-Hachiman's POV-

"Hachiman dear, would you kindly feed me some of your carbonara?"

I twirled my fork in the pasta then proceeded to feed my mother who sat next to me.

"Mmm, I really love the food here." Mother then got a napkin and cleaned some of the sauce that was on her lips.

"Me too. So Miura, how's your order?" I asked the other girl sitting across the table who was currently staring at us.

"Oh! It's, uhm…" She got some of the apple pie on her fork and ate it. "It's really good, thank you for treating me Shiki-san." Her face showed how much she enjoyed her food.

"No problem Yumiko-chan! So, what were you going to talk about with my son here? May I listen in as well?" After hearing that Miura's expression changed from a happy to a sadder, nervous one. She closed her eyes and thought of what to do in her situation. She then opened her eyes and from expression it she had decided on what she'll do.

"It's fine Shiki-san. I'd like it more if it were me and Hikigaya-kun, but you're his mother so you have the right to hear what I'm about to say."

She told my mother how she had treated me this past years and what had recently happened between us. Mother listened intently to her story and after a couple of minutes Miura finally finished her explanation.

"So what I'm trying to say is I haven't been a very good person to your son, Shiki-san. I'm very sorry Hikigaya-kun, for all the things I've done." She then slightly bowed her head towards me.

"So Hachiman, what will you do?" Mother asked, her eyes closed. I could sense she was a bit tense from how she said that.

"We may have started off with the wrong impression of each other, but now we know one another a lot better I can also see that you're very sincere in your apology to me. So, we're okay Miura." I smiled, showing how happy and contented I was.

"Thank you Hikigaya-kun." Miura smiled back, glad to hear my response.

My mother was a different story. She opened her eyes then looked at Miura, scanning her from head to toe as if looking for something. Then without warning, in the blink of an eye she was on the table with a knife in hand, pointed right at Miura's neck. Her eyes were really scary as she focused her attention on her right now.

"I like your honesty Yumiko-chan… But I don't really appreciate it when people do things like that to my son."

It was a good thing it was just the five of us in here right now. If she did something like this with other people around, it would be really bad.

Katsuragi Chikagi and Hibino Hibiki, the two waitresses, were equally shocked at what was happening. I remained calm despite the situation as I had to diffuse the tension right now so it won't get any worse.

"Mom, she already apologized to me. Calm down, you're overreacting." I pleaded. Her gaze then shifted to me but was now less scary than before. I slowly grabbed her hand with the knife and slowly pulled it away from Miura.

Once I had the blade in my hands Miura was able to breathe as she sank in her seat. Mother then calmed down after some time, covering her face with her hands as she apologized to Miura.

"Sorry for doing that. I get really protective when my children are mistreated like that… I'll leave you two alone for a bit, I'll have to apologize to those two over there for scaring them." She then stood up, bowed and left the two of us alone.

"Sorry about what my mother did earlier Miura. As you can see, she really is scary when she's like that."

"N-No problem Hi-Hi-Hikigaya-kun! I-I think I deserved t-that." She spoke, her teeth still chattering.

"I bet even your parents would do same thing once they heard someone did something bad to their child." Miura simply nodded to what I said, but after that we weren't able to chat normally because of what had happened earlier. A silent moment had passed, I decided to break the ice.

"So can you tell me, how did you two meet?" I pointed at my mother who was having a chat with the two waitresses from far away.

"Well, it wasn't long ago when she visited Sobu, she seemed lost so I approached her and asked her what was going on. She told me she was lost and had to deliver something to the infirmary so I helped her out."

"I see, thank you for helping her back then."

"It's no big deal. Your mom really cares for you if she gets angry like that."

"Yeah… As you see, she is really overprotective of me and Komachi, especially me since what happened back then..." I then remembered the things that happened after I had confessed to Orimoto back in middle school.

"If you don't mind… maybe share me the deets?"

