"Let me get this straight. My foster mother is my aunt." Rei watched the old woman sip her green tea. The old woman scoffed as she placed down the teacup. "I don't even consider her as my daughter. She wanted to live a normal life and gave up everything for a foolish man."

"But you still let her. What about me? Why don't you let me go too since I am not your granddaughter either. I rather ditch this hellhole and live as an average human. Obviously I don't have the yakuza blood in me." Rei shifts her position and leaned on one arm as she sat cross legged. The old woman already could tell that she was purposely doing so to irritate her. She paid no mind and cleared her throat.

"You already know. There's no one else to take over the family but you. Unless you want your adoptive family's children to take over. And you should know that they would have a harder time adjusting since they have no history of dealing with the mafia except for their parents. Also, no yakuza blood?" She signalled for one of the bodyguards and he slapped down a fat file in front of the woman. She opened it and pulled out a few photos of Rei in her high school years. Rei groaned as she picked them up.

"Seriously, Risa? You fucking stalked me?" Rei flipped through the photos as they showed her punching someone, throwing a heel at another, ducking from a two sided attacks, running away, and kicking someone in the balls. Rei placed them down and she defended herself. "Okay so even though this depicts me as a total asshole, even though I kind of was, I definitely did not fight them off. I just know some very cowardly moves and majority of the time, I don't clean up the fights. Cause I'm weak."

"That's a good quality in a leader. You don't let yourself do the dirty work, you let others." Risa took back the photos and examined them. Rei scratched her head in irritation. "You know that you sound like a dick, right?"

"I don't understand how a human can sound like a genital but I am well aware of how awful that sentence sounded. But being a yakuza isn't all sugar and candy. I can even allow you to continue your work as a teacher, with conditions applied, if you promise to inherit the role of a yakuza."

"...Will I still live with the Hinatas?"

"Of course not. But occasional visits won't be prevented as long as their are proper procedures and permission."

Rei pondered this momentarily as she asked one last question. "Can you guarantee their safety?"

"I will do my best to make sure they are unharmed. If you inherit this position, you can do whatever you want with them."

Rei then dipped her head, submitting to Risa. "I will take over the Ayamu family."

"Internet is a now. It is the global computer network that provides endless information and communication facilities." Kida Masaomi proudly responded to Rei when the copper haired woman called on the boy to define their newest set of terminology. She nodded and smiled with satisfaction but corrected Kida's wrong term for noun. Rei already returned from her visit to the the Ayamu family and went back to her job like normal.

"Good improvement Masaomi-kun. One mistake is that the word isn't now but noun. Looks like a certain playboy hasn't been off chasing after too many girls after school and actually studied." Rei grinned and the whole class laughed.

"It's because such a pretty lady is teaching us~" Kida cheekily sparkled and the teacher passed by him, smacking his head with a book and scolded the boy not to flirt with a teacher.

"Hinata-sensei! Why do we even bother learning English? It's such a pain...we should just stick with learning our mother language." A boy groaned as he slammed his desk on the table. Rei blinked before smiling brightly as she returned to the front and placed her book down on the desk. Picking up a chalk, the teacher wrote on the board with large, bonded words: "Dreams."

"If I dropped you off at a foreign country, there's a chance that you won't even meet a Japanese speaking person. However, English is the most spoken language across the world and it's probably more likely to find someone who speaks English. Japan is a small country, only a small island in a big planet. Earth is only a small planet in a small solar system. The solar system is in a galaxy filled with an uncountable number of solar systems, and the same for the number of galaxies in the universe. It's about dreams, communication, and share of knowledge, children. With English, you may attend one of the most prestigious school in America. Dream big!" Rei's eyes sparkled with a wide smile.

"Sensei...I don't get how dreams and galaxies connect with English...isn't it just a language?" The same, disinterred boy muttered. Rei sweatdropped as she realized how she went off topic with her attempt to sound inspirational. The woman coughed as she decided to calm down and rephrase her speech. "It's all about dreaming big. English is the official language of multiple countries and is the most spoken language in the world. Majority of businesses use English as the main language and English is the language of computers, science, diplomatic, and tourism. Today's assignment is to write an essay about your dreams in English and where would you want to work." Rei smiled brightly as all of the students granted and cried in reluctance of the completely random topic given to them.

"Don't complain! I'm your teacher and as your English teacher, I will help you all score job offers from across the globe and make y'all successful in life!" Rei began laughing maniacally as she handed out paper to everyone.

"Ah ah...there goes Ms. Hinata with her excited speech in making us dominate the world again." Masaomi chuckled in defeat and everyone laughed. The class loved their bright, slightly delusional and silly teacher. Ms. Hinata wasn't exactly a hard teacher, but neither was she a relaxed teacher. In fact, she's so enthusiastic in teaching that she would sometimes mix the other courses in with a bit of English. It helps the students for sure, but you start mixing up ideals with reality just like Rei does. Rei also had her own style of teaching as she makes every English lesson full of meaning rather than the regular boring description of what a noun is and how it functions. There was a slight problem with the woman's teaching though: Her mind was like an endless galaxy and she's way too enthusiastic about everything.

As Rei finished handing out the paper, Mikado Ryuugamine decided to his teacher a question: "Sensei...I'm stuck. What was your dream?" Rei genuinely looked surprised by the question before smiling softly.

"I already reached it!" Rei sat down at her desk with her head propped up by her hands. It's been awhile since she was last asked that question. And the last time she had asked that was when she was still in high school with her rowdy group of "friends". "Teaching is a passion I have. I believe it's my way of helping you little mindless kids to find your dream and pursue it. I had troubles with my life and career plans when I was younger too."

