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"What a day!" Pepper said as she sat down on the sofa.

"Yeah, what a day!" Eva agreed as she closed the suite door behind them, then joined her mother. "I'm tired, and we still gotta pack!"

Nodding, Pepper hauled herself up and held out her hand, "Why don't we go get that done now, kiddo, so we can relax and enjoy our last night here in Kyoto?"

Eva sighed, then grabbed her mother's hand, standing up beside her. They went over to their bedroom doors and parted, each going to pack in their own rooms.

As she went into her room, Pepper thought about the past week she'd spent with her daughter. They'd been in Japan for seven days, and tomorrow they'd fly home. She smiled as she thought about all the things they'd done together in the past week, but she especially thought about today.

On their last day here, Pepper had had no meetings, and so she'd asked Eva what she's wanted to do. At first Eva hesitated, then said, "You know how we've been seeing the geishas all over the place here, Mom?"

"Mmmhmm."

"Well, I think it'd be fun to dress up like one for a day. I mean they wear such pretty kimonos, and their makeup and hair are so intricate..."

As she said this, Pepper didn't miss how much she looked like Tony when he's running an idea by her he's not sure she'll like. She eased the fourteen-year-old's anxiousness. "So do I, sweetheart. So do you know how we can dress up like geishas for a day?" 

The smile on Eva's face had been so big as she squealed and hugged her mother. "Yeah, the concierge said she could make all the arrangements for us! She knows the best place where they'll dress us up like geishas, and even teach us to do some of the stuff they do! Oh, Mom!"

"Ready, Mom?"

Pepper looked at Eva, taking in the beautiful blue kimono Eva was wearing, and she thought of how this was the best trip she has ever had to Japan.