"I'm sorry, maybe another time. I don't want to talk about things like that when we're eating, I might lose my appetite. That's enough drama for one day."

"…I can tell you had a rough past. I don't know what exactly happened so I can't say I understand how you feel, but I can at least see what effect it had on you."

"It's okay, I don't let it bother me so much anymore. It's all in the past… " Miura looked like she had something to say but opted not to, then suddenly Hibiki-chan put a plate of cookies on our table.

"It was ordered by your Mother Hikigaya-kun." She then faced Miura.

"Yumiko-san?"

"Yes what is it?"

"Hikigaya-san says she wants to talk to you in private for a while."

Miura looked at me as I took a bite from one of the cookies.

"Don't worry, she just probably wants to apologize to you." She was hesitant at first but in the end stood up before she followed Hibiki-chan to where mother was.

"See you later then, Hikigaya-kun."

As I enjoyed the batch of cookies my mother ordered for me, my mind drifted into deep thought.

Never did I imagine that I would be friends with Miura Yumiko. We were complete polar opposites so it never crossed my mind to get along with her. In the past, whenever we did talk it was due to either of us looking for Yuigahama's whereabouts, or she was making a request at the club I was formerly a member of.

Honestly I don't know if we would be good friends because of our contrasting attitudes and views… But if I did manage to befriend Tobe of all people, might as well give Miura a chance since I had nothing to lose.

I looked over to where my mother and Miura were seated, I sighed in relief seeing both of them were peacefully talking to each other with smiles on their faces. As I was just about to get my next cookie I heard a voice I didn't want to hear.

"Ara-ara, Hikigaya-kun! Fancy meeting you here."

I looked to where the voice came from and I saw her behind the chair I was seated.

"Yukinoshita Haruno…"

She was wearing a white tank top that fitted her perfectly and her jeans looked pretty fancy based on its brand. She also wore some fancy looking high-heels that matched her clothes well. I ignored her by closing my eyes and instead kept on eating what my mother ordered for me.

"Ignoring me eh, Hikigaya-kun? You know I won't just disappear if you shut your eyes, right?"

Ugh… As I expected, she sat in front of me wearing her fake smile. I was already physically tired from my spar earlier, and now I met this being who brought chaos wherever she went?

"I know, but it won't hurt to try." I then took the last cookie and ate it before looking at the witch in front of me.

"So what do you want, Yukinoshita-san?"

"I just want to talk."

"We've talked now so please leave." I dismissed her quite politely, instead she burst into more fake laughter.

"Mou, Hikigaya-kun! I didn't know you had a great sense of humor! Hahaha…"

"Funny? I was being serious, you know? I'm just waiting for some people."

"You know, you were pretty interesting back then when you were still in the Service Club but now… You've gotten slightly boring." Her tone changed from the cheery personality to a cold serious one along with her expression.

"That's my secret, I always was. Besides what's wrong with being boring? It's great, you know. People barely notice me so I can do all the things I want. I'm perfectly fine with it especially if someone like you would never notice me again." I was about to continue what I was saying when I heard a voice call my name.

"Hmm Hikigaya-kun! You never mentioned you were going to have another guest?" I looked to my left and I saw that Hibiki-chan was beside me looking at Haruno.

"She isn't my guest Hibiki-chan, she's just someone I know… regrettably."

"Nee, nee! What are you saying? Is that the way you talk to your girlfriend, Hi-ki-ga-ya-kyuuun~?"

"G-g-g-girlfriend!?" Hibiki was flabbergasted. Before I could clear things up she had already retreated to the kitchen.

"Girlfriend? Ha, when did I ever have one of those? Also, you being my girlfriend? This is the first time I've ever heard of it."

"You could've just gone along with what I said, right?"

"No thanks. If I ever even had a girlfriend, I'm one hundred percent sure it won't be someone like you."

"Someone like me? You mean rich, beautiful and with a great personality?" She then winked at me.

"Not a chance. I want her to be genuine."

