Yuna and Tatsuhito were involved in an accident and died.
　When the Minamis hear the news, they can't help but be devastated.

　They were still so young, they had just started their journey as a couple, and Tenna had only just been born.

　There was no end to such regrets.
　In particular, Tenri's regret for suggesting Yuna and the others to go out was fierce.

　She felt guilty that she had just made that suggestion and caused the deaths of the two of them.
　Watahira and the others encourage her to be self-punishing in this way, but she feels she's been made to feel sorry for herself, and they only push her further into a corner.

　Nevertheless, the aftermath of the accident goes on.
　The driver of the truck that caused the accident sent a letter of apology, but Watei tore it up, saying he couldn't let Tenashi read it.
　He can't forgive her for apologizing now, and he wants to erase it from his memory as soon as he's done paying the fee.

　Preparations for the funeral proceeded, but there was one issue that would become paramount.
　It was the two daughters of the deceased, Tenna.

　First of all, the relatives on the catsuit's side could not be relied upon.
　They refused to attend the funeral, saying that they didn't know anything about their disowned son, and refused to attend the funeral.
　Watahira is angered by the fact that his son is his blood relative, but the other side is oblivious to the fact.

　Then, the Minamis will raise him, but Tenashi is the first to speak out.

'I'll raise Tenna,'

　That was the atonement I could make for having been the remote cause of their deaths.

　Even though Amashi is a high school graduate and a temporary worker, she works for a well-known IT company, so she should be able to clear her income.
　But it would be difficult to balance the demands of raising a child with her work.
　Raising Tenna, who is less than a year old, would mean cutting off her own time as an unmarried woman.

　As a result, when she was busy with work, Watei and the others lent a hand and Tenna took her in.

　= = = = =.

　Raising a child that was not part of the full commitment was a struggle.
　While Yuna was an infant, she asked a friend of her mother's who she met while she was in the hospital to breastfeed her, and as before, she suffered from crying at night.

　Even so, Tenashi did her best to raise Tenna with the help of her parents as a mother figure.
　When Tenna turned 3 years old, they moved to "Mansion Everyday Smile" as a result of considering the nursery school to take care of her and the commute to work.

　Since she started going to the nursery school, Tenashi has started to cut back on relying on her parents for anything but work-related reasons, and has started using a food delivery service to reduce the amount of time she has to go shopping.

　However, that luxury soon disappears as she is too busy to do anything else.
　In addition, many men begin to make advances to the beautiful Tenashi, but she refuses them all because she wants to concentrate on raising her child.
　However, when she was pressed by someone who refused to leave her, she had to resort to a desperate measure to disguise herself as a married woman by using a photo of Tatsuhito and Yuna.

　It would have been a different story if there had been one person of the opposite s*x to consider her at this time.
　In reality, everyone was just forcing their selfishness on her, even telling her to put off picking up Tenna from the nursery school.　　

　The lack of sleep and stress accumulated under such circumstances steadily wore down Tenashi's spirit, and one day he fell ill and fell asleep.

　This is not the time to stumble into a situation like this.

　He tried to rouse himself, but his once screaming body would not respond.
　The office told her to take a break from her usual work, but she was adamant that this was no reason to take a break from raising her children, and Tenna looked worried.

'Mamma, are you OK?'
I...

　He slowly started stroking her head as she lay there.
　Tenna hadn't been informed of Yuna and Tatsujin's deaths.

　This was because he and Watpei and the others had decided to talk about it at the right time, as they wouldn't be able to understand it yet.
　With that in mind, Tenashi had let Tenna call herself by name without once calling herself 'Mama'.

　And yet, Tenna just now called her 'Mama' in reference to Tenri.

''........Tenna, why do you call me 'Mama'?''

　I found myself asking such questions.
　I couldn't make up words as quickly as I could with my exhausted and dulled mind.

The nursery school teacher said that you shouldn't call your mother by her name.

　It's unnecessary, she complained inwardly.
　Of course, she could at least guess that the nursery teacher had good intentions to warn her, but she honestly felt that it was annoying for her to do something so selfish.

　In the first place, Tenashi doesn't think that Tenna is qualified to be treated as a mother.
　But before she couldn't tell the truth, it's not as if she could figure out how to stop him.

''Do you like me, Tenna?''

　Once again, words were uttered that I hadn't expected.
　I know this is just a temporary fancy, but I can't undo the words that have already come out.

'Yes!　I love you, Amana, you always work so hard and are so kind!
I...

　She didn't mind her, Tenna told her with a big smile on her face.
　Tenna hugged her small body, not caring about the sluggishness of her body, and tears never stopped flowing from her eyes.

　It's a good thing that you can't get away with it.
　The innate care that a young girl possesses, the heart that has been tense and overwhelmed for so long, has been wonderfully released.

''Thank you, Tenna. I too........my mom loves Tenna too.
"Heh-heh-heh.

　I have to take the place of the mother, not only for the sake of atonement, but also for the sake of Tenna herself.

　That's why I'm afraid to imagine the time when the truth is known to me.
　Not wanting to make her niece sad, Tenashi didn't let Tenna stop her from calling her mom... that was the beginning of the gentle lie she had told.

　She would have to tell the truth at some point.
　She didn't know when that would be, but it didn't change the fact that the two of them were now as good as a real father and son after this event.
　While secretly praying that the day would not come forever, Tenashi raised Tenna as her daughter.

　Little did she know that she would eventually get to interact with one of the delivery men....