I warned her. I warned her at least three times. Yet here I was, taking care of my sick mother. She had ignored my warnings of catching a cold while out in the rain without a coat. Instead, she just went to work without one.
"Hundred and two degrees." I muttered, shaking my head as I took her temperature. If only she had heeded my warnings to wear a coat. There was no excuse as to why she refused to wear a coat as I had told her that it would rain that night. While yes, it was rare for it to rain at night, she should still be prepared.
I handed her the chicken soup, with me knowing that I was going to have to feed it to her as she was too lazy to do so. I looked down at my sick mother, frowning in both disappointment. This wasn't the first time she's done this either.
"I told you to wear a coat." I scolded as I fed her.
She responded with a sneeze in her handkerchief before she groaned, not because she spat up the chicken broth, but she was exhausted from the sickness. "Sorry!" She said in a stuffy voice.
"Next time, listen to my warnings before you do something like that again!" I said, sighing as I handed the bowl of soup to her, not going to feed her any more if she was going to sneeze/spit it up.
When she grabbed the bowl, she hissed from how hot it was, and I immediately removed it from her hands. "It's so hot!" She whimpered, to which I cringed. Of course it was going to be hot. Soup's had to be cooked properly to help cure any sickness.
"No apologies." I said as I placed the bowl down. "I'll let it cool down, but you need to eat it." I said, looking at her, with her blushing and looking at the wall.
She sneezed. "C-could you s-spoon feed it to me?" She asked, with me narrowing my eyes at her. I shook my head, this was my mother. Of course I had to spoon feed her! She frowned once she saw this. "Why the dark look?"
I sighed and grabbed the spoon. "I'll spoon feed you. Open wide!" I said, looking at her. She obeyed, opening her mouth wide. I scooped some soup with a spoon and blew on it to cool it off. I then fed her the soup, to which the woman gulped it down. "Its your favorite soup, chicken noodle." I said, looking down on her.
"I should-"
She was about to sneeze, though she saved herself by grabbing the handkerchief and sneezing in it. "-thank you. You are the best cook I know." She said, a huge smile on her face.
"That's because you don't know how to cook." I informed before I scooped up another spoonful of soup and fed it to her. She groaned delightfully as she gulped down the warm dish, and the woman giggled.
"You know, Dakota... You're going to make a great husband one day." She said, smirking at me.
I could had sworn my face turned redder than a tomato from her comment. Even though I was spoon feeding my own mother, it was still embarrassing. I couldn't imagine doing this with anyone else. To some, it would be a dream come true to do this with their partner, but to others, it would be hell.
"Dakota." She said as she laughed, albeit she began to cough. "There's no soup left."
I turned my head to see the bowl, and my face turned even more red, if that was possible. All this time, I didn't notice that the bowl was empty? "My apologies, Kaa-san." I said, before I placed the bowl to the side. I would have to do dishes later, for now, I needed to focus on taking care of my mother. She yawned, her eyes droopy as she snuggled in her sheets. Minus her red face and her sneezing and coughing, she was like a baby, covered up in her sheets as she tried to sleep after a hot meal. "Tired already?" I asked, knowing that she was only up for a good hour.
She responded with a tired nod, then a sneeze. I patted her on the head before I got up to leave with the dish. However, before I could leave, she grabbed my leg, to which I stopped in my tracks.
"Kaa-san?" I questioned, looking at her direction as I waited for what she wanted to say.
"C-could you sleep with me?" She whispered, with me feeling disgusted.
She was sick. "Kaa-san, you're sick. I'm too old to be sleeping with you." I said, turning around and walking away, leaving her alone while I went to go clean up the house as I had a feeling that someone was going to come over today.
Reaching the living room, I looked at the phone, with me walking over to it. Picking it up, I dialed a number in. Not long as it rang, I got an answer. "Dakota, where are you, class starts in three minutes?" Aizawa asked, with me looking at the time, seeing that she was right.
"Sorry, but I'm unable to make it today." I informed, confusing her. "My mother caught a cold, and is too lazy to take care of her self in this state... Or ever in that matter." I said, hearing her scream on the other side of the call. "Please inform Sensei, she knows how she is, they were classmates anyways." I said, hanging up the phone. 'Now, time to clean up.' I thought, taking off my school uniform to get conferrable while I cleaned up.
Later
Placing some trash bags by the door, I rubbed my head as that was the last of her empty bottles of beer. Looking out the window, I saw Lilith walking around, looking at a sheet of paper in her hand. Opening the window, she looked at me. "Lilith, what brings you here?" I asked, with her looking at the paper, then me.
