Title: Punishment

Word Count: 373

Three Prompts: Silence – No one's leaving – Mother's Kitchen

Twelve-year-old Yuki sat across from Zero at the kitchen table. Their heads were bowed, but occasionally she would lift her eyes enough to catch his, which he would answer with a shrug of his shoulders.

Headmaster Cross was only in the other room, but Yuki could not stand the silence any longer. "Do you think he is serious this time?"

Zero nodded.

The Headmaster had said no one was leaving their seats until the culprit of the crime confessed.

Apparently, he had found the leftovers of the stewed greens from a dinner last week in the potted plant. He probably would not have noticed, Yuki lamented, if the greens had not started decomposing.

She would have tattled on Zero in a heartbeat. The Headmaster would have believed her too, but the problem was she felt equally guilty. She had, after all, thought up the same scheme at the same time, almost bumping into Zero on the way to the potted plant. He must be rubbing off on her.

Feeling bored, Yuki kicked her feet back and forth. Zero jumped when her foot collided into his shin.

He half whispered, half hissed, "What was that for?"

"It was an accident," she said. "Be quiet, the Headmaster will hear you."

"I was being quiet."

"What do you think our punishment will be?"

"The Headmistress will probably make us eat the greens."

"The ones that have been with the plant?" Yuki covered her mouth, feeling her stomach flip. Then she added, "He won't take kindly to being called that."

"Why? He calls himself our mother often enough."

A hush fell over them when the Headmaster appeared in the doorway with his arms folded. Yuki put on her best, sweet-innocent look. Zero just glared.

"Do you two have your stories ready?" the Headmaster asked.

"It was the plant," Yuki said.

Since they had not practiced anything beforehand, Zero glanced at her. Yuki looked at him, encouraging him to add something. He bit back a growl of irritation. "Yes, he said, his voice monotone. "The plant felt you were not feeding it enough and demanded something extra."

The Headmaster's eyebrows slowly went up. Finally, he sighed dramatically. "You may go. I'll go have a chat with the plant."

Notes:

Don't use a random number generator to pick your prompts. It'll give you the strangest combinations…

This will be the place where I will put my random VK oneshots. Comments are loved. :)