Song: Alice by Avril Lavigne. That's five. I'll probably do the last five tomorrow, or the day after that, when my lovely Easter holidays start! XD
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Furuba or Avril Lavigne
"Oh, Machi." Her mother seemed shocked to see her, in the grocery store of all places, and with an unusually good-looking boy she wasn't familiar with.
"Mother." Machi tilted her head in acknowledgement.
Her mother instinctively, on the sight of her daughter, pushed her precious son behind her, protecting him. It was a gesture that was impossible to ignore.
"Well, I must be going… things to do." She made excuses to move her son out of harm's way. Who knew what such a girl was capable of, after all?
"Machi, are you okay?" Yuki looked rather knocked back by the whole encounter. He knew about cold parents, but Machi's mother seemed almost scared of her daughter.
"Do you think they sell pomegranates here?" Machi asked robotically, moving away from him in search of something she had no interest in really finding.
She was keeping herself together, all the while searching for a comfort that even he could not give.