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Reunions and Redemption
"Is this the residence of Mr. Ichimura Tatsunosuke?"
"…..Yes, who's calling?"
"I apologize for calling so early sir, but I'm afraid it's about your younger sibling…again"
Even though it was 3:53 in the morning, Tatsunosuke Ichimura immediately jumped to the worst conclusion possible as to what had happened. Ever since his working status had forced him to put Tetsunosuke into Foster care temporarily, the small, short tempered teen had managed to get thrown out of six homes, and into juvenile hall at least twice. Tatsu surmised that this call would either end up with Tetsu in an institution, jail, or worse, back with him.
"What happened now?.."
"Well it seems that as of late, Tetsu has been a little than just a handful as you had claimed earlier, Mr. Ichimura, and we are requesting that he either be returned to your custody, or, in a more secure environment."
"I really can't do anything to help unless I know what he did."
The secretary sighed, then obliged to tell Tatsu what had happened. Personally she really didn't consider the boy to be a threat, what often got him into trouble were his naïveté and his temper. Other than that, he was a pretty good kid.
"He recently tried to rob a grocery store of some unimportant items, and in the process, nearly lost his and the arresting officer's lives in a milk jug avalanche, after which he sprained his wrist trying to run away from the officer, who he claimed he thought was a ghostly demon trying to kill him."
Tatsu pinched the bridge of his nose with his thumb and forefinger. The woman was being totally honest, and that fact alone made his headache worse. Gritting his teeth, he decided to try to doubt what the woman said.
"You gotta be kidding me. Alright, that question was pointless. Are both Tetsu and the officer alright?"
"Other than being bit when he tried to grab Tetsu, the officer's fine. And Tetsu's wrist is almost fully healed. Thankfully, the foster family agreed to pay the store for the damages. However, as I was saying earlier, this really was Tetsu's last chance and quite frankly put, he blew it. If it's at all possible, we would greatly appreciate it if you came to pick Tetsu up in the next few days. I assume your work and home status will be able to accommodate him, of course."
"Surprisingly, yes. Of course I'll come pick Tetsu up." What other choice do I have?
"Thank you sir. We really appreciate you doing this."
"No, it's fine, besides, he needs this more than anyone else. I'll pick him up tomorrow evening."
Click.