"Alright you two," Hayato announced after he motored up to the entrance of their middle school where other students lingered out in the courtyard before the start of the academic day.
"Thanks again, Gokudera-san." I-Pin graciously thanks the silver haired male before she pulls the handle outward to open the door.
Lambo visibly rolls his eyes while he irritably grumbles underneath his breath, "Yeah…thanks Bakadera."
"Have a good day at school you two," The older man truly wishes for the duo with a small smile on his face and a wave of his right hand.
"I can't believe I fell for his stupid trick." The Bovine teen begrudgingly groaned after he slump his shoulders forward, slid his hands inside of his pants' pockets and hung his head.
His female companion simply leans in closer to his face when she affirms, "You still can't be mad about earlier, Lambo-kun."
"Bakadera's stupidity is rubbing off of on me." The young man was irately proclaiming while ruffling his hands through his curly locks.
His green eyes eventually caught sight of her work uniform neatly folded in her second bag, which led him to ask, "You're working today too?"
"Yep, Yamamoto-san's in the afternoon then Kawahara's in the evening." The Chinese Assassin disclosed her schedule for today.
She then lifts her finger once a thought surfaces to the forefront of her mind before she makes known, "Look at it this way…you don't have to see him until you get home."
"You're right." Lambo agrees to the idea since he has to attend Cram after school today.
Hayato patiently waited until two of the younger Vongola members ventured inside their school when he motored inside of the school's parking lot.
He made sure to grab a suit jacket earlier for this parent-teacher conference about Lambo's sudden decline in his grades.
'Stupid cow,'
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Yui deliberately travels in the direction of the dungeon in order to greet Spring a "Good Morning" until he runs in to Katsumi.
"Your mother is quite the handful." The blonde openly declares about his mother after he approaches him and wishes him a "Good Morning,"
An expression of confusion surfaces to his face at his friend's statement so he enquiringly poses, "Why? What happened?"
His companion deeply sighs, presses his fingers against his forehead and reveals, "She attempted to seduce me last night."
"What?!" The silver haired male shockingly quips at the news that his mom would try to get in his close friend's pants.
"She even asked me was I virgin or not." Yui included what else occurred between the two yesterday evening.
His sights then narrowed in on his bespectacled buddy before he curiously queried, "Well…are you?"
"It's frankly none of your business, who lies in my bed at night." Yui confidently decrees with his eyes close and faces away from his boss son.
"So what brings you down to this level?" He inquisitively needles about why the young master was in their current position.
The taller of the two merely broke his glance from the blonde and stared down the corridor until his voice broke his concentration, "Let me guess…you're off to see Spring?"
"Is it that obvious?" The silver haired male questions his friend with a rather guilty expression on his face.
"I mean it is since the dungeon is the only thing of importance in this direction." The blonde purposely states the obvious.
"Guilty,"
They pair then ventured down the corridor until they reached a sentry that diligently stood guard at the sole entrance and exit.
At the mere sight of Yui, the guard isn't stepped out of the way and permitted the duo entrance to the slight dark dungeon.
The twosome eventually arrives at a rather empty cell, which prompts the silver haired male to demand, "Where's Spring?"
"She's currently out on a Recess, sir." The sentinel informs them as to why Spring was not currently in her cell.
His sights hone in on the tall burly man and states, "I granted no such thing."
"Yui, where are you going?" Katsumi requests of his friend's next location since he storms out of the dungeon after he receives the news from the safeguard.
"She better not try to escape!"
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"Is there something wrong, Kyoko-chan?" Tsuna finally poses to his wife since her facial expression visibly displays that she was deep in thought.
She quietly peers up at her husband only to utter, "Hm?"
"You look like you have something on your mind. Want to talk about it?" He suggests that they should engage in a conversation about her thoughts.
"Well since you granted me an audience…it's about the next date for Haru and I to go on." The orange haired woman reveals what has her in a stupor.
His sights then focus in on the young woman after he folds the newspaper and lays it across his lap. "Can I ask why are you so interested in the brunette?"
"I don't know if you know this or not but I always had a hard time making friends." Kyoko reveals about her inability to make friends.
"Other than Hana, who is an exception because she decided on her own that we were going to be friends."
