Chapter 191 – Bear-san Presents the Bear Plushies (1/2)

Chapter 191 – Bear-san Presents the Bear Plushies

Since everybody had finished their cakes, it was time to hand over the plushies.

Still, unlike the cake, there was a possibility that Misa wouldn’t like them.

Even if she did, she might act all grown-up and say something like, 『A plushie? I’m too old for things like that.』

It was a bit late to consider this now, but 10 was a delicate age.

Although there were people who liked plushies even after becoming adults, there were also some children who didn’t like them even while young.

「Misa, can I ask you something? Do you like plushies?」

「Plushies…? Yes, I like them. I take good care of the dog plushie my mother bought for me.」

As soon as she said she liked them, Fina and I felt a sense of relief.

「Okay, there’s one more present we would like to give you.」

「You have more?!」

I took out the plushies from the Bear Box and handed the Swaying Bear plushie to Fina while holding onto the Hugging Bear plushie myself. This way, it would look like we were both giving Misa a plushie.

As soon as I took out the plushies, however, somebody else chimed in.

Wha-what-what are those!? Those plushies!?」

Noa cried out.

「They’re plushies of Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear.」

Noa jumped out of her seat and approached us, her gaze locked onto the Hugging Bear plushie in my arms.

「They’re so cute. They look just like the real thing. Yuna-san, please give them to me!」

「I can’t do that. They’re Misa’s presents.」

「Oh, no… Can’t I have one of them at least?」

Noa looked back and forth between the plushies.

「No. It’s not right to split them up, and they are both meant for Misa.」

I would feel bad for separating Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear even if it was only their plushies we were talking about here.

「Why is it not my birthday today?!」

How could I even respond to something like that? If she wanted to complain, she should go to her parents.

Noa fell to her knees, looking depressed.

「Uuu, I really want the Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear plushies.」

Noa looked really sad.

「Um, do you want them that badly?」

「Yes, I really, really want them…」

She lifted up her face and appealed to me.

「Okay, how about I make another set for you later?」

「R-really?!」

Noa got energetic again.

「Yes, so please hold yourself back for today.」

Well, I wasn’t the one making them, Sherry was. Besides, I already knew Noa would want them, so I had already asked Sherry to make a set for her.

Hmm, how many sets would she have ready by the time we returned to Crimonia?

Well, I knew Noa would want them, but I hadn’t thought she would react to them so strongly.

「Okay. I’m sorry for being selfish. However, it’s a promise, right?」

Noa apologized obediently while also reinforcing our promise.

Fina and I then finally approached Misa, with Noa watching us jealously. I had promised her that I would give her a set of her own, so could she stop looking at us like that?

「You can go first.」

I said and gestured Fina to give her plushie first.

「Misa-sama, happy birthday. Even though it was just a little bit, I helped make these.」

Fina presented the Swaying Bear plushie, and Misa happily took it in her arms.

「Thank you very much. They’re so cute. Can I really have them?」

「Of course, they’re your birthday present, after all. I’m glad you like them.」

「I’m glad that you accepted them without getting embarrassed. I was worried that you were going to say that you only liked plushies when you were younger.」

「We wouldn’t have given them to you if that was the case.」

「I could have gotten them, then…」

Noa pitched in disappointedly.

「Well then, please accept the Hugging Bear plushie as well. I would feel bad if we were to split them up, so I would be happy if you took care of both of them well.」

I said and presented her with the Hugging Bear plushie.

As I already said, it would be unfair to the real Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear if one was picked over the other.

Even with her small body, Misa managed to hug both plushies tightly while Noa continued to stare at her jealously.

She couldn’t hold it back even for this one day, huh.

「I will take care of them well. Thank you very much!」

Misa said and gave off the brightest smile I had seen from her all day long.

「Misa, you received such cute plushies. How nice!」

「Yes, they’re really nice.」

Misa’s mother smiled at her daughter.

「Oh, but now that I got these Bear-san plushies, I can’t ask you for the favor I wanted you to do for me.」

Misa suddenly said, her hands still occupied with holding the plushies.

「What did you want to ask me to do?」

「You see, I wanted to see Swaying Bear-chan and Hugging Bear-chan again. I was going to ask you to bring them out.」

「You were just going to ask me that?」

「Yes…」

「Why didn’t you say so earlier?」

I summoned Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear in their cub form.

「W-what is this?! Swaying Bear-chan and Hugging Bear-chan are small like the plushies!」

「We made the plushies match their size.」

Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear approached Misa, who scooped them up into a hug while still holding onto the plushies, so she was embracing four bears at once.

「Misa, that’s unfair!」

Noa couldn’t hold back any longer and joined the hugging circle, meaning that the Bears were now all sandwiched between Misa and Noa.

Soon after, the two of them began playing with the Bears together.

Misa’s mother looked at them with a smile then turned to Fina and me.

「Yuna-san, Fina-san, thank you very much for all you did today. It’s been a while since I saw my daughter this happy. Misa has been looking forward to seeing you two again ever since she sent out your invitations.」

I was glad that we came to the party, too.

I just hadn’t expected to be stuck in a dress.

「Please stay good friends with my daughter.」

「We will.」

We replied.