Family Meetings

Ever since the stalker incident, June has almost had a new found respect for Yamamoto…ALMOST.

She was happy he thought of her so much as to physically hurt someone to make sure they wouldn't scare her again…but she didn't like the fact he got himself in trouble for it…even with one detention and a warning, she knew that explaining what happened to his father would be much worse…

Sighing, as she slaved over her homework, she knew that she shouldn't be dwelling so much on it all…it had been a whole week since the incident, it was pretty much forgotten about (well, except by Tsuna, who was still pretty terrified of Yamamoto), but she couldn't help but keep thinking about it.

The fact that he did that for her…that was all she could think of and it was making her face turn redder and redder…

"UGH. THIS IS SUCH A PAIN!"

"Knock, knock~!"

Hearing her mother's voice, June turned her head to her door, blinking as her white haired mother came in, smiling. "We were thinking of all going out to eat tonight. What do you think?"

"Sure. Sounds fun."

"Perfect~! We were going to go to that sushi place down the road!"

"Takesushi? That's the place Takeshi's dad owns…"

"Really? Well, maybe I'll finally meet your little friend!"

"Yeah, yeah…depends if he's working tonight, or not…"

She knew he worked there, sometimes, but she didn't know when or what he even did.

"Right! Get yourself changed, then!"

She sighed a little while her mother practically skipped out of the room, her tied back hair swaying behind her. It was Saturday, so she had a whole weekend to sort out that homework…besides, waiting until Sunday to do it at least meant she could bother Ryohei, seeing as he always did it last minute.

So, she got herself properly dressed, in her usual shorts and a t-shirt (hey, it was warm) with her boots on and made her way downstairs, only to have an excited little brother roll out in front of her with a grin.

"June! Mom says we're going to Takesushi! Does that mean we'll meet your friends!?"

"Ah…is that all you guys ever think about? Well, you might meet one of them. Which means you have to be good, okay?"

"I'm always good!"

"Don't run over anyone's feet."

"No promises."

Grumbling, she watched as he rolled his chair away, laughing as he went past Layla, the husky puppy, who chased the young Spencer, and while Dan, June's eldest brother, appeared downstairs, smiling. "Well, looks like Henry is excited."

"He gets excited about everything…"

Dan was another white haired member of the Spencers. His hair was actually kinda long and his eyes were different from June and Henry's, matching his mother's green eyes.

The family looked very alike…Dan shared all the traits of his mother, Henry shared the eyes of his father and the hair of his mother, while June shared all her traits with her father. Well…her late father. She always felt like the odd one out…without her father around, she felt strange compared to her family. She had brown hair, while they all had silverish, white, hair (Dan's at least was darker than his mother and brother's hair, but that wasn't the point…).

But, she loved her family, even if she was the odd-one-out.

"Let's go, June~! Let's go~!"

June was stuck with the wonderful job of pushing her brother in his wheelchair to Takesushi. It was an annoying job, seeing as Henry was always so enthusiastic about everything, so he would shuffle around a lot, messing around as much as he could.

"Henry, sit still. We're here."

Yeah, it barely took ten minutes for them all to walk to Takesushi. And it barely took a few seconds of them turning up for June to be greeted.

"Ah! June-Chan!?"

June blinked at her friend, Yamamoto, trying not to laugh at how he was dressed…looks like he was being forced to work quite hard, seeing as he was covered in all kinds of shit, caking his white uniform as he even had his fringe tied back with a headband.

Yeah, seeing June and her family wasn't what Yamamoto needed…

"Y-You didn't say you'd be coming here, at all, this weekend…!"

June had to hold back her chuckles as Yamamoto's face turned red, knowing he looked scruffy as all hell in front of his friend.

"Well, my mom wanted to come out for sushi. Plus, they just wanted to meet at least one of the guardians, so…looks like they're seeing you. And, oh, don't you just look wonderful for them meeting you."

"June, he smells like fish."

"Henry, don't be rude."

Yeah, today really was not Yamamoto's day.

Turns out, for punching a guy in the face and giving him a black eye, Tsuyoshi was a lot harder on Yamamoto than the school was. While the school gave Yamamoto a warning and ONE detention, Tsuyoshi had given Yamamoto two weeks of hard work at Takesushi, mostly cleaning.

And June being there wasn't going to stop him working, either.

As the family sat down, Yamamoto was rushed off his feet by his father, who happily came over to meet June's family.

"Well, June-Chan! It's good to see you again!"

"Same to you, Tsuyoshi. My family wanted to come out to eat, so we figured we'd come here."

"Well, it's great to meet you all! I'm glad Takeshi and June have become such good friends!"

June's family, Henry, Dan and Kanae, all smiled at the man, greeting him and introducing themselves to him and even starting a nice conversation. June ended up zoning out of half of it, looking over all the sushi on the menu…well, she had tried his sushi before and it was great…but, now she wasn't thinking of the sushi.

Her eyes raised above the menu, watching as Yamamoto cleaned up empty tables and even around the floors…he looked very tired…she felt terrible that he was in so much trouble for what he did for her.

