting over her surprise, and the crazy heartbeats in her ċhėst, thoughts of strangling the potato crossed her mind.
Just how did he expect her to sleep after doing that?
But then again if she didn't want to be a walking zombie tomorrow, she had to sleep— or at least try. As to whether she was successful or not, that was an entirely different matter.
”Oh my, Yanee, what happened to you?”
”Good morning Big Sis,” she greeted weakly.
She honestly just slept for three hours and wanted to sleep more but she remembered they'd set out for the kimono shops in the morning so she dragged herself out of bed.
”I take it I look horrible?” she asked deadpanned.
She's already preparing for the worst answer when Marian giggled and took her hand.
”Come with me,” she said and Yanee found herself being dragged to the other side of the huge house towards what seemed to be Marian's room.
”The kids are with Liam now so we're free to do some makeup. Sit here,” the older woman said as she guided Yanee to a stool in front of an antique boudoir and Yanee was aghast upon seeing her face.
She had dark circled around her eyes and the red tint in her eyes made it worse. She's either looking like a zombie or a drug addict. Either way, she didn't look so good.
”Here,” Marian suddenly said as she came to her side and Yanee felt a cool sensation on her eyes. ”Don't remove it. Stay that way 'til the cold is gone,” she advised.
The cool pad on her eyes felt soothing that Yanee followed Marian's words and remained still.
”Thanks. I only slept for three hours,” she confessed. ”Your brother gave me insomnia.”
Marian laughed. ”Well, he didn't really sleep a lot as well, but unlike you, my brother looks blooming.”
Huh? Blooming potato?
”He had to wake up earlier today since he took Ria and Michael to the train station. But the ugly little thing's all smiley,” Marian said before giving her a side-glance full of mischief. ”But I remember, he's no longer an ugly little thing, right? So maybe that's why he's blooming?” she prompted, and Yanee laughed.
There was no sense hiding it from her.
”If he's looking so gorgeous this morning he'll go back to being an ugly little thing. Who wants a boyfriend who's prettier than his girl?” Yanee complained and Marian laughed again.
”No, no, don't dump him,” Marian begged comically. ”This big sister will fix you up and make your bags invisible okay?”
True to her words, Marian did magic on her face after the pad cooled. She was a makeup genius and the dark circles under Yanee's eyes vanished. Although she wore makeup on her face, it looked so natural so she felt so happy.
”Thank you, big sis,” Yanee said as she hugged her.
Marian looked so pleased that Yanee loved her work so with enthusiasm, she dragged her out of her room towards the hall to have breakfast.
”Good morning!” the elderly beamed upon seeing Yanee and she shyly replied.
The potato was still not there but they fussed over her and made her try many dishes. The Cypress Garden served traditional Japanese breakfast so it was a heavy meal consisting of rice, soup, fish, and other side dishes.
”Yanee, Tohru will not be back until late today” Mrs. James told her apologetically as she placed a hand on her arm.
”It's okay, uhm… mama. Tohru already said he'll be running errands today,”Yanee said, feeling shy but called the woman mama anyway like a dutiful daughter-in-law.
It seemed like a good idea. The moment she did, the elderly woman looked thrilled. ”But don't worry, mama will be your tour guide today. I already informed the shops we'll be visiting. Do you have a specific wedding kimono that you need to buy?”
Yanee looked thoughtful. ”My sister asked me to buy all kinds…”