"There's just something about her…that makes me want to get know who she is." She was attempting to convey her feelings in to words.
"I know it sounds a bit forceful but I feel like we can become really good friends.
"Are you trying to become her guardian angel?" The Vongola boss probes about what continues to push his wife to create this bond with a complete stranger.
The woman physically shakes her head when she makes known, "That not my intention."
"I do want to bust her out of that place but it isn't my place nor in my power to do so." His wife honestly renders about her position in the situation.
"Her and I could have a genuine friendship." The orange haired female confesses her beliefs when she adds, "From what I sensed, she has an honest soul."
Tsuna tensely nods his head forward and pronounces, "Since you feel so strongly about it, I acknowledge your Dying Will."
"You no longer will have to counsel me about any of your future dates with Miura-san." He includes, which earns an expression of shock on her face.
Her husband then firmly decrees his only request, "All I ask is that you keep an escort at all times."
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"My name is Riko and I would love it, if you could join me for some tea." The older woman was cordially suggesting for her to partake in some tea while gesturing over to a pagoda.
'Tea? Haru hasn't had any in a while.' Haru inwardly ponders about the invitation before she nods her head forward to confirm her participation.
The silver haired woman, name Riko, guided her over to a circular stone gazebo with Corinthian pillars and a solid dome ceiling overhead.
'Haru doesn't think she saw her around the main campus or the Geisha House before.' Her brunette eyes closely watched as the woman passed her a plate that held a teacup.
The slender female leisurely maneuvers over to the tea kettle, gently grabs it by the handle, and politely pours her guest a cup first.
'She doesn't look like one of the girls since she's freely roaming around the grounds.'
'Which means she could be a familiga member?' The brunette inwardly alleged based on the carefree nature the woman naturally exuded from her body.
'Haru should probably keep her mouth shut.' She instantly decided that it would be best if she remained tight lipped around her hostess.
Haru then extends her arms as far as the chains would allow her to grab the handle of her cup and draws it closer to her body.
"I must admit that I'm a bit curious about you, Miura Haru." Riko speaks up once she settles the base of the kettle back on the silver tray.
The brunette was peering down at her tea then to the chains when somberly admitting, "There's nothing really interesting about Haru, ma'am."
"I do concur." The older woman immediately shoots down before she claims, "You managed to land yourself in a pretty nice setting here."
'Nice…this is far from nice!'
"So you acquired a rather pretty decent roof over your head…but then again that probably came with a price." She deliberately hints while her index finger loops through the handle once she deems it cool.
The silver haired woman gracefully presses her lower lip against the rim of the cup when she curiously probes, "What's your price, Miura-san?"
The young woman unknowingly hesitates to provide an answer to such a personal question.
"I figured you wouldn't open up to me so soon since I am new around here. How about you tell me more about yourself?" Riko easily changed the topic of their conversation after she sipped from her China.
Her brown eyes brightly light up at the inquiry when she excitingly divulges, "Haru wants to explore the world and touch things with her own hands! She wants to create the designs from her vivid imagination and bring them to life!"
She briefly fell quiet while her confinements shook from sudden movement before she softly murmurs, "Haru wants to fall in love…like a regular woman."
"Fall in love, huh?" The older woman inaudibly whispered to herself when she momentarily gazed over in a specific direction.
"Have you caught anyone's eye say in particular…the heir to the Ricotta Familiga?" Riko alleges once she brings the edge of her teacup to her lips while she watches her guest's reaction closely.
Her hands tightly tensed around the cup as she stared at the brown liquid and quietly suggested, "Haru wishes to change the topic."
'She really is an interesting one…'
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"It's Spring!" Yui abruptly announced once they circled around to the back portion of the mansion where a large garden separated the Geisha House from the main campus.
Katsumi then glimpses over at his silver haired companion when he pops the question, "Are you sure?"
"I know her scent, posture and body shape from anywhere." He boldly declares the reasons why he was extremely confident that it was Spring.
'Yeah and you're a total creep for that.' The blonde honestly reckons about his friend's previous statement until he spots Miura, Haru along with a silver haired woman.
He pushed his glasses back on the bridge of his nose when he eventually distinguished the woman's identity.
"It looks like she's with…your mother." The shorter of the two verbalized after he clearly noted the two women in the garden underneath the gazebo.
