Wake your psyche up!

If there is anything different about their relationship with Noko compared to their other kids, it has less to do with her not legally being theirs and more to do with the fact that she’s their only fully herbivore child. Legoshi especially has this whole thing about people he sees as more vulnerable than himself and he is still kinda sexist (in that he sees women as more vulnerable) so I think having a herbivore daughter would make him extremely protective of her (he’s protective of all his children but with Noko it’s like, excessive at first). Haru ofc calls him out on it and I like to think he gets better and less anxious with time… He’s learning! ^^’ Legoshi and Noko don’t really get to spend time one-on-one in public though, because Legoshi is worried (maybe justifiably so) about what people might assume if they saw a little herbivore girl alone with an adult male carnivore. :( As soon as Noko is old enough to understand it she finds it really unfair, so as she hits her late teens she starts constantly taking Legoshi on outings to make up for the lost time. In general, older Noko has ZERO patience for anyone treating her family unfairly, especially her hybrid siblings.

Haru and Noko I feel like share a close bond, and remain close as she grows up. You know how sometimes toddlers go through that phase when they only want one specific caregiver with them and will refuse anyone else? Yeah, Noko absolutely went through that with Haru. x) Which caused some problems because as you pointed out, they don’t live together full time. Azuki and Louis got divorced when Noko was 1 which is pretty damn young to start shared custody and might be a bit delicate, but I’ve also seen way younger in my line of work lol (I work in daycare). Noko and Haru also have the same tastes in food and Noko is quite the picky eater, so she goes through phases when she’ll only eat something if Haru either made it or personally assured her it was good. :p Noko thinks Haru is super cool and she likes to learn things about plants from her. They garden together quite a lot. ^^

I think all of Lougoharu’s kids are taught pretty early on that there are two types of parents: the parents who made you and the parents who take care of you. For most kids these two overlap, but not always, which is how Lila, Noko and Shiki can all be siblings even if they each have a different set of bio parents. This is easy enough for them to understand at a pretty young age because it’s always been their normal. What is less easy to understand (especially for Lila) is why Noko gets to have TWO bedrooms and TWO homes when Lila only gets one (highly unfair :p), but in my mind it’s like, nothing more than pretty normal sibling stuff (like when your older sibling gets to have later bedtime or something, y’know?). Lila and Shiki are well acquainted with Azuki and know her as "Noko’s Mama" (Haru is Mommy for all of them). Family reunions where everyone is present are quite rare, though, but they can happen on occasions such as Noko’s birthday. As far as Noko is concerned, she’s just extremely lucky to have so many parents! And a sister and brother, of course. :D

[ID: Sketch of middle school aged Noko, Lila and Shiki. Lila is in the center and wrapping her arms around both her siblings’ shoulders. /end ID]