Maria's Side Stories

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[Nothing gets past Maria-sama]

Maria's mom: Dear, it's time.

Maria's dad: Whoops, it's 7 already?

Maria's dad: Alright, Maria, dear, see you later.

Maria: Have a safe trip.

Maria: Oh? Mom, aren't you going to be late?

Maria's mom: I'm going straight to our customer today

Maria's mom: So I'm going to be late today.

Maria's mom: Here, buy yourself something for dinner.

Maria: 5000 yen? That's too much

Maria's mom: Well, I didn't want you to worry about not having enough, so...

Maria: I understand...

Maria: But I told you before

Maria: It makes me worried to have so much money for dinner

Maria: So... I'm only taking 1000 yen, ok?

Maria's mom: Alright.

Maria's mom: So, any plans for today?

Maria: I have to go to my part time job after school so I might be late too.

Maria's mom: I see

Maria's mom: It's great that you have something you want to do, but try not to get home too late, ok?

Maria: Fufu, you always worry too much.

Maria: ...

Maria: Oh my, is that

Girl: Hahaha, that's so weird~

Girl2: Right?

Girl: Huh? Is that...

Girls: Maria Onee-chan!

Maria: Oh my, you're so full of energy today.

Maria: Buut

Maria: It's dangerous to run on the street like that, you know.

Girl: I'm sorry~

Girl2: Who is she?

Girl: Umm, she's the Onee-san from the daycare I go to after school.

Maria: (Yep, I work part time as an assistant advisor taking care of children.)

Maria: (The children there call me Onee-san.)

Maria: (It's not like I'm doing it for the money.)

Girl1: She plays with us, we eat sweets together, and she helps us with our homework.

Girl2: Oh~

Girls: *Chatter Chatter*

Maria: (The reason why I work there...)

Maria: (Oh~ they're just the cutest.)

Maria: (It's because... I love children!)

Girl: Maria Onee-chan, read me a book.

Maria: Sure~

Girl2: Maria Onee-chan, help me with my homework.

Maria: Sure, since we're all here, let's do this together.

Maria: Let's see, who's in the same grade as you... Shin-kun!

Shin: ...

Maria: Shin-kun~

Shin: Wha?

Maria: ...

Maria: ...Is everything alright?

Shin: ...Huh?

Maria: You look down

Shin: Mmm... I'm ok.

Maria: ...Alright, I'll believe you.

Maria: But if anything happens, you can always talk to me no matter what, ok?

Maria: Now, let's do our homework together.

Shin: ...ok!

Assistant: ...What happened?

Maria: That boy's been looking down for the past few days.

Assistant: I see...

Maria: If there were something I could do I would, but...

Maria: (I can't stop myself from reaching out and trying to help when I see a child looking for help.)

Maria: (It was the same, back then...)

Maria: So you can grant me any single wish...?

Maria: I'm not really sure what to say when I actually think about it...

Maria: It'd be great if I had a wish that would make my life a bit more fulfilling but...

*Vrooom*

Maria: Mmm? That car...

Maria: !?

Maria: Look out!

*Beep Beep*

*Thud*

Bystander: Kyaaaaa!

Bystander2: The child!

bystander3: An ambulance! Call an ambulance, quick!

Maria: Oh no!

Maria: Kyuubey!

Maria: Save that child!

Kyuubey: Is that your wish?

Maria: Yes, that's right!

Kyuubey: Are you sure? I can only grant you one wish.

Maria: I don't care, save that child's life!

Maria: (Well, it's not like I regret becoming a magical girl, but...)

Shin: ...

Maria: (He looks so sad all by himself again...)

Maria: (Mmm~ Maybe not sad, but...)

Maria: (...Lonely?)

Assistant: Shin-kun, your mom's here to pick you up~!

Shin: !?

Shin: O-Ok!

Maria: ...!

Maria: (He looks a bit happier...)

Maria: Excuse me, you must be Shin-kun's mom... can I talk with you for a moment?

Shin's mom: Oh, Maria Onee-san, what happened?

Maria: Well...

Maria: Ah, Shin-kun, please wait here.

Shin: Ok~!

Shin's mom: Huh? ...Shin... is feeling down?

Maria: I'm sorry if I might be misunderstanding something...

Maria: But I wonder if your son is feeling lonely.

Maria: Just now, he cheered up the instant you came in.

