Lesson Learned

But I can't ignore it either

He cradled the mug close in his hands. "I'm not lying," he said simply. "It's my reason for thinking you deserve better, but it's entirely my opinion." He shrugged. "While I might not care much for her, Nakamura makes you happy, therefore she will always be welcome in our home."

Mitsuko lowered her guard, sighing in relief. "Well, okay then, I guess I can understand that." Then she smiled brightly. "Besides, she doesn't like you very much either."

He smirked. "Yes, I gathered." Then to her delight, he took a large sip of the coffee. "But that's..." He trailed off when his brow knitted, staring into the coffee. "Hm?"

Her smile widened, slipping her phone out of her pocket. "What's wrong?"

His eyes instantly narrowed at her. "What did you—?"

She took a picture the second he opened his mouth wide enough for her to see the charcoal black stained teeth.

"Gotcha." Then she bolted.

Dad's chair scraped against the floor when he stood up. "Mitsuko!"

"I GOT IT!!" She screamed, nearly smashing into the wall when she skidded into the hallway. "I FUCKING GOT IT!!"

Her brother and her friends all popped their heads from around the corner of the hallway.

"SERIOUSLY?!" They all replied.

She rushed over to them and showed them the picture.

They all burst out laughing.

"Holy shit!" Rio was nearly crying. "Send it to the group chat! Send it, please!"

"Mitsuko!" When dad stepped out of his office it was like a dark smog was filtering out like centipedes were climbing the walls towards them. "Get. Back. Here. Now."

The laughter stopped instantly when they all froze up.

"Uh..."Mitsuko's eyes widened when the Principal's eyes glowed purple.

Ah, shit....

"Fucking run!" Sugaya yelled as they all ran down the hallway.

Gakushuu tossed both their balloons in their dad's direction before running. "Move!"

"Every man for themselves!" Koyama squeaked as they tried to escape.

"Get back here!" Dad marching after them.

"Where are we gonna hide?!" Nagisa asked as they came to a crossroads in the hallway.

"The roof?" Araki suggested.

"Who the fuck hides on a roof?!" Seo snapped.

"The garage?" Kurahashi suggested.

Takebayashi looked over his shoulder. "Which room has a lock on it?"

"No time for that!?" Mitsuko said, grabbing Rio's hand. "Follow me!"

She ran to the left with them all close, as dad was hot on their tail until she made it to mom's room and burst in.

"MOM! DAD'S TRYING TO KILL US!!" Mitsuko screamed as she at the others piled in.

Mom stared at them in shock from where she was sat comfortably on the bed with a cup of tea. "W-what?"

Gakushuu gave their mom the best innocent smile he could muster. "We were just playing a party game and he got mad at us."

"Yeah!" Mitsuko's bottom lip wobbled. "Tell him to stop."

"Mitsuko!" Dad yelled, making some of them jump.

Mom's eyes narrowed darkly, standing up. "Just what on Earth...?"