Haruno appeared to be surprised by what I said. Catching her off-guard, I continued.

"Don't get me wrong; being rich, having a figure-eight body and a great personality are all good qualities in a woman. But it all means nothing if she were fake. I want to fall in love with someone who shows me all of their sides, a person who can accept me for being myself. You, Yukinoshita Haruno, are not genuine. Not one bit. You use your facade to manipulate people for your desired outcome and I don't want to get involved with someone like that."

"You have me all figured out, huh?" She smiled but was far from happy. It then vanished as her expression changed to a more serious one. It seemed I might have just awoken a monster— a beautiful monster. I didn't notice but she was now creepily giggling while maintaining her gaze on me.

"Do you really want to see it that badly?" She asked, her hands hiding most of her face.

"See what?" I asked her, but somehow I had I gist what she meant.

She then stood up licked her lips as she inched towards to where I was seated. Her eyes became lifeless while she continued to stare at me while she approached me. When she got next to me she slowly put her hand beneath my chin, my heart beating faster than ever.

"Then I'll show you who I really am… or better yet, I'll show you my soul."

Our faces were almost touching now. Normally if I were this close to any beautiful woman I would have given in to my hormones, but in this situation all the warning signs in my brain were lighting up.

-Yumiko's POV-

"So with that, you now know why I'm really protective of him…" Shiki-san then put down the tea that she was drinking.

I just stared at Shiki-san for a moment, taking in all the information she told me. Now I knew why Hikigaya-kun had issues with trusting and talking to people. To be honest, I admired him a little now…

B-but just a little, okay?!

I-I mean, if something like that were to happen to me in the past, I'm not sure what I'd do.

"Thank you for telling me about it Shiki-san… I really regret being a bi— I mean, a bad person to him now."

"You have a strong personality Yumiko-chan, so it's not entirely your fault. And you've already apologized to him so there's no need to do it twice."

I knew I couldn't relate to his experience as I was never bullied in the past because of my personality. But I wanted to make it up to him now as being a true friend this time. I was about to ask Shiki-san something when she stood up.

"Let's go back to where Hachiman is Yumiko-chan, I think we've talked here for quite a while now." I nodded and followed her to where we were seating before.

As we were approaching the area I noticed that some girl was seated next to Hikigaya-kun. I couldn't tell who she was, but she looked oddly familiar.

Wait! I remember her now!

I believe I saw her during an event at Sobu High last year... What was she doing to Hikigaya-kun? Normally I would think they were sharing a sweet and intimate moment as both their faces were so close to each other, but I could tell from the expression on his face that he wasn't comfortable with how close she was being to him.

I looked at his mother beside me and I could see she was also confused, however it quickly went from confusion to concern in an instant as she quickly went to her son's side.

"Get away from him!" She yelled at the other woman as she separated the two.

"Hachiman, are you okay? Did she do anything to you?" Worry was evident in her tone. I could see that Hikigaya-kun sighed in relief as he answered his mother.

"Yeah, I'm okay Mom. Thanks for that." He then smiled warmly at her.

"How boring~ And just when things were about to get interesting, someone gets in my way." Upon hearing that Shiki-san glared at the girl.

"Leave. You aren't welcome here and whatever you were planning to do to Hachiman, don't you dare do it ever. Or else." She then stood in front of the woman who was near him earlier. They both glared at each other for as I approached Hikigaya-kun and asked him.

"Say, are you sure you shouldn't be stopping your mother from making a scene again?"

"Normally I would agree with you Miura, but for some reason I can sense that Mother is calm despite her angry appearance. Let's observe them for now, but if I sense that she'll do something like what she did earlier then can I ask you to help Yukinoshita-san get to the hospital?" He requested, a sadistic smirk on his face.

Yukinoshita? Now I remember her, she was Yukinoshita Yukino's elder sister! I think her name was Haruno?

"You're not serious with what you said earlier… right?" I asked him, rather nervous because of the two women in front of us.

