The children adapted.
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The six-year-old — her name was Hana — had decided in December that Saki was her friend and had not wavered in ten months. The four-year-old — his name was Renji, after Ren's father — had taken longer. He had been wary for the first few months and had then decided in the spring that Saki was acceptable and had not thought about it since.
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Mei had no memory of a time before Saki. She had been three when Saki moved in. She was four now. She thought Saki had always been there.
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Saki was good with all of them.
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She read to Mei. She helped Hana with her homework. She played a card game with Renji that involved making up rules as they went along and that Renji always won.
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She did not try to be their mother. She did not try to be anything. She was just there.
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The children's mother knew about her. Yui had known about the apartment and the guest and had not asked questions in the beginning. In the summer she asked Ren if he was in a relationship and he said he did not know and she said that was fair and they did not talk about it again.
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In November Yui met Saki when she came to pick up the children.
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It was a Saturday afternoon. Yui came to the door. Saki opened it.
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They looked at each other for a long moment.
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"You must be Saki," Yui said.
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"Yes."
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"I'm Yui."
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"I know."
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They did not shake hands.
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The children came out and went with their mother and the door closed and Saki stood in the doorway for a while.
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Ren came out of the kitchen.
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"How was it," he said.
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"It was fine."
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"Really."
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"She looked at me like she knew something."
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"She didn't know anything. She just looked at you."
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"She looked at me like she knew."
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