"Sup Tiger." She said, walking over to the wall and looking up at me. "Heard the story, so I was tasked with giving you your work for the day." She said, with me nodding. "Where's your front door?" She asked, with me jerking my thumb behind me.
"Your behind the house, just go ahead and make your way around, I'll meet you at the door." I said, with her nodding and walking on.
Few minutes later
"Sorry for the wait, I had to take all of the trash and put it aside." I said, opening the door for Lilith. She was smiling, with me raising an eyebrow at her. "Come on in, I got tea on." I said, with her blushing a bit.
"N-No, I got your handout, I can just go home now!" She said, with me shacking my head.
"My mother has been condemned to her room, literally." I said, looking at the far room, showing chains on the door with extra locks and yellow tape that said "Warning, Sick Person, Don't Enter". "She's been out of it ever since." I said, with her laughing as she saw the door.
"Oh, right, does she know?" She asked, with me shacking my head at her as I knew what she was talking about.
"No, and I want to keep it that way." I said, with her nodding. "Please, come in." I said, with her nodding.
"Okay, I guess Ill come in for a bit." She said, with me nodding and letting her in. I walked her over to the table, with me sitting down in front of her after taking the tea off and pouring her a drink. "Your place is surprisingly clean." She said, looking around.
"Its not always clean." I informed, with her looking at me. "The only days it clean are my days off of school, my Kaa-san likes to trash the place, and since I was home, I decided to clean up the place." I said, with her smiling.
"Ah, is someone a mama's boy?" She asked, with me keeping a straight face.
"No, she's just lazy." I said, with her laughing at me.
"Its actually a good feature about you, and you even dress when off, I'm surprised." She said, taking a sip of the tea.
"To be honest, I don't have many friends over, or at all in some cases because of Kaa-san." I said, looking at where her room was with narrowed eyes. "She likes to... Gossip? I don't think that's the right word... She likes to question people on my school life." I said, with her smirking.
"Well, I would be embarrassed as well if my mom did that... Actually, she did." She said, rubbing the back of her head while lowering her head, hiding her blush. "It was bad enough being a Siren, but I was the daughter of a normal person and she was just so curious about what I did, I mostly played bunkers and badasses." She said, confusing me, which she caught. "Oh, here its called D&D." She said, with me nodding as I understood.
Hearing the phone ring, I stood up. "Pardon me, I have to get that." I said, walking over to the phone and picking it up.
"Feichko Dakota, this is an emergency!" Aizawa said, confusing me as to why she was calling already.
"Aizawa, was someone hurt?" I asked, with me haring Lilith spit up her tea and then rushed over to me.
"No, Akemi Mikan is on her way to your place!" Aizawa said, confusing me even more.
"Why?" I asked, already knowing about the Heathen Queen, the childhood friend of Kuromine.
"She was chasing after Kuromine earlier, I stopped them and questioned Kuromine about it. Turns out that she wants to know what you two talked about a few days ago, but she got the idea of asking you instead." Aizawa informed, with me nodding.
"Alright, I'll take it from here." I said, a smirk in place as I hung up.
"So, what happened?" Lilith questioned, with me looking at her.
"I'm about to have an intruder." I said, walking down the hall and into my room, with Lilith following me.
"Wow, look at all of these books, all on Greek mythology." She said, walking over to my book shelf and looking threw them while I tied a string to the window.
"I'm a fan, makes me feel at ease." I said, with the window opening not long after. We watched as a girl jumped in, laughing. Her laugh was short lived as a noose wrapped around her neck and she was hanging in the air, gasping for air. "This, is Akemi Mikan, the president of the newspaper club." I said, with Lilith looking at the girl in shock as she was hanging there.
"A trap... What a classy welcome... But I will not give up!"
"Shut up." I said, seeing her face turn blue. Grabbing a knife, I cut the rope, with her falling face first, gasping for air. "I could kill you for trespassing, but instead, I'll show you something else." I said, grabbing her by the back of her uniform and dragged her out of my room. Reaching the door, I opened it. "The door." I said, tossing her out, with her falling off the second floor railing.
"Sick trap, how does it work?" She asked, with me looking at her as I closed the door.
"My own secret." I said, shocking her.
"Whos at the d-AACCHHOO?!" We heard, with me knowing that my mother was awake now.
