Martial Arts Master: I remember something like that about his parents too, but I'm going to give them a personality that's probably going to be way off of what they should be like.

spawnspectre: I can't tell if that's good or bad...


The bus ride was boring. Hisao sat in the back with Emi, their luggage beside them. The bus was fairly empty early in the morning, so Hisao and Emi found themselves the only other passengers.

"So what does your dad do?" Emi asked, trying to break the silence.

"Aren't you supposed to ask him that?" Hisao asked her in return.

Emi shrugged, "I don't know, Ive never done this before."

"Me neither," Hisao said. Emi was his first girlfriend and the first ever girl he brought home. He was nervous and guessed Emi was too.

"To be honest I don't know," Hisao said, " I never paid much attention to his work." It was true, Hisao usually spent his time playing soccer matches with his friends or just doing whatever. He figured he'd find out about what he's going to do later on in life.

"What about your mom?" Emi asked.

"I think she stays home, but I'm not sure. I think you'll like my parents, and I'll apologize for them acting as adults now."

"Oh?" she said with an mischievous smile, " Won't they show baby pictures and tell embarrassing stories?"

"No," Hisao told her, "Unless it's me talking about you."

They rode in silence after that, Hisao wondering how his parents will react.

I hope nothing bad happens, he thought.


The two got off the bus to find themselves in the middle of a shopping district.

"This is the only place the bus stops near my home," Hisao explained, "We have a good fifteen minute walk till we reach my house."

The two started to walk in relative silence, and soon the city was left behind to find a normal neighborhood. Hisao looked around to see if he can remember anything since the last time he was here.

He noted the houses and the people they walked by, trying to see any familiar faces.

"What's wrong?" Emi asked.

"Huh?" Hisao said while turning to face Emi, "Oh, sorry. I was just looking around. It's been a while since I went here."

"I see," Emi said. With that the two continued to walk in relative silence.

"My house should be right around the corner," Hisao announced. Once they turned the corner Hisao spoke of, Hisao pointed to his house for Emi.

The two walked toward the door and before Hisao knocked Emi grabbed his arm.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"I'm just nervous, what if they don't like me?" Emi said.

So she is nervous, Hisao thought.

"That's impossible, I have yet to meet one person who dislikes you," Hisao reassured her, "Besides, your kinda hard not to like."

Emi smiled at Hisao's words and gave him a kiss on the cheek. She then let go of his arm and took several deep breaths to calm herself.

"Okay," she said with a smile, "I'm ready."

Hisao smiled back and knocked on the door. After a few moments the door opened to reveal Hisao's mom.

"Hisao!" she said and hugged him. She was a middle-aged woman who was a head shorter then Hisao. She had short brown hair and wore a pink dress. Her face was a mask of joy in seeing her son.

"Nice to see you too, mom," Hisao said.

Hisao's mom quickly let go of Hisao once she realized what he was here to do.

"Oh, I'm sorry!" she quickly said to Emi, who was shyly looking away. "I didn't mean to ignore you!" With that she quickly went up to Emi and, to her surprise, hugged her. Emi was shocked and after hesitating hugged back and looked over Hisao's mothers shoulder at Hisao, who was suppressing his laughter.

"Come in you two, come in," Mrs. Nakai said while guiding both her son and his girlfriend into the house.

"Thanks for letting us stay, mom," Hisao said.

"Oh, it's my pleasure," Mrs. Nakai said, "I'm just glad your okay. Plus I get to meet your first girlfriend."

Hisao blushed, " Emi, this is my mom. Mom, this is my girlfriend Emi,"

"Nice to meet you," Emi said cheerfully.

Great, now I'm the only one who's nervous, Hisao thought, but I guess it would be worse if Emi was nervous too.

"Where's dad?" Hisao asked as the three sat down the table.

"Your father sends his apologies," his mother said, " He won't be able to make it today. How long will you be staying?" she asked.

"A week or so I suppose, until we get the mail from the university," Hisao replied. He and Emi had already sent in applications for university once they found out that Yamaku also had a university for "special" kids.

"So you'll be going to the same school then?" Mrs. Nakai asked.

"Yes," Emi replied.

The rest of the day was spend eating and talking as Hisao explained how he meet Emi and how they got together, leaving out the personal, and some embarrassing, parts of course.

"So you got my son running in the mornings?" Mrs. Nakai asked.

"She pouted," Hisao explained, "I felt like I hid a puppy," he said truthfully.

They all laughed at this. Hisao smiled as he watched his mom and girlfriend talk. He was glad they were getting along.


Finally done. I had to give up on describing the house, it was too much work. I kinda pictured Emi's house the same as Hisao's. Am I lazy? Yes, but it's harder than it looks.