"You sound like an old grandma…" Someone else muttered and a tick mark appeared at Rei's temple. She threw her book at the boy and he was knocked back from his teacher.

"You little brat! I'm not a grandma!" Rei's cheeks were flushed a bright red as the student got back up and shouted at his teacher.

"CHILD ABUSE! BY AN OLD MIDGET-"

"I'M ONLY 23!" Rei teared up. "Godammit I'm not a midget...I'm just shorter than average."

"Uh-oh…he just just made tear up." The whole class stared at him and the boy became perplexed and immediately started panicking. "Uhm...uh...I was just joking, sensei! I swear, you're height is great and uh- you'll get a boyfriend soon."

Rei's face turned even redder as she also became very flustered. "Wha-I no. I uhm...you no. I do have a boyfriend!" Rei's words tumbled out as her face was entirely red with embarrassment.

"Who?' Anri decided to join in the class fuss, which was out of the ordinary for the usually quiet and timid girl. The class turned silent as they waited for their very-teenager-and-childish-like teacher to answer. Rei opened then closed her mouth before slamming her fist on the table as smoke came out of her overheated face.

"Not! Oh my goodness, children these day have no shame." She muttered and the entire class laughed.

"Well for starters, , maybe you need to go out to mixers and socialize more? Are you sure you weren't popular in high school?" Someone asked as the leaned back in the chair.

"I did every normal thing a teenager did in my childhood. I participated in gang fights, went to karaoke and broke the microphones, volunteered in communities to help the seniors, earned a part-time jobs as a server at a cafe and a part-time job as a messenger for delinquents to send their letters to rivalling delinquents and what-?" Rei looked at the students who had a mixture of "what the fuck", pity, and "holy crap" on their faces.

"You didn't have a great teenage life, did you?"

"What? That's not what kids did?"

"No...I can see why you don't have a boyfriend now."

"Eh?"

"Has it ever occurred to you that seem dangerous to approach because you're dangerous without even being conscious about it?"

"I bet you appeared to mixer with bruises, blood and cuts on your face."

"How did you know?"

" ." A female student said seriously and the teacher blinked innocently as she turned to look at her student. "A woman needs to look her best at all times for a man to notice her."

"If you show up with twigs and dirt in your hair to a mixer where people tend to try to look nicer, you will instigate fear, confusion and horror."

"And people tend to avoid people associated with thugs."

"No man would like a woman who looks like she just went on a killing spree."

"You think?" Rei looked utterly lost and confused.

"Next time let us girls help you with your romance life." The girls in the class all cooed in excitement and Rei looked touched. Until she realized that this was supposed to be a English class that she was supposed to be teaching. Not a lesson about romance for her. The copper haired woman slammed her palms on the table. "I can't believe I'm receiving advice and help from these kids! Your assignment is due immediately tomorrow first thing and YOU ARE ALL GONNA READ IT OUT TO THE ENTIRE CLASS!" The bell rang and the class shouted in complaint. Rei headed back to the staff's office to mark the previous assignments, with her mind still wrapping around what her students said. So she decided to text her friends for opinions.

Rei: Was I a normal teenager?

Shithead Izaya: Hahaha, ur so funny. None of us were normal, get real sweetheart. Besides, you ducking went to a yakuza family and came out unscathed.

Shithead Izaya: fucking*

Rei: Shut the duck up. Would you say that I have a romantic sense? Or am I feminine enough?

Rei: Dumbass autocorrect.

Shithead Izaya: HAHAHA OMG WHICH GUY DUMPED U NOW? ROFL

Rei: Fuck you.

Shithead Izaya: Would gladly appreciate it. Anyways, sweetheart, u have no sense of romanticism. At all. And idk about what's considered feminine or not, but ur teenage years were definitely not an average teenage girl. U were like a violent, pathetic, weak, troublesome midget.

Rei: stfu u sexual harasser

Shithead Izaya: Y the sudden awareness? Did u reach puberty? The true mind of an adult?

Rei: NO...I was given...a lesson on romance by my students

Shithead Izaya: LOL wat kind of teacher receives education from her students instead. Just quit.

Rei: Goodbye Shithead Izaya.

Shithead Izaya: Is that still my contact name?

Shithead Izaya: Oiiiiiii r u there

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Rei huffed in annoyance and ignored the black haired man. She decided to text Heiwajima instead to confirm her students and Izaya's statement of her.

Rei: Would u consider me feminine during my teenage years

Superman Shizuo: …wat

Rei: just answer the question..

Superman Shizuo: Lol, nope. I mean...uhm...u were just...particular.

Rei:...

Superman Shizuo: Do u want the reality or the fantasy

Rei: Reality

Superman Shizuo: U were alright. When u weren't involved with the gangs. I mean I'm personally ok with it but...u know.

Rei: My students were giving my a lesson about romance and how I should have spent my teenage years.

Superman Shizuo: LOL

Rei: -_-

Superman Shizuo: But don't worry about it. I'm sure ppl will like u 4 who u r. Even if...uh..u r involved with the mafia.

Superman Shizuo: Might be difficult but

Superman Shizuo: yknow.

Rei: gee...thx

Rei placed down her phone and sighed. Well now that she's deeply incorporated into Ayamu family she won't even have time for relationships. Maybe Celty could provide her some wisdom that neither Shizuo or Izaya will have. She glanced down at her phone then texted Celty.

Hey, brunch Saturday?

Sure!