"You should go, I'll see you tomorrow." I said, with her nodding and teleporting away, with me knowing that she teleported home. "Just a creeper, nothing to worry about!" I called out, with me going to take care of the noose in my room.
The next day
Walking up the stairs, I watched as Mikan ran up the other set, with me shrugging it off. Once I rounded the corner, I saw Kuromine running at me. I punched him in the face, with him flipping before landing on the ground. "No running in the halls." I said, with him groaning on the ground. "Seriously, get your priorities straight." I said, with me seeing Lilith running into me, knocking both of us onto the ground. "Hey, I just got onto Fag about running in the halls, that goes for you too!" I yelled, annoyed as Lilith was on top of me.
"Sorry, but I have to!" Lilith said, getting up and running up the stairs, while Kuromine ran down the stairs at the same time.
"What's wrong with them?" I asked myself, not caring about the answer and just turning around to walk away, before stopping. "Damn it, now I'm curious." I said, turning around and walking up stairs. I cared about what Lilith was up to, not what the perverted fag was up to.
"Hey, Feichko-san." I heard, with me turning around to face one of my classmates.
"What is it, Okada-san?" I asked, turning to completely face him, crossing my arms.
"Sorry to call you out, but listen, I need to ask you something?" He asked, with me raising an eyebrow at him. "Why wont you let Asahi confess?" He asked, with me narrowing my eyes at him.
"I'm not gay, and I don't want a guy confessing to me, it gives me the creeps!?" I said, shivering. "Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against gays, but I don't want to be confessed to by one of them, it just creeps me out." I said, with him nodding.
"Okay, thanks, Feichko-san." He said, walking down stairs, with me making my way up stairs.
Later, roof
Walking out onto the roof, I hid behind the entrance, with me seeing Lilith was up there with Mikan standing on the high ground. "Girl, you have no where else to run!?" Lilith yelled, pointing at her.
"To think you'd chase me all the way here. You're good, Firehawk-san." Mikan said, with me seeing her holding something in her hand. "By the way, these photos would fly pretty far if I throw them from here, don't you think?" She asked, a grin on her face.
"Seriously, stop." Lilith said, catching the girl off guard. "Do you not care how that will make Dakota feel if that gets posted?" She asked, with me narrowing my eyes at her. "Don't make an article out of that. I'll do whatever you say, if you just leave him out of this." She said, with me looking over at Lilith with a frown.
"Why should I listen to you?" Mikan asked, grinning once more. "That just makes me want to do it even more!" She said, with me making a fist.
Lilith got on her knees and bowed to the girl, her head touching the ground. "Please, that's all I can do." She said, with me sighing as I didn't like seeing her like this.
"You're pretty desperate." She said, with Lilith nodding. "If it was Asahi, he would of given up by now." She said, with me raising an eyebrow at her. "What is it that you two have?" She asked, with me curious on Lilith's answer.
"Dakota is a good friend of mine, he's also the first person I've met here, even helping me out when I had no where else to go." Lilith said, with me looking away.
"Fine, I'll scrap the photos." Mikan said, with me knowing that's what was in her hand now. "NOT, What is it that He and Asahi are hiding!?" She questioned, with me face palming as this was what she was after. "The more you resist, Lili-Chan, the more powerful I become!" She said, with me liking that nickname. "In fact, right now, I could fly across the sky!" She said, holding her arms wide open.
'That's how you defeat her.' I thought, walking out from my hiding spot, gaining her attention. "Mikan." I said, with Lilith turning to face me, blushing hard while covering her back end. "I don't know the full story behind this, but go ahead." I said, shocking both of them.
"Dakota, don't you realize what-"
"I know what I'm doing." I said, shocking her. "Publish that picture, I have nothing to hide." I said, with me crossing my arms. "The secret between Kuromine and I, is that there is no secret!" I said, shocking her. "He got rejected before he could confess to me, its as simple as that!" I said, with her looking shocked as her jaw hit the ground.
"A-Asahi... is gay!?" She screamed, pulling her hair and then running off, screaming. "I wont forgive this!?" She yelled, with me holding my hand out to Lilith, helping her up.
"Don't you know what that picture was, it was of you two kissing, photoshopped anyways." She said, with me shrugging.
"I'm not worried about it, it isn't my problem now, he just has to talk to her about being gay." I said, with me looking at the door. 'Although, her glasses were the ones who yelled the gay part.' I thought, narrowing my eyes. 'Looks like this school attracts the crazy's.' I thought walking off. "Lets head to class, were late anyways." I said, with Lilith nodding as she followed me.