Shin's mom: ...

Maria: ... Are you really busy at work?

Shin's mom: My company is more understanding than most already...

Shin's mom: They let me leave earlier than the others...

Shin's mom: But this is still the earliest I can get here every day.

Shin's mom: And... I still need to work on Saturdays...

Maria: I see...

Maria: Shin-kun... is still in first grade... so I'm sure that's...

Shin's mom: ...To be honest...

Shin's mom: I knew he must have been lonely all by himself.

Shin's mom: But I pretended not to notice, until you pointed it out...

Shin's mom: I'm... an awful mother.

Maria: ...

Maria: ...but if you feel that way

Maria: Why don't you go somewhere with him, just the two of you?

Shin's mom: ...Huh?

Maria: I think that'd be better than worrying about things!

Shin's mom: ...you're right.

Shin's mom: I'll really be an awful mom if I don't do something now!

Shin's mom: Alright! I'll spend the next day I have off with him!

Maria: Yes!

Shin's mom: Ah, but... I don't know if I have enough time to plan something before my next day off...

Shin's mom: And I don't know what kids these days like...

Maria: Leave that to me!

Shin's mom: Huh?

Maria: I'll put something together by this weekend that Shin-kun will love!

Maria: It might be a bit cliché, but this should do the trick.

Maria: Next is...

Schoolgirl1: Ah, Maria-sama, what are you doing?

Schoolgirl2: This place just opened. Planning a date there?

Schoolgirl1: These places are supposed to be popular with families with children.

Schoolgirl2: Places popular with families with children...

Schoolgirl2: ... Are you going with your dead husband's love child?

Maria: Ok, ok, stop right there!

Maria: You joke about me being a widow every day...

Maria: Why's that?

Schoolgirl1: We also added "neglected wife" to your character profile.

Maria: Yeah...

Maria: Do I really look that old?

Schoolgirl1: It's not about that, you just give off this motherly aura.

Schoolgirl1: It's like we're just children in front of you, Maria-sama.

Schoolgirl1: I wish I could be Maria-sama's child, so she'd pamper me!

Maria: I see, it's all my fault...

Maria: Understood, let's do it.

Maria: How about I become your mother?

Schoolgirl2: What!?

Maria: Call me mommy...

Schoolgirl2: Huh!? Wha!?

Maria: Fufu, you're the one who asked for it.

Schoolgirl2: M-Mommy...

Schoolgirl1: Her face is all red.

Schoolgirl1: None of us ever stood a chance against Maria-sama.

Maria: Oh my? Are we done already? Fufufu, what a shame.

Schoolgirl1: So, what were those plans for anyway?

Maria: There's this mom and her son at my job who're looking for something to do this weekend.

Maria: So, I'm planning something for them this weekend.

Maria: I was wondering if there were any places parents and children could enjoy together.

Schoolgirl2: Oh~ So you need to do those kind of things too when you work at a daycare?

Schoolgir11: Do you get paid for that too?

Maria: Paid? No.

Maria: It's just something I'm sticking my nose into.

Schoolgirl2: For free? Why?

Maria: Well, if you ask me

Maria: It's because I can't not help when I see a family that needs it.

Shin's mom: Hello

Assistant: Ah, Shin-kun's mom, hello.

Assistant: Shin-kun~ Your mom's here.

Maria: Hello.

Shin's mom: Maria Onee-san, hello.

Maria: Here, I wrote up the plans.

Shin's mom: Really? Can I take a look?

Shin's mom: Wow~ it's so detailed.

Shin's mom: Mmm, I didn't even know they had these kinds of things.

Shin's mom: Thank you!

Shin's mom: I think this is going to be a great weekend!

Shin's mom: I was a bit worried I'd be the only one enjoying our time together,

Shin's mom: But now, I'm looking forward to it!

Maria: No problem, enjoy yourselves.

Maria: That should settle things... hopefully...

[Maria-sama will watch over you]

Maria: (Today's Saturday)

Maria: (I wonder if Shin-kun and her mom are having fun today.)

Maria: ...

Shin's mom: I was a bit worried I'd be the only one enjoying our time together.

Maria: (I wonder if... Shin-kun's mom is ok...)

Maria: (I might be sticking my nose where it doesn't belong,)

Maria: (But I can't stand sitting here and doing nothing.)

Maria: (They should be around here by now.)

