Mayumi pushed her luck to the breaking point. River, Haruo and Yasunobu finally got fed up with Mayumi's picking on everyone that they exiled her to a building in the corner of the lot where she could do whatever the hell she chose to do with her day just so long as she didn't annoy any of the other family members. People would probably call it abuse; to the family it was "keeping their sanity".
Haruo and River found their musical muses and loved to strengthen their ties by having jam sessions.
Having the Sim Fu training dummies and board breakers allowed Haruo to have ladies oohing and aahing over his ability to smash his fist through boards. But the best part of all that attention was the attention that he received from his one special lady.
They both put their efforts into learning Sim Fu and River was doing pretty good breaking boards as well.
Yasunobu was putting his efforts into his pride and joy; his garden. striving to get some "perfect" vegetables and fruits. But it was a slow process. The ones that didn't meet his expectations of quality quickly got sold to EverFresh Delights Supermarket where they gladly took Yasunobu's cast-offs. Only the best of each generation of plants went into the soil to recoup a bountiful harvest.
But all wasn't back-breaking work, but there were some fun times, including the time that Yasunobu, Haruo and River went down to Central Park and jammed for the citizens of Sunset Valley.
Sandi still hasn't grown out of her "Royal Court" phase and it was rapidly growing annoying. River found the best way to tolerate the annoying screeching was to tune it out and ignore it. Aidann had no time for such foolishness; when he wasn't writing books (which were getting published as a child-author) he was playing in his fort.
Life, of course, was mundane. River practiced piano and read books. Haruo did the same and paid the bills. But they still found time for each other.
...and that's the most important thing...isn't it...
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