"Well… if worse comes to worst Yukinoshita-san would be sent directly to the morgue." I hit him on the head for saying that.

"Ow! What was that for?!"

"For saying something stupid like that! Aren't you worried for your mother if she does something bad to her?" He then looked at the two.

"I'm more worried for Yukinoshita-san because based on my personal experience, whenever mother is mad she is scary as hell. But do you know what's scarier than that?"

"Not sure but… what would that be?"

"When she's mad and calm at the same time. Usually when she's just mad I can tell what she'll do, but when she's calm like this… let's just say I don't want that to be focused solely on me." He then tugged her dress and whispered to her.

"Mom, don't do something like what you did earlier. You don't know who and what you're dealing with, and what she can do."

"Don't worry about me Hachiman, I know what I'm doing and who exactly I'm dealing with. Yukinoshita Haruno, eldest daughter of Yukinoshita Kikuko. You graduated with the highest honors at Sobu High and are currently taking Business Management at Sobu University. You hold the number one spot because of your grades this semester." Shiki-san replied without looking at her son.

"Wow, I'm quite impressed with how much you know about me. But pray tell; who are you?"

Hikigaya-kun was about to answer when Shiki-san put a finger on his lips to stop him from talking. She then scanned Yukinoshita-san from head to toe before answering her.

"I have no reason to tell you who I am. You are just like your mother." Upon hearing that her glare became more hostile as she took one step closer to Shiki-san.

"I'm nothing like my mother. All I got from her was my name and my appearance."

Shiki-san didn't flinch from how intense she was being stared down at. Suddenly her frown slowly changed into a smirk.

"From what Hachiman told me, you pretty much are. Just like your mother, you hide behind a façade when you're in public, you manipulate people into doing what you want and you use your money and influence when things don't go according to what you've planned."

Yukinoshita-san's ears were fuming from what she heard. It looked like she was about to explode from anger.

"It's getting late so I'll take my leave. See you later Hachiman, let's continue this next time we meet, and I do hope there aren't any distractions until then." She got her purse from the side and walked away. Shiki-san turn around to face us when I could see from behind her that Yukinoshita-san had quickly turned around and was about to hit her with her hand.

If that hand connected to her then these two would surely make a scene. I closed my eyes and waited for the sound of the hit, but I didn't hear anything like that. When I opened my eyes I was surprised to find Yukinoshita-san stunned because without looking, Shiki-san had caught her hand.

She turned around to face Yukinoshita-san as she pulled her closer to her using her caught limb.

"You truly are a Yukinoshita, just like what your mother did in the past. You attacked first, so now it's my turn." She used the back of her palm to hit Yukinoshita-san on the face. When she was about to retaliate on what Shiki-san did she was quickly held up by her neck before being slammed against the wall. When Shiki-san released her from her grip she slid to the floor, coughing and struggling to get on her feet.

"Leave, or I'll do something worse than that. I'm not afraid of you or your family."

Upon hearing this Yukinoshita-san quickly stood up to leave but before she could get past the door she glared at her one last time. Shiki-san just ignored it as her top priority was to check if anything happened to Hikigaya-kun. While she was carefully inspecting her son, I went to fetch our stuff from our table.

"Mom, for the third time I'm okay! She wasn't able to do anything bad to me." He complained as I returned to them.

"I'm just making sure… Oh dear, would you look at the time!" She glanced at her watch and saw it was already 8:45pm. "Hachiman dear, why don't you escort Yumiko-chan to her house? I have to get home right away and prepare." She then got some money from her bag as she paid for our food.

"Okay, Mom."

"I'll see you later dear. And Yumiko-chan, again I'm sorry for what I did earlier." She then kissed Hikigaya-kun on his cheek, causing him to blush as she quickly left the two of us.

I couldn't believe that woman earlier who was giving a death glare to Yukinoshita Haruno was now so calm and even showed a caring and loving side to her son.

