I wanted to try my hand at a single parent AU, and this is the result of my attempt.

I'm at like 30,000 words already, which means i can be slightly lax about my word count for the next four chapters if i wanted to and still be maintaining my 1,000 words per chapter goal. Not that i'm gonna slack, but it's a little less stress i guess.

Ps. I got the kid's names from a generator.

Enjoy :)

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"Saki did what now?"

"I'm afraid, Mr. Hinata, your daughter has been involved in a fight at school. We need you to come pick up your daughter, and we also need you to come in tomorrow to discuss this matter."

That had not been a call that Hajime was expecting to receive. He had just been going about his normal day at work, when he'd received a call from his daughters school.

And getting in a fight? Saki wasn't usually the type to get involved in such things, unless she's the one that's been hurt?

Thankfully for the worried father, his daughter was mostly unscathed. He'd allowed his friend Fuyuhiko to teach her to defend herself (on the condition that it was only for defence, knowing the blonde would do it anyway), so at least there was that. But he didn't think she'd have to use it in school of all places.

That still didn't make him any less pleased.

On the drive home, Saki didn't seem to want to say much. Hajime wasn't that fussed, since he knew the truth would be coming out tomorrow either way. When he got home, he knew it probably wouldn't work but he asked again anyway.

"Sweetheart…?"

No answer.

He only sighed, and went about making dinner. Unfortunately for hi, it turns out not even making her favourite dinner was able to coax the truth out of her.

The next morning, she seemed a little more cheerful, but not enough to tell her father still. He knew it probably wasn't as bad as his imagination told him, but he couldn't help but worry.

Instead of going to class, Saki had to go with her father to the principles office. Hajime's mind whirled with possibilities, but hr tried not to work himself up to much. Saki hadn't been hurt, so what actually happened can't have been too bad.

'Well' he thought as he pushed open the door. 'I guess we'll find out.'

He walked in the room, and sure enough, the principle was sitting behind his desk. But also, sitting there, was a skinny young man his age with white hair, and a little girl with the same shade of hair in the seat next to him. The other two chairs, sitting further away, were occupied by a scowling boy and a sharp faced looking older woman. Hajime assumed these kids were each here with one of their parents.

There were two plastic chairs left empty next to the albino man and his daughter, which Hajime assumed were for him and Saki.

"Sorry if i'm late." He apologised.

"Nonsense, i understand adult can have busy lives." The principle dismissed. "So now that all involved are here, we can talk about what happened."

"Airi!"

Before Hajime could blink, his daughter had taken off towards the little girl with white hair, and enveloped her in a hug, who had rose out her own seat to return the embrace.

"….Airi?" Hajime asked. "Saki, is this your friend?"

"Yeah! Airi's my best friend!"

"Sorry about the plastic chairs." The principle interrupted. "There weren't enough chairs otherwise."

"No, no, that's fine." Hajime helped Saki into her chair, before taking his own.

"Now, onto the matter. As all of you have been informed, a fight has broken out. Usually, we would quietly informed the parents, but since there is allegedly bullying involved, we set a meeting with the parents to hopefully sort this out."

"Bullying…?" The White haired man echoed.

"Yes. But first, do you all know each other? Or do we need to do introductions?"

When a unanimous 'Introductions' was announced, the principle continued.

"Alright then, as you all know, i am the principle of this school. I think you should all introduce both yourselves and your children."

"Fine." The sharp faced woman grumbled. "I am Mary Rivers, and this is my son Danny."

"Nagito Komaeda, and this is my daughter, Airi."

Then it was Hajime's turn.

"Hajime Hinata, and this is Saki."

"Alright, now that that's taken care of, back to the incident at hand."

"Mary, your son Danny was hurt by Saki, correct?"

"She hit me!" The little boy whined.

Sure enough, Hajime could see bruises on the little boy. Was this what the principle meant by a fight?

"Yes, and Saki claims that she was defending young Airi here from Danny bullying her."