Maria: Ah...

Maria: (There they are.)

Maria: (Fufu, Looks like they're following the schedule so far.)

Shin: Go! Fly!

Shin's mom: Wow~ It flew so high~

Maria: (They're having a "make your own plastic bottle rocket" event at the park by the beach.)

Maria: (Looks like they're having fun, maybe I was worried for nothing...)

Shin: Mom, make one too!

Shin's mom: Huh? No, no, it's fine.

Shin: But I'm the only one doing anything.

Shin's mom: These are for children so you should be doing them.

Shin: Ok!

Shin: That one flew pretty high too~

Maria: ...

Maria: (Maybe I should watch them... a bit longer.)

Shin's mom: We still have some time until our next destination so how about we play in the park for now.

Shin: Ok!

Shin's mom: That was fun~

Shin: Yeah!

Shin: Ah, everyone's playing in the water fountain.

Shin: Mom, I want to get into the fountain too!

Shin's mom: Huh?

Shin's mom: ... No.

Shin: Eh~ Why?

Shin's mom: Because this park's fountains are supposed to be off limits...

Shin: The other kids are playing on it! Why can't I play too?

Shin's mom: Well... umm, this is tough...

Shin's mom: Umm... how do I explain...

Shin: ...

Shin: It's fine... I won't play.

Shin's mom: ...

Shin: ...

Maria: (Things look... bad... they're not talking...)

Maria: (If that's the case...)

Shin's mom: ...

Shin: ...

Maria: Oh my, Shin-kun?

Shin: Huh?

Shin: Ah, Maria Onee-chan!

Shin; Why are you here?

Maria: I just came here to have some fun.

Maria: What a huge coincidence we'd bump into each other here~

Shin's mom: ... Coincidence? But... you're the one who put together this schedule.

Shin's mom: Did you come here to help...

Maria: Just "ssshh" for now.

Shin: I'm playing with mom!

Maria: That's great.

Shin: Are you jealous?

Shin: Then I can play with you too.

Maria: Really? I'd love that.

Maria: Alright, let's go then.

Maria: (I feel awful for butting in when this was supposed to be a time for just the two of them,)

Maria: (But if that way I can help them talk to each other...)

Shin: ...

Maria: Shin-kun, over here~

Maria: Can you get to where am I?

Shin: Uuugh... so high.

Maria: (Shin-kun is only in first grade.)

Maria: (I wonder if he's still afraid of the tightrope bridge)

Maria: (But...)

Shin: ...

Shin's mom: Shin, don't give up

Shin: It's wobbling...

Shin's mom: ...I'm here with you

Shin: But... ugh...

Shin's mom: ...

Maria: Mom!

Shin's mom: ...Me?

Maria: Take his hand!

Shin's mom: Huh?

Shin: Ugh...

Shin's mom: ...Shin.

Shin: ...

Shin's mom: ...Shin!

Shin: ...Huh?

Shin's mom: ...let's... hold hands.

Shin's mom: That way, you can make it to the end.

Shin: ...!

Shin: O-Okay!

Maria: Uhhh...

Shin: Mom, I want this one.

Shin's mom: Can you eat it? It's really spicy

Shin: I can do it!

Shin: It's yummy!

Shin's mom: Wow, so you can eat this kind of food now!

Shin's mom: Then, I'll make this for you next time.

Shin: Really? Yay!

Maria: (I was worried about how things would turn out after they stopped talking...)

Maria: (But looks like things are ok now.)

Maria: (I'll go home once they're finished here.)

*Ring Ring*

Shin's mom: Ah, a call.

Shin's mom: ...Huh? ...From the Chief Director?

Maria: (What?)

Shin's mom: I wonder what happened.

Shin's mom: Yes? Hello?

Shin's mom: Yes... Yes...

Shin's mom: Huh? Right now?

Maria: !?

Maria: (Please... say no!)

Shin's mom: ...

Shin's mom: ...Understood

Shin's mom: I'm on my way.

Maria: (Ah...)

Shin's mom: ...

Shin: Mom? What's wrong?

Shin's mom: Shin... I'm sorry...

Shin's mom: I... need to go to the office right now....

Shin; What?

Shin: But today is your day off!

Shin's mom: I'm really sorry...

Shin: No way...

Shin's mom: You need to go home now. We can do something next time.

Shin: ...

Maria: (He looks so sad again.)