'She sure is amazing in her own way, I wonder what kind of person her husband is…'

"Lead the way Miura, I'll accompany you home just as Mom said." I nodded and so we began on our way.

It was a quiet walk as neither of us spoke, which made it really weird since I was used to talking with the people I was always hanging out with whenever they were around.

Well, that and Yui-chan wasn't exactly the silent type…

"Nee Hikigaya-kun, your mother sure is amazing, huh?"

"Yeah, I already know that. But it's always been like that, right?"

"What do you mean?"

"All mothers are amazing in their own way. Like they always look out for us, they almost never get tired of doing something for their family and they never stop believing and loving us. Like a quote once said, 'there is no love greater in this world than a mother's love.'"

I smiled at what he said, reminiscing all the good times I had in the past with my own mother.

"Yeah, you're right. All moms are amazing."

While we were walking towards the direction of my house and just about to cross a street I noticed something, some students were staring at Hikigaya-kun for some reason. As usual I knew he looked kind of sketchy and it was already dark, but not to the extent that he attracted that kind of attention.

I noticed there was this particular girl, a brunette who who wore the uniform of Kaihin Sougou High. She was staring at him, and when she seemed to realize something she quickly hid behind one of her classmates.

Was she avoiding him? I wasn't sure, as I was just about to say something to him the red light had turned green so we left the group of students there. He didn't seem to notice the stares he was getting, or maybe he just wasn't paying attention to them because after the cultural festival he became most hated person in school. He was getting glares left and right, and those rumors that circulated all served to worsen his image.

But he didn't give a single shred of care at all on what people thought of him. He ignored all of those things as if they were nothing.

Ten minutes later we arrived at my house, we then said our goodbyes so he could quickly head off to his place. I went straight to my room to change into my more comfortable clothes before browsing some of the recent trending videos.

I found one that was just uploaded today and it was titled "The Rise of a New Prince." I wondered what it was about and checked the tags of the video, it had "Sobu High" as one of them. Curious, I clicked on the link to watch the video, to my surprise it already had half a million views despite being uploaded three hours ago. As my phone was still loading it my mother called me for dinner downstairs, so I just clicked download button to watch it later.

"I wonder what that video's about… I hope it's something interesting at least."

-Shiki's POV-

"Shiki? Hey!"

I ignored my husband's first call as I released my pent-up stress on the sand bag.

"Oi, Shiki!"

"Not now, Kokutou." I stopped for a moment to rest then continued with what I was doing. My husband sighed as I assaulted my target.

"What happened that got you into that kind of mood?"

"I'll tell you later, for now please leave me alone." Hearing me speak like that he understood and turned around.

"Okay, but take it easy with that sand bag… It won't last long if you go at it like that." I looked at my practice dummy, despite it being in our training room for only three months it really looked like it was about to give if I didn't stop.

"You should cool your head off before everyone arrives, I don't want you to be in a sour mood later. I left you some tea, drink it later. It will help you relax." He then left me alone in the room.

"I was blessed to have such an understanding husband" was the first thing that came to my mind. I thought of making his favorite dish tomorrow to reward him.

I stopped because I don't want him to get angry at me for destroying the sand bag so I walked next to the area where he left the tea. I opened the small thermos and drank the lemon iced tea until half of it was gone, then I sat down and went back on what happened earlier.

I lost my cool and did something horrible to Hachiman's friend who had already said her sorry to him sincerely. I may have apologized to Yumiko-chan but I still felt bad about it.

'Maybe I could try baking some cookies later. If I can't bake them later I'll just wake up really early tomorrow, I'll give them before he goes to school and tell him to hand those over to her as an apology.'

"Yeah, I could do that. I hope Yumiko-chan likes cookies."

I then recalled what that harlot Haruno was doing to my son. From the distance, it looked like they were going to kiss but Hachiman's stiff and terrified expression told me otherwise. Thank Lord I reacted quickly enough to separate them, who knew what that woman had planned to do to him.

