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Chapter 11

Mitsuki wasn't pleased at all when he was on his way to a certain ice-cream-shop. Wasn't he supposed to be the child, why did his mother have to be so difficult? Sometimes, she was just the professional herself but that's only when she was baking or as the representative of the German school. One might think that she was creepy and annoying but he knew that she was a hardworking person with a kind heart, if not, why would she take care of him when he left home? He remembered how hard it was to live alone and to miss his mother-he lost his father unwillingly and now he also lost his mother for her sake. The one who reached out to him was Amaya Tsubasa. When he remembered their first meeting, he chuckled lightly.

He was 13-years old and she was 19. It was one evening, when he ran away from the dormitory of his German private school, as he couldn't stand the bullying of the others anymore. Only because his parents came from different countries doesn't mean that people should be judging one because of appearance but more because of what they are doing and therefore earn their own respect. He was running and accidently bumped into another person, who happened to be Amaya Tsubasa. It was getting dark and being honest, he thought she was a witch with her to that time shoulder-length hair, those piercing eyes and black dress. He bowed immediately as an apology but soon realized that it was weird here in Germany.

"Du bist Japaner? (You're Japanese?)", she asked.

He just nodded surprised. "Woher wissen Sie das? (How do you know that?) Sind Sie auch aus Japan? (Are you also from Japan?)".

She nodded but tilted her head in a question. "What are you doing here this late?".

"Just walking around", he answered quickly and wanted to go ahead, especially now he didn't want anyone to see him escaping.

"Wait. Do you happen to go to that school over there?", she looked at the large building of the private school.

"What if I am?"

"It's not like you are interesting or so but you just looked", she paused and thought a little bit, "like a little boy who has a problem and decided to run away instead of facing it".

"You don't even know, so don't judge", his reply was sharp. That woman really annoyed him.

"As I said, I don't care but if you want to come along I don't mind".

"Where? Do you want to kidnap me?".

"No, you're not worth the trouble". She grinned. "You simply don't look happy with your life but trust me happiness, that, you can't buy, instead let's buy ice cream and, that's kind of the same thing".

That day he just tagged along and also learnt new things about her, for example that she travelled around to improve her skills and how she disliked carrots because they tasted weird in her opinion and so on. It was simply enjoyable to talk with someone instead of isolating himself.

When he arrived he saw familiar faces: Kashino Makoto and Amano Ichigo. The blond boy grabbed her shoulders and yelled: "Ichigo, are you talking about Mitsuki Kamino?!".

She looked shocked but nodded. "How do you know him?".

Kashino didn't answer instead he looked to the side and said angrily: "So he lied to me, when he told me he didn't know you".

"He did?", asked the brunette.

Mitsuki decided to enter the shop and simply responded to her question. "Yeah, I did".

"You bastard!". Kashino immediately grabbed the blue-haired boy by his collar of his shirt. "I trusted you! Why did you lie to me?".

Mitsuki couldn't help but smirked. "There's no reason why I should tell you and now let go off me".

The punch came unexpected but even so it hurt a lot. He fell on the floor and could taste the blood in his mouth. His golden eyes met furious brown ones.

"Let's go Ichigo", said Kashino and grabbed her by her wrist, while leaving the shop.

Mitsuki looked at his adoptive mother who was eating her large amount of ice cream on a small table. She didn't even glance at him when she spoke: "What were you thinking Mitsuki?"

"I guessed I didn't think for ones. Why didn't you do anything?", asked Mitsuki displeased while taking the handkerchief, she handed him.

"I am also a teacher and in this situation, I shouldn't involve myself. Also, a little punch is good sometimes".

"Thanks mum".

"You're very welcome, son". She handed him a spoon. "Join me, even I don't eat that much".

He just sat down while sighing. "You know that it was only sarcastic".

"I know".

"I only wanted to make sure because you are so difficult sometimes".

She wacked him on the head lightly. "So disrespectful".

He grinned while shoving a spoonful of strawberry and chocolate ice cream in his mouth.

"I still can't understand why you like that boring combination Mitsuki. I mean, try it with coffee and yogurt or so".

"You don't understand, it's a classic and also", he stopped and looked out of the window, as if he was thinking of something. "They truly suit each other perfectly".

I have a question, dear reader. Did you guess the meaning of Mitsuki's preference of Strawberry and Chocolate?