Maria: (...Guess I have no choice.)

Maria: Excuse me... do you mind if I keep him company?

Maria: I'll take him home once it gets dark out.

Shin's mom: ...really?

Shin's mom: I'll feel a lot more relieved if you're with him.

Shin's mom: Alright, please take care of Shin.

Shin's mom: If anything happens give me a call, ok?

Shin's mom: Shin, be good and behave.

Shin: ...

Maria: Alright Shin-kun, let's go have lots of fun!

Shin: ...

Maria: ...

Maria: Shin-kun, do you play around here a lot?

Shin: Not really.

Maria: I see.

Maria: Alright, then I'll show you a lot of fun places.

Maria: Make sure you don't forget where they are

Maria: So you can show them to your mom later, ok?

Shin. Yep, ok.

Shin: I hope I get a chance... to show them to her.

Shin: Because my mom... is busier than other moms.

Maria: ...

Maria: (I see...)

Maria: (He feels lonely comparing himself to the other kids.)

Maria: (I felt that way too...)

Girl1: Mmn-!

Girl1: Your dad works in that tall building!?

Maria: Yep!

Girl1: Hey, what does he do?

Maria: What was it? ... Something to do with international trade?

Maria: He buys things from people from other countries.

Girl1: Other countries? That's so cool!

Maria: That's where my mom met him.

Girl1: Office romance?

Girl1's Mom: It's getting dark, let's go home~

Girl1: Ah, my mom's here!

Girl1: Alright, I'm going home now.

Girl1: See you tomorrow Maria-chan!

Maria: Yeah, see you tomorrow!

Maria: ...I should go home too.

Maria: Ah, I need to buy a bentou from the convenience store...

Maria: ...

Maria: ....I miss mom's cooking...

Maria: (I don't want him to go through the same things I did.)

Shin: ...

Maria: (If he goes home like this...)

Maria: (Today will just be an awful memory for him.)

Maria: (I need to do everything I can...)

Maria: (To make today a great memory for him!)

Maria: For his sake...

[The Magic of the Virgin Mary]

Shin: Wow~ It's so cool~!

Maria: It's called a ghost shark.

Maria: Ah. Hey, Shin-kun, do you want to go here?

Shin: Huh? ...The striped beakfish show?

Shin: But I like dolphins and penguins more...

Maria: You'll regret it if you miss it~

Shin: Well... if you really want to go...

Maria: Fufufu, thank you.

Shin: That was so cool!

Maria: Fufu

Shin: I want to buy souvenirs! And then, and then!

Shin's mom: Haaa... Haaa...

*Ring Ring*

Shin's mom: Uh? Another call...

Shin's mom: Hello

Shin's mom: Huh? Things are.... alright?

Shin's mom: Yes, thank you...

Shin's mom: Thank you for everything

*Beep*

Shin's mom: I... don't need to go to the office anymore...

Shin's mom: First of all, I need to go back to Shin.

Shin's mom: ...but.

Shin's mom: How should I even face him...

Shin: It looks so good!

Maria: Fufu, yeah, the takoyaki looks delicious.

Maria: Let's sit there and eat it.

Shin: Wha- but that's a waste of time.

Maria: But you shouldn't eat while you walk.

Shin: ...

Shin: Mom said the same thing.

Shin: But everyone at school always eats while they walk.

Shin: Why am I the only one who can't?

Shin: So mom and Maria Onee-chan both think I'm...

Maria: It's because it's dangerous.

Shin: ... It's dangerous?

Maria: Yes.

Maria: It's dangerous to walk without paying attention.

Maria: You could fall and get hurt.

Maria: Or the food could get stuck in your throat.

Maria: And you know?

Shin: ...What is it?

Maria: I think the food would be more tasty

Maria: If we take our time to eat it while sitting together.

Maria: I'm sure that's also why your mom told you not to walk while you're eating.

Shin: Ah...

Shin: Then when mom told me

Shin: That I couldn't play in the fountain...

Maria: If you get wet you could catch a cold.

Maria: And fountains weren't made to play in anyway.

Maria: They're made out of hard stone and they have lots of sharp corners.

Shin: If I fall on them... I could get hurt...

Maria: That's right.

Maria: There's always a good reason

Maria: When your mom tells you that you can't do something.

Shin: I get it, let's eat at the bench!

Maria: Fufu, thank you.