I heard from him some time ago that that woman liked to mess around with him when they meet, but from what I saw earlier she was really interested for some reason with him.

Yes she liked him, but why? Was she romantically interested in him or was she just toying with him on a whim? It would be better if I told Hachiman to be extremely careful around her, or better yet avoid her entirely. Only bad things would happen if you're around people like that.

As I stared at the ceiling I decided to take a shower to freshen myself up and take my mind off things. I exited our training room and went to our room to get myself a bath towel. As I entered I saw my husband was there, I opened one of the drawers to get one and before I went out I hugged behind him and kissed him on the cheek.

"I take it you're calm now?"

"Yeah, thanks for being a great husband. Also, I like the tea you gave me earlier."

"No problem. When you arrived and I saw you had that look, I knew something bad happened to get you in such a foul mood. So I quickly made that to help you relax. Mind telling me now what happened?"

"I'll tell you later after I shower."

"Good idea. You reek of sweat." He pinched his nose after giving me a sniff.

"Yeah, I love you too Kokutou."

I headed straight to the bathroom, locking the door as I undressed. I got into our shower and turned the faucet to have a warm one. As I was enjoying my time I heard the voice of my daughter Komachi downstairs and after about ten minutes later I heard her greet her brother. I would like to enjoy my shower a little longer but I still had to prepare for dinner later and we had two main issues that we will be discussing later.

"I hope everything goes well later when we make an announcement, I hope the kids will understand." I told to myself, turning the faucet off and proceeding to dry myself.

I returned to our room and discussed with my husband what had happened with me, Yumiko-chan and Hachiman earlier. As expected, he got upset with me on what I did to her but he also said it was justified as a mother. Then once he heard the name Yukinoshita his expression changed, I gave him a summary of what had happened between me and Kikuko's eldest daughter. After hearing my short explanation, he put his hands on his forehead and felt the remains of the scar on his left eye.

"Will the past repeat itself again Shiki?" He grunted.

"I hope not Kokutou… I really hope not. Because this time, even you won't be able to stop me if something bad happens to you, Hachiman or Komachi."

"Anyway, enough about that… Want me to help you set up the table?" He asked, wanting to change the topic. I nodded at his suggestion and we both headed down to the kitchen.

It took us about fifteen minutes to get the table ready as I ordered a lot for the celebration of our occasion. Once we were done I told Komachi and Hachiman to wear something nice as we were expecting some guests for dinner, I also told them to wait for my cue before they came down. Both didn't ask any questions as they obediently went upstairs to change. I then waited for our guests to arrive, which was about ten minutes later when the doorbell rang. I rushed to open the door and greeted them.

"Good evening to the two of you, thank you for coming."

"Good evening as well, Shiki-san."

"So tonight's the night, yes?"

"Yes, I'll announce it later."

"Do Hachiman and Komachi-chan know we're here already?"

"No they don't, they are upstairs in their room. Please, come in. I'll escort you to the guest room upstairs, we should be quiet as I want to surprise them later."

They both followed me inside, but before we went to the second floor they first greeted my husband. After that he served them some drinks as they waited upstairs for my signal to come down later.

With them now inside the guest room, my husband and I double-checked everything. Once everything was in place we sat down at the table before calling our children.

"Hachiman, Komachi, you can come down now."

Komachi was the first to appear. It was amazing to see how much our daughter had matured, as if time flew by in a blink of an eye as she was growing up.

"Wow! That's a lot of food! What's the occasion, Mom?" Komachi asked, eyes wide and shining as she surveyed all that was laid out before us.

"We'll tell you later dear, just wait for your brother to get down and take your seat already." After saying that I saw Hachiman walking towards the table, sitting next to his sister. He looked very dapper in his suit, his hair neatly combed back.

"What's with all this food? We celebrating something?"

I looked at my husband, he smiled and nodded at me before he made the big reveal as to what was going on to our children.

