Yama Hime No Mi

He never told her about the fruit. But one evening, when she was in her forties, she found him sitting on the porch, staring at Mount Kurama.

He knelt in front of her, took her cold little hands, and said, "Yuki, I know. I know you tried to take care of me. But that was never your job. I am your father. It is my job to take care of you. And I failed. I walked past your mother. I didn't see her kimono. I didn't see you breaking. But I see it now." yama hime no mi

Kaito lived with that knowledge for forty more years. He watched Yuki grow, marry the kind man with glasses, have children of her own. He watched her heart crack and mend and crack again. And every time, he was there with warm rice porridge and a quiet hand on her shoulder. He never told her about the fruit