"Yes i was! Danny was being mean to Airi, so i beat him up!"

"Saki!" Hajime turned to his daughter. "No matter how rude someone is being, you can't just hit them."

"But uncle Fuyuhiko said-"

"Saki, you've seen how easy your uncle get's angry, i don't want you using his temper for your own behaviour."

"See? Your daughter has bad influences!" Mary interrupted. "And you call my son rude."

"Your son was accused of bullying, Ms. Rivers." Hajime replied calmly. "Even if Saki's not innocent, neither is he."

She scoffed and turned her head, but didn't argue further.

"Young man, you do understand why you're here, correct?" The principle addressed Danny directly. "Bullying is not acceptable in this school, surely you know that."

"Her hair looks weird! Only old people have white hair." The little boy piped up.

"That is not an acceptable excuse, young man."

"He's right you know." Mary argued. "How many people do you see with white hair other then old people?"

"Even so." The principle did not look impressed, and honestly neither was Hajime. "You do not control the colour of hair you were born with. It doesn't matter how rare it is, picking on another student just because they look different is, as i said, unacceptable in this school."

"What? Just because they're different, that means they're special?" The woman sneered.

Privately, Hajime thought 'Danny' probably deserved that bruise, if his mothers behaviour was any indicator.

"No. I expect them to be treated nicely like everyone else. If your son cannot understand such a simple rule, then i'm afraid action will have to be taken."

Mary glared at the principle.

"You do realise Mr. Komaeda can be entitled to sue you or the school if things continue to escalate, don't you? I suggest we, and by extension, you, fix this issue now before it spirals out of hand."

"From just commenting on her hair colour? Ridiculous."

The principle looked so fed up, it almost would have been funny in a different situation.

"For now, yes. But if this behaviour isn't seen too, who knows how much farther your son will go? I am suspending Danny for two weeks, and that is my final decision on this matter."

With a final glare at everyone else in the room, Mary Rivers marched her son out of the room, heels growing faint on the ground as she walked away.

The principle sighed, and turned back to the remaining people in the room.

"My apologies for this whole incident, i'm sorry you and your children had to be dragged here."

"No, it's okay." Hajime blinked, this was the first time Nagito Komaeda had spoken since the brunette got here. "As you said, it's better to discuss this now and fix it."

He had a rather nice voice, actually.

'Not the time!' He scolded himself.

"As for your daughter Mr. Hinata, while she didn't instigate the situation, she still hit the boy unfortunately. So i'll have to ask miss Saki to stay home for a few days."

As much as he hated to admit it, he could see the logic in it, so he only nodded his head.

"And you Mr. Komaeda, while your daughter isn't in trouble, i suggest Airi takes a few days off."

Nagito nodded silently, and his daughter pouted, but also didn't say anything.

After finalising everything, and saying goodbye to the principle, the two fathers led their daughters outside, who were both surprisingly silent until they left the school doors.

It was awkward at first, neither parent knowing what to say. Their daughters, however, had no such problem, and were chatting away to each other happily.

It was Hajime who broke the adults silence first.

"So-"

"Daaaaad…" Airi interrupted. "I'm hungry."

Nagito chuckled.

"Okay sweetheart, we'll try and find something."

"Try…?"

"Oh, sorry." Nagito answered Hajime's confusion. "We're rather new here this school year, and we've found some things near our house, but we're not really all that familiar with the town yet."

"I see. Would you like to-"

"Daddy we can show them around!"

It was Hajime's turn to chuckle.

"Well, she's not wrong." He extended a hand to the other man. "Would you like to come with us to eat? I can show you and Airi around after."

"I'd like that."

Both men shook hands, and both would deny that their faces would go a little pink.

Their daughter weren't quite sure what this meant, but they grinned at each other and high-fived anyway.

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I didn't put as much effort into naming the OC's as i did the Komahina children.

My attempt at a single parent AU, i hope i did something right for you all to enjoy.

Cya next chapter :)

Tairulz