"We are celebrating because your mother and I were promoted two weeks ago."

"Whoa, congratulations to you, Mom and Dad!" My daughter gleefully shouted as Hachiman smiled and clapped his hands for the both of us.

"So can we eat now?" Hachiman asked impatiently, I giggled.

"Not yet. We have some more news to tell you." Upon hearing what I said my son got curious and it seemed his hunger for food vanished.

"Don't tell me you're… pregnant?" He asked, both Kokutou and I laughed.

"No dear, that's not it. Along with the promotion, your father and I have to go to another country to help out our sister company there, we'll be staying abroad for at least two years. But every four months, one of us can come back here for about a week's worth of stay."

After what my husband said Komachi and Hachiman faces changed from festive to a more contemplative one as they stared at the both of us.

"I hope the two of you understand the gravity of this matter and that we are doing this for you. We both love you very much, so I hope you're not opposed to us going there."

I closed my eyes and waited for their reactions, afraid they'll hate us for not telling them such an important decision earlier. I remembered the times we weren't there for them, not being able to come to some of Komachi's birthdays because we were so busy with work and not being able to be there when Hachiman was bullied…

I deeply regretted not being a good parent that was there at their times of need. I admitted that we are not the best parents out there, but we tried our best to give them what they needed the most.

As I recalled those memories I clenched my fists as tight as I could, still waiting for the bad things my children will say to us. I felt my husband's hand hold mine as he whispered to me.

"Open your eyes Shiki, and look at them."

I opened my eyes to see both Komachi and Hachiman were smiling and seemed very excited.

"You hear that, Oniichan? Mom and Dad are going to help out another company abroad! How cool is that?!"

"No need to tell me twice Komachi, I heard them earlier. Indeed, it is very "cool", but that much is to be expected from them. They are really good in investigating things."

My heart almost burst from joy knowing they accepted it without a fuss, but as a mother I still had to make sure that there were zero issues.

"You are not mad at us for accepting it?"

"Why would we be mad Mom? It just shows how good you are to think they will need your help there."

My irrational fear of them hating us had now vanished and was replaced with joy. I was so happy that I got up from my seat and went to give the two of them a hug.

"The both of us are old enough already to understand your choices so we aren't against it, Onii-chan and Komachi will be a little bit lonely when you leave though."

"See? I told you, you were worrying for nothing Shiki. Our children are mature enough."

"Yeah, it seems you were right Kokutou. I'm so lucky to have the both of you as my children." As I separated from them I kissed both of their foreheads and headed back to where I was seated before.

"So… can we finally eat now?" My daughter asked, eager to dig in all the food.

"Not yet dear, there is one more issue to discuss."

"As you know, we are leaving the two of you for the next two years. I and your worrywart of a mother wanted someone to be your guardians while we are over there." I pinched his sides and glared at my husband for his side comment, making Komachi and Hachiman laugh.

"Oh! Will it be Aunt Azaka? I hope it's her!"

"No dear, she is really busy with her job in Mifune City right now." I replied.

"I asked her last week if she was available but she refused because of her job. It looked like she really wanted to be the one though." My husband added, remembering the call he made when he asked his sister.

"So who is it?"

"Do you want to meet them now?"

They looked at each other before nodding in unison. I took my phone out and texted our two guests upstairs.

"Both of you, can you close your eyes for a bit?" They did what I asked as we waited for them to come down to the dining area. When they were behind my children one of them sat between them.

"I hope Komachi-chan and Hachi would treat me and Mom well for the next two years."

AN

Here it is! Banzai!

Sorry but my brain didn't function well despite the 2 month vacation, I lazed around too much, played on the ps4 and lastly good anime were pouring out this year there were to many distractions!

Hopefully my next chapter won't take that long to make and I'll try to update my other two stories okay.

Hope you like this chapter

As always thanks to thatguywhowrote for beta-reading this

See you on the next one!