Mitsuko sighed when she felt her friends staring at her during lunch on the next day of school.Honestly, dad tries to kill himself ONE time and now suddenly everyone's acting like they're stepping on eggshells!
She shook her head as she unpacked the lunch mom had made her—she raised an eyebrow when she saw a small card inside.
'For my beautiful, sweet, wonderful baby girl! – Love Mom' Then there was a heart drawn at the end with a smiley face.
"What the hell?" she muttered, taking a picture of it on her phone and sending it to Gakushuu.
:Did you get one of these too?:
A few seconds later he sent her a text. :Yes...: There was an irritated Emoi at the end.
Then a photo came through of the card that had been left in his lunch,
'For my precious, strong, and handsome little man! – Love Mom' There were hearts and a smiley face at the end.
Mitsuko burst out laughing, drawing some looks from her classmates.
:OMG!: She texted back furiously, putting many laughing emojis.
:I'm going to burn it.: He texted back.
:LIAR!:
:...She's taking this parenting thing a little too far.:
Mitsuko smiled. :She's just trying to make up for lost time, Gaku-nii.:
He didn't text back for a few seconds. :...I'm still burning the card.:
:Don't you dare!:
"So, I take it everything's going okay at home?" Rio asked, pushing her desk to hers.
Okajima pulled up a chair as well. "Yeah, we were all kind of getting worried you'd murdered your dad or somethi—ow!"
Sugaya nudged him hard. "Less of the murder talk, dude."
"Why?—OH!" Okajima gave a nervous laughed. "Sorry! Uh..."
Mitsuko rolled her eyes. "Talking about killing isn't going to trigger bad memories of my dad trying to kill himself." She shrugged. "If that was the case, then I might as well hang up being an assassin..."
Sugaya grimaced, pushing his desk next to hers as he took out his lunch. "We just don't wanna make you uncomfortable or anything."
"Yeah, is your brother doing okay?" Takebayashi asked in concern.
"He's fine." Mitsuko shrugged, avoiding Rio's concerned gaze. "It is what it is." She looked forced a smile. "Besides, my mom ended up slapping the Principal so that was funny."
"Your mom slapped the Principal?!" Rio exclaimed.
"I-is she okay?" Sugaya looked alarmed.
"Yeah, she's fine." Mitsuko smirked. "He's sleeping in the garage."
Rio nearly choked from laughing. "Really?!" She grinned wickedly. "Now this I gotta see!"
"Wait, the Principal got kicked out?!" Maehara looked over from where he was sat with Isogai, Mimura, and Kataoka. "Seriously?"
Mitsuko's smirk grew as her classmates looked over. "Yes. He's sleeping on an airbed, and mom's making him eat downstairs as well."
Sugaya chuckled, covering his mouth. "Nice."
Karma grinned, leaning over his desk. "Not bad. Gotta admit, the prick had it coming."
There were a few nods of agreement.

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Lesson Learned
FanfictionWhen the Asano twins were seven they made a promise. "It's just us now," Gakushuu said firmly, holding her hand tightly. "We can't rely on mom anymore and we can't trust dad." His gaze narrowed. "So we have to rely on each other." He gripped his si...