"So, June-Chan! What will you be having? Same as when you were last here?"

"Uhh…y-yeah, thanks."

The man raised his brow a little, noticing June's stutter and that she looked a little upset with herself. "Something bothering you?"

Oh, how she hated that he pointed that out…her family were then staring at her, looking worried (except Henry, who was practically jumping around in his wheelchair trying to order some sushi).

"June?"

"A-Ah…it's nothing, really…I just kinda feel sorry for Takeshi. He's working hard…"

"Well, of course! The school might have only given him a warning and ONE detention, but for hitting another student, especially in the baseball team, I'm not gonna let him off! He's only done it once, but I'll make sure he doesn't do it again!"

Yeah, she just felt worse and worse…none of this was helping. Turns out Yamamoto didn't tell his father WHY he had punched a guy in the face. And, since June was the reason he went and punched someone, she just about felt like shit…

She felt the need to try and explain it all, but…looks like her mother beat her to it.

"Didn't you say that Takeshi beat someone up for stalking you?"

"M-Mom-!"

The families just blinked while Yamamoto was seen running behind his father, picking up plates from other customers.

"You were stalked by someone?"

"Y-Yeah…"

"Wait, that was the person Takeshi hit!?"

"Pops, did you call me!?"

Yamamoto came running over, a couple of plates in his arms with a smile on his face, only to face his father raising a brow at him.

"That guy you beat up…you didn't tell me he was some stalker."

"Ah…well…I didn't think it mattered, but…he stalked June-Chan home and scared her a lot, so-"

"WAIT, HE STALKED YOU HOME, JUNE!?"

"Mom, don't shout, people are staring."

Yeah, now she actually regretted saying anything. But Henry felt proud that it wasn't him that told his mother about that night, even grinning about it, smugly.

"Takeshi, you should have said so! Did you tell that to the teacher?"

"No. I figured the guy going home with a black eye was enough punishment without getting teachers involved."

"Okay…you have a good point."

He does?

"I would have been less harsh on you if you'd explained that…I mean, scaring a cute and innocent young girl and stalking them to their home-" Well, June had to try and not laugh hearing the words 'cute' and 'innocent' be used to describe her… "I'm almost proud that you defended her like that…but, I still have to make sure you're punished for hitting someone, so you should get back into the kitchen and clean up!"

"U-Uwah! Yes, sir!"

The Spencer family watched as Yamamoto practically ran back into the kitchen, carrying as much as he could.

"Well, I'm glad that guy backed off now, even if it was because Takeshi hit the creep…I'm almost proud of him for defending you like that."

Well, the look on his face definitely seemed proud, but…there was something else… "Looks like my Takeshi is growing up fast!"

…Oh, god…

"T-Tsuyoshi, do you mind if I go see Takeshi?"

"No, no, that's fine! I'm sure he'll like having a friend back there with him! I'll get your order ready while you're with him."

Yeah, the look on Tsuyoshi's face was covered in pride for another reason…

But, June ignored it and stood to go back and talk to her friend, who was busy running around the kitchen, cleaning up old fish and washing plates and such.

"Takeshi?"

"Uwah!"

He had to catch himself a little, not expecting June to come back and speak with him. His face went pretty red as he heard her laughing at his shock.

"Well, you really do look like a mess."

"Don't make fun of me, June-Chan."

"Sorry, mate." Now it was her turn to blush, realizing her Australian accent had popped out again, but she shook her head and ignored it. "I'm sorry about all this, by the way."

"Hm? Why?"

"Well…you're being punished for defending me…I can't help but feel like it's my fault…"

"It's really not. I was happy to defend you. Besides…knowing he scared you like that got my blood boiling. I think he needed a good punch for it. And I don't think Sasagawa-Senpai would hit him hard enough…"

Wow…the fact he didn't think RYOHEI would hit him hard enough meant a lot of things…well, for one, it mean Yamamoto absolutely CLOBBERED that guy to defend June. Well, now Tsuyoshi wasn't the only one feeling quite proud…

"Well…thanks, Takeshi…I don't know how I can repay you for that."

"You don't have to."

"I feel like I should! If you need me to punch anyone in the face for you, just ask!"

"Ahhh, June-Chan is scary…"

"Very funny…How about I help you out a little."

"No, no, it's fine. This is my punishment, not yours."

"Well, fuck that, I can at least help out a little."

June practically forced herself over to help Yamamoto out, even if it was just helping him carry things around the kitchen.

Tsuyoshi poked his head in to see the two grinning and helping each other out. Next to him, Kanae, June's mother, also poked her head into the door, giggling to herself as she watched the two.

"Well, looks like our kids are growing up fast."

"I never expected June to make many friends, never mind ending up with a boy like this."

"Haha! I'll have to give Takeshi a push in the right direction!"

"Hey, Takeshi, have you been ROLLING in that fish? Because I'm pretty sure you're covered in the stuff."

"Uwah! I probably stink…"

"You really do…"