Shin's mom: ...

Shin: It's the last one.

Maria: You can have it.

Shin: It's alright, I don't want it.

Maria: Are you just trying to be nice?

Shin: I don't want to eat it.

Maria: Ah... I see. I'll put it aside then.

Shin: Hehehe.

Shin's mom: Excuse me...

Maria: Huh?

Shin: Mom!?

Shin: W-What happened?

Shin's mom: The office called...

Shin's mom: They said everything was fine and I didn't need to go back.

Shin: That's great~

Shin's mom: So, I need to ask Onee-san for a favor...

Shin: Wait here while she and I talk, ok?

Shin: Ok~

Maria: ...A favor? ...What could it be?

Shin's mom: I'm not confident I know how to face him...

Shin's mom: I don't know how to express myself... and no matter what I do I always end up regretting it...

Maria: I-I see... so...?

Shin's mom: So please!

Shin's mom: I want him to have fun with me...

Shin's mom: I want to get along better... with my precious Shin...!

Shin's mom: When you were with him... you almost looked like the Virgin Mary...

Shin's mom: I want to be like you...!

Maria: So that's what it is.

Maria: But then...

Maria: I think you'll be fine.

Shin's mom: ...What do you mean?

Shin's mom: Shin?

Shin: Sorry, I heard everything.

Shin: Mom!

Shin's mom: Kyaaa!

Shin: Hehehe~

Maria: That's the biggest smile he's had the whole day.

Shin's mom: ...W-Why?

Shin: Mom!

Shin: But I thought you didn't love me?

Shin's mom: What!?

Maria: Exactly what he said.

Shin's mom: You thought I didn't love you?

Shin's mom: ...What do you mean?

Shin: Huh?

Shin: ...You didn't look like you were having fun when you were with me...

Shin: And... it seemed like you didn't want to talk...

Shin: So I thought that maybe you didn't love me...

Shin's mom: That's...

Shin's mom: because you don't love me.

Shin's mom: Because I'm always bothering you and telling you not to do things, so I thought you must not love me,

Shin: W-What!?

Shin: I do love you!

Shin: Aren't you the one who doesn't love me?

Shin's mom: You're wrong.

Shin's mom: Shin, you're the who doesn't love me.

Maria: Calm down you two!

Shin's mom: Onee-san...

Maria: Shin-kun loves you, and you love Shin-kun...

Maria: It's just that

Maria: neither of you realized.

Shin's mom: But... I spend all day at work.

Shin: Mom.

Maria: When I was little, my parents always came back home late.

Maria: I would be lying if I said I didn't feel lonely...

Maria: But I still loved my parents.

Shin: Yeah!

Shin's mom: Shin...

Maria: You don't need to try to be like the Virgin Mary.

Maria: We can't all be saints.

Shin's mom: ...

Shin's mom: ...Shin ...Onee-san.

Shin's mom: Thank you...

Shin: Yeah!

Shin: That's right, I bought you a present!

Shin: A stuffed striped beakfish! They're super smart.

Shin: And we also ate this takoyaki, it was yummy.

Shin: So, I saved one for you!

Shin's mom: Wow~ Thank you!

Maria Fufu

Maria: Alright, it's time for me to leave.

Maria: See you later Shin-kun.

Shin: Yes~ See you Onee-san

Shin's mom: Umm, thank you so much for today...

Shin's mom: I had a lot of fun, I think I'll be able to face Shin from now on.

Shin's mom: By the way... Onee-san...

Shin's mom: Are you sure you're not actually a neglected wife with an adult son by any chance?

Maria: I'm still in high school! And please stop talking to me so formally...

Shin's mom: Fufu... it was a joke.

Shin's mom: But I think one day you'll be a splendid mother.

Maria: ...Thank you.

Shin: Find yourself a good man!

Shin's mom: Don't say that!

Maria: Fufu

Maria: One way or another, everything is settled now. That was a lot of fun.

Maria: ...

Maria: ...Will I really be a good mother?

Maria: What? The Soul Gem... is my soul?

Kyuubey: That's correct, would you like me to explain it again?

Maria: ...

Maria: Then, my body is...

Kyuubey: You can think of it like a computer's peripheries.

Maria: ...

Maria: ...

Maria: ...

Maria: ...I wonder if I can really be a good mother...

Maria: After all, I'm already a magical girl.