Lesson Learned

But I can't ignore it either

When dad arrived in the threshold of the door, the group of teenagers—besides Nagisa, Karma, Rio, and the twins— hid behind Mayumi like she was their shield.

"See what we mean!" Rio said innocently.

"Protect us!" Koyama yelped, ducking his head to hide behind their mom.

Dad took in what he was seeing and gritted his black teeth, which is when Karma snapped another picture.

Mom's eyes widened when she saw. "Oh..." She snorted and quickly covered her mouth. "Oh, my..."

"It was just a prank, dad," Mitsuko said sweetly with wide eyes. "Don't be mad!"

"I don't know why you're upset." Gakushuu actually laughed. "It's a good look for you!"

Dad growled. "You little..."

Mom couldn't stop smiling. "Alright, that's enough." She patted Sugaya and Ren on the head when they tried to hide further behind her. "You all had your fun and now it's time to apologise."

Mitsuko shared an amused smile with her friends.

"We're sorry, Principal Asano!" The teenagers all chimed sweetly.

"There we go." Mom chuckled, walking over to dad. "They're just having some fun, there's no need to get mad."

"Yeah, it only last 24 hours," Karma said brightly.

Dad shot him a dark glare which only made the demon child smile more.

"See, it's not permanent, and it's not like school is in session," Mom told him, shrugging. "Stop being so dramatic and let them have some fun."

Mitsuko and her brother grinned smugly at their dad. "Yeah!"

Dad's eye twitched, muttering darkly under his breath as the purple glow in his eyes lost its edge. "I do not want to be disturbed any further this afternoon or evening."

Karma smiled sweetly. "No worries, Mr Principal-sir! We'll be as good as gold."

"Yeah!" Rio's smile was sharp. "You'll forget we're even here!"

Mitsuko nearly laughed when she saw how close her dad looked to murdering Rio and Karma right then and there.

But the sharp look mom shot him seemed to smother his desire to murder, as he clenched his jaw and muttered something under his breath and left to go back to his office.

The others gave a loud sigh of relief.

"Oh, man, I was really worried there for a sec." Ren smiled feebly and rubbed the back of his neck.

Araki sighed. "Me too..."

"Yeah, I forgot how scary your dad can be, Mitsuko," Kurahashi laughed.

Sugaya nodded. "Yeah, he looked like he really would kill us."

"Nah, he's not allowed to murder guests," Mitsuko said confidently. "That would be rude."

"Yes, it would be." Mom smiled and nodded, patting her on the head. "But I think it's best you kids leave him alone now and go back to your party."

"No problem, Mrs Asano," Karma told her sweetly. "We won't bother him again." His teeth were sharp when he bared them. "We promise!"

Mom smiled and patted him on the head. "That's good to hear. Now you all run along."

"Okay!"

They all piled out of the room and started to make their way back to the dining room.

"Well, that was fun." Karma smirked at Gakushuu. "Told you it'd be worth it."