'How long has it been since I last saw him?'
A young girl thought absently as she continued to eat her lunch while surrounded by her friends, happily chatting away about a variety of topics.
'I wonder…when will I get to see him again?'
"Mikan-chan~, your spacing out again what's wrong? You've been doing that a lot today." Her friend, Sachi, said while gazing at her curiously.
"Are you feeling ill Mikan-chan?" Mami, another of her friend's asked her with concern.
"Ahh. No it's nothing like that. Sorry for worrying you," the now identified Yuuki Mikan quickly reassured her friends, "I'm just worried that my dad won't be able to make it tonight." It wasn't exactly a lie, she had started wondering if her father would show up to the meeting before her thoughts shifted focus.
"Oh right! Tonight's the representative-teacher meeting," Mami exclaimed as she remembered the event.
"Though more than a meeting doesn't this seem more like some pseudo-party?" The short haired girl stated her opinion as she placed her curled finger under her chin.
"True," agreed the dark haired girl.
"Didn't they do this to make it more sociable for everybody?"
"Mmm-hmm, supposedly this was to make it easier for everyone to socialize with each other while the teacher goes around and talks about the students to their parents by creating a more 'suitable' environment like a ball of some kind."
"I just think the teachers got tired of the same old boring meeting so they invented this as an excuse to have a good time while telling the parents about their children," Sachi replied with a laughter in her voice.
"Could be," agreed Mikan.
"Anyway," Sachi spoke up again, "Are you worried your father won't come tonight because of his job?"
"Yeah," replied the golden-eyed girl, "He's really busy with his current projects."
"If that's the case you could just have another representative come instead of your father, as long as you tell the teacher beforehand then everything should be alright," Mami informed her friend.
"There's no one else who can." Mikan replied, "Well it doesn't matter, I'm just a little worried, I've been reminding him for weeks so I'm sure he'll show up, still thanks for your concern," she answered honestly.
"No problem Mikan-chan!" Exclaimed Sachi .
"Don't worry Mikan! It'll be fine!" Reassured Mami.
"Still~," began Sachi, "Too bad your awesome brother can't come instead, even after all this time we still haven't met him," finished the short haired girl while their dark haired friend giggled at her teasing of their mutual friend.
"Geez are you both still saying that," huffed Mikan "Even after all this time you two are saying those things." The only response she got was the laughter of her friends.