'Just what is that woman up to?'
"Spring, Mother," Yui was respectively greeting the two women as he was facing each one when addressing them by their names.
Brown eyes swiftly cut back over to the older woman when she astonishingly ruminated, 'Mother?!'
A sentry approaches them to dutifully announce "Times up," then promptly retrieves Haru in order to return the prisoner to the dungeon.
"Did you give that order, Mother?" The silver haired male demanded with his back toward her before he spared her a brief intense glare.
A small smile stretches across her face when she positively confirms, "I did."
"I wanted to meet the young lady that has enraptured my son to become a mature man." The older woman honestly disclosed the reason why she granted Spring Recess.
Her son slightly turns his body in her direction when he sternly affirms, "Spring is on a severe punishment for repeated Insubordination."
Riko amusingly chuckled at his attempt to solidify his defense that she was in the wrong for what she did to his precious Spring.
"Men…you try your hardest because you get a thrill out of breaking a strong woman." She coyly lips with a shake of her head at his mindset.
Her head then lifts so that her sights behold his face when she offers up a proposition, "So allow me to provide some relief and be in charge of her disciplinary treatment."
Katsumi simply quirks an eyebrow at the gesture to personally discipline Miura, Haru with her own two hands, which was extremely odd for the woman.
"And why should I do that? Spring is quite precious to me." The silver haired male was speedily refuting the idea of his mother assuming his mantle as Spring's judge, jury and persecution.
"It's exactly those naïve ideals that will blind you to her true intentions, which is the acquirement of her freedom from her debt." Riko gravely alleged that his infatuations will only led him to turn a blind eye to Miura, Haru's true goal.
Yui narrows his sights in on his mother when he tensely jaws, "You already handed the reins of control over to Katsumi's mother when you left. That's a clear violation of Ricotta Famiglia's rules."
An expression of surprise was swiftly materializing on her face once realizing that her son was lecturing her about meddling.
"I never thought I would live to see the day that my own precious son reprimandsed me about the family's rules." She sincerely conveyed her sheer disbelief at the sudden ill turn in their conversation.
Riko frequently exchange looks with her son and his companion when she unwillingly alters her proposal, "How about this…let met at least counsel you on her treatments?"
"Serving as an advisor isn't in violation of the rules...but then again my track record of breaking stubborn woman is no longer proof of my abilities." His mother was adamantly defending being able to serve in a counseling position without directly interfering with his punishment.
"Fine," He ultimately concedes as a means to end this pointless conversation.
Once the duo was out of sight, the silver haired woman displays a maleficent grin on her face.
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"Actually Mr. Gokudera, his grades were pretty exceptional at the quarter mark before it suddenly fell off." The young woman, who is Lambo's homeroom teacher, verbalizes while she stares at the curly teen after she shows him his progress reports.
Green eyes got a load of his responsibility off to his right when she firmly asserted, "I assumed that he started to slack off but he never gave any particular reason behind the sudden change."
"Which is why I recommended him for a Cram School," She then explained her reason as to why she enrolled him for additional practices in the afternoon.
"I didn't receive any notifications about the drop in his grade nor this decision to improve his schooling." The silver haired makes known that he was unaware of any paperwork about her decision.
The teacher merely pushes her glasses back onto the bridge of her nose after she speaks, "We sent a message by Lambo-san weeks before…did you not receive it?"
Lambo continously avoided eye contact with his guardian since he was busted, "Apparently, someone intercepted the papers before I could even lay my eyes on it. I will immediately rectify the problem.
Hayato then deeply sighs, crosses his arms in front of him, and comments, "I do agree that it is in his best to have been enrolled. You have my full support for the Cram School."
An expression of disbelief surfaced to his face at the fact that the older male was his last attempt to bail out of his extra lessons.
"Here is my personal contact information if there are any future scenarios such as this, so that I can personally address them with him." The Storm Guardian was firmly remarking while legibly scribbling his cellphone number along with his name and handing it over to the Bovine teen's teacher.
"You have a pretty proactive guardian, Lambo-san. Please do consider yourself lucky." He overhears his sensei claims once Hayato departs from the parent-teacher conference.
'Stupid Bakadera!'