( ❝̆ ·̫̮ ❝̆ )✧ So many ideas, yet no time to write. Okay so before you read I just want to let you know I don't update regularly. I tried but I just couldn't keep up. I'll do my best to work on all of my stories to get the next chapters up. Just please bare with me. Anyways now read on and please enjoy~!

Gossip dies when it hits a wise person's ears

Today is the day that would change their lives forever. She could feel it.

She got up and tied her hair in a messy bun. As she passed the old digital alarm clock it took a minute for her brain to process the time, 6:00 AM.

Her face scrunched up as she mentally noted that she needed to wake up earlier to get things done properly. Then with a small sigh she walked to the kitchen and got out the ingredients to make breakfast. She grabbed the instant mix as she knew there would be no time to make it from scratch. Then she cracked the eggs and put the right amount of oil and water.

'Now where did I put the beater' she questioned? After a few more minutes and unfortunately stepping on a lego she had found it. It was in the back of the messy cupboard.

When she was finally done beating the instant batter she took out a little stove; then placing a thin coat of butter. Once plugged in she diligently grabbed a soup spoon and with the batter made shapes of sharks and stars.

6:36 AM

She was so glad she took a shower the night before. Quickly she went to change in her clothes and let her bun go to have her hair fall around her shoulders. As she was about to pass the mirror she stopped.

She stared at the mirror reviewing her appearance. Long midnight curls that cascaded down to her back. Honey colored eyes examined her peach shaded skin.

Before she could start criticising herself she ripped her gaze off the mirror and continued to go to her bedroom.

For the first time today she smiled warmly as she then proceeded to shake the the shoulder of the sleeper. "Rise and shine sweetheart!"

She heard a complaint and a plea for five minutes as she opened the curtains to let the light pour in through the room. "Come on time for school."

She heard no reply and she was glad she was smart enough to plan out today's morning schedule yesterday. She knew that if they didn't hurry up though there was a bigger chance being late.

"I made pancakes~!" She sang.

With those words a five year old bolted from the bed in his unicorn onesie straight to the kitchen. Before following him she had set out his lovely blue uniform and black dress shoes on his bed.

Entering the kitchen she had found the boy putting more syrup than he should on his pancakes. "Kouichi don't do that, you'll rot your teeth before you know it." she said taking away the bottle from him.

"Mkay mummy" he said, his mouth stuffed with pancakes. she chuckled and got up to get his backpack ready. By the time she was done he was already putting his shoes and gulping the last of the orange juice.

7:02 AM

"Let's go" she rushed, quickly brushing his hair. She made sure he had all his things before grabbing her own bag and rushing both of them out the door.

"It's so early!" Kouichi complained as they he both started walked, his hand in hers. "I know sweetheart but todays your first day of school."

The boy slouched as he began to start whining "I dooooon't wannnnna!"

She tisked and shook her head, "It's 'want to' not 'wanna' sweetheart and I thought you wanted to make your proud mamma happy?."

He stopped whining "...You're proud of me mummy?"

She smiled warmly at him "You make me proud everyday honey, but what really matters is that you make yourself proud, you have to make yourself happy. But to do that you need to get an education. Yes it's hard work and sometimes you're not gunna want go to school, but we have to try. We have to persevere and achieve. Because this school, is the key to opportunities."

He looked at up at her with admiration and with a squall he stopped to hug her. "I'll keep making you proud mummy and I'll make myself proud too."

They had walked for around about ten minutes with Kouichi singing a pop song he had stuck in his head. He didn't stop singing until they saw the bus stop. His mother gasped and panic was then evident on her face. She had then proceeded to pick him up as she ran to try to catch up to the bus that looked close to leaving.

They had barely made it as the doors were close to closing till his mother's hand harshly reached out to forcibly open it. Breathing raggedly she climbed on the bus and sat him in an empty seat.

"Are okay?" Kouichi asked quietly. He felt bad that his mom was tired and he wasn't. "She smiled again and nodded "I'm fine, i'm just glad we made it. Why don't you take a nap till we get to our stop?"

The boy nodded and snuggled into his backpack as a sort of pillow. He was close to dozing off until he saw a teen with a similar uniform as his looking at his mom. He didn't look like he wanted to hurt her but nevertheless he was staring at his mummy. 'He could be thinking of bad things' the boy thought.

Now he was wide awake. After what felt like forever he started to get scared for his mother's safety as the gaze of the boy's eyes didn't leave her. The moment the teen's eyes caught his stare Kouichi couldn't help but panic and in seconds burst into tears. His mother who was oblivious to the other teen was started by by his actions.

'Everything had been going fine, was he really this nervous about school?' She wondered. She had picked him up from his seat and instead sat down with him in her lap. He buried his face on her shoulder while sobbing. "Shhh, it's alright sweetheart. What happened?." He didn't answer but instead kept crying and by the sounds of it he wasn't going to stop anytime soon. She then started to sing softly not caring that many people were staring at them.

"If you'll be my star,

I'll be your sky

You can hide underneath me and come out at night

When I turn jet black

And you show off your light

I live to let you shine~

I live to let you shine~"

Kouichi sniffled and his crying lessened. He saw the boy turned his gaze away and looked sorry to have upset him. 'Maybe I was just overreacting.' It was was only after four stops that they had to get off. The mother had slung both bags over her shoulder and cradled the boy in her arms as she got off. Kouichi had already fallen asleep, so it was no problem as the teen with the blue uniform followed.

"Hey, um, do you need any help" he asked ask he walked near their pace "I could lend you a hand if you don't mind?" The mother brightened at the offer "That would be so sweet, thank you!" "Ah, it's no problem!"

8:21 AM

"We finally made it" the mother celebrated.

"Yeah, again sorry I can't help you all the way." The brunet teen commented.

"Oh it's alright darling, we don't want you to be late for class too. Thank you so much again."

After halfway of the walk to his classroom she had woke kouichi up so that by the time they were at his classroom he could get rid of the sleep in his eyes. She had a small talk with the teacher before turning to her son "Have a great day sweetie, I love you so much!"

" Bye mummy, I love you too." He was about enter his classroom as he was being introduced "Oh and mum" She turned back as she was about to leave. "It 'going to' not 'gunna'" he continued before entering the room.

She had started the spot her son was just once until she lightly bust into soft giggles. Now she had to leave, she was late as it is.

After a couple of minutes she had knocked on the correct door. "Hello, I apologize for my tardiness."

The teacher motioned for her to enter, "Just don't let it happen again. Class this is our new student Yukimura, Kimiko. Please make her feel welcome class 3-A."

8:37

That's when her life would